Why Our Industry Allies Raise Bleeding Silver’s Stakes

From Story to Stardom: How Our Production & Casting Teams Build Haunted Credibility

Date: 09-20-2025

There’s a dark promise at the heart of Bleeding Silver, a promise not just of horror, but of legacy, myth, and emotional weight. And to bring that kind of story to life, we need more than vision. We need allies who know how to sharpen vision into something unforgettable.

That’s why we’ve brought on two powerhouses in their fields: Matt Chassin, an experienced producer with genre roots that run deep, and Carmen Aiello, a casting director known for finding exactly the kind of broken, magnetic faces horror needs to survive.

Matt Chassin’s name may ring familiar to fans of elevated or experimental horror. He’s been a part of Sundance-acclaimed projects like Excision (2012), where psychological decay and body horror meet elegant storytelling. His work on titles like Seeking Valentina and The Central Authority has proven his ability to lean into eerie, cerebral material—and still support the kind of character-focused tension Bleeding Silver is built on. Matt isn’t here to replicate horror tropes. He’s here to ensure Bleeding Silver is positioned as a unique brand—southern gothic, mythically charged, and cinematically modern.

Then there’s Carmen Aiello. As the casting force behind Excision, The Monkey’s Paw, and genre-crossing films like Gutshot Straight, Aiello brings more than contacts—he brings taste. He understands how to cast a face that haunts, not just performs. And when you’re dealing with witches, curses, ancestral guilt, and legacy-bound characters? You need actors who can carry fear without speaking it, characters who walk into a scene already trembling under the weight of the past.

Their involvement does something important for Bleeding Silver: it raises the IP’s creative credibility. It says to audiences, to distributors, and to festivals that we aren’t just building a world—we’re populating it with artists who know how to sell a feeling. To conjure a mood.

So as our casting deepens, and our proof-of-concept builds toward this year’s American Film Market, we step into this haunted territory with the kind of team that doesn’t blink when the shadows get close.

They welcome it.

Because Bleeding Silver isn’t just a horror film. It’s a southern gothic inheritance. And the names behind it are already part of the legacy.