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A quick heads up before we get started. This episode mentions suicide and discusses depression. Please listen with care. So just to start us off, could you introduce yourself, your name, your age, what you do?
My name is Sean Fury. I'm a writer in Fort Worth, Texas. I'm 36 years old.
And I'm seeing some, like a very interesting background there for you. You've got a poster. You've got, is that Creature from the Black Lagoon?
It is. That's my favorite.
Sean loves movies, but he doesn't just love to watch them. He makes them too.
Horror is my go-to. We just finished the first leg of a shoot of a horror thriller. It's a vampire film.
Why did you want to make this film?
You know, to kind of work through my own issues with that depression, anxiety, PTSD. And I chose a vampire type story because I feel like there are times where I felt really low, where I just feel like I'm sucking the life out of my family, my wife. Yeah. So I decided to make that literal and explore it through a vampire film.
Sean says depression has been part of his life for as long as he can remember. At times, he says, it's been debilitating.
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