The Seat Struck Movie Podcast

The boys return to the John Carpenter watch series with his '90s Lovecraftian offering: IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994) alongside two very special guests: Brandon and Simon. The gang discusses what they watched this week and their latest additions to their watchlists before doing a dive deep into the film, its lore, Carpenter's vision, Sam Neill's overall awesomeness, and more. Tune in to hear more about the mysterious Sutter Cane, some Stephen King references, and discover whether or not John Trent is living in fiction or reality!

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:02 Watchlist Additions

00:14:21 What We Watched This Week

00:29:55 IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994) Discussion (fun facts, more Sam Neill, metanarratives, Lovecraftia)

01:10:51 Our Ratings

01:19:35 Coming Up Next!

MOVIES WE WATCHED

QUINN: Spoorloos; Men (2022);

JOHN: Lilo and Stitch; Raw Deal (1986);

CURTIS: Memory: The Origin of Alien; The Boys (Season 3)

SIMON: Squirm; Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe; Hustle (2022)

BRANDON: Prince of Darkness

WATCHLIST ADDITIONS

QUINN: Resurrection (2022); Dead End Drive-In (1986) ; Society (1989);

JOHN: Parents (1989); The Wolf House; The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)

CURTIS: Toolbox Murders (2004); Love Object (2003); Humans (TV Series); Kolobos; Detention; Possession

SIMON: Crimes of the Future (2022); #Alive

BRANDON: Space Babes from Outer Space; UHF

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "In the Mouth of Madness Theme" by John Carpenter

Outro: "Enter Sadman" by Metallica

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: 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 them on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

On this week's episode of The Seat Struck Movie Podcast, John and Curtis return to our John Carpenter Watch Series to discuss the made-for-TV anthology film (partially directed by Tobe Hooper): BODY BAGS! Did you know that John Carpenter was asked to create Showtime's answer to HBO's Tales from the Crypt? We chat a bit of background on the movie before quickly going over the three short films: The Gas Station, Hair, and Eye. Which one of these was our favourite? We decide and also provide our overall ratings. Before that, we run through our watchlist additions and discuss what we watched this week. 

For next week's episode, we're *Drake voice* back to back on the John Carpenter beat. We will be joined by a surprise guest to chat about the final entry in Carpenter's 'apocalypse' trilogy, IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS.

00:00:00 Introduction

Watchlist Additions

00:02:24 Her [2013] (Curtis)

00:03:41  eXistenZ (Curtis)

00:04:30 Witness [1985] (Curtis)

00:04:44 Spontaneous Combustion (Curtis)

00:05:28 Dave Not Coming Back (John)

00:07:05 Superstar: A Karen Carpenter Story (John)

00:08:59 Harlan County USA (John)

What We Watched This Week

00:10:25 Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe (Curtis)

00:11:31 The Black Phone (Curtis)

00:14:00 The Toolbox Murders (Curtis)

00:15:00 Shakma (Curtis)

00:16:50 Crimes of the Future [2022] (John)

00:20:50 Tangled (John)

00:23:05 Mad God (John)

00:28:25 The Devil Wears Prada (John)

00:30:39 Sharp Objects [TV] (John)

00:33:03 BODY BAGS DISCUSSION

00:49:05 Our ratings

00:50:30 Wrap up

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Body Bag #1 - Body Bags OST (John Carpenter and Jim Lang)

Outro: The Picture on the Wall - Body Bags OST (John Carpenter and Jim Lang)

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: 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 and Tom'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 and Quinn discuss the 1961 musical classic - West Side Story! We discuss our first time watching this film, why it's such a classic, and some of our favourite songs and moments. Before that, we run through our watchlist additions and discuss what we watched this week. Also, thanks to Curtis for providing some notes despite not being able to join us this week.

For next week's episode, we will be back on our John Carpenter watch series, discussing his Showtime made-for-TV anthology film (co-directed with Tobe Hooper): BODY BAGS!

