Interview: Producer Debbie Jo Hess (Horror Hotel Web Series)

A challenging new method of releasing your  short film or brilliant new genre idea is through a WEB SERIES. But what does it take to create and launch such a beast. Producer Debbie Jo Hess, from Horror Hotel Web Series, joins Doc this week to discuss how she, along with her husband and son, set out with a group of Atlanta film makers to launch a new horror web series, a collection of short films much in the vein of The Twilight Zone, Boris Karloff’s Thriller or Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Welcome to another episode of The Future of Horror, an interview podcast featuring new, upcoming talent in horror. The show is a sibling podcast to Horror News Radio, the official HorrorNews.Net podcast. With each episode, the show’s host, Doc Rotten, spotlights a director, an actor, a screenwriter, an effects artists, a film maker conquering hurdles and barriers to get their films made, to follow their passion, to make horror films.

With titles like Tilt, Guillotine, Houdini’s Hand, Tesla’s Tooth, Invader and Bookworm, Debbie Jo Hess is guiding Horror Hotel Web Series into a bold, new direction in genre film making, gathering notice and awards along the way. Season one consists of six fantastic horror and science fiction short films that pave a new way to watch genre content. The collection can be watched online at the Horror Hotel website or on a DVD available at Amazon; and, soon, the web series will be available on demand through Roku channels and similar On Demand devices connecting the internet directly to your television set. Debbie shares how the concept came about, what challenges they faced and how they have been and continue to plan on promoting Horror Hotel.

You can find out more about Debbie Jo Hess and Horror Hotel Web Series at these links:

• Horror Hotel Webseries: http://www.horrorhotelwebseries.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HorrorHotelTheWebseries
• Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HBQT3OU

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