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  • The Movies That Made Me

    Severin Films' David Gregory

    14/04/2026 | 1h 28 mins.
    Severin Films co-founder David Gregory joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to break down five of his favorite movies that Severin has released in special restorations, and five that he wishes Severin could, one day, release!

    Show Notes:

    Movies Referenced In This Episode

    Frightmare (1974)

    Satan’s Slave (1976)

    An American Werewolf in London (1981)

    Supervixens (1975)

    The Night God Screamed (1971)

    Black Snake (1973)

    The Seven Minutes (1971)

    *The Nanny (1965)

    Delicatessen (1991)

    Amelie (2001)

    The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)

    Lust for a Vampire (1971)

    Fear in the Night (1972)

    Blood and Flesh: The Reel Life and Ghastly Death of Al Adamson (2019)

    Enter the Clones of Bruce (2023)

    Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol (2026)

    The System of Doctor Goudron a.k.a. The Lunatics (1913)

    Figures de Cire (1914)

    Piranha (1978)

    Shivers (1975)

    *Dracula vs Frankenstein (1971)

    Satan’s Sadists (1969)

    Five Bloody Graves (1969)

    I Spit on Your Corpse (1974)

    Blow-Out (1981)

    The Howling (1981)

    Satan’s Mistress (1982)

    *Bloody Moon (1981)

    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

    Pieces (1982)

    Hell of the Living Dead (1980)

    Dawn of the Dead (1978)

    El Topo (1970)

    The Holy Mountain (1973)

    Santa Sangre (1989)

    Psycho (1960)

    *Threads (1984)

    The Bodyguard (1992)

    L.A. Story (1981)

    Dante’s Peak (1997)

    Kess (1969)

    The Day After (1983)

    The War Game (1967)

    The Full Monty (1997)

    *Blood for Dracula a.k.a. Young Dracula (1974)

    Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)

    Bicycle Thief a.k.a. The Bicycle Thieves (1948)

    The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

    Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1964)

    Taste of Fear (1961)

    Diabolique (1955)

    Brides of Dracula (1960)

    The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

    Horror of Dracula (1958)

    *Unhinged (1982)

    Nightmare a.k.a. Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981)

    *Exit the Dragon Enter the Tiger (1976)

    The Tattoo Connection (1978)

    Edge of Fury (1978)

    Fist of Fury II (1977)

    The Dragon Lives Again a.k.a. Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (1977)

    Taxi Driver (1976)

    Jaws (1975)

    *The Last Shark a.k.a. The Great White (1981)

    The Inglorious Bastards (1977)

    Jaws II (1978)

    They Call Me Bruce (1982)

    Grizzly (1976)

    Alien (1979)

    Terminator (1984)

    Shocking Dark a.k.a. Terminator II (1989)

    Aliens (1986)

    The Evil Dead (1981)

    Cruel Jaws a.k.a. Jaws 5 (1995)

    *I Don’t Want to Be Born (1975)

    The Exorcist (1973)

    Hands of the Ripper (1971)

    Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)

    Doberman (1997)

    The Doberman Gang (1972)

    The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (2018)

    Les Vampires (1915)

    L'ibis Bleu (1919)

    The Devils (1971)

    Hell on Earth: The Desecration and Resurrection of The Devils (2002)

    Other Notable Items

    Our Patreon! 

    The Hollywood Food Coalition

    David McGillivray

    Russ Meyer

    Synapse Film

    Mike Leigh

    Peter Greenaway

    Our Kier-la Janisse and Caelum Vatnsdal podcast episode

    The Criterion Collection

    Jimmy Sangster

    Hammer Films

    Ralph Bates

    Virginia Wetherell

    Joan Collins

    Amanda Reyes

    Al Adamson

    The Grand Guignol Theatre in France

    Tom Savini

    The Cinéma français

    BFI

    Edgar Allan Poe

    Jacques Tourneur

    Maurice Tourneur

    Barbara Steele

    David Cronenberg

    Susan Petrie

    J. Carrol Naish

    Lon Chaney Jr.

    Russ Tamblyn

    John Carradine

    Carl Daft

    Sam Sherman

    Schlock-O-Rama: The Films of Al Adamson book by David Konow (1998)

    Laszlo Kovacs

    Vilmos Zsigmond

    Ray Dennis Steckler 

    Harry Novak

    Variety

    Gary Graver

    The Goldman Theatre in Philadelphia

    John Travolta

    Tisa Farrow

    Severin’s new show My Fleapit, My Palace

    Jesús Franco 

    William Lustig

    Blue Underground

    Lina Romay

    Antonio Mayans

    Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco book by Stephen Thrower (2020)

    Video nasties

    Margaret Thatcher

    Lucio Fulci

    Alejandro Jodorowsky

    Alan Klein

    Claudio Argento

    Dario Argento

    Marcel Marceau

    The TLA in Philadelphia

    Mick Jackson 

    Barry Hines

    Ken Loach

    BBC

    PBS

    Udo Kier

    Paul Morrissey

    Joe Dallesandro

    Vittorio De Sica 

    Andy Warhol

    Claudio Gizzi

    Dark Winds TV series (2022- )

    Scooby-Doo franchise

    Peter Cushing

    Vinegar Syndrome

    Kino Lorber

    Bette Davis

    Seth Holt

    The Nanny novel by Evelyn Piper (1964)

    Pamela Franklin

    William Dix

    Warner Bros.

    Don Gronquist

    Bruce Lee

    Bruce Li 

    Bruceploitation

    The Shaw Brothers

    Golden Harvest Films

    Dragon Lee

    Tso Name Lee

    Elvis Presley

    Laurel and Hardy

    Emanuelle

    James Bond

    Quentin Tarantino

    The New Beverly Cinema

    The Zapruder film

    Enzo G. Castellari

    Universal Pictures

    Film Ventures International

    Edward L. Montoro

    Vic Morrow

    James Franciscus

    American International Pictures

    Joan Collins

    Ralph Bates

    Eileen Atkins 

    Donald Pleasence

    Hilary Mason

    Caroline Munro

    Peter Sasdy

    Peter Medak

    Radiance Films

    Jan Kounen 

    Jeunet

    Marc Caro

    Vincent Cassel

    Monica Bellucci

    Polygram Films

    The Nuart Theatre

    The Egyptian Theatre

    Missing Movies organization

    Paula Maxa

    Louis Feuillade 

    Ken Russell

    TFH Guru Guillermo del Toro

    Mark Kermode
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  • The Movies That Made Me

    FOR ALL MANKIND visual effects maestro Todd Sheridan Perry

    07/04/2026 | 1h 23 mins.
    Our podcast The Movies That Made Me returns from our post-Oscar hiatus with a brand-new guest! Visual effects supervisor and artist Todd Sheridan Perry breaks down the top 10 visual effects shots that made him with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

    Show Notes:

    Movies Referenced In This Episode

    Infested (2002)

    Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

    Star Wars (1977)

    Tron (1982)

    The Abyss (1989)

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

    Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909)

    The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

    Dead Alive (1992)

    Foreign Correspondent (1940)

    Number 17 (1932)

    Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959)

    Flesh Gordon (1974)

    The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

    Jack The Giant Killer (1962)

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

    1941 (1979)

    Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

    Piranha (1978)

    Caveman (1981)

    Battle Beyond The Stars (1980)

    The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

    Independence Day (1996)

    Seconds (1966)

    Superman (1978)

    Innerspace (1987)

    The Gate (1987)

    Bad Taste (1987)

    Meet The Feebles (1989)

    Forgotten Silver (1995)

    The One and Only Ivan (2020)

    The Call of the Wild (2020)

    F1 (2025)

    Tron: Ares (2025)

    Heat (1995)

    Other Notable Items

    Our Patreon! 

    The Hollywood  Food Coalition

    Robert Wise

    TFH Guru Roger Corman

    For All Mankind TV series (2019)

    Star City TV series (2026- )

    I’m A Virgo TV series (2023)

    Boots Riley

    John Dykstra

    J. Stuart Blackton 

    Georges Melies

    James Whale

    F.W. Murnau 

    Peter Jackson

    Alfred Hitchcock

    The Dick Cavett Show TV series (1968-88)

    Ray Harryhausen 

    David Allen

    Jim Danforth

    TFH Guru Rick Baker

    Charles Band

    Gregory Jein

    John Carpenter

    Doug Beswick

    Jim Aupperle

    Bill Hedge

    Laine Liska

    Star Trek franchise

    Battlestar Galactica TV series (1978-79)

    Dennis Muren

    Joe Viskocil

    Douglas Trumbell

    Robert Abel

    Mat Beck

    Jerry Goldsmith

    John Frankenheimer

    Christopher Reeve

    Margot Kidder

    Weta Workshop

    Randall William Cook

    Halo TV series (2022-24)

    Mickey Rooney

    Judy Garland

    Richard Taylor

    James Cameron

    MPC VFX

    Bryan Cranston

    Darryl Zanuck

    Harry Cohn 

    Jack Warner

    Los Angeles International Airport

    Robert De Niro

    Michael Mann

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  • The Movies That Made Me

    The Movies That Made Me WILL RETURN

    24/03/2026 | 1 mins.
    In case you haven't noticed, we've been off the last couple of weeks! We've been working double-time for a while, often bringing you two episodes a week as we plowed through this amazing recent awards season. Hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante will return in TWO WEEKS with brand-new episodes of The Movies That Made Me, starting with a supercool video episode April 7!

    Until then, see you at the movies...
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  • The Movies That Made Me

    TRAILER SHOW: Emilie Blichfeldt

    06/03/2026 | 20 mins.
    Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt on the latest episode of our podcast The Movies That Made Me!

    Watch the full episode ⁠here⁠.
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  • The Movies That Made Me

    THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt

    03/03/2026 | 1h 25 mins.
    THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt unwraps her favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante!

    Show Notes:

    Movies Referenced In This Episode

    Grimm’s Fairy Tales for Adults (1969)

    The Ugly Stepsister (2025)

    Hollywood Boulevard (1976)

    The Secret Agent (2025)

    Marty Supreme (2025)

    Amelie (2001)

    The City of Lost Children (1995)

    Delicatessen (1992)

    Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

    Dogville (2003)

    Involuntary (2008)

    Play (2011)

    The Square (2017)

    Fat Girl (2001)

    Enter the Void (2009)

    Crash (1996)

    Crash (2005)

    A History of Violence (2005)

    Videodrome (1983)

    Dead Ringers (1988)

    eXistenZ (1999)

    The Fly (1986)

    Jurassic Park (1993)

    The Dead Zone (1983)

    Raw (2016)

    Midsommar (2019)

    Titane (2021)

    ​​Immoral Tales (1973)

    The Beast (1975)

    Babygirl (2025)

    Wuthering Heights (2026)

    On The Waterfront (1954)

    Husbands and Wives (1992)

    The Godfather (1972)

    The Sweet East (2023)

    Good Time (2017)

    Funny Pages (2022)

    Tess (1979)

    Chinatown (1974)

    Total Recall (1990)

    Alien (1979)

    Point Break (1991)

    The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

    The Two Towers (2002)

    The Return of the King (2003)

    Titanic (1997)

    Other Notable Items

    Our Patreon! 

    The Hollywood  Food Coalition

    The Academy Awards

    Rolfe Thiele

    Our Kleber Mendonça Filho podcast episode

    Our Josh Safdie podcast episode

    Jean-Pierre Jeunet

    Marc Caro

    David Cronenberg

    Olivier Asayas

    Gaspar Noé

    Nicole Kidman

    Lars von Trier

    Stellan Skarsgaard

    Ruben Östlund

    Andrea Arnold

    Lynne Ramsay

    Claire Denis

    Catherine Breillat

    Carl Theodor Dryer

    Jeff Goldblum

    Julia Ducournau

    The Cannes Film Festival

    Walerian Borowczyk

    Film Grab

    Rod Steiger

    Marlon Brando

    Marie Antoinette

    Kylie Jenner

    Kim Kardashian

    Sean Price Williams

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland novel by Lewis Carroll (1865)

    Talia Ryder

    Kim’s Video in New York

    Roman Polanski

    Stanley Kubrick

    Sharon Tate

    Paul Verhoeven

    Ridley Scott

    Jane Campion

    Kathryn Bigelow

    Keanu Reeves

    Patrick Swayze

    Shudder

    Disney+
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Filmmakers and entertainers discuss the movies that inspired them. Hosted by Oscar nominated screenwriter and TFH Guru Josh Olson and fearless leader himself, director Joe Dante. The Movies That Made Me is recorded live in Hollywood and engineered by film composer Don Barrett. SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. ⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠ ⁠linktr.ee/spectrevision⁠ #filmmaking #film #movies #cinema #behindthescenes #interview #filmhistory #hollywood #directing #writing #screenwriting #producing #editing #sounddesign #filmscores #music #indiefilm #cultcinema #arthouse #midnightmovies #horrorfilms #genrefilm #creativity #art #artists
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