00:00:00 Introduction

Watchlist Additions

00:02:17 Spoorloos [The Vanishing] (Quinn)

00:03:55 Easy Money [1983] (Quinn)

00:04:50 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Quinn)

00:05:48 Bunny Lake is Missing (John)

00:06:12 Man of the West (John)

00:06:43 For Sama (John)

00:07:20 Benny's Video (Curtis)

00:07:52 Fire of Love (Curtis)

00:08:35 Under the Banner of Heaven [TV] (Curtis)

What We Watched This Week

00:09:44 Gulliver's Travels [2010] (John)

00:10:48 Stereo [1969] (John)

00:12:09 537 Votes (John)

00:13:13 Paddington [2015] (John)

00:14:37 Chernobyl [TV] (John)

00:16:11 Stranger Things Season Four, Volume One [TV] (Quinn and John)

00:23:32 A Lonely Place to Die (Curtis)

00:23:58 Demon Wind (Curtis)

00:24:37 Mad God (Curtis)

00:28:43 1883 [TV] (Curtis)

00:28:29 Tremors (Curtis)

00:29:55 WEST SIDE STORY DISCUSSION

00:52:13 Our ratings

00:58:26 Wrap up

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Prologue - West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim)

Outro: End Titles - Tonight - West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim)

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: 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 and Tom's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

The usual suspects (Quinn, John, and Curtis) continue the John Carpenter watch series this week with MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN (1992) alongside special guest Simon Straub. What kind of shenanigans was Chevy Chase up to? Is this really the worst of John Carpenter's movies? What made this star-studded movie an absolute flop? What is the cosmic connection between Curtis and Simon? Tune in to find out more! Before discussing the film, the boys also discuss what they watched this week as well as the latest additions added to their watchlist.

Next week, John returns to his canon with one of his all-time favourites: the original acclaimed musical THE WEST SIDE STORY!

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:05:04 Watchlist Additions 

00:11:45 What We Watched This Week

00:26:12 MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN Discussion (fun facts, drama on set, Sam Neill)

00:47:21 Our Ratings

00:52:40 Coming Up Next!

MOVIES WE WATCHED

QUINN: The Hateful Eight

JOHN: Game of Thrones Season 8; Crimes of the Future (2022);

CURTIS: Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey (TV Series); What Keeps You Alive; The Boys (Season 3)

SIMON: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

WATCHLIST ADDITIONS

QUINN: Decision to Leave (2022)

JOHN: I Stand Alone; Peppermint Candy; Husbands (1970); Dudes Rock

CURTIS: Crimes of the Future; Demon Wind; A Lonely Place to Die

SIMON: The Godfather; Tenebrae; The Boxer’s Omen;

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Excerpts from MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN (1992) Official Trailer

Outro: "Cantina Band" by John Williams

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: 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 them on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

This week on The Seat Struck Movie Podcast, John and Curtis discuss 'video nasties' - we chat a little bit into the background behind the push in the 1980s for censorship on violent/sexual/disturbing video content in the U.K. We run through some of our favorites out of the list of 72 officially 'banned' films: from Euro art house to exploitation trash. Before that, we run through our watchlist additions and discuss what we watched this week.

For next week's episode, we will be back on our John Carpenter watch series, discussing his early 90s Hitchcockian comedy thriller, MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN.

00:00:00 Introduction

Watchlist Additions

00:03:23 The Righteous (Curtis)

00:03:48 Top Gun Maverick (Curtis)

00:04:33 Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe (Curtis)

00:05:20 Persona (John)

00:06:10 Ghost Town Anthology (John)

00:06:40 The Garden (John)

What We Watched This Week

00:07:58 Deathwatch (Curtis) 

00:09:08 Dead Ringers (Curtis)

00:10:08 The Sadness (Curtis)

00:12:13 Game of Thrones Season Six and Seven [spoilers] (John) 

00:14:50 The Hills Have Eyes [1977] (John)

00:16:38 Night of the Bloody Apes (John)

00:17:37 Lucky Grandma (John)

00:19:04 Top Gun (John)

VIDEO NASTIES DISCUSSION

00:20:58 Topic Overview

00:29:00 Cannibal Holocaust

00:33:50 Blood Feast

00:37:58 Zombi 2/Zombie Flesh Eaters

00:39:38 Posession

00:43:58 The Beyond

00:46:13 Faces of Death

00:49:37 Tenebrae

00:52:13 The Evil Dead

00:56:42 Wrap up

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Content Warning - Blood Feast (1963)

Outro: End Titles - Cannibal Holocaust OST

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: 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 and Tom's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Quinn and Curtis return to the John Carpenter watch series this week with the cult classic THEY LIVE! (1988), starring Roddy Piper and Keith David. They discuss the film's politics, allegories, favourite scenes, fun facts, and more. At the beginning of the episode, the boys also chat about what they watched this week and their latest watchlist additions. Curtis also talks about the WORST film he's ever seen! Fun fact: this is the team's shortest episode week!

Tune in next week as the lads take on the VIDEO NASTIES, a collection of films that were controversial and/or banned for obscenity in the UK in the 1980s. They will look at CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, THE EVIL DEAD, POSSESSION, as well as a few buried treasures including Lucio Fulci's ZOMBI 2, THE BEYOND, and more!

00:00:00 Introduction

00:02:25 What We Watched This Week

00:10:13 Watchlist Additions

00:15:20 THEY LIVE! Discussion (favourite scenes, fun facts, hot takes, tasty bits)

00:35:52 Our Ratings

00:38:25 Coming Up Next!

MOVIES WE WATCHED

QUINN: Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)

CURTIS: Beast in Heat; The Witch who Came from the Sea; August Underground; August Underground’s Mordum

WATCHLIST ADDITIONS

QUINN: Fandango; Bunny Lake is Missing; To Have and Have Not

JOHN: The Wailing (2016); Intruder (1989); The Burning (1981)

CURTIS: The Sadness; Deathwatch; Treasure Island (1990)

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Excerpts from THEY LIVE! (1988), THEY LIVE! Official Trailer

Outro: Excerpt from DUKE NUKEM 3D

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: 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 and Tom's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

"...and the best game you can name is the good old hockey game."

Tune in next week for the latest John Carpenter watch series installment: THEY LIVE!

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:15 Watchlist Additions 

00:08:01 What We Watched This Week

00:19:40 Hockey Movies Discussion (favourite movies, weird ones, hot takes, tasty bits)

00:56:45 Coming Up Next!

HOCKEY MOVIES DISCUSSED

THE MIGHTY DUCKS TRILOGY (1992-96); SLAPSHOT (1977); THE ROCKET (2005); GOON; MIRACLE (2004); YOUNGBLOOD; SCORE! A HOCKEY MUSICAL; RED ARMY; ICE GUARDIANS; MVP: MOST VALUABLE PRIMATE; INDIAN HORSE; THE SWEATER (1981); 30 FOR 30: KING'S RANSOM

MOVIES WE WATCHED

JOHN: Game of Thrones (Season 5); Spider Baby; Inland Empire;

CURTIS: The Northman; Hatching (2022); Better Call Saul (Season 2); The Innocents (2022)

WATCHLIST ADDITIONS 

JOHN: Madeline’s Madeline (2018), The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2010), The Americanization of Emily (1964)

CURTIS: Waco: Rules of Engagement; The Church (1989); Let Sleeping Corpses Lie; Dead Ringers

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: "The Hockey Song" by Stompin' Tom Connors; excerpts from MIRACLE (2004), SLAP SHOT (1977), and THE MIGHTY DUCKS (1992)

Outro: "Big League" by Tom Cochrane & Red Rider 

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: 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 and Tom's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

"You will not be saved by the holy ghost. You will not be saved by the god Plutonium. In fact, YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED!"

This week on The Seat Struck Movie Podcast, John, Quinn and Curtis recap their week (and briefly discuss kung fu/Brucesploitation films) before diving into what we watched this week. Going forward, we will be starting off all our pods with the 'what we watched' before diving into the main topic. 

