The Seat Struck Movie Podcast

The Shape is back! On the next episode of our Halloween series, our 66(6)th one, Simon and John discuss the fourth film in the series: HALLOWEEN 4! We discuss some of our favourite moments, its 80s influences, and some surprising cast and story changes. We wrap it up by giving our final scores. Before that, we run through our newest watchlist entries and discuss what we watched this week. And a special thanks to Curtis for providing some notes in his absence.

Next week we will be back with the full gang to discuss the odd sequel HALLOWEEN 5: THE REVENGE OF MICHAEL MYERS

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

Watchlist

00:02:37 Spirited [2022] (Simon)

00:03:18 Poker Face [2022] (Simon)

00:03:45 Camera Person [2016] (John)

00:04:43 I, Tonya (John)

00:05:54 Risk [2016] (John)

00:07:46 The English [2022] and Killer Sally [Netflix series] (Curtis)

00:08:47 Hard Times [1976] (Curtis)

00:09:03 Barry Lyndon (Curtis)

What we watched this week

00:10:27 R.I.P.D. 2 (Simon)

00:10:40 Pearl [2022] (Simon)

00:11:53 Miss Congeniality (John)

00:12:44 The Banshees of Inisherin (John)

00:18:09 A Day of Judgement (John)

00:19:30 Donnie Darko (John)

00:21:16 New York Ninja [2022] (Simon)

00:24:13 Fire of Love (Curtis)

00:25:05 The Breadwinner (Curtis)

00:27:07 Taken Hostage [PBS American Experience] (Curtis)

00:29:10 HALLOWEEN 4 Discussion

00:51:50 Scores

00:58:45 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Halloween 4 Theatrical Trailer

Outro: Halloween 4 Theme - Alan Horwath (Halloween 4 OST)

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

"Happy, happy Halloween, SILVER SHAMROCK." THE NIGHT THAT NO ONE CAME HOME.

The usual suspects and Simon take on the cult HALLOWEEN sequel HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (1982) this week. The boys talk about what they watched and their latest additions to the watchlist before discussing the film (its weirdness, no Michael Myers, cult appeal, Tom Atkins, and that infectious Silver Shamrock jingle). They also gush about Panos Cosmatos' (MANDY) latest offering (THE VIEWING), Arnold Schwarzenegger, and pre-Christmas excitement.

The HALLOWEEN sequels continue next week with HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS!! He's FINALLY coming home!!

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:39 Watchlist Additions

00:08:23 What We Watched This Week

00:32:06 HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (1982) Discussion (hot takes, tasty bits)

00:59:11 Our Ratings for HALLOWEEN III

01:05:06 What Quinn Watched This Week

01:05:54 Quinn's Watchlist Additions

01:08:40 Coming Up Next!

MOVIES WE WATCHED

QUINN: The Watcher (TV Series)

JOHN: Godzilla ("Master of Monsters" on Shout Factory TV); The Seed (2021); Twin Peaks (Season 1); The Handmaid's Tale (Season 5)

CURTIS: Cabinet of Curiosities (Season 1); Resurrection (2022); Michael Flynn’s Holy War (Frontline PBS Documentary); Ginger Snaps; Emily the Criminal

SIMON: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Cabinet of Curiosities ("The Viewing" by Panos Cosmotos), Barbarian

WATCHLIST ADDITIONS

QUINN: The Innkeepers; Blacula

JOHN: Manchester by the Sea; The Kid Detective; The Florida Project

CURTIS: Undertow; Snow Angels; Tulsa King (Season 1); Emily (2022)

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Excerpt from HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH; excerpt from HALLOWEEN III Theatrical Trailer

Outro: "Chariots of Pumpkins" by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth (HALLOWEEN III OST)

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

As we leave the spooky season and head towards the holidays, what better way to celebrate the festive season than talking about the ULTIMATE Halloween franchise: HALLOWEEN! As a bit of extended coverage of our John Carpenter watch series, we discuss the 1981 direct follow up 'Halloween II'. What did we like and dislike about the film? John and Quinn discuss this sequel. Before that, we run through our newest watchlist entries and discuss what we watched this week.

Before we even start the pod we were chatting chatting about some recent DVD/VHS acquisitions. Enjoy some extended pre-show content!

Next week we will be back with the full gang chatting about the oddball of the series: HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Pre-show chatter

00:09:20 Kick off

Watchlist

00:10:49 The Relic [1997] (Quinn)

00:11:38 Rabid Grannies (Quinn)

00:13:40 Dracula: Dead and Loving It (Quinn)

00:14:29 Cemetery of Splendor (John)

00:15:47 The Nice Guys (John)

00:17:00 Tomasso (John)

What we watched this week

00:18:20 Terrifier (Quinn)

00:21:03 X and Pearl [both 2022] (Quinn)

00:22:33 House/Hausu (John)

00:28:58 The Master of Disguise (John)

00:31:49 All Quiet on the Western Front [2022] (Curtis)

00:34:30 Triangle of Sadness (Curtis)

00:36:10 HALLOWEEN II Discussion

00:54:41 Scores

00:58:45 Coming Up Next! 

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Halloween II Theatrical Trailer

Outro: The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

"You're So Cool, Brewster!"

Happy Halloween, boils and ghouls! On the fifth and final week of our spooky canon month, we discuss a selection from Quinn, the Vampire sub-genre bending horror classic - Fright Night! Unfortunately, both Curtis and Quinn are away, but John was joined by Katie to discuss the film. Before that, we run through our newest watchlist entries and discuss what we watched this week.

Next week we kick off our Halloween sequel discussion - chatting HALLOWEEN II.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

Watchlist

00:01:30 Smile [2022] (Katie)

00:01:50 Old [2021] (John)

00:03:27 Lowlife Love (John)

00:03:54 De Palma (John)

What we watched this week

00:04:52 Hellraiser [1987] (Katie)

00:05:12 Terrifier 2, sort of (Katie)

00:06:30 Watcher [2022] (Katie)

00:06:48 The Watcher [TV - Netflix] (Katie)

00:07:48 Terrifier 2 (Curtis notes)

00:08:59 The Keep [1983] (John)

00:12:18 Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris (John)

00:14:59 The Return of the Living Dead (John)

00:16:05 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (John)

00:18:33 Terrifier 2 (John)

00:22:33 Piggy [2022] (John)

00:25:59 FRIGHT NIGHT Discussion

00:49:38 Scores

00:52:47 Coming Up Next! (and some book and video game discussion)

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Fright Night Title Theme - Brad Fiedel (Fright Night OST)

Outro: Fright Night - J Geils Band

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

"Until then, this is Elvira saying UNPLEASANT DREAMS."

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:15 What We Watched This Week

00:12:15 Watchlist Additions

00:16:24 ELVIRA Discussion (hot takes, tasty bits)

00:28:54 Our Ratings for ELVIRA

00:32:30 Coming Up Next!

MOVIES WE WATCHED

QUINN: Halloween Ends; Entergalactic; Re-Animator

CURTIS: Barbarian (2022); Fresh (2022); House of the Dragon (Season 1); Junji Ito Collection (Anime Miniseries); Island of the Sea Wolves (Netflix Series); Halloween Ends

SIMON: Halloween Ends; Terrifier 2

WATCHLIST ADDITIONS

QUINN: Dracula: Dead and Loving It; A Man called Otto

CURTIS: Incident at Loch Ness; Triangle of Sadness; The Elon Musk Show (BBC Docuseries)

SIMON: Repossessed

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Excerpt from ELVIRA; "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" by Lori Chacko

Outro: "Elvira's Theme" by Mark Pierson

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

"Well, life goes on after all and eating makes me feel best when I feel bad, and boy do I feel bad."

On the third week of our spooky canon month, we discuss a selection from Curtis, the slasher comedy classic 'The Slumber Party Massacre'. Unfortunately, both Curtis and Quinn are away, but the bench is ready to step up! John, along with recurring guests Katie and Simon, discuss the film and give their scores. Before that, we run through our newest watchlist entries and discuss what we watched this week.

Up next is a selection from Quinn - a popular 80s horror comedy starring the iconic TV star: 'ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK'.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

What we watched this week

00:05:42 Hellraiser [2022] (Simon)

00:06:15 The Greatest Beer Run Ever (Simon)

00:06:34 Barry Lyndon (Simon)

00:06:53 The Midnight Club [TV - Netflix] (Katie)

00:07:26 Prom Night [1980] (Katie)

00:07:43 Speak No Evil [2022] (Katie)

00:08:12 Tusk [2014] (Simon)

00:10:02 Deadstream (John)

00:12:33 Talking Thanksgiving dinner movies John watched on TV (Jaws and Tremors)

00:14:37 Nightcrawlers talk

00:16:55 Live and Let Die (John)

00:20:38 Clerks III [Convenience Tour, with Live Kevin Smith Q&A] (John)

00:25:02 Barbarian [2022] (Katie)

Watchlist Additions

00:25:42 See No Evil and Barbarian (Simon)

00:25:39 Hellraiser [2022] (Katie)

00:28:45 The Look of Silence (John)

00:29:50 Slow West (John)

00:30:38 Richard Jewell (John)

00:32:37 THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE Discussion

00:53:39 Scores

00:58:26 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Main Title - The Slumber Party Massacre OST

Outro: Meditation of the Mind of Russ Thorn - The Slumber Party Massacre OST

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

YOU'RE NEXT!

