Each year The Hollywood Avondale host a 12 hour movie marathon of trash cinema elegantly titled “Trashathon” . This week on Tonight's Second Feature, James & Rhys turn their brain to mush whilst once again enduring through this insane marathon. AND one last special segment exploring The Odyssey. 

• (10:55) - The Killer Shrews
• (20:59) - Star Crystal
• (32:01) - The Stabilizer
• (40:07) - Uninvited
• (57:10) - The Odyssey
• (01:16:29) - Blood Lake
• (01:28:39) - R.O.T.O.R

Tonight's Second Feature is Created, Produced & Hosted by James Hewitt, and Rhys Strang.

Movie behind the scenes researched by James Hewitt https://www.instagram.com/look_its_jmes/

Podcast Cover Art by Mihaly Csordas, https://www.instagram.com/sawdustnui/?hl=en
Thumbnails created by Rhys Strang https://www.instagram.com/strangrhys/

Rhys will also take us on another Odyssey journey. Now, close to the release of Nolan's The Odyssey, the boys try to triumph against the odds and attempt to string a mighty bow and arrow of their own.

• (00:22) - Intro
• (05:55) - James' movie haul
• (23:02) - Movie Synopsis
• (29:56) - Space Travel in cinema
• (40:33) - Scene by scene
• (01:12:50) - Odyssey Talk
• (01:38:51) - Bow and Arrow tournament
• (01:43:35) - Russian cinema
• (01:50:00) - Vasily Zhuravlyov
• (01:58:08) - Based on the book by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
• (02:08:15) - Silent Spectacular rankings
• (02:10:19) - End Segments
• (02:15:43) - Next season's theme

• https://grokipedia.com/page/Vasily_Zhuravlyov 
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantin-Eduardovich-Tsiolkovsky 
• https://marxist.com/soviet-cinema-montage-revolution-and-the-fight-for-artistic-freedom.htm 
• https://www.openculture.com/2017/06/a-crash-course-on-soviet-montage.html 
• https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/2011/the-history-of-russian-cinema/ 
• https://diedangerdiediekill.blogspot.com/2011/12/kosmicheskiy-reys-aka-cosmic-voyage.html 
• https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky 
• https://nmspacemuseum.org/inductee/konstantin-e-tsiolkovsky/ 
• https://forage.com/book/1368505 
• file:///C:/Users/dista/Downloads/08_Pomaranski.pdf 
• https://scifist.net/2019/08/13/cosmic-voyage/ 

Tonight's Second Feature is Created, Produced & Hosted by James Hewitt, and Rhys Strang.

Movie behind the scenes researched by James Hewitt https://www.instagram.com/look_its_jmes/

Podcast Cover Art by Mihaly Csordas, https://www.instagram.com/sawdustnui/?hl=en
Thumbnails created by Rhys Strang https://www.instagram.com/strangrhys/

• (00:23) - Intro
• (02:16) - Backrooms talk
• (14:57) - Backrooms scene by scene
• (28:47) - Meaning behind the film
• (01:08:45) - The Odyssey talk
• (01:40:47) - Disclosure Day
• (01:46:45) - Spielberg film Rankings
• (01:53:55) - Disclosure Day Scene by scene
• (03:19:01) - Closing Thoughts

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUk5dCRLC2s&t=3s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFe6NRgoXCM
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKGhxMi50y8

Tonight's Second Feature is Created, Produced & Hosted by James Hewitt, and Rhys Strang.

Movie behind the scenes researched by James Hewitt https://www.instagram.com/look_its_jmes/

Podcast Cover Art by Mihaly Csordas, https://www.instagram.com/sawdustnui/?hl=en
Thumbnails created by Rhys Strang https://www.instagram.com/strangrhys/

Amidst the pioneering silent epics of the 1920s, Hollywood would release the first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.  

In London, Professor Challenger announces that prehistoric creatures are alive and flourishing in the Amazon jungle and declares his intention to mount an expedition proving his point. Journalist Edward Malone volunteers to go and convinces his newspaper to fund the journey. Paula White hopes to find her father, a missing explorer. They and others undertake the voyage and witness dinosaurs and humanoids doing battle in a magnificent landscape.

