HOKUM writer/director Damian McCarthy

The Movies That Made Me

SpectreVision Radio

Tv & Film, Film History

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

HOKUM writer/director Damian McCarthy breaks down the movies that had a massive impact on him growing up in the '80s and '90s with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Hokum (2026) Gremlins (1984) Oddity (2024) The Thing (1982) The Thing (2011) Nightmare Alley (1947) The Thing From Another World (1951) The Frighteners (1996) Back to the Future (1985) Fright Night (1985) Re-Animator (1985) Bad Taste (1987) Meet the Feebles (1989) Dead Alive (1992) Heavenly Creatures (1994) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn (1987) Army of Darkness (1992) Blood Simple (1984) The Evil Dead (1983) American Movie (1999) Ringu (1998) Ghost (1990) Dirty Harry (1971) The Ring (2002) Fight Club (1999) - 32:50 The Matrix (1999) The Truman Show (1998) Office Space (1999) Donnie Darko (2001) Southland Tales (2001) The Fall (2006) Alone in the Dark (1982) Jaws (1975) Caveat (2020) The Hidden (1987) The Killing (1955) Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) Vampire’s Kiss (1987) Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972) Bad Lieutenant (1992) Blue Ruin (2013) The Toxic Avenger (2025) I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017) The Duellists (1977) He Dies At The End (2010) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Adam Scott John Carpenter Tyrone Power Peter Jackson Michael J. Fox Crispin Glover Thomas F. Wilson Christopher Lloyd Jake Busey Jeffrey Combs The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring novel by J.R.R. Tolkien (1954) Robert Shaye Sam Raimi The Coen Brothers Bruce Campbell Hideo Nakata Patrick Swayze Tony Goldwyn Kevin Smith Robert Rodriguez Our Richard Kelly podcast episode Tarsem Singh Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Sarah Michelle Gellar Seann William Scott Moby Dwight Schultz The A-Team TV series (1983-87) Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series (1987-94) Donald Pleasence Martin Landau Jack Palance Jack Sholder Kyle MacLachlan Michael Nouri Stanley Kubrick Werner Herzog Nicolas Cage Klaus Kinski Abel Ferrara Mark Isham Our Jeremy Saulnier podcast episode Our Macon Blair podcast episode Ridley Scott Bruce Lee 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

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0:00.0	Spectrevision Radio
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0:31.3	Hi, I'm Josh Olson.
0:35.0	Oscar-nominated screenwriter, Josh Olson.
0:37.2	And that was Joe Dante. The legendary director and producer? Each week, we bring Josh Olson. Oscar-nominated screenwriter Josh Olson. And that was Joe Dante.
0:38.5	The legendary director and producer?
0:40.1	Each week, we bring on a guest.
0:41.9	Filmmakers, actors, musicians, comedians, political figures, journalists, podcasters.
0:45.9	And we talk with them about some of the movies that have influenced and affected them and the work they do.
0:50.4	The name of the show isn't the movies I've made.
0:52.6	It's the films that made me.
1:11.6	This is The Movies That Made Me with your hosts, Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Hey, before we get into it. Hey, before we get into it, just a quick reminder.
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1:34.6	Go to patreon.com, the movies that made me.
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1:42.4	And by the way, you're supporting the show just by listening.
2:01.1	So thank you. Be sure to tell your friends, subscribe, do all that good stuff. But if you want to come by our Patreon and check that out too, we really appreciate it. And now on with the show. Cinema. And true. Yeah, it's one of those things. We just got this email from Joe going, you know, we should get this guy on the show.
2:06.4	And I'm like, I do like to make sure we have seen the movies before we're right well we both have to we both have to we both have to agree that we'd like the movie enough to
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