It’s Halloween 2025, and The Movies That Made Me is getting gruesome. Josh and Joe call in the ghosts of episodes past for a wicked roundtable of horror favorites—ranging from cult curiosities to midnight movie masterpieces. If you crave atmosphere, mayhem, and monsters, this year’s Halloween Jam is your cinematic séance.

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The discussion continues between The Movies That Made Me podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante and Eddington writer/director Ari Aster.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Barry Lyndon (1976)

Lolita (1962)

Lolita (1997)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Defending Your Life (1991)

Real Life (1979)

Mother (1996)

High Anxiety (1977)

Silent Movie (1976)

Blazing Saddles (1974)

Elephant Man (1981)

Robocop (1987)

Flesh + Blood (1985) 

The Fourth Man (1983)

Soldier of Orange (1977)

Turkish Delight (1973)

Starship Troopers (1997)

Infested (2002)

Basic Instinct (1992)

Total Recall (1990)

Showgirls (1995)

Hollow Man (2000)

Black Book (2006)

Taxi Driver (1976)

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Straw Dogs (1974)

Audition (1999)

Ichi The Killer (2001)

Gozu (2003)

Devils On The Doorstep (2000)

Twentynine Palms (2003)

Zabriskie Point (1970)

Looking For Mr Goodbar (1977)

Fat Girl (2001)

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Blue Velvet (1986)

Walkabout (1971)

Psycho (1960)

Vertigo (1958)

A History of Violence (2005)

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Ivan’s Childhood (1962)

Andrei Rublev (1966)

Imitation of Life (1959)

The Baby of Mâcon (1993)

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

The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982)

Written on the Wind (1956) 

There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)

Mildred Pierce (1945)

The Butcher Boy (1997)

The Heart of the World (2000)

Rumours  (2024)

Dimensions of Dialogue (1983)

Daisies (1966)

The Cremator (1969)

Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)

World of Glory (1991)

Songs From The Second Floor (2000)

A Swedish Love Story (1970)

Playtime (1967)

Billy’s Balloon (1998)

World of Tomorrow (2015)

Elephant (1989)

Eddington (2025)

Matinee (1993)

Other Notable Items

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The Hollywood Food Coalition

Marx Brothers 

Woody Allen

Albert Brooks

Stanley Kubrick

Mel Brooks

Coen BrothersBruce Jay Friedman 

James Mason

Lolita novel by Vladimir Nabokov (1955)

Adrian Lyne

Peter Sellers

Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )

Carl Reiner

David Lynch

Paul Verhoeven

Casper Van Dien

Michael Douglas

Takashi Miike

Bruno Dumont 

Michelangelo Antonioni

Vinegar Syndrome

Diane Keaton

Catherine Breillat 

Alfred Hitchcock

David Cronenberg

Pedro Almodovar

Douglas Sirk

Terrence Malick

Roy Andersson 

Jacques Tati

Spike Lee

Nicolas Roeg

The Criterion Collection

Russ Meyer

Daniel Clowes

Steven Spielberg

Brian De Palma

Robert Altman

Andrei Tarkovsky

Peter Greenaway

Rembrandt

Sacha Vierny 

Dallas TV series (1978-91)

Dynasty TV series (1981-89)

Fred MacMurray

Eamonn Owens 

Neil Jordan

The Butcher Boy novel by Patrick McCabe (1992)

Guy Maddin

Evan Johnson

Sergei Eisenstein

The Toronto International Film Festival

Our Caelum Vatnsdal podcast episode

Jan Švankmajer 

The Far Side comic strip by Gary Larson (1979-1995)

Don Hertzfeldt

Alan Clarke

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Writer, director, producer Ari Aster discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Eddington (2025)

Midsommar (2019)

Beau Is Afraid (2023)

Heathers (1988)

Batman Returns (1992)

3 Ninjas (1992)

A Face In The Crowd (1957)

Surf Ninjas (1993)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) 

Babe: Pig In The City (1998)

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Goodfellas (1990)

Taxi Driver (1976)

The Passion of the Christ (2004)

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

A History of Violence (2005)

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Black Narcissus (1947)

Peeping Tom (1960)

Age of Consent (1969)

Happiness (1998)

The Piano Teacher (2001)

