News Interview on Creativity Worth Expressing by scrappy Oct 6, 2025 Absolutely delighted to be interviewed by Ryan Anthony for his podcast Creativity Worth Expressing. I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I did! If you enjoy, please toss a like toward Creativity Worth Expressing, and sub to his channel!
News “The Violet Furnace” now available from Black Bed Sheet Books by scrappy Jun 2, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hellbender Media is thrilled and delighted with Black Bed Sheet Books for the publication of the novel The Violet Furnace. The book is now available wherever books are sold. Digital version for e-readers are also available. Read More
News “Seeds” to premiere at the Portland Horror Film Festival by scrappy May 16, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Seeds” to premiere at the Portland Horror Film Festival. Read More
News Interview on Francy & Friends podcast! by scrappy Feb 21, 2023 Dateline February 6, 2023 — I am interviewed on the Francy and Friends podcast. Read More
News “The Blood-Red Night of Hatchet Valley” now available from Black Bed Sheet Books by scrappy Jan 18, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hellbender Media is thrilled and delighted with Black Bed Sheet Books for the publication of the novel The Blood-Red Night of Hatchet Valley. The book is now available wherever books are sold. Digital version for e-readers are also available. Read More
News Hellbender Media News: New Book and website sale! by scrappy Nov 16, 2022 Welcome to November 2022’s edition of Invocation, Hellbender Media’s email newsletter. We remain happy as a clam that you’ve joined us. And we speak fluent clam, so we know! Read More
News “Fully Functional” now published by scrappy Sep 12, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE If an AI had it bad for an organic, would it be brilliant, awkward, or all three? How might it try to express itself? Read More
News Black Bed Sheet Books to publish “The Blood-Red Night of Hatchet Valley” by scrappy Sep 8, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hellbender Media is thrilled and proud to sign with Black Bed Sheet Book for the publication of the novel The Blood-Red Night of Hatchet Valley. The book has a tentative release date before the end of 2022. Read More
News The Blood-Red Night of Hatchet Valley in competition at Oregon Scream Week by scrappy Oct 5, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hellbender Media is thrilled and proud that our feature script The Blood-Red Night of Hatchet Valley is a finalist at Oregon Scream Week. Read More
News Filmmaker Edward Martin III interviewed in Tigard Life by scrappy Oct 1, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Local paper features resident filmmaker. And a big skull. Read More
News “The Ringing of the Abyss” to publish in “Challenge from Beyond” Competition by scrappy Sep 25, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “The Ringing of the Abyss”, a new short story, has been chosen for inclusion in the 2021 anthology “Challenge from Beyond” which features a collection of micro-shorts, and is released in tandem with the annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival. Read More
News The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath to play at The Danish Film Institute/Cinematheque by scrappy Aug 1, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath to play at The Danish Film Institute/Cinematheque Hellbender Media’s first feature film, the animated adventures of an audacious dreamer, has been selected for Denmark’s prestigious film festival. Read More
News Rose City Underground episode Earthsong to play at Portland Horror Film Festival by scrappy Jul 8, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rose City Underground episode Earthsong to play at Portland Horror Film Festival Hellbender Media’s upcoming web series Rose City Underground explores a dark fantasy underpinning beneath the city of Portland. Its premiere episode Earthsong has been selected to play at the Portland Horror Film Festival. Read More
News Welcome to the Low-Budget Filmmaker Tips! by scrappy Jun 28, 2021 Stay tuned to this spot for new Low-Budget Filmmaker tips posted as fast as we can defrost ’em out of the archives. Read More
News HBM Theater by scrappy Oct 10, 2020 We are very happy to be able to start offering shorts, web episodes, and features through our site via HBM Theater. Read More
News The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival 2019 by scrappy Oct 1, 2019 Hellbender Media is thrilled and very proud to be in the script competition in the prestigious H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, with our ferocious Lovecraftian script Shock Troops. Read More
News Shriekfest 2019 by scrappy Sep 25, 2019 UPDATE: The Blood-Red Night of Hatchet Valley won Best Feature Script in competition! Woo-hoo! Hellbender Media is thrilled and very proud to be competing in the screenplay competition at Shriekfest this year, this time with two scripts: The Blood-Red Night of Hatchet Valley and Shock Troops. Read More
News The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath on Weird Wednesday by scrappy Aug 8, 2019 Hellbender Media and Jeff Punk Rock Martin team up to bring you a 15th anniversary of our first feature film “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath,” based on a turn-of-the-century fantasy novel by H. P. Lovecraft. Read More
News Versus Comic Con by scrappy Jul 21, 2018 Hellbender Media will be at Versus Comic Con. In addition to our merch table in the vendors’ room, we’ll be hosting game demos for our new game Hacked Off, and hosting a discussion on low-budget filmmaking. Read More
News The Portland Horror Film Festival by scrappy Jun 13, 2018 Hellbender Media is deeeeeelighted to announce that our short Smooth Moves is one of the films in the bumper competition. Starring Brandie Sylfae and Bill Kelley, Smooth Moves is part of a web series called Head of Household about a delightful family of murderers. Yay! Read More
News Shriekfest Radio Interview by scrappy Dec 14, 2017 Writer/Director Edward Martin III is interviewed on Shriekfest Radio. Listen in to an hour of some of the most breathtaking, funny, and inspiring stuff this side of the Moon. Also available on iTunes. Read More
News The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival by scrappy Oct 2, 2017 We’ll be vending at the Film Festival, and our new script The Knot is in competition.
News The Oregon Independent Film Festival 2017 by scrappy Sep 19, 2017 UPDATE: The Dead won Best Comedy! The Oregon Independent Film Festival premieres two of our latest projects, The Dead, and Terminal Reflections. The Director, Producers, and members of the cast will be present at the showing as part of the Q&A session afterward. Read More
News Norwescon 39 by scrappy Mar 24, 2016 The Hellbender Filmmaking Workshop – in glorious color, 100% gluten- and GMO-free! A weekend-long workshop where participants learn hands-on about filmmaking by making a movie that weekend.
News The Living Dead Horror Convention by scrappy Nov 13, 2015 The Living Dead Horror Convention will be screening our otherworldly short film Amino Korvoj in their shorts block. Hellbender Media will be there as vendors, sharing all their new zombie-riffic games and movies, too!
News Braunschweig International Film Festival by scrappy Nov 2, 2015 This prestigious weeklong film festival is now featuring a special Lovecraft At Midnight channel, including many Lovecraft-inspired movies and Lovecraft adaptations. Hellbender Media will be there presenting our two films Innsmouth Legacy and Come to Us.
News Fright Night Film Festival by scrappy Oct 16, 2015 Fright Night Film Festival is showing our feature film Flesh of my Flesh, our short film Animo Korvoj, and the script for Through the Night is in official competition.