The Movies That Made Me

Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with ONE SPOON OF CHOCOLATE director RZA on the latest episode of our podcast The Movies That Made Me! Check out the full episode ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The RZA is BACK! He breaks down the 10 movies that inspired him while making his latest flick, One Spoon of Chocolate — in theaters this Friday! As a bonus, he and host Josh Olson cook up the perfect double feature pairing for each movie. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode One Spoon of Chocolate (2026) Pulp Fiction (1994) In the Heat of the Night (1967) Waterloo (1970) Yentil (1983) The Cowboys (1970) Walking Tall (1973) Walking Tall Part 2 (1975) A Real American Hero (1978) Walking Tall (2003) Billy Jack (1971) Kansas City Confidential (1952) Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (1978) The Clones of Bruce Lee (1980) The Creeping Flesh (1973) Black Samurai (1976) The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973) Our Man Flint (1966) Nothing But A Man (1964) For A Few Dollars More (1966) High Plains Drifter (1973) The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) Duck, You Sucker! (1971) Take A Hard Ride (1975) The Legend of N— Charlie (1972) Boss (1974) Bridges of Madison County (1995) Every Which Way But Loose (1978) Any Which Way You Can (1980) Dirty Harry (1971)  The Enforcer (1976) Heartbreak Ridge (1986) Where Eagles Dare (1976) Moonraker (1971) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Kelly’s Heroes (1970) Christine (1983) Killdozer (1974) The Car (1977) Enter the Dragon (1973) The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) Game of Death (1978)  Fury of the Dragon (1976) Dr. Butcher Medical Deviant (1980) Motel Hell (1980) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Halloween (1978) Friday the 13th (1980) The Evil Dead (1981/83) The Thing (1982) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors (1987) Mother’s Day (1980) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Hellraiser (1987) Hellraiser II (1988) Night of the Living Dead (1968) Dawn of the Dead (1978) Dawn of the Dead (1985) Jeepers Creepers (2001) Longlegs (2024) Mandy (2018) Abby (1974) The Exorcist (1973) First Blood (1982) Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) Life Gamble (1979) Ten Tigers from Kwangtung (1980) The Five Deadly Venoms (1978) Crippled Avengers a.k.a. Mortal Combat (1977) The Soul of N— Charley (1973) White Lightning (1973) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) Normal (2026) Convoy (1978) Eden (2025) Hillbilly Elegy (2020) The Lost Boys (1987) Near Dark (1987) Other Notable Items Our Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Quentin Tarantino “Rapture” song by Blondie (1981) Some Girls album by The Rolling Stones (1978) Mick Jagger Keith Richards “Miss You” song by The Rolling Stones (1978) “Honky Tonk Women” song by The Rolling Stones (1969) Billy Squier “King Tim III” song by Fatback Band (1979) “Rapper’s Delight” song by the Sugarhill Gang (1979) Our Walton Goggins podcast episode Rod Steiger Martin Luther King Jr. Josh’s Bronzeville podcast (2017-21) Laurence Fishburne Larenz Tate Christopher Plummer Orange is the New Black TV series (2013-19) Michael Harney The Wu-Tang Clan Bruce Dern The Smokehouse in Burbank Roscoe Lee Browne Shameik Moore Harry Goodwins James Lee Thomas Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Phil Karlson Walking Tall TV series (1981) Buford Pusser  Tom Laughlin Bruce Lee Bruce Li  Our David Gregory podcast episode Peter Cushing Jim Kelly Ivan Dixon  Hogan’s Heroes TV series (1965-71) Bob Crane Law and Order TV series (1990-2020, 2022- ) The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV series (1970-77) Mary Tyler Moore Dick Van Dyke Lou Grant TV series (1977-82) I Spy TV series (1965-68) The Man From U.N.C.L.E. TV series (1964-68) The Dick Van Dyke Show TV series (1961-66) That’s My Mama TV series (1974-75) Clifford Davis Good Times TV series (1974-79) Hill Street Blues TV series (1981-87) Dennis Franz Clint Eastwood Spaghetti westerns Sergio Leone Sly Stone Jim Brown  Lee Van Cleef Fred Williamson The Milgram Theatre in Philadelphia Richard Burton Marlon