The Movies That Made Me

Spooky season is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than with the latest steward of the FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise? CRYSTAL LAKE showrunner Brad Kane is on the slab this week, and he walks hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through the sleazy movies that made him!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Warrior (2011)

Friday the 13th (1980)

Halloween (1978)

The Parallax View (1974)

Klute (1971)

The Spy Who Loved Me (1981)

Cannonball Run (1981)

Class of 1984 (1982)

Oliver! (1968)

Firestarter (1984)

Armed and Dangerous (1986)

Commando (1985)

Blackboard Jungle (1955)

It’s Alive (1974)

Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)

Dressed to Kill (1980)

Sisters (1972)

Psycho (1960)

Mandy (2018)

The Beast Within (1982)

The Howling (1981)

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Total Recall (1990)

The Monster Squad (1987)

Fright Night (1985)

High Plains Drifter (1973)

Hollywood Blvd. (1976)

Demon Seed (1977)

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

The Legacy (1978)

Performance (1970)

White of the Eye (1987)

Don’t Look Now (1973)

Wild Side (1995)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

The Terminator (1984)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II (1986)

Gremlins II: The New Batch (1990)

The ’Burbs (1989)

The Last Movie (1971)

Beetlejuice (1988)

The Breakfast Club (1984)

Vice Squad (1982)

Barry Lyndon (1975)

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Beastmaster (1982)

I Eat Your Skin (1971)

The Kindred (1987)

Obsession (2026)

From Beyond (1986)

Re-Animator (1985)

Society (1989)

Song of the South (1946)

The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

The Cowboys (1972)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Xtro (1982)

The Brood (1979)

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

10 to Midnight (1983)

Cape Fear (1962)

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)

Other Notable Items

Our revamped Patreon!

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Brad’s new show Crystal Lake (2026- )

The Friday the 13th franchise

Our Jonathan Tropper podcast episode

Linda Cardellini

Tokyo Vice TV series (2022-24)

Lodge 49 TV series (2018-19)

Our Jim Gavin podcast episode

DTF St. Louis TV series (2026- )

Emmy Awards

Sean S. Cunningham

Victor Miller

Peacock

TIFF

Mad Men TV series (2007-15)

Our Walton Goggins episode

TFH Guru Roger Corman

Mark L. Lester

Mark Lester

Michael Patrick Kelly

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Twin Peaks TV series (1990-91, 2017)

Clint Eastwood

Doonesbury comic strip (1970- )

Perry King

Roddy McDowall

Tim Van Patten

The Sopranos TV series (1999-2007)

Michael J. Fox

Leopold and Loeb

TFH Guru Larry Cohen

John P. Ryan

Michael Moriarty

Nicolas Cage

Brian De Palma

Alfred Hitchcock

Michael Caine

Angie Dickinson

Janet Leigh

Our Keith Gordon podcast episode

Our Panos Cosmatos podcast episode

American International Pictures

Empire International Pictures

Charlie Brown

Christopher Walken

The “More Cowbell” sketch on Saturday Night Live (2000)

Ronny Cox

Paul Verhoeven

Tom Holland

Fred Dekker

The MPAA ratings board

Julie Christie

Pierce Brosnan

The Simpsons TV series (1989- )

Donald Sutherland

Nicolas Roeg

Donald Cammell

Robert Vaughn

Fritz Weaver

The Cannon Group

Tobe Hooper

Dennis Hopper

Tom Hanks

Bill Moseley

Michael Keaton

Wings Hauser

Frank Capra Jr.

Frank Capra Sr.

John Alcott

Stanley Kubrick

The Cinerama Theatre in Manhattan

The Loew’s Orpheum Theatre in Manhattan

Gary Swanson

Steve McQueen

“Herbert West—Re-Animator” short story by H.P. Lovecraft (1922)

Charles Band

Brian Uzna

Stuart Gordon

Barbara Crampton

Jeffrey Combs

The United Artists East 85th Street Theatre in Manhattan

Bruce Dern

John Wayne

The Brothers Quay

David Lynch

David Cronenberg

Douglas Sirk

Charles Bronson

J. Lee Thompson

Looney Tunes

The Aero Theatre in Santa Monica
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Scott Waugh, director of the acclaimed new Alan Ritchson/Owen Wilson starrer Runner, sits down with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to break down his favorite scenes from action movies! Sometimes, they are not action scenes at all...

