Imprint Deep Dive: Box Set Spotlight: Hammer Horror with Writer/Director Sam Irvin
Update: 2025-09-10
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Join Tony Michas and Imprint Cast family members Suzanne Boleyn and Ryan Kendall, along with recurring guest Ron Pettersson, and a very special guest: filmmaker and Rondo Award-winning author of I Was a Teenage Monster Hunter!, Sam Irvin.
They discuss Sam’s incredible life, which includes booking classic horror films at his father’s movie theatre, creating his own fanzine Bizarre, and interacting with some of the greatest actors of the horror genre — including Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Ingrid Pitt, and many more. They also explore his close friendship with Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira, Mistress of the Dark). Sam directed Elvira’s Haunted Hills and served as Co-Executive Producer of the Oscar-winning film Gods and Monsters.
The Imprint Deep Dive into the Hammer Horror box set includes discussions of the films Countess Dracula, Twins of Evil, Hands of the Ripper and Vampire Circus. Sam shares his interviews with some of the stars from these films and offers incredible behind-the-scenes stories.
They discuss Sam’s incredible life, which includes booking classic horror films at his father’s movie theatre, creating his own fanzine Bizarre, and interacting with some of the greatest actors of the horror genre — including Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Ingrid Pitt, and many more. They also explore his close friendship with Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira, Mistress of the Dark). Sam directed Elvira’s Haunted Hills and served as Co-Executive Producer of the Oscar-winning film Gods and Monsters.
The Imprint Deep Dive into the Hammer Horror box set includes discussions of the films Countess Dracula, Twins of Evil, Hands of the Ripper and Vampire Circus. Sam shares his interviews with some of the stars from these films and offers incredible behind-the-scenes stories.
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