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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane - "This is My House!" Aug 01, 2022

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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane - "This is My House!"

This week we celebrate the talented Jodie Foster who gives a powerhouse performance in THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE (1976). This films brings up the themes of personhood, ageism, ableism and misogyny as this "little girl" tries to survive, presumably on her own, in a hardened New England town.

Filmed the same year as Taxi Driver, Bugsy Malone & Freaky Friday - proving Jodie Foster was the hardest working kid from 1975-1976!

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Dementia 13 - "Forgive Me Kathleen" Jul 25, 2022

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Dementia 13 - "Forgive Me Kathleen"

This week we discuss Francis Ford Coppola's directorial debut DEMENTIA 13 (1963) produced under the Roger Corman machine. A strong debut about money, power and the decay of family due to loss...themes that will occur again and again in Coppola's subsequent works.

We hope you enjoy this episode! Check out this fresh news on Roger Corman in this recent article from Paste Magazine!

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The Fury - "Power of the Human Mind!" Jul 18, 2022

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THE FURY - "Power of the Human Mind!"

This week we cover the De Palma directorial follow up to CARRIE (1976) featuring another telekinetic teen ---THE FURY (1978). This film has a stacked cast lead by Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving & John Cassavetes.

We get into the nitty gritty details & discuss the similarities with Firestarter, Carrie, Scanners and The Fury. So much telekinetic lore overlaps in these powerhouse films.

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The Scary of Sixty-First - "Shrill & Annoying" Jul 11, 2022

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The Scary of Sixty-First - "Shrill & Annoying"

What's scarier than the story of Jeffrey Epstein and his trafficking and torture of women? THE SCARY OF SIXTY-FIRST (2021) by filmmaker Dasha Nekrasova (star of the TV show Succession) explores the shadows and ghosts of his victims that live on in one of his old flop house apartments. An important story, but a punishing watch.

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Maximum Overdrive - "We Made You!" Jul 04, 2022

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Maximum Overdrive - "We Made You!"

This week we celebrate our 5 Year Anniversary here at Horror Movie Survival Guide by watching a King flick neither of us had seen before! MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986) written and directed by Stephen King based on one of his short stories!

This film has it all - trucks, tractors, bikes, lawn mowers & more, oh my! A perfect film to eat popcorn and watch with a group of friends! Happy Anniversary!

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Thirst - "Thirst After Sinful Pleasures." Jun 27, 2022

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THIRST - "Thirst After Sinful Pleasures."

This week we appropriately question everything about life, death, religion, feminism and our own THIRST (2009). Director Park Chan-wook holds nothing back with sumptuous imagery and body horror to delight all you gore hounds. Beautiful performances from Song Kang-ho (Parasite) and Kim Ok-bin who is a force to be reckoned with!

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Near Dark - "Sure Was Some Kiss." Jun 20, 2022

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Near Dark - "Sure Was Some Kiss."

This week we return to one of our favorite genres - western vampires of the 80's with Kathryn Bigelow's entry NEAR DARK (1987)! This is a fun ride following this rag tag band of outlaw vampires & their adventure with cowboy with too much heart to kill. The film is full of scene stealing performances from the late great Bill Paxton, Joshua John Miller, Jenny Wright & lead by Adrian Pasdar!

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Come to Daddy - " You Have Kind Eyes" Jun 13, 2022

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Come to Daddy - " You Have Kind Eyes"

This week we chat about one of our favorite dream daddy's ;-) Elijah Wood! He stars in 2019's very dark comedy COME TO DADDY - a story of a very strange family reunion between a father & son in the middle of nowhere.

Come for Elijah's sweet mustache - stay for some very creative kills.

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HMSG Interview Heather Greene! Pagan & Witch Scholar! Jun 06, 2022

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HMSG Interview Heather Greene! Pagan & Witch Scholar!

This week we got to chat with the fantasticHeather Greene is Film & Witch scholar who works as a freelance editor, writer, and journalist in Atlanta, Georgia.

Her work has been published at Religion News Service, Religion Unplugged, The Washington Post, Patheos.com, Circle Magazine, and the Parliament of the World Religions online magazine. I have also written for Turner Classic Movies, Saddleback SEO, Sybex Publications, and Lady Liberty League to name a few.

Her first book Bell, Book, and Camera: A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television was released in Spring 2018. She has since revised it and updated the book which is out now for all to read with the new spiffy title Lights, Camera, Witchcraft: A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television.

For you serious witch scholars out there - this book looks back at how we have interacted as a culture with witches & pagan imagery from the early motion pictures era to the present day!

We hope you enjoy our discussion about witches throughout film & tv & revel as we coalesce on a mission to support one of our favorite witch movies. We all recommend you watch Romero's underseen masterpiece Season of the Witch (1972)!

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HMSG Interview Three Black Halflings - "Hereditary" May 30, 2022

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HMSG Interview Three Black Halflings - "Hereditary"

We conclude our month of podcast collaborations with two of hosts from the THREE BLACK HALFLINGS D&D podcast, Jeremy Cobb & Jasper William Cartwright!

We finally tackle the blockbuster hit HEREDITARY (2018)! Phenomenal performances from the entire cast, led by Toni Collette, Ann Dowd & Alex Wolff. Join us on this devilish ride!

About our Guests this week:

Three Black Halflings are a group of nerdy friends with strong opinions and even stronger Charisma scores. Join them in their quest to explore diversity in the incredible worlds of D&D and pop culture while doling out DM tips, thought-provoking conversations, a band of guests, and good times.

Jeremy Cobb is the Co-host/Resident Dungeon Master (DM) for Three Black Halflings, where he DMed the hit series Outlaws & Obelisks set in a homebrew world I created. His name is Jeremy Cobb, but many people call me many other things. If you want to hear some of those things, come listen to Three Black Halflings because I say a different one every episode.”

He’s also a professional DM and #TTRPG player whose credits include Wizards of the Coast, D&D in a Castle, NADDPod, and many more.

Jasper William Cartwright received an Acting BA Hons, at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He made his professional theatre debut in The National Theatre’s touring production of War Horse playing Billy Narracott. Next Jasper played the role of Michael/Bertie in the adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel The Butterfly Lion at the Barn Theatre. After which Jasper went on to perform in opera first playing Puck in Midsummer Night at the Nevill Holt Opera before playing Jonathan in the Duncan House at the Tête-à-tête Festival in Camden. Jasper co-founded a film company 94 Film and works as a writer/director.

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