Blog & News: Friends of trippin'

I met the inimitable Maria Alexander back in my San Francisco days many moons ago.  Our beloved shared mentor Sam Scribner referred to us fondly as the “Evil Twins.”  At the time we were both risqué blondes who often donned black latex so I suppose it was a fitting title. Read the rest of this entry »

I first met Greg Lamberson on the film fest circuit.  He remembers it as being the Halloween Horror Picture Show in Tampa (and he’s probably right), though I could have sworn it was at Genghis Con in Pittsburgh.  I remember talking with him shortly after I’d conducted an interview with H.G. Lewis and him being impressed because I was the first chick he’d met who was into Lewis’ gory oeuvre. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m not sure how it’s possible, but I don’t remember the precise moment I met Heidi Martinuzzi in person.  I knew of her through her website Pretty-Scary as well as the two amazing reviews she’d written for our films Teenage Bikini Vampire and Confederate Zombie Massacre!, but I don’t quite recall the actual moment of “Heidi, meet Devi. Devi, meet Heidi.”   I suspect there might have been some alcohol involved.   Read the rest of this entry »

So, let’s be honest we all do it from time to time.  There’s no need to be ashamed.  Once in a while we just get the urge to Google ourselves.  It’s only natural.  And it can lead to beautiful things.  Read the rest of this entry »

I met Richard Purves at the Burbank International Film Festival.  I seem to recall among my first words to him were, “I’ll take a look at yours if you take a look at mine.”  I was referring, of course, to our respective films that were screening on the same day.  We’ve been friends ever since. Read the rest of this entry »