pirantulas_frontcoverPirantulas! can finally be shown to the outside world and I am excited to be able to move on to new projects. As the writer, I had the smallest role in this film’s creation–a team of people came together to create this and I thank everyone of them. Namely…

Rachel Reese who did the screenplay, Ryan Smith for narrating and being “the thrashing dead guy,” Alyssa Grace Hagans for playing Renee, Marni Pritt for playing Megan, Rob Dunn for playing Eric, Loren Boyer for playing Dr. Brogan, filming and a misc. of other helps, Cynthia Luvbabyluv for creature creation and so much more, Fred Turnbow for

The premiere of the locally produced short horror film Pirantulas! took place at Cafe Bienville to a full house.
The premiere of the locally produced short horror film Pirantulas! took place at Cafe Bienville to a full house.

assistance, Rachel Hartness and Cynthia Luvbabyluv for being set photographers, Cafe Bienville for supporting this crazy endeavor in so many ways from providing food and location to sharing the employees, the Spence family for allowing us to film on their property and to Kyra Kile for pulling together a massive amount of technical malfunction and a slew of other issues and somehow turning it into a little film worth watching.

It’s not a perfect film, but I love it. Thank you everyone on the Pirantula! crew!

And now that you are in the mood for some indie horror… here’s another tidbit with local ties. Check out Boy Meets Head from Shari Honer Allen’s son Tristan.

By Angela Yuriko Smith

Angela Yuriko Smith is a third-generation Ryukyuan-American, award-winning poet, author, and publisher with 20+ years in newspapers. Publisher of Space & Time magazine (est. 1966), two-time Bram Stoker Awards® Winner, and HWA Mentor of the Year, she shares Authortunities, a free weekly calendar of author opportunities at authortunities.substack.com.

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