# @graveconversations on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=zXVP-VBeEAc
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69798180-graveconversations-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-26T21:30:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Grave Conversations (@graveconversations) — https://gondola.cc/graveconversations

## Caption

Horror Master Leigh Whannell has spent his career scaring audiences, but in this profoundly moving episode, he opens up about the real-life horrors of sudden loss and grief.

Joining David Dastmalchian inside a casket, Leigh discusses the devastating suicide of his brother-in-law, why depression is a disease just like cancer, and how the reality of grief looks nothing like the movies. Leigh also shares how he infused all of that pain into Wolf Man, and the importance of being present It’s a beautiful, honest, and unforgettable conversation.

#Horror #horrormovies #leighwhannell #daviddastmalchian 

CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Getting Comfy & Being Obsessed with Death
3:24 - Being Australian & Surviving Huntsman Spiders
8:45 - Popcorn Nostalgia & Unread Text Messages
11:23 - The Unexpected Box Office Success of 'Saw'
13:17 - Directing Elisabeth Moss in 'The Invisible Man'
15:49 - Death Wish: Halloween Funerals & Donating His Skull
19:18 - A Deeply Vulnerable Conversation About Grief & Suicide
26:28 - Living For This: Fatherhood & Writing a New Script
28:12 - Leigh's 60-Second Eulogy


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## Stats

- **Views:** 11,549
- **Likes:** 473
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 63

## Tags

leighwhannell, horror, daviddastmalchian, horrormovies

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