ETCH CAST - Episode 6 - I Try All Things; I Achieve What I Can

Welcome back to the shadows. Episode 6 marks the start of a new recurring series on Etch Cast — From Script to Screen — where we trace the strange and winding path that transforms an idea into a finished film.

For this first installment, Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King sit down with Etch co-founder, director, and producer Will Battersby to talk about how stories are born — or maybe summoned. Before there are pages, budgets, or camera gear, there’s a flicker of something: a question, a fear, an image that refuses to fade. This episode is about chasing that flicker and turning it into something real.

They explore where horror ideas come from, how tone and theme emerge before structure, and why some ideas haunt you until you give them form. Along the way, they compare creative rituals, debate the difference between idea hoarding and idea shaping, and confront the reality that sometimes — yes — ideas are haunted.

If you’ve ever stared at a blank page and felt something stirring behind it, this one’s for you.

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