Ep. 132 Vice Squad + Dead & Buried

All episodes are made available to Patreon subscribers one week
before their general release. We’re joined by screenwriter Tom
Vaughan to discuss a pair of cult classics by director Gary
Sherman. We dig into the small-town murder-conspiracy thriller Dead
and Buried as well as the ne plus ultra sleaze-thriller Vice Squad.
The strengths and weaknesses of the films make for an interesting
contrast that leads into a larger discussion about the practical
intersections of screenwriting and on set filmmaking (with some
talk about meddling producers thrown in for good measure.) The trio
compares Dead and Buried’s wonky & lumpy script (by Alien and
Total Recall scribes Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett) to Vice
Squad’s drum-tight story to consider how screenwriting plays into
(or interferes with) making two such memorable films. It’s the
Wings Hauser appreciation hour, folks, come get baptized in the
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twitter.com/cfunderburg Intro music: Unleash the Bastards / “Tea
for Two” Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas"