William Stout
Legendary artist and production designer William Stout takes us on an epic journey through a few of his cinematic favorites.
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Wizards (1977)
Rock ‘N’ Roll High School (1979)
The Mist (2007)
The Prestige (2006)
House (1986)
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz (2005)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Predator (1987)
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)
First Blood (1982)
The First Power (1990)
The Hitcher (1986)
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
Masters of the Universe (1987)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Blood Freak (1972)
It’s Alive (1974)
Grave of the Vampire (1972)
Alien (1979)
Dead and Buried (1981)
Body Melt (1993)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Return of Doctor X (1939)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
On Borrowed Time (1939)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Tomorrow is Forever (1946)
There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)
Hellzapoppin’ (1941)
Once Upon A Time (1944)
One Froggy Evening (1955)
The Fall (2006)
Murder, He Says (1945)
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Black Sheep (2006)
Infested (2002)
The Silent Partner (1978)
Think of a Number (1969)
LA Confidential (1997)
Tell No One (2006)
Point Blank (2010)
The Day The Earth Caught Fire (1961)
X The Unknown (1956)
First Men in the Moon (1964)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother (1975)
A Boy And His Dog (1975)
The Stranger Within (1974)
The Rapture (1991)
Grabbers (2012)
Freaks (1932)
The Faculty (1998)
Nightmare Alley (1947)
The Leech Woman (1960)
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Dagon (2001)
The Stuff (1985)
God Told Me To (1976)
Q The Winged Serpent (1982)
Black Caesar (1973)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Body Snatchers (1993)
The Invasion (2007)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Raw Meat a.k.a. Death Line (1973)
Grindhouse (2007)
The Gate (1987)
Frailty (2002)
Viy (1967)
Nosferatu (1922)
The 27th Day (1957)
20 Million Miles To Earth (1957)
Endangered Species (1982)
Monster in the Closet (1986)
Popeye (1980)
Breaking Away (1979)
Gremlins (1984)
Buried Alive (1990)
Impulse (1984)
Impulse (1974)
The Hidden (1987)
Dune (1984)
Conan The Destroyer (1984)
Blue Velvet (1986)
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
Attack The Block (2011)
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
Ant-Man (2015)
Vampire’s Kiss (1988)
Mandy (2018)
Night of the Juggler (1980)
Other Notable Items
The Oscar broadcast’s then-reigning decision to not air four awards live (they would later backtrack after being almost universally lambasted).
Little Annie Fanny
Heavy Metal magazine
The New Dinosaurs
New Dinosaur Discoveries A-Z
Legends of the Blues
The Rocketeer
Fantastic Worlds: The Art of William Stout
Harlan Ellison
The Jonah Ray podcast episode
Mysterious Science Theatre 3000
The Gilbert Hernandez podcast episode
TFH Guru Larry Cohen
TFH Guru Roger Corman
Harvey Kurtzman–Will Elder comics
Kirk Alyn Superman serials
Jonathan King’s filmography
Curtis Hanson’s filmography
Think of a Number, Swedish book on which Silent Partner is based
The Quatermass movies
Twin Peaks
The eccentricities of David Lynch
The World Theater in Los Angeles
The Goldman Theater in Philadelphia
William Stout’s Mondo Nosferatu prints
Hoyt Axton’s music career
The New Beverly Cinema
This list is also available on Letterboxd.
