Horror Movie Survival Guide
Episodes
1922 - "Life is Rarely Fair"
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
1922 - "Life is Rarely Fair"We are tackling Stephen King content all month in honor of the King's birthday! We kick off our Stephen Kin...
Stopmotion - "Morticians Wax"
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stopmotion - "Morticians Wax"This week we travel down the uncanny valley of puppetry with STOPMOTION (2023). We follow a young aspiring anim...
Witchboard - "Progressive Entrapment"
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Witchboard - "Progressive Entrapment"We conclude our trip back in time to 1986 with a film starring one of Teri's favorite video vixen&...
The Hitcher - "I Want You to Stop Me"
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Rutg...
HMSG Interview Heidi Honeycutt - "I Spit on Your Celluloid" Book
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
HMSG Interview Heidi Honeycutt - "I Spit on Your Celluloid" NEW BOOK!This week dive deep into the history of women in horror with Heidi Hone...
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer - "I Guess I Got Carried Away."
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 on...
Manhunter - "It’s just you & me now, sport!"
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Manhunter - "It’s just you & me now, sport!"This week we tackle another film from 1986 that is our cinematic introduction to Hannibal ...
Basket Case - "What's in the Basket?"
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Blood on Satan's Claw - "These Old Superstitions Die Hard"
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
No One Will Save You - "I'm sorry, Maude"
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 som...
Satanic Hispanics - "You've Found a Key"
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Jessica Cabin - "Someone's Always Watching"
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Jessica Cabin - "Someone's Always Watching"Continuing our Pride Month celebration with a delightful ghost rom-com THE JESSICA CABIN...
Tales of Poe - "Mad People Know Nothing"
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tales of Poe - "Mad People Know Nothing"Our Pride Month celebration continues with TALES OF POE (2014). Poe's classic stories reimagine...
Super Hot - "Do you have any Cactus Coolers?"
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Super Hot - "Do you have any Cactus Coolers?"Happy PRIDE MONTH! 🏳️🌈We have some fun selections for you this month starting with ...
The Cell - "He Ain't Gonna Stop Himself"
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Cell - "He Ain't Gonna Stop Himself"This week we take a journey into the nightmarish dreamscape that is THE CELL (2000). A psycholo...
The House of the Devil - "Get a Grip"
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 H...
The Strangers - "Why Are They Doing This?"
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Strangers - "Why Are They Doing This?" Home invasions are always scary, but these villains take it to a whole new level with seemingly ...
Bones and All - "Lick it Up"
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 you...
All About Evil - "Star Quality"
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
All About Evil - "Star Quality" ALL ABOUT EVIL (2010) is a love letter to independent revival house cinema that hits in all the right p...
All That We Destroy - "She Seems Real"
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Hatchet - "You're All Gonna Die"
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
HATCHET - "You're All Gonna Die"We are delighted to cover this old school style slasher lovingly made with so many practical effects di...
Sequence Break - "Hit Reset"
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 mysterio...
Doctor Jekyll - "Crunchy, Nutty Cornflakes!"
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
DOCTOR JEKYLL - "Crunchy, Nutty Cornflakes!"So honored to review Hammer Films new take on a classic story - DOCTOR JEKYLL (2023) starring th...
We Are the Night - "Rare & Breathtaking"
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We Are the Night - "Rare & Breathtaking"We complete our Lesbian Vampire round with a hedonistic coven based in Germany - WE ARE THE NIGH...
The Moth Diaries - "Sex, Blood & Death"
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Moth Diaries - "Sex, Blood & Death"We continue our Vampire Lesbian round with the filmmaker who brought us one of our faves American...
Vampire Ecstasy (AKA The Devil's Plaything) - "I am here, Mistress"
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
VAMPIRE ECSTASY (The Devil's Plaything) - "I am here, Mistress"We continue our Lesbian Vampire round with the ultimate in seduction and...
Vampyres - "She's My Girlfriend"
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
VAMPYRES - "She's My Girlfriend" It's the most wonderful time of the year!!! It's our whole teams Birthday Month!! Julia, Te...
The Nun 2 - "It's Okay to Be Scared"
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 "...
M3GAN - "She Looks Demented"
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
M3GAN - "She Looks Demented"We continue our journey into the Wan-Verse with another brilliant script penned by Wan & Akela Cooper - the ...
Malignant - "You Don't Deserve Your Body"
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Malignant - "You Don't Deserve Your Body"We venture deeper into the Wan-Verse with with a mystery/thriller MALIGNANT (2021). This is a ...
Insidious - "The Universe is Deathless"
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Indidious - "The Universe is Deathless"It's our 350th Episode of Horror Movie Survival Guide! As a treat we are tackling one of our mos...
Maniac - "I Know What You Need"
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maniac - "I Know What You Need" One of our favorite cute boys, ELIJAH WOOD, steps into the killer role in this update of the iconic slash...
The Strangler (1970) - "I'm Obsessed with Happiness"
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Strangler (l'etrangleur) 1970 - "I'm Obsessed with Happiness"We are in love with another "Cute Boy Killer" in this...
Peeping Tom - "Take Me to Your Cinema"
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peeping Tom - "Take Me to Your Cinema"We continue our "Cute Boy Killer" round with a boy who grew up under the microscope of a c...
Kill Your Friends - "Middley"
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kill Your Friends - "Middley"We get to see another side of our "Cute Boy Killer" star Nicholas Hoult (Renfield) in KILL YOUR FRIEN...
Renfield - "Snickerdoodle"
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RENFIELD - "Snickerdoodle"One of our favorite characters finally gets wonderfully rewarded with his very own movie - and a full length episo...
Letters to Satan Claus - "It's Cookie Time"
25 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
LETTERS TO SATAN CLAUS - "It's Cookie Time"Not today Santa! A spelling error sends a letter to Hell instead of the North Pole and chang...
Hanukkah - "Does anybody want any nachos?"
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
HANUKKAH - "Does anybody want any nachos?"HANUKKAH (2019) is a Jewish horror film with star studded credits! Guided by his own set of rules...
Violent Night - "Skullcrusher"
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
VIOLENT NIGHT - "Skullcrusher"You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout - I'm telling you why - DAVID HARBOUR - as ...
Hausu (House) - "You're So Cool, KungFu!"
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hausu (House) - "You're So Cool, KungFu!"A kaleidoscope of genres, colors & styles - a true feast for the eyes - HAUSU (1977). One...
The Blackening - "Pick a Card"
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
THE BLACKENING - "Pick a Card"So excited to finally cover this Comedy Horror inspired by an award-winning sketch from 3-Peat Comedy that ori...
Barbarian - "Why Don't You Come Inside?"
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Barbarian - Why Don't You Come Inside? We tackle one of our most requested films this week - BARBARIAN (2022). This film has delicious twists an...
HMSG Interview Dennis Paoli - "Suitable Flesh"
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
HMSG Interview Dennis Paoli - "Suitable Flesh"DENNIS PAOLI achieved his greatest enduring cult popularity by penning the wickedly witty scri...
HMSG Interview Joe Lynch - "Suitable Flesh"
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
HMSG Interview Joe LynchJOE LYNCH is a filmmaker who has worked in various medias, including feature films, TV, music videos, commercials, short fil...
Pearl / X - 'I'm Special"
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pearl / X - 'I'm Special"Happy Halloween! We have a big double feature episode again this week - the beginning of Ti West trilogy PEARL...
Teen Wolf vs. Teen Witch - "Top That"
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Teen Wolf vs. Teen Witch - "Top That"To celebrate Halloween we are covering some of our most beloved & requested films from your recomme...
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors - "Don't Make Me Sleep"
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors - "Don't Make Me Sleep"Tag team back again we got Freddy & Nancy with a whole bunch of fr...
American Psycho - "There is No Me"
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
American Psycho - "There is No Me"It's Spooky Season and we are tackling some of your most requested Blockbusters for the holiday seaso...
Gerald's Game - "All Things Serve the Beam"
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gerald's Game - "All Things Serve the Beam"We close out our Mike Flanagan Fest with his adaptation of the Stephen King story - GERALD&a...
Ouija: Origin of Evil - "It's Just a Stupid Game"
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ouija: Origin of Evil - "It's Just a Stupid Game"We continue or Mike Flanagan Fest with the prequel to Ouija franchise - OUIJA: ORIGIN ...
Before I Wake - "Waking Dream"
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Before I Wake - "Waking Dream"As completists & Mike Flanagan super fans, we are devoting our next round to his films that we have yet to...
Zombie - "Demented, Cruel, Evil"
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
ZOMBIE - "Demented, Cruel, Evil"We conclude our very special GORE round with ZOMBIE (1979)! This film begins like many of our favorite vampi...
The Return of the Living Dead - "Look Alive"
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Return of the Living Dead - "Look Alive"We continue our GORE round with a movie that is equal parts blood & laughs - a true comedy h...
Blood Feast - "Have you ever had an Egyptian Feast?"
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blood Feast - "Have you ever had an Egyptian Feast?"Up next we discuss an early entry into the splatter pantheon BLOOD FEAST (1963). A subur...
Maniac - "Pretty for Me"
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
MANIAC - "Pretty for Me"Our GORE round kicks off with the cult classic MANIAC (1980). Another tale inspired by Ed Gein's terrible deeds...
HMSG Interview Daniel Kraus about Whalefall - "Orca"
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
HMSG Interview Daniel KrausWe are so excited to have the amazing author DANIEL KRAUS back on the podcast to chat about his new book WHALEFALL (2023) A...
Litan - "Till Death Do Us Part"
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Litan - "Till Death Do Us Part"We continue our exploration of Folk Horror traditions around the world with a trip to France in LITAN (1982)....
Black Death - "You Will Renounce"
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Black Death - "You Will Renounce"Plague!!!! Bring out your dead! We continue our folk horror round with BLACK DEATH (2010). This tale of nec...
Midsommar - "Ignore the Bear"
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Midsommar - "Ignore the Bear"We are finally covering one of our most requested films for our Folk Horror round at the perfect time of year -...
The Wicker Man - "Awake Ye Heathens!"
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Wicker Man - "Awake Ye Heathens!"Midsummer is the perfect time to celebrate pagan traditions and delve into the folk horror sub-genre! W...
Army of Darkness - "Groovy"
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Army of Darkness - "Groovy"We continue the Bruce Campbell lovefest this wee with ARMY OF DARKNESS(1992). We see the Evil Dead story ratchete...
Evil Dead 2 - "I'll Swallow Your Soul"
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Evil Dead 2 - "I'll Swallow Your Soul"Can you believe it - it's our 6th Anniversary this week!? We are celebrating by tackling som...
Thelma - "Hell All the Time"
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thelma - "Hell All the Time"We continue our Pride Month programming with a sapphic tale from Norway - THELMA (2017). Reminiscent of Firestar...
Otto, or Up with Dead People - "Lonely, Empty, Dead Inside"
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Otto, or Up with Dead People - "Lonely, Empty, Dead Inside"We continue you our Queer Horror focus this month for Pride by taking a trip to a...
Bodies Bodies Bodies - "What's your podcast about?"
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bodies Bodies Bodies - "What's your podcast about?"Pride Month continues on with a recent A24 queer horror offering - BODIES BODIES BOD...
Dead - "Come to Daddy!"
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
DEAD - "Come to Daddy!"HAPPY PRIDE Month 🌈 our next round is very queer in celebration of the season! We start with a delightful comedy f...
Sauna - "This will end badly for us."
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sauna - "This will end badly for us."We continue our world travel to the disputed land between Russia & Sweden that would eventually bec...
Achoura - "I die - it dies."
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Achoura - "I die - it dies."We continue our international horror odyssey this week in Morocco with a boogeyman folk tale - ACHOURA (2018). A...
Demons (Shura) - "Let the Good In"
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Demons (Shura) - "Let the Good In"This week we discuss a classic ronin warrior revenge tale from Japan - DEMONS (SHURA) 1971. This film, fro...
The Devil's Backbone - "Limbo Water"
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Devil's Backbone - "Limbo Water" We travel to the Spanish Civil War as we continue our International Round of films with Guillermo...
Rift (Rökkur) - "The Disappearance Field"
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rift (Rökkur) - "The Disappearance Field"We kick off a round of International Horror with a queer film from Iceland - RIFT (2017). This diz...
Mandy - "Strange & Eternal"
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mandy - "Strange & Eternal"Join us on a wild ride into the strange & eternal universe of SpectreVision's MANDY (2018). A zealou...
Murder Party - "Welcome to your Murder."
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Murder Party - "Welcome to your Murder."It's spring time and we are already halfway to Halloween - the prefect time to celebrate with a...
Sisters - "I Know Karate"
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sisters - "I Know Karate"This week we cover Brian De Palma's haunting film SISTERS (1972). This movie has it all - intrigue, mystery, d...
Audrey Rose - "Mend her Soul."
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Audrey Rose - "Mend her Soul."One of the greatest cases on film in support of reincarnation - AUDREY ROSE (1977) A man of science & reas...
The Vampire Lovers - "Everybody Must Die."
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Vampire Lovers - "Everybody Must Die."We conclude this round of Lesbian Vampire films with this sumptuous morsel THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (197...
Nadja - "Everything is Superficial"
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nadja - "Everything is Superficial"This week our Lesbian Vampire round takes us to not so distant past of the 90's arthouse cinema scen...
