FULL INTERVIEW - TI WEST dishes on new movie MAXXXINE and career with teenage interviewer S3 FINALE! 

Pearl is so good. It’s singular in genre movies. There’s nothing like it.

Pearl is fantastic. I love that movie so much. I could sure watch another movie about that character.

Yes we definitely need to know what happened after Howard came home to find his in laws dead. And then the years afterwards.

@@pobstrel I can't get enough of Pearl. It is magic. Looking forward to Maxxxine. I really am a fan of all of Ti's movies starting with The Roost. Have you seen that one?

"Howard and Pearl"... Sequel to Pearl & Prequel to X. :-)

You and me both! No idea. He said he had fun and might do it again in subsequent emails. Fingers crossed! ♥

You nailed it so, more to come in the future without a doubt. Your future has begun buddy@@WhatsUndertheBedwithDax

Me too! I can't wait. Did you ever see his first movie, The Roost?

No! You're the one that's so cool! =) Thank you for the kind words. Did you have a chance to watch the interview? I'm very proud of this one. Thanks for your support. Tell your friends! =)

Thank you for saying so. The research takes some time, for sure. The most difficult are the folks who have huge careers because I can't cut any parts of their life story out. I may not ask about it or have time to get to it, but I have to research it because I feel if I don't, I may miss something really interesting. The folks who have published biographies? I have to read them through. Then, there's the newspaper archives, there's the Internet Database (Way Back Machine), then there's old issues of Fangoria (I have them ALL on discs), then I have to listen to EVERYTHING - all the podcasts and interviews. It's a slog in the beginning because you hear everything for the first time. After awhile, I can listen to them sped up because I know much of the stories and then I'm looking for the stuff I haven't heard and so on and so on. For Alex Essoe, I joined a private Facebook Group for the Dharain Theater. She grew up in the middle east. On there, I was able to connect with someone who knew her mother when she was very young. I interviewed her and if you listen to that interview with Essoe, you'll see I have so much insight from inside her childhood home! I've interviewed friends, colleagues, and more to prepare. Whoops! I've let you in on some of my secrets! Shhhh!

That's absolutely amazing. You definitely don't get enough credit for all of the resources you use and insight you find on the people you interview. I enjoy listening to them while I study and other little things. And thanks for the inside scoop! Don't worry, I won't tell 😉 I'm looking forward to your other videos I haven't gotten the chance to watch quite yet. ☺️

@@IAmMurderMouse You're the fourth person to say they listen to the interviews while they "work in the shop", "work on their art", "while driving to work" and now "while you study". This delights me to no end. I love it and thank you so much for listening and thank you so much for sharing that. I worry all the time that folks aren't listening at all. It's not everybody's thing, but for those who are interested I really try and deliver. I appreciate you saying so. If and when you do listen to another, I hope you'll let me know what you think. There has definitely been an evolution from the beginning, but my first interview with BJ McDonnell is still one of my favorites. Those first five interviews, you can see many of the parts of the current structure coming together. ((SHHH -- Wait til you see what's coming in Season 4)) =)

I want Maxxine to arrive yesterday!

NO, you're the one who rules! 🤣 Thank you so much for the comments! Every once in a while, I get stuff that catches them off guard (parents honeymoon =). It makes for great soundbites. Wait until you see the Season 4 premiere!!! Other ones are BJ McDonnell (the cartoon of Gus); Alex Essoe (dinner parties in her childhood home); Kevin Lewis (the fire at the movie theater where he worked in HS); Dee Wallace (the tattoo on her butt); Alexis Knapp (flaming hot cheetoes); Andrew Bowser (his manager at the movie theater where he worked); Nick Antosca (everything!); Daniel Kraus and so on. It might be my favorite part of the interviews! =) If you have a chance to listen to any of those, please, please let me know what you think. Thanks again for your wonderful compliment and encouragement. It means the world to me that people are watching!

@@WhatsUndertheBedwithDax can't wait! very exciting that there are young journalists willing to go deep and probe a bit- especially when it comes to horror directors! looking forward to more!

@@timcosta9715 The research has certainly become a big part of the show... hence the name, "What's Under the Bed" or it could be, "What's Under the Hood" or "This is Your Life" =) I'm glad you're enjoying it. You won't be disappointed with what's coming up... ♥

I love Hot Ones. That's a high compliment! How does the A24 sub reddit work? What are they saying? Spill please! =)

I am so happy you enjoyed it! Thank you for your comment and thanks for subscribing! Tell your friends 🤣

I'm trying to get better. =)

Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm happy you like it! Ti West was a lot of fun. He was a tough one to get a reaction out of, but I think I did a couple of times. He's written since that he had a lot of fun. SO, he liked it, I liked it and you liked it! WIN all around. Have you seen the MAXXXINE trailer yet? Just dropped today.

