Footage Foreplay

Footage Foreplay

Footage Foreplay, the podcast that gets you in the mood for all things horror and physical media! Terrell, Russell, Evan, and Oksana are here to bring you unfiltered reviews, hot takes, and deep dives into the world of found footage horror. Grab your popcorn, dim the lights, and get ready for a wild ride. Welcome to Footage Foreplay!

Episodes

October 2, 2025 66 mins

This week the gang was joined by writer/director Kyle Misak and producer Jon Petro to discuss their comedy/thriller film Bad Haircut that just played at this year's Fantastic Fest! They were still in Austin following their successful screening, and joined the gang to discuss what they've done in Austin, what it's like being on the ground for their first Fantastic Fest, working under strike conditions, being part of a Deep Water Sal...

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In this week's review episode, the gang finds themselves in shockingly rare unison on the OnlyFoundFootageFans assignment, the whole group does a segment by segment, spoiler-free deep dive into Shudder’s recently released new entry in their acclaimed found footage anthology series, and Terrell caps things off with a pair of new releases: the second outing in Renny Harlin’s slasher requel trilogy and a German social media thrill...

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In this week's extra special review episode, the gang dives into the films they watched from Fantastic Fest 2025! They discuss a howl-inducing creature feature led by Justin Long and Kate Bosworth, a heart-warming documentary about a wily group of seniors producing a film as well as the horror short they create during their journey together, an eccentric, horror-adjacent romp that feels like a 90's teen comedy about a hairc...

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In this week's review episode, the gang finds themselves a little split the OnlyFoundFootageFans assignment, Evan goes for a (bull) ride with a documentary from Spike Jonze, Russell slashes into Shudder's latest release from the director of Superhost, and Terrell caps things off with a pair of new releases: one produced by Jordan Peele and another from The Asylum!


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In this week's guest episode the gang was joined by Samantha Fox, a filmmaker who's been taking the genre festival circuit by storm with her gorgeously crafted, thematically potent short films. Sam's latest film Open Wide is playing at Fantastic Fest, and her previous outing The Blue Diamond (starring genre icon Barbara Crampton) just released on Canal+ and Kanopy! They touch on a slew of topics including her childhood,...

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In this week's review episode a little shade gets thrown from the dark web at one of the gang regarding the OnlyFoundFootageFans assignment, Evan reviews his favorite written comedy special of the year so far that also shares a name with a famous country song, Russell talks about a YouTube true crime video he watched after being inspired by Terrell, who brought a very rare documentary double header: both revolving around catfis...

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In this week's guest episode the gang was joined by the highly accomplished Rebekah Kennedy to discuss her extensive acting career that spans movies and television! She's the lead in the upcoming horror film Traumatika, and has starred in countless titles across the ten plus years she's been in the business including Two Witches, The Veil, Criminal Minds, Law and Order: SVU, House Hunting, Netflix's To The Bone, and...

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In this week's review episode, there’s a controversy following a last minute change by the dark web themselves on the OnlyFoundFootageFans assignment, Evan reviews a newly released sci-fi/thriller starring Chloe Levine and Peter Vack, Russell dishes out the details on two shorts he watched as part of an Unnamed Footage Festival Twitch stream: one directed by Joe Lynch and featuring Eddie Brock, the other from in-world camera auteur...

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In this week's guest episode the gang was joined by Pierre Tsigaridis and Maxime Rancon to discuss their new film Traumatika, which will be hitting theaters on September 12 via Saban Films! They touch on a myriad of topics including creatively employing American politics from a foreign perspective, Annie Hardy, pulling creative inspiration from experiencing sleep paralysis, what they wanted to evoke with Traumatika, how much Te...

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In this week's review episode, the gang dives deep into the OnlyFoundFootageFans assignment, where two of them did extra homework by accident. Evan reviews this incidental extra credit flick in full before Russell swings into Macon Blair’s revival of a Troma classic, and Terrell caps things off with a new release starring Samara Weaving!


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In this week's irregular guest episode, Russell and Evan are joined by their pals David M. Dawson and Zach Carter to discuss the passing of an internet icon: Joshua Fay Saunders, better known by his online moniker “GothicKingCobraJFS” to most. Both are long time fans, and David’s most recent feature film “Leech” was very heavily inspired by the man himself and also explores “lolcow” culture through a similar personality. They r...

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This week's review episode finds the gang in a two-thirds split on the gift-filled OnlyFoundFootageFans assignment, Evan delivers the intel on the film adaptation of the hit extraction shooter Escape From Tarkov that's releasing in 1.0 soon, Russell explores a creature feature on Shudder he watched with Oksana before giving the scoop on the latest YouTube documentary from Reckless Ben, and Terrell brings another pair of new...

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In this week's review episode the gang faces the confusing consequences of their previous actions on the OFFF assignment (and one member revolts yet again), Evan slashes into a mockumentary detailing the trials and tribulations of a "Scream: The Musical" theater production in the Hamptons, Russell goes on a nostalgia trip with an old favorite riffing on Universal monsters before exploring a new faux true crime documentary from the ...

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For this week's guest episode the gang was joined by cross media horror producer and festival organizer Lady Mariam Michael to discuss her myriad of horror projects spanning multiple formats including video games, books, movies, television, and events! She discusses the ins-and-outs of pitching large and small budget projects, what it takes to put together an award winning event that gets written up by renowned outlets, how to leve...

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In this week's review episode the gang finds themselves somewhat split on the OFFF assignment from last week (which was actually the result of a revolt against their sponsor and didn't necessarily pay off equally for everyone), Evan brings a double feature of thrift store finds including a surf film from renowned musician Jack Johnson and a surreal Disney channel original starring the Panabaker sisters, Russell discusses a short ex...

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This week's review episode finds the gang (mostly) in agreement on the OFFF assignment, Evan checks out a documentary on video game's "first auteur" before diving into a nearly universally panned Eli Roth film starring Bruce Willis, before Russell waxes poetic about his night with acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola for a screening of his highly divisive new film (clip at the end of the episode from the event), and Terrell clos...

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In this week's guest episode the gang sat down with acclaimed illustrator Ilan Sheady a.k.a. Uncle Frank Productions to discuss the INSANE volume of work he does, what goes into an Uncle Frank piece, mixing low-brow and high-brow art with Flammentod, his favorite gigs (including Damien Leone's Terrifier series), how he got started in illustration, and SO much more!


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This week's review episode finds the gang in a ring of unison on the OnlyFoundFootageFans assignment, Evan closes out "Summer Shark Month" by biting into two recent VOD releases from Australia, Russell honors some fallen icons before diving into the body horror relationship flick everyone's talking about, and Terrell closes things out with his tried and true new release double feature: a superhero flick that has t...

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This week the gang was joined by legendary German auteur Dr. Uwe Boll to discuss his life, storied (or in many eyes infamous) career, cancel culture, the modern film industry, woke politics, and some recent celebrity controversies! They also talk about his large body of work, consisting of films which span a broad spectrum of genres and concepts while thematically and tonally remaining impressively consistent.


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In this week's review episode the gang treks through their similar thoughts on the OnlyFoundFootageFans assignment, Evan delivers another installment of Shark Month featuring region-specific shark tales from North America including a Jersey Shore parody and a made for TV Coolio joint, Russell discusses his thoughts on the new found footage film from YouTuber "KallMeKris" which he caught an early screening of with the ...

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