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Oct 13, 2026 • 1h 24min

CRYSTAL LAKE showrunner Brad Kane

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 15, 2026 • 1h 16min

RUNNER director Scott Waugh

Scott Waugh, action director, producer, and former stuntman, discusses Runner and the films that shaped his craft. He explores why emotion should drive spectacle, how Spielberg taught him patience, and why vulnerable heroes make action unforgettable. Expect stories about Hooper, Rocky, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Jackie Chan, Point Break, and making Runner’s bicycle chase practical.
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Sep 8, 2026 • 1h 14min

IDIOTS co-writer/director Macon Blair

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
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Sep 1, 2026 • 1h 8min

ONSLAUGHT star Adria Arjona

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
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Aug 25, 2026 • 1h 9min

COYOTE VS. ACME director Dave Green

Dave Green, director of Earth to Echo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, and Coyote vs. Acme, explores the cartoon spirit hiding in live-action cinema and the cinematic craft behind animation. He celebrates Beetlejuice, Batman Returns, Ghostbusters, Addams Family Values, Pixar, Airplane!, Evil Dead 2, Raising Arizona, Predator, and M, while reflecting on Coyote vs. Acme and his hopes for a future horror comedy.
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Aug 18, 2026 • 58min

BUDDY writer/director Casper Kelly

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
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Aug 11, 2026 • 1h 24min

BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL director David Kittredge

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
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Aug 5, 2026 • 1h 21min

GIVE IT UP writer/star Gareth Reynolds

Give It Up writer/star Gareth Reynolds breaks down some of the movies about comedians that made him with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Give it Up (2026) The Aristocats (1970) The Aristocrats (2005) Funny People (2009) This is 40 (2012) Man on the Moon (1999) Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond (2017) I’m From Hollywood (1989) Comedian (2002) American Movie (1999) Joan Rivers: Piece of Work (2010) A History of Violence (2005) Rabbit Test (1978) George Carlin: Jammin’ in New York (1990) George Carlin’s American Dream (2022) George Carlin: It’s Bad for Ya (2008) Punchline (1988) The Omen (1976) Bill Hicks: Relentless (1992) American Splendor (2003) American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009) Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979) Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982) Blue Collar (1978) The King of Comedy (1982) Meet the Parents (2000) Taxi Driver (1976) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Pee-wee as Himself (2025) Innerspace (1987) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Air New Zealand The Dollop Podcast Peter Jackson Weta Workshop The Lord of the Rings film franchise Dave Anthony Our first podcast with The Dollop John Lennon Paul McCartney Our Glenn Howerton podcast episode Harlan Ellison New York Friars Club in New York The Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles Judd Apatow Adam Sandler Scott Alexander TFH Guru Larry Karaszewski Andy Kaufman Jim Carrey Comedy Central ABC’s Wide World of Comedy TV series (1973-76) Elvis Presley Bob Zmuda  Fridays TV series (1980-82) Mark Blankfield  Lawrence Welk The Pretenders Late Night with David Letterman TV series (1982-93) Kyle Anderson Jerry Seinfeld Gary Shandling Orny Adams Dane Cook Joan Rivers Don Rickles The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV series (1962-92) The Dewey Decimal System Dick Clark Russell Crowe Edgar Allan Poe Billy Crystal Gareth and Dave’s Past Times Podcast George Carlin Johnny Carson Tom Hanks Sally Field John Goodman David Seltzer Bill Hicks Paul Giamatti HBO MC Hammer Vanilla Ice Rush Limbaugh The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV series (1992-2014) David Letterman David Cronenberg Denis Leary Richard Pryor Paul Schrader Yaphet Kotto Harvey Keitel Robert De Niro Jerry Lewis Sandra Bernhardt Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese’s Life in Film book by Mark Binelli (2026)  Paul Reubens Thomas Jane Our Martin Short podcast episode Gareth and Jake Johnson’s podcast We’re Here To Help 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
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Jul 28, 2026 • 1h 16min

AMERICAN PSYCHO co-writer/director Mary Harron

Hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante chop it up with writer/director Mary Harron, the maestro behind the immortal American Psycho, about the movies that made her as a kid! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Avengers: Doomsday (2026) American Psycho (2000) I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) The Notorious Bettie Page (2005) The Anna Nicole Story (2013) The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) Fear and Desire (1952) 8 ½ (1963) The Magician a.k.a. The Face (1958) Oliver! (1968) Doctor Dolittle (1967) Them! (1954) Dead of Night (1945) M (1931) M (1951) The Black Vampire (1953) Strangers on a Train (1951) Rosemary’s Baby (1968) Repulsion (1965) Knife in the Water (1962) The Seventh Seal (1957) The Virgin Spring (1960) The Last House on the Left (1973) Ms. 45 (1981) My Man Godfrey (1936) Gabriel Over the White House (1933) Dr. Strangelove (1964) Fail-Safe (1964) Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) The World of Apu (1959) Red River (1948) To Have and Have Not (1944) The Big Sleep (1944) His Girl Friday (1940) All About Eve (1950) Switching Channels (1988) Deliverance (1972) The Night of the Hunter (1955) The Naked and the Dead (1958) The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961) The Navy vs. The Night Monsters (1966) Wake in Fright (1971) First Blood (1982) Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) The Young and the Damned (1950) Double Indemnity (1944) Tristana (1970) Belle de Jour (1967) Un Chien Andalou (1929) Exterminating Angel (1962) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition The MCU The Late Show TV series (1989-95) BBC Homicide: Life on the Street TV series (1993-99) Oz TV series (1997-2003) Six Feet Under TV series (2001-05) The L Word TV series (2004-09) Big Love TV series (2006-13) Alias Grace miniseries (2017) Netflix Alias Grace novel by Margaret Atwood (1996) Sarah Polley Arrested Development TV series (2003-06, 2013-19) Missing Movies Final Draft The Rising album by Bruce Springsteen (2002) David Lynch David Cronenberg Hee-Haw TV series (1969-92) Don Harron  Virginia Leith  Stanley Kubrick Mark Lester  Ingmar Bergman Michael Redgrave  The Twilight Zone TV series (1959-64) Kris Millsap Buck Owens Roy Clark  Tammy Wynette Johnny Cash Fritz Lang Peter Lorre Joseph Losey David Wayne The Bradbury Building in Los Angeles Alfred Hitchcock Strangers on a Train novel by Patricia Highsmith (1950) Robert Walker Roman Polanski Mia Farrow Charles Grodin John Cassavettes Ruth Gordon Hermione Gingold Sidney Blackmer Carole Lombard William Powell Gregory La Cava  Walter Houston George C. Scott Sterling Hayden The Cuban Missile Crisis Peter Sellers Slim Pickens Alec Guinness Satyajit Ray Howard Hawks Montgomery Clift John Wayne Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall The Big Sleep novel by Raymond Chandler (1939) Rosalind Russell Cary Grant Bette Davis Robert Altman Burt Reynolds Kathleen Turner Christopher Reeve Ted Kotcheff Charles Laughton Stanley Cortez German expressionist cinema Lillian Gish Robert Mitchum Shelley Long The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn novel by Mark Twain (1885) The Night of the Hunter novel by Davis Grubb (1953) Luis Bunuel Salvador Dali 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
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Jun 30, 2026 • 1h 9min

Will Tracy Returns!

Screenwriter Will Tracy (BUGONIA, THE MENU, SUCCESSION) returns to walk Josh and Joe through movies that themselves have been cancelled or have been made with a cancelled person. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The Menu (2022) Bugonia (2025) Heathers (1988) Song of the South (1946) Jezebel (1938) The Little Foxes (1941) The Princess and the Frog (2009) Treasure Island (1950) The Devil and Max Devlin (1981) The Usual Suspects (1995) Get Him to the Greek (2010) Casablanca (1942) Clownhouse (1989) Powder (1995) Jeepers Creepers (2001) Boys Town (1938) Stand by Me (1985) Lord of the Flies (1960) Bound (1996) An Officer and a Spy (2019) Crimes and Misdemeanors  (1989) Match Point (2005) Manhattan (1979) The Two Jakes (1990) Chinatown (1974) The Godfather Part III (1990) Knife in the Water (1962) Rosemary’s Baby (1968) Repulsion (1965) Predator (1987) Die Hard (1988) The Hunt for Red October (1990) The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) Rollerball (1975) Rollerball (2002) The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) The 13th Warrior (1999) I Love You, Daddy (2017) Blue Jasmine (2013) One Battle After Another (2025) Life is Beautiful (1997) Crash (2005) Green Book (2018) Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Succession TV series (2018-23) The Onion The Academy Awards Stavros Halkias Wikipedia Daniel Waters William Hurt Our Thomas Jane podcast episode Disney Dalton S. Reymond Maurice Rapf Morton Grant The Hays Code Splash Mountain at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA James Baskett  M*A*S*H* TV series (1972-83) Br'er Rabbit  Elliott Gould Bill Cosby “The Devil and Daniel Webster” short story by Stephen Vincent Benét (1936) Kevin Spacey Bryan Singer Russell Brand Diddy Jonah Hill Christopher McQuarrie Humphrey Bogart Richard Wagner  Woody Allen Roman Polanski Victor Salva  Francis Ford Coppola American Zoetrope The Wachowski sisters Colombo TV series (1971-78, 1989-2003) Johnny Cash Donald Pleasence Ruth Gordon The Sopranos TV series (1999-2007) Breaking Bad TV series (2007-13) Robert Towne Jack Nicholson The Dreyfus affair  Sofia Coppola Winona Ryder The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood book by Sam Wasson (2020) Peter Bogdanovich Polly Platt Andrew Hickey’s The History of Rock in 500 Songs podcast “Waterloo Sunset” song by The Kinks (1967) Ray Davies The Beatles John Lennon Yoko Ono “I’m Not Angry” song by Elvis Costello (1977) John McTiernan Anthony Pellicano Chris Klein LL Cool J Sean Connery Sam Neill Stellan Skarsgard Alec Baldwin Antonio Banderas Louis C.K. Louie TV series (2010-15) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV series (2014-26) John Malkovich Apropos of Nothing memoir by Woody Allen (2020) Dane Cook Roberto Benigni Steven Spielberg Jerry Lewis Nick Vallelonga Al FrankenSpectreVision 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

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