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Runner (2026)

Jack Reacher (2012)

Lethal Weapon (1987) - 43:07

Lethal Weapon II (1989)

Lethal Weapon III (1992)

Lethal Weapon IV (1998)

Act of Valor (2012)

Die Hard (1988)

Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Need for Speed (2014)

Commando (1985)

Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

Hooper (1978)

The Wrestler (2008)

The Last Movie Star (2018)

Deliverance (1973)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Expend4bles (2023)

Rocky (1976)

Hidden Strike (2023)

Step Into Liquid (2000)

First Blood (1982)

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

Top Gun (1986)

Return of the Jedi (1983)

Against All Odds (1984)

The French Connection (1972)

Point Break (1991)

The Matrix (1999)

Eat My Dust (1976)

Other Notable Items

Our revamped Patreon!

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Alan Ritchson

Owen Wilson

One Shot novel by Lee Child (2005)

Paramount Pictures

Tom Cruise

Reacher TV series (2022- )

Fred Waugh

Joe Pesci

Steven Spielberg

Tobey Maguire

Miles Hubley and Tommy White

Michael Mann

Hal Needham

Burt Reynolds

Our Buddy Joe Hooker podcast episode

Stunts Unlimited

Dick Ziker

Jackie Gleason

TFH Guru Adam Rifkin

Harrison Ford

Sylvester Stallone

John Kerry

Bob Kerrey

Clint Eastwood

Jackie Chan

Bruce Lee

Mel Gibson

Alan Rickman

Rodrigo Santoro

Bruce Willis

John Rambo

Clay Cullen

Peter Cullen

Optimus Prime

Transformers

Tony Scott

Tom Cruise

Keanu Reeves

Patrick Swayze

Glenn Wilder

James Bond

TFH Guru Roger Corman

Quentin Tarantino
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Idiots director/co-writer Macon Blair breaks down his favorite comfort movies with podcast host Josh Olson!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Mission: Impossible — Fallout (2018)

Idiots (2026)

Straight Outta Compton (2015)

State of Grace (1990)

Jaws (1975)

Goodfellas (1990)

Bugsy (1991)

The Godfather Part III (1990)

Miller’s Crossing (1990)

Rattle and Hum (1988)

Suburbia (1983)

Repo Man (1984)

Green Room (2016)

Trust (1990)

Amateur (1994)

Simple Men (1992)

Boogie Nights (1997)

Inherent Vice (2014)

Licorice Pizza (2021)

The Late Show (1977)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Near Dark (1987)

Dracula (1931)

Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

The Taking of Pelham 123 (1998)

The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)

Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Batman Returns (1992)

The Dark Knight (2008)

Heat (1995)

Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)

Elephant (2020)

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)

Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas (2021)

Highlander (1986)

Point Break (1991)

Commando (1985)

Alien (1979)

Aliens (1986)

Other Notable Items

Our revamped Patreon!

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Henry Cavill

Dave Franco

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

Kiernan Shipka

Nicholas Braun

Peter Dinklage

Ice Cube

Macon’s last podcast episode

Phil Joanou

The Washington Post

Gary Oldman

Mickey Rourke

Robert Shaw

Ed Harris

Robin Wright

John C. Reilly

Sean Penn

Thomas Jane

U2

Penelope Spheeris

The Vandals

T.S.O.L.

D.I.

Hal Hartley

The Catcher in the Rye novel by J.D. Salinger (1951)

Adrienne Shelly

Martin Donovan

Edie Falco

Oz TV series (1997-2003)

The Beat TV series (2000)

Mark Ruffalo

Derek Cecil

Gary Shandling

Paul Thomas Anderson

Art Carney

Lily Tomlin

Inherent Vice novel by Thomas Pynchon (2009)

The Lost Boys musical by David Hornsby and Chris Hoch (2026- )

The Tony Awards

Tina Turner

Bela Lugosi

Kiefer Sutherland

Tim Cappello

Joel Schumacher

Jason Patric

Jami Gertz

Edward Herrmann

Kino Lorber

David Shire

Walter Matthau

Robert Shaw

Adam Sandler

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three novel by Morton Freedgood (1973)

John Travolta

Denzel Washington

Edward James Olmos

Vincent D'Onofrio

Lorraine Bracco

Preston Sturgess

Veronica Lake

Joel McCrea

William Demarest

Our Peter Ramsey podcast episode

Boaz Yakin

Batman

Shaun the Sheep TV series (2007- )

