Episode 52: John Carpenter Watch Series #18 (VAMPIRES, 1998)

"From the master of terror comes a new breed of evil."This week on the Seat Struck Movie Podcast, John and Quinn chat about the next entry in the John Carpenter Watch Series: VAMPIRES! First we catch up and discuss our recent watchlist additions and go over what we watched this week. We also talk about recent Blu Ray purchases and spend a bit of time chatting Wes Anderson. In the second half we discuss VAMPIRES and give our final scores.Next week we have a fun topic: all three of us will be back (joined by a guest) to discuss our favourite sequels that are better than the original! In our next John Carpenter episode we will be chatting his last major release: GHOSTS OF MARS.TIME STAMPS00:00:00 IntroductionWatchlist Additions00:02:25 Brexit: The Uncivil War (Curtis)00:02:45 Street Time (Curtis)00:02:59 The Dreamers (Curtis)00:03:23 o.k. (Curtis)00:03:44 TerrorVision (Quinn)00:04:20 Turks fruit/Turkish Delight (Quinn)00:05:15 Visitor Q (John)00:05:47 Shakedown (John)00:06:02 White Fire (John)What We Watched This Week00:06:34 The Waterboy (Quinn)00:09:49 Cinema A-Z [TV] (John)00:10:20 Anaconda [1997] (John)00:12:45 Pink Flamingos (John)00:16:15 Nathan For You Season One [TV] (John)00:17:34 Quick show and tell interlude (Escape from NY, Halloween, Wild at Heart, Jack Frost (not the Michael Keaton one!)00:20:09 Quinn's pickups (Fright Night, The Funhouse, Blow Out)00:23:40 Wes Anderson discussion00:24:18 Casualties of War (Curtis)00:25:46 VAMPIRES Discussion00:48:35 Our Ratings00:50:00ish (sorry forgot to write it down!) Coming Up Next!CREDITS AND PLUGSIntro: Main Theme - Vampires OST (John Carpenter)Intro: Santiago - Vampires OST (John Carpenter)Quinn: @seatstruckreviewsCurtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month'John: johnnycakes.substack.com@johnnycakes on LetterboxdCheck out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.