Filmmaker丨Screenwriter丨 Horror Reviewer 丨 Husband丨 Friendly Neighborhood Epilepsy Advocate 丨Co-Creator of Quetzalcoatl丨 #blm #translivesmatter https://popl.co/card/P55ehvzM/1/shttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3mmjtoaj4oc2sNew on Substack: I wrote about the journey of making Lechuza and trying to bring this Latin American folklore horror film to life for 100K. I get into the look book, the Fantastic Pitch process, the proof of concept short, and why this project means so much to me. https://open.substack.com/pub/freakishfilms/p/i-am-trying-to-make-a-feature-film?r=rc5k5&utm_medium=ios23 May 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmjtoaj4oc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3mihde6z6tc23Filmography flex!01 Apr 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihde6z6tc23https://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3mfmtxsmh6s2vThis past weekend I had the privilege to direct Hunters! A werewolf short! We had such an amazing crew full of great vibes and extraordinary talent! I absolutely loved working with these amazing people! Hire them for everything! #supportindiefilm #indiehorror24 Feb 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmtxsmh6s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3mdfihdvg2c2lMy pitch for Migrant Spirits is a Top 50 Finalist pitch for the ISA/Script Pipeline Pitch contest! Winners announced on Feb 12th! https://www.instagram.com/p/DT07PzACOZH/?igsh=MW84a2F4bHY1YjhqaA==27 Jan 2026 09:54 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfihdvg2c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3m53auvsagk2bREMINDER! 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! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1682479597/hunters-a-werewolf-short-horror-film?ref=user_menu07 Nov 2025 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m53auvsagk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3m52p4reml22fI 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 https://open.substack.com/pub/freakishfilms/p/stop-feeding-other-peoples-scripts?r=rc5k5&utm_medium=ios07 Nov 2025 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52p4reml22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3m3y65wviss2uA 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?25 Oct 2025 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3y65wviss2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3m3se4og6us2kWriters/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 https://open.substack.com/pub/macabremartinez/p/attention-writersdirectorsactors22 Oct 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3se4og6us2khttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3m3se4og6us2kWriters/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 https://open.substack.com/pub/macabremartinez/p/attention-writersdirectorsactors22 Oct 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3se4og6us2khttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3m2udkxatmk27It’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.”10 Oct 2025 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2udkxatmk27https://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3m2hv4kbdps2oOur 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. https://youtu.be/nCLYjtPsIVg?si=COCapoDDBEGSFs7C #horror #halloween #film05 Oct 2025 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2hv4kbdps2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3m2fgfu2igk24Hey 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! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1682479597/hunters-a-werewolf-short-horror-film04 Oct 2025 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2fgfu2igk24https://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3lzrkwakxz22hHappy #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.26 Sep 2025 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzrkwakxz22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3lynkugfkt22xFirst 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.12 Sep 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lynkugfkt22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3lustyj7ulk2nI had to share my Air Bud Returns pitch! https://substack.com/inbox/post/169207070?r=rc5k5&triedRedirect=true25 Jul 2025 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lustyj7ulk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3lqy7dc3oc22mQUETZALCOATL #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 https://476a67-2.myshopify.com/products/5-digital-physical-quetzalcoatl-bundle-sale07 Jun 2025 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqy7dc3oc22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3lqb2l7iefk2jDo 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 #writing28 May 2025 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqb2l7iefk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3loqwk3jj7k2kEver wanted to write comics? Let me break it down for you using my comic Quetzalcoatl as an example. https://open.substack.com/pub/macabremartinez/p/mastering-the-five-issue-comic-arc?r=rc5k5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true09 May 2025 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqwk3jj7k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3loomrlok3k2qBaby’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!! https://deadline.com/2025/05/disability-belongs-2025-entertainment-lab-virtual-1236389449/08 May 2025 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3loomrlok3k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3loomrlok3k2qBaby’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!! https://deadline.com/2025/05/disability-belongs-2025-entertainment-lab-virtual-1236389449/08 May 2025 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3loomrlok3k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3lo26lyqeok27The only thing I love more than horror are Horror VHS Covers! What are your favorite? https://open.substack.com/pub/macabremartinez/p/a-love-letter-to-horror-vhs-covers?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=rc5k5&utm_medium=ios30 Apr 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo26lyqeok27https://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3lo26lyqeok27The only thing I love more than horror are Horror VHS Covers! What are your favorite? https://open.substack.com/pub/macabremartinez/p/a-love-letter-to-horror-vhs-covers?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=rc5k5&utm_medium=ios30 Apr 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo26lyqeok27https://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3lnnpoknbm22nWas pretty vulnerable with this one about my insecurities regarding filmmaking and my disability. So let me know what you think and if it helped! https://open.substack.com/pub/macabremartinez/p/the-set-that-saved-me?r=rc5k5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web25 Apr 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnpoknbm22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3lniln5v7ks23Horror has always been like that. https://macabremartinez.substack.com/p/there-is-no-such-thing-as-prestige23 Apr 2025 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lniln5v7ks23https://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3lmzpsxb53226Announcing 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.17 Apr 2025 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzpsxb53226https://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3lmwy72jbgc2xPart 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! https://open.substack.com/pub/macabremartinez/p/abbott-elementary-spec-script-part-5a5?r=rc5k5&utm_medium=ios16 Apr 2025 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwy72jbgc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/macabremartinez.bsky.social/post/3lms4nqtv3s2iSo happy to finally share my Abbott Elementary spec script with y’all!! https://open.substack.com/pub/macabremartinez/p/abbott-elementary-spec-script-part?r=rc5k5&utm_medium=ios14 Apr 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:ya2zmcds6o7lmghexpbvr6tl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lms4nqtv3s2i