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Filmmaker丨Screenwriter丨 Horror Reviewer 丨 Husband丨 Friendly Neighborhood Epilepsy Advocate 丨Co-Creator of Quetzalcoatl丨 #blm #translivesmatter https://popl.co/card/P55ehvzM/1/s
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Emilia Perez did not film a single frame in Mexico, they filmed it in France and only had ONE Mexican actor as a side character. It also has taken 0 stage time in its wins to talk about the atrocities of missing people that it blatantly profited off of.

FUT TO GAL GADOT. I DARE YOU

What’s your favorite low budget horror movie? Horror is the only genre where LOW BUDGET can be an ADVANTAGE. - Paranormal Activity - $15K budget. $194M box office. - The Blair Witch Project - $60K budget. $248M box office. Big budgets don’t make horror scary. Ideas do.

Announcement! With Your Life won the Best Horror Short Award at the Golden State Film Festival! It was an amazing screening at an amazing venue!

Let’s talk HORROR at the Oscars! What is your favorite win ever? What snub made you the most upset?

As someone with epilepsy, I have experienced firsthand how disability is often misunderstood, feared, or ignored in mainstream storytelling. So I wanted to talk about it! substack.com/home/post/p-...

What are your favorite (and least favorite) depictions of disability on film? This is such a big topic and I want to write multiple pieces on it. But this is the first! open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

I remember the first time I ever picked up Frankenstein as a kid. It was the first time in my life I realized that PEOPLE write books. PEOPLE create stories. It was an insane moment for me. Anybody else have this moment? What book was it?

Killer Shorts Update: A short version of my feature script Migrant Spirits is a semi-finalist in the Killer Shorts competition!

Quetzalcoatl is Moon Knight meets Spider-Man with the spirituality of Black Panther. Get the two issues in a digital bundle now! www.quetzalcoatlcomic.com

Got to review THE MONKEY for Hollywood First Look! hollywoodfirstlook.com/the-monkey-r...

My new Substack article; The Role of Sound in Horror: How Music and Silence Scare Us #horror #film #horrorsky

Hey everyone! I host a monthly Disabled Collective Meeting! I don’t know if any of you fall in the disabled spectrum but if you do, feel free to join us! THIRD MEETING ON: Thursday, February 27th, @ 6:30PM PST NEW MEMBERS: Fill out our Google Forms! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Popcorn: From Street Snack to Cinema Staple! This is just a really fun deep dive into popcorn and cinemas! Hope you enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

Last night was the With Your Life screening at the Golden State Film Festival! Thank you so much to everyone who came and supported us! It means the world! Hollywood was a blast and we can’t wait to see it on the big screen again!

Had a great time tonight seeing a friend’s short film at the Golden State Film Festival. “With Your Life” is an incredible film about a heavy topic. Beautifully shot with powerful sound and visuals. Congrats to @amycassandramtz.bsky.social and @macabremartinez.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

Tonight is the night! TCL Chinese Theater! Watch our Proof-of-Concept horror short With Your Life on the big screen! www.goldenstatefilmfestival.com/tickets

Do screenwriters sponsor other screenwriters to submit to Austin or Nicholls? I could really use that right about now. #screenwritingsky #writingsky

Happy Valentine’s Day! Let me know if you end up watching any of these! open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

We like to wear our influences on our sleeves. What can I say? #horrorsky #comicsky

From Script to Screen: How We Took Our Horror Film to Hollywood! substack.com/home/post/p-... I did a write up of our filmmaking journey! #film #indiefilm #indiehorror #horrorcommunity

DAISY EARLES SHOULD HAVE WON A FUCKING OSCAR FOR FREAKS AND THE ONLY REASON SHE DIDN’T WAS BECAUSE SHE WAS DISABLED AND I HATE THAT.

Sharing my new Substack post! I post every M/W/F! Monday: A poem from my poetry book Mad Monsters, Wednesday: The World of Filmmaking, Friday: Horror! open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

A short version of my feature length script Migrant Spirits is in the quarter finals of @killershorts.bsky.social Logline: After a child disappears from a haunted detention center, a lonely young girl must unravel the mystery or be consumed by the haunting. #horror #immigration #deportation #ghost

WHY POVERTY KILLS CREATIVITY AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT open.substack.com/pub/macabrem... #artsky #artists

WHY POVERTY KILLS CREATIVITY AND EHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT This is now my favorite article I’ve ever written. open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

The Anatomy of a Comic Book Using Indie Comic Quetzalcoatl as an Example open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

New SUBSTACK! open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

I am publishing my poetry book one poem at a time on my Paid Substack Tier! Here is a preview! open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

#horrorsky! Started a Substack! Gonna be posting articles and thoughts, reviews and like poems from my book and chapters, even some comics! Join me! macabremartinez.substack.com

Screenwriters who have had success querying, I am getting so much conflicting advice on what to put in the subject line. Is there anybody who can help? Also asking any agents who see this! Please and thank you!

Haven’t read Quetzalcoatl 1 and 2 yet? Check them out on digital right now! 2 for $5. www.quetzalcoatlcomic.com

This bullshit post explains so much about Terrifier. Holy shit.

Horror has,is and always will be-in the right hands-a powerful tool to be subversive,progressive or as blunt as a fucking sledgehammer. My favorite horror artists have a voice,reflects our times,takes sides. Now’s not the time to NOT take sides. I say it’s time to grab your fucking sledgehammers.

Drake in the rafters of the Superdome during halftime

If Kendrick can acknowledge the Valley, so can you, transplants

LETS FUCKING GO