The boys (Quinn, Curtis, and John) return to the next entry of their SPOOKY CANON MONTH with Curtis' pick: Adam Wingard's 2011 home invasion/subversive slasher horror YOU'RE NEXT. Stay tuned for the deep dive discussion, including feminist readings of the Final Girl trope and the film, social class commentary, the "villains," and more. Next week, they will take on another Curtis spooky pick: the O.G. SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE!!!

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:55 What We Watched This Week

00:21:55 Watchlist Additions

00:29:35 YOU'RE NEXT Discussion (hot takes, tasty bits)

00:53:25 Our Ratings for YOU'RE NEXT

00:56:09 Coming Up Next!

MOVIES WE WATCHED

QUINN: American Horror Story (Season 1); Hocus Pocus 2

JOHN: Twister (1996); Creepshow 2; Hocus Pocus

CURTIS: Untouchable; Reservation Dogs (Season 2); Dark Night of the Scarecrow; Deadstream; Die Hard; Hellraiser (2022); Hellbound: Hellraiser II

WATCHLIST ADDITIONS

QUINN: Summer of Sam; The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

JOHN: Buzzard (2014); Wilson Yip; Junior Bonner

CURTIS: Hostages (HBO Docuseries); Cyber City Oedo 808; Arcane (Netflix Series); Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II; Terrifier 2

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Excerpt from YOU'RE NEXT; "Run Motherfucker" by Kyle McKinnon (YOU'RE NEXT OST)

Outro: "Looking for the Magic" by Dwight Tilley Band; "Death Bells" by MXXN (MURDER HOUSE OST)

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hello ghouls, goblins, and all things spooky and creepy! This month on The Seat Struck Movie Podcast, John, Curtis, Quinn, and Simon are discussing some of their all time favourite horror films. Up first this week is the made-for-TV BBC classic: GHOSTWATCH! When Ghostwatch was first aired on October 31, 1992, it caused a massive public panic; a late 20th century analogue to Orson Welles fabled 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast. We delve into the development and history of the film before discussing it and then giving our scores. Before that, we run through our newest watchlist entries and discuss what we watched this week.

Up next is a selection from Curtis, the modern 'mumblegore' slasher (with a twist): YOU'RE NEXT!

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

Watchlist

00:02:00 Smile [2022] (Quinn)

00:02:50 Something Wicked this Way Comes (Quinn)

00:03:59 Sleeping Giants [2015] (John)

00:04:30 Mia Madre (John)

00:05:00 Daddy Longlegs (John)

00:05:59 Dead for a Dollar (Simon)

00:06:05 The Greatest Beer Run Ever (Simon)

00:06:12 Blonde [2022] (Simon)

00:08:07 Confess, Fletch (Simon)

00:08:35 Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (Simon)

00:09:57 The Midnight Club [TV - Netflix] (Curtis)

00:10:07 Star Wars: Andor (Curtis)

00:10:30 Theatre of Thought (Curtis)

00:10:47 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Curtis)

00:11:32 Catherine Called Birdy (Curtis)

00:11:51 The Lost King (Curtis)

Watchlist Additions

00:12:22 Pennywise: The Story of It (Quinn)

00:13:20 Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story [TV - Netflix] (Quinn)

00:14:45 The Ring (Quinn)

00:16:25 Girl, Interrupted (Curtis)

00:17:20 Bodies, Bodies, Bodies (Curtis)

00:18:40 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners [TV - Netflix] (Curtis)

00:19:23 Extraordinary Tales (Curtis)

00:19:53 My Best Friend's Exorcism (Curtis)

00:20:58 Blonde [2022] (Curtis)

00:22:19 Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters (John)

00:25:45 Jack O (John)

00:29:22 Where the Crawfish Sing (Simon)

00:30:10 Lou [2022] (Simon)

00:30:40 Last Flight of Noah's Ark (Simon)

