The Night an 80s all over a trionic exclusive interview with the star of Reanimator from Beyond your exed Arbra Cremton and now host, Scott Whiteberg. Hello, welcome to a bonus episode of 80s all over. My name is Scott Weinberg, and I am not joined by my co-host, Drew McReeney. Oh, it's me Drew. Here's my funny opportunity in impersonation. That wasn't Drew. Today's his son's birthday birthday and he was not able to join us. Happy birthday, Alan. But we are joined by a very special guest, a person who is near and dear to the heart of me, Andrew, a wonderful actor and a beautiful person. Let's just give it up for the great Barbara Crampton. Hey, what a nice intro, thank you. Oh, Miss Crampton, Barbara, I have to tell you, one of my favorite side effects or fringe benefits of doing this job is the people that I grew up admiring and the handful of them that I've become friendly with. You and I I have hung out in Austin, in LA, in Chicago, and in a prison in Philadelphia. That's true. I am so grateful that you and I have become friends over the last several years. Our listeners will of course know Ms. Crampton from recent films like Your Next. And the upcoming Apple Cart, the shoe, the sun choke. We're going to talk more about her 80s films, but before we get into that, we are still here, I would like to very quickly, before we get into the 80s, Barbara, talk to us a little bit about quote unquote, comebacks, a resurgence, as it were, because your next was kind of a comeback for you. So talk, talk a little bit about how you took time off to be with your family and then boom, you hit the scene again big time. Yeah, I mean, I really thought that I was kind of done. A lot of what happens, you know, it's no secret to a lot of women actresses that are in their late 30s. Is that the parts kind of start to dry up? And I felt like right after I did Castle Freak and I started to feel comfortable with my acting and feel like, oh, I know what I'm kind of doing now. I wasn't getting any auditions, I wasn't getting any parts,

and I was dating my husband soon after that. And then he said, well, why don't we move up to San Francisco because I have a great job offer up there. And I was like, okay, I guess I can leave because nobody's calling me. So we came up to San Francisco and I had two kids kind of back to back. and I just really left Hollywood behind

and I wasn't thinking about it at all.

And I think I had a couple of tiny little jobs here and there but nothing very much, nothing splashy. And then I just happened to be running on the treadmill at Squaw Valley Mountain during like the ski season one year. And I got a message on my phone from my agent who I hadn't talked to in six years. And I couldn't believe he hadn't lost my number. And he said, oh, I have an offer for you for a job. And I said, an offer for a job. Like what job is it? Who wants me to be in a movie and who remembers me and whatever and it happened to be Simon Barrett from your next he was one of the producers and also you know the writer on that and a little sidebar. Sideman is not only a fantastic screenwriter but what a what a great guy he is a such a good friend such a decent guy I sorry. So please continue. Yeah, don't be sorry. It's great. We want to shout out to Simon. They were doing this movie and they wanted some sort of horror movie notable to play one of the parents, either myself or the dad or whatever. So they reached out to my agent to see if I was available. Simon had met Stuart Gordon and Jeffrey Combs that I think had fantastic fast when they were there like a year before. And so it sparked something in him. And I read the script and I thought, wow, this is a nice little movie. I don't know who these people are, but as you do, you look up their stuff. And I felt really removed from Hollywood. And I wasn't familiar with a horrible way to die or Adam Wynne-Garde or anything. But I did a little research and I thought, well, okay, it sounds like fun. I'll do it. And it was the best thing I ever did as far as my career is concerned because it just opened me up back into acting and you know I realized how hard motherhood is how fun working on a movie is and and I was working with some of the brightest young minds in Hollywood right now I mean just people that do all the different you know, they write, they direct, they act, they produce and and

um, there was just such a nice camaraderie and I, I just felt like it was just, they were really accessible. It was, the whole process was more fun than I ever remembered. That's great.

I felt more involved in the process.

Because back in the 80s, I just came in

and I did my little acting job.

