Hello and welcome once again to The Sinophiles, where each week we enter the world of a great

film, we explore its themes, the history, the filmmaking, and the influence it has on us

today.

My name is Steve Morris.

I'm a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California.

Hello everyone, my name is John Roca, I'm a voice over artist, producer, writer, and

host over at Collider, co-host of The Top 10, co-host of The Geek Buddies and Proud

Host of The Deep Cut, and of course, loving being a co-host of The Sinophiles and excited

to do our annual Halloween movies, Steve.

Most people know that this is not either yours or my favorite genre, and so it's always

with a bit of trepidation that I enter the world of a scary film, and you know what

I have to say though, we talk about entering the world of a great film, and I haven't watched

this movie in a long time, and maybe I'll answer the question I always ask you first, is

how it came to this film.

Go ahead.

This is one of those movies that I really, I know I didn't see it in the theater, I know

that I watched the whole thing at one point or another, at the end of high school, early

college, sort of that age, but where I really saw it was it was one of those movies that

was always playing in the background at the party or at your friend's house.

You know what I mean?

So I saw scenes of it over and over and over again, or came into the middle or watch the

end and was watching it and then got distracted because there was a cute girl I wanted to

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