We Summon The Darkness

The star, Alexandra Daddario, the writer, Alan Trezza, and the director, Marc Meyers, of the terrific new film We Summon The Darkness walk us through some of their favorite movies.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

We Summon The Darkness (2020)
Burying The Ex (2015)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
American Beauty (1999)
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Ghostbusters (1984)
The Sound of Music (1965)
L.A. Story (1991)
Ghost Dad (1990)
Looney Tunes: Back In Action (2003)
Roxanne (1987)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Godfather Part III (1990)
Fargo (1996)
The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1998)
Defending Your Life (1991)
Modern Romance (1981)
The Jerk (1979)
Jaws (1975)
Notting Hill (1999)
Four Weddings And A Funeral (1994)
When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
Love Actually (2003)
Marley & Me (2008)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
World’s Greatest Dad (2009)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Raging Bull (1980)
Mandy (2018)
Heathers (1988)
Ed Wood (1994)
Hellzapoppin’ (1941)
Fletch (1985)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Batman Returns (1992)
Warlock (1989)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Star Wars (1977)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The Swimmer (1968)
Sherman’s March (1985)
Amadeus (1984)
Amarcord (1974)
Hugo Pool (1997)
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000)
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011)
The Last American Virgin (1982)
Porky’s (1981)
Lemon Popsicle (1978)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Eraserhead (1977)
The Devils (1971)
Song of the South (1946)
Tommy (1975)
Crimes of Passion (1984)
Gothic (1986)
The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
The Fall of the Louse of Usher (2002)
Trapped Ashes (2006)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
My Friend Dahmer (2017)
Husbands (1970)
The Shining (1980)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Manhunter (1986)
Blue Velvet (1986)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
L.I.E. (2001)
How He Fell In Love (2015)
Small Soldiers (1998)
A Place In The Sun (1951)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Panic Room (2002)
High Tension (2003)
Inside (2007)
Irreversible (2002)
The Idiots (1998)
The Celebration (1998)
Dancer In The Dark (2000)
Breaking The Waves (1996)
Trolls World Tour (2020)

Other Notable Items

Amy Forsyth
Maddie Hasson
Cinespia screenings at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery
The John Wyatt Podcast Episode
Baz Luhrmann’s postponed Elvis Presley biopic
Netflix
Steve Martin
The Ivy Restaurants
Steve Martin’s memoir Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life (2007)
“The Great Flydini” sketch
Bill Cosby
Ron Perlman
Tiger King TV series (2020)
The Coen Brothers
William H. Macy
Anthony Perkins
Vince Vaughn
Gus Van Sant
Rick and Morty TV series (2013- )
Albert Brooks
Bob Dylan
Carl Gottlieb
Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )
Julia Roberts
Hugh Grant
Robin Williams
Bobcat Goldthwait
Charlie Kaufman
Joe Bob Briggs
The Daily Beast review of We Summon The Darkness
Daniel Waters
TFH Guru Larry Karaszewski
Harold Faltermeyer
John Hughes
TFH Guru Michael Lehmann
David Lynch
Stanley Kubrick
Christopher Walken
Jack Nicholson
Christian Slater
Winona Ryder
Blockbuster Video
Burt Lancaster
Bravo
Frank Perry
Sydney Pollack
“The Swimmer” short story by John Cheever
Arthur Penn
Alyssa Milano
Robert Downey Sr.
The Satanic panic era
Fucking Slayer, dude
The West Memphis Three
Henry Rollins
Eddie Vedder
Johnny Depp
Peter Jackson
Atom Egoyan
Julian Sands
The Cannon Group, Inc.
Degrassi Junior High TV series (1987-1989)
Richard Marquand
Ken Russell
The Aero Theatre
Derek Jarman
TFH Guru Guillermo del Toro
Christopher Nolan
Quentin Tarantino
John Cassavetes
Vincent D’Onofrio
Patrick Magee
LACMA
The Stanley Kubrick Exhibition
Dino De Laurentiis
Michael Mann
Red Dragon novel by Thomas Harris (1981)
Succession TV series (2018- )
Tom Noonan
Harold Pinter
Alfred Hitchcock
Joan Allen
“In A Gadda Da Vida” song by Iron Butterfly (1968)
“Heaven Is A Place On Earth” song by Belinda Carlisle (1987)
Spice Girls
Chris Butler
The Waitresses
Devo
George Stevens
Elizabeth Taylor
Shelley Winters
David Koepp
David Fincher
Gaspar Noé
Lars von Trier
Jim Carrey
Adam Sandler
The Paprika Steen Podcast Episode
Dogme 95
Brad Pitt
Leonardo DiCaprio
George Clooney
Björk

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