Viddy Well Podcast

This ain’t no trick, kiddos, we’ve got a double dose of Four Seasons for Film: Fall this year! Join Aaron and Rob as they stick around Haddonfield, Illinois for another brush in with PURE EVIL! as they discuss Halloween II.

Picking up right off the heels of its predecessor, the film marks another slow-burn slasher with a simple premise and a solid atmosphere, but it comes boasting a higher body count and a few memorably brutal kills — plus, McGuffin Myers and hospital horror. It's gonna be another killer time, so don't miss out!

For the Fall entry of this year's Four Seasons Of Film, Aaron and Rob brush shoulders with PURE EVIL! as they slice and dice John Carpenter's iconic seasonal slasher, Halloween! Since that fateful night when a young Mikey Myers carved up his older sister like a jack-o'-lantern, the streets of Haddonfield, Illinois were never the same, and in the year 1978, Myers is all grown up and returns to the streets of his hometown to stalk some unsuspecting babysitters and indulge in the Halloween spirit by committing all kinds of heinous tricks. It might be terror for its young characters, but it is sure is a cinematic treat we like to have every October. Grab a fistful of candy and come BOOgie with us!

Nine years before the Wayans Bros. used the title for their spoof franchise, Daniel Erickson laid claim to it in his early-90s indie horror hangout comedy set on Halloween, Scary Movie, starring a young John Hawkes giving a fantastically committed performance that oozes Courage The Cowardly Dog vibes (well before that was a thing). Shot near Austin, Texas, it's not exactly on the same caliber as 1974's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, but it fully captures that Texas feeling and has a lot of Tobe Hooper lurking within its DNA. Aaron had the opportunity to see an anniversary screening of the film in the same theater it originally premiered in back in ‘91 with the writer/director, Daniel Erickson, in attendance, and captured the conversation for your listening pleasure — but be warned: “ABANDON HOPE, ALL Y’ALL WHO ENTER HERE!"

Join Aaron as he talks about 19 films from 2024 that he feels are the best the year has to offer (so far). 

Intro (0:00 - 1:20)

Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Pieces (1:21)

Longlegs (4:07)

Civil War (7:42) 

Snack Shack (11:33)

Blink Twice (13:23)

The Bikeriders (15:22)

Alien Romulus (17:41)

Problemista (19:52)

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (20:41)

Rebel Ridge (23:21)

Furiosa (26:00)

The Last Stop In Yuma County (29:01)

Strange Darling (31:50)

Dune: Part Two (33:30 )

Sasquatch Sunset (35:56)

Stopmotion (38:09 )

She Is Conann (40:48)

Challengers (43:12)

I Saw The TV Glow (44:55) 

Join Aaron as he catches up with New Orleans writer/direct Joe Badon and talks about his lastest feature film extravaganza, The Wheel Of Heaven. The film marks another unfettered kaleidoscopic blast of wacky strange cinema from the indie auteur, whose boundless creativity continues to work wonders on a small budget. The two talk about the film, its production, "choose your own adventure" books, surrealism within modern cinema, and much much more! 

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Tensions are running high — and so is the heat! There's a demonic pooch named Harvey whose constant barking is driving a serial murderer to target young brunettes, which is setting the Big Apple on fire with paranoia. That's right, the boys are back with another "Four Seasons Of Film" entry, and for this scorching summer installment, Aaron and Rob discuss Spike Lee's 1999 film, Summer Of Sam. It's a real killer episode that you won't wanna miss, so beat that summer heat in some ice-cold AC with the two as they dissect the film! 

Get ready for some martial arts madness because we’re about to enter the Q&A for the latest documentary from David Gregory Enter The Clones Of Bruce. The film is deep-tissue karate chop that investigates the death of an icon (Bruce Lee), the creation of one of cinema’s most specific sub-genres (Bruceploitation), and the myriad of figures who’s star rose as part of that movement. 

Sasquatch Sunset is a bold and beautiful film loaded with absurd comedy and quiet poignancy that revels in its feral nature, but also boasts a surprisingly tender humanity. Like the mythical creature it's named after, the film is a rarity, a one-of-kind experience that you don't get every day (or possibly ever again) — but it's the type of swing-for-the-fences project that we'd love to see more of, especially with a theater with a packed house. 

We were fortunate enough to secure tickets to this magical and majestic lil indie, which we absolutely adored, and the screening was made all the more entertaining and charming because co-director and star Nathan Zellner & composers The Octopus Project dropped by to answer audience questions and tell anecdotes from the film's production. 

Caution: You're entering spoiler territory. Proceed at your own risk.

Lousy Carter is a scrappy little indie with sharp dialogue, funny performances, playful editing, and bowling alley funerals about a failed animator-turned-lit-professor “teaching” The Great Gatsby who goes a little Nabokov after receiving the news that he has six months left to live.

Featuring a solid ensemble cast and a wonderful lead performance from David Krumholtz is an enjoyably meandering, comedically sour journey that with have you smitten by its curmudgeonly charms. 

We had the pleasure of checking out a screening with writer/director Bob Byington and actress Luxy Banner in attendance, which we recorded for your listening pleasure.    

Caution: You're entering spoiler territory. Proceed at your own risk.

When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth — and humanity's ineptitude will rein supreme! 

We had the gory delight of checking out the 1989 film The Dead Next Door, written and directed by a then 19-year-old J.R. Bookwalter, at one of the Alamo Drafthouse's Terror Tuesday screenings, which was made all the more entertaining because the filmmaker was in attendance! Essentially a large-scale home movie with really impressive effects and an admirable scope given its budget and the filmmakers age, The Dead Next Door is a horror comedy of errors that relishes in humankind's ineptitude and uses their folly as an excuse to load up the picture with as many creative low-budget effects as possible. It’s got charm — and lots of guts!

Caution: You're entering spoiler territory. Proceed at your own risk.