00:31:21 Glorious (Simon)

00:32:35 The Munsters (Simon)

00:33:12 I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (Simon)

00:36:51 GHOSTWATCH Discussion

01:02:32 Scores

01:05:15 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Ghostwatch BBC Promo

Outro: Ghost - Fefe Dobson

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

This week on the Seat Struck Movie Podcast, John, Curtis, and friend of the pod Simon discuss the FINAL ENTRY (!) in the John Carpenter Watch Series: THE WARD. We share our thoughts on the film, give our final takeaways on Carpenter's filmography (and some general chatter about the state of theatrical films), and give our scores. Before that we delve into what we watched this week and our most recent watchlist additions. While it is bittersweet to wrap up our nearly 15 month long watch series, we aren't done with Carpenter yet! We will have some bonus episodes dropping in November.

(Btw: Curtis' theatre recs from Tübingen are Kino Museum and Kino Arsenal)

Next week we kick off our SPOOKY CANON month with a selection picked by John: the irreverent British made-for-TV mockumentary, which caused a widespread panic after it first aired on Halloween Day in 1993, GHOSTWATCH! 

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction 

Watchlist

00:01:29 Extraordinary Tales and Raven's Hollow (Curtis)

00:01:56 Snowpiercer [2013] (Curtis)

00:02:40 Narcos Saints [TV] (Curtis)

00:03:10 Alive [1993] (Curtis)

00:03:48 Thai Cave Rescue [TV - Netflix] (Curtis)

00:04:11 Girl, Interrupted (Curtis)

00:04:40 Crimes of the Future [2022] (Simon)

00:04:49 Midsommar [Video Game] (Simon)

00:05:00 Suspiria [2018] (Simon)

00:05:33 AFFERIM! (John)

00:06:18 The Assassin [2015] (John)

00:06:32 Human Flow (John)

Watchlist Additions

00:07:45 The U.S. and the Holocaust [PBS Docuseries] (Curtis)

00:08:42 Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story [TV - Netflix] (Curtis)

00:11:11 Speak No Evil [2022] (Curtis)

00:14:04 Thirteen Lives [2022] (Simon)

00:15:05 Primal Rage: The Legend of Konga (Simon)

00:16:22 Bad Lieutenant: Port Call to New Orleans (Simon)

00:16:41 Where the Crawdads Sing (Simon)

00:17:07 Archive 81 [TV - Netflix] (John)

00:20:11 Diamonds are Forever (John)

00:24:10 THE WARD Discussion

00:47:05 Scores

00:50:17 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Opening Titles - Mark Killian (The Ward OST)

Outro: Admission - Mark Killian (The Ward OST)

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

"He's a big bear! HE'S A BIG BEAR! A VERY big bear! Wow!"

Curtis, John, and special guest Katie dive into Curtis's canon this week for Werner Herzog's 2005 documentary GRIZZLY MAN, about a man who lived with bears in Alaska for 13 years before being killed and eaten. They chat about what they watched this week as well as their latest additions to their watchlists before talking about Timothy Treadwell, comparisons between him and Chris from INTO THE WILD and Joe Exotic from TIGER KING, Werner Herzog impressions, bear safety and fun facts, and the wonders of Alaska, and more.

Tune in next week as the boys kick off spooky season with the final John Carpenter watch series entry THE WARD (2010)!

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:41 What We Watched This Week

00:14:25 Watchlist Additions

00:21:07 GRIZZLY MAN Discussion (hot takes, tasty bits, Timothy Treadwell, "Timothy and the Bears")

00:54:42 Our Ratings for GRIZZLY MAN

01:00:53 Coming Up Next!

MOVIES WE WATCHED

JOHN: Holmes & Watson; Jaws; On Her Majesty’s Secret Service; Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

CURTIS: Deadly Passion (2005); Nope; Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Season 1); Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

KATIE: The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix Series); Barbarian (2022)

WATCHLIST ADDITIONS

JOHN: Visiting Hours; One Crazy Summer; The Battle of Lake Changjin

CURTIS: Dario Argento’s Dark Glasses; Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer; Diving into the Unknown; Moonage Daydream; Diary of the Grizzly Man (TV Series); All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

KATIE: The Midnight Club (Netflix Series); A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "Tim & the Bears" by Richard Thompson; excerpt from GRIZZLY MAN

Outro: "Coyotes" by Don Edwards

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'

https://curtisrunstedler.ca/

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes on Letterboxd

Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.