@@WhatsUndertheBedwithDax you did an amazing work. I can understand why he liked a lot your interview. I did watch the trailer and I like it. You know what I found. Very interesting about this trilogy is that is structured in a very different way because you have in the middle pearl, which is in a way a prequel to x and now we’re gonna have Maxxime a sequel of x. i kinda wanna make my own take on this trilogy, maybe through a essay or a video essay

@@sebassteeane Absolutely. Ti said it was better for Pearl to come before Maxxxine. He said it serves the story better. I am interested in seeing what he meant. It's the most exciting horror franchise to come along in decades. I can't get enough of it.

Thank you. I'm so happy you liked it.

It was last year just after the strikes ended. It's been horrible having to sit on this. I couldn't wait to tell everybody =)

I appreciate the feedback. I need to get better, but you can see the progress over the interviews. .I would argue they've been pretty good from the start all things considered. Take a look at the BJ McDonnell interview if you get a chance. Here's what's going on. "What's Under the Bed" was just a cool name but the show has grown into it, in that the show is the guest's life story. I delve into things no other interviewer does and it surprises the guests - they love it - it keeps them engaged and I am able to touch on deep topics (check out my interview with Patrick Brice) and then switch it up to light. Now, here's why I give a lot of information. When I was preparing my first interview questions, I overheard Danielle Harris tell Scout Taylor-Compton about interviewers, "How many times can you be asked what's it like to work with Rob Zombie". They are tired of the same questions. Then, when I started listening to interviews to do research, I have their basic story after two interviews. After, there's about 50 that are all the same questions. The guests are bored and they zone out or lean on the same canned stories they say for the tired question like pressing a button. When you hear me give a bunch of detail, the strategy is I am saying the tired stuff out loud so I can get to the follow up (that other interviewers never ask) and I don't eat up my very limited time with them saying something you can find at 20 other interviews. I also want to cover the topics. I structure the interviews to touch on their parents and where they grew up, their high school years, college years, early career, the highlights, interests, what's coming up and a bunch of fun stuff throughout. Also, if I am taking up their time I like to show I've put in some effort. Ive heard a bunch of interviews where the host clearly didn't do research and sometimes didn't really know who their guests were. That's the truth! One with Hannah Fierman comes to mind. He didn't have a clue and it was so offensive. I like to know my stuff AND offer my own stuff too. Like the Urban legends. Anyway, I hear what you're saying and I'm trying to get better... I am better. But, the show isn't a conversation like many podcasts. The show is to learn their story. I am steering it. Also, I wrote in a response above. I am editing and shuffling like a madman. I usually have about 10-14 -pages of material for each interview, sometimes up to 25! I can get through about 8-9 pages on average per interview.. When you see me I am skipping questions, moving them up, pushing them back, dropping stuff they answered in the wrong spot, doing call backs, usually I have 30 minutes when it was supposed to be an hour and I'm always trying to make sure I cover their life story with hightlights - beginning, middle and end, while being able to stick the landing precisely at the 30 minute, 45 minute or 15 minute target they usually gave me 30 seconds before the interview begins. There's a lot going on. Thank you for the feedback. I really do appreciate you taking the time to be constructive when so many people would rather be destructibve. I hope you subscribe and watch some of my other interviews if you haven't already. I have good stuff coming up.

@@WhatsUndertheBedwithDax @carlrossi7307 is right. Just ask questions and don't read a lengthy biography full of unimportant details. You could see Ti West was quite bored while listening to it and was a bit embarrassed at times. It's obvious you did impeccable research, but you seemed obsessed with him during the interview, which was kind of creepy. :)

@@petrkvapil1684 I'm sorry it comes across like that. I am happy to report Ti West was quite impressed with the interview. He even reached out and had us be a part of the Maxxxine press tour and we are to meet him for lunch in LA. In the meantime, some of what you're seeing is 1) my show is like a big book report, and I cover their biography and career. 2) in some of the longer spots, what you may be seeing is me reading the bio and SKIPPING several questions for time. So, I cover their story (because that's what the episode is about), but I have skipped some questions I felt were less important because I have more important questions ahead. However, if I just dropped the whole segment, there would be holes in their story and the interview, such as it is, would lose its context. It's something that's hard to see, but I am constantly editing the interviews on the fly and I am rarely keeping any guests longer than the agreed upon time. But, it may come across like that sometimes. I appreciate the constructive feedback and your comments. Thanks for watching!

@@WhatsUndertheBedwithDax I saw your newer interview with cast and crew of Maxxxine and it was very good interview.

@@petrkvapil1684 Thank you! It always makes me happy to hear people are watching! =)

...thanks? The show is called, "What's Under the Bed?" It could alternatively be called, "What's Under the Hood?", "What's your story?" and so on. So, yeah... thanks! It affirms I'm doing my job. Also, if you watched to the end, you'll see that Ti knew what he was getting into from our prior correspondence. Thanks for watching and thanks for your comments!