Aardman Animation

Wallace and Gromit

Walt Disney Pictures

Christopher Lambert

Sean Connery

Clancy Brown

Patrick Swayze

Keanu Reeves

Mark L. Lester

Crime and Punishment novel by ​Fyodor Dostoevsky (1866)

The Idiot novel by ​Fyodor Dostoevsky (1869)

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Onslaught star Adria Arjona joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to talk the movies that made her!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Onslaught (2026)

The Guest (2014)

The Belko Experiment (2014)

Blink Twice (2024)

Hit Man (2023)

Splitsville (2025)

John Wick (2014)

Star Wars (1977)

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

Step Brothers (2008)

Bridesmaids (2011)

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

White Dog (1982)

Them That Follow (2019)

Thelma & Louise (1991) - 28:13

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Scorn (2026)

School of Rock (2003)

Before Sunrise (1995)

Before Sunset (2004

Before Midnight (2013)

Blue Moon (2025)

Nouvelle Vague (2025)

Boogie Nights (1997)

Hard Eight (1995)

Ratcatcher (1999)

The Rider (2017)

Hamnet (2025)

Buddy (2026)

Notting Hill (1999)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

Love Actually (2003)

Kill Bill: Vol. I (2003)

Kill Bill: Vol. II (2004)

Opening Night (1977)

A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

Gloria (1980)

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Other Notable Items

Our revamped Patreon!

The Hollywood Food Coalition

A24

Adam Wingard

Irma Vep miniseries (2022)

Our Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin podcast episode

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Criminal TV series (TBD)

Criminal comic book series by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (2006- )

Andor TV series (2022-25)

Tony Gilroy

Our Lexi Alexander podcast episode

Will Ferrell

Jack Black

Adam McKay

Ennio Morricone

Sergio Leone

Matthew Pusti

Ricardo Arjona

The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York

Our Walton Goggins podcast episode

Olivia Colman

Ridley Scott

Callie Khouri

Richard Linklater

Glenn Powell

The Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Brad Pitt

Penélope Cruz

Javier Bardem

Woody Allen

Paul Thomas Anderson

Lynne Ramsay

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Chloé Zhao

Anne Hathaway

Richard Curtis

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Rhys Ifans

Quentin Tarantino

Uma Thurman

Gena Rowlands

John Cassavettes

The Smokehouse Restaurant in Burbank

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Coyote vs. Acme director Dave Green unpacks his favorite animated movies with a live-action sensibility and his favorite live-action movies with a cartoon sensibility with Josh Olson and (sometimes) Joe Dante!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Coyote vs. Acme (2026)

Modern Times (1931)

Beetlejuice (1988)

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)

Batman (1989)

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Batman Returns (1992)

Ghostbusters (1984)

The Conjuring (2013)

The Addams Family (1991)

Addams Family Values (1993)

Get Shorty (1995)

Ratatouille (2007)

The Incredibles (2004)

Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

The Lost Weekend (1945)

The Last Action Hero (1993)

Airplane! (1980)

Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)

Raising Arizona (1987)

Predator (1987)

M (1931)

M (1951)

The Black Vampire (1953)

Barney's Great Adventure (1998)

Other Notable Items

Our revamped Patreon!

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Samy Burch

Mel Blanc

Charlie Chaplin

Abbey Road Studios in London, England

Tim Burton

Wes Anderson

Michael Keaton

Batman: The Animated Series TV series (1992-95)

The Real Ghostbusters TV series (1986-91)

Beetlejuice TV series (1989-91)

The Simpsons TV series (1989- )

The Ren & Stimpy Show TV series (1991-95)

Ralph Bakshi

Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures TV series (1987-88)

The Tick TV series (1994-96)

The Maxx TV series (1995)

Christopher Nolan

Daniel Waters

Batman TV series (1966-68)

ArcLight Cinemas

Joan Cusack

Barry Sonnenfeld

Pixar

Brad Bird

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! TV series (2007-10)

Warner Bros.

Peter Lorre

The Animated Peter Lorre book by Matthew Hahn (2024)

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Mad magazine (1952- )

Sergio Aragonés

Lee J. Cobb

Sam Raimi

Ted Raimi

Joel Coen

Ethan Coen

Nicolas Cage

Bugs Bunny

Wile E. Coyote

Woody Woodpecker

Paul Chadwick

Mega Man TV series (1994-96)

Joseph Losey

David Wayne

David Wain

The State

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