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

Terror at Collinwood: A Dark Shadows Podcast

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

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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

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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