70. The Journeyman: Curtis Hanson #3: Fly Me (1973) & Evil Town (1987)

It’s a drive-in double feature of movies directed by Curtis Hanson, sort of. Before he completely parted ways with Roger Corman, Hanson directed a prologue for Fly Me (1973), Corman’s entry in the sexy stewardess genre. Later that same year Hanson directed a horror film called And God Bless Grandma and Grandpa, but was fired after the producer decided he wanted a movie with a totally different plot that would eventually be titled Evil Town when it finally saw the light of day in 1987. We review the rest of Fly Me, but spend most of our time trying to make sense of Evil Town, a would-be slasher whose incomprehensible plot is the result of production history so troubled it includes multiple reshoots and title changes, a fraud scheme, the SEC, and more reshoots. Bryan and A.J. try to pick out what remains of Hanson’s original movie, complain about the rarity of the Evil Town blu-ray, and also talk about the remake, Evils of Night (1985), which was released before the original movie. On the bright side, Hanson’s segment of Fly Me featured character actor Dick Miller.  This episode’s themed drink was: Kagatan cocktails.