HOKUM writer/director Damian McCarthy breaks down the movies that had a massive impact on him growing up in the '80s and '90s with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Hokum (2026)

Gremlins (1984)

Oddity (2024)

The Thing (1982)

The Thing (2011)

Nightmare Alley (1947)

The Thing From Another World (1951)

The Frighteners (1996)

Back to the Future (1985)

Fright Night (1985)

Re-Animator (1985)

Bad Taste (1987)

Meet the Feebles (1989)

Dead Alive (1992)

Heavenly Creatures (1994)

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

Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn (1987)

Army of Darkness (1992)

Blood Simple (1984)

The Evil Dead (1983)

American Movie (1999)

Ringu (1998)

Ghost (1990)

Dirty Harry (1971)

The Ring (2002)

Fight Club (1999) - 32:50

The Matrix (1999)

The Truman Show (1998)

Office Space (1999)

Donnie Darko (2001)

Southland Tales (2001)

The Fall (2006)

Alone in the Dark (1982)

Jaws (1975)

Caveat (2020)

The Hidden (1987)

The Killing (1955)

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

Vampire’s Kiss (1987)

Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972)

Bad Lieutenant (1992)

Blue Ruin (2013)

The Toxic Avenger (2025)

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)

The Duellists (1977)

He Dies At The End (2010)

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The Hollywood Food Coalition

Adam Scott

John Carpenter

Tyrone Power

Peter Jackson

Michael J. Fox

Crispin Glover

Thomas F. Wilson

Christopher Lloyd

Jake Busey

Jeffrey Combs

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring novel by J.R.R. Tolkien (1954)

Robert Shaye

Sam Raimi

The Coen Brothers

Bruce Campbell

Hideo Nakata

Patrick Swayze

Tony Goldwyn

Kevin Smith

Robert Rodriguez

Our Richard Kelly podcast episode

Tarsem Singh

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Seann William Scott

Moby

Dwight Schultz

The A-Team TV series (1983-87)

Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series (1987-94)

Donald Pleasence

Martin Landau

Jack Palance

Jack Sholder

Kyle MacLachlan 

Michael Nouri 

Stanley Kubrick

Werner Herzog

Nicolas Cage

Klaus Kinski

Abel Ferrara

Mark Isham

Our Jeremy Saulnier podcast episode

Our Macon Blair podcast episode

Ridley Scott

Bruce Lee

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