And don’t get me started on the Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price and Horror Express with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. This film was truly the forerunner of so many films like Texas Chainsaw Massacre. And then I delved into their classics: It was amazing to me how Nosferatu looks like a parable of today, as they call the vampire a plague as they assumed it was brought on by rats… and how the scene, simply, of people running into their homes with handkerchiefs over their face, locking the doors, looked chillingly reminiscent of today. Terror Talk, the channel’s talk show, turned out to be an enthralling event. Clinton Road, which is a dramatization of a true story about a haunted piece of highway in New Jersey, had some interesting effects. It comes as close to the great Hammer Films as I’ve seen. My Guardian Angel is this atmospheric piece about twins with unearthly powers. JM: Terror TV has some really unique entries. JR: I haven’t set foot inside a shopping mall since I saw Dawn of the Dead! (Laughs) While we are on the subject, what are some of your new favorite horror movies that you discovered recently? Mary wants to go out in nature, and so do I we both want to see people, but … I want to buy a shirt! I know it sounds funny, but I would just like to go shopping. But this is ridiculous! I know it will be a while, and I understand that and obey all laws regarding. JM: I’m a really solitary guy when you get right down to it. JR: That all sounds positively… THRILLING! What’s the first thing you are gonna do when the lockdown is over? They were also a sponsor of the First Virtual Horror Convention, Phan-Con, presented by two of the stars of the Phantasm Film Franchise, Gigi & Reggie Bannister. Really great, really scary stuff! I also run the channel’s podcast. I’ve taken this opportunity to watch the movies along with two of my colleagues to supply reviews. They have an extensive catalog of classic independent horror films as well as an endless array of new ones. However, the elephant in the room– well, more like the zombie in the room– is that I am spreading the word about the leading independent horror film Channel, Terror TV. I have interviewed all these artists on my podcast PassionPit as well as heroes like you, Jed! Even the historic Lambs organization is conducting Zoom interviews with the greats of Broadway, film, and TV. And I’m working with Carrie Adele Isaacman and Ashley Griffin on two separate productions of Hamlet. Hip Hop artist Justice is premiering the pilot of her impending TV series and authors Jan Ewing, Tony Anthony, Susan Merson, and Patrick Hickey are showing their literary works online. Face to Face Films is starting a Zoom reading series, as has playwright Doug DeVita Ripple Effect Artists is presenting a radio play and a new indie film spit&vigor have combined two mediums by presenting Zoom readings of sitcom scripts and films Infinite Variety Productions will be playing Nellie and the Women of Blackwell online. My PR/Promotions Firm Jay Michaels Arts & Entertainment is helping my clients stay relevant during this time. How have you been channeling your creative energies during the lockdown? You’ve always been involved with so many different endeavors. I am happy, however, that I managed to see Mary’s show before the lockdown. JR: I’m sorry that the run was postponed. We’re working on an online version of the show now. Long story short: Mary, quite astutely, decided to postpone the rest of her run. We noticed that members of her usual audience base didn’t come, claiming they were concerned about something they read that was happening in China. Our intent was to have it run intermittently for 3 months. She had opened her musical series, Granny’s Blu-Mers, which I produced with her. JM: I was sitting in the audience enjoying an amazing performance of Mary Elizabeth Micari at Pangea. What was your last big event before the lockdown? JR: Hi, Jay! Thank you for speaking with me! So, you’re always such a busy guy. Jay Michaels, Tom Ryan, Stan the Mechanic, and Joe Zaso spoke to me about life in lockdown! JAY MICHAELS They have either starred in them, made them, speak about them on TV, or a combination of the above. This edition of Quarantine Quartet focuses on four men who know more than a thing or two about monster movies, slasher films, thrillers, and everything in between. THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING!!!)īut at least during the self-quarantine, we get to binge watch all our favorite horror movies, from 1959’s The Bat (Who knew that movie would be so prophetic in 2020…) all the way to Amityville Island (Yes, there IS such a film…). Bloody fights over that last roll of toilet paper. People walking around in masks with paranoid looks in their eyes. Wow, what a crazy dream! (Damn those 2AM White Castles…) Abandoned subways.
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