Horror Movie Survival Guide

Mama Dracula - “I Feel it in My Blood”

This week we discuss the 1980’s Belgian Horror Comedy Version of the Elizabeth Bathory story - MAMA DRACULA (1980). As virgin blood is getting harder to find in the modern era, the Countess Dracula, conscripts a scientist to create a synthetic alternative!

We hope you enjoy bathing in this bloody fresh episode!

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Weapons - “A Touch of Consumption”

It’s Halloween Week and we are covering one of our most requested film suggestions for the occasion - Zach Cregger’s WEAPONS (2025)! This was a first time watch for both hosts, so it was a blast to talk about fresh and get into the Halloween spirit! 🎃

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Viy - “I Won’t be Scared”

An Eastern European classic folktale is brought to magical life in VIY (1967). A young seminarian wrongs a witch and he’s eventually tasked with overseeing her wake. Can he handle being in the room with her as the veil to the other world opens for three wild and crazy nights?!

We hope you enjoy this adventurous tale as much as we did!

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Trick or Treats 🎃 - “No More Tricks!”

We have another set on Halloween night TRICK OR TREATS (1982)! A movie editor is tasked with babysitting an aspiring magician as a killer runs loose in the city! Written and Directed by Gary Graver, one of Orson Welles final collaborators!

We hope you enjoy this Halloween Treat - No Tricks!

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The Clown Murders - “Funny, Isn’t It?”

A Halloween night prank goes horribly awry in THE CLOWN MURDERS (1976). A group of old college friends decide to play a trick on one of their buddy’s by kidnapping his wife from a party where they’re all dressed like clowns! A young John Candy is part of the clown crew in this hard hitting film!

We hope you enjoy this episode as we kick off our Halloween Month celebrations!

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The Running Man - “They Don’t Want Us to Win”

We conclude our Stephen King Birthday celebration with THE RUNNING MAN (2025). A desperate man becomes a contestant in a deadly game show in order to get funds to support his family & get medical care for his ailing daughter. This dystopia set in 2025 hit a little too close to home!

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The Boogeyman - “I Told You it Was Real”

We continue our Stephen King Birthday Celebration with THE BOOGEYMAN (2023). A widower and his grieving family are preyed upon by an unknown entity. They are tested by the limits of their own love & trust for each other.

We hope you enjoy this week’s fresh conversation!

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In the Tall Grass - “Fate Conspired”

We continue our Stephen King Birthday Month Celebration with IN THE TALL GRASS (2019). This one is a family affair based on a short shorty written by King & his son Joe Hill. A study on the dynamics of love, obsession and the cost of altruism.

We hope you enjoy this week’s episode - cut fresh from the field!

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The Long Walk - “You’re Men Now”

It’s Stephen King's Birthday Month and we are kicking off our celebration with THE LONG WALK (2025). This adaptation goes hard & really leans into the brutality of this dystopian story. We watch these guys grow from strangers to friends and boys to men as they take this harrowing journey.

We hope you enjoy this conversation about one of Julia’s most beloved King novels!

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HMSG Interview Scorch Marks Dir. Brendan Haley ~ “Penda’s Fen”

This week we have another fabulous guest, friend of the show, Brendan Haley, to discuss PENDA’S FEN (1974). Queer, subversive, art house horror! A film that is a spiritual companion to Brendan’s directorial feature debut, SCORCH MARKS! You can stream Scorch Marks on Dekkoo October 1st!

We hope you enjoy our conversation!

More About Our Guest!

Brendan Haley is a filmmaker, producer, actor, art director, and columnist known primarily for his array of work in both the horror genre and LGBTQ+ media. Haley’s notable credits include writing and directing the gay apocalyptic horror feature Scorch Marks on Dekkoo, producing on the Daytime Emmy-winning Netflix series Eastsiders, executive producing The New York Times’ “favorite of the week” The Jessica Cabin, art directing special segments for The Kelly Clarkson Show and The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula, and serving as the production designer for the prestigious Fangoria Chainsaw Awards on AMC/Shudder. Beyond film/TV, Haley operates as an illustrator, creating original art pieces and installations for clients such as Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme, The Academy Museum of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Outfest Film Festival, McFarland Publishing, LA Comic-Con, and more. A contributing voice in numerous publications, Haley maintains bylines in The Advocate Magazine, Out, Pride.com, and more.

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Brendan Haley IMDB Here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7162946/?ref_=mv_desc

Scorch Marks IMDB Here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37059678/?ref_=mv_desc

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HMSG Interview Ashley Ryan a.k.a. Pythian Priestess ~ “The Medium”

This week we have a very special guest, friend of the show, Ashley Ryan a.k.a. Pythian Priestess to discuss the paranormal phenomena & possession in THE MEDIUM (2021). This found footage story follows a family in Thailand, that has been tasked with being a conduit for a god & what happens when that calling is not properly received... All the content warnings for this movie, it goes very hard! It's a supernatural, folk horror gore fest!

We hope you enjoy this very special episode!

More About Our Guest

Ashley Ryan, known as Pythian Priestess, is an initiated Hermetic Priestess, occult educator, professional tarot reader, and Spiritual Advisor to Sam and Colby and The Paranormal Files. She is the founder of Pythian Mystery School, where she teaches Western esotericism, ceremonial magick, intuitive development, and spiritual protection.

With degrees in philosophy, theology, cinema media studies, and television writing and production, Ashley approaches occultism through the lenses of history, symbolism, psychology, and lived spiritual practice. Her work in paranormal investigation combines ritual, magick, and intuitive methods with an emphasis on spiritual discernment and ethical practice.