Zelda was the scariest part of the movie AND scariest part of the BOOK. Did you read the book? Total nightmare fuel. Thanks for watching the interview.

You're the first person I've heard had trouble hearing the audio. It should be there. It's included. I am only seeing this now, were you able to solve it?

Hi! It seems to be working now. Sorry bout that, it was the strangest thing. Great video!

Overall tho I love what you’re doing man keep it up. Do your research, but go with the flow

I appreciate the input. I'm trying. I just turned 16 and started this when I was 14. I taught myself (with help from my dad) how to interview. Before my first interview, I had a chance to speak with actress Dee Wallace over a zoom call. I was feeling pretty confident then and I tried to pay her a compliment and it came out wrong. Basically, I said something like she was a better actress than some of her movies, or something like that. She laughed and teased back, "hey, which movies". I was mortified. I abandoned the whole thing for a year after that. I had so much anxiety. The actress Danielle Harris is a huge supporter of the show and she heard about this. In 30 minutes I had a video message from Dee Wallace pleading for me to not listen to anyone and chase my dream. Also, the point of the show was to interview Kane Hodder someday. Danielle had Kane send me a video too. He told me he still wanted to do an interview and hoped I'd keep at it. Anyway, I tried it again. My first interview with BJ McDonnell was my favorite but I was so scared. I am trying to get myself up to live interviews. I did some at a convention, but my in depth style of research requires extensive notes. It's too much to keep together. Also, I am doing so much in these interviews. I know where it's going because I have written their story basically. So many times I find out I have 30 minutes with them when I thought it was an hour OR they give a long answer that covers four other questions and what you don't see is I am constantly editing and shuffling my questions around in real time while also always trying to stick the landing and finish at the time I've been given. There's a lot going on. I'm trying to get better. Another thing is the show is not a podcast, meaning its not a conversation to see where it will lead. It is a little, but it's "What's Under the Bed?" Like, "What's Under the Hood?" OR "This is your life". It really is the guest's story. And I am TRYING to leave out the stuff everyone always asks them.

@@marvinalberto360 Thank you. It's not as easy as it seems, but I'm not complaining! I love it.

Thanks for the comment. Here's the WUTB research method, since you asked =) First, I start with something as simple as Wikipedia, basically to see a general structure to their biography and career. I am essentially writing a book report on the guest. There are specific questions that provide a framework, but their story is the rest. So, I begin with a basic outline of my framework: childhood, high school, college, early career, career highlights, what's next. Then, I start watching and listening to as many RU-vid interviews and podcasts I can find. I take lots of notes and 1) get the framework filled in quickly and 2) I hear the SAME QUESTIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. This is important! I have about 30-45 minutes to interview. Rather than lose my time to them answering questions they've been asked 500 times (or asking questions I can get answers to with a simple google search), I TELL THEM THE INFORMATION. Does that make sense? If it's an important part of their story, I SAY IT, so I can move on and ASK THE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS that no one else ever asks because they use up their time. Then, I go to duckduckgo.com and run searches for interviews. Why there? They tend to skip over the sponsored stuff and give me older stuff I can't find with Google. After this, I hit newspapers.com to check for articles written about them, their family, etc. With Ti West, I found an article about his father getting a job after college and it said he'd start after his honeymoon in Bermuda. So, I used that detail. With Andrew Bowser, he said he worked at a movie theater, so I looked up the theater in the years he worked and it pulled up a wedding announcement for a guy who was a manager there. I got his name and included the detail. Here's one... Alex Essoe gre up in Dahrain, Saudi Arabia and her mother was an actor at their theater group. It's like a compound for expats working for the oil companies there. The theater group has a private Facebook Account, so I asked to join because I'd be interviewing her. I was let in and I asked if anyone knew her at the time. I ended up interviewing a woman who worked with her mother, attended dinner parties with the family, etc. I got all sorts of great details there. I research the high schools, whenever there's a little factoid I hear, I pull on that string. It isn't published yet, but Kevin Bacon's father was on the cover of Time Magazine in November 1964, so I went on Ebay and bought a copy. I love having the props to introduce in the interviews. It goes on and on like this. I listen to every interview... once I hear the basic story and it starts repeating (((AND THEY ALL DO))), I can put it on high speed to get through the same chatter, but I might pick up a childhood friend's name on one and the name of an employer on another. I keep copious notes, so when it's time to write the "book report" and figure out the questions, I include ALL THE DETAILS I find from ALL THE DIFFERENT SOURCES and it sounds like I have read their journal. You've got to remember, they don't remember they've said certain things. Oh, and the Internet Archive (Way Back Machine) is another place where I have found old blogs (Nick Antosca) filled with information.... I have also interviewed family, friends and colleagues for different guests. Oh, and if they wrote a book (Kane Hodder, Clint Howard, Dee Wallace, Daniel Kraus, etc) I read the WHOLE BOOK! Sorry for being long winded, but I genuinely do a deep dive for my guests. They're being generous with their time, so I want it to be a special experience and I want to pay them the respect of showing up having done the work. Thanks for watching.

