Dean Cundy

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as cinematographer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they shot, which the two lists below run through too: Halloween (1978); The Thing (1982); Romancing the Stone (1984); Big Trouble in Little China (1986); Garfield: The Movie (2004).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974): 2 lines

  1. lineage (ancestor) · through Halloween (1978), which they shot: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Halloween (the host's read). Halloween felt like it invented modern horror, but on rewatch Chainsaw is the real ground zero.
    “whenever I watch Chainsaw, I'm like, no, actually this is ground zero.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:03:01 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. programming (double feature) · through Halloween (1978), which they shot: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Halloween (the host's read). Bill pairs it with Halloween to compare how much Halloween cribbed from Chainsaw.
    “I went Halloween just to compare and contrast like how much Halloween, crib done, chainsaw, all that stuff.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:31:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Eraserhead (1977): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Thing (1982), which they shot: Eraserhead ⇒ The Thing (the host's read). Alien, Carpenter's The Thing and Cronenberg's work belong to a 70s-80s peak of gooey rubber and robotics that Eraserhead may have first synthesized.
    “We don't exactly know, but I feel like things like alien and the carpenter film, certainly the thing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:29:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Friday the 13th (1980): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Halloween (1978), which they shot: Halloween ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). Friday the 13th was an openly shameless Halloween ripoff, built on Halloween's success.
    “We have to talk about how this was the most unabashed ripoff movie probably of all time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:17:45 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Michael Douglas: 1 line

  1. theme (persona turn) · through Romancing the Stone (1984), which they shot: Romancing the Stone ⇒ Michael Douglas (the host's read). Says Romancing the Stone is when Douglas found his movie star persona.
    “oh, surprisingly, you've now finally found your movie star persona.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:21:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Resident Evil (2026): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through The Thing (1982), which they shot: The Thing ⇒ Resident Evil (the host's read). The farmhouse sequence and the dog at the barn are homages to Carpenter's The Thing.
    “You can see the homage to Carpenters the Thing in all this part.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 0:40:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Sean S. Cunningham: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Halloween (1978), which they shot: Halloween ⇒ Sean S. Cunningham (the host's read). Cunningham saw Halloween succeed, took out a trade ad for a non-existent movie, and found his funding.
    “The producer, Sean Cunningham, saw Halloween was successful, came up with this idea, put an ad in variety”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:17:50 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

The Jewel of the Nile: 1 line

  1. lineage (sequel) · through Romancing the Stone (1984), which they shot: Romancing the Stone ⇒ The Jewel of the Nile (the host's read). Jewel of the Nile is the sequel.
    “The sequel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:22:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Photography (5) everyone in photography

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career context): Dean Cundy → Romancing the Stone. Cundy shot Romancing the Stone the same year Carpenter used a different cinematographer on Starman.
    “this is the same year that Kundi does romancing the stone.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:31:18 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (filmography): Dean Cundy → The Thing. Carpenter praised the look of his pictures from Halloween through The Thing.
    “The look of my pictures from Halloween through the thing is beautiful.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:32:00 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career gag): Dean Cundy → Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties. Cundy reportedly did not return for the Garfield sequel after attitude issues with Garfield.
    “which is why he didn't come back for tale of 2 kitties.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:32:55 · Katey Rich (0.35 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (returns to Carpenter): Dean Cundy → Big Trouble in Little China. Despite the Starman parting of ways, Cundy comes back for Big Trouble in Little China.
    “He's going to come back to do big trouble in Little China.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:31:29 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (falling-out): Dean Cundy → John Carpenter. Carpenter said they had a parting of ways over attitude problems, while praising Cundy's work from Halloween through The Thing.
    “But before we could ever work together again, we would have to clear up some attitude problems.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:32:06 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Dean Cundy → Starman. Griffin says Starman would be better had Cundy shot it, because its sentimentality, lights and blues are ready for him.
    “I do think this movie would be better if it was shot by Dean Cundy, just because all movies would be better.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:31:10 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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