Mailbag
Josh Olson and Joe Dante answer fan questions and comments.
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy (1955) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary
Monster A-Go-Go (1965)
Infested (2002)
Straw Dogs (1971) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review, Joe Dante’s review
Straw Dogs (2011)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
The Ghost And Mrs. Muir (1947) – Axelle Carolyn’s trailer commentary
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Bad Boy Bubby (1993) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
The Mummy (1932) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
The Mummy (1999)
The Howling (1981) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
Slappy And The Stinkers (1998)
Casper (1995)
Invisible Man (2020)
The Invisible Man (1933) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Robot Monster (1953) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary
The Stewardesses (1969)
The Hole (2012) – Joe Dante’s US, Italian, British trailer commentaries, Dennis Cozzalio’s review
Love (2015)
Cave Of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
McCabe And Mrs. Miller (1971) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzalio’s review
Nashville (1975) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary, Dan Perri’s trailer commentary, Dennis Cozzalio’s review
The Thing (1982) – Jesus Treviño’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Perfect (1985)
Looney Tunes: Back In Action (2003) – Michael Schlesinger’s trailer commentary
Space Jam (1996)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
Devil In A Blue Dress (1995)
RRR (2022)
Lancelot du Lac (1974)
Funeral In Berlin (1966) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Billion Dollar Brain (1967) – Bernard Rose’s trailer commentary
The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) – Eli Roth’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Kiss Me Deadly (1955) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Long Wait (1954)
I, The Jury (1953)
I, The Jury (1982)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957)
The Room (2003)
The Apple (1980) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Beyond The Valley of The Dolls (1970) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Walk Hard (2007)
Last Year At Marienbad (1961)
Matinee (1993) – Illeana Douglas’s trailer commentary, Dennis Cozzalio’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Shock Corridor (1963) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
The Gamma People (1956) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary
The Fool Killer (1965)
Fever Pitch (1985)
Barfly (1987) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
The Terminator (1984) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary
Back To The Future (1985)
Return To Oz (1985)
The Wizard Of Oz (1939) – John Badham’s trailer commentary
Oz The Great And Powerful (2013)
High Plains Drifter (1973) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Edgar Wright’s trailer commentary
The Student Teachers (1973) – Jon Davison’s trailer commentary, Joe Dante’s review
Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) – Larry Cohen’s trailer commentary
Other Notable Items
The Cinerama Dome
The Nicole Kidman AMC Theaters commercial
Sam Peckinpah
Alan Parker
TFH Guru John Sayles
Sid Sheinberg
Universal Pictures
Stephen Sommers
Indiana Jones
Steven Spielberg
Leigh Whannell
Coronado: Stories short story collection by TFH Guru Dennis Lehane (2004)
Bill Paxton
Big Love TV series (2006-2011)
The Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes book by Tim Lucas (2022)
TFH mastermind Charlie Largent
TFH Guru Roger Corman
Gaspar Noé
Werner Herzog
Screwy Squirrel
Paul Terry
TFH Guru Mick Garris
John Carpenter
John Travolta
Jamie Lee Curtis
The Man Who Fell To Earth TV series (2022- )
Chuck Jones
Eric Goldberg
Alfred Hitchcock’s unfinished movie Kaleidoscope
Lew Wasserman
Denzel Washington
Carl Franklin
Ezekiel ”Easy” Rawlins
Don Cheadle
Picket Fences TV series (1992-1998)
Jaws (the James Bond baddie, not the fish)
Our friends at Movies Unlimited!
Bollywood
Pachinko TV series (2022)
The LexG Movie Podcast
Luc Bresson
Ken Russell
Ed Begley
The William Friedkin podcast episode
Robert Aldrich
The Bradbury Building
TCM
TFH Guru Larry Cohen
Armand Assante
Biff Elliot
Peggie Castle
Mike Hammer
Mickey Spillane
Luchino Visconti
Michael Medved
Harry Medved
Russ Meyer
Roger Ebert
John Goodman
Anthony Perkins
Richard Brooks
Ryan O’Neal
James Cameron
Michael Biehn
Robert Zemeckis
Warner Brothers
L. Frank Baum’s Oz novel series
Sam Raimi
Parker
Donald E. Westlake a.k.a. Richard Stark
Shane Black
The Destroyer novel series by Remo Williams
The Sheep Look Up novel by Jon Brunner (1972)
“The Screwfly Solution” short story by James Tiptree Jr. (1977)
“The Screwfly Solution” Masters of Horror episode
New World Pictures
TFH Guru Jonathan Kaplan
The Family Theater in Philadelphia
The Goldman Theater in Philadelphia
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