The Criterion Break - Episode 21 - Cat People and Night of the Living Dead

Send us Fan MailTHE SCARY HALLOWEEN SEASON ROLLS ALONG!This week’s Criterion Break finds the gang diving into two recent films that played The State Theater in Sioux Falls. First up, Jacques Tourneur’s devilish Cat People blends noir stylings with the supernatural to create a film that our panel respected more than they enjoyed. But those chase scenes! After that, the trio chat about the granddaddy of all zombie flicks, George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. Does Romero’s classic live up to its reputation after all these years?Andy can be found across social media at:Facebook - Fat Dude Digs FlicksInstagram - FatDudeDigsFlicksTwitter - FatDudeFlicksLetterboxd - Fat Dude FlicksBlake (therealjohng) AND Derrick (dervdude) can both be found online as a part of:Facebook - Back Lot 605Instagram - BackLot605Twitter - BackLot605www.BackLot605.comLetterboxd profiles noted in parentheses.Blake also moonlights on the SLASHLOT podcast, wherever your catch your pods.Watch for Derrick on Back Lot’s social media on Monday’s for the Box Office Round-Up.Subscribe to this podcast and the Back Lot 605 podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, or wherever you get your podcasts. Run a search and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it! Remember, subscribing to The Criterion Break with Andy and Blake also gets you the Let’s Taco ‘Bout podcast, also hosted by Andy, The Fat Dude. Let’s Taco ‘Bout features a conversation with a special guest where we discuss their lives, and a movie that has had an impact on it.If you’d like to contact us for any recommendations, questions, comments, or concerns, you can email us at [email protected]. If by some small chance you’d like to donate anything to offset the cost of movie tickets (or streaming costs during this GLOBAL pandemic) and this podcast, be it via a gift card to pay for a digital rental, you can also send that to the aforementioned email. Any recommendation and donation will be mentioned in a future episode! If you can’t spare the dime, no worries: please leave a rating and/or a review, and spread the word about this podcast. Support the show