Fallout Season 2 (w/ Walton Goggins and Kyle MacLachlan), Wake Up Dead Man (w/ Cinematographer Steve Yedlin), Dust Bunny (w/ Bryan Fuller), and Silent Night, Deadly Night (w/ Mike P. Nelson)
/Film Weekly
SlashFilm.com
4.4 • 942 Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2025
⏱️ 114 minutes
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Summary
On the December 17, 2025 episode of /Film Weekly, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by several people to get into the latest film and TV news, talk about Wake Up Dead Man and present an interview with the movie’s cinematographer, we’ll chat about Dust Bunny and present an interview with director Bryan Fuller, talk about Fallout season 2 and present interviews with Walton Goggins and Kyle MacLachlan, and wrap things up with a discussion of Silent Night, Deadly Night and an interview with that movie’s director, Mike P. Nelson.
(~00:53) Wake Up Dead Man conversation
Wake Up Dead Man Review: Rian Johnson's Third Knives Out Movie Is Sharp, Smart, And All Too Relevant
(~15:40) Steve Yedlin interview
(~39:36) Dust Bunny
(~49:20) Bryan Fuller interview
(~01:05:07) Fallout season 2
(~01:10:10) Walton Goggins interview
(~01:21:41) Kyle MacLachlan interview
(~01:28:02) Silent Night, Deadly Night
Silent Night, Deadly Night Review: A Bloody Remake With Something New To Offer [Fantastic Fest]
(~01:36:24) Mike P. Nelson interview
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, what's up y'all? Kelly Clarkson with Wayfair. My favorite thing about the holidays? |
| 0:04.0 | Dacking out my whole house. It's not a competition, but if it was, well, I'd win the season with Wayfair. Outdoor inflatable Santa? Got it on Wayfair. Trees, lights, and ornaments? Wayfair. Hosting must-havs, like dining sets, beds, sheets, and towels, Wayfair. |
| 0:19.5 | For everything in your style delivered with fast and free shipping, |
| 0:22.6 | visit Wayfair.com or the Wayfair app to win the season. But again, it's not a competition. Wayfair, every style, every home. Hello, everyone, and welcome to Slash Film Weekly. It's Wednesday, December 17th, 2025. On today's episode, we're going to be talking about Ryan Johnson's new movie |
| 0:37.8 | Wake Up Dead Band. We'll present an interview with that film's cinematographer. We'll also chat about |
| 0:42.6 | Dust Bunny and present an interview with director Brian Fuller. We'll talk about Fallout season |
| 0:47.3 | two and present interviews with Walton Goggins and Kyle McLaughlin and wrap things up with |
| 0:51.7 | the discussion of Silent Night, Deadly Night, and an interview with that movie's director, Mike P. Nelson. My name is Ben Pearson. I'm an editor at slashfilm.com, and I'm recording this several days early. I'm actually out of town as you're listening to this, so I'm not able to provide an up-to-date recap of what's happening in the world of film and TV news. So it's okay. |
| 1:11.4 | We actually have a jam-packed episode anyway, |
| 1:14.0 | as you could hear in that rundown. |
| 1:15.5 | So let's just jump right into it. |
| 1:23.1 | All right, Chris Evangelista is here. |
| 1:24.9 | Chris, how's it going? |
| 1:26.3 | Oh, you know. |
| 1:28.8 | All right, Chris isista is here. Chris, how's it going? Oh, you know. All right, Chris is the editor and chief film critic, excuse me, at slashfilm.com. |
| 1:33.8 | And we're here to talk about Wake Up Deadman, which is Ryan Johnson's new movie. |
| 1:36.7 | It's the third film in the Benoit Blanc saga. |
| 1:40.8 | I was going to call it a trilogy, but I guess there's always the chance they come back and do more of these. |
| 1:46.1 | But Chris, what did you think about this movie? |
| 1:48.2 | Yeah, I liked it. |
| 1:49.0 | I've enjoyed all these movies. |
| 1:51.5 | I seem to be a little cooler on this than everyone else. |
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