Ep 06: Own Worst Enemy: The Woes of Practical Effects + Alternative Christmas Movies

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Welcome to a festive episode of IndiePhilmopolis. IndiePhilmopolis is a podacast centring around indie films and independent film making, hosted by "Philm Maker" Philip Pugh. In this episode Phil is joined by actor/producer Mike Baughan to discuss the troublesome filming of practical effects on their own low budget feature 'Own Worst Enemy'. Phil and Mike also recommend some of their favourite alternative Christmas movies, including Better Watch Out, The Ref and Santa's Slay. Films covered in this episode include: Features - The Ref (1994 | Dir. Ted Demme | Starring Denis Leary, Judy Davis) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110955/ Pete's Christmas (2013 | Dir. Nisha Ganatra | Starring Zachary Gordon, Molly Parker, Rick Roberts) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3004544/ Christmas Apparition (2016 | Dir. Colleen Griffen | Starring Matthew Chappelle, Maura Chappelle, Henry Godinez) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5637212/ Tangerine (2015 | Dir. Sean Baker | Starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3824458/ Santa's Slay (2005 | Dir. David Steiman | Starring Bill Goldberg, Douglas Smith, Emilie de Ravin) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393685/ Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964 | Dir. Nicolas Webster | Starring John Call, Leonard Hicks, Vincent Beck) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058548/ Jack Frost (1997 | Dir. Michael Cooney | Starring Scott MacDonald, Christopher Allport, Stephen Mendel) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116671/ A Christmas Horror Story (2015 | Dir. Grant Harvey, Steven Hoban & Brett Sullivan | Starring William Shatner, George Buza, Rob Archer) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3688406/ The Nativity Story (2006 | Dir. Catherine Hardwicke | Starring Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Oscar Isaac) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0762121/ Better Watch Out (2016 | Dir. Chris Peckover | Starring Olivia DeJonge, Levi Miller, Ed Oxenbould) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4443658/ Shorts - The Snowman (1982 | Dir. Dianne Jackson, Jimmy T. Murakami) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084701/ The Gift https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNxrlh-68Pc The Worst Christmas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0zeYX3U7GA Unwrapped https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1HCUQxh7R8 Humbug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UySKl3TUgsw If you have any recommendations for any shorts or features that you've either made or watched and would like us to feature or review please get in touch. Get in touch or follow us: IndiePhilmopolis: http://www.twitter.com/philmopolis/ http://www.instagram.com/indiephilmopolis/ http://www.facebook.com/IndiePhilmopolis/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt_zwZZwOX_zOh6T5CANotA Own Worst Enemy: http://www.twitter.com/OwnWorstEnemyUK/ http://www.ownworstenemymovie.com/ http://www.facebook.com/OwnWorstEnemyMovie/ Phil: http://www.www.instagram.com/philm_maker http://www.twitter.com/Philm_Maker