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
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