Ep. 422: The Anthologist -- "The Twilight Zone: The Movie" (1983)

Dirty Sons of Pitches

The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are back with a new podcast segment, this time exploring anthology movies, hich tend to be very heavy in the horror genre. The guys are tackling perhaps the best known anthology movie also based upon one of the most famous television series of all time, 1983's "Twilight Zone" movie.

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Episode 422 includes:

-Baby arrival soon! Also, trailer reactions for "Thunderbolts," "Mickey 17," and "Ballerina."

-"Uglies" is YA junk without any personality of its own that would work in a movie.

-Nate has seen the "Reagan" biopic and has some trickle down thoughts about it.

-The new "Joker" sequel seems to hold disdain for its fandom and for its own existence.

-Ben has seen francis Ford Coppola's "Megaopolis" and lives to sing of its absurdities.

-The Anthologist - "Thw Twilight Zone: The Movie" (1983)

-It's four segments, incluing a clunker opening, but not all segments are on the same level. The first halfof the movie is a snoozer, with the risiable decision to include John Landis' heavy-handed segment even after his production got its lead actor and two children killed through reckless negligence. The second half, however, with segments directed by Joe Dante and George Miller, are where things get much more entertaining. The guys also discuss the nature of anthology films, the history of "The Twilight Zone," and speculate what filmmakers today they would pair with remaking different classic "Twilight Zone" episodes.