Drew and Travis put the pedal to the metal with Christine and Maximum Overdrive! It's a double feature of Stephen King killer car stories: one directed by John Carpenter, the other directed by King himself! This is our first entry in a theme month we're calling Car Trouble: an exploration of the power of the automobile on film! TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:40 - Christine 00:25:31 - Maximum Overdrive 00:54:35 - The Shelf 01:00:44 - Calls to Action 01:01:17 - Currently Consuming 01:27:16 - End SHOW LINKS From a Buick 8 Duel Backrooms Iron Lung GenreVision on Letterboxd Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd Travis Newton on Letterboxd GenreVision on Bluesky Drew Dietsch on Bluesky
![<description><div id="block-59d942db08518d7901b8" class= "sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block" data-block-css= "["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/24c1e42c-ef5b-4c7a-9025-c5fb0d8ccb2d_648/website.components.html.styles.css"]" data-block-scripts= "["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/24c1e42c-ef5b-4c7a-9025-c5fb0d8ccb2d_648/website.components.html.visitor.js"]" data-block-type="1337" data-definition-name= "website.components.html" data-sqsp-block="text" data-website-component-id="59d942db08518d7901b8"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-text-block-container"> <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content=""> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Drew and Travis put the pedal to the metal with <em>Christine</em> and <em>Maximum Overdrive</em>! It's a double feature of Stephen King killer car stories: one directed by John Carpenter, the other directed by King himself! This is our first entry in a theme month we're calling Car Trouble: an exploration of the power of the automobile on film!</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-d479fc8d2da047a3815b" class= "sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block" data-block-css= "["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/24c1e42c-ef5b-4c7a-9025-c5fb0d8ccb2d_648/website.components.html.styles.css"]" data-block-scripts= "["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/24c1e42c-ef5b-4c7a-9025-c5fb0d8ccb2d_648/website.components.html.visitor.js"]" data-block-type="1337" data-definition-name= "website.components.html" data-sqsp-block="text" data-website-component-id="d479fc8d2da047a3815b"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-text-block-container"> <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content=""> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> <strong>TIMESTAMPS</strong></p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">00:00:00 - Intro</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">00:01:40 - <em>Christine</em></p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">00:25:31 - <em>Maximum Overdrive</em></p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">00:54:35 - The Shelf</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">01:00:44 - Calls to Action</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">01:01:17 - Currently Consuming</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">01:27:16 - End</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><strong>SHOW LINKS</strong></p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href= "https://bookshop.org/p/books/from-a-buick-8-a-novel-stephen-king/c2b45192bacb0b78?ean=9781501192197&next=t"> <em>From a Buick 8</em></a></p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href= "https://letterboxd.com/film/duel/"><em>Duel</em></a></p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href= "https://letterboxd.com/film/backrooms-2026/"><em>Backrooms</em></a></p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href= "https://letterboxd.com/film/iron-lung/"><em>Iron Lung</em></a></p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href= "https://letterboxd.com/genrevision/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">GenreVision on Letterboxd</a></p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href= "https://letterboxd.com/drewdietsch/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Drew Dietsch on Letterboxd</a></p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href= "https://letterboxd.com/thetravisnewton/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Travis Newton on Letterboxd</a></p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/genrevision.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">GenreVision on Bluesky</a></p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/drewdietsch.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drew Dietsch on Bluesky</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div></description>](https://us-central1-podcastguru-217d6.cloudfunctions.net/gcf_get_image?image_url=https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts124/v4/db/c0/64/dbc06450-13e8-104f-a6cd-0511bf7fa7f1/mza_13016779654745848943.jpg/600x600bb.jpg&width=300&height=300&api_key=xqFmUFX5BHLBTA)
