Photo of Spears courtesy of Kevin Ferguson, Larry's photo stolen from Twitter
Spears & Larry
On this week’s “Navel Gazing: The Valley Indy Podcast,” Derby’s Larry Dwyer and special FX makeup artist Brian Spears (‘Orange Is The New Black,’ ‘The Punisher’) talk about ‘The Howling’ and ‘Ginger Snaps,’ a ‘CT Cult Classics’ double bill happening Feb. 19 in Seymour, Conn.
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Here is the show guide:
0:56 ‘Derby, Connecticut … what a nice small Connecticut town.‘
3:35 Larry talks ‘Night of the Werewolf 2’
4:50 Which is better: ‘An American Werewolf in London’ or ‘The Howling?’
6:15 A rundown of Brian’s movie and TV work
7:50 Brian talks about the influence of 80s-era movie makeup Gods like Rob Bottin and Rick Baker
11:00 The company that financed “The Howling” has deep Connecticut connections
16:16 ‘Weirdo Wonderland’ shoutout (I’ll send you an invoice)
17:40 Germ talk.
19:50 The latest ‘Texas Chainsaw’ thing on Netflix looks terrible
23:17 A word from Dworkin Chevrolet of Derby
24:15 LARRY’S HOT TAKES
28:00 Let’s talk feminist horror flick ‘Ginger Snaps!’
35:23 CT Horror Fest is returning to Naugatuck, assuming Mayor Pete fixes the air conditioning
38:40 Brian talks about working with legendary playwright Sam Shepard on the movie “Cold In July”
42:58 Shout out from WADS radio (Ansonia)
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