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This was a great topic. I was thinking that perhaps the fascination with the occult could have come before Barnabas but then when you brought up Martinique I thought, oh yes! I mean, Josette’s aunt was totally into those tarot cards, wasn’t she? Great podcast!

Feel free to chop it up with me about the novels for Halloween (2018), Halloween: Kills (2021) and Halloween: Ends (2022) and my pitch for a direct sequel to Halloween: Ends (2022). In a future video. I loved the way you broke down the differences between Jamie Lee Curtis’s Laurie Strode and Scout Taylor Compton’s Laurie Strode. And this video as well. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to share your thoughts about certain topics in the “Halloween” franchise. 🎃 🔪

I’m working on a sequel to Halloween: Ends (2022) that focuses on Allyson and gives her more character development than what she got in the last three films. By Byron Scott Weaver Halloween: Reborn - A sequel that would pick up after the events of Halloween: Ends (2022). Information: People that have trauma usually pass it on to others rather it's domestic abuse or verbal abuse. Allyson survives but she has went ballistic and Michael's dead. Allyson adopts the roll of Michael Myers (The Shape). Allyson becoming a killer is a very interesting topic. I think that Michael could have passed his darkness onto Allyson. Part of it through Corey but I think there were signs of it in Halloween (2018) and then in Halloween: Kills (2021), it started to be more apparent in her.. Just like a slow infection. Evil can change shape as we saw through all three of these movies. That being said, Allyson drives off at the end of Halloween: Ends (2022) and will have to deal with that darkside that has begun in her. Since she's dealt with so much trauma. It would be neat if the trauma of everything that’s happened causes Allyson to turn evil and go crazy. Could someone who’s dealing with just seeing everyone around them be slaughtered just go nuts and have a mental snap and then become the killer? I think it’s very well possible. Allyson develops split personality and the evil of Michael Myers (The Shape) is on one side and her true self is the other. Allyson struggles with it that could be a huge psychological thing going on and give Andi Matichak a bunch of stuff to work with as an actress. Allyson has moments where she’s composed and she’s completely normal like Norman Bates was completely normal sometimes. Then all of a sudden she starts to shake or get a tremor and bad things can happen. Allyson can wake up the next morning and they find out that there’s been people killed across town she has no recollection of it at all. I really want to dive into her psyche and how she is battling the darkness in her. She still has some redeemable qualities. The detective played by Kevin Bacon would have some scenes trying to save Allyson. Could it be a risky idea if I tried to tackle mental health in a Halloween movie? Tackling mental health could be very risky. Especially because of the negativity directed towards the last two entries. It could be but with the right director and writers it could work. The right people could make it good or great. Still could be risky for the fans. Look at the last two entries. I think they are good movies but a lot of fans are frustrated with them. Take Scream 5 (2021) and Scream 6 (2023). Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make healthy choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. Here’s why I think it can be beneficial to have this in a “Halloween” movie. Addressing the struggles with mental health and bringing light to this specific topic. Being upfront about the struggles with your state of mind, and showing how mental health matters and constantly facing obstacles. I want this to help people who are not alone and are in a dark place in their lives. Sometimes playing the same type of character can get boring for some actors and actresses. At the end of Halloween: Ends (2022) I do think you could key word “could” do a sequel to it one day. For me personally I would love to see Andi Matichak come back and reprise her role as Allyson again. From an acting standpoint I would love to see her play a villain. If the movie is too long the audience will lose interest. I would say just over two hours long is good. I wouldn't want it to be too long but not too short. If that makes any sense. I honestly think that this idea could work Allyson's character is suffering a kind of P.T.S.D. triggered schizophrenia which sends her very psyche into a spiral. This is a really interesting idea and I think a lot of fans could accept her as the villain under these circumstances. It all really comes makes sense when you think about it. I’m taking a very psychological approach to all which keeps the story grounded and making sense. I think Andi Matichak might be interested in returning to the “Halloween” franchise and to reprise her role as Allyson if this kind of script was presented to her. These ideas are really interesting. Everything from the director to the direction to the score. It would really cool to have John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies to do the score for this film. Make sure the marketing doesn’t show too much in the trailers so that you can keep the audience intrigued without spoiling the best parts of the movie in a two and a half minute long trailer. Keeping Allyson as the main character and center focus is spot on. We got a glimpse of it in “Halloween: Kills (2021)”. But at times it was a little much for me especially with the “Evil Dies Tonight” chants. Now “Halloween: Ends (2022)” on the other hand from an acting standpoint Andi Matichak did a great job with what she was given. You could see her acting chops being displayed in the movie. For me Allyson was one of the best characters in the last three Halloween films. I think my idea of keeping it psychologically based over gore is the right idea. And in my honest opinion “Halloween: Reborn” is a fitting title for this movie. All of the symbolism of death would be very effective. There’s a lot of potential and story where another movie in the this specific timeline could happen. Allyson should definitely have her own movie. If done right it could be an awesome movie going in a different direction where Allyson is the focus on how she tried to “move on” with her life after everything she’s been through and people she’s lost. Synopsis: “Halloween: Reborn” - It picks right up after the events of Halloween: Ends (2022). It switches back and forth between Allyson and the killer (dealing with spilt personality). It would bounce back and forth from Allyson’s P.O.V. then it would switch to the killers P.O.V. depending on the situation or a specific scene and it would take place in Russellville, Illinois. Laurie Strode would pass away from natural causes but Allyson would be on trial for the “murder” of Laurie Strode. It also delves into the psyche’s shadows, blending personal anguish with a critique of societal decay. It’s a visceral exploration of inner demons and external chaos, where each scene serves as a haunting narrative chapter, drawing viewers into a world of intense emotion and raw confrontation. The first part of the story would take place on the eve of Samhain and it would focus on the overall holiday of Halloween and somewhat focusing on Michael Myers aka The Shape. The story would flash forward to October 30, 2018 it would explain what happened to Allyson and then the story shifts to four years later. On November 11, 2022 once all of the mayhem that took place on Halloween of that year Allyson leaves Haddonfield, Illinois to start fresh. She learns some tragic news that changes her life going forward. Smith’s Grove has an unexpected guest and it doesn’t end well. The more Allyson starts to have more nightmares and the more she start to hallucinate more tragic things happen in the town of Russellville, Illinois. Allyson would be on the news for being reported “MISSING” and “DO NOT APPROACH” because of how dangerous she’s become, after she escapes Smith’s Grove Sanitarium just when things can’t get any worse they do, she would be on trial for the “murder” of Laurie Strode. Towards the end of the film she visits rehab to seek help from a therapist and we see a change in Allyson’s behavior for a while. But she gets tempted to do one more crime after being her normal self, the crime that she was tempted to do turns out to be a lot more serious than she thought. The end of the film Allyson leaves an interrogation room to go back to her new house, where she puts on a very familiar looking mask then leaves the house ending her rampage in Russellville, Illinois.

* "Everyone looks at me like I have it so put together. But it's bs. Almost every day, I feel like I'm on a tightrope where, any second, I could fall off." * Allyson rested her head on Corey's bare chest. She listened to his heart. * "I've had dreams." Allyson continued with trepidation, admitting something she had never even thought about telling anyone. * "Nightmares, where I wake up in bed, and I'm covered in blood. But it's not mine. It's not my blood. And I get up, and I see the knife. It's next to me on my nightstand. The knife I used to stab Michael..." Allyson smirked. "The one that Grandma now keeps in the drawer and uses to cut apples..." Allyson closed her eyes as she concentrated on the memories from her nightmare. * "The knife is covered in blood. And I call out. I call for Grandma, but she doesn't respond. So, I walk to her room. I push open the door... and there she is. Dead. Stabbed to death on the floor. Her blood is everywhere. And somehow I know that I'm the one who did it." * Allyson opened her eyes and looked into Corey's. * "But the scary thing is... that's not the nightmare. The nightmare is that I feel nothing. Nothing at all." * Allyson considered those words and asked Corey again, "Now do you judge me?" * Corey again shook his head. "No. I understand you." * Corey wrapped his arms around Allyson and held her tightly. * Allyson went through Laurie's office and found a bunch of old birthday cards that were meant for Allyson. Almost all that she went through mention Michael in them and how Allyson needs to be prepared, even though in one case she was only in the second grade. Allyson felt that Laurie was starting to spiral again and she couldn’t handle seeing it again. * Something else that was noted in the Halloween: Ends (2022) novelization that Allyson did visit the junkyard is now run by Atilla and Simmons. They did tell Allyson to take Corey’s motorcycle with her as a memory of the good times before Michael’s evil overtook him.

Thank you for the shoutout. Great video by the way. Where they went wrong was not expanding on who she is as a human being referring to Allyson that is. Besides being the granddaughter of Laurie Strode. And really exploring how traumatized she was after the events of 2018, Kills. Take Samantha Carpenter from Scream 5, 6 for example. Her phone was thrown into nacho cheese by the way. If Allyson had a full on chase scene after Oscar met his demise. Waisted opportunity in my opinion, she had a great fight scene with Michael Myers I’ll give her that. But in Ends it went off the rails in the film. Allyson going off the rails could’ve worked if they handled it correctly in the film. Now the novels for 2018, Kills and especially in Ends Allyson got way more character development than the films. Do I still love Allyson as a character? Yes. Andi Matichak did a fantastic job with what she was given. I felt like David Gordon Green did know what to do with her in Halloween Ends (2022). * Allyson used to go on morning runs, and a dog used to scare her but that same dog she used to see was killed. * Which was also revealed in the Halloween (2018) novelization. * She did blame Karen Nelson for the death of her father Ray Nelson and for not believing Laurie. * Allyson did have some interesting thoughts about Dr. Sartain, she wondered if he was monster just like Michael Myers or maybe Dr. Sartain began a therapeutic relationship as a mentally healthy man and over the years he became contaminated by Michael’s insanity, infected as if Michael was some sort of disease she wondered if she was infected by the same disease. She also thought that Karen and Laurie and herself were infected as well. It wasn’t a comfortable thought. * When Allyson was fighting Michael she looked into his right eye, she saw something there, she didn’t understand what it was but she only knew one thing it was absolutely utterly in human whatever she saw in Michael’s eyes. * Which was also revealed in the Halloween: Kills (2021) novelization. * Allyson was put into an ambulance and learns her mom Karen Nelson was killed just as the doors shut. * Allyson did move on after the manhunt for Michael on November 1, 2018 and would get annoyed at Laurie’s constant drunken calls in the middle of the night trying to make sure that Allyson was okay. After a night where Allyson threaten to cut Laurie off forever, Laurie finally took Lindsey’s advice and went to therapy, selling almost all of her guns and sobering up as well. * Allyson was sick but she was really happy when Lindsey Wallace got Laurie Strode to go get therapy and turn into a positive person that she become overcoming all of this. But she felt like it was a performance art. * When Doug Mulaney pulled her over she mentions that they dated was there the night that everything happened to her to consul her and she felt safe with him and she felt connected with him. She zoned out and lived with him in his apartment just to feel protected. Allyson grew a to resent it as she started to get better and he started to remind her of the past. So she never really had feelings for Doug it was just a sense of safety. * Laurie even liked it because Allyson was with a police officer and she kinda pushed Allyson towards that. * Allyson did have some history with Doug Mulaney, she was bottling everything up after the events of Halloween (2018). Allyson could never quite go all the way with her feelings when she decided to chop all of her off and dye it jet black, she cut half an inch and kept the natural color. When she wanted to burn every single thing in her room she cleaned the house and watched a marathon of home renovation shows instead. And when she wanted to scream out “fuck everything” she just smiled and whispered. The radio felt too exhausting, everything felt too exhausting Work, Home the same thing day in, day out. The depressingly mundane that Allyson felt dead inside. Weeks turned into months that turned into years, and Allyson, without even realizing it, suddenly found herself four years away from the night when she had lost so much. Since then, life had become something to endure rather than experience. * She described living with Doug is being the perfect place to disappear when Doug was at work all day Allyson could just watch reality t.v. game shows. She didn’t have a job, she didn’t even need to decide what to eat for dinner for most nights because Doug would decide for her. Allyson also said that she never understood why Karen kept Laurie so far from her until now. * The town of Haddonfield had started to spread the rumor of The Cult of Samhain, which they believed would summon a boogeyman every Halloween to kill in order to appease their evil god. They believed Michael Myers wasn’t a human, but rather a supernatural force that infects whoever the Cult desires to carry out their bidding. * On the way to show Allyson the Allen’s home, Corey has them cut through the community garden where the Myers house once sat. Allyson notes how decayed and ramshackle it looks now. “On the plot of land where evil lived, life struggled to grow.” * When Corey took Allyson for a motorcycle ride he was slowly transferring evil to her. When two cars raced past them Allyson decided to let go, her eyes open, and her arms shot to the air. Allyson screamed excitedly. The thrill electrified her as she embraced this darkness. As she disappeared completely to become a new shape. * Which was also revealed in the Halloween: Ends (2022) novelization. * Something else that was noted in the Halloween: Ends (2022) novelization is that Michael Myers has the ability to infect others with his evil. It also states that Michael doesn’t attack those who do not fear him and instead he supernaturally plagues their mind with evil after glaring into their eyes. * Allyson would reveal that she did grapple with feelings on Corey. She felt strongly about him, but didn’t think it was love because they barely knew each other. She just felt that she couldn’t get enough of the energy he exhibited. When Corey arrived to Laurie’s house, Allyson started to notice he had new wounds and could tell that something probably happened Corey and Doug, not realizing just how right she was. * She also revealed that her and Corey did get intimate on the couch before moving upstairs and Allyson seemed obsessed with seeing if Corey can feel any pain. From touching his wounds to kissing him and biting him to eventually pushing her thumb into the stitches on his hand wound. It brought more pleasure to Corey rather than pain. She also reveals that she did confess to Corey Cunningham that she did have nightmares about killing Laurie Strode with the knife that she jaded to stab Michael Myers aka The Shape and that she felt no emotion about it. Which was revealed in the Halloween: Ends (2022) novelization. * Allyson stared at Corey, wanting to do just that but not knowing how. She'd spent years keeping everything bottled up. Corey made her want to let it all out.

I think they were going for a more economical portrayal of Coutess Bathory because, if I recall correctly, the story that I read of her when I was a kid was that she would BATHE in the blood of virgins, or maybe just young women, to achieve immortality. I don't remember her being a classic suckhead vampire that only needs one victim at a time but, since she would have to kill large numbers of women to do the bloodbath thing, it would be harder to achieve nowadays whereas, in olden times, the royalty could get away with a lot more than they could today...

Born Again by Black Sabbath is such an underrated album. Ian Gillan was always one of my favorite vocalists, from Deep Purple to Jesus Christ Superstar to Sabbath and back to Deep Purple, as well as his solo stuff. Some of the best screams in rock and roll history.

Love this movie. Sexy Vampire women bring me back, make me think of the Hammer girls. John Carlen's character was a very crappy misogynistic guy, kinda glad he got his. Love the wardrobe, great outfits.

THANK YOU for reading!!! It’s going to be a very fun journey!

Could you do a in depth analysis about the character of Allyson from the Blumhouse “Halloween” movies? That’s including the novels for Halloween (2018), Halloween: Kills (2021) and Halloween: Ends (2022) as well as the movies.

This was great, and I enjoyed you guys bringing up The Goonies. I’ve actually never heard of this film before. Looking forward to the next one you guys do in two weeks.

Havent seen this since I was pretty young but fun to see you guys doing this. I just recently thought about those Knots Conway movies. And I was still pretty young but I loved this as a kid. Be fun to go watch. Appreciate you bringing this back into my head. I was trying to think of the name of this one when I was thinking about them!

Great job, all! Also, second the vote for The Omega Man.

great anayslis !!

Where can you watch Dark Shadows free? Which series do you watch?

I love the scene with your son. It reminds me of things that happen when they were filming the original show. Keep it up. I enjoy your analysis.

Great Channel. A review of The Omega Man with Charlton Heston would be appreciated.

It’s always so much fun watching you guys review these films. My husband is a fan of this trilogy. I’d only ever heard of El Dorado, I think. Never watched it tho.

I can't wait

Now that’s a video game even I would play!

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THis was awesome! I really enjoy hearing both your inputs about other films and actors as well as the movie you’re discussing. I agree with you guys about Tom Cruise being a great villain. I’m not a big fan of remakes, as you know, I turned off that Rob Zombie Halloween after about 10 minutes. I did, however, really enjoy the remake of Psycho. Go figure. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Imo, Humbert Allen Astredo was the best actor on the show. He portrayed Nicholas with depth, humor and energy. Forget Barnabas or Quentin.

Love them both dearly! Great show!

Thank you for having me on Jule! Hopefully my work schedule will be a little less crazy soon so i can join your discussions more often.

I don't understand your title? "got over despite a lack of build"?

Cover any more David Lynch, let me know! Barry and I can talk about David's work all night! Eraserhead would be a good one!

I own all of these in the original printings, most of which I picked up at flea markets and yard sales for less than a quarter each. They are fun, quick reads written in the style of gothic romance novels which were popular at the time they were published. They don't follow the storylines of the show or even much of the show's characterizations, though. Think of them more as alternate timelines/parallel universes.

Jule, these books are good and a lot of FUN! I'd LOVE for you to start reading them so you can do some shows on them.

How did I miss this review?!!! Man, this is one of my FAVORITE horror movies of all time and my favorite Vincent Price film. I would love to talk these with you sometime! When I first watched this on VHS when I was 11, I thought it was great. Now that I’m older, there are some terrifying things and images that flew over my head then. When we see the paintings of the demons and ghouls surrounding the slab where Francis was tied down and Nicholas was giving his speech describing Hell and that they were the demons and ghouls surrounding him and waiting to drag him down to Hell after he was tortured to death…that sends shivers and chills down me. This was such a well-done movie with a GREAT twist!

Hey Jule, Maybe it serendipity, but July 31 is the 37th anniversary of the film's premier. 😊

Man, I love this movie. The Superman Donnerverse is my favorite set of movies. I’ve gone back to the Lester cut once since this came out, and I can’t go back. It’s darker and more threatening, and the scene of Lois finding out Clark’s identity was sooooooo much better. It was so Lois Lane to do that and fake him out. I love this movie and this cut so much. We need the Dan Curtis cut of NODS next!

Awesome video. It’s always so much fun listening to you guys talk about these westerns. I learn a lot from the two of you.

Shouldn't the title be Me and Bobby...?

Universe Mode Past Present Future

01 vs 01 02 vs 02 03 vs 03 04 vs 04 Past Present Future

Elbow Pads|Knee Pads|Taped Wrists|MMA Style Gloves Past Present Future

Hey there, Jule! Imagine my surprise when I saw your latest podcast, and it was about the comments I posted on your earlier podcast on DS:Resurrection and the difficulties it’s had in getting made. I guess I wasn’t expecting a response so soon! However, as I watched it, it quickly became clear to me that you apparently misconstrued some of the things in those comments, which I accept I may well be to blame for. I’d like to see if I can’t clear up some of those “misconstruings”, though (hopefully without goofing things up even more!).

First, though, going over my comments, I noticed that I failed to finish my thought re: the effects of the Burton/Depp movie on the overall franchise. I think we’re both in agreement that it did do damage to it to a certain degree in some areas. As to how long this is likely to last, that’s hard to say. Apparently even after 12 years, it still casts a shadow (no pun intended) over the franchise. Will it still be doing so a generation after the release of the movie? I seriously doubt it - I think the movie will have been forgotten about by any studio types by then (though by that time, things probably would have to start over at square one). But with regards to the present and/or the near future, I think that, as you suggested, some creative alternatives might need to be explored, like approaching MPI, or some other company a little less “risk-averse” than the “big guys”. Anyway, I think what happened is two separate subjects I brought up somehow got conflated (and again, I fully accept this may be my fault). Yes, they both involve David Chase, The Sopranos, and DS:Resurrection, but in very different ways. The first mistake I think I may have made was by using mob movie tropes to refer to the problems the Burton/Depp movie has caused the franchise. Admittedly I did that in part to let you know a bit more about me (i.e. that I’m also a mob movie/TV show fan, which I admit is probably a relative rarity among SF/Fantasy/Horror-Suspense fans), and also to possibly pave the way for what I hoped might be a discussion (at an appropriate time, of course) about the similarities I believe exist, whether deliberate or coincidental (or a combination of the two), between DS and The Sopranos. I feel important to point out here that the similarities I see are all “beneath the surface”, mostly having to do with the tone of the two shows, as well as existential (as opposed to “surface level”) similarities between some of the main characters, some of the secondary characters, and their interpersonal relationships. However, as you’ve mentioned that you’ve never seen The Sopranos, that obviously negates any reason for me to attempt a conversation on that subject here (FWIW, it’s possible that Chase might have been influenced by DS in some way; he would’ve been attending Wake Forest and UCLA Film School during the series’ original run). So I put the idea back in my mental filing cabinet, shrug my shoulders, and move on. The other, more pertinent subject, had to do Chase’s claim that there is a decline of so-called “prestige dramas” (of which The Sopranos is surely considered a leading example) happening, and speculating if perhaps some of the problems Mark Perry is having with getting DS:Resurrection made might have something to do with that, assuming he’s chosen to go in that direction with the series. To this end, I should have posted a link to one of the interviews he gave at the time of The Sopranos 25th anniversary celebrations earlier this year. FWIW, I’ll correct that error here. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/jan/14/the-sopranos-creator-david-chase-quality-tv-era-over Finally, I agree with you that DS and The Sopranos are indeed both timeless. There’s very little that connects either one to a specific time in history (some of the music in the Blue Whale, some of the clothes, and the occasional car that shows up in the series for DS; Motorola and Nokia cell phones, Blackberries, and a few basically throwaway references to 9/11 and the Enron scandal on The Sopranos). But I think beyond that, Dan Curtis and David Chase, though I’m sure neither intended to do so, created a couple of series that were true TV “game changers”. Dark Shadows expanded the boundaries of what a daytime serial could be capable of, and its effects have continued to be felt until the present day in the remaining soaps still on the air. The Sopranos proved that there was an appetite, a “market” if you will, for a high quality, intelligently written and well acted TV series, one that also wasn’t afraid to “stretch the boundaries” of what TV could do. Anyway, I guess that’s it. I notice you did a podcast on the Billy Wilder/James Cagney film 1-2-3, which I think is a greatly underrated film (I laugh every time I watch the scene where Red Buttons imitates Cagney - to Cagney himself!), so I think I’ll check that out this weekend. Take care and have a great weekend. Ciao!

This was great and a little scary. Urban legends have always really spooked me. We don’t have too many in these parts but they have a ton in Mexico and my cousins who lived there used to always scare me with the stories.

I love this idea too!!

This is another installment of your podcast that intrigued me, Jule, if for no other reason than that most DS fans treat the 2004 pilot like the proverbial "Red Headed Stepchild". Tbh, I have to confess that I have a soft spot in my heart for such "orphans", whether it's the 2004 DS pilot, the 1954 Climax! presentation of the first James Bond story, Casino Royale, or even the Saturday Superstar Movie presentation of Lost in Space. I'll admit, if I were in my teens, twenties, or even early thirties (I'm sixty three now), I probably would've been horrified at how different from the established "canon" it seems, but fortunately I've actually gotten *more* open minded about things as I've gotten older, not less. While I understand that it's not complete in some respects, and there are some gaffes (like the apparent time gaffe near the end when David goes missing in the middle of the afternoon, and Victoria goes to the Old House to look for him), I still find the difference between it, the original series, and the 1991 revival to be interesting and, for the most part, enjoyable. As to the actors, Marley Shelton makes a fine choice for Victoria, as is Alec Newman for Barnabas (at least he's a bit closer in age to what one might expect Barnabas to be than Jonathan Frid or Ben Cross were). Other than Blair Brown, I'm not familiar with the other actors in the pilot, but I don't have any real problems with any of them, or how their characters are scripted. I find certain choices interesting, like making Willie Loomis a former BMOC/jock gone to seed instead of a violent thug/drifter as he was initially in the original series, or blood dripping accidentally onto the desiccated corpse of Barnabas bringing him back to life (unlife?). The one thing that intrigues me the most is the pilot's conception of Angelique -- it leaves me wanting to know *a lot* more about her, her history with Barnabas, what he did to cause her to "vamp" him, and why some sort of enchanted dagger was necessary to keep her "at rest" for eternity (which itself I find an intriguing plot device), not to mention that alluring but not terribly historical dress and jewelry she's wearing (I suspect most of those would've been dealt with in short order if it had gotten green lighted). I agree that the ending is frustrating, though it does seem to be the way the pilot was intended to end (I have a copy of the script on my computer), but that's really the only artistic flaw of any significance I can find. It really is a shame that the WB did not pursue the production further (especially since, as you point out, we would have been spared the Burton/Depp debacle had it gone to series), as I actually do like most of the differences between it and the original or the 1991 revival.

Very interesting take. One thing that I really hope they do with this character is that they should make him appear to be very very frightened of Michael. One of the things that made Halloween so scary for me as a kid was that the “hero” of Haddonfield, was Loomis and you could see how scared he was. He wasn’t this cocky doctor who thought he knew everything. That’s just my opinion. 🙂

Great discussion. Good to see Butch back. 👍🏼

Hey, Jule! I found out about your podcast via your appearances on Penny Dreadful's "Terror at Collinwood" podcast, and so have been checking it out. I found this installment particularly of interest, and would like to proffer a few thoughts, if I may. First off, I totally agree with you that probably the "800 lb. gorilla in the room" with regard to DS: Resurrection becoming an actual series we can watch one day on one or another channel or streaming service is "THAT MOVIE" (i.e. the Burton Depp Dark Shadows version, or as I prefer to call it, "PERversion"). I'm a big "mob movie and TV show fan" (I'm as big a fan of The Sopranos as I am DS, and in fact see many "below the surface" similarities between the two, though that's "a story for perhaps another time", as they say), and as they say in them, "You're only as good as your last envelope". Carrying that analogy a bit further, the envelope marked "DS 2012 movie" was more than a little "light". Enough so as to cause the franchise to get "whacked"? No, I don't think so; but I do think it's pretty hard to deny it definitely "took a beating" because of it. But there's another reason I think *maybe* it might be difficult for DS:Resurrection to get made, and coincidentally it comes from an observation recently made by the creator of The Sopranos, that other game-changing figure in television with the initials "DC", David Chase. At the beginning of the year, as The Sopranos celebrated its 25th anniversary, David Chase commented in interviews that perhaps those celebrations should actually be looked upon as funerals for the recent "Golden Age of TV" The Sopranos sparked, i.e. the period of history that gave us writers like Terry Winter, Matt Weiner, and Tyler Sheridan, and shows like The Shield, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, True Blood, Boardwalk Empire, Sons of Anarchy, Yellowstone, and Succession. He said he had noticed that recently networks, pay services, and streamers alike had started to go back to more formulaic programs, with streamers starting to include commercials now, and that execs at FX had shot down a recent proposed series he'd brought to them as requiring audiences to pay too much attention, and that he needed to "dumb it down" if he wanted to sell it. In short, he basically proclaimed the era of "quality television" was at an end. Now, while as both a fan and an aspiring screenwriter myself, I revere Chase both for his know-how and talent, I also notice he does usually fall a bit on the pessimistic side of things when giving opinions. There are still intelligent TV shows out there, ones that exist probably at least in part because of the groundwork he laid with The Sopranos. Still, I can't completely dismiss his observations, either. So what does this have to do with DS:Resurrection? I guess mainly it has to do with whatever approach Mark Perry is planning on taking with it. Obviously, as you would expect with such a project at this point in time, he's playing it fairly close to the vest, and what he has revealed hasn't really indicated whether he'll go the same route as the series' I mentioned above, or a less -- I don't know, would "thoughtful" be the right word here? -- more mainstream approach. If the former (and if Chase's observations are correct), I could see how it might add to the difficulties of getting the series sold and made. I personally hope he does go for that more "thoughtful" (and thought provoking) approach, and I believe that there must be out there somewhere some producer and/or outlet that believes such a series can satisfy both an audience and a company's shareholders. I'd be very curious to know what your thoughts on this are, Jule? Do you see a "quality approach" as a potential stumbling block (assuming that's how Mark Perry has chosen to go with it so far), or do you think it's a non-factor?

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Jule, I love the camera work, too! And thanks for giving Art Wallace some "love". Totally agree.

Great job, Jule! Well done! So much fun!

Great job, guys! Loved "Guest Host"!