45: The Blob (1958, Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.)

46: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, Wes Craven)

For our Halloween episode this year, we're looking back at a classic 1980's horror movie, featuring one of the iconic modern movie monsters: the cheery, Christmas-colored Fred Krueger. Yes, it's Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street. We begin with a quick, glowing, non-spoiler review of Bong Joon Ho's Parasite from Cesar, while C.J. talks a bit about Lethal Weapon. During the show, we mention our friend and former guest, Jason Swoboda, who has started his own podcast called Heroic Nonsense [https://anchor.fm/heroicnonsense]. Give it a listen. Real-time fact checking isn't our strongest suit, so here are a few notes related to our discussion: (1) The Thomas Jane Netflix movie based on a story by Stephen King is 1922. (2) New Line Cinema was actually founded in 1967. The studio was in the midst of a "devastating financial slump" (from Wikipedia) when A Nightmare on Elm Street was released. The resulting success from Craven's film and its sequels earned New Line the nickname "the house that Freddy built." (3) Yes, it was Patricia Arquette who co-starred in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. (4) While incredibly successful for New Line, the film was number 40 at the box office in 1984, bringing in a domestic gross of $25.5 million. In comparison, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter made $32.9 million the same year. Thank you for listening, and have a happy and safe Halloween!!! Click here to join the Celluloid Jelly Facebook Group. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1143494282377386/]Click here to follow C.J. on Twitter @settingtheframe. [https://twitter.com/settingtheframe]Click here to follow C.J. on Letterboxd. [https://letterboxd.com/CJ_Talbott/]Click here to find Cesar's reviews at Film Smash. [http://www.filmsmash.com/]Click here to follow Cesar on Twitter @juniorbeho. [https://twitter.com/juniorbeho]Click here to follow Cesar on Letterboxd. [https://letterboxd.com/emongpanty/]

45: The Blob (1958, Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.)

It creeps and leaps and glides and slides across the floor... It's our episode onThe Blob, the original cult classic starring a young Steve McQueen! We begin with Cesar's take on Takashi Miike's most recent film, First Love (Hatsukoi); and C.J. briefly discusses two recent rewatches from 1985: House and Clue. Following our main discussion, we've included a quick bonus conversation about Todd Phillips' Joker.Click here to join the Celluloid Jelly Facebook Group. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1143494282377386/]Click here to follow C.J. on Letterboxd. [https://letterboxd.com/CJ_Talbott/]Click here to follow C.J. on Twitter @settingtheframe. [https://twitter.com/settingtheframe]Click here to find Cesar's reviews at Film Smash. [http://www.filmsmash.com/]Click here to follow Cesar on Letterboxd. [https://letterboxd.com/emongpanty/]Click here to follow Cesar on Twitter @juniorbeho. [https://twitter.com/juniorbeho]

44: The Apartment (1960, Billy Wilder)

This week's topic is Billy Wilder's THE APARTMENT, a movie that manages to be both hilarious and heartbreaking, often times in the same scene. Cesar begins with brief recommendations of the current run of X-Men comics and Tazza: One-Eyed Jack, while C.J. talks about recent rewatches of bothStardust and Upstream Color. As usual, this is a spoiler-filled discussion. If you haven't seen The Apartment, seek it out and enjoy it before hitting play on this episode.Click here to join the Celluloid Jelly Facebook Group. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1143494282377386/]Click here to follow C.J. on Twitter @settingtheframe. [https://twitter.com/settingtheframe]Click here to follow C.J. on Letterboxd. [https://letterboxd.com/CJ_Talbott/]Click here to find Cesar's reviews at Film Smash. [http://www.filmsmash.com]Click here to follow Cesar on Twitter @juniorbeho. [https://twitter.com/juniorbeho]Click here to follow Cesar on Letterboxd. [https://letterboxd.com/emongpanty/]

43: Stand By Me (1986, Rob Reiner)

With IT: CHAPTER TWO leading the box office this Labor Day, Cesar chose another Stephen King adaptation, Rob Reiner's 1986 ensemble kids movie classic, STAND BY ME. The conversation begins with a few recommendations; Cesar talks about finding great award-winning shorts on Kanopy, and C.J. talks briefly about Blake Edwards' EXPERIMENT IN TERROR. We also touch on Disney's decision to release episodes for their new streaming service weekly, instead of in season blocks. You can follow C.J. on Twitter @settingtheframe [https://twitter.com/settingtheframe] and Letterboxd here [https://letterboxd.com/CJ_Talbott/]. You can follow Cesar on Twitter @juniorbeho [https://twitter.com/juniorbeho] and Letterboxd here [https://letterboxd.com/emongpanty/]. You can find Cesar's reviews at Film Smash here [http://www.filmsmash.com]. You can join the Celluloid Jelly Facebook Group here [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1143494282377386/].

42: The Matrix (1999, The Wachowskis)

This episode covers THE MATRIX, a genre mash-up of science fiction, martial arts, comic books, and Japanese Animé, from the Wachowskis. Cesar chose this title before the news broke that Keanu Reeves, Carrie Anne Moss, and Lana Wachowski would be returning for a fourth Matrix movie, which is set to begin production sometime next year. So, while this may seem timely on our part, it is unintentionally so. You can follow Cesar on Twitter @juniorbeho [https://twitter.com/juniorbeho] and on Letterboxd here [https://letterboxd.com/emongpanty/]. You can find Cesar's reviews at Film Smash [http://www.filmsmash.com/]. You can follow C.J. on Twitter @settingtheframe [https://twitter.com/settingtheframe] and on Letterboxd here [https://letterboxd.com/CJ_Talbott/]. You can join the Celluloid Jelly Facebook Group here [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1143494282377386/].