Brando Don Rickles Donald Sutherland Stephen King James Brolin Clint Walker John Saxon Lalo Schifrin Angela Mao  Bolo Yeung  Jackie Chan Sammo Hung RZA/Wu-Tang’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) album (1993) Rudolph Valentino  Charlie Chaplin Tekken video game franchise (1994- ) Street Fighter video game franchise (1987- ) Fist of the North Star franchise (1983- ) The Green Hornet TV series (1966-67) Sonny Chiba Vidiots Venom Mob  Shaw Brothers Studio Alexander Fu Sheng Philip Kwok Burt Reynolds Joseph Sargent Bob Odenkirk Walter Matthau Beyond Fest Howard Hawks Ron Howard Cary Grant Tom Hanks Bill Paxton Lance Henriksen Kathryn Bigelow Check out RZA's first The Movies That Made Me appearance ⁠here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with Severin Films head honcho David Gregory on a new episode of our podcast The Movies That Made Me! Watch the full episode ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer/director Lee Cronin (THE MUMMY, EVIL DEAD RISE) breaks down the eight movies that made him before he turned 10 — plus movies he's seen since that deserve more shine. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (2026) Dead Alive a.k.a. Braindead (1992) Bad Taste (1987) The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Hole in the Ground (2019) Evil Dead Rise (2023) Jaws (1975) Jaws 2 (1978) Jaws 3D (1983) Jaws: The Revenge (1987)  Goodfellas (1990) Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) The Commitments (1991) Sing Street (2016) Alien (1979) Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) The Shining (1980) Paranormal Activity (2009) Ringu (1998) Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Local Hero (1983?) The Holdovers (2023) Poltergeist (1982) The Evil Dead (1983) Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987) Evil Dead (2013) Robocop (1987) Robocop 3 (1993) Starship Troopers (1997) Black Book (2006) Heavenly Creatures (1994) The Exorcist (1973) *Bug (2006) Reservoir Dogs (1992) Blue Velvet (1986) Killer Joe (2012) Sorcerer (1977) Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) Other Notable Items Our Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Quentin Tarantino Peter Jackson Diana Peñalver Halo video game franchise (2001- ) The Academy Museum Care Bears TV series (1985) Steven Spielberg Werner Herzog Universal CityWalk Jack Reynor Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining book by J. W. Rinzler and Lee Unkrich (2023) Warner Bros Scatman Crothers Blumhouse KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Steve Martin John Candy John Hughes Bruce Campbell TFH Guru Fede Alvarez Scott Spiegel Jerry Lewis Paul Verhoeven Fred Dekker The Fear of God: Twenty-Five Years of The Exorcist documentary by Mark Kermode (1998) William Friedkin Brian Tyler  Serj Tankian System of a Down Bug play by Tracy Letts (1996) The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Severin Films co-founder David Gregory joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to break down five of his favorite movies that Severin has released in special restorations, and five that he wishes Severin could, one day, release! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Frightmare (1974) Satan’s Slave (1976) An American Werewolf in London (1981) Supervixens (1975) The Night God Screamed (1971) Black Snake (1973) The Seven Minutes (1971) *The Nanny (1965) Delicatessen (1991) Amelie (2001) The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) Lust for a Vampire (1971) Fear in the Night (1972) Blood and Flesh: The Reel Life and Ghastly Death of Al Adamson (2019) Enter the Clones of Bruce (2023) Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol (2026) The System of Doctor Goudron a.k.a. The Lunatics (1913) Figures de Cire (1914) Piranha (1978) Shivers (1975) *Dracula vs Frankenstein (1971) Satan’s Sadists (1969) Five Bloody Graves (1969) I Spit on Your Corpse (1974) Blow-Out (1981) The Howling (1981) Satan’s Mistress (1982) *Bloody Moon (1981) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Pieces (1982) Hell of the Living Dead (1980) Dawn of the Dead (1978) El Topo (1970) The Holy Mountain (1973) Santa Sangre (1989) Psycho (1960) *Threads (1984) The Bodyguard (1992) L.A. Story (1981) Dante’s Peak (1997) Kess (1969) The Day After (1983) The War Game (1967) The Full Monty (1997) *Blood for Dracula a.k.a. Young Dracula (1974) Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) Bicycle Thief a.k.a. The Bicycle Thieves (1948) The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1964) Taste of Fear (1961) Diabolique (1955) Brides of Dracula (1960) The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Horror of Dracula (1958) *Unhinged (1982) Nightmare a.k.a. Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981) *Exit the Dragon Enter the Tiger (1976) The Tattoo Connection (1978) Edge of Fury (1978) Fist of Fury II (1977) The Dragon Lives Again a.k.a. Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (1977) Taxi Driver (1976) Jaws (1975) *The Last Shark a.k.a. The Great White (1981) The Inglorious Bastards (1977) Jaws II (1978) They Call Me Bruce (1982) Grizzly (1976) Alien (1979) Terminator (1984) Shocking Dark a.k.a. Terminator II (1989) Aliens (1986) The Evil Dead (1981) Cruel Jaws a.k.a. Jaws 5 (1995) *I Don’t Want to Be Born (1975) The Exorcist (1973) Hands of the Ripper (1971) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) Doberman (1997) The Doberman Gang (1972) The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (2018) Les Vampires (1915) L'ibis Bleu (1919) The Devils (1971) Hell on Earth: The Desecration and Resurrection of The Devils (2002) Other Notable Items Our Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition David McGillivray Russ Meyer Synapse Film Mike Leigh Peter Greenaway Our Kier-la Janisse and Caelum Vatnsdal podcast episode The Criterion Collection Jimmy Sangster Hammer Films Ralph Bates Virginia Wetherell Joan Collins Amanda Reyes Al Adamson The Grand Guignol Theatre in France Tom Savini The Cinéma français BFI Edgar Allan Poe Jacques Tourneur Maurice Tourneur Barbara Steele David Cronenberg Susan Petrie J. Carrol Naish Lon Chaney Jr. Russ Tamblyn John Carradine Carl Daft Sam Sherman Schlock-O-Rama: The Films of Al Adamson book by David Konow (1998) Laszlo Kovacs Vilmos Zsigmond Ray Dennis Steckler  Harry Novak Variety Gary Graver The Goldman Theatre in Philadelphia John Travolta Tisa Farrow Severin’s new show My Fleapit, My Palace Jesús Franco  William Lustig Blue Underground Lina Romay Antonio Mayans Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco book by Stephen Thrower (2020) Video nasties Margaret Thatcher Lucio Fulci Alejandro Jodorowsky Alan Klein Claudio Argento Dario Argento Marcel Marceau The TLA in Philadelphia Mick Jackson  Barry Hines Ken Loach BBC PBS Udo Kier Paul Morrissey Joe Dallesandro Vittorio De Sica  Andy Warhol Claudio Gizzi Dark Winds TV series (2022- ) Scooby-Doo franchise Peter Cushing Vinegar Syndrome Kino Lorber Bette Davis Seth Holt The Nanny novel by Evelyn Piper (1964) Pamela Franklin William Dix Warner Bros. Don Gronquist Bruce Lee Bruce Li  Bruceploitation The Shaw Brothers Golden Harvest Films Dragon Lee Tso Name Lee Elvis Presley Laurel and Hardy Emanuelle James Bond Quentin Tarantino The New Beverly Cinema The Zapruder film Enzo G. Castellari Universal Pictures Film Ventures International Edward L. Montoro Vic Morrow James Franciscus American International Pictures Joan Collins Ralph Bates Eileen Atkins  Donald Pleasence Hilary Mason Caroline Munro Peter Sasdy Peter Medak Radiance Films Jan Kounen  Jeunet Marc Caro Vincent Cassel Monica Bellucci Polygram Films The Nuart Theatre The Egyptian Theatre Missing Movies organization Paula Maxa Louis Feuillade  Ken Russell TFH Guru Guillermo del Toro Mark Kermode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our podcast The Movies That Made Me returns from our post-Oscar hiatus with a brand-new guest! Visual effects supervisor and artist Todd Sheridan Perry breaks down the top 10 visual effects shots that made him with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Infested (2002) Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Star Wars (1977) Tron (1982) The Abyss (1989) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909) The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) Dead Alive (1992) Foreign Correspondent (1940) Number 17 (1932) Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959) Flesh Gordon (1974) The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) Jack The Giant Killer (1962) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 1941 (1979) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) Piranha (1978) Caveman (1981) Battle Beyond The Stars (1980) The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) Independence Day (1996) Seconds (1966) Superman (1978) Innerspace (1987) The Gate (1987) Bad Taste (1987) Meet The Feebles (1989) Forgotten Silver (1995) The One and Only Ivan (2020) The Call of the Wild (2020) F1 (2025) Tron: Ares (2025) Heat (1995) Other Notable Items Our Patreon!  The Hollywood  Food Coalition Robert Wise TFH Guru Roger Corman For All Mankind TV series (2019) Star City TV series (2026- ) I’m A Virgo TV series (2023) Boots Riley John Dykstra J. Stuart Blackton  Georges Melies James Whale F.W. Murnau  Peter Jackson Alfred Hitchcock The Dick Cavett Show TV series (1968-88) Ray Harryhausen  David Allen Jim Danforth TFH Guru Rick Baker Charles Band Gregory Jein John Carpenter Doug Beswick Jim Aupperle Bill Hedge Laine Liska Star Trek franchise Battlestar Galactica TV series (1978-79) Dennis Muren Joe Viskocil Douglas Trumbell Robert Abel Mat Beck Jerry Goldsmith John Frankenheimer Christopher Reeve Margot Kidder Weta Workshop Randall William Cook Halo TV series (2022-24) Mickey Rooney Judy Garland Richard Taylor James Cameron MPC VFX Bryan Cranston Darryl Zanuck Harry Cohn  Jack Warner Los Angeles International Airport Robert De Niro Michael Mann SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In case you haven't noticed, we've been off the last couple of weeks! We've been working double-time for a while, often bringing you two episodes a week as we plowed through this amazing recent awards season. Hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante will return in TWO WEEKS with brand-new episodes of The Movies That Made Me, starting with a supercool video episode April 7! Until then, see you at the movies... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt on the latest episode of our podcast The Movies That Made Me! Watch the full episode ⁠here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt unwraps her favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Grimm’s Fairy Tales for Adults (1969) The Ugly Stepsister (2025) Hollywood Boulevard (1976) The Secret Agent (2025) Marty Supreme (2025) Amelie (2001) The City of Lost Children (1995) Delicatessen (1992) Sleepless in Seattle (1993) Dogville (2003) Involuntary (2008) Play (2011) The Square (2017) Fat Girl (2001) Enter the Void (2009) Crash (1996) Crash (2005) A History of Violence (2005) Videodrome (1983) Dead Ringers (1988) eXistenZ (1999) The Fly (1986) Jurassic Park (1993) The Dead Zone (1983) Raw (2016) Midsommar (2019) Titane (2021) ​​Immoral Tales (1973) The Beast (1975) Babygirl (2025) Wuthering Heights (2026) On The Waterfront (1954) Husbands and Wives (1992) The Godfather (1972) The Sweet East (2023) Good Time (2017) Funny Pages (2022) Tess (1979) Chinatown (1974) Total Recall (1990) Alien (1979) Point Break (1991) The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Two Towers (2002) The Return of the King (2003) Titanic (1997) Other Notable Items Our Patreon!  The Hollywood  Food Coalition The Academy Awards Rolfe Thiele Our Kleber Mendonça Filho podcast episode Our Josh Safdie podcast episode Jean-Pierre Jeunet Marc Caro David Cronenberg Olivier Asayas Gaspar Noé Nicole Kidman Lars von Trier Stellan Skarsgaard Ruben Östlund Andrea Arnold Lynne Ramsay Claire Denis Catherine Breillat Carl Theodor Dryer Jeff Goldblum Julia Ducournau The Cannes Film Festival Walerian Borowczyk Film Grab Rod Steiger Marlon Brando Marie Antoinette Kylie Jenner Kim Kardashian Sean Price Williams Alice's Adventures in Wonderland novel by Lewis Carroll (1865) Talia Ryder Kim’s Video in New York Roman Polanski Stanley Kubrick Sharon Tate Paul Verhoeven Ridley Scott Jane Campion Kathryn Bigelow Keanu Reeves Patrick Swayze Shudder Disney+ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with BUGONIA writer Will Tracy on the latest episode of The Movies That Made Me! Watch the full episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices