About this episode
DUST BUNNY writer/director Bryan Fuller discusses his favorite gateway horror films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Gremlins (1984) You Only Live Twice (1967) On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) The Running Man (2025) Dust Bunny (2025) Dirty Harry (1971) Explorers (1985) Piranha (1978) Don’t Look Now (1973) The Howling (1981) Coma (1978) The Great Train Robbery (1976) The ‘Burbs (1989) Alien (1979) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) The Shaggy Dog (1959) Battlestar Galactica (1978) Humanoids From The Deep (1980) The Devil’s Backbone (2001) Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Scream (1996) The Terminator (1984) Time Bandits (1981) Mad Max (1979) Weapons (2025) Hostel (2005) Saw (2004) Jennifer’s Body (2009) Poltergeist (1982) Star Wars (1977) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) ET The Extraterrestrial (1982) Blade Runner (1982) The Thing (1982) Stand By Me (1985) Goonies (1985) The Shining (1980) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Invaders From Mars (1986) Labyrinth (1986) The Dark Crystal (1982) The Wizard of Oz (1939) Casino Royale (2006) The Black Hole (1979) Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) Bambi (1941) Escape From Witch Mountain (1975) The Cat From Outer Space (1978) The Ugly Stepsister (2025) Grimm's Fairy Tales of Lustful Couples (1969) Silent Running (1971) Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1983) The NeverEnding Story (1984) The Godfather Part II (1974) Gremlins II: The New Batch (1990) Die Hard (1988) Rocky (1976) Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf (1985) Howling III: The Marsupials (1988) Other Notable Items Our Patreon ! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition George Lazenby TFH Guru Edgar Wright Lily Allen David Harbour Hannibal TV series (2013-15) Laurence Fishburne Margery Simkin Sophie Sloan Columbia Pictures Our Ethan Hawke podcast episode Jerry Goldsmith Pino Donaggio Brian De Palma Alexandre Desplat David Byrne Brian Eno John Williams Alien photo novel by Richard J Anobile (1979) Star Trek TV series (1966-68) Battlestar Galactica TV series (1978-79) Johnny Mathis Watchmen graphic novel series by Alan Moore (1986-87) Pushing Daisies TV series (2007-09) Sean Connery Robin Hood Terry Gilliam Sid Sheinberg Tobe Hooper Steven Spielberg Amblin Craig T. Nelson JoBeth Williams Howard Hawks TFH Guru John Sayles Bryan’s Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror TV series (2022) Briana Venskus Wil Wheaton River Phoenix Dave Grusin The MPAA’s PG-13 rating Louise Fletcher Jim Henson Animal the Muppet The Muppet Show TV series (1976-81) Zach Galligan Kate Capshaw Harrison Ford Ke Huy Quan Mads Mikkelson Walt Disney Pictures The Love Boat Ernest Borgnine Joseph Bottoms Shudder Cinderella The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Marie Liljedahl Huey, Dewey, and Louie Bruce Dern Wolfgang Petersen Barrett Oliver Noah Hathaway James Bond Sybil Danning This list is also available on Movies Unlimited . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices