The Movies That Made Me

The Cycle writer/director Jordan Downey breaks down his 10 favorite practical effects movie/television monsters (and their makers) with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The Cycle (2026) The Sixth Sense (1999) Nekromantik (1988) Pig (2021) Critters (1986) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988) Critters 2 (1988) Robocop (1987) Elf (2003) Alien Xmas (2020) The Fly (1986) The Fly 2 (1989) *Tremors (1990) - 17:28 Alien (1979) Aliens (1986) Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) The Blob (1958) Ghoulies (1984) The Monster Squad (1987) Frankenstein The Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) The Wolfman (1941) The Thing (1982) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Piranha (1978) The Howling (1981) Infested (2002) Citizen Kane (1941) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995) Willow (1988) Puppet Master (1989) Puppet Master II (1990) Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991) Puppet Master 4 (1993)  Puppet Master 5 (1994) Curse of the Puppet Master (1998) Retro Puppet Master (1999) Puppet Master: The Legacy (2003) Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys (2004) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Bruce Willis Midnight Mass miniseries (2021?) Mike Flanagan M. Night Shyamalan Shudder Deborah Ann Woll  Daredevil TV series (2015-18) The Rockford Files TV series (1974-1980) Jeffrey Donovan Gretchen Corbett  Nicolas Cage Our podcast episode with Pig filmmakers Michael Sarnoski and Vanessa Block The Chiodo Brothers Rob Bottin TFH Guru Rick Baker TFH Guru Mick Garris Bugs Bunny Rankin Bass Animated Entertainment Chris Walas Jeff Goldblum Geena Davis Mel Brooks The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001-03) David Cronenberg Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc Alec Gillis Tom Woodruff Jr.  Stan Winston Reba McEntire Michael Gross Jabba the Hutt COSI science museum in Columbus, Ohio The Academy Museum in Los Angeles H.R. Giger “The Host” episode of The X-Files TV series (1994) - 24:25 Toby Lindala Our Charles Band podcast episode Darin Morgan  Peter Boyle Our Fred Dekker podcast episode Universal Monsters  Tom Noonan TFH Guru Guillermo del Toro Hammer Films Bela Lugosi Rob Bottin John Carpenter Dean Cundey Veronica Cartwright Universal Pictures Our Robert Picardo podcast episode Vincent J. Guastini  Tom Savini Harvey Keitel TFH Guru Ernest Dickerson Our Ron Howard podcast episode Val Kilmer Warwick Davis George Lucas Siskel and Ebert TV series (1975-1999) Gene Siskel Roger Ebert Phil Tippett Puppet Master franchise Child’s Play franchise Gremlins franchise Stephen King SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests, and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The great Adam McKay joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to talk about overlooked climate change movies. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Digger (2026) The End (2024) The Act of Killing (2012) Don’t Look Up (2021) Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) Apocalypse Now (1979) Speed Racer (2008) Vice (2018) An Inconvenient Truth (2006) The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) No Blade of Grass (1970) Silent Running (1971) Soylent Green (1973) Roger and Me (1989) Starship Troopers (1997) The Pawnbroker (1964) Sleepless in Seattle (1993) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Naza (2026) Thrash (2026) A History of Violence (2005) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Joshua Oppenheimer Rotten Tomatoes The Academy Awards Alejandro Gonzalez Innarrittu Tom Cruise Yellow Dot Studios The Hollywood Reporter Deadline  Penske Media Sinclair Media Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal Newsweek Rupert Murdoch Rachel Carson Barack Obama Joe Biden Donald Trump Xavier Becerra Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva  Flávio Bolsonaro Bill Clinton Michael Moore NAFTA Elizabeth Holmes Chris Hayes MS Now The Wachowski Sisters The Holocaust Nora Ephron Richard Nixon James Hanson’s 1988 Senate hearing speech George W. Bush Dick Cheney Jennifer Lawrence Leonardo DiCaprio Netflix A24 Neon The Mad Max series Current Affairs David Lynch Gavin Newsom Chuck Schumer Hakeem Jeffries Tim Kaine Amy Klobuchar Karen Bass Ronald Reagan Professor Eliot Jacobson Climate News Drop Site News The Lever The planet is ⁠⁠⁠the warmest it's been in about 120,000 years⁠⁠⁠. We have seemingly gone past the ⁠⁠⁠1.5-degree tipping point⁠⁠⁠ mark for global warming that's been advised, which could be very dangerous for all of us! ⁠ SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests, and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wicker writer/directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson talk hosts Joe Dante and Josh Olson through the romantic movies that made them! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Wicker (2026) Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Zone (2017) Beauty and the Beast (1943) The Sound of Music (1965) West Side Story (1957) High Society (1956) Camelot (1967) Edward Scissorhands (1990) Strictly Ballroom (1992) Romeo + Juliet (1996) Moonstruck (1987) Joe vs. the Volcano (1990) Wild Mountain Thyme (2020)  Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) Petite Maman (2021) Before Sunrise (1995) Before Sunset (2004) Before Midnight (2012) Dazed and Confused (1993) Slacker (1990) Boyhood (2014) Nouvelle Vague (2025) Blue Moon (2025) Pride and Prejudice (2005) Anna Karenina (2011) Cyrano (2021) High Fidelity (2000) Brief Encounter (1945) Doctor Zhivago (1965) Oliver Twist (1948) Great Expectations (1946) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Legends of the Fall (1994) Past Lives (2023) Love Serenade (1996) Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Phantom Thread (2017) Magnolia (1999) Boogie Nights (1997) Hard Eight (1996) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) I Heart Huckabees (2004) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Weta Workshop Alexander Skarsgård Peter Dinklage Richard E. Grant James Bond Brad Zimmerman Justin Lothrop Olivia Colman "The Wicker Husband" short story by Ursula Wills (2008) Ed Sinclair Topic Studios Ryan Heller  Oliver Kassman Andrea Cornwell Jean Cocteau TCM Film Festival Christopher Plummer Ve Neil Alan Arkin Baz Luhrmann Tara Morice Bertolt Brecht Terry Gilliam Wong Kar-wai Danny and the Deep Blue Sea play by John Patrick Shanley (1983) Norman Jewison Nicolas Cage Cher Emily Blunt Richard Linklater Geronimo Joe Wright Succession TV series (2018-23) Matthew Macfadyen  Spooks TV series (2002-11) David Lean The Academy Museum in Los Angeles The Aero Cinema in Santa Monica Brad Pitt Our Celine Song podcast Shirley Barrett Miranda Otto Adam Sandler Paul Thomas Anderson Jon Brion Emily Watson⁠ SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests, and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spooky season is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than with the latest steward of the FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise? CRYSTAL LAKE showrunner Brad Kane is on the slab this week, and he walks hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through the sleazy movies that made him! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Warrior (2011) Friday the 13th (1980) Halloween (1978) The Parallax View (1974) Klute (1971) The Spy Who Loved Me (1981) Cannonball Run (1981) Class of 1984 (1982) Oliver! (1968) Firestarter (1984) Armed and Dangerous (1986) Commando (1985) Blackboard Jungle (1955) It’s Alive (1974) Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) Dressed to Kill (1980) Sisters (1972) Psycho (1960) Mandy (2018) The Beast Within (1982) The Howling (1981) An American Werewolf in London (1981) Total Recall (1990) The Monster Squad (1987) Fright Night (1985) High Plains Drifter (1973) Hollywood Blvd. (1976) Demon Seed (1977) Doctor Zhivago (1965) The Legacy (1978) Performance (1970) White of the Eye (1987) Don’t Look Now (1973) Wild Side (1995) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) The Terminator (1984) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II (1986) Gremlins II: The New Batch (1990) The ’Burbs (1989) The Last Movie (1971) Beetlejuice (1988) The Breakfast Club (1984) Vice Squad (1982) Barry Lyndon (1975) A Clockwork Orange (1971) Beastmaster (1982) I Eat Your Skin (1971) The Kindred (1987) Obsession (2026) From Beyond (1986) Re-Animator (1985) Society (1989) Song of the South (1946) The Devil and Max Devlin (1981) Sleepaway Camp (1983) The Cowboys (1972) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Xtro (1982) The Brood (1979) Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) 10 to Midnight (1983) Cape Fear (1962) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Brad’s new show Crystal Lake (2026- ) The Friday the 13th franchise Our Jonathan Tropper podcast episode Linda Cardellini Tokyo Vice TV series (2022-24) Lodge 49 TV series (2018-19) Our Jim Gavin podcast episode DTF St. Louis TV series (2026- ) Emmy Awards Sean S. Cunningham Victor Miller Peacock TIFF Mad Men TV series (2007-15) Our Walton Goggins episode TFH Guru Roger Corman Mark L. Lester  Mark Lester  Michael Patrick Kelly Arnold Schwarzenegger Twin Peaks TV series (1990-91, 2017) Clint Eastwood Doonesbury comic strip (1970- ) Perry King Roddy McDowall  Tim Van Patten The Sopranos TV series (1999-2007) Michael J. Fox Leopold and Loeb TFH Guru Larry Cohen John P. Ryan  Michael Moriarty Nicolas Cage Brian De Palma Alfred Hitchcock Michael Caine Angie Dickinson Janet Leigh Our Keith Gordon podcast episode Our Panos Cosmatos podcast episode American International Pictures  Empire International Pictures Charlie Brown Christopher Walken The “More Cowbell” sketch on Saturday Night Live (2000) Ronny Cox Paul Verhoeven Tom Holland Fred Dekker The MPAA ratings board Julie Christie Pierce Brosnan The Simpsons TV series (1989- ) Donald Sutherland Nicolas Roeg Donald Cammell Robert Vaughn Fritz Weaver  The Cannon Group Tobe Hooper Dennis Hopper Tom Hanks Bill Moseley Michael Keaton Wings Hauser Frank Capra Jr. Frank Capra Sr. John Alcott Stanley Kubrick The Cinerama Theatre in Manhattan The Loew’s Orpheum Theatre in Manhattan Gary Swanson Steve McQueen “Herbert West—Re-Animator” short story by H.P. Lovecraft (1922) Charles Band Brian Uzna Stuart Gordon Barbara Crampton Jeffrey Combs The United Artists East 85th Street Theatre in Manhattan Bruce Dern John Wayne The Brothers Quay David Lynch David Cronenberg Douglas Sirk Charles Bronson J. Lee Thompson Looney Tunes The Aero Theatre in Santa Monica SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests, and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Waugh, director of the acclaimed new Alan Ritchson/Owen Wilson starrer Runner, sits down with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to break down his favorite scenes from action movies! Sometimes, they are not action scenes at all... Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Runner (2026) Jack Reacher (2012) Lethal Weapon (1987) - 43:07 Lethal Weapon II (1989) Lethal Weapon III (1992) Lethal Weapon IV (1998) Act of Valor (2012) Die Hard (1988) Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990) Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) Live Free or Die Hard (2007) Need for Speed (2014) Commando (1985) Smokey and the Bandit (1977) Hooper (1978) The Wrestler (2008) The Last Movie Star (2018) Deliverance (1973) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Expend4bles (2023) Rocky (1976) Hidden Strike (2023)  Step Into Liquid (2000) First Blood (1982) Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) Top Gun (1986) Return of the Jedi (1983) Against All Odds (1984) The French Connection (1972) Point Break (1991) The Matrix (1999) Eat My Dust (1976) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Alan Ritchson   Owen Wilson One Shot novel by Lee Child (2005) Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise Reacher TV series (2022- ) Fred Waugh Joe Pesci Steven Spielberg Tobey Maguire Miles Hubley and Tommy White Michael Mann Hal Needham Burt Reynolds Our Buddy Joe Hooker podcast episode Stunts Unlimited Dick Ziker Jackie Gleason TFH Guru Adam Rifkin Harrison Ford Sylvester Stallone John Kerry Bob Kerrey Clint Eastwood Jackie Chan Bruce Lee Mel Gibson Alan Rickman Rodrigo Santoro Bruce Willis John Rambo Clay Cullen Peter Cullen Optimus Prime Transformers Tony Scott Tom Cruise Keanu Reeves Patrick Swayze Glenn Wilder James Bond TFH Guru Roger Corman Quentin Tarantino⁠ SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests, and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Idiots director/co-writer Macon Blair breaks down his favorite comfort movies with podcast host Josh Olson! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Mission: Impossible — Fallout (2018) Idiots (2026) Straight Outta Compton (2015) State of Grace (1990) Jaws (1975) Goodfellas (1990) Bugsy (1991) The Godfather Part III (1990) Miller’s Crossing (1990) Rattle and Hum (1988) Suburbia (1983) Repo Man (1984) Green Room (2016) Trust (1990) Amateur (1994) Simple Men (1992) Boogie Nights (1997) Inherent Vice (2014) Licorice Pizza (2021) The Late Show (1977) The Lost Boys (1987) Near Dark (1987) Dracula (1931) Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) The Taking of Pelham 123 (1998) The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) Sullivan’s Travels (1941) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) Batman Returns (1992) The Dark Knight (2008) Heat (1995) Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015) Elephant (2020) A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)  Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas (2021) Highlander (1986) Point Break (1991) Commando (1985) Alien (1979) Aliens (1986) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Henry Cavill Dave Franco O'Shea Jackson Jr. Kiernan Shipka Nicholas Braun Peter Dinklage Ice Cube Macon’s last podcast episode Phil Joanou The Washington Post Gary Oldman Mickey Rourke Robert Shaw Ed Harris Robin Wright  John C. Reilly Sean Penn Thomas Jane U2 Penelope Spheeris The Vandals T.S.O.L.  D.I. Hal Hartley The Catcher in the Rye novel by J.D. Salinger (1951) Adrienne Shelly Martin Donovan Edie Falco Oz TV series (1997-2003) The Beat TV series (2000) Mark Ruffalo Derek Cecil Gary Shandling Paul Thomas Anderson Art Carney Lily Tomlin Inherent Vice novel by Thomas Pynchon (2009) The Lost Boys musical by David Hornsby and Chris Hoch (2026- ) The Tony Awards Tina Turner Bela Lugosi Kiefer Sutherland Tim Cappello Joel Schumacher Jason Patric Jami Gertz Edward Herrmann Kino Lorber David Shire Walter Matthau Robert Shaw Adam Sandler The Taking of Pelham One Two Three novel by Morton Freedgood (1973) John Travolta Denzel Washington Edward James Olmos Vincent D'Onofrio Lorraine Bracco Preston Sturgess Veronica Lake Joel McCrea William Demarest Our Peter Ramsey podcast episode Boaz Yakin Batman Shaun the Sheep TV series (2007- )  Aardman Animation Wallace and Gromit Walt Disney Pictures Christopher Lambert Sean Connery Clancy Brown Patrick Swayze Keanu Reeves Mark L. Lester Crime and Punishment novel by ​Fyodor Dostoevsky (1866) The Idiot novel by ​Fyodor Dostoevsky (1869) James CameronSpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests, and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Onslaught star Adria Arjona joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to talk the movies that made her! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Onslaught (2026) The Guest (2014) The Belko Experiment (2014) Blink Twice (2024) Hit Man (2023) Splitsville (2025) John Wick (2014) Star Wars (1977) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) Step Brothers (2008) Bridesmaids (2011) Cinema Paradiso (1988) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) White Dog (1982) Them That Follow (2019) Thelma & Louise (1991) - 28:13 Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) Scorn (2026) School of Rock (2003) Before Sunrise (1995) Before Sunset (2004 Before Midnight (2013) Blue Moon (2025) Nouvelle Vague (2025) Boogie Nights (1997) Hard Eight (1995) Ratcatcher (1999) The Rider (2017) Hamnet (2025) Buddy (2026) Notting Hill (1999) Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)  Love Actually (2003) Kill Bill: Vol. I (2003) Kill Bill: Vol. II (2004) Opening Night (1977) A Woman Under the Influence (1974) Gloria (1980) The Last of the Mohicans (1992) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition A24 Adam Wingard Irma Vep miniseries (2022) Our Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin podcast episode The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Criminal TV series (TBD) Criminal comic book series by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (2006- ) Andor TV series (2022-25)  Tony Gilroy Our Lexi Alexander podcast episode Will Ferrell Jack Black Adam McKay Ennio Morricone Sergio Leone Matthew Pusti Ricardo Arjona The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York Our Walton Goggins podcast episode Olivia Colman Ridley Scott Callie Khouri Richard Linklater Glenn Powell The Hollywood Forever Cemetery Brad Pitt Penélope Cruz Javier Bardem Woody Allen Paul Thomas Anderson Lynne Ramsay Philip Seymour Hoffman Chloé Zhao  Anne Hathaway Richard Curtis Arnold Schwarzenegger Rhys Ifans Quentin Tarantino Uma Thurman Gena Rowlands John Cassavettes The Smokehouse Restaurant in Burbank SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests, and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coyote vs. Acme director Dave Green unpacks his favorite animated movies with a live-action sensibility and his favorite live-action movies with a cartoon sensibility with Josh Olson and (sometimes) Joe Dante! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Coyote vs. Acme (2026) Modern Times (1931) Beetlejuice (1988) Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985) Batman (1989) Edward Scissorhands (1990) Batman Returns (1992) Ghostbusters (1984) The Conjuring (2013) The Addams Family (1991) Addams Family Values (1993) Get Shorty (1995) Ratatouille (2007) The Incredibles (2004) Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) The Lost Weekend  (1945) The Last Action Hero (1993) Airplane! (1980) Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987) Raising Arizona (1987) Predator (1987) M (1931) M (1951) The Black Vampire (1953) Barney's Great Adventure (1998) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Samy Burch Mel Blanc Charlie Chaplin  Abbey Road Studios in London, England Tim Burton Wes Anderson Michael Keaton Batman: The Animated Series TV series (1992-95) The Real Ghostbusters TV series (1986-91) Beetlejuice TV series (1989-91) The Simpsons TV series (1989- ) The Ren & Stimpy Show TV series (1991-95) Ralph Bakshi Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures TV series (1987-88) The Tick TV series (1994-96) The Maxx TV series (1995) Christopher Nolan Daniel Waters Batman TV series (1966-68) ArcLight Cinemas  Joan Cusack Barry Sonnenfeld Pixar Brad Bird Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! TV series (2007-10) Warner Bros. Peter Lorre The Animated Peter Lorre book by Matthew Hahn (2024) Arnold Schwarzenegger Mad magazine (1952- ) Sergio Aragonés Lee J. Cobb Sam Raimi Ted Raimi Joel Coen Ethan Coen Nicolas Cage Bugs Bunny Wile E. Coyote Woody Woodpecker Paul Chadwick  Mega Man TV series (1994-96) Joseph Losey  David Wayne David Wain  The State SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests, and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer/director Casper Kelly unpacks his favorite movies about television with host Josh Olson. Casper's new movie Buddy opens August 28th! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Buddy (2026) Mandy (2018) Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1983) UHF (1989) The Ring (2002) Ringu (1998) Death to Smoochy (2002) Stay Tuned (1992) Switching Channels (1988) Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) I Saw the TV Glow (2024) Network (1976) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Heaven’s Gate (1980) Room 237 (2012) Director’s Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein (2015) Dr. Strangelove (1964) Soylent Green (1973) Falling Down (1994) Raising Cain (1992) A Face in the Crowd (1957) On the Waterfront (1954) Good Night and Good Luck (2005) The Sweet Smell of Success (1957) The King of Comedy (1982) Nightcrawler (2014) Sound of Metal (2019) My Favorite Year (1982) Ten From Your Show of Shows (1973) Requiem for a Dream (2000) Irreversible (2002) Memento (2000) Enter the Void (2009) Drive (2011) Videodrome (1983) Poltergeist (1982) Scanners (1981) The Brood (1979) Being There (1979) Mulholland Drive (2001) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell TV series (2013-19) Too Many Cooks TV special (2014) Adult Swim Yule Log TV special (2022) Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin’ Out TV special (2024) Our first podcast episode with Casper Weird Al Yankovic Barry Levinson John Ritter Reacher TV series (2022- ) Jane Schoenbrun Justice Smith Martin Scorsese Steven Soderbergh The Airport film franchise Rodney Ascher  William Holden Paddy Chayefsky Faye Dunaway Peter Finch  GG Allin Sterling Hayden Beatrice Straight  Ned Beatty Robert Duvall Brian De Palma Arrow Video Batman TV series (1966-68) Andy Griffith Walter Matthau Elia Kazan  Jimmy Kimmel Clifford Odets Robert De Niro Shelley Hack Paul Schrader Dan Gilroy Jake Gyllenhaal Riz Ahmed The Sid Caesar Show TV show (1963-64) The Dick Van Dyke Show TV show (1961-65) Mel Brooks Errol Flynn Selma Diamond Night Court TV series (1984-92) Peter O'Toole  Mark Linn-Baker Your Show of Shows TV series (1950-54) Mr. Show with Bob and David TV series (1995-98) The Ben Stiller Show TV series (1990, 1992-95) Ellen Burstyn Gaspar Noé  Nicolas Winding Refn Grand Theft Auto video game series David Cronenberg Jack Warden Melvyn Douglas Twin Peaks: The Return TV series (2017) David Lynch SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests, and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boorman and the Devil director David Kittredge walks hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through the movies he loves that a lot of other people think are terrible! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Boorman and the Devil (2026) The Exorcist (1973) Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) The Exorcist III (1990) The Godfather (1972) The Godfather Part II (1974) Blow-Up (1966) Rocky (1976) Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) Apocalypse Now (1979) Excalibur (1981) Grease (1978) Gremlins II: The New Batch (1990) The Apple (1980) Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) The Odyssey (2026) Barbie (2023) Oppenheimer (2023) The Thing (1982) E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Sorcerer (1977) The Wages of Fear (1964) Cruising (1980) Bad Boy Bubby (1993) Taxi Driver (1976) Dangerous Men (2005) Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) The Black Hole (1979) Star Wars (1977) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) Condorman (1981) The Watcher in the Woods (1980) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Can’t Stop the Music (1980) The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017) Xanadu (1980) Hudson Hawk (1991) A History of Violence (2005) The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) Batman Returns (1992) Batman Forever (1995) Looker (1981) The Stepford Wives (1976) Rosemary’s Baby (1968) Animal House (1978) Midnight Madness (1980) Meatballs (1979) 1941 (1979) Jaws (1975) It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Dumbo (1941) Scavenger Hunt (1979) The Love Guru (2008) Southland Tales (2007) Room 237 (2012) Ghost Boy (TBD) Spice World (1998) A Hard Day’s Night (1964) Black Narcissus (1947) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition The Aero Theatre in Hollywood Mark Kermode John Boorman Martin Scorsese Michael Schultz The A-Team TV series (1983-87) Victor Hsu Aerosmith Earth Wind and Fire Steve Martin Carol Channing The New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles Richard Kelly Robert Evans IMAX TCL Chinese Theatre Christopher Nolan John Carpenter William Friedkin Menahem Golan Rolf de Heer  Nicholas Hope Cinefile Video The Cannon Group Joss Ackland Walt Disney Pictures Roddy Macdowall Slim Pickens Anthony Perkins Michael Eisner Jeffrey Katzenberg ILM TFH Guru Edgar Wright The Venice Film Festival Caitlyn Jenner Allan Carr Valerie Perinne Steve Guttenberg The Village People Tammy Grimes Paul Sand Bill Butler Nancy Walker Disco Jeffrey Schwartz The cursed 1989 Rob Lowe Oscars Michael Beck Brain Dead Studios in Los Angeles Bruce Willis  Danny Aiello Andie MacDowell  James Coburn David Caruso Sandra Bernhard  Richard E. Grant Steven de Souza Daniel Waters TFH Guru Michael Lehmann The Unmaking of Hudson Hawk by David Hughes (2026) David Hughes’ Rogue Commentary podcast Tim Burton Batman Val Kilmer  Nicole Kidman Michael Crichton Albert Finney Susan Dey Leigh Taylor-Young  HBO Rick Rossovich  Tim Rossovich CinemaScope Barry De Vorzon Michael J. Fox David Naughton Stephen Furst Andy Tennant CalTech Eddie Deezen  The Exorcist TV series (2016-17) Steven Spielberg The Zoot Suit Riots William Fraker Treat Williams Ned Beatty Dan Aykroyd John Belushi Joe Flaherty Christopher Lee Toshiro Mifune Warren OatesRobert Stack Mickey Rourke Wendie Jo Sperber Nancy Allen Murray Hamilton Lorraine Gary Tim Matheson  Columbia Pictures Universal Pictures Samuel Fuller John Williams The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles Dick Miller Vincent Price Richard Benjamin James Coco Scatman Crothers Ruth Gordon Cloris Leachman Cleavon Little Roddy McDowall Robert Morley Richard Mulligan Tony Randall Dirk Benedict Willie Aames Stephanie Faracy Richard Masur Meat Loaf Avery Schreiber Arnold Schwarzenegger Mike Meyers Cannes Film Festival Rodney Ascher  Steven Poster  Moby Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Sean William Scott Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- ) Cheri Oteri John Lovitz Nora Dunn John Larroquette Miranda Richardson Justin Timberlake Kevin Smith Janeane Garofalo Wallace Shawn Zelda Rubinstein The Spice Girls Richard O’Brien Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices