REMINDER! We only have 10 Days to go on our Kickstarter! For HUNTERS! The Werewolf short I am directing! Please support us! Share or pledge! Please and thank you! www.kickstarter.com/projects/168...

I went down this rabbit hole recently of script readers and even working writers brag on socials about a “hack”: upload someone else’s screenplay to ChatGPT open.substack.com/pub/freakish...

A new 2026 goal is to do a segment for the next VHS! Going to push my own connections in that direction. Do I know anybody else with some kind of connection to that team?

Writers/Actors/Directors of Bluesky! We’re going Tabletop Reads! Find out how to be a part of it below! DM me for specific questions! #scriptsky open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

Writers/Actors/Directors of Bluesky! We’re going Tabletop Reads! Find out how to be a part of it below! DM me for specific questions! #scriptsky open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

Page 1 from NO GHOSTS TONIGHT, my tale of a young woman who embarks on a desperate Channel crossing among strangers in a bid to get home. A Nicholl finalist, it didn't get me an agent or manager (hint, hint), but it did open various other more productiony doors. #Scriptsky #FirstPageFriday

It’s time for a #firstpagefriday today I’m showing off my feature TO HELL WITH LOVE “When a grieving teenager descends into Hell to rescue his lost love, he must navigate a nightmarish underworld filled with grotesque horrors and deceptive allies in one day or else he is stuck there forever.”

Our proof-of-concept short horror film WITH YOUR LIFE is out now! This is a slasher about generational trauma by way of domestic violence. The story follows Luisa as she risks everything to escape her husband’s family farm with her baby daughter. youtu.be/nCLYjtPsIVg?... #horror #halloween #film

Hey everyone! I’m directing this WEREWOLF horror short for Keeshan Giles (Grey’s Anatomy, New Girl, The Office) called HUNTERS! It’s on Kickstarter right now! Pledge and share! Please and thank you! www.kickstarter.com/projects/168...

Happy #firstpagefriday! HUNGER MOON: After her father is bitten and begins transforming into a werewolf, a determined young daughter battles to keep their family afloat, running the food cart by day and chaining the monster in their basement by night.

First Page Friday! WHAT REMAINS Logline: After the sudden death of her husband, a grieving woman retreats to his childhood home, where she begins communicating with what she believes is his ghost, only to spiral into obsession. It’s The Babadook meets The Hunger with some Under the Skin.

I had to share my Air Bud Returns pitch! substack.com/inbox/post/1...

QUETZALCOATL #3 is out now! The storm hits, Herminia fights back, & a golden luchador conjures a sacred wrestling ring in a soup kitchen. No big deal. Digital is live. Physical copies available for preorder now. This is our most WILD issue yet. www.quetzalcoatlcomic.com #indiecomicsc #COMICS

Do I know any filmmakers who need a pitch deck made? I make pitch decks for producers/financiers covering a variety of genres! Hit me up! #screenwriting #filmmmaking #writing

First Trailer in 7 days…

Ever wanted to write comics? Let me break it down for you using my comic Quetzalcoatl as an example. open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

Baby’s first Deadline?! Announcement time! I’ve been chosen as part of an amazing group of people for the Disability Belongs Entertainment Lab! It’s an honor! I can’t wait to see what the future of this lab! Included in the announcement is my first mention in Deadline!! deadline.com/2025/05/disa...

Baby’s first Deadline?! Announcement time! I’ve been chosen as part of an amazing group of people for the Disability Belongs Entertainment Lab! It’s an honor! I can’t wait to see what the future of this lab! Included in the announcement is my first mention in Deadline!! deadline.com/2025/05/disa...

The only thing I love more than horror are Horror VHS Covers! What are your favorite? open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

The only thing I love more than horror are Horror VHS Covers! What are your favorite? open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

Was pretty vulnerable with this one about my insecurities regarding filmmaking and my disability. So let me know what you think and if it helped! open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

Horror has always been like that. macabremartinez.substack.com/p/there-is-n...

#specscriptshoutout for MIGRANT SPIRITS by @macabremartinez.bsky.social that brings the horror of child detention centres to the horror genre. Hope it finds a place with the Neon and A24s of the industry

Announcing our next project! We will be in production on a feature film starting in May called CITY OF ANGELS starring Amy Cassandra Martinez and Daniele Quinn.

Part 2 of my ABBOTT ELEMENTARY Spec Script is out! I got a huge response for the last Part! Excited to continue the story with everyone! open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

So happy to finally share my Abbott Elementary spec script with y’all!! open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

Scary or Gross?

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

Fear, Misconceptions, and horror done right! I need to know what everyone thinks of Freaks! open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

It’s Mad Monsters Mondays! This is a short story about Mummies! open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

What happens when ghosts are a form of resistance? Magical realism in Latin American cinema is more powerful than you think. open.substack.com/pub/macabrem... #LatinxStorytelling #FilmMagic

I am honored to be a part of the Latino Indie Comic Community! It’s an important space and I wanted to write about it as well as put a spotlight on some of the creators! open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

Tell me this Val Kilmer thing is a bad joke

A two-part poem about loneliness, love and the dangers changing for other people open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

Indie authors/comic creators of Bluesky! Who wants to trade Amazon reviews? Let’s SUPPORT each other!

We’ve got reviews! Check out our issues on Amazon and drop us a review! Issue #1: a.co/d/3qemQFC Issue #2: a.co/d/5JximqN #comics #latino

Let’s talk about Men Writing Women. But make it ✨cinema✨ open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

We’ve got reviews! Check out our issues on Amazon and drop us a review! Issue #1: a.co/d/3qemQFC Issue #2: a.co/d/5JximqN #comics #latino

We didn’t have a publisher. We had a dream, a script, a phenomenal artist, and a community. Crowdfunding gave us the power to bring that story to life. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Poetry about monsters mixed with social issues?! Let’s go! open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

Sundays we post pur comics! Working on a comic? Post it below! www.quetzalcoatlcomic.com

Filmmakers/Writers/Artists of Los Angeles chime in! How do you feel about this? open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

Calling all disabled writers/creators/artists/directors/authors who want to join and meet other creatives in the entertainment industry! The Disabled Artists Collective is having its March Meeting today! Sign up to our group for a meeting link! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Calling all disabled writers/creators/artists/directors/authors who want to join and meet other creatives in the entertainment industry! The Disabled Artists Collective is having its March Meeting today! Sign up to our group for a meeting link! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Ever heard of a cursed film set? When I made Lechuza, I wasn’t taking any chances. From salt jars to protection bracelets, here’s how I kept my cast and crew safe while filming the supernatural, and how you can too. open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

This heartbreaking work was the first poem written for the book. I’ve had this in my head for a while and still want to turn it into a feature film. What do you think? open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

Doing Letterboxd Friday for the first time! Almost missed it

Hey indie film/ aspiring indie film peeps! There is a new Substack post out for you!! Let me know what you think! #filmsky open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

I wrote an article about creating comics with your best friend! Let me know what you think! open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...

People think filmmaking is all red carpets and glamour, but the reality is propping up your phone inside a porta-potty because your overnight shoot is in the middle of nowhere. Filmmakers, what’s a myth about our industry that needs debunking?