Through her teaching and media work, Ashley makes complex esoteric traditions accessible to modern seekers while encouraging personal responsibility and a direct relationship with the Divine.

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Tenebre - “So Passes the Glory of Lesbos”

Our final Giallo for 2026 is a certified Argento banger TENEBRE (1982). A meta look at the sub-genre, where the art and artist are blurred. A writer quickly becomes part of a real life murder-mystery narrative. His whole inner circle becomes implicated and ultimately the victims of foul play!

We hope you enjoy digging into this fresh episode!

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Phenomena a.k.a. Creepers - “Cadaveric Fauna”

There's always room for Giallo! And we got plenty more for ya this week with PHENOMENA (1985) a.k.a. CREEPERS, directed by Dario Argento. Jennifer Connelly stars as a gifted girl who helps solve a string of murders with the help of thousands of her creepy crawly little friends! Bugs!

We hope you enjoy all the buzz this week!

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Sex of the Witch - “Like a Medieval Weapon”

We continue our Giallo Days party with a messy family gathering on the eve of their patriarch’s passing in SEX OF THE WITCH (1973). Dark secrets are revealed as they tear each other apart jockeying for position inline for the family inheritance.

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The Crimes of the Black Cat - "Camera Won't Forget Anything"

We continue our Giallo-Days celebration with THE CRIMES OF THE BLACK CAT (1972). A blind man leads his own personal investigation to find his lover's killer as the fashion house she worked for is targeted with a string of murders involving a black cat.

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The Possessed - “Her Memory Haunted Me”

It’s time to celebrate the Giallo-Days in July! We are kicking off the party with the black and white classic THE POSSESSED aka La Donna Del Lago (1965). A lonely novelist attempts to reconnect with his dream girl in a lakeside town. But it turns out to be the off season in more ways than one…

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HMSG Interview Dina Ramona Silva - “Frankie, Maniac Woman!”

We have a special bonus interview this week with Dina Silva, filmmaker & star of FRANKIE, MANIAC WOMAN (2025)! We discuss the genesis of this passion project and her love of horror and maniacs!

Be forewarned there are lots of spoilers! So go watch the movie NOW AVAILABLE on Digital & VOD!

More about our guest!

Dina Romona Silva is an American actor, writer, musician and filmmaker of Mexican origin. She was born in Salinas, California.

Silva moved to Los Angeles in 2015 to pursue a career in film. Since then, she has worked across many areas of production, gaining experience in comedy writing, background performance, production assistance, special-effects makeup, wardrobe, acting, second-unit directing, voiceover work, and other aspects of filmmaking.

Her theatrical debut came in Pierre Tsigaridis’s film Two Witches, in which she starred and served as associate producer.

Silva later starred in, produced and co-wrote the feature film Frankie, Maniac Woman. The film premiered at Grimmfest in 2025, where Silva won Best Actor in a Female Role.

In addition to her work in film, Silva is also an accomplished musician and singer.

Through her work as an actor, writer and producer, Silva continues to pursue projects that explore the creative possibilities of genre filmmaking.

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HMSG Interview Whit Flint! “Eraserhead”

This week we finally chat about one of our favorite films, David Lynch’s debut feature, ERASERHEAD (1977). We brought along all of our sweet baby faces to discuss, including friend of the show and multi-hyphenate Whit Flint to get into all the gory details!

We hope you enjoy this freshly served episode!

Pardon some of our sound elements this episode! We had some technical challenges this week with our audio in some spots! Sierra is on vacation!

More about our Guest!

Whit Flint is a theatre and film writer / director, known for a style and avant garde approach based in new European surrealism and theatre of the absurd. He has directed over 30 productions internationally and serves as Artistic Director of the theatre collective, Riot Act, founded in 2015 in East London.

Whit received his MFA from East 15 at The University of Essex in the UK and also studied at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts in Moscow. He was also a member of the Young Vic Directors’ Programme and an Invitee Director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam. His life’s obsession with the plays of Anton Chekhov has led him to adapt and direct all of the iconic writer’s major works, including a radical reimagining of The Seagull entitled The Misbegotten Hope of the Dirty Bird, which will premiere in Brooklyn, New York Fall of 2026.

As a filmmaker he wrote and directed Artéfact’s recent short films, Lulu and a meditation of Sophocles’ plays, Tragic Figure.

As an actor, Whit’s career spans four and a half decades, most notably in Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park and most recently received a Broadway World Best Performer nomination as Vanya in the site specific production, Gross Old Man. Whit is also an accomplished abstract painter and is based in Los Angeles.

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976-Evil - “Not on the Couch”

We are celebrating 9 Years of Horror Movie Survival Guide on 7/6 with the perfect film…976-EVIL (1988). ☎️ A phone hotline promises good fortunes to those who call...but the price may be more than the callers bargain for! This dark horror comedy is directed by Robert Englund & full of his quippy touches and bold 80’s gore!

We hope you enjoy dialing into this fresh episode! Thank you for being on this journey with us for nearly a decade!

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Cryptz - “Raw & Stringy”

This week we are spending some time underneath the Full Moon with CRYPTZ (2002). Our very own Julia Marchese got her Hollywood start on the set of this Full Moon Features production about a coven of vampires that use a strip club as their cover! Tune in for all the BTS and gory details!

We hope you enjoy biting into this fresh episode!

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