Shooting the Flames July '25: Popcorn Trauma, Queer Family, and the Mystery of Helen Who Bottoms Carter

We're kicking off our Michael Crichton Summer with our regular Shooting The Flames episode, where we cover all your comments and questions, along with all the latest horror news and trailers!

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News:

• Mel Brooks’ Back In Action
  • Sequel to Spaceballs https://tinyurl.com/bddfjy5c 
  • TV series based on Young Frankenstein https://tinyurl.com/patwkds4 
• Yet Another The Stand adaptation? A single theatrical film is in the works for the very, very long novel https://www.joblo.com/doug-liman-the-stand-movie/ 
• M3Gan 2.0 underperforms with 10m opening: https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3886154/m3gan-2-0-crashes-at-the-box-office-with-10-million-opening-what-happened/

Trailers

• Dracula (Luc Besson, Christoph Walz, Caleb Landry Jones, in French Theaters July 30th): https://youtu.be/JBYPPNPhuVg?si=PoC_FZGqAD9vhVbN 
• Sketch (In Theaters August): https://youtu.be/6ru4xaU_cHc?si=L_o580-_cXfmpCZa 
• Alien Earth (Streaming on Hulu August): https://youtu.be/ZbsiKjVAV28?si=puWDSnUwGOVRBC3- 
• The Black Phone 2 (Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames et al, in Theaters October): https://youtu.be/v0kqkRZHqk4?si=9z7PSxx-RmGoBSeK 
• Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, Jacob Elordi, in Theaters November): https://youtu.be/E4WR_oFDqxM?si=71q0Fyr9YPzc7-gb 
• Omukade (Japanese Folklore, Thailand Horror, Coming Soon): https://youtu.be/JBYPPNPhuVg?si=U4_T7cWMQ0TNzPSw 
• Running Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD18ddeFuyM

Out this Month:

• Congo (1995)
• Sphere (1998)
• Patreon: Michael Crichton Poll!

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