Horror Movie Survival Guide

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.  Support the show

HMSG Interview Heather Greene! Pagan & Witch Scholar! This week we got to chat with the fantastic Heather 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 mag...

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 devil...

HMSG Interview JodoWOWsky - "Deathdream" The casts of podcasters continues to collide with Julia's other show with the best name in the pod biz - JodoWOWsky, co-hosts DOUG TILLEY & LIAM O'DONNELL ! We give the deep dive treatment to the criminally under seen DEATHDREAM (1974) from one of our favorite directors, BOB CLARK ! This timely dark tale is still highly impactful nea...

Review That Review - "I Know What You Did Last Summer"   We are delighted to chat with more of our podcast friends from REVIEW THAT REVIEW the lovely Chelsey Donn & Trey Gerrald   to discuss this VERY 90's classic I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (1997) ! We get into all the gory details & mostly talk about our crushes! Lookout for our bonus episode with this fabulous team fo...

Midnight Mass - "Society"  We continue our month of podcast interviews with our dear friends at MIDNIGHT MASS POD - the iconic drag legend Peaches Christ & queer horror expert Michael Varrati !  We dig into the film SOCIETY (1989) ...the ending on this one is a DOOOOOOZY! Join cult leader Peaches Christ & filmmaker Michael Varrati for some hilarious and hardcore audio worship of...

HMSG Interview The Losers Club - "Thinner"  For the Month of May we team up with some our favorite Podcasters to discuss more scary movies!!!! We start off with a couple of members of THE LOSERS CLUB , Randall Colburn & Justin Gerber to talk about a Stephen King film, of course! We dissect the complicated film THINNER (1996) featuring one of the most creative inciting incidents we ha...

Terrifier - "I Wished I Was Dead" We end our clown round with the one of the scariest onscreen clown performances so far. This one is not just scary, but it's terrifying... TERRIFIER (2016) written and directed by Damien Leone .  Just the poster alone for this one is haunting. It was a surprising first watch for both of our co-host! Not for the faint of heart!  Support the show

House of 1000 Corpses - "Grave Rustler of Fools"  MOAR CLOWNS!!!! 🤡  This week we head into a fun house of horrors!!! We take a detour to the  HOUSE of 1000 CORPSES (2003) written and directed by Rob Zombie .  This one goes hard and fast...not for the faint of heart! Support the show

Killer Klowns from Outer Space! - "New Wave European Circus Fantastique" The Klown Round continues with this 80's horror kult klassic! KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE (1988)!   Aliens who look like clowns land on earth to terrorize one small town... Grab some popcorn and join us at the makeout spot for this wild ride! Support the show

IT: Chapter Two - "Losers Stick Together"  We kick off our Klown/Clown round of films this month with one of our favorite horror clowns - Pennywise! The kids are all grown up, but the horrors of their youth still haunt them in IT: Chapter Two (2019) .  We hope you enjoy this trip back to Derry!  Support the show

HMSG Interview Julie Klausner!  The fun just keeps on coming this month as we interview another wonderful guest at HMSG! JULIE KLAUSNER   writer, actor, podcaster, and author – and all around brilliant Funny Lady! She created and co-starred in the Cult Hit Hulu Show, DIFFICULT PEOPLE –produced by Amy Poehler and co-starring Billy Eichner. She wrote a memoir called I Don't Care About Your Band...

HMSG Interview Kyle Mooney! We got to talk to some amazing folks for our Birthday Month and to celebrate our 250th Episode all month long! Keeping the celebration going we got to sit down and chat with the amazingly talented VHS aficionado, KYLE MOONEY ! Kyle is a long time cast member at SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and has a brand new show, SATURDAY MORNING ALL STAR HITS , on Netflix! We discuss the icon...

250th Episode of HMSG -  Interview Harvey Guillén! We are 250!!! We are so excited to share this milestone episode interviewing HARVEY GUILLÉN   - breakout star of FX’s - WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS where he plays Guillermo, one of our favorite Renfields.  Guillén currently stars on the hit Amazon show REACHER - he has also been gracing our screens for years in shows like ARCHER , HUGE , ZOEY’s EXTR...

HMSG Interview The Adams Family - "H6LLB6ND6R" What an honor to interview the dynamic Adams Family - Toby Poser , Zelda Adams and John Adams -   and discuss their new film HELLBENDER (2021) that's streaming now on Shudder!  We have been fans of the family ever since we watched and reviewed their Award-Winning film THE DEEPER YOU DIG (2019) . We can honestly say they are some of our...

His House - "Why don't you just leave?"  When real life atrocities collide with the supernatural horrors it can create incendiary results - such is the case with HIS HOUSE (2020) from writer/director Remi Weekes .   This one cuts to core - a refugee couple migrates to an English town after fleeing Sudan. But as we have learned time and time again - you may run, but you can't hi...

Def by Temptation - "One Hot Natured Freakazoid"   We continue celebrating Black Horror this month with a gem from the Troma catalog - DEF BY TEMPTATION (1990)! Directed, written by and starring James Bond III this film explores the limits of man and how far they are willing to go if pushed by the ultimate demon...a beautiful woman! Starring Kadeem Hardison , Bill Nunn ,  a young Samuel...

GET OUT - "Black is in Fashion."  We are finally covering GET OUT (2017) the blockbuster hit from the mind of Academy-Award Winner Jordan Peele ! This film is jam packed with wonderful performances - led by Daniel Kaluuya in his breakout role! It's a reminder that an invitation somewhere doesn't always mean you're welcome... This film has left an indelible mark on modern h...

BLACULA  - "Creme de la Creme of Camp!" Happy Black History Month! It's the perfect time for us to sink our teeth into this Blaxploitation classic - BLACULA (1972) starring the mesmerizing William Marshall as a cursed African Prince. This film has everything - groovy dance music, gorgeous costumes and stellar performances all around!  This film slays all day!  Support the show

Scanners - "Telepathic Curiosities" This one might make your head explode! We are finally covering the David Cronenberg classic SCANNERS (1981) . We can't believe we waited this long to check this one out - this film has so many of our favorite HMSG tropes - a scientist with a Nobel prize gleam in his eye, characters with telekinetic push powers, general apocalyptic doom and a groov...

Anything for Jackson - "We're in over our heads." Oh man...this one is dark and beautiful. An elderly couple is willing to do anything to bring back their dearly departed grandson. They might just go a bit too far in this cautionary tale - ANYTHING FOR JACKSON (2020) directed by Justin G. Dyck and written by Keith Cooper.  Absolutely stellar performances by Sheila McCarthy & Jul...

Blood Born - "Your Baby is an Abomination!" This week we review a movie that our other Co-Host is in! BLOOD BORN (2021) is a story of a couple willing to do anything to have a child...and we mean ANYTHING! Directed by Reed Shusterman with delightful performances from Rosie  Moss , Antoine Perry   as the desperate couple and Melanie Haynes as their doula from hell... Hear some about some...

Delta Delta Die!  - "Betty Crockers of Butchery" We are so excited to finally cover a film one of our Co-Host stars in!!! DELTA DELTA DIE! (2003) about a sorority house with secret pact - written and directed by Devin Hamilton and starring Scream Queen legends Julie Strain , Brinke Stevens and Tiffany Shepis !  Catch our dear Julia Marchese playing the young Rhonda and living her movie d...

Happy New Year! 2022! Hello out there Disco Citizens!  A new year is here and....we are nervous LOL. We decided that we needed a little enchantment to start this next year off right. As the ever studious final girls that we are - we have collected a few tried and true witches spells to ward off any evil or bad spirits in 2022.  Join us as we bind 2022 from doing any harm! We wish you all a safe, h...

Merry Xmas!  It's that time of year...the time where folks will dare to watch one of the worst cinematic feats of all time... The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)!  We are here to let you know - you really don't have to do that...but we have prepared a little reading for you from the script! Wishing you and yours a very Merry & Happy Holiday Season! Music by ZakharValaha from Pixabay...