BUGONIA writer Will Tracy
The Movies That Made Me
Tracy on podcast prep and early career
Will explains his podcast experience, press schedule, and background before discussing his credited screenplays.
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!
TFH Guru Illeana Douglas
The Cum Town podcast
Our Chapo Trap House podcast episode
Our Andrew Hickie podcast episodes
A History of Rock in 500 Songs podcast
Our Ari Aster podcast episodes
Our Brian Helgeland podcast episode
The Ma and Pa Kettle movies
The Rifleman TV series (1958-63)
TFH Guru Larry Cohen
Misery novel by Stephen King (1987)
Gerald’s Game novel by Stephen King (1992)
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