Horror Movie Survival Guide

The Hitcher - "I Want You to Stop Me" This week we continue down the 1986 horror highway with THE HITCHER (1986) . A chase film driven by Rutger Hauer   pouring on all the gas with an explosive performance! A young - post OUTSIDERS - performance from C. Thomas Howell as the kid about to see too much, too fast & about to get furious! We hope you enjoy going down the highway with us li...

HMSG Interview Heidi Honeycutt - "I Spit on Your Celluloid" NEW BOOK! This week dive deep into the history of women in horror with Heidi Honeycutt as she launches her new book I SPIT ON YOUR CELLULOID!   Heidi Honeycutt is an American journalist, author, actress, filmmaker, film programmer, and co-founder of the Los Angeles-based Etheria Film Night, a film festival that champions women d...

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer - "I Guess I Got Carried Away." 1986 was quite a year for some intense thrillers - this week we discuss one of the most iconic ripped from the headlines stories with HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (1986) . Haunting performances by everyone in this film - especially Michael Rooker who gives us all the chills as Henry! We hope you enjoy letting your i...

Manhunter - "It’s just you & me now, sport!" This week we tackle another film from 1986 that is our cinematic introduction to Hannibal Lecter -  MANHUNTER (1986) . A film that plays with light and color to highlight the push and pull of a man that takes one more job when he's already called it quits. What could go wrong...?  Michael Mann directs his muse William Petersen in this...

Basket Case - "What's in the Basket?" Just a sweet little story about a kid from upstate New York who finally heads to the big city for a little sight seeing - or REVENGE - with a really big totally unsuspicious basket. We learn how family secrets can literally tear people apart in BASKET CASE (1982). From the mind of cult cinema auteur, Frank Henenelotter , this film that could pai...

The Blood on Satan's Claw - "These Old Superstitions Die Hard" It's the middle of summer - the perfect time to dive into some folk horror with THE BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW (1971). A small village succumbs to the power of the Devil through a serious of unfortunate events. This movie predates "The Wicker Man" but covers some very similar territory and lore in 18th cen...

No One Will Save You - "I'm sorry, Maude" We celebrate 7 Years of Horror Movie Survival Guide this week with a wonderful invasion by some body snatchers with NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU (2023) . Director Brian Duffield asks "What if we are invaded by benevolent creatures who only want to "save us"? Would you like to go on a soma holiday...?  We want to thank you for listenin...

Satanic Hispanics - "You've Found a Key" What a treat to go on a journey with The Traveler ( Efren Ramirez ) as he evades Death in SATANIC HISPANICS (2022). This rip-roaring anthology has one of the best wrap-around stories we have ever seen! Featuring work from 'five Latin AF directors' that each bring wonderful takes of divine, fantastical, and sinister worlds together!...

The Jessica Cabin - "Someone's Always Watching" Continuing our Pride Month celebration with a delightful ghost rom-com THE JESSICA CABIN (2022) . What happens when you're a lonely ghost presented with the perfect match...will love cross over to the other side? Can love last for an eternity?  We hope you enjoy this week's fresh haunt! Support the show

Tales of Poe - "Mad People Know Nothing" Our Pride Month celebration continues with TALES OF POE (2014) . Poe's classic stories reimagined and starring some of our favorite scream queens and queer icons! A solid anthology using many of Poe's sweet twists and turns of phrases. We hope you enjoy delving into this fresh episode! Support the show

Super Hot - "Do you have any Cactus Coolers?" Happy PRIDE MONTH! 🏳️‍🌈 We have some fun selections for you this month starting with SUPER HOT (2021). Pizza Girl Jackie and her film nerd besties are savoring their last two weeks before the group splits up for their post high school plans. Jackie's friends convince her to finally go after her crush, the girl next door, but a wrinkle g...

The Cell - "He Ain't Gonna Stop Himself" This week we take a journey into the nightmarish dreamscape that is THE CELL (2000) . A psychologist testing cutting edge technology to infiltrate the space between waking life tries to use her skills to help save a little boy who suffers from the same condition as a serial killer. How far will she go without losing herself in the process? Fe...

The House of the Devil - "Get a Grip" This week we go on a real adventure in babysitting that turns out to be a literal job from hell - THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (2009) .  A cautionary tale about vetting your job prospects as much as they vet you from director Ti West . A love letter to 80's horror complete with a cameo from one of our favorite horror mom's Dee Wallace . Hold onto...

