September 10, 2025 • 11 mins
Interview with director Joe Lam - The Culture News
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ladies and gentlemen, Good afternoon, Welcome on the Colture News.
My name is David Samro and I have the pleasure
to have today on I Heart with you on the
Colture News. O wonderful film director. We're so happy to
have him. His name is Joe Lamb. Let me spell
it for you, Joe g O E and Lamb is
spelled l a M.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
He is a.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Wonderful, wonderful film director. He has released the new horror comedy.
We love that horror comedy called The Fetus is spelled
f e t us.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
We invite you to a definitely, definitely go and watch
that movie.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Uh. The Philis starring Lauren Lavera gets a prequel music
video from metal band to dive for. We are so
lucky to have him today over the film. The director
of that extraordinary new film, this new horror comedy, Joe Lamb. Joe,
how are you today?
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Terrific? David, thanks for having me on your show.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
It's an honor to have you someone like you, someone
as talented and as amazing as yourself, So thank you
to you. First question I have for you, can you
tell us where are you from? How did you start
making movies.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Well, I grew up in California, and I started because
I had a teacher show me a film in class
when I was sixteen called Citizen Kane, and I absolutely
loved it because I saw the creative process behind that movie,
and that's what got me started and just making short films,
you know, throughout my teenage years and college and all
(01:40):
the way up till now. My first feature film, which
is a horror comedy.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
And I'm sure you have realized what a mountain it
is to climb to do your first feature film, right.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Yes, Yes, it took a lot of what I call blood,
sweat and chaos, and it's because we wanted to do
something that was really special for the audience. I didn't
want to just make a movie really quick and just
throw it out there. I wanted something that would affect
me and the way the old you know, classic horror
(02:14):
films back in the eighties and nineties affected me.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
I love that. I love these references that you that
you mentioned, so I want to know who are the
film directors or the movies that I've influenced you the most.
Because you're mentioning about the eighties and nineties. You mentioned
Citizen Kane, tell me more about it.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Well, it's specifically in the horror genre from the eighties. Yeah,
I mean it's David Cronenberg, Wes Craven and so these
these filmmakers, you know, they made things like The Fly
and Nightmare and Elm Street. So these are just really
wild concepts with a lot of body horror and creature
(03:00):
practical effects that I was really drawn to and you know,
was the foundation for the Fetus because I enjoyed it
so much. I did not like watching movies that had
so much CGI and because it just would take me
out of it. It felt kind of fake in a sense.
And so that's why we fought so hard to create
(03:21):
all the creature effects and made them in real life
with a special effects artist in Columbia of all places.
And so I and I think so far with the response,
like people have really really enjoyed that that we took
that route of being as real as possible.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
And that's what you did. Then you may need very
real and actually you have a lot of fighting scenes
and really buddy to body confrontation, and that is the
most difficult to make it realistic, because of course in
real life they don't kill each other. You know, it's
you know, it's acted, but you may need verylievable and
(04:01):
very real. The way you switched from angle of camera,
with the music, the coloring, the direction, everything works perfectly
out and you know, it's it's it's beautifully downe and
I think it really stands out from what we see
these days. And I think it's a very very very
(04:22):
good choice. But also it's a very I think this
choice would pay off because you made that choice to
be singular, you know, So that's really congratulations for that.
It's it's really a wonderful, wonderful thing. So how did
you arrive to that, to that film? How was it
brought to you?
