Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into horror movies that changed your life with horror filmmakers Toby Poser and John Adams, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore with Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans’ / The Bad news bears’ analysis, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’s / Phantasm’s influence, and The Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’s / Wizard of Oz’s impact on their personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Toby Poser and John Adams also discuss how surviving cancer is at the core of the idea for their latest film Mother Of Flies and their UK Premiere at Frightfest 2025
Movies That Changed Your Life
Find out how horror filmmakers Toby Poser and John Adams created the horror movie Mother Of Flies, how much they’re looking for coming back to Frightfest and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.
Mother Of Flies
[2:00] How family discussions about surviving cancer and a proclivity to cancer shaped the story of Mother Of Flies and how it is a film about life and death.
3 [Horror] Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans’ / The Bad News Bears’ Analysis
[07:50 ] Toby Poser shares how Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) is a lyrical fairy tale and great example of German expressionism. That she watches it every year to remind herself what a masterpiece it is.
[13:03 ] John Adams shares how The Bad News Bears (1976) is a horror movie because it cinematically brings to life the horror of being raised in the 1970s. Drink driving, bullying, sexual innuendo, slapping kids in the face and no seat belts, no nothing.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night / Phantasm impact
[18:36] Toby Poser shares how A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) is a film she thinks about all the time. It’s creepy. It’s funny. It’s romantic. It looks like a comic book.
[23:52] John Adams shares how Phantasm (1979) as a kid it scared the hell out of him. It wasn’t the steel balls that scared him though, it was the other dimension that was a slither away.
The Portrait Of A Lady On Fire / Wizard of Oz Influence
[29:25] Dive into The Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’s (2019) influence on Toby Poser, reflecting on how some scenes are so raw and honest. How the film asks the question if art the only true lover that never leaves.
[37:10] Dive into Wizard of Oz’s influence on John Adams, reflecting on how it could be the best horror movie ever made because it was made for children and how like Phantasm, Dorothy doesn’t know what reality is. And that’s terrifying.
Key Takeaways:
- Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.
- Learn how talking about surviving cancer can lead to an idea for a genre movie.
- Understand cinema’s transformative power through A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’s and Phantasm
- Full show notes and transcript:
About the Guest:
Toby Poser, John Adams, and their daughters Lulu and Zelda Adams epitomize the true spirit of a can-do attitude toward independent film making. They are their films’ cast and crew, they write, act, and shoot; they produce, direct, edit and score.
MOTHER OF FLIES UK PREMIERE at FRIGHTFEST 2025 https://frightfest.co.uk/2025London/MOTHER-OF-FLIES.html
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Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/)
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