Chris Alan Evans, Josh Munds and Bence Farkas Talk PEEPING TODD and HIVEMINDE DELUXE

This week, The Viewfinder Podcast continues its focus on the 2026 Baton Rouge Underground Film Festival as we explore two totally different but nonetheless spectacular Louisiana-made movies.  First is the critically acclaimed, very funny and very raunchy musical comedy/thriller Peeping Todd, which won the festival's Best Louisiana Feature award and is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV and Google Play.  Peeping Todd is directed by Josh Munds (who wrote its wacky original songs) and stars Chris Alan Evans (who also co-wrote the film’s screenplay with Munds) in the title role of a lovestruck stalker who zealously plots and plans to win the heart of his beautiful but romantically frustrated neighbor Claire (played by Mabel Thomas) no matter the danger, the humiliation, the pain - be it physical or emotional or both - or even the legal consequences.  Next comes the eerie short sci-fi satire Hivemind Deluxe, written and directed by Evans, which takes a haunting yet highly thought-provoking look at a young woman - Rae, played by Maddie Nichols - fighting to resist the manipulative power of an unearthly force that gives her the chance to live an all too perfect life, only for that opportunity to come at the devastating expense of her individual freedom.  Both films also feature the outstanding original music of composer Bence Farkas, who in addition to orchestrating the unforgettable and zany tunes heard in Peeping Todd, created an equally strong dramatic score for the film that plays to its most comedic and most suspenseful qualities.  Meanwhile for Hivemind Deluxe, Farkas took on a more psychological approach built around the movie's futuristic atmospherics, the terror and trauma of an alien abduction experience, and the high cost of blindly believing the unbelievable in a universe where, due to politicians, media influencers and messianic cult leaders, the truth is no longer something that's undisputed. Find out more about Peeping Todd on its official web site: https://www.peepingtoddmovie.com/ Watch The Viewfinder Podcast on YouTube: ⁠   / @theviewfinderpodcastwithchrish⁠    Listen to the show on Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/74f0gQb... On Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Follow The Viewfinder Podcast on X @ViewfinderPod  On Facebook: ⁠  / theviewfinderpodcast⁠   On Instagram: @TheViewfinderPodcast  On TikTok: @TheViewfinderPodcast  Show logo designed by Matison Leblanc Announcer: Erik Woods