Fresh Meat, or, Feed Good People

Earlier this year, the people behind the Dead Meat channel announced a project called Fresh Meat, an anthology of short horror films from up-and-coming filmmakers. The collection would get a theatrical and home streaming release, exposure from being promoted on the channel, and a cut of the revenue. I’ve been one of the channel’s many fans for a couple of years now, and I think this is a fantastic project. The creators of Dead Meat, James A Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca, are former film students who decided to ditch the pretentiousness I associate with film students (I’m allowed to say that since I was one briefly) and go all-in on embracing a genre that they love, without much caring whether it’s considered “low-brow.” Their earnest enthusiasm for the process of making movies comes through in their videos and podcasts, and they’ve got a bullshit-free positivity that carries through everything. You can tell that this is a heartfelt project designed to use their platform to give new…