BUGONIA screenwriter Will Tracy talks to The Movies That Made Me podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante about his 10 favorite "held captive" movies!



Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

You Only Live Twice (1967)

Bugonia (2025)

Save the Green Planet! (2003)

The Menu (2022)

Murder, He Says (1945)

After Hours (1985)

Something Wild (1986)

The Ghost Breakers (1940)

Hold That Ghost (1941)

Ace in the Hole (1951)

Young Frankenstein (1974)

Haunted Honeymoon (1986)

Videodrome (1983)

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

The Naked Spur (1953)

Reign of Terror, a.k.a. The Black Book (1949)

El Cid (1961)

A Man Escaped (1956)

Phone Booth (2002)

Lifeboat (1944)

Devil (2010)

Zone of Interest (2023)

The Exterminating Angel (1962)

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

No Exit (1962)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Abigail’s Party (1977)

Rio Bravo (1959)

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

The Last Detail (1973)

Innerspace (1987)

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

The King of Comedy (1982)

Misery (1990)

Gerald’s Game (2017)

Funny Games (1997)

Funny Games (2007)

The Last House on the Left (1972)

The Vanishing (1988)

The Vanishing (1991)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Rear Window (1954)

Vertigo (1958)

North By Northwest (1959)

Captive Wild Woman (1943)

Captive Women (1952)

The Petrified Forest (1936)

Last Stop in Yuma County (2023)

Key Largo (1948)

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

The Incident (1967)

Collateral (2004)

One Battle After Another (2025)

A History of Violence (2005)

Brokeback Mountain (2005)



Other Notable Items

Our Patreon! 

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Phillip Kaufman

Beverly Garland

Yorgos Lanthimos 

James Bond

TFH Guru Illeana Douglas

Stavros Halkias

The Cum Town podcast

Our Chapo Trap House podcast episode

Matt Christman

Our Andrew Hickie podcast episodes

A History of Rock in 500 Songs podcast

Daniel Waters

Our Ari Aster podcast episodes

Our Brian Helgeland podcast episode

George Marshall 

Fred MacMurray

Marjorie Main 

The Ma and Pa Kettle movies

Bob Hope

Paulette Godard

Pauline Kael

Helen Walker

Bonnie Parker

Peter Whitney

The Rifleman TV series (1958-63)

Gene Wilder

Robert Ryan

James Stewart

Ralph Meeker 

Anthony Mann

John Ford

William Cameron Menzies

Robert Bresson 

TFH Guru Larry Cohen

M. Night Shyamalan 

Jonathan Glazer

Luis Buñuel 

Lee Grant

Joseph Strick

John Carpenter

Dean Martin

Hal Ashby

Robert Towne

Jack Nicholson

Randy Quaid

Dennis Quaid

Jesse Plemons

Aidan Delbis

Sandra Bernhardt

Robert De Niro

Jerry Lewis

Rob Reiner

Stephen King

William Goldman

James Caan

Kathy Bates

Mike Flanagan

Carla Gugino

Misery novel by Stephen King (1987)

Gerald’s Game novel by Stephen King (1992)

Michael Haneke

Elmer Fudd

Jang Joon-hwan 

Alfred Hitchcock

Peter Lorre

Orson Welles

Ingmar Bergman

Woody Allen

Charlie Chaplin

Michelangelo Antonioni

Cary Grant

Larry Peerce

Paul Thomas Anderson

Larry McMurtry

Diana Ossana

Clint Eastwood

Lauren Bacall

William Hurt

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The Movies That Made Me

SpectreVision Radio

BUGONIA writer Will Tracy

FEB 24, 202674 MIN
The Movies That Made Me

BUGONIA writer Will Tracy

FEB 24, 202674 MIN

Description

BUGONIA screenwriter Will Tracy talks to The Movies That Made Me podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante about his 10 favorite "held captive" movies! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) You Only Live Twice (1967) Bugonia (2025) Save the Green Planet! (2003) The Menu (2022) Murder, He Says (1945) After Hours (1985) Something Wild (1986) The Ghost Breakers (1940) Hold That Ghost (1941) Ace in the Hole (1951) Young Frankenstein (1974) Haunted Honeymoon (1986) Videodrome (1983) Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) The Naked Spur (1953) Reign of Terror, a.k.a. The Black Book (1949) El Cid (1961) A Man Escaped (1956) Phone Booth (2002) Lifeboat (1944) Devil (2010) Zone of Interest (2023) The Exterminating Angel (1962) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) No Exit (1962) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Abigail’s Party (1977) Rio Bravo (1959) Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) The Last Detail (1973) Innerspace (1987) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) The King of Comedy (1982) Misery (1990) Gerald’s Game (2017) Funny Games (1997) Funny Games (2007) The Last House on the Left (1972) The Vanishing (1988) The Vanishing (1991) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) Rear Window (1954) Vertigo (1958) North By Northwest (1959) Captive Wild Woman (1943) Captive Women (1952) The Petrified Forest (1936) Last Stop in Yuma County (2023) Key Largo (1948) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) The Incident (1967) Collateral (2004) One Battle After Another (2025) A History of Violence (2005) Brokeback Mountain (2005) Other Notable Items Our Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Phillip Kaufman Beverly Garland Yorgos Lanthimos  James Bond TFH Guru Illeana Douglas Stavros Halkias The Cum Town podcast Our Chapo Trap House podcast episode Matt Christman Our Andrew Hickie podcast episodes A History of Rock in 500 Songs podcast Daniel Waters Our Ari Aster podcast episodes Our Brian Helgeland podcast episode George Marshall  Fred MacMurray Marjorie Main  The Ma and Pa Kettle movies Bob Hope Paulette Godard Pauline Kael Helen Walker Bonnie Parker Peter Whitney The Rifleman TV series (1958-63) Gene Wilder Robert Ryan James Stewart Ralph Meeker  Anthony Mann John Ford William Cameron Menzies Robert Bresson  TFH Guru Larry Cohen M. Night Shyamalan  Jonathan Glazer Luis Buñuel  Lee Grant Joseph Strick John Carpenter Dean Martin Hal Ashby Robert Towne Jack Nicholson Randy Quaid Dennis Quaid Jesse Plemons Aidan Delbis Sandra Bernhardt Robert De Niro Jerry Lewis Rob Reiner Stephen King William Goldman James Caan Kathy Bates Mike Flanagan Carla Gugino Misery novel by Stephen King (1987) Gerald’s Game novel by Stephen King (1992) Michael Haneke Elmer Fudd Jang Joon-hwan  Alfred Hitchcock Peter Lorre Orson Welles Ingmar Bergman Woody Allen Charlie Chaplin Michelangelo Antonioni Cary Grant Larry Peerce Paul Thomas Anderson Larry McMurtry Diana Ossana Clint Eastwood Lauren Bacall William Hurt This list is also available on Letterboxd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices