by Justin Beahm | Jun 29, 2016 | Film, Writing
In 2013 I starred with lovely Elle Alexandra in director/writer/producer/composer Rob Himebaugh’s SILK. The 14-minute film, produced by Ben Pollack (along with help from a number of generous campaign contributors) and shot by Scotty Field shocked audiences at...
by Justin Beahm | Jun 27, 2016 | Radio Hour
I am thrilled to announce my first Justin Beahm Radio Hour podcast guest will be my friend E. Elias Merhige. Merhige is the visionary director behind SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE and BEGOTTEN, heralded as, “One of the ten most important films of modern times.” **...
by Justin Beahm | Jun 25, 2016 | Film, Writing
THE NEON DEMON is Los Angeles. That melancholy, sprawling monolith, itself a victim of mankind’s Frankensteinian obsession with chasing perfection and growth by sewing mismatched parts onto a beast. Just like the Frankenstein monster cannot help its impulses...
by Justin Beahm | Jun 23, 2016 | From The Archives, Writing
The night of October 31, 1987 was chilly in Marion, Iowa, a town as close to “Haddonfield” as you are likely to find. Halloween has always been my favorite day of the year, compounded when falling on a Saturday, and ’87 offered that rare collision of...
by Justin Beahm | Jun 21, 2016 | From The Archives, Writing
My earliest exploration of monster cinema, before I had seen a single reel of film, came via the Crestwood House monster series of books. I was a frequent dreamer at the local library, toiling countless weekends away sitting atop the fire escape in the...
