Michael Grais "Poltergeist, Cool World, Marked for Death", Tony Timpone "Fangoria", Joe Moe

Michael Grais has written/produced films that have grossed over 1/2 a billlion dollars and written screenplays for 7 academy award winning producers. His credits include POLTERGEIRST 1 and 2, MARKED FOR DEATH, Great Balls Of Fire, STEVEN KINGS SLEEPWALKERS, COOL WORLD, and Death Hunt.

Joe Moe is a copywriter and editor for the Profiles in History auction catalogs. Profiles in History was the leading movie memorabilia and historical document auction house in the industry and recently merged with Heritage Auctions. Joe is a partner in Mad Monster Company editing Mad Monster magazine, screening horror films at historical TCL Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood and promoting Mad Monster Party conventions nationally. He is the senior editor for retro-issues of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine.

Tony Timpone edited Fangoria magazine for decades. He’s been Co-Host/Producer, on FANGORIA RADIO for Sirius XM. He’s helped bring such Fangoria/Sony films to the screen as MINDWARP, CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT and SEVERED TIES. He is currently working on ELI ROTH'S HISTORY OF HORROR for AMC. He was a Co-Producer of the FUSE/FANGORIA CHAINSAW AWARDS and a Consulting Producer to the HORROR HALL OF FAME. He is the author of MEN, MAKEUP AND MONSTERS and edited FANGORIA: COVER TO COVER, FANGORIA’S 100 BEST HORROR MOVIES YOU’VE NEVER SEEN, FANGORIA VAMPIRES, FANGORIA MASTERS OF THE DARK and FANGORIA’S BEST HORROR FILMS.

00:00 Intro
03:07 Meeting Mark Victor
05:57 Scorsese at NYU
10:15 Fangoria
12:49 Who wrote what?
14:35 Poltergeist clown
15:48 Poltergeist screening & release
21:10 H.R. Giger
23:48 Ghost story influences
26:00 People Gotta die!
29:24 Who directed Poltergeist?
33:00 Zelda Rubinstein
34:24 Julian Beck
38:19 Poltergeist II Fact vs. Fiction
47:57 Marked for Death
49:33 Death Hunt
52:53 Cool World
56:57 Happy Accidents on Poltergeist
1:03:35 Moments at Fangoria
1:07:00 Peter Fonda
1:08:10 Forrest J. Ackerman
1:18:45 Jackson Browne

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