And... I felt more involved in the process because back in the 80s, I just came in and I did my little acting job and that was it. Everybody's jobs were set into boxes and lines. On this shoot, I just felt like everybody had a voice. What do you think about this scene? How's it going? Do we want to change the lines? Simon would come up to me and say, do you like what you're saying? Would you like to say something different? Of course, I worked a lot with AJ Bowen, who's a very fluid actor. It was just a nice way to come back. So that's how it began. Do you find when you were there that, hey, these filmmakers, most of them know me from my 80s work. And they searched me out specifically because they like my work. It's not a question of, is she young and pretty or does she fit this certain box like you say? It was, hey, wait a minute, they invited me because they like my work. That foundation right there has to be very welcoming. Well, I guess I didn't thank you for that. I didn't feel like that at the moment. I felt like it could have been anybody. They could have called Susan Schneider. They could have called Kelly Maroney. They could have called lots of different people. And maybe they would have. And I don't actually know if I was the first call or not. But however it happened, I'm grateful for that. And also, the whole thing just made me feel so inspired, because these guys are all so adept at what they're doing and look at their careers now. I mean, look at Ty West and Joe Swanberg and look at Simon and look at Adam and look at the producers Keith Calder and his wife Jessica Wu. I mean, they're on fire. They're all fantastic. And I was pinching myself and feeling very lucky to be there. And also, I was quite nervous. It actually fit the role because my character of the mom was kind of a nervous kind of person who, in the beginning, we had a few scenes that we shot that didn't end up in the movie, but I was taking a lot of pills. And I had been drinking before, but then I wasn't drinking anymore, but I was quite a nervous person. So it worked worked because I hadn't been on screen or hadn't worked with me for six years. You think, gosh, they like all my 80s horror films. What if I show up and I stink? What if they don't like me? I didn't want to suck. Your next was a big festival favorite. It went all over the world and that opened the door from there you did for our listeners can find you and we are still here. Sun choke tales of Halloween, road games beyond the gates and I'm just picking the ones that I think are real good. There's a lot more in between but let us now travel back. Time machine and so on and we we're going to visit the very young Barbara Krampton as she interviews with Brian DiPolma for Body Double. Right. Now how did that come about? You play a small role as Craig Watson's girlfriend who is cheating on him and kind of kick you kind of are the part one of the inciting incidents in the film. Right. Yeah, that was kind of exciting. I met with the casting people and then they put me on tape and I actually had more lines and more scenes in the movie before I shot my part of it. They sent the tape to Brian along with some other people and then, you know, he chose me. I had two other scenes in the movie with dialogue and, you know, one of two. They were kind of, one was a little brief, but another one was more of a substantial scene and it was about, you know, Craig's, Wassons and myself's problems and how we weren't getting along and whatever it was, something like that. And the night before I was supposed to shoot this, my part or come in for a day or two, they said, oh, well, we've cut all the dialogue scenes and we just have that one scene with you with a guy in bed and I thought, oh, shoot. What am I going to do? And they said, you know, do you want to do it or not? And I guess looking back part of me was like,

do they do that on purpose?

I don't know. Oh gosh, yes. I mean, who knows? Were they always going to be in there or not? Ever going to be in there? I don't know. But at the time, I thought it's Brian Dupama. OK? It works with a lot of the same people.

And maybe it'll lead to something else.

And if anything, I get to work with one

of the greatest directors of all time.

So. It works with a lot of the same people. And maybe it'll lead to something else. And if anything, I get to work with one of the great distractors of all time. So I should just do it. And I had a wonderful day. I had a great time. It was really only one day. But we shot that scene, which was so minimal all day long. It was long. And I became kind of friendly with Brian after that. And his first day, Dee Jo, Napolitano, who unfortunately just passed away a couple of years ago. And Brian came to my house. He came to a party I had after that. And, you know, I was just hoping and waiting that maybe something would happen and it never did. And then one day I was sitting with my girlfriend at Euston's and Century City in LA that doesn't exist anymore. We were having lunch and all of a sudden the safari coat walks up to my table and I look up and it's Brian. And so I'm telling Brian at that moment why I did the part because it it's you, Brian, and hoping that it could lead to more and waiting for something

to happen.

And I was bolder as I got older.

So I could say that to him then, but I couldn't say it to him on the set at the time.

And he sort of laughed and he goes, yeah, I'm going to keep you in mind.

I'm going to keep you in mind.

So I'm still waiting for the call to work with Brian again. Come on Brian. Yeah. We want body double to Carol's revenge. And it seems like every notable actor of the 80s was in one of two, one of two things, either a horror sequel or a teen sex comedy. Right. So can you have any anecdotes or anything you can share briefly about fraternity vacation? Yeah, well, you know, that was Tim, what's his name? Who's in the movie with me? Tim Robbins. One of Tim Robbins earliest jobs, yep.

Yes, and yeah.

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