Top Ten Horror Indie Filmmakers You Need To Follow

HORRORNEWS IS PROUD TO SPOTLIGHT SOME OF THE TOP INDIE HORROR DIRECTORS IN THE BUSINESS TODAY.

10. BRON THERON currently has his film, HALF DEAD FRED available to watch on Youtube. It stars Jason London (Dazed and Confused) and Corin Nemic (Stargate SG-1) about A medium Detective and his assistant travel to Flint Michigan to solve a murder and to find a treasure. Bron new film, PANCAKE MAN starring Mike Ferguson (Showdown at the Grand) and Jordan Christopher Michael (Motorama) is in post-production. It’s about a man that goes on a killing spree after he is refused his favorite breakfast dish.

9. ASH HAMILTON is no stranger to the genre as he runs the highly popular website, Horror-fix.com Ash blew everyone mind with HOLES IN THE SKY: THE SEAN MILLER STORY when it beat The Blair Witch Project’s record for a found footage film with the most festival wins. It explores the Sean Miller disappearance for four days in July of 2023. Seven years later a documentary film crew found out why. Ash’s new project, F’D: TALES FROM THE END TIMES is an anthology that tells a number of stories that take place on the day in which our world comes to its end.

8. MARIO CERRITO brings extreme filmmaking to another level with his Human Hibachi franchise that has gained a cult following around the world. The first two Human Hibachi films brought him the best film awards at the NJ Horror Film Festival. The third film, HUMAN HIBACHI 3: THE LAST SUPPER will complete the cannibal trilogy and will be filming this winter.

7. RICH MALLERY has a unique style that can’t be ignored. You can see this in his thriller, MAID DROID. To get over his ex, Harrison hires Mako, a beautiful android maid whose past memories resurface, leading her to act out in violent ways. MAID DROID ORIGINS is currently in post-production. After Eve, a beautiful android, murders one of her clients, she runs away from the evil Syndell corporation and hides out at the home of Timothy, the man who created her where she finds herself trapped in a deadly love triangle.

6. PHIL HERMAN is a name synonymous with indie horror. I SLAY ON CHRISTMAS is a great display of seasonal horror. On Christmas Eve a troubled man escapes from his stress into a forest. He comes across 4 pine cones. They each reveal a Christmas terror which escalates into a real life horror. Phil latest anthology, UNEARTHED is in pre-production. This anthology intricately interlaces four compelling tales, each orbiting individuals who unravel hidden, lost, or long-guarded secrets. Brace yourself for an exhilarating odyssey of discovery and suspense as “Unearthed” plunges deep beneath the surface to unveil mysteries concealed for far too long.

5. DOUG ROOS has done an incredible job of making a Japanese monster movie. BAKEMONO is about a multitude of guests visit the same cheap Tokyo airbnb at different times, unaware of the gruesome creature waiting for them. This is a must see.

4. JASON HORTON is name everyone knows. Definitely a name everyone should know. He put together a fabulous monster movie called CRAVING. group of drug addicts are besieged by a group of mysterious figures inside a rural bar. As withdrawal starts to set in, a secret one of them is carrying threatens to destroy them all. Jason’s new film, A HARD PLACE is looking equally incredible. A group of criminals on the run find themselves caught in the middle of an ancient feud between the monsters that roam the day and the creatures that rule the night.

3. GENO MCGAHEE is well known his his horror website, Scared Stiff Reviews. He’s also a great filmmaking with many of his films available on Tubi. RISE OF THE SCARECROWS: HELL ON EARTH is about a young writer returns to his hometown and soon discovers the dark secret that has been hidden for years. The Scarecrows have risen and they are raising hell. His new film, SCARY TALES: DARK WALKER is about a group of strangers awaken in a house and a living nightmare as they must take on zombies, the Muffin Man, aliens, Bigfoot and a strange being known as The Dark Walker.

2. WILL COLLAZO is another name cemented in the wall of indie horror. He delivers with everything from AMITYVILLE TURKEY DAY to HALLOWEEN SHARK. One of his latest is SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT 3: DESCENT. When Angelica wakes from a coma in an asylum, she must rediscover who she is by confronting who she was. These walls hold numerous horrors she must battle, including a visitor who wants to see her home for the holidays…in a body bag.

1. AUGUST AGUILAR talent can’t be denied. His horror film, THE GIFTED stars Ginger Lynn as Barbara. After years of causing pain to others, Barbara’s only hope is to confess her sins to a mysterious priest and his undead assembly. August upcoming film, PIGLET is currently in pre-production. Reclusive butcher’s son unleashes bloody retribution on YouTubers who killed his pig while trespassing for paranormal video. Their quest for fame triggers his savage fury.