@@WhatsUndertheBedwithDax You certainly answered the question. Thanks. That is a tremendous and impressive process.

@@bluerobin7051 Thank you! Of course, I painted myself into a corner because the process makes it hard to churn out a lot of content =(

Thanks for the love.

Aw man, I just wrote in another comment all the research I do. If only. I'll summarize: 1) wikipedia, like you said; 2) RU-vid interviews; 3) Podcasts; 4) Google search for interviews; 5) Duckduckgo search for interviews (tends to give older stuff); 6) If they wrote a book, I read the WHOLE book; 7) newspaper search for them and family; 8) I watch their movies.... if I mention a movie, I HAVE WATCHED THE MOVIE. If not, I don't mention it. I have a deal, I won't bring something up if I don't understand the context (to your point). I take copious notes. When I write out their story, I say the things they've answered in other interviews a hundred times, so they don't have to and I can focus on the follow up questions. That's essentially how I do it. Maybe I need to get better at the performance since you've indicated it looks like I don't know what I'm doing? One thing you don't see is when the guest answers the first ten questions in the first question and I am editing, deleting and adding stuff in real time so I don't crash and burn. That cannot be done if I don't know the material. Thanks for your comment.

I am a huge fan. If you haven't seen his first, "THE ROOST" or his western, "IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE", do yourself a favor and check them out. I have NO IDEA when Maxxxine will land, but it's this year. Didn't they have a teaser trailer that released Super Bowl weekend or am I imagining that? Did you have a chance to watch the interview? Did you see the thing he revealed about "MAXXXINE"?

@@WhatsUndertheBedwithDax I did watch the interview but I didn’t hear anything about a release date for maxxxine

I don’t think there’s a release date announced yet. 😢

@@brandonkashinsky9222 all that I can find is that it will be released in 2024. Probably as a summer film, since it's highly anticipate or September/October to play with the Halloween horror movie stuff. I've heard it's like a slasher thriller whodunit murder mystery set in 1980s Los Angeles and the world of straight to VHS movie making. I can't wait.

@@WhatsUndertheBedwithDax yeah I can’t wait either. I love X and pearl but I thought pearl was way better than X. However I love both of them

As a matter of fact, I KNOW he liked this interview format. He liked it so much, I have kept in touch with him. I received an email correspondence with him YESTERDAY! In fact, he arranged for me to cover the "Maxxxine" press junkets to interview him AGAIN and the cast. As for "just let him talk", I WISH he spoke more. He gives very short answers. We love Ti West at WUTB and he arranged for a special screening of "Maxxxine" for me on Monday. I can tell you the movie IS AMAZING! Easily year's best and I keep saying I think it will land on MANDY top ten lists. Thank you for your comments.

@@WhatsUndertheBedwithDax lol fine, fine, I’ll take the L. I’m glad you’re having success, but the interview format is just not for me. You do seem like a nice guy tho. Good luck to you.

It's a great name! Have you thought about spelling it Ma-XXX-ine? 🤣 Thank you for commenting. I hope you had a chance to watch the whole interview... did you see the "Maxxxine" prop he held up? It's not a spoiler, but it's super cool!

@@WhatsUndertheBedwithDax yes 😭

Sorry you feel that way. I actually enjoy his work immensely. In fact, having just watched "Maxxxine", I think it is an instant classic, the best horror movie of the year and will be on top ten lists for the best horror for the decade. It's amazing.

@@WhatsUndertheBedwithDaxI was just joking around causs i saw VHS and i was actually pretty scared honestly and i let out the anger in the comment hahahaha Bue i really like his work tho

@@deusdolol6995 No worries. Were you talking about him holding up the VHS for "Puritan 2"? That's the movie within the movie in "Maxxxine". It's funny, when he did that I thought I had a scoop and Joblo.com picked up on it and ran an article... next thing I knew, my show was spreading like wild fire for the interview, only it wasn't about "The Puritan 2", it was about Ti saying there may be a fourth movie idea! I wrote the Joblo guy... truth is, he's the only one who ran the real scoop. I asked Ti about the 4th movie idea because I read him mention it a year earlier in an interview he did for "Pearl". I just asked him about it as a follow up. I didn't have the scoop, the guy with the "Pearl" interview did! But, mine hit when the timing was right and it went viral! I'll take it. I can't wait to hear what you think about "Maxxxine". I absolutely love it. It's so good... Thanks again for your comments. =)