Shooting the Flames July '25: Popcorn Trauma, Queer Family, and the Mystery of Helen Who Bottoms Carter

We're kicking off our Michael Crichton Summer with our regular Shooting The Flames episode, where we cover all your comments and questions, along with all the latest horror news and trailers! If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesitate to do so by reaching out to us on social media @TheFilmFlamers, or call our hotline and leave us a message at 972-666-7733!     News: Mel Brooks’ Back In Action Sequel to Spaceballs https://tinyurl.com/bddfjy5c  TV series based on Young Frankenstein https://tinyurl.com/patwkds4  Yet Another The Stand adaptation? A single theatrical film is in the works for the very, very long novel https://www.joblo.com/doug-liman-the-stand-movie/  M3Gan 2.0 underperforms with 10m opening: https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3886154/m3gan-2-0-crashes-at-the-box-office-with-10-million-opening-what-happened/   Trailers Dracula (Luc Besson, Christoph Walz, Caleb Landry Jones, in French Theaters July 30th): https://youtu.be/JBYPPNPhuVg?si=PoC_FZGqAD9vhVbN  Sketch (In Theaters August): https://youtu.be/6ru4xaU_cHc?si=L_o580-_cXfmpCZa  Alien Earth (Streaming on Hulu August): https://youtu.be/ZbsiKjVAV28?si=puWDSnUwGOVRBC3-  The Black Phone 2 (Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames et al, in Theaters October): https://youtu.be/v0kqkRZHqk4?si=9z7PSxx-RmGoBSeK  Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, Jacob Elordi, in Theaters November): https://youtu.be/E4WR_oFDqxM?si=71q0Fyr9YPzc7-gb  Omukade (Japanese Folklore, Thailand Horror, Coming Soon): https://youtu.be/JBYPPNPhuVg?si=U4_T7cWMQ0TNzPSw  Running Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD18ddeFuyM    Out this Month: Congo (1995) Sphere (1998) Patreon: Michael Crichton Poll!      Get in Touch:  Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheFilmFlamers  Visit our Store: https://the-film-flamers.printify.me/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefilmflamers  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheFilmFlamers/ Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/thefilmflamers/  (NEW!) SCANS Movie Rating Calculator: https://scans.glide.page/  Our Website: https://www.filmflamers.com  Call our Hotline: 972-666-7733     Our Patrons:    Alex M Andrew Bower Anthony Criswell Ashlie Thornbury BattleBurrito Benjamin Gonzalez Bennett Hunter BreakfastChainsawMassacre Brittany Bellgardt Call me Lestat. Canadianmatt3 Christopher Nelson Dan Alvarez Dirty Birdy eliza mc Gia Gillian Murtagh GlazedDonut GWilliamNYC Irwan Iskak James Aumann Jessica E Joanne Ellison Josh Young Karl Haikara Kitty Kelly Kyle Kavanagh Laura O'Malley Lisa Libby Lisa Söderberg Livi Loch Hightower M Hussman Matt Walsh Matthew McHenry Nicole McDaniel Nikki Niko Allred Nimble Wembley Pablo the Rhino Penelope Nelson random dude Richard Best Robert Eppers Rosieredleader Ryan King SHADOW OF THE DEAD SWANN Sharon Sinesthero Thomas Jane's gun Walstrich William Skinner   Sweet dreams...      "Welcome to Horrorland" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Includes music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio