In episode two of Masters of the Micro Budget: Host Jason D. Morris sits down with the creative team behind the outrageous indie horror comedy Haunted House of Pancakes. Guests Nathan Dalton writer/director, Niki McElroy producer/actress, Paul Newton writer/producer and Jay Johnson post-supervisor/producer join us to talk about bringing a killer food horror comedy to life, building a feature around a wild concept, producing practical horror-comedy mayhem, and navigating the realities of independent filmmaking.
Haunted House of Pancakes follows a Halloween night gone horribly wrong when a demonic possession turns a local diner’s food into bloodthirsty creatures. The film is directed by Nathan Dalton, written by Nathan Dalton and Paul Newton, and produced by Nathan Dalton, Niki McElroy, Paul Newton and Jay Johnson.
In this episode, we discuss: How the idea for Haunted House of Pancakes came together Producing creature gags and practical chaos Working with a microbudget mindset What filmmakers can learn from making a strange, marketable genre movie The realities of indie horror crowd funding, distribution, marketing, and audience building.