Late to the Movies - Episodes Tagged with “Halloween”

In the Mouth of Madness

Bentley Holt — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0400

Sam Neilloween culminates with John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness! Ben, Greg, and Ray discuss the goofy eldritch hijinks of Sam Neill's trip to northern New England.

Directed by John Carpenter, written by Michael De Luca, and starring Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, David Warner and Charlton Heston.

Daybreakers

Bentley Holt — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0400

Sam Neilloween vamps it up with 2009's_ Daybreakers_! Ben and Patrick discuss the surprisingly star-filled, surprisingly ambitious Spierig Brothers dystopian sci-fi/action/horror/thriller film.

Written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig and starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, AND Sam Neill.

Event Horizon

Bentley Holt — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0400

Sam Neilloween blasts off to somewhere near Neptune with 1997's Event Horizon! Ben, Sam, and Vaz discuss Sam Neill's predictably full-send performance in the Paul W.S. Anderson... classic?

Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, written by Philip Eisner, and starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, and Joely Richardson.

Possession

Bentley Holt — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0400

Sam Neilloween continues with Andrzej Żuławski's 1981 cult-classic, Possession! This week finds our hero caught in a psychological domestic divorce horror opposite a Cannes Best Actress-winning performance from Isabelle Adjani. Ben, Cory, and Noah discuss the fully... committed? unhinged? performances and vague plot of Possession.

Directed by Andrzej Żuławski and starring Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani.

Jurassic Park Re-Re-Release (Happy Sam Neilloween!)

Bentley Holt — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 05:15:00 -0400

This year's October theme is Sam Neilloween! We'll be going deep on one of the most underrated and fearless actors of modern cinema, watching only Sam Neill-starring films all month. First up: the re-re-release of our episode on Jurassic Park, originally released in July 2022. Ben, Greg, Kyle, Lyndsey, and Ray discuss Neill's biggest film, the 1993 Steven Spielberg blockbuster that set a new standard for special effects in film (and also has that weird laugh that Jeff Goldblum does). It's weird they never made any legacy sequels to this one!

Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough.

Train to Busan

Bentley Holt — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0400

Spooky Subtitles Month takes us BACK to South Korea to catch a ride aboard Train to Busan! Ben and Anthony discuss the high-speed zombie action of this 2016 thrill ride.

Directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee and Kim Eui-sung.

REC

Bentley Holt — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0400

Spooky Subtitles Month heads back to Europe for 2007's Spanish found-footage classic [•REC]! Ben, Greg, and Ray discuss the ins and (legally not allowed to come back) outs of one of the most thrilling and acclaimed films in modern horror.

Co-written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza and starring Manuela Velasco.

The Wailing

Bentley Holt — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0400

Spooky Subtitles Month goes BACK to South Korea for The Wailing (2016), which a lot of people on the internet have called 'the most unsettling film of modern times' ...and we had a blast! What's wrong with us?! FIND OUT as Ben, Cory, and Noah delve into the many, many, MANY horror subgenres and religions bizarrely (yet... expertly?) blended by director Na Hong-jin.

Korean title: Gokseong. Directed by Na Hong-jin and starring Kwak Do-won, Hwang Jung-min, and Chun Woo-hee.

Let the Right One In

Bentley Holt — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0400

Spooky Subtitles Month heads way up north to Sweden for 2008's Let the Right One In! Ben, Greg, and Ray discuss their favorite vampire rules, how not to be an effective familiar, and whether or not you can trust the central relationship in Tomas Alfredson's modern classic.

Directed by Tomas Alfredson, based on the 2004 novel of the same title by John Ajvide Lindqvist, and starring Kåre Hedebrant and Lina Leandersson.

The Host

Bentley Holt — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0400

It's October, but this time there's a chilling twist - all non-English horror movies. It's Spooky Subtitles Month!

We're kicking it off with one of the most acclaimed monster movies of the century from one of its most acclaimed directors: Bong Joon-ho's The Host! Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz dissect the 2006 mutant fish genre mashup.

Directed and co-written by Bong Joon-ho and starring Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona and Go Ah-sung.

Scream

Bentley Holt — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0400

It's Halloween on Late to the Movies! Spook 'Em Up Month reaches its thrilling conclusion with 1996's Scream. Ben, Jeffrey, and Kate talk about the chills, kills, and jokes of Wes Craven's genre-revitalizing classic.

Directed by Wes Craven, written by Kevin Williamson, and starring Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, Jamie Kennedy, and Drew Barrymore.

Hocus Pocus & Hocus Pocus 2

Bentley Holt — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0400

It's a very special Spook 'Em Up Month DOUBLE Episode (Whoa!) as Late to the Movies podcasts a spell on 1993's Hocus Pocus (15:40-56:00) and 2022's Hocus Pocus 2 (starting at 56:00). Ben, Greg, Jordan, Ray, and Robbie hop on their broomsticks and Roombas to discuss Salem, nostalgia, and the almost-thirty-year-old Disney witch franchise.

Hocus Pocus was directed by Kenny Ortega and written by Mick Garris and Neil Cuthbert. The sequel was directed by Anne Fletcher and written by Jen D'Angelo. Both star Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy.

House (1977)

Bentley Holt — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Late to the Movies... Spook 'Em Up Month takes a phantasmagoric trip to the Japanese countryside with Nobuhiko Obayashi's House! Ben, Cory, Miles, and Noah discuss the technical wizardry and narrative lunacy of this 1977 cult classic.

Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, story by his daughter Chigumi, script by Chiho Katsura, and starring Kimiko Ikegami and Yōko Minamida.

The Thing

Bentley Holt — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0400

Spook 'em Up Month continues on Late to the Movies with John Carpenter's "The Thing" (1982)! Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz huddle around the burning wreckage of their sub-zero research facility to discuss their favorite puppets, scares, and existential questions in this incomparable horror/whodunit mashup. Directed by Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster, starring Kurt Russell, and featuring Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Donald Moffat, and Thomas G. Waites.

Halloween

Bentley Holt — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0400

It's 'Halloween in June' on Late to the Movies! All month long we'll be talking about low budget horror movies, starting with the theme's namesake, 1978's Halloween. Ben, Greg, and Robbie discuss Michael Myers' first assault on the babysitters of Haddonfield, Jamie Lee Curtis' first starring role, and John Carpenter's first true classic. Also starring Donald Pleasence, P. J. Soles, and Nancy Loomis.