Imprint Deep Dive: Carrie and Director Focus: Brian De Palma

Imprint Deep Dive: Carrie and Director Focus: Brian De Palma

From Imprint Cast by Tony Michas

March 22, 2026 · 2h 30m · Season 5 · Episode 7

About this episode

The episode features a deep dive into the horror film Carrie and a discussion on the career of director Brian De Palma with special guest Sam Irvin.

In this very special episode, joining John Mathews and myself are Imprint Cast Family Members Suzanne Boleyn, Paul Berriman, our newest family member, Ron Pettersson and very special guest, writer and Director Sam Irvin. In this episode we do a deep dive of the horror masterpiece, Carrie and we also discuss the career of Director Brian De Palma. Sam was the perfect guest to join us in this episode as he was Brian De Palma’s personal assistant from 1978-1981, who wrote about his experiences working with him in his latest Rondo Award Nominated book, Confessions of a Brian De Palma Protégé. We discuss the book, our favourite De Palma films, Sam’s stories on working with Brian De Palma and of course, Carrie.

People in this episode

Host: John Mathews

Guests: Suzanne Boleyn, Paul Berriman, Ron Pettersson, Sam Irvin

Topics covered

  • horror films
  • Brian De Palma
  • Carrie
  • film analysis
  • director career

Keywords

  • Carrie
  • Brian De Palma
  • horror masterpiece
  • film discussion
  • Sam Irvin

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Carrie, Confessions of a Brian De Palma Protégé

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