233: DON’T GO TO SLEEP (1982) with BRYAN NORTON & ERIN MAGUIRE [Pod-a-Thon: Day 7}

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN: DAY 7
When a made-for-tv movie
makes you believe that
an iguana can fly
and pizza cutters are the scariest thing ever...


For this leg of our voyage into the unknown, we're covering the kind of movie that helped form me into the glorious ScreamQueen I am today: The made-for-tv horror movie of days gone by!

This time, we're tackling DON'T GO TO SLEEP, a particularly mean-spirited little ditty that will either have you clutching your pearls in fright or doubling over in laughter.

Or both.

The movie stars VALERIE HARPER as a long-suffering mom whose family finds itself under attack when their dearly departed daughter returns from the dead to seek revenge for her untimely fiery demise.  The all-start soon-to-be-deceased family members include DENNIS WEAVER from "Duel", RUTH GORDON from "Rosemary's Baby' and OLIVER ROBINS from "Poltergeist".

And Ed, the iguana.

And the gnarliest pizza cutter ever.






I'm joined by filmmaker BRYAN NORTON from  "Jack Attack" and "Penny Dreadful", as well as stand-up comedian ERIN MAGUIRE.  Find out Erin's performance schedule at www.ErinMaguire.com.





 

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