Rob Savage RETURNS!

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Season 06 | Episode 30

Rob Savage RETURNS!

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The Boogeyman and Host director Rob Savage discusses some of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

First, here’s our WGA Spotlight featuring Abdi Nazemian.

Show Notes – WGA Spotlight: Abdi Nazemian

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Invisible Man (2020)
Gilda (1946)
Let’s Make Love (1960)
Winter Kills (1979)
Inland Empire (2006)
Strange Way Of Life (2023)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Peeping Tom (1960)
The Blood On Satan’s Claw (1971)
Elvis (2022)
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
The Apple (1980)
Speed Racer (2008)
The Changeling (1980)

Other Notable Items

“Bees In The Trap” song by Nicki Minaj
Abdi’s new novel Only This Beautiful Moment (2023)
Universal Pictures
Doris Day
Rock Hudson
The Leigh Whannell podcast episode
Rita Hayworth
Marilyn Monroe
Joan Crawford
Judy Garland
The Chateau Marmont
Charles Vidor
Rudolph Maté 
Elizabeth Taylor
Jeff Bridges
Technicolor
The Criterion Collection
David Lynch
Laura Dern
Michelangelo
Pedro Almodovar
“Don’t Tell Me” music video by Madonna (2000)
Nicholas Ray
Martin Scorsese’s list of his 130 favorite guilty pleasure movies in Film Comment
Baz Luhrmann
SAG
ABC’s strike-era schedule
The AMPTP
The Atlantic’s new piece on the spooky future of AI
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George C. Scott

Show Notes – Rob Savage:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Boogeyman (2023)
Dirty Harry (1971) – Alan Spencer’s trailer commentary, Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, TFH’s Mogwai Madness
Host (2020)
Burnt Offerings (1976)
Ordinary People (1980)
Poltergeist (1982)
The Innocents (1961)
Jaws (1975)
Alien (1979)
Infested (2002)
The Big Chill (1983)
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1968)
Tales From The Crypt (1972)
Drive My Car (2021)
Babylon (2022)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) – TFH’s Mogwai Madness
Midsommar (2019)
Hereditary (2018)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Master Gardener (2023)
The Card Counter (2021)
First Reformed (2018)
Dog Eat Dog (2016)
The Canyons (2013)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
Something Wild (1986)
Se7en (1995)
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
A Quiet Place (2018)
Let Me In (2010)
Let The Right One In (2008)
Green Room (2016)
Burying The Ex (2015)
Sisu (2023)
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
Big Game (2014)
John Wick (2014)
Soft And Quiet (2022)
Irreversible (2002)
Memento (2000)
Man Bites Dog (1992)

Other Notable Items

Stephen King
TFH Guru Mick Garris
Timothy Hutton
Freddie Francis
Jack Clayton
Jeremy Woodward
Eli Born
William Hurt
Meg Tilly
Chris Messina
“Drive My Car” short story in the collection Men Without Women novel by Haruki Murakami (2014)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Vivien Lyra Blair 
Obi Wan Kenobi TV series (2022)
Hulu
The New Beverly Cinema
The Arri Alexa digital camera
Quentin Tarantino
Ari Aster
Florence Pugh
The Paul Schrader podcast episode
Nicolas Cage
Jonathan Demme
The Silence Of The Lambs novel by Thomas Harris (1988)
Ray Liotta
Jodie Foster
Steven Spielberg
Julianne Moore
Juliet Binoche
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Sophie Tucker
Sophie Thatcher
Matt Reeves
Walt Disney Pictures
Anton Yelchin
Patrick Stewart
Jalmari Helander 
Samuel L. Jackson
Deadwood TV series (2004-06)
Netflix
Blumhouse

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