Do You Know the Bunny Man? Interview with Gabriel Howard
By: Myriam Akbar As a lifelong slasher fan, I was immediately drawn to the poster of 2025’s psychological horror-thriller film Sugarcane. A man in a flannel and nightmarish bunny mask was reminiscent of 70s horror, putting it on my Tubi must-watch list. The plot follows the race against a Norman Bates-like murderer and trafficking survivor tracing a missing teenage girl, whose fate becomes increasingly formidable by the hour. Sugarcane was produced by the Southeast independent company, Postmortem Films and distributed by Los Angeles-based studio, Buffalo 8. Postmortem Films is known for their grim and gritty storytelling, which certainly speaks to the nature of this project. This is their feature film debut; however, they have eight additional short films. I had the opportunity to chat with Gabriel Howard, the “Head of Development” for Postmortem Films. He helps with the progress of all new projects, overseeing them to completion – from conceptualization, to a final shooting of...
