Filmmaker Roger Connors >>> Some kids discover cartoons. Others find baseball. But growing up in Westlake, Ohio, filmmaker Roger Connors found something a little … different. “I discovered horror at a very young age,” he says. “After my mother passed away when I was 18, I was seeking a means to vent those feelings and frustrations. Acting in film, especially within the horror genre, proved extremely cathartic and a great tool to help me get through that experience and deal with the emotions that stemmed from it.” Once he found some light within those shadows, Connors never left. From local indie sets to a growing catalog of scream-worthy stories, including his latest horror masterpiece, Meat , he’s turned fears, both personal and universal, into cinematic nightmares ever since. “I always try to face my own fears, and I often translate that into the scripts and films I work on,” Connors explains. “I often infuse themes of discrimination, homophobia, body dysmorphia, mental...
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