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Patton Oswalt is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and writer. In television, he is known for his roles in The King of Queens & Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, as well as Seinfeld Parks and Recreation, Community, Two and a Half Men &  Mystery Science Theater 3000 and many more. Oswalt is known for voicing Remy in the Pixar film Ratatouille and has appeared in many films, including Young Adult and Big Fan. In his work as a stand-up comedian, he has appeared in six stand-up specials and won a Primetime Emmy Award & and a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.We discussed Oswalt's love of horror & film in general - as well as taking a deep dive into the film A Dark Song (2016) from writer & director Liam Gavin. A meditation on grief and the dark depths people will go for absolution and forgiveness. We are huge fans of Patton and everything he does and are beyond thrilled to interview him for the podcast! We hope you  this fun and informative conversation!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

Happy New Year from HMSG! So 2020 was...a year! An unforgettable year for a multitude of reasons. As the world was burning outside and we all mostly hunkered down indoors we had plenty of time to watch more great films. Join our chat about the Best of 2020 from HMSG!Thank you for joining us on this journey - we can't wait to bring you more content and episodes in 2021. Cheers,Julia & TeriSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

Join your favorite podcast hosts, Julia & Teri, as they chat about some of their favorite ways to celebrate the holidays! A moment of reflection for this strange holiday season to end this long strange year!We hope you enjoy this mini-episode. Wishing you all a Happy & Merry everything!xoxoxoxoSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

Black Christmas - "Let me lick it" Director Bob Clark is usually thought of for his more family friendly Xmas classic A Christmas Story, but before that he made this surprisingly brutal Christmas slasher flick! When a sorority house starts getting obscene phone calls & girls start going missing, its a race to find the killer in a sea of red herrings! A well made, well acted and super awesome Christmas horror flick!We hope you enjoy Black Christmas!!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

SESSION 9 is perhaps the best set-in-an-actual-abandoned-mental-hospital film there is! You know a location is terrifying when you don't have to set dress it for your horror film AT ALL. Fantastic performances, an overall sense of dread and the spooky setting itself make for one kick ass flick.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

We love how horror brings people together and bonds us through shared experiences and ideas -  so we jumped at the chance to interview friend of the podcast BRADFORD NORDEEN about his new book Because Horror. His new new book, Because Horror,  with co-author Johnny Ray Huston, is a collection of 13 essays (incl. one poem) that mixes critical writing and memoir to explore horror movies and how they haunt memory. Bringing the glee of fandom into cinema scholarship, Because Horror promiscuously sways through titles like Messiah of Evil, Pulse, Mandy, Dante’s Cove and Scre4m, with prose that spreads sticky like louche gore over the history of a genre and its mutating sites of broadcast.We took a deep dive discussing the topic of one of Bradford's essays - the film BLOOD DINER! What a romp this one is - if you haven't watched it yet - please do & then listen in on the conversation!Photo Courtesy of  Levan TK @levan_tkSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

We love a good vampire film so we jumped at the chance to see this new Netflix release that was recommended by so many of our fans. Vampires vs. the Bronx follows a group of young friends as they fight to save their neighborhood from gentrification...and vampires. Filled with lore and head nods to so many genre flicks that have come before it this was a fun romp. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

Takashi Miike's insane 1999 film AUDITION builds slow, but ramps up to a fever pitch of WTF insanity, living up to its cult classic status as one of the most messed up horror films of all time. Not for the faint of heart, but a beautifully made film.We hope you enjoy  Audition!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

HMSG Interview with Keith GordonKeith Gordon is a writer, actor and director. He worked with some of the biggest directors in his roles in Dressed to Kill, All That Jazz and Christine, and made his way into cult classic status in Static, The Legend of Billie Jean & Back to School. As a director, he's helmed such films as The Chocolate War, A Midnight Clear, Mother Night, Waking the Dead and The Singing Detective and has also directed many TV shows, including multiple episodes of Dexter, Homeland and Fargo. Julia and Teri were thrilled to get to hear some of Keith's incredible behind the scenes stories about Brian De Palma, Bob Fosse, John Carpenter, what it's like to move from an actor to director, his favorite Stephen King book and much more! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

We are delighted to share a fresh HMSG Interview featuring a friend of the podcast, TOM LENK. Tom is a SAG Award Winning - star of stage, film and screen & now of Instagram Influencer fame with his fabulous "Lenks Lewks for Less." Tom is a new horror fan himself, even though he's starred in iconic horror projects like BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and in our feature film that we are discussing this week - THE CABIN IN THE WOODS!Join us for the behind the scenes theatre stories and laughs!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

Happy Dia de los Muertos! To celebrate, we chose Guillermo Del Toro's debut feature, Cronos. When an ancient device that extends human life shows up in an antique shop, the owner stumbles into a world of addiction, violence and the supernatural. An incredibly impressive debut and a super cool movie!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

It's the most wonderful time of the year! We love Halloween and all the fun activities that go along with it. This year has been a little more horrific than usual and making plans for a safe holiday may feel a little daunting. Join us as we discuss some fun alternative ways to celebrate Halloween this year!We wish you all a very Happy Halloween! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

To celebrate Halloween, we chose this cult classic, which stars Rupert Everett as the laconic nightwatchman of a cemetery where the dead are returning to life, but it's no big deal. Just part of the job. Part hell yeah, part what the fuck, and part ewww, this movie covers all the horror bases and has fun doing it!We hope you enjoy Cemetery Man!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

DANIEL KRAUS is a New York Times bestselling author. With Guillermo del Toro, he co-authored The Shape of Water, based on the same idea the two created for the Oscar-winning film. Also with del Toro, Kraus co-authored Trollhunters, which was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix series. Kraus’s The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch was named one of Entertainment Weekly‘s Top 10 Books of the Year, and he has won two Odyssey Awards (for both Rotters and Scowler) and has been a Library Guild selection, YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, Bram Stoker finalist, and more.We are so excited to talk to Daniel about The Living Dead, a posthumous collaboration with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero, as well as Romero's film Monkey Shines! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

This super stylish film takes place in the gay porno scene in Paris in 1979 when an unexpectedly kinky killer is on the loose and looking for young, handsome victims. Unpredictable, artsy and sexy, this film gets bonus points for being centered around actual *film* as well!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

Finishing our round of Stephen King films is 2019's Doctor Sleep (Director's Cut). Mike Flanagan took on not only the sequel to one of Stephen King's most famous books, but also Stanley Kubrick's legendary film, and the weight of that is not lost in this film. With lots of visual tricks, cool FX and nods to the The Shining to look forward to! The director's cut gives the audience a little more background, and gives Constant Readers lots of tasty easter egg treats too. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

2007's The Mist, the third in our round of Stephen King films and a first time watch for both Teri and Julia, was adapted and directed by Frank Darabont. When a mysterious deadly mist rolls into a small town, a group of people stuck in a supermarket together try to decide how to survive. Stupendous performances and a love it or hate it ending! (We love it) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

The second in our round of Stephen King films is 2016's Cell - a first time watch for both Julia and Teri -  starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson as strangers who meet during a cell phone induced apocalypse and must now fight to get home against those the cell phones have turned into zombiesque beings. Don't worry, we were surprised we hadn't heard of it either, especially when Stephen King helped to adapt the screenplay -  a cool movie nonetheless! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

Starting a round of Stephen King films is Cujo, which surprisingly neither Julia nor Teri had seen before! This 1983 classic doesn't disappoint with the tension or gore and both Dee Wallace and Danny Pintauro give mind blowingly amazing performances. A book and a movie that gave the world shorthand for "bad dog" - not too shabby at all! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)

A father, mother and daughter team wrote, shot, starred, produced, composed and directed this film, and they certainly know what they are doing! An intimate thriller, with gorgeous lighting and cinematography, awesome performances and a cool premise, this film shows that anyone can make a great horror film, even if it's just a family of three doing it together. Respect! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HorrorMovieSurvivalGuide)