Episode 48: John Carpenter Watch Series #16 (VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED, 1995)

In the next entry to the John Carpenter watch series, the Seat Struck Movie Podcast lads discuss his 90s remake of a 1960s horror classic: VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED. Before we start the show we catch up on the week (including Curtis' trip back to Canada, and Ottawa Bluesfest) before discussing our recent watchlist additions and go over what we watched this week. In the second half we discuss VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED and give our final scores. Stay tuned for next week, we are back with a special guest to discuss the iconic 80s adventure flick RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK! TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction Watchlist Additions 00:04:39 It's Such A Beautiful Day (Quinn) 00:05:40 Brainscan (Quinn) 00:06:56 Metamorphosis (Quinn) 00:08:20 Bombshell (John) 00:09:20 Promising Young Woman (John) 00:10:49 I'm Your Woman (John) 00:11:10 Risen [2016] (Curtis) 00:11:47 I'm Your Man (Curtis) 00:12:00 The Bob's Burgers Movie (Curtis) 00:12:12 Fellini's Casanova (Curtis) 00:12:30 Village of the Dead [1960, obviously] and Children of the Damned (Curtis) 00:12:40 The Tingler (Curtis) What We Watched This Week 00:13:35 Watcher (Quinn) 00:14:50 Palm Springs (Quinn) 00:15:53 White Man Can't Jump (Quinn) 00:17:17 Everything Everywhere All At Once (Quinn) 00:19:45 Ratatouille (Quinn) 00:23:30 The Straight Story (Quinn) 00:25:55 Inside Job [TV] (John) 00:27:57 The Willmar 8 (John) 00:29:45 Lost Highway (John) 00:32:17 Freddy Got Fingered (John) 00:35:10 The Boys Presents: Diabolical [Season One] (Curtis) 00:35:56 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Curtis) 00:36:45 Firestarter [2022] (Curtis) 00:38:05 Licorice Pizza (Curtis) 00:39:00 After Yang (Curtis) 00:40:15 VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED Discussion 00:51:40 Our Ratings 00:03:13 Coming Up Next! CREDITS AND PLUGS Intro: Village of the Damned Theatrical Trailer Outro: Village of the Damned Title Theme - John Carpenter Quinn: @seatstruckreviews Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month' John: johnnycakes.substack.com @johnnycakes on Letterboxd Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.