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What is your book about? 
Heart of Stone is about teenager Samantha Abraham, a picked on outcast at school who falls in love  with a strange new foreign exchange student named Joshua. He’s great at hockey, gorgeous, and might just be a golem. Together with her equally unpopular best friend Duckie, they navigate the social  hierarchy, dodge the mean girls, and try to uncover the truth about Joshua’s origins. The book is a little bit Sixteen Candles and a dash of Young Frankenstein with some paranormal/horror elements. 

What inspired this story?
I wanted to write an 80’s inspired teenage horror story that was both current and offbeat. Initially I was trying to write the most out there version of the Twilight style YA trend, taking the logical  progression of Dracula -> Werewolf -> Frankenstein. I thought, those kind of stories usually have fairly shell-like characters designed for the reader to imagine themselves in the role, so what’s more shell-like than a golem? I wanted this to be a parody, but loose enough that it can still work in a serious way.  The series builds as it progresses into more comedic areas, easing in more appearances from the crazy cop Frank Malone, who appeared in my movie The Killing Death, which Heart of Stone is set in the same  universe. 

Tell us a little about you, who is I. D. Russell?
I’m a bit of a jack of all trades kind of guy. Film buff, martial artist, Dad, indie filmmaker, author, gamer, retro pro-wrestling enthusiast, reader, collector, and YouTuber. I can’t sit still and I’m always either working on another book (I’ve got 25 more written in various stages of editing), writing a screenplay (lots on the go that will hopefully be up on screen in the future), reading five or more books at once, training in BJJ or Hapkido… you get the idea. I’m an 80’s child and that’s where my sensibilities come in terms of action movies, horror movies, comedies, etc. Everything I make blends a bit of what I came up with, like The Monster Squad, Police Academy, The Naked Gun, Bruce Lee movies, video games, and schlocky pulp books. Eventually I hope someone notices. 

How can we read Heart of Stone?
Heart of Stone is Book 1 of the “High School Hell” series. You can find the whole series on Amazon: 

The series is also available on the Ringo Jones website and in select stores in Winnipeg.

The Killing Death is a micro-budget indie film from Ian Russell that focuses on “two bumbling cops who are on the trial of a serial killer who makes pizza out of their victims.” The horror comedy is available on Amazon Prime and you can learn more about it here!

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When the Fever Breaks is an indie thriller/horror movie directed by Tymaine Clay. In the movie, a mother fights “to keep the only remaining house left during a zombie apocalypse,” and she “must come to terms when she is infected with only two hours left to live and a daughter she must protect at all cost.

Starring Genevieve Gearhart, Shaun Piccinino, Kruiz Mauga, Chadwick Armstrong, Ryan T. Husk, and Violet Smith. Click here to watch the zombie flick for free on Tubi TV or you can watch it on Amazon with a Prime membership.

HALLOWEEN is back! And that means it is time to spotlight more movies that you can binge on the lead up to the scariest night of the year! Today, let’s take a look at four indie horror flicks…

NICOLE
Directed by James Schroeder
Nicole is a shy young woman who drinks too much and has a dark family history. She’s under pressure from her parents to get married and start a family. Reluctantly, she goes on a date with John, a charismatic and cocky young man who’s used to getting his way. Nicole is the story of their date and the repercussions that they both have to live with after the night is over.
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THE REDEEMING
Directed by Brian Barnes
A disturbed single mother must confront a mysterious stranger to protect her home, but her struggle to hold onto her sanity could doom them both.
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CHAR MAN
Directed by Kipp Tribble & Kurt Ela
Two friends visit fire-ravaged Ojai, California, intent on making a fake documentary about the infamous Ojai Vampire. However, things take a bizarre and frightening turn when they learn about a different local legend: The Char Man.
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The Eve

THE EVE
Directed by Ritchie Filippi
Disaster follows a group of friends on their peaceful getaway in this horror thriller. After decamping to Martha’s Vineyard to celebrate the impending new year, a quartet of pals are hunted by a mysterious force that appears to want to gravely harm them. Now, the crew is forced to work together in order to escape the house that has become their prison with their lives intact. 
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What are you watching for Halloween? What kinda movies do you want us to spotlight? Leave us a comment or Tweet at us @MyHWoodDream

Posted on October 24th, 2020 by MHD | Leave a Comment
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Nicole is a horror thriller from director James Schroeder that stars Tamika Shannon as the title character. Nicole is a shy young woman with a dark family history who goes on a date with the charismatic and cocky John (Stephen Green). The date goes wrong. Very wrong.

The movie is available to watch on Amazon Prime and TubiTV, and you can learn more about the flick here.


The Eve is an independent thriller produced by Evan Bass, Angel Acevedo, and David Rheingold, directed by Ritchie Steven Filippi, and stars Al Thompson, Maria DiDomenico, Miranda Noelle Wilson, Evan Bass, Rick Estabrook. Learn more about the movie in our spotlight article: The 5Ws and How: The Eve. You can buy the movie over on Amazon and watch online at TubiTV.


This is a very hard time across the globe, but I’m thankful for movies and having access to so many movies online. You can find big, small, Hollywood, Indie, art, shorts, etc., all for free to watch. We should all be staying at home to help take pressure off the heroes in our medical community, so what better time to watch a ton of movies.

We are spotlighting free movies on Twitter at the hashtag #MHD_WatchOnline and we will try to post daily spotlights here with recommendations for movies that you can watch for free online (without a subscription or account). Today we’re looking at the horror flick Char Man.

Official Description: Two friends visit fire-ravaged Ojai, California, intent on making a fake documentary about the infamous Ojai Vampire. However, things take a bizarre and frightening turn when they learn about a different local legend: The Char Man.

The movie was directed by Kipp Tribble and Kurt Ela, and stars both Tribble and Ela, along with Jeff Kober, Nick Greco, and Buddy Wilds. You can watch Char Man for free on Tubi TV.

Have recommendations for other movies we should include in #MHD_WatchOnline? Let us know in the comments! The only rule is that it needs to be available online to watch for free (legally with no strings attached – AVOD is very welcome!).