• (00:00) - Intro
• (43:13) - Film chat
• (01:44:37) - Odyssey

• https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lost_World_(1925) 
• https://letterboxd.com/film/the-lost-world/crew/ 
• https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-Conan-Doyle&ved=2ahUKEwjWiIjm0MuUAxVwaHADHUqUK8oQFnoFCIsBEAE&usg=AOvVaw0fq3GRRcsKpYZFK-CcuBor 
• https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/arthur-conan-doyle 
• https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/wiki/The_Lost_World 
• https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/wiki/The_Lost_World#I._There_are_heroisms_all_round_us 
• https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2025/03/the-lost-world-is-100-years-old-and-still-roaring/ 
• https://wordsworth-editions.com/the-lost-world/ 
• https://arthurconandoyle.co.uk/author
• https://blogs.westlakelibrary.org/2022/05/beyond-sherlock-holmes-the-other-writings-of-arthur-conan-doyle/ 
• https://www.mbebooks.com/blog/a-look-back-at-arthur-conan-doyles-lesser-known-work/ 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7sj4zCXMHs 
• https://maxs-blogo-saurus.com/2025/02/08/the-complete-history-of-the-lost-world-1925-100th-anniversary-special-part-1/ 
• https://www.bewaretheblog.com/2020/06/willis-obrien-1925s-lost-world-and.html 
• https://www.bewaretheblog.com/2016/04/marcel-delgado-artist-that-built-king.html 
• https://simanaitissays.com/2025/12/03/the-lost-world-1925-part-1/ 
• https://silentfilm.org/the-lost-world/ 
• https://grokipedia.com/page/Arthur_Edeson 
• https://www.nytimes.com/1925/02/09/archives/the-screen-a-vonderful-farce.html 
• https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2022/05/21/thats-a-wrap-in-the-portrait-gallery-with-a-studio-portrait-of-screenwriter-and-director-harry-o-hoyt-1925/ 

Tonight's Second Feature is Created, Produced & Hosted by James Hewitt, and Rhys Strang.

Movie behind the scenes researched by James Hewitt

Podcast Cover Art by Mihaly Csordas, https://www.instagram.com/sawdustnui/?hl=en

Podcast thumbnails by Rhys Strang, https://www.instagram.com/strangrhys?igsh=dWlhN2hkYWpiNzZ3

David Lowery is an American filmmaker known for his independent features, such as A Ghost Story and The Green Knight, as well as his mainstream large-budget studio films, including Pete's Dragon. He is back with Mother Mary starring Anne Hathaway & Michaela Coel.

Obsession is Curry Barker's first theatrical feature released worldwide to immediate financial and critical success. Barker alongside his creative partner Cooper Tomlinson whom he met in film school began his career in sketch comedy posting videos on their youtube channel “Thats a bad idea”. His horror short “The Chair” got the attention of “47 meters down” producer James Harris who approached Barker to finance a script, out of all his ideas, Obsession stood out to him. 

References:

• https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-curry-barker-obsession-1236596466/
• https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1837858817/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G5CjgPw1x4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqYHOsuje1E

Tonight's Second Feature is Created, Produced & Hosted by James Hewitt and Rhys Strang.

Movie behind the scenes researched by James Hewitt

Podcast Cover Art by Mihaly Csordas, https://www.instagram.com/sawdustnui/?hl=en

• (00:00) - Intro

Rhys will take us on our first stage of the journey towards the release of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. First we talk the book and learn what the odyssey is. 

References:

• https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-1920
• https://www.nga.gov/stories/articles/what-german-expressionism-8-things-know 
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Cabinet-of-Dr-Caligari 
• https://www.classicmoviehub.com/blog/silents-are-golden-a-closer-look-at-the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-1920/ 
• https://www.moma.org/collection/terms/die-brucke-the-bridge 
• https://www.bohema-wien.com/artikel/german-expressionism 
• https://theasc.com/article/german-cinema-comes-to-hollywood/ 
• https://colorculture.org/cinematography-analysis-of-the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-in-depth/ 
• https://colorculture.org/cinematography-analysis-of-the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-in-depth/ 
• https://grokipedia.com/page/Carl_Mayer 
• https://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/2021/09/gilda-langer.html 
• https://carrieannebrownian.wordpress.com/2015/10/21/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-part-ii-behind-the-scenes/ 
• https://www.classic-monsters.com/werner-krauss/ 

Tonight's Second Feature is Created, Produced & Hosted by James Hewitt, and Rhys Strang.

Movie behind the scenes researched by James Hewitt

Podcast Cover Art by Mihaly Csordas, https://www.instagram.com/sawdustnui/?hl=en

• (00:00) - Intro

The Fog, released in 1980, was writer and director John Carpenter's third entry into the horror genre. Alongside perhaps his most important collaborator, Deborah Hill, the pair co-wrote and produced a film harking back to ghost stories of old.

On the eve of celebrating its Centennial, strange poltergeist activities disrupt the small coastal town of Antonio Bay. Not long after, a mysterious fog bank rolls in, bringing with it the revengeful ghost of the Elizabeth Dane.

On our last episode of Season 0 we get warmed up with one last entry of James' personal favourites. But beware…the fog may come for you!

• (00:00) - Opening
• (01:00) - What the boys have been watching
• (29:09) - Movie guess
• (37:39) - The Fog Trailer
• (40:29) - Opening thoughts and opinions
• (47:38) - Letterboxd news
• (01:22:54) - Dean Cundey
• (01:45:09) - Origins of Ghost Stories
• (01:53:34) - James & Rhys share some childhood memories
• (01:59:54) - Production
• (02:08:03) - Effects
• (02:20:09) - Critic reviews
• (02:29:42) - Segments
• (02:39:00) - Ending

• https://www.rolcruise.co.uk/blog/ghost-ships-and-sea-legends-myths-from-the-high-seas 
• https://magazinesandmonsters.com/2014/01/26/fog1980/ 
• https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-fog-1980 
• https://www.nytimes.com/1980/02/29/archives/screen-fog-comes-in-at-3-theatersrevenge-from-the-past.html 
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bernard-Herrmann 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-zhmAGH-ZQ 
• https://horror.fandom.com/wiki/The_Fog_(1980)#Music 

Tonight's Second Feature is Created, Produced & Hosted by James Hewitt, and Rhys Strang.