Cul-de-sac (1966)

The Servant (1963)

Wake in Fright (1971)

Four Lions (2010)

Jam (2006)

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)

Abigail’s Party (1977)

Grown-Ups (1980)

Home Sweet Home (1982)

Nuts in May (1976)

Hard Labor (1973)

Naked (1991)

Secrets and Lies (1996)

Vera Drake (2004)

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

Mr. Turner (2014)

Topsy-Turvy (1999)

Breaking The Waves (1996)

Dogville (2003)

Europa (1991)

An Element of Crime (1984)

Seventh Continent (1989)

Benny’s Video (1992)

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)

Caché (2005)

The White Ribbon (2009)

Funny Games (1997)

Funny Games (2007)

Punishment Park (1971)

Edvard Munch (1974)

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

The War Game (1966)

Threads (1984)

Ghost World (2001)

Crumb (1995)

Other Notable Items

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The Hollywood Food Coalition

The Chapo Traphouse Podcast

Daniel Waters

Tim Burton

Batman

Leslie Nielsen

Rob Schneider

Looney Tunes

Tex Avary

Harrison Ford

Indiana Jones

Martin Scorsese

David Cronenberg

Willem Dafoe

The Criterion Collection

Michael Powell

Emeric Pressburger

Harold Pinter

Luis Buñuel 

Chris Morris

Joseph Losey

Blue Jam radio series (1997-99)

Jam TV series (2000)

Brass Eye (1997, 2001)

The Chris Morris Music Show (1994)

On the Hour radio show (1991-92)

The Day Today radio show (1994)

David Lynch

Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )

Mike Leigh

BBC 

Michael Haneke

Lars Von Trier

The Kingdom TV series (1994, 1997, 2022)

Dogme 95

Robert Bresson

Peter Watkins

Darius Khondji

Our Daniel Clowes podcast

Eightball comic by Daniel Clowes (1989-2003)

Robert Crumb 

Zap Comix comic series (1968-2014)

Terry Zwigoff

Monica graphic novel by Daniel Clowes (2023)

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A few featured trailers for movies discussed with Mercedes Bryce Morgan

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Bone Lake director Mercedes Bryce Morgan discusses 10 movies that are horny and unsettling with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Bone Lake (2025)

Jaws (1975)

Ms. 45 (1981)

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Titane (2021)

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

The Counselor (2014)

Alien (1979)

The Duellists (1977)

Thelma and Louise (1991)

Raw (2018)

Crash (1996)

Trash Humpers (2011)

Kids (1995)

Spring Breakers (2012)

Society (1989)

Crash (2005)

1984 (1984)

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

Crash! (1976)

Checkered Flag or Crash (1977)

Re-Animator (1985)

The Substance (2024)

The Handmaiden (2016)

Oldboy (2003)

Poor Things (2023)

Bugonia (2025)

Climax (2018)

Baraka (1992)

Samsara (2001)

Irreversible (2002)

Heathers (1988)

House of Yes (1997)

Mean Girls (2004)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Showgirls (1995)

Robocop (1987)

Starship Troopers (1997)

Flesh and Blood (1985)

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

The Doom Generation (1995)

Independence Day (1996)

Gremlins (1984)

Abigail’s Party (1977)

Revolutionary Road (2008)

Other Notable Items

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Abel Ferrara

Zoë Lund

USC School of Cinematic Arts

Stanley Kubrick

Tom Cruise

Nicole Kidman

Warner Brothers

Julia Ducournau 

Harmony Korine

Twin Peaks TV series (1990-91, 2017)

Roger Ebert’s review of Crash 

David Cronenberg

Elvis Costello

Crash novel by JG Ballard (1973)

Charles Band

Ray “Crash” Corrigan

Brian Yuzna

Park Chan-wook

Florence Pugh

The Little Drummer Girl miniseries (2018)

Emma Stone

Gaspar Noé

ICM Partners

Daniel Waters

Mark Waters

Parker Posey

The House of Yes play by Wendy MacLeod (1990)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? play by Edward Albee (1962)

The Titanic

Paul Verhoeven

The Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles

Russ Meyer

Valley of the Dolls novel by Jacqueline Susann (1966)

Gregg Araki

James Duval 

John Mahoney

Frasier TV series (1993-2004)

Mike Leigh

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A few trailers for movies discussed with Anthony Jeselnik.