The Strangers - "Why Are They Doing This?"  Home invasions are always scary, but these villains take it to a whole new level with seemingly senseless torture added in THE STRANGERS (2008) . Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman play a couple that are on the rocks after a wedding engagement does not go as planned. In the midst of this already emotional night they are preyed upon by a group of mask...

Bones and All - "Lick it Up" This week we devour a fresh film from Luca Guadagnino - BONES AND ALL (2022) .  A coming of age story about a young "eater" discovering she is not alone. A sprawling road trip and powerhouse performances from cinema veterans like Jessica Harper, Mark Rylance, Chloë Sevigny and Michael Stuhlbarg paired with the new class of Timothée Chalamet and Tayl...

All About Evil - "Star Quality"   ALL ABOUT EVIL (2010)  is  a love letter to independent revival house cinema that hits in all the right places! Written and directed by friend of the podcast and co-host of the Midnight Mass Podcast, Joshua Grannell aka Peaches Christ , this film would be the perfect double feature with Julia's documentary  OUT OF PRINT (2016) since they both celebr...

All That We Destroy - "She Seems Real"   Wonderful near future Lo-Fi Sci-Fi at it's best - ALL THAT WE DESTROY (2019) . This feature was part of the series INTO THE DARK (Hulu) and is a stand alone film a la Black Mirror that was helmed by the uber talented  CHELSEA STARDUST ! Samantha Mathis stars as a scientist with the Nobel Prize gleam in her eye, who is also the mother of a psy...

HATCHET - "You're All Gonna Die" We are delighted to cover this old school style slasher lovingly made with so many practical effects directed by friend of the pod  Adam Green   - HATCHET (2006) ! We follow a lovelorn young man who should be celebrating Mardi Gras, but he's distracted by heartbreak. In order to get his mind off of women, he recruits one of his best friends to g...

SEQUENCE BREAK - "Hit Reset" A lifelong gamer meets his match in more ways than one in SEQUENCE BREAK (2017). What would you do if a mysterious motherboard was left in your arcade repair shop...? Press play and see what happens! Lots of Cthulu inspired goodness from writer/director GRAHAM SKIPPER - a true disciple of the late great Stuart Gordon . We hope you enjoy oozing and ahhing with...

DOCTOR JEKYLL - "Crunchy, Nutty Cornflakes!" So honored to review Hammer Films new take on a classic story - DOCTOR JEKYLL (2023) starring the incomparable EDDIE IZZARD . A young recently released convict is stuck between a rock and a hard place. In order to see his baby girl he must work and the only job available is for the reclusive billionaire Doctor Jekyll... The job sounds like a d...

We Are the Night - "Rare & Breathtaking" We complete our Lesbian Vampire round with a hedonistic coven based in Germany - WE ARE THE NIGHT (2010) . A vampire on her quest to find her soulmate has recruited lovers to her vamp fam over the last century. Will her next attempt at love be her last...? Bloody & funny these vampires take full advantage of their immortality.  We hope you...

The Moth Diaries - "Sex, Blood & Death" We continue our Vampire Lesbian round with the filmmaker who brought us one of our faves American Psycho - the wonderful Mary Harron's THE MOTH DIARIES 2011 . We get a literature lesson in gothic lore and history as our backdrop to this tale set in an all girls boarding school. There will be blood, there will be betrayal, but will anyone b...

VAMPIRE ECSTASY (The Devil's Plaything) - "I am here, Mistress" We continue our Lesbian Vampire round with the ultimate in seduction and taboo with VAMPIRE ECSTASY aka The Devil's Plaything (1973). This one was a favorite of Teri's and a first time watch for Julia - thanks to the "Algorithm" for knowing what we like!  We hope you enjoy being hypnotized by our fre...

VAMPYRES - "She's My Girlfriend"  It's the most wonderful time of the year!!! It's our whole teams Birthday Month!! Julia, Teri & Sierra are all born in March! In order to celebrate we bring you a whole month of our most beloved sub-sub-genre - LESBIAN VAMPIRES - kicking off with VAMPYRES (1974) .  We hope you enjoying biting into the flesh of this fresh episode! Suppo...

THE NUN 2 - "It's Okay to Be Scared"  We're going to the chapel and it's gonna be scaaarrry - as we discuss one of the "scariest villains" in the CONJURING universe in  THE NUN 2 (2023) . Another great script penned by the amazing AKELA COOPER . We loved seeing our friend BONNIE AARONS as Valek - the NUN & we agree that we wish we had more moments with her in...