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Well, this is it's interesting because initially I had made
a short film that was an action thriller. It won
sixty awards, and then I went to the Virtual Can
Film Festival and I did it from home because this
was COVID and I was just sending out the short
film to different producers attending the Can Film Festival. It
(05:07):
was the tenth producer. His name was Joe Barbagallo. He
saw it and he saw a lot of potential in me,
and I told him I want to make you know,
action thriller movies. And he said, well, I can't back
you for like this three to five million dollar movie
that you made this short film concept for, but how
about we do something smaller, like a low budget horror
(05:28):
film in the range of like four hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. So he sent me a screenplay. I read it,
and honestly, David, it was not for me. I like
films that have like deep, meaningful characters and like really
unique stories that people haven't seen before. But the window
was open. I said, well, you know, why don't I
write something that's similar budget size, cast locations, and then
(05:54):
we can see if you like it. So three days
I gave him a treatment of a story line. He
liked it enough, and I said, okay, in one month,
I'll give you a full screenplay. He did not believe me,
but in that one month I gave him a full screenplay,
and you know, he believed in me enough that we
decided to partner together and started to develop what it
(06:16):
ultimately became The Fetus.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Wow, that's so so beautiful, And you know, we alle
big thing to these people who who sometimes you know,
just take a chance on something you know who came
to you and you say, hey, check this out, you know,
and this is how life is amazing, how people from
different places they come and meet that this is wonderful
(06:40):
and it is meant to be this great new film
the Fetus. So how can we watch it where audience
can find it? What is what is the next What
are the next dates of that great film?
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Well, right now it's it's gone live on about a
dozen places, most notably. The most popular ones are Amazon, iTunes,
which is Apple TV, Fandango, Google Play, Sling TV, and
again up to a dozen other places where people can
(07:13):
buy or rent it for for a very reasonable price.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Well, for sure, I know a lot of people who
would like to watch it, and again it's one of
the best films that I haven't seen for a long time,
So you definitely want to go and watch it.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
What is the thing that you want people to take
away when they watch that movie? For yourself as a director.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Well, the first thing is I always want to entertain.
That That is the absolute rule when creating a film.
That is it's it's a piece of art. It's meant
to entertain. But aside from that, I mean, I've I've
embedded messages of themes into the story, and I think that,
(08:02):
to me is what's missing a lot of times in
the films nowadays that I used to have back in
the eighties and nineties when I grew up, there was
always a certain theme or a message hidden within the storytelling.
And to me, I almost want people to discover it
versus me telling them what it is. I'll and i'll,
(08:27):
but I'll give you an analogy of another movie franchise, right,
which is Jurassic Park. The first one everybody loves, but
after that, it's that people don't have the same feelings
for it. And it's really because Steven Spielberg. In the
first one, him and the team created a story about
(08:48):
a couple learning to become parents, and if you really
look at it from that angle, you will see it's
not about the dinosaurs. It's about them trying to just side,
if you know, if they're at that point in their
lives to become parents, and that's why you've got these
kids and their orphans, and then they have to the
(09:09):
man has to protect them, and you know, the wife
has to go help find them and all these things.
It's not about the dinosaurs, you know, so when people
watch The Fetus, if they look deeper into it, it's
not about all the creatures, the monsters and all that stuff.
There is something deeper that I've embedded into there. And
if your followers or your listeners you know, can pick
up on that and feel free to message us. You know,
(09:32):
we can be reached on social media, and we love
to have discussions about.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
It, absolutely and who would be there definitely to support
everything you do, So be focused, start to save them.
Bye to each other. What are your next projects?
Speaker 2 (09:47):
My next one? I'm trying to decide right now if
I'm going to go with a sequel to The Fetus
or uh an action thriller sci fi that I have
story is for both of them, but right now it
partially depends on, like how much people love the Fetus.
If you know, I can be swayed to go either direction,
(10:10):
you know. So that's that's where my mind is right now.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
And again, congratulations for all the great work that you
are doing. We say hello to our dear friend Jane
Owen for introducing us to you. This is such a
privilege to have you. And again, congratulations for this phenomenal,
phenomenal New Horror comedy. You heard it, horror comedy called
(10:37):
The Fetus. Let me spell it for you. It's f
E t U S The Fetus by the great director
Joe Lamb and Joe Lamb It's l A M. You
can check him out, follow him and definitely support the
great movie The Fetus. We need great directors such as himself, Ladies,
(11:00):
A gentleman, My name is David so where I had
the pleasure to have to tell on I Heart Radio
on the Colture News the wonderful Joel Lamb who spoke
to us about his great new horror comedy called The Feeders.
Write down more music on iHeart Radio. Statue with us.
It's a beautiful day.
Ladies and gentlemen, Good afternoon, Welcome on the Colture News.
My name is David Samro and I have the pleasure
to have today on I Heart with you on the
Colture News. O wonderful film director. We're so happy to
have him. His name is Joe Lamb. Let me spell
it for you, Joe g O E and Lamb is
spelled l a M.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
He is a.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Wonderful, wonderful film director. He has released the new horror comedy.
We love that horror comedy called The Fetus is spelled
f e t us.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
We invite you to a definitely, definitely go and watch
that movie.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Uh. The Philis starring Lauren Lavera gets a prequel music
video from metal band to dive for. We are so
lucky to have him today over the film. The director
of that extraordinary new film, this new horror comedy, Joe Lamb. Joe,
how are you today?
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Terrific? David, thanks for having me on your show.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
It's an honor to have you someone like you, someone
as talented and as amazing as yourself, So thank you
to you. First question I have for you, can you
tell us where are you from? How did you start
making movies.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Well, I grew up in California, and I started because
I had a teacher show me a film in class
when I was sixteen called Citizen Kane, and I absolutely
loved it because I saw the creative process behind that movie,
and that's what got me started and just making short films,
you know, throughout my teenage years and college and all
(01:40):
the way up till now. My first feature film, which
is a horror comedy.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
And I'm sure you have realized what a mountain it
is to climb to do your first feature film, right.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Yes, Yes, it took a lot of what I call blood,
sweat and chaos, and it's because we wanted to do
something that was really special for the audience. I didn't
want to just make a movie really quick and just
throw it out there. I wanted something that would affect
me and the way the old you know, classic horror
(02:14):
films back in the eighties and nineties affected me.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
I love that. I love these references that you that
you mentioned, so I want to know who are the
film directors or the movies that I've influenced you the most.
Because you're mentioning about the eighties and nineties. You mentioned
Citizen Kane, tell me more about it.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Well, it's specifically in the horror genre from the eighties. Yeah,
I mean it's David Cronenberg, Wes Craven and so these
these filmmakers, you know, they made things like The Fly
and Nightmare and Elm Street. So these are just really
wild concepts with a lot of body horror and creature
(03:00):
practical effects that I was really drawn to and you know,
was the foundation for the Fetus because I enjoyed it
so much. I did not like watching movies that had
so much CGI and because it just would take me
out of it. It felt kind of fake in a sense.
And so that's why we fought so hard to create
(03:21):
all the creature effects and made them in real life
with a special effects artist in Columbia of all places.
And so I and I think so far with the response,
like people have really really enjoyed that that we took
that route of being as real as possible.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
And that's what you did. Then you may need very
real and actually you have a lot of fighting scenes
and really buddy to body confrontation, and that is the
most difficult to make it realistic, because of course in
real life they don't kill each other. You know, it's
you know, it's acted, but you may need verylievable and
(04:01):
very real. The way you switched from angle of camera,
with the music, the coloring, the direction, everything works perfectly
out and you know, it's it's it's beautifully downe and
I think it really stands out from what we see
these days. And I think it's a very very very
(04:22):
good choice. But also it's a very I think this
choice would pay off because you made that choice to
be singular, you know, So that's really congratulations for that.
It's it's really a wonderful, wonderful thing. So how did
you arrive to that, to that film? How was it
brought to you?
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Well, this is it's interesting because initially I had made
a short film that was an action thriller. It won
sixty awards, and then I went to the Virtual Can
Film Festival and I did it from home because this
was COVID and I was just sending out the short
film to different producers attending the Can Film Festival. It
(05:07):
was the tenth producer. His name was Joe Barbagallo. He
saw it and he saw a lot of potential in me,
and I told him I want to make you know,
action thriller movies. And he said, well, I can't back
you for like this three to five million dollar movie
that you made this short film concept for, but how
about we do something smaller, like a low budget horror
(05:28):
film in the range of like four hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. So he sent me a screenplay. I read it,
and honestly, David, it was not for me. I like
films that have like deep, meaningful characters and like really
unique stories that people haven't seen before. But the window
was open. I said, well, you know, why don't I
write something that's similar budget size, cast locations, and then
(05:54):
we can see if you like it. So three days
I gave him a treatment of a story line. He
liked it enough, and I said, okay, in one month,
I'll give you a full screenplay. He did not believe me,
but in that one month I gave him a full screenplay,
and you know, he believed in me enough that we
decided to partner together and started to develop what it
(06:16):
ultimately became The Fetus.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Wow, that's so so beautiful, And you know, we alle
big thing to these people who who sometimes you know,
just take a chance on something you know who came
to you and you say, hey, check this out, you know,
and this is how life is amazing, how people from
different places they come and meet that this is wonderful
(06:40):
and it is meant to be this great new film
the Fetus. So how can we watch it where audience
can find it? What is what is the next What
are the next dates of that great film?
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Well, right now it's it's gone live on about a
dozen places, most notably. The most popular ones are Amazon, iTunes,
which is Apple TV, Fandango, Google Play, Sling TV, and
again up to a dozen other places where people can
(07:13):
buy or rent it for for a very reasonable price.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Well, for sure, I know a lot of people who
would like to watch it, and again it's one of
the best films that I haven't seen for a long time,
So you definitely want to go and watch it.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
What is the thing that you want people to take
away when they watch that movie? For yourself as a director.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Well, the first thing is I always want to entertain.
That That is the absolute rule when creating a film.
That is it's it's a piece of art. It's meant
to entertain. But aside from that, I mean, I've I've
embedded messages of themes into the story, and I think that,
(08:02):
to me is what's missing a lot of times in
the films nowadays that I used to have back in
the eighties and nineties when I grew up, there was
always a certain theme or a message hidden within the storytelling.
And to me, I almost want people to discover it
versus me telling them what it is. I'll and i'll,
(08:27):
but I'll give you an analogy of another movie franchise, right,
which is Jurassic Park. The first one everybody loves, but
after that, it's that people don't have the same feelings
for it. And it's really because Steven Spielberg. In the
first one, him and the team created a story about
(08:48):
a couple learning to become parents, and if you really
look at it from that angle, you will see it's
not about the dinosaurs. It's about them trying to just side,
if you know, if they're at that point in their
lives to become parents, and that's why you've got these
kids and their orphans, and then they have to the
(09:09):
man has to protect them, and you know, the wife
has to go help find them and all these things.
It's not about the dinosaurs, you know, so when people
watch The Fetus, if they look deeper into it, it's
not about all the creatures, the monsters and all that stuff.
There is something deeper that I've embedded into there. And
if your followers or your listeners you know, can pick
up on that and feel free to message us. You know,
(09:32):
we can be reached on social media, and we love
to have discussions about.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
It, absolutely and who would be there definitely to support
everything you do, So be focused, start to save them.
Bye to each other. What are your next projects?
Speaker 2 (09:47):
My next one? I'm trying to decide right now if
I'm going to go with a sequel to The Fetus
or uh an action thriller sci fi that I have
story is for both of them, but right now it
partially depends on, like how much people love the Fetus.
If you know, I can be swayed to go either direction,
(10:10):
you know. So that's that's where my mind is right now.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
And again, congratulations for all the great work that you
are doing. We say hello to our dear friend Jane
Owen for introducing us to you. This is such a
privilege to have you. And again, congratulations for this phenomenal,
phenomenal New Horror comedy. You heard it, horror comedy called
(10:37):
The Fetus. Let me spell it for you. It's f
E t U S The Fetus by the great director
Joe Lamb and Joe Lamb It's l A M. You
can check him out, follow him and definitely support the
great movie The Fetus. We need great directors such as himself, Ladies,
(11:00):
A gentleman, My name is David so where I had
the pleasure to have to tell on I Heart Radio
on the Colture News the wonderful Joel Lamb who spoke
to us about his great new horror comedy called The Feeders.
Write down more music on iHeart Radio. Statue with us.
It's a beautiful day.
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