Terror at Collinwood Episode 78: Sam Irvin Was a Teenage Monster Hunter!

Award-winning filmmaker, writer, and television director Sam Irvin visits the podcast to talk about some of his monstrous adventures and his childhood love of Dark Shadows. Topics include: discussion about his books The Epic Saga Behind Frankenstein the True Story, and the 1973 film it covers, and the Rondo-winning I Was a Teenage Monster Hunter, Sam’s origins as a Monster Kid, his decades-long friendship with Vincent Price, his first meeting with Cassandra Peterson (Elvira) and how he got the job directing Elvira’s Haunted Hills, how Dark Shadows influenced his TV show Dante’s Cove, co-executive producing Gods and Monsters and being on the set during the filming of the Bride of Frankensteinscene, Famous Monsters of Filmland, collecting the Dark Shadows Paperback Library novels, and much more!The Epic Saga Behind Frankenstein the True Story: https://www.amazon.com/Epic-Saga-Behind-FRANKENSTEIN-Expanded/dp/B0CL8WQNPT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3T1I29JPH63BW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.gbETXsHOju-AAzJFsOCT5rs5mfeXpMbFdjAwXO83zJKHj-uBzs0hcmfCpy3LliW7iT55NUk8Qy3zXtQwc7nE7OC-D-y3VEGWDM95lehi5yD4syq8V2AiRshuDeLaSXCVwCDvoGNHnk-Xa8KKeSvptxOoKHLEmP_ByKshjY54gPyCJjFLldNTJXyxg-jvtr8lcVfLqSf3oeX4_MCOeF8qjGPXlhVpc3r5Vy7darjZDrI.7fA6n6TesK-GnfHA6NysT-ewGZe2sHv8t_EXUY6zp6w&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+epic+saga+behind+frankenstein&qid=1710817526&sprefix=the+epic+saga+behind+frankenstein%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-1 I Was a Teenage Monster Hunter: https://www.amazon.com/TEENAGE-MONSTER-VINCENT-CHRISTOPHER-CUSHING-ebook/dp/B0CLNJRHSZ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PV8J0EPQEEO1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.WLM1EyfBYT0J9_MLaP4bymsB1br9BODO698AVryxEEnmw4L8o7IPNMIht7hmDgTrCCyreyXD8UjzzogwsKUwas0Y6Xqbpco4_2phBUeYiNNhKg3W0NkDtTnHWLy6rFcP4UWKy_zw_zFpACvsYWOTDQSaB9DASKaODXRXOg5plff2EayezJuXF6iSwHdtIFxgbKIuRQMAzw-eUvv5Cc7naE4U0PzeZdfko0XUnEv1JU0.KcyjTzr85Eph8jmCcVKNDM1482BIB--V2HqI1an5XyQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=I+was+a+teenage+monster+hunter&qid=1710817574&sprefix=i+was+a+teenage+monster+hunter%2Caps%2C94&sr=8-1 Dark Shadows News Page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarkShadowsNews Jonathan Frid Documentary Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/JonathanFridDoc Hermes Press Dark Shadows Books: https://hermes-press.myshopify.com/collections/dark-shadows-collection Between the Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@betweentheshadows-adarksha407 Resident of Collinwood: https://www.youtube.com/@ResidentofCollinwood The Gothic Topic Podcast (formerly Sole Twin Audios – Dark Paradise):https://www.youtube.com/@soletwinaudionetwork Fan Flak: https://www.youtube.com/@Fanflak Literary License Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@literarylicensepodcast3896 Collinsport After Dark: https://www.youtube.com/@petofi97 TaC Logos by Eric Marshall 'Surfing the Shadows' DS theme cover by Johnny D and the Moonlighters: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/johnny-d-the-moonlighters/1187748534 Ending music by Rebecca Paiva