Saturday Evening Movie Thread [moviegique]: An Evening With John Carpenter (Prince of Darkness/The Thing)

I'm a fan of Joe Bob Briggs, the premier drive-in movie critic of Grapevine, Texas, going back to the '80s when I first caught a glimpse of him on The Movie Channel. By the '90s, when yours truly had more or less stopped caring what was on TV, you could find me in front of the set at crazy hours on Saturday nights watching whatever crapola they had given him to host. A brief correspondence with him during my technical writing years cemented my affection for the man, who has been genuine and supportive to everyone I've come across who ever interacted with him.

But it wasn't until I hauled my butt out to the Drive-In Jamboree that I considered myself a mutant, which is a name that comes from a one-man show JBB did in the '80s, where he had people take the Drive-In Oath. This begins, "We are Drive-In Mutants." How the groups I consider myself a member of (the moron horde, the jackals of 372 pages, and the drive-in mutants) reflect on my self-image I will leave to the armchair psychologists.

What was a gag forty years ago has taken on depth, especially in the past six years since a fan (now Darcy The Mail Girl) exhorted him to revive the show, and a marathon turned into a six-, soon to be seven-year run.

Reciting he original oath from 1985's "Joe Bob: Dead In Concert" which is available on Youtube and Amazon.

Your humble correspondent immensely enjoyed the second and third jamborees (the first sold out before I could get tickets), and was shocked to discover there almost wasn't a fourth one. They were turning into big, expensive, elaborate events—I actually have no doubt they could have become something akin to Comic-Con—when what JB had wanted was for them to be a place where he and Darcy got together with the mutants to watch movies and talk about them.

So, he quit.

Darcy, on the other hand, refused to quit and started doing the con on her own. (She's the one who gets letters from the mutants telling her how important the meet-ups are to us, some of which are heartbreaking.) She was going to throw it with her own time and money, and drag JB there to host, whether he liked it or not. JB ultimately caved, but with the caveat: They would put up tickets—no guests, no bands, no program whatsoever—and see if people were interested in coming. Were they there for the program, or were they there for the mutants and movies?

Tickets sold like hotcakes: We were there for the movies and each other.

As much as I loved the previous years, the vibe this year was perfect. Being about the movies and the mingling made everything feel more relaxed. The music was fan music, and surprisingly delightful. The show started at a reasonable time—I didn't notice if it was late or not. I don't think too late because the sun was barely down. It also ran late, but nobody who is a Drive-In fan expected any less. We like to talk about stuff. A lot.

Svengoolie was at the show, and he was amazing!

They had no sponsors this year and didn't offer much in the way of incentives for featured guests (and some turned them down), but they ended up with a stunning line-up. Svengoolie showed up (free of charge) and co-hosted Saturday night's offerings of six classic universal horrors: Frankenstein, Dracula, Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and Creature From The Black Lagoon. JBB is a wealth of movie trivia, of course, but Svengoolie was absolutely stunning in the "Horror Host Havoc" competition where each offered factoids about the movies and the audience decided who the loser was by pelting him with rubber chickens.

The previous night had ended with the three most iconic scream queens of the '80s: Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens and Michelle Bauer, who were inducted into the Scream Queen Hall of Fame, which is totally a thing or will be one day. To me, this was perhaps the best line-up possible, after the previous year's Roger Corman tribute. Bauer stayed to the end (around 6AM!) and showed up the next day for signings. Your humble correspondent was bowled over by her charm and graciousness.

John Carpenter, Master of Horror

Friday night began, however, with John Carpenter. Which was as improbable as it was perfect.

Some of us were somewhat apprehensive about Carpenter. He's famously curmudgeonly and reluctant to do these kinds of things, and we didn't know how he'd feel about us. But he'd come down for free, agreeing to open the first movie and left after the intro to the second. He seemed somewhat surprised that JB had chosen to air Prince of Darkness at all, much less first, but JB pointed out that JC has gotten a ton of questions about The Thing, and Prince of Darkness is a much more mysterious movie.

And on seeing him in person, reacting to a variety of JB and the audience's questions, I'd describe him less as curmudgeonly and more as uninterested in bullshit. And that includes his own. There were numerous places he could've launched into some pretentious arty nonsense and—well, he just didn't. JB asked how he ("no offense but I'm not [Republican]") could work with Kurt Russell ("to the right of Genghis Khan") and he just said, "We just don't talk about it."

