I welcome back Luther Moss to the podcast as we discuss a deep cut meta horror Fade to Black (1980). We talk about Dennis Christopher’s amazing performance as your cringiest movie-obsessed friend, and mention classic films like Creature of the Black Lagoon, Kiss of Death, White Heat, The Mummy, Hop-along Cassidy, and more. We also discuss if this is a slasher, humanist horror and the Regal Theater ad featuring movie quotes. If this episode sounds a little different, it was because it was recorded in person!
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00:00-14:00- Intro / Luther’s Take on Recent Horror / Our Fade to Black History
14:00- 32:00 -Brief Synopsis / Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, & Linda Kerridge / Classic Movie References
32:00- 44:00- Favorite Eric Moments / Los Angeles Setting
44:00- 50:00- Double Feature Ideas / Outro
Please note, timestamps are estimates.
References:
* It’s come to my attention that the historical commentary track for the Fade to Black DVD is done by Bill Ackerman, host of Supporting Characters and part of the Now Playing Network family! Luther and I shamefully didn’t listen yet (we just let the film wash over us) but please check it out if you want actual film historians to tell you about this film!
* Also, I mentioned Robert Ebert’s Fade to Black Review, November 10, 1980
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The sound/clips used in this episode are from the trailer and film of Fade to Black (1980) and the Regal Theater snipe, used for educational purposes.
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