You might not know the name Sandy King, but she’s been a crucial part of some of the best genre films of the past 40 years.  She’s worked with her husband, John Carpenter for almost as long as a script supervisor, producer, and the first woman founder of a comic publishing house.  In its 10th year of operations, Storm King Productions puts out horror comics for all kinds along with a slew of writers and artists, including Carpenter, Steve Niles, and Duane Swiercyznski.

King is also the executive producer, along with Carpenter, on “Suburban Screams,” a new series on Peacock about the evil at your front door.  Each of the 6 episodes feature an interview subject intercut with the scripted reenactment of their true horror story.  Here, King discusses a range of topics, including Storm King, working on set, and the true life horror of “Suburban Screams,” as well as the fictional horrors of Carpenter classics like “In the Mouth of Madness” and “They Live.”  It still counts as fiction, right..?

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