Episode 296: Super Spinell

About this episode

The episode discusses the series finale of 'The Last Drive-In', bids farewell to a film review segment, and explores horror from 1995-1999.

Welcome to the 290's of the WR? Podcast Universe! Welcome back to the show! This week we open with a conversation regarding the very last official episode and the series finale of Shudder's, "The Last Drive-In". Then, it's our goodbye to one of our favorite original film review segments. It's so long, "Friday's At Midnight"! We take one last trip to the Drive-In and take a look at one of our favorites, actor Joe Spinell, in "The Last Horror Film". Then, we search for darkness! It's a deep dive into the modern horror docu series that looks at the past of the genre. This edition, we look at the years of horror, 1995-1999. As usual, we head on down to the crazy waterfall of ours to close out the show! Please enjoy responsibly! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro: Series Finale of The Last Drive-In 00:18:57 - Friday's @ Midnight: The Last Horror Film (1982) 00:31:32 - Friday's @ Midnight: In Search of Darkness (2019) 00:52:45 - Goofs R Goofs Thanks for Listening!

Topics covered

• The Last Drive-In
• Friday's At Midnight
• The Last Horror Film
• In Search of Darkness
• horror genre

Keywords

• Joe Spinell
• modern horror
• docu series

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Last Horror Film, In Search of Darkness

Books & works: Super Spinell, The Last Drive-In, Friday's At Midnight, the Drive-In, The Last Horror Film, Midnight: The Last Horror Film, Midnight: In Search of Darkness

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