The Shiver of the Vampires - "You're bourgeois vampires."
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Shiver of the Vampires - "You're bourgeoisie vampires."We continue our delectable Lesbian Vampire round of films with a trip to gro...
Dracula's Daughter - "Your life for hers."
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dracula's Daughter - "Your life for hers."We are circling back to one of our favorite sub-sub genres of horror - Lesbian Vampires - wit...
EPISODE 300!!! - The Blair Witch Project - "I'm Not Playing Head Games!"
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Blair Witch Project - "I'm Not Playing Head Games!"We have reached another HUGE milestones - our 300th Episode of HMSG! We are cele...
May - "Disgust me, please."
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
May - "Disgust me, please."Lucky McKee's directorial debut MAY(2002) goes hard! This very dark tale gives us CARRIE (1976) vibes in all...
My Bloody Valentine - "Danger Keep Out!"
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
My Bloody Valentine - "Danger Keep Out!"Hello Lovers - we are so happy to continue our horror love fest with this seasonal cult classic MY...
Warm Bodies - "Exhumed"
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Warm Bodies - "Exhumed"Who says the impending doom of the zombie apocalypse can't be romantic? WARM BODIES (2013) brings together star-...
Tucker and Dale vs Evil - "This Vacation Sucks"
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tucker and Dale vs Evil - "This Vacation Sucks"Vacation is all they ever wanted - but one big misunderstanding after another leads to chaos ...
Blood Harvest - "How bout some meaningless sex?"
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blood Harvest - "How bout some meaningless sex?"You know we love a creepy clown flick & we jumped at the chance to watch Tiny Tim go ham...
The Purge - "Your Soul has Been Cleansed"
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Purge - "Your Soul has Been Cleansed"We cover another blockbuster hit for you all this week from writer/director James DeMonaco THE PURG...
Scream - "Everybody's a Suspect"
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
SCREAM - "Everybody's a Suspect"This week we go big by tackling one of the biggest horror hits of all time - SCREAM (1996). A film that...
New Year's Evil - "Hollywood Hotline"
01 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New Year's Evil - "Hollywood Hotline" There's panic at the punk show because of a deadly countdown in NEW YEAR'S EVIL (1980)...
Gremlins - "Mogwai will be waiting"
25 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gremlins - "Mogwai, will be waiting"Happy Holidays kids! We are finally covering the Joe Dante helmed holiday creature feature classic...GRE...
Rare Exports - "Always Believe"
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
RARE EXPORTS - "Always Believe" Happy Holidays - we are in full swing with this lovely film RARE EXPORTS (2010). We travel to the land of t...
Black as Night - "Vampires Like Hoes"
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Black as Night - "Vampires Like Hoes" Our final selection from our incomparable producer/sound editor Sierra Rein is the Blumhouse vampire ...
The Black Cat - "Supernatural Baloney"
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Black Cat - "Supernatural Baloney" We travel back in time for our Producer Sierra's next pick - THE BLACK CAT (1934). Starring two...
Tremors - "Fresh Meat"
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tremors - "Fresh Meat" What's better than Bacon? MOAR BACON! We are back with another great Kevin Bacon pick this week from Sierra. We...
Stir of Echoes - "Am I Awake or Asleep?
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stir of Echoes - "Am I Awake or Asleep?"We are so grateful for our wonderful Sound Editor & Producer Sierra Rein! Our next round of fi...
HMSG Interview Lucky McKee! - "Old Man"
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
HMSG Interview Lucky McKee! - "Old Man" LUCKY MCKEE is a filmmaker who burst onto the scene with his cult horror film May (2002), and has s...
HMSG Interview Mali Elfman! - "Next Exit"
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
HMSG Interview Mali Elfman! - "Next Exit"We have a fantastic guest on our show this week - Filmmaker & producer MALI ELFMAN - who focuse...
Paranormal Activity - "Dinny Time"
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paranormal Activity - "Dinny Time"We celebrate Halloween with one of the biggest "found footage" blockbuster films of all time, PA...
Pulse - "The Forbidden Room"
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pulse - "The Forbidden Room"We continue our watch of some of your favorite horror blockbusters with a trip to Japan and enter into "the...
The Howling - "Hello, Brave Boy"
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Howling - "Hello, Brave Boy"The hits continue as we countdown to Halloween! We get all wolfy this week with THE HOWLING (1981) directed ...
Silence of the Lambs - "Quid Pro Quo"
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Silence of the Lambs - "Quid Pro Quo" We are tackling the most requested films from our fans this month to celebrate the spooky Halloween...