This used to be common wisdom.

Anyway, I think we won him over, and he certainly won us over, treating the audience questions respectfully and signing a Michael Meyers figure for a teen fan who had come up on stage to shake his hand.

John Carpenter receives the Hubbie

Prince of Darkness

Sometimes I think Prince of Darkness is the most heretical film possible, even though it's not excessively violent, hardly sexual at all, and fairly restrained in terms of language. But it's also strangely conservative and anti-gnostic, with the idea being that God (like the tribal O.T. Jehovah) walked the earth, but rather than being loving and benevolent was, in Carpenter's words "pissed off". Somehow he gets cast out to the "dark side"—the mirror universe—but leaves behind his son, Satan, which is evil in material form.

We get into college bull-session territory from there as Jesus turns out to have been a space alien warning humans about Satan's material nature and trapping Old Scratch in a container, with the idea that man will eventually evolve scientifically enough to find a way to secure and handle this evil in the future. The Church ends up being the guardian of the container and the promulgator of the lie about a good universe.

The soundtrack, also written by Carpenter (because he had no money to hire anyone) features a better poster than most movies these days.

When the story begins, the last caretaker of the container dies and it begins to leak. And the quantum physics professor talking about how our concept of reality breaks down at the subatomic level is the guy who knows how to handle the substance, which can reverse entropy and possess people and emanate controlling force at a distance, while the heroes receive warning messages sent via tachyon particles into dreams from the far distant year of 1999, where things have gone to hell. If Satan gets loose, he'll be bringing in papa from the darkside, and he's perfectly happy to distract our heroes by possessing them and having them be menaced by street people (led by Alice Cooper).

Basically, we have an almost "Evil Dead" style situation of monsters being outside the church and anyone on the inside also potentially being a monster, with a bunch of novel horror effects both visual and intellectual, to keep things interesting. Some of these implications don't work out, or they suggest a movie that's superversive more than subversive.

That is, as the priest (Donald Pleasance) explains the Church's role and beats it up for its dishonesty, the priests and especially the nuns have a "holy warrior" vibe. They are, after all, holding off the Devil and his demiurge father single-handedly, making a civilization where evil can be defeated technologically.

Another possibility is that the protagonists are in the mirror-universe—but again, it implies an inherent goodness in Man that is so powerful, it can operate in a universe which is made of evil.

A movie about Satan which is still less Satanic than the last Olympics

I don't think it quite achieves what it's striving for. For one thing, the main romance (between "Simon & Simon"'s Jameson Parker and the late Lisa Blount), while being a very typical Carpenterian romance (boy meets girl, they have sex) doesn't have the chemistry of, say, Kurt Russell and Kim Cattrall, Tom Atkins and Jamie Lee Curtis, or Harry Dean Stanton and Adrienne Barbeau.

If we contrast with The Thing, one of the things that works so well there is the struggle to survive personally balanced with the concern that's one own survival could mean the death of humanity. The individual need to survive needs to be strong to be relatable, and I'm not sure we feel that in Prince of Darkness.

Prince of Darkness is the second of Carpenter's "apocalypse trilogy", which ends with In The Mouth of Madness). The first film in the trilogy is The Thing.

The Thing

The Thing was the thing (heh) that, in my opinion, derailed Carpenter's career. The attacks on this film were truly outrageous, labeling it literal pornography, and WB naturally panicked and botched an almost guaranteed sleeper hit. An excellent adventure-horror or what we'd now call "survival horror", I remember being slightly disappointed when I first saw it because of the ending. I now think the ending is perfect, and the re-emergence of this scene in the current election season explains why:

Election 2024!

When you get past the action, the suspense, the tension, and the amazing special effects—Carpenter basically credited Rob Bottin with The Thing's artistic success—something still remains, and is still relevant. To with, we have a closely knit society where trust is necessary for survival.

Trust is quickly undermined, and the last scene underscores that beautifully, as two humans quietly freeze to death (maybe) because they can't trust each other. (They have to both be humans, because there's no reason for the alien to leave just one human alive.)

Even this is an over-simplification. There are other possibilities, like they're both infected (but not yet consumed) and the thing is just lurking, waiting for its chance to spring itself on the rest of the world.

The Drive-In Academy Lifetime Achievement Award: The Hubbie

But Carpenter doesn't really make message movies. Even They Live, which he wanted to tie into an anti-Reagan campaign (according to Roddy Piper, who refused), today comes across as a documentary, and an apolitical one at that, at least to those of us who are wearing our special sunglasses.

Listening to him talk reminds me a little bit of listening to Bukowski or Frazetta, in the sense that he's very down-to-earth while at the same time tapping into a sublime artistic spirit that exists on its own plane. And if I can claim any personal experience with it from writing, I notice that what I think I'm writing about always ends up taking a back seat to (or being completely controverted by) the story that's actually there.

"Our logic...collapses into ghosts and shadows," as Victor Fong lectures in The Prince of Darkness.

I think Carpenter was genuinely touched by our enthusiasm, and got a little sense of who we are (not really having an idea before, which, how can you blame him?), and received the Hubbie gracefully and gratefully. (Traditionally, the award is a Cadillac hubcap, but in this case it was from a '57 Plymouth Fury, after Christine.)

Somehow, it was perfect that he would be here for this reformation of the Jamboree: No fanfare, no big bucks, just a bunch of weirdos who like movies getting together to watch them and talk about them.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 08:25 PM

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1 Greetings, Friends.

You are here because you are interested in the future!

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 07:30 PM (asXVI)

2 I remember Joe Bob's rating system of Beasts, Breasts, and Blood 😆

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 07:31 PM (kpS4V)

3 Read the content...rookie mistake.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 12, 2024 07:31 PM (Wnv9h)

4 > You are here because you are interested in the future!
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snort

I've seen the future, and it is us.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 12, 2024 07:32 PM (Q4IgG)

5 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2024 07:33 PM (fwDg9)

6 A lot of people think "Prince of Darkness" is Carpenter's version of a Quatermass film.

I think it's his version of a Lucio Fulci film.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 12, 2024 07:35 PM (CHHv1)

7 || I remember Joe Bob's rating system of Beasts, Breasts, and Blood 😆

That's part of the Drive-In Oath:

We believe in blood, in breasts, and in beasts.
We believe in Kung Fu City.

https://tinyurl.com/2nhhbbk5

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 07:36 PM (asXVI)

8 > Carpenter's version of a Quatermass film.

He used Quatermass as a pen-name so it wasn't just his name plastered over everything.

> I think it's his version of a Lucio Fulci film.

I think he specifically said as much last Friday.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 07:37 PM (asXVI)

9 @1 - Did you notice that October 10 was Ed Wood's centennial?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 12, 2024 07:38 PM (CHHv1)

10 I'm surprised at how much i, a cheery optimist, enjoy the misanthropic films of Carpenter.

The Thing has that Lovecraftian feel of the inexorable succumbing to the cold terrors of indifferent space, and I'm there for it.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 07:38 PM (kpS4V)

11 The breast count was added after he asked Roger Corman what makes a teen comedy successful, and Roger said, "The number of exposed breasts."

So mentioned that as part of the drive-in totals once as a joke, and then it pissed the right people off so it became permanent.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 07:39 PM (asXVI)

12 @8 Apparently Nigel Kneale was not amused by Carpenter's pseudonym.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 12, 2024 07:40 PM (CHHv1)

13 Hey, anybody seen "Terrifier 3" yet? Any fainting and/or projectile vomiting from the audience?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 07:40 PM (kpS4V)

14
I just watched The Wild Bunch for the first time.

Next on my list are:
Beau Geste
Lawrence of Arabia

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 07:41 PM (JvzFt)

15 || Did you notice that October 10 was Ed Wood's centennial?

Of course. I celebrated by putting on an angora sweater and drinking till I passed out.

|| a cheery optimist, enjoy the misanthropic films of Carpenter.

He actually confessed to being something of an optimist and very pro-human, despite his own films.

|| The Thing has that Lovecraftian feel of the inexorable succumbing to the cold terrors of indifferent space, and I'm there for it.

You can see how it fits into a trilogy with "Prince of Darkness" and "Mouth of Madness", really.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 07:41 PM (asXVI)

16 Kurt Russell is "to the right of Genghis Kahn"? For what, supporting the Second Amendment?

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 12, 2024 07:42 PM (ZlOcj)

17 He could have used the name Giovanni Falegname.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 12, 2024 07:42 PM (CHHv1)

18 I found the dream sequences in Prince of Darkness genuinely creepy.

Made it hard to go to sleep the first time I saw this movie as I kept seeing that dream play out in my own head as I tried to sleep.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 12, 2024 07:42 PM (BpYfr)

19 Yup, JBB on The Movie Channel every Saturday night.

Posted by: davidt at October 12, 2024 07:44 PM (i0F8b)

20 || Apparently Nigel Kneale was not amused by Carpenter's pseudonym.

Nigel Kneale was not amused by much. We talked a lot about that during the showing of Halloween III at the second Jamboree in Memphis.

|| Hey, anybody seen "Terrifier 3" yet? Any fainting and/or projectile vomiting from the audience?

Was gonna go see it today but it's #1 at the box office! 8-0 And I don't wanna see a horror movie on a weekend in a packed theater.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 07:45 PM (asXVI)

21 I saw "Saturday Night". If you are of a certain age you will enjoy seeing the original crew of SNL being portrayed by some talented actors.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 07:47 PM (kpS4V)

22 The Thing is a great movie, I particularly like the music. I really like the original as well.

Posted by: javems at October 12, 2024 07:48 PM (8I4hW)

23 The Thing has always been and will always be one of my favorites. I recall watching it many times with my nephew. We never tired of it.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 12, 2024 07:51 PM (mH6SG)

24 I took the Dallas Times Herald in the 80’s just to read Joe Bob Briggs column. A once great paper that left winged itself into bankruptcy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2024 07:52 PM (S6gqv)

25 I don't find most horror movies that interesting, but I love Prince of Darkness. The idea that people in the future were filming the coming of the antichrist and beaming it back in an effort to stop it was great. And the scene where the dead guy saysv"I have a message for you, and you're not going to like it: pray for death" is downright chilling.

Posted by: PabloD at October 12, 2024 07:52 PM (/zi6l)

26
Great entertainment: idiots, explosives and falling anvils.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 12, 2024 07:53 PM (BkEzK)

27 "Who cut the cheese?"

Posted by: davidt at October 12, 2024 07:54 PM (i0F8b)

28 Good evening morons and thanks moviegique

The Thing and They Live are fun movies. They are both very realistic conveying an alternate reality. The latter movie advances the Marxist idea that the bourgeoisie are not just evil and rapacious in nature but also literally alien oppressors from another planet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2024 07:54 PM (RIvkX)

29 Currently watching Korean horror movie "Sleep"

May check back later once it ends.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2024 07:54 PM (eDfFs)

30 Ah, Joe Bob. TNT Monstervision. The Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In paperback. And the guy is still as much fun on the Shudder series as he was before. I'd tune in for his comments even if I didn't care to see some of the movies.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2024 07:54 PM (q3u5l)

31 Red Scorpion, two breast's. Both Dolph's.

Joe Bob says check it out.

Posted by: BifBewalski at October 12, 2024 07:54 PM (MsrgL)

32 That's the JBB movie review I remember the best. Back when Golan Globus made action movies that made TNT blush with envy.

Posted by: BifBewalski at October 12, 2024 07:55 PM (MsrgL)

33 MacReady: "Why Don't We Just Wait Here For A Little While, See What Happens?"

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 12, 2024 07:55 PM (mH6SG)

34 I hate commercials (and I like non-censored films) so I didn't watch much TNT.

But he hooked me in with his "Back To The Future 2" hosting, where he talks about all the alternate times and the theory of entropy, and "The Warriors," where he charts the Warriors path through the NYC subways. Those are brilliant.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 07:56 PM (asXVI)

35 I just watched The Wild Bunch for the first time.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Best quote from that movie...

"Kiss my sister's black cat's ass".

Posted by: BifBewalski at October 12, 2024 07:57 PM (MsrgL)

36 Svengoolie is awesome.

Also my assets...

Posted by: Adrienne Barbeau's Bountiful Breasts at October 12, 2024 07:57 PM (V71h7)

37 There was a preview for "Mickey 17", starring Robert Pattinson, about a desperate guy who agrees to be used as expendable labor out in space. When he dies, a duplicate is made retaining his memories. Something goes awry, as things are wont to do, and these copies of Mickey start coexisting. It looks pretty funny. By the director of "Parasite" (which I thought was good but not All That).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 07:59 PM (kpS4V)

38 I recall watching 'In the Mouth of Madness' accidently. It was on some cable channel while I was in the USAF. It had just started and I was drunk. I liked it. Watched it again, later and sober, and still liked it. Its a but underrated actually. It's very good.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 12, 2024 08:01 PM (jrKun)

39 Didn't much care for Carpenter's The Thing when I first saw it, but liked it a lot more when I revisited it later. Still not quite sold on his Village of the Damned remake, but gave that another look a little while back and don't think it's quite the botch I thought it was when I saw it in the theatre.

The Thing, Prince of Darkness, and In the Mouth of Madness are all a lot of fun. And that goes for most of his work.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2024 08:01 PM (q3u5l)

40 Hey, anybody seen "Terrifier 3" yet? Any fainting and/or projectile vomiting from the audience?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave

Twas a small crowd. No vomiting or fainting. The most notable disturbances were the cackling and exclaimed "Oh!"s of BruceWayne and She Hobbit.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 12, 2024 08:01 PM (ftFVW)

41 "Who cut the cheese?"
Posted by: davidt at October 12, 2024 07:54 PM (i0F8b)

Did the cheese move for you too?

Posted by: Some Mouse Who Hasn't Quite Caught the Clue Yet at October 12, 2024 08:01 PM (D7oie)

42 I always liked Carpenters sound tracks that he wrote himself.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 12, 2024 08:03 PM (S6gqv)

43 Terrifier 3 can't be as good as Terrifier 2. I'm tempering my expectations. But I expect it to be fun.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:03 PM (asXVI)

44
Speaking of The Thing...

I just started watching Ice Station Zebra last night but got tired.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 08:03 PM (JvzFt)

45 42 I always liked Carpenters sound tracks that he wrote himself.

What's kind of nice is that Ennio Morricone did the score for "The Thing" but at points, especially in the intro, it sounds like a Carpenter score.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:03 PM (asXVI)

46 Glad you enjoyed the experience, SheLob!

I dug "Terrifier 2" so I will catch this one.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:04 PM (kpS4V)

47
A few days ago we mentioned Michael Mann's The Keep, which I thought is a flawed but good film. It could've been great.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 08:05 PM (JvzFt)

48 Our local movie reviewer gave Artie the Clown's new movie an F, so I am honor-bound to see it.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:05 PM (kpS4V)

49 It’s all made up bullshit with weirdos on screen and off.

Posted by: See? Nobody cares at October 12, 2024 08:06 PM (QSrLX)

50 Carpenter did Vampires which was based on the John Steakley book. He wrote only two books . The other was Armor. That's the one that should have been made into a movie.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 12, 2024 08:07 PM (zn6Ro)

51 Moron Movie Recommendation!

Last night I got to attend the premier of my BIL's new movie Average Joe.

Excellent Moron movie about the Marine that became a football coach in Washington state and got fired for praying on the football field with his team. Case went all of the way up to the Supreme Court, where he won. I think it is an important precedential case because it overturned that awful Lemon precedent.

https://tinyurl.com/4akak62s

Theme is kind of Rudy, meets legal drama, meets Christian movie.

Go see it, if it is being shown in your area. This is the anti "woke Disney" type of movie Morons need to support!

[reposted from last night's ONT]

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 12, 2024 08:07 PM (Q4Dc6)

52 @21 Yes! SNL was a nice period piece.

Shows how Lorne Michaels had one good idea ... which he's been milking for 50 years.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 12, 2024 08:07 PM (nFx0I)

53 44
Speaking of The Thing...

I just started watching Ice Station Zebra last night but got tired.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 08:03 PM (JvzF
Fake snow makes you tired and you can't trust anybody.

