Horror, taken seriously.
Violet Hour Media makes prestige horror audio. Cinematic fiction with real casts, real composers, and real craft — built to stand alongside the best work in the genre, regardless of medium.
Cassie
Jozefov
Cassie Jozefov founded Violet Hour Media in 2019 with a single conviction: that horror audio could be something other than ambient noise. It could be prestige — with the same ambition, craft, and intentionality as the best films and novels in the genre.
Before VHM, Cassie worked in corporate development and strategy at Warner Bros., where she developed expertise in how stories move across platforms and audiences. She left to co-found a stealth horror media venture with Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever) and Roger Birnbaum (Rush Hour, Seabiscuit), which sharpened both her production instincts and her conviction that audio horror was badly underserved by the market.
Violet Hour Media launched with In Another Room — adapted from a critically acclaimed LA immersive theatre experience — and quickly established a catalog of eight original series with Emmy winners, Hellraiser franchise stars, Saw franchise leads, and original scores from composers who work across film and television. In 2025, VHM launched The Fear Archive, which became the studio's fastest-growing show.
The Studio
Violet Hour Media develops and produces original horror audio series, with distribution across Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and additional platforms. Violet Hour Media has a distribution partnership with acclaimed podcast network Realm.
Every project in the catalog is fully realized and fully produced, and built to be discovered. The studio does not produce episodic content designed around advertising metrics. It produces stories designed to be remembered.
VHM's active flagship series, The Fear Archive, is an ongoing true crime and horror film analysis show hosted by Amanda Kagiwada and Michael Ryan Assip, produced as a Violet Hour Media original.
Every production draws from Hollywood's film and television ecosystem. Directors, screenwriters, composers, and sound designers with major studio and network credits work alongside professional cast on every title. This is not a podcast network. It is a production studio — one that happens to distribute its work through audio.
Common Questions
Who runs the studio?
Cassie Jozefov founded Violet Hour Media in Los Angeles in November 2019 and executive produces the catalog. She separately owns Violet Hour Advisory, a corporate development practice for media, entertainment, and consumer businesses.
Who hosts The Fear Archive?
Amanda Kagiwada and Michael Ryan Assip. Lifelong friends, co-writers, and genuine horror obsessives. The chemistry is the show. Michael also co-wrote The Gloom and Hollow for the studio.
Where does the talent come from?
The Los Angeles film and television industry. Peabody Award-winning composers, Emmy Award-winning sound designers, Producers Guild and Daytime Emmy-winning directors, and professional film and television casts.
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