In the second half, we discuss the second entry in the 'apocalypse' trilogy, the Lovecraftian-styled 'PRINCE OF DARKNESS' We discuss the film and give our review and ratings.

Our next entry in the Carpenter watch series will be the much-anticipated 'THEY LIVE". Next week, as we are in the thick of the NHL playoffs, we will discuss hockey movies. Stay tuned!

TIME STAMPS

00:01:55 Introduction

What We Watched This Week

00:06:25 Friday (Quinn)

00:09:13 Antropophagus: The Grim Reaper (Curtis)

00:12:00 Evilspeak (Curtis)

00:14:08 Game of Thrones Season Four (John)

00:16:48 Four Flies on Grey Velvet

00:20:54 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter [and briefly, the 1978 short film 'Panic'] (John)

00:25:36 PRINCE OF DARKNESS Discussion

00:48:58 Our Ratings

00:54:56 Wrap up

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Prince of Darkness Theme - John Carpenter

Middle: Final dream sequence speech - Prince of Darkness (spoken by John Carpenter)

Outro: End Credits theme - Quartermass and the Pit

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

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

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes91 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.

John, Curtis, and Quinn return (with a vengeance) to take on Mike Judge's (BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD, KING OF THE HILL) corporate office satire OFFICE SPACE with special DOMESTIC PINTS ONLY guest star Tom Dore. Hang onto your butts for some good laughs, good beers, and great times as the John McCrae Secondary School alumni discuss their favourite scenes, the mystery of TPS reports ("test procedure specification"), printer destruction, and how much they can't stand Lumbergh! After the chat, the lads talk about the movies they watched this week. Mmkay?

Tune in next week as John and Quinn dive further into the John Carpenter canon series with PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987). Not to be missed!

00:00:00 Introduction

00:10:40 OFFICE SPACE (1999) Discussion (favourite scenes, symbolism, hot takes, tasty bits)

00:51:03 Our Ratings

00:56:30 What We Watched This Week

01:27:43 Coming Up Next!

MOVIES WE WATCHED

QUINN: Joe Dirt; The Tender Bar; The Northman

JOHN: The Godfather; The Northman; Game of Thrones (Season 3); Blood Conscious

CURTIS: Disco Elysium (Video Game); Silicon Dreams (Video Game); Alba: A Wildlife Adventure (Video Game)

TOM; The Batman; Queen of the South (Netflix TV Series); Sonic the Hedgehog 2

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Excerpts from OFFICE SPACE (1999); "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta" by Geto Boys

Outro: "You Know How We Do It" by Ice Cube

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

Curtis: 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 and Tom's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

"We really shook the pillars of heaven, didn't we, Wang?"

This week on The Seat Struck Movie Podcast, John and Curtis dive into the next episode of the John Carpenter Watch Series, talking the action-adventure fantasy, hard to define by genre film BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA. In the first half we discuss the film and give our review and rating.

In the second half, we chat what we watched this week. We will return next week (with a special guest) for the 90s comedy classic: OFFICE SPACE.

TIME STAMPS

00:01:55 Introduction and BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA discussion

00:33:00 Our Ratings

What We Watched This Week

00:35:36 Ratuz [Video Game] (Curtis)

00:36:54 A Candle for the Devil (Curtis)

00:37:59 The Bombardment (Curtis)

00:40:20 Crawlspace [1986] (Curtis)

00:41:18 Please Kill Mr. Kinski (Curtis)

00:41:42 Better Call Saul [TV] (Curtis)

00:42:57 The Rocker [2008] (John)

00:45:00 Game of Thrones Season One and Two *SEASON ONE SPOILERS* (John)

00:52:41 Wrap up

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: Pork Chop Express - John Carpenter

Outro: Big Trouble in Little China - Coup De Ville

Quinn: @seatstruckreviews

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

John: johnnycakes.substack.com

@johnnycakes91 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.