Posted by: Eromero at October 12, 2024 08:07 PM (LHPAg)

54 It’s all made up bullshit with weirdos on screen and off
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And that's just The PBS News Hour!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:07 PM (kpS4V)

55 It’s all made up bullshit with weirdos on screen and off.
Posted by: See? Nobody cares at October 12, 2024 08:06 PM (QSrLX)

Saif? Saifedean Ammous? Is that you?

Posted by: Some Mouse Who Hasn't Quite Caught the Clue Yet at October 12, 2024 08:07 PM (D7oie)

56 Work on your relationships, don’t cheat on your spouse, get some rest.

Posted by: See? Nobody cares at October 12, 2024 08:07 PM (QSrLX)

57 Terrifier 3 can't be as good as Terrifier 2. I'm tempering my expectations. But I expect it to be fun.
Posted by: moviegique

I'd still rate 2 as my favorite. BruceWayne says 3 is now his favorite. It was immensely fun.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 12, 2024 08:08 PM (ftFVW)

58 Is Bubba Ho-Tep a horror movie?

Posted by: H at October 12, 2024 08:09 PM (4N/0w)

59 The homeless guy collapsing into a pile bugs in Prince of Darkness might be my favorite practical f/x doohickey ever.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 12, 2024 08:09 PM (pIfcn)

60 Saw Halloween when it first showed at a Chicago area film festival. Not long after it got wider release, Assault on Precinct 13 was re-released. Both delightful, and both movies I can still enjoy even after seeing them umpteen times.

If you've got the Criterion streaming service, Carpenter's made for tv flick Someone's Watching Me is on their October lineup; eons since I've seen it, but if memory serves it's worth a watch.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2024 08:09 PM (q3u5l)

61
What do these celerys have in common?

Cherrie Curry (The Runaways)
Dennis Quaid
Cindy Brady (Susan Olsen)

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 08:09 PM (JvzFt)

62 Been watching lots of scary movies this month so far

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2024 08:10 PM (fwDg9)

63 Horror is my least favorite genre but I do like 'horror' films in the same style as The Others.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 12, 2024 08:11 PM (zn6Ro)

64 || Is Bubba Ho-Tep a horror movie?

It's a horror movie reviewed on this very website. And shown at the second Jamboree.

https://moviegique.com/2023/07/bubba-ho-tep/

|| Our local movie reviewer gave Artie the Clown's new movie an F, so I am honor-bound to see it.

I almost have to see Megalopolis because it apparently reaches "Neal Breen" levels of self-absorption. Fortunately, I think it's going to go away before I have a chance.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:12 PM (asXVI)

65 Carpenter's now trying to tar Trump supporters with the They Live theme, so, hey, like your movies, pal, but you can f**k off, with my compliments.

Posted by: Paco at October 12, 2024 08:12 PM (njExo)

66 I think it cost only around 300k to make Halloween and did it in a couple of weeks. That's the success I want in my director if I'm the producer.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 12, 2024 08:14 PM (zn6Ro)

67 65 Carpenter's now trying to tar Trump supporters with the They Live theme, so, hey, like your movies, pal, but you can f**k off, with my compliments.

Posted by: Paco at October 12, 2024 08:12 PM (njExo)

Trump is putting the glasses on people.

Posted by: davidt at October 12, 2024 08:14 PM (i0F8b)

68 58 Is Bubba Ho-Tep a horror movie?
Posted by: H at October 12, 2024 08:09 PM (4N/0w)
One of the best ever!

Posted by: Eromero at October 12, 2024 08:15 PM (LHPAg)

69 Evening.

I thought maybe there wasn't going to be a movie thread tonight. It got late, there was nothing.

Then I realized I'm currently in the eastern time zone.

Now there's a movie thread and all is well.

Anyway, I've never seen Prince Of Darkness.

Posted by: Robert at October 12, 2024 08:15 PM (LDs19)

70 Trump is putting the glasses on people.
Posted by: davidt

Yes, though I enjoy many of his movies, Carpenter has got this quite obviously backward.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 12, 2024 08:16 PM (ftFVW)

71 In the third picture. Chick on the left with the big 'uns. Who's she? And why didn't you zoom in?

Posted by: Robert at October 12, 2024 08:16 PM (LDs19)

72 Posted by: See? Nobody cares at October 12, 2024 08:07 PM

You're just a rambling pain in the ass. You are correct - nobody cares.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 12, 2024 08:18 PM (mH6SG)

73 Jerome Weiselberry, the cutest little YouTube reviewer, posts part one of her spooky October mini-reviews.

https://youtu.be/TezI4lbtBaE

Go for the film talk, stay for the adorableness.

Posted by: Robert at October 12, 2024 08:18 PM (LDs19)

74 In the third picture. Chick on the left with the big 'uns. Who's she? And why didn't you zoom in?
Posted by: Robert

Boobs *drooling sound*

Posted by: Morons Everywhere at October 12, 2024 08:19 PM (ftFVW)

75 Robert,

That's Darcy the Mail Girl. If you want rather extensive detailing of her corporeal form, I believe the Internet can provide in spades.

The mutants love her because she's one of us, a hardcore horror fan, and the one who dragged JB out of retirement.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:19 PM (asXVI)

76 I almost have to see Megalopolis because it apparently reaches "Neal Breen" levels of self-absorption. Fortunately, I think it's going to go away before I have a chance.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:12 PM (asXVI)
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C'mon, Coppola and Breen are both self-indulgent auteurs, but Francis Ford brings a bit more to the table.

I kept thinking, as I watched "Megaflopolis", "Thank God I don't have to submit an actual, reasoned review, because I don't know what to think about this strange cobbled-together gump of a movie".

I basically liked it...I think...?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:20 PM (kpS4V)

77 I almost have to see Megalopolis because it apparently reaches "Neal Breen" levels of self-absorption. Fortunately, I think it's going to go away before I have a chance.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:12 PM (asXVI)

Ya Boi Zack liked it.

https://youtu.be/BO9mg2A5nBc

I missed out. I really wanted to see it. I know what the critics say. The critics can suck the shit from my asshole.

Well...it'll be on Blu-ray in two months. I've waited this long. I can wait a little longer.

Posted by: Robert at October 12, 2024 08:20 PM (LDs19)

78 "There was a preview for "Mickey 17", starring Robert Pattinson, about a desperate guy who agrees to be used as expendable labor out in space"

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Sounds a bit like "Moon", with the excellent Sam Rockwell.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at October 12, 2024 08:22 PM (5YmYl)

79 Darcy the Mail Girl
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:19 PM (asXVI)

To the Internet!!!

Thank you, Monsieur 'Gique.

Posted by: Robert at October 12, 2024 08:23 PM (LDs19)

80
Boi Zack is a real shithead with stupid takes, and likes to be a contrarian for the sake of being a contrarian.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 08:23 PM (JvzFt)

81 56 Work on your relationships, don’t cheat on your spouse, get some rest.
Posted by: See? Nobody cares

Don't watch Dr. Zhivago.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 12, 2024 08:24 PM (jrKun)

82 || I basically liked it...I think...?

lol...dammit...I'm so torn. It's down to a =5= on IMDB.

|| Ya Boi Zack liked it.

Zack's taste in movies is, how would you say...dismissable? Unusuable?

It's just not a barometer for anything other than whether he likes it. At least, I've never known anyone who matches his idiosyncratic tastes.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:24 PM (asXVI)

83 There's a short story by Peter Watts called "The Things". It's "The Thing" told from the alien's POV. Very chilling.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at October 12, 2024 08:24 PM (5YmYl)

84 C'mon, Coppola and Breen are both self-indulgent auteurs, but Francis Ford brings a bit more to the table...

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:20 PM (kpS4V)

A bit more. Sure.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:24 PM (oGnqA)

85 I don't like scary movies but I gotta admit I love Svengoolie.

Posted by: bluebell at October 12, 2024 08:25 PM (79pEw)

86 Well, Svengoolie hosted the Universal horror classics which I love but which are pretty mild by modern standards.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:27 PM (asXVI)

87 The new Alien flick sucks balls. Too many gratuitous memberberries.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at October 12, 2024 08:27 PM (5YmYl)

88 I saw part of the first Terrifier before I left the room. My daughter tried to get me to watch Terrifier 2 but I'm really not into gore just for gore. Is it really just a comedy with blood or a parody of horror movies? I don't understand the attraction.

Posted by: Megthered at October 12