Episode 184: TWISTER (1996)

"Meg's gravy is famous. It's practically a food group."Shine on! This week on the podcast, Curtis and John celebrate the 30th anniversary of an iconic 90s disaster movie: Twister! We discuss this film's long, troubled production cycle; our experiences with this film; John's childhood fear of tornados; Ottawa's recent experiences with tornados and other nasty storms; the stacked cast; and how a spat over the soundtrack recording sessions led to Sammy Hagar leaving Van Halen!Before that, we run through some discussion topics, new releases, and what we watched this week.Next episode we will return to the David Lynch Watch Series to discuss WILD AT HEART.TIME STAMPS00:00:00 Introduction00:05:55 John's experience at a horror convention in Toronto00:08:15 Rise of YouTubers turned filmmakers00:11:43 RIP Anthony Head00:14:17 New Releases: Scary Movie; Cape Fear;  Masters of the Universe; I Love BoostersWhat We Watched This Week00:18:58 Margo's Got Money Troubles [Season One] (Curtis)00:20:45 Palestine 36 (Curtis)00:22:35 Bridget Jones' Baby and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Curtis)00:23:37 Bloody New Year (John)00:25:52 The Dirties (John)00:28:17 Freddy vs. Jason (John)00:29:57 Shivers (John)00:31:57 Deadly Eyes (John)00:33:30 Lake Mungo (John)00:36:25 The Backrooms (John)00:42:51 Obsession (John)00:42:51 TWISTER Discussion01:09:32 Our Scores for TWISTER01:15:30 What's coming up next?CREDITS AND PLUGSIntro: Humans Being - Van HalenOutro: Respect the Wind - Alex Van Halen and Eddie Van Halenhttps://johnnycakes.substack.com (check out John's recent Best of 2025 post)Follow John on Letterboxd—@johnnycakes91Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'https://curtisrunstedler.ca/Dr Curtis Reads: https://www.youtube.com/@curtisrunstedler