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Horror scholar Will Dodson (https://twitter.com/wdodson52) returns to the CDC pod, discussing another icon of horror cinema. Dodson, Co-editor of the book American Twilight: The Cinema of Tobe Hooper, (https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477322833/american-twilight/) was a guest in April, sharing his expertise on Texas Chainsaw Massacre auteur Tobe Hooper. He returns to talk about his latest archival horror project, the lesser known film and television work of Nightmare on Elm Street creator Wes Craven. Dodson guides us through Craven projects like Stranger in the House, Invitation to Hell, Chiller and more. Because we tie all these forgotten projects to Craven's more famous work, including Last House on the Left, Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream, what started as a deep dive into obscure but noteworthy Craven projects wound up as a servicable overview of Craven's career.

Will Dodson and Kristopher Woofter, co-editors of American Twilight: The Cinema of Tobe Hooper join me to talk about Texas, chainsaws, massacres and the career of TCM director Tobe Hooper. The far-reaching conversation touches on politics, film techniques, history and the disputed authorship of the Hooper directed/Steven Spielberg produced blockbuster Poltergeist. Learn more about their excellent book at its University of Texas Press page (https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/woofter-dodson-american-twilight) and check out Woofter's horror research hub The Hauntologist (https://www.thehauntologist.com/). The original TCM is streaming on Shudder here (https://www.shudder.com/movies/watch/the-texas-chain-saw-massacre/425866499d2b1164). The Tobe Hooper-directed Peter, Paul & Mary Doc is here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDa2718k15o). Hooper's early short film The Heisters is here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3qpHOwAb2I) I believe that this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmyaT8OSXh4) is the Hooper/Funhouse interview Kris mentioned. Evidentally Hooper's name is pronounced "Toby" and I look like a total idiot in front of these two eminent horror movie scholars.

In Episode 91 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and Will Dodson talk about one of their favorite movies, Jaws! The Cinescope Podcast on Apple Podcasts The Cinescope Podcast on Patreon - exclusive weekly bonus content! Show Notes  

• Jaws Theme Song w/ Lyrics by Goldentusk - YouTube

• Jaws on Apple TV

• Jaws soundtrack on Apple Music

  Stats

• Released June 20, 1975
• Dir. Steven Spielberg (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark and the other Indy films, Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can, Lincoln, War Horse, The BFG, The Post, Ready Player One, West Side Story)
• Written by Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb; based on the book Jaws by Benchley
• Music by John Williams (see Spielberg filmography + Star Wars, Harry Potter 1-3, etc.)
• Starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton

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