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HMSG Interview with Suzanne Desrocher-Romero May 18, 2020

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Suzanne Desrocher-Romero is the founder and president of the George A. Romero Foundation and was married to George Romero from 2011 until his passing in 2017. Suzanne is working hard to preserve George's legacy by archiving his work, and opening an archive specifically for horror directors at the University of Pittsburgh. The foundation is also releasing a lost film Romero directed in 1973, The Amusement Park, which Teri and Julia were lucky enough to be able to watch and talk to Suzanne about in this interview. Horror Movie Survival Guide feels honored to be able to talk about this incredible unseen Romero film, and also about his spectacular life and career.

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The Bride of Frankenstein - "She hate me" May 11, 2020

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The Bride of Frankenstein 1935 - "She hate me"
James Whale's 1935 film The Bride of Frankenstein is a cult classic for a reason - a beautifully shot film with stunning imagery, stupendous sets and great performances, this film continues where the first film left off and follows the tragic figure of Frankenstein's Monster as he wanders through the countryside, lonely and hunted. When the evil Dr. Pretorious convinces Dr. Frankenstein & his Monster that he needs a wife, the horror begins again. A wonderful film!

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Color out of Space - "Everything's under control" May 04, 2020

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Color out of Space (2019) - "Everything's under control"
Richard Stanley wrote and directed Color out of Space, based on a short story by HP Lovecraft and brought to us by the wonderful folks at Spectrevision. The film stars Nicolas Cage and Joely Richardson as a mother and father recently moved to the country when their world is turned upside down by a strange glowing magenta rock that falls into their front yard and begins to distort their world. Super colorful, unique and a cool movie with some great gross out scares!

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HMSG Interview with Dennis Christopher! Apr 27, 2020

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Dennis Christopher is a BAFTA award winning actor whose career has spanned decades, from his breakout role in Breaking Away and dozens of films and television shows including Fellini's Roma, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Profiler, FreakyLinks, Deadwood, Django Unchained and Horror Movie Survival Guide faves the 1990 mini-series of IT (as Julia's favorite character, Eddie Kaspbrak!) and Julia top 5 fave Fade to Black. Teri and Julia were beyond thrilled to sit down with Dennis and hear some of his unbelievably amazing stories.

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The Eyes of my Mother - "You're my only friend" Apr 20, 2020

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The Eyes of my Mother (2016) - "You're my only friend"
Nicolas Pesce's 2016 film The Eyes of my Mother is a gorgeous black and white nightmarescape of a film, starting our brutal and only ramping up from there. While the influence of early horror films like Night of the Living Dead and Psycho is apparent, the film is totally unique and definitely has a style of its own. Stark imagery and terrific performances make this film stand out.

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Misery - "Making you feel all oogy" Apr 13, 2020

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Misery (1990) - "Making you feel all oogy"
Stephen King's bestseller Misery is up at the top as one of the best adaptations of his work, with incredible performances by James Caan and Kathy Bates (who won both the Golden Globe and the Oscar for best actress for her turn as psychotic Annie Wilkes). Playing on King's worst fears as a writer, being trapped by a mentally unhinged super stan in an isolated cabin after a car accident, William Goldman's script is air tight and Rob Reiner brings tremendous tension with his direction. And all around 5 from us!

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HMSG Interview with Graham Skipper! Apr 06, 2020

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Graham Skipper is an actor, writer and director, who came to horror hounds' attention with his bloody, brilliant performance as Herbert West in Stuart Gordon's stage production of Re-Animator: The Musical. He's starred in dozens of films, including Almost Human, The Mind's Eye, Beyond the Gates, Bliss and VFW. He also wrote and directed the horror film Sequence Break, as well as periodically putting on a horror themed bar in the LA area called The Rated R Speakeasy. Graham Skipper is super cool and Teri and Julia couldn't wait to talk to him!

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When a Stranger Calls - "Have you checked the children?" Mar 30, 2020

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When a Stranger Calls (1979) - "Have you checked the children?"
Based on an urban legend about a babysitter getting some disturbing phone calls (and clearly the inspiration for the beginning of Scream) this film goes for a real, gritty cat and mouse chase for an escaped lunatic killer - with great performances and some legit thrills. The final movie in our round of films from 1979!

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Dracula - "Nice and fat and juicy" Mar 23, 2020

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Dracula (1979) - "Nice and fat and juicy"
Dracula has been portrayed countless times on screen, but never with the unflappable raw sexuality that Frank Langella brings to his Count D. With Donald Pleasance as Dr. Seward and Laurence Olivier as Van Helsing, you know this film is going to bring the awesome. This is the third in our round of films from 1979!

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Tourist Trap - "Feels like Flesh" Mar 16, 2020

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Tourist Trap (1979) - "Feels like Flesh"
Everyone's been drawn into a run down roadside tourist trap while travelling, and this film proves they are great settings for a horror film too! Lots of loving homages to horror, creepy mannequins and masked figures takes this coulda-been-your-average-slasher up a notch! The second in our round of films from 1979!

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