Movie behind the scenes researched by James Hewitt

Podcast Cover Art by Mihaly Csordas, https://www.instagram.com/sawdustnui/?hl=en

• (00:00) - Opening
• (04:00) - Synopsis, starring & Madame Web 4k
• (06:33) - Director
• (11:05) - YouTube Horror chat
• (17:22) - Thoughts & Opinions
• (25:47) - Beat by Beat
• (01:23:33) - Writing struggles
• (01:26:50) - What is Hokum about?
• (01:36:31) - Ending

• https://emeraldisle.ie/the-irish-hare 
• https://www.fangoria.com/hokum-director-damian-mccarthy-interview/ 
• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2163762/

Tonight's Second Feature is Created, Produced & Hosted by James Hewitt and Rhys Strang.

Movie behind the scenes researched by James Hewitt

Podcast Cover Art by Mihaly Csordas, https://www.instagram.com/sawdustnui/?hl=en

Stick around till the end to hear us announce the theme to kick off season one!

References:

• https://theconversation.com/lee-cronins-the-mummy-an-uninspired-unscary-gore-fest-that-demonises-disability-and-leans-into-stereotypes-of-egypt-280957
• https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/the-mummy-filmmaker-lee-cronin-ending-1236569410/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ0uv-phsDk
• https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/lee-cronins-the-mummy-review-jack-reynor-horror-1236565609/

Tonight's Second Feature is Created, Produced & Hosted by James Hewitt, and Rhys Strang.

Movie behind the scenes researched by James Hewitt

Podcast Cover Art by Mihaly Csordas, https://www.instagram.com/sawdustnui/?hl=en

In Season 0, we get warmed up with some of James' personal favourites. Creature from the Black Lagoon is a bit of an outlier having released many years after the initial run of Universal's Classic Monster films. We will explore the many behind the scenes stories including a long trail of unseccesful remakes and the scandal surrounding the creation of the "Gill-Man" himself.

References:

• Creature from the Black Lagoon DVD Bonus Featurette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsA8Rq6IJWE&t=1867s
• https://nbrehmer.medium.com/histories-of-horror-the-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-0f2a11de623b 
• https://www.tcm.com/articles/544635/jack-arnold-profile 
• https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2022/02/02/refocus-the-films-of-jack-arnold
• https://www.messynessychic.com/2023/10/26/the-beauty-who-created-the-beast/ 
• https://cinemascholars.com/the-making-of-the-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-1954/ 
• https://nofspodcast.com/behind-the-gills-how-a-hollywood-monster-became-a-legend-in-creature-from-the-black-lagoon/2 
• https://cinescores.dudaone.com/an-interview-with-herman-stein 
• https://www.thehistorycenter.org/the-brave-beauty-of-the-black-lagoon/ 
• https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/300821112/ricou-browning-the-underwater-creature-in-black-lagoon-dies-at-93 

Tonight's Second Feature is Created, Produced & Hosted by James Hewitt and Rhys Strang.

Movie behind the scenes researched by James Hewitt

Podcast Cover Art by Mihaly Csordas, https://www.instagram.com/sawdustnui/?hl=en

On Season 0 we get warmed up with some of James' personal favourites. The Fly 1958 was released to commercial and critical success and would go on to spawn a remake by the legendary David Cronenberg. Whilst a little silly this absolute gem still lives on strong amongst horror and movie fans alike. 

References:

• https://andyoucallyourselfascientist.com/2018/07/22/rocketship-x-m-1950/#:~:text=However%2C%20for%20Robert%20Lippert%2C%20tallying,of%20a%20very%20contented%20duck
• https://www.tcm.com/articles/1082447/the-fly-1958
• https://planetoftheapes.fandom.com/wiki/Ben_Nye
• https://charlottesmakeupwebdotcom.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/145/
• https://variety.com/1958/film/reviews/return-of-the-fly-1117794422/
• https://www.cartermuseum.org/artists/karl-struss
• https://www.metv.com/stories/vincent-price-and-herbert-marshall-couldnt-stop-laughing-while-filming-this-dramatic-scene-in-the-fly-1958
• https://scifist.net/2024/09/21/the-fly/
• https://www.thesoundofvincentprice.com/the-fly-1958/
• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0627087/
• https://www.christopherfowler.co.uk/blog/2016/09/14/the-mystery-of-george-langelaan

Tonight's Second Feature is Created, Produced & Hosted by James Hewitt, and Rhys Strang.

Movie behind the scenes researched by James Hewitt

Podcast Cover Art by Mihaly Csordas, https://www.instagram.com/sawdustnui/?hl=en