Miguel Martinez
@macabremartinez.bsky.social
Filmmaker丨Screenwriter丨 Horror Reviewer 丨 Husband丨 Friendly Neighborhood Epilepsy Advocate 丨Co-Creator of Quetzalcoatl丨
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"With Your Life" | Horror Short Film
YouTube video by Freakish Films
youtu.be
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
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
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...
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...
HUNTERS: A Werewolf Short Horror Film
A horror short about werewolves stalking the Bronx
www.kickstarter.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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...
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
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Stop Feeding Other People’s Scripts to ChatGPT
It’s lazy, it’s unethical, and it puts someone else’s livelihood at risk
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November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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...
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?
October 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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?
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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...
Attention Writers/Directors/Actors! We Are Doing Table Reads!
While talking to all of you guys, I realized a lot of you are also actors and filmmakers as well as great writers!
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October 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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...
Attention Writers/Directors/Actors! We Are Doing Table Reads!
While talking to all of you guys, I realized a lot of you are also actors and filmmakers as well as great writers!
open.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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...
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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
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
October 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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
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.”
“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.”
October 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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.”
“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
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
"With Your Life" | Horror Short Film
YouTube video by Freakish Films
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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
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...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/168...
HUNTERS: A Werewolf Short Horror Film
A horror short about werewolves stalking the Bronx
www.kickstarter.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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...
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.
September 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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.
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.
September 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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.
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...
My Pitch For AIR BUD RETURNS
Four paws. One goal. No mercy.
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July 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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
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
Quetzalcoatl Digital Bundle Sale! Issues 1, 2, 3
Included in this sale: Issue #1 Digital Issue #2 Digital! Issue #3 Digital All 3 for $5!
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June 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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
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
May 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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
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First Trailer in 7 days…
May 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
First Trailer in 7 days…
Ever wanted to write comics? Let me break it down for you using my comic Quetzalcoatl as an example.
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Mastering the Five-Issue Comic Arc
Structuring Your Comic Series for Maximum Impact
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May 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ever wanted to write comics? Let me break it down for you using my comic Quetzalcoatl as an example.
open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...
open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...
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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...
May 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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...
May 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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...
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The only thing I love more than horror are Horror VHS Covers! What are your favorite?
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A Love Letter to Horror VHS Covers
I was maybe eight, walking through Hollywood Video with my dad, trailing my fingers along the plastic cases like I was summoning something.
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April 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The only thing I love more than horror are Horror VHS Covers! What are your favorite?
open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...
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...
open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...
A Love Letter to Horror VHS Covers
I was maybe eight, walking through Hollywood Video with my dad, trailing my fingers along the plastic cases like I was summoning something.
open.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The only thing I love more than horror are Horror VHS Covers! What are your favorite?
open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...
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!
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open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...
The Set That Saved Me
On making horror, living with epilepsy, and finding my way back
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April 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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...
open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...
Horror has always been like that. macabremartinez.substack.com/p/there-is-n...
There Is No Such Thing as “Prestige Horror”: The Genre Has Always Been Elevated
a rant.
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April 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Horror has always been like that. macabremartinez.substack.com/p/there-is-n...
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#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
Sitting down with Migrant Spirits at my local. by @macabremartinez.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
#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.
April 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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!
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Abbott Elementary Spec Script Part 2
I wrote an Abbott spec script titled "YOUNG AUTHORS' CONFERENCE"
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April 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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...
open.substack.com/pub/macabrem...