You may remember Robin from her head turning appearance in 1983's classic THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW, but after that her career didn't go down the pan (boom boom!). In fact, today she is a much in demand pianist and memoirist. She has kindly allowed us to reproduce her recollections of working on the film - and what a read it is! [11/06/11]
ROBERT SHORT
The man who brought the gory mayhem to life on the unfairly neglected supernatural slasher THE SLAYER talks to JA Kerswell about his craft. As well as other productions he's been involved with and his role in helping to create the iconic Michael Myers mask in the original HALLOWEEN ... [07/06/11]
JOY TIPPING
Erik Threlfall talks to Joy Tipping (aka Joy Jones), who recollects what it was like making the low budget slasher classic THE INITIATION in Texas; what it was like working with Daphne Zuniga and why Heidi should have been the killer ... [22/05/11]
PETER MALOF
JA Kerswell talks to Peter Malof who recalls what it was like to shoot the THE INITIATION; trying to sneak a look at topless girls on rollerskates and trying to charm an unimpressed Daphne Zuniga ... [22/05/11]
MICHAEL O SAJBEL
JA Kerswell talks to Michael O Sajbel, the writer/producer of one of my favourite supernatural / slasher crossovers - the much under-rated SUPERSTITION. He recalls what it was like trying to bring his vision to the screen, whilst battling the other conservative producers - and getting his gory way behind their backs ... [02/05/11]
CAROLE GOLDMAN
JA Kerswell talks to Carole Goldman about playing the Witch in the flashback scenes of the amazing quasi-slasher SUPERSTITION (1982). She spills the beans on what it's like to be incased in plaster for your art - and how she nailed the audition to become one of the early 80s unfairly unsung villains ... [15/05/11]
MARY MCDONOUGH
JA Kerswell talks to Mary McDonough about her role as Final Girl in early 80s slasher MORTUARY. She recalls what it was like to be chased by a madman with an embalming pipe, on disco dialogue and body doubles for nude scenes ... [02/05/11]
CURT RECTOR
Joseph Henson talks to another of the stars of HOUSE OF DEATH about elderly teenagers and the dangers of being left in gore makeup ... [03/04/11]
HANNS MANSHIP
Joseph Henson chats to one of the stars of the regional slasher HOUSE OF DEATH. From working at Earl Owensby’s EO Studios to playing a brain damaged kid ... [03/04/11]
THE WOMEN OF GRADUATION DAY
Erik Threlfall talks to the women of one of the cheesiest of all the early 80s slashers, GRADUATION DAY. Patch McKenzie, Linnea Quigly and Linda Shayne talk about how they passed with dying colours ... [21/03/11]
MAURICE DEVEREAUX
We talk to the Canadian director of SLASHERS and the more recent - and excellent - END OF THE LINE. He talks religious cultists and the difficulties of raising the funds to make movies ... [22/06/10]
TOM KOVACS
In another Lunchmeat exclusive
he talks to one of the stars of the original MY BLOODY VALENTINE
on what it was like being stalked down the mines ... [28/03/09]
RICHARD TAECKER
Lunchmeat continues tracking
down everyone who worked on early 80's slasher SATAN'S BLADE
(we salute you, Sir!), and talks to actor and crewman Richard Taecker
... [13/08/08]
DREW BARNHARDT
Justin talks to the director
of new slasher flick MURDER LOVES KILLERS TOO,
about making a modern slasher that delivers on the thrills and spills
but also delivers something unexpected ... [02/03/08]
WILLIAM VERNICK
Lunchmeat unearths some
more gems about the mid-70s proto slasher CLASS REUNION
MASSACRE, when he talks to the film's screenwriter and
finds out if even he knows what that extra finger meant ... [02/03/08]
TOM BONGIORNO
Another interview with
one of the cast of early 80s slasher SATAN'S BLADE,
Tom Bongiorno. Lunchmeat lifts the lid once again on this obscure
snowbound slasher ... [20/01/08]
GRAIG SINGER
DARK RIDE
is one of the most enjoyable throwbacks to the subgenre's g(l)ory
days. The film's director talks fairgrounds, mayhem and vegetarian
psychos ... [16/12/07]
STEPHANIE LEIGH STEELE
A bone-fide final girl,
from the relatively obscure early 80s slasher SATAN'S BLADE.
Lunchmeat finds out what it was like to meet the blade and shoot
sub-zero temperatures ... [31/10/07]
TG FINKBINDER
Star of the 70s proto-slasher
THE REDEEMER (akaCLASS REUNION
MASSACRE), talks to Lunchmeat about retribution, obscure
film makers and the problems of having two thumbs on one hand ...
[10/10/06]
JOE AUGUSTYN
Screenwriter and producer
of NIGHT OF THE DEMONS, Joe Augustyn, talks to
Lunchmeat about his part in that low budget late 80s horror classic
- and gives some sage advice for anyone wanting to break into the
horror film industry ... [20/08/06]
PAUL A. PARTAIN
Back in 2002, Lunchmeat
talked to a slasher movie legend - the late Paul A. Partain, who
played Franklin in the 70s classic, THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW
MASSACRE. Published for the first time here ... [23/04/06]
SCOTT GOLDBERG
The upcoming new director
talks the walking dead, and what its like to work with your idols
from the slasher movie's golden age ... [07/12/05]
PAUL KRATKA
Jason Voorhees turned
him into Popeye in FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3: 3D.
Here Paul spills the beans on Crystal Lake and what it's like to
be back in front of the camera after 23 years ... [07/12/05]
BONNIE SCHRIER
The amazing true confessions
of a Grade-Z, 70s no budget slasher flick scream queen! ... [27/01/05]
ALEX PUCCI and DRAVEN GONZALEZ
The director and writer
of the upcoming CAMP DAZE tell us how they are
planning to go back to basics with their unique twist on the summer
camp slasher of the early 80s ... [03/12/04]
GREG HUSON
The director of SHREDDER
gives us the low down on shooting a comedy/slasher in the cold snowy
wastes, and how, exactly, to get the balance right between chills
and guffaws ... [16/02/03]
JASON PAUL COLLUM
Jacob Helgren talks to
screenwriter/director Jason Paul Collum about his love of horror
movies, new teen slasher FINAL STAB and the upcoming new
SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE sequel, and more! ... [18/11/01]
TIMOTHY L. RAYNOR
Erik Threlfall talks to
a bone-fide boogeyman, Timothy L. Raynor, who stalked and slashed
his way through a bevvy of teens in the early 80's dorm slasher,
FINAL EXAM. ... [04/03/01]
JOHN OTTMAN
When is a sequel to a
slasher flick not a slasher flick? Director of URBAN LEGENDS:
THE FINAL CUT- acclaimed film composer John Ottman, tells all
... [04/03/00]
KIMBLE
RENDALL
A
interview with the director of CUT, the new Australian slasher
extravaganza! Where, amongst other things he discusses his favourite
direcors, Molly Ringwald and trilogies... [08/02/00]
ULLI
LOMMEL
The German director responsible
for the hugely successful THE BOOGEY MAN (1980) (a film which
was banned in the UK as a 'video-nasty'), discusses that movie and
its sequels- amongst other things ... [06/01/00]
JEFF
LIEBERMAN
The director of highly
individual genre movies SQUIRM (1976); BLUE SUNSHINE
(1977); and JUST BEFORE DAWN (1980) talks about his experiences
making a backwoods slasher movie with a difference ... [15/06/99]