This week on What We Saw On Stolen Cable, we’re hitting the road with Smokey and the Bandit, the 1977 car-chase comedy that turned a Trans Am, a truckload of Coors, and a whole lot of CB chatter into pop-culture history.

We look back at Burt Reynolds at the height of his cool, Sally Field proving she could hang with the boys, Jerry Reed behind the wheel and on the soundtrack, and some of the best stunt driving of the era.

But then there’s Jackie Gleeson.

What could have been a simple pursuing-sheriff role became Buford T. Justice — loud, furious, endlessly quotable, and somehow more determined with every piece that gets knocked off his patrol car.

So fire up the Trans Am, keep the hammer down, and whatever you do, don’t let Buford catch you.

Smokey and the Bandit — Or, Buford T. Out for Justice.

This week on What We Saw On Stolen Cable, we sink our teeth into the 1972 horror classic Blacula.

It’s a movie with a title that might make you expect pure exploitation, but Blacula delivers something much more interesting. William Marshall brings dignity, intelligence, tragedy, and genuine menace to Prince Mamuwalde—a character whose story feels surprisingly at home alongside the classic Dracula mythology.

We talk about what makes Blacula work, William Marshall’s commanding performance, the film’s place in the Blaxploitation era, and why more than 50 years later it deserves to be remembered as a perfect addition to Dracula film lore.

Join Uncle Patches and Sinister Cinema with special guest Brant Bumpers as we revisit Blacula—a movie that proved there was plenty of blood left in the vampire genre.

October Monster Mash continues as we head out under the full moon for two very different takes on the werewolf legend: The Wolf Man (1941) vs. Wolf (1994).

We look at how Lon Chaney Jr.’s tragic Larry Talbot helped define the movie werewolf for generations, then jump more than 50 years ahead to Jack Nicholson’s darker, more adult spin on the same curse. One is classic Universal horror filled with fog, forests, and superstition. The other brings the monster into the modern world of office politics, ambition, and midlife frustration.

Which film better captures the tragedy of becoming the monster—and just how much of Wolf can be traced back to what The Wolf Man established in 1941?

Join Uncle Patches and Sinister Cinema with Brant Bumpers as October Monster Mash puts The Wolf Man vs. Wolf.