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Comedian Anthony Jeselnik discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Weapons (2025)

Hereditary (2018)

Alien (1979)

*Jaws (1975)

*Top Secret! (1984)

Airplane! (1980)

Top Gun (1986)

Airport (1970)

The Naked Gun (1988)

Blue Lagoon (1980)

Real Genius (1985)

Tombstone (1993)

*The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

28 Days Later (2003)

The Terminator (1984)

*King of New York (1990)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Bad Lieutenant (1992)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Touch of Evil (1958)

Go Go Tales (2007)

4:44 Last Day On Earth (2011)

*Cemetery Man (1983)

*Knockin On Heaven’s Door (1997)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Blade Runner (1982)

The Bucket List (2010)

*Se7en (1995)

Schindler’s List (1993)

A History of Violence (2005)

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

*Braveheart (1995)

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Apocalypto (2006)

*Comedian (2002)

MacGruber (2010)

*Martyrs (2008)

*Inside (2007)

Funny Games (1997)

Saw (2008)

Bambi (1941)

The Coffee Table (2022)

*Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Other Notable Items

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Our pals at Movies Unlimited

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Alien: Earth TV series (2025- )

The Hollywood Reporter

Wondery

Sigourney Weaver

Roy Scheider

Gilligan’s Island TV series (1964-67)

John Williams

Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker 

Val Kilmer

Elvis Presley

Police Squad TV series (1982)

Cher

Mr. Show With Bob And David TV series (1995-98)

The Ben Stiller Show TV series (1992-93, 1995)

Second City Television TV series (1976-81)

Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )

Danny Boyle

William Stout

Christopher Walken

John Malkovich

Abel Ferrara

Laurence Fishburne

Wesley Snipes

Samuel L. Jackson

Willem Dafoe

Rupert Everett

Til Schweiger

Rutger Hauer

Quentin Tarantino

David Fincher

Laurence Olivier

Morgan Freeman

Ernest Hemingway

Tower Records

Andrew Kevin Walker 

Kevin Spacey

Steven Spielberg

Mel Gibson

Peter Jackson 

Jerry Seinfeld

HBO

Orny Adams

The Comedy Cellar in New York

Colin Quinn

Jacques Cousteau

Seinfeld TV series (1989-98)

Miramax

The A.V. Club

Michael Haneke

Kenneth Lonergan

Zach Efron

TFH Guru Mick Garris

David Cronenberg

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Featured trailers from the previous episode.

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Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin discuss some of the films they watched while writing SPLITSVILLE with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Climb (2020)

Splitsville (2025)

Mission: Impossible (1996)

The Seduction of Mimi (1972)

Swept Away (1974)

Swept Away (2002)

Which Way Is Up? (1977)

Pardon Mon Affaire (1976)

The Woman in Red (1984)

The Heartbreak Kid (1972)

The Heartbreak Kid (2007)

A New Leaf (1971)

Looking For Mr. Goodbar (1977)

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)

Gremlins (1984)

Ishtar (1987)

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)

Carnal Knowledge (1971)

Divorce Italian Style (1961)

Divorce American Style (1967)

How To Kill Your Wife (1965)

The Magnificent Cuckold (1964)

The Pizza Triangle (1970)

The 10th Victim (1965)

The In-Laws (1979)

Midnight Run (1988)

Boccaccio ‘70 (1962)

Stromboli (1950)

Johnny Stecchino (1991)

Men… (1985)

Me And Him (1988)

Chatterbox (1977)

A Talking Cat!?! (2013)

We Won’t Grow Old Together (1972)

We All Love Each Other So Much (1974)

Blazing Saddles (1974)

Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)

Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life (1983)

Monty Python’s The Life Of Brian (1979)

The Producers (1968)

American History X (1997)

The Mask (1994) - Kyle

The Gold Rush (1925) - Mike

City Lights (1931)

Rush Hour 2 (2001)

80 For Brady (2023)

Abigail’s Party (1977)

Revolutionary Road (2008)

Hellzapoppin (1941)

Other Notable Items

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The Hollywood Food Coalition

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Trailers mentioned in the previous episode with Seth Worley.

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