BEST MOVIES NEVER MADE

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NIGHT SKIES / POLTERGEIST (Part 1 of 2) Oct 12, 2026

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Hosts STEPHEN SCARLATA (producer, Jodorowsky's Dune) and JOSH MILLER (writer, Sonic The Hedgehog, Violent Night) are joined by author MAX EVRY for the alien autopsy of Steven Spielberg's NIGHT SKIES and the legacy of films, both made and unmade, that it influenced - most notably E.T. and POLTERGEIST. This conversation is in celebration of Evry's new book STRANDED ON EARTH: HOW NIGHT SKIES BECAME E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL.

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SPECIAL EPISODE: The Summer Movie Wager RESULTS 2026 Sep 07, 2026

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Hosts STEPHEN SCARLATA (producer, Jodorowsky's Dune) and JOSH MILLER (writer, Sonic The Hedgehog, Violent Night) went head to head trying to predict who the Top 10 winners will be at the 2026 summer box office - playing The Summer Movie Wager (https://thesummermoviewager.com/). Time to find out whose predictions were the best!

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JACK BLACK'S GREEN LANTERN Aug 17, 2026

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Hosts STEPHEN SCARLATA (producer, Jodorowsky's Dune) and JOSH MILLER (writer, Sonic The Hedgehog, Violent Night) put on their power rings to battle DC Comics' oddball attempt to make a comedic GREEN LANTERN movie, written by comedy legend ROBERT SMIGEL and meant to star JACK BLACK. Joining us in brightest day, in blackest night, are screenwriter PAT CASEY (Sonic the Hedgehog) and comedian/podcaster ED GREER (The Greatest Pod).

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CURSED (Part 2 of 2) w/ Patrick Lussier Jul 20, 2026

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Hosts STEPHEN SCARLATA (producer, Jodorowsky's Dune) and JOSH MILLER (writer, Sonic The Hedgehog, Violent Night) continue to battle the beast of WES CRAVEN and KEVIN WILLIAMSON's CURSED. Joining in this episode, to share stories from the Cursed frontlines, is the film's editor and long-time Craven collaborator PATRICK LUSSIER. We also discuss Lussier's career from editor to director, and several of his own unrealized projects, including a sequel to Terminator Genisys.

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CURSED (Part 1 of 2) Jul 06, 2026

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Hosts STEPHEN SCARLATA (producer, Jodorowsky's Dune) and JOSH MILLER (writer, Sonic The Hedgehog, Violent Night) are marked by the beast and must uncover the mystery behind WES CRAVEN and KEVIN WILLIAMSON's notoriously production-plagued and aptly-named werewolf movie, 2005's CURSED. Joining them to howl at the moon are CLARK COLLIS (author of 'Screaming and Conjuring', and lead programmer at the horror-movie streaming service BloodStream) and BRIAN COLLINS (film critic and author of 'Horror Movie a Day').

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LOBO Jun 22, 2026

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Feetal's Gizz! Hosts STEPHEN SCARLATA (producer, Jodorowsky's Dune) and JOSH MILLER (writer, Sonic The Hedgehog, Violent Night) accept the bounty to hunt down the unmade films of DC Comic's main man LOBO. And they've contracted two fraggin' bastiches PAT CASEY (Sonic the Hedgehog) and ED GREER (The Greatest Pod) to join their posse.

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JAMES CAMERON'S RAMBO 2 May 25, 2026

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Hosts STEPHEN SCARLATA (producer, Jodorowsky's Dune) and JOSH MILLER (writer, Sonic The Hedgehog, Violent Night) put on their headbands and head into the jungle to rescue James Cameron's original draft of FIRST BLOOD 2: THE MISSION, which Sylvester Stallone rewrote into RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART 2. They're joined on their mission by filmmaker HENRY DARROW MCCOMAS (Wolfman's Got Nards, The Camp Host). They also discuss First Blood author David Morrell's unique novelizations of the sequel films.

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FACES OF DEATH May 11, 2026

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Hosts STEPHEN SCARLATA (producer, Jodorowsky's Dune) and JOSH MILLER (writer, Sonic The Hedgehog, Violent Night) explore the ultimate taboo with our guest, filmmaker and video gamer writer J.T. PETTY (The Burrowers, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell), discussing his unmade remake of FACES OF DEATH. This episode is banned in 46 countries! 100% real!

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SPECIAL EPISODE: The Summer Movie Wager 2026 Apr 27, 2026

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Hosts STEPHEN SCARLATA (producer, Jodorowsky's Dune) and JOSH MILLER (writer, Sonic The Hedgehog, Violent Night) go head to head trying to predict who the Top 10 winners will be at the 2026 summer box office - playing The Summer Movie Wager (https://thesummermoviewager.com/)

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NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST 3 Feb 02, 2026

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Hosts STEPHEN SCARLATA (producer, Jodorowsky's Dune) and JOSH MILLER (writer, Sonic The Hedgehog, Violent Night) journey into dreamland to breakdown Wes Craven and Bruce Wagner's original draft of NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST 3, before Chuck Russell and Frank Darabont reworked the script. They are joined by fellow Dream Warrior LOWELL GREENBLATT, author of NIGHTMARE AUTOPSIS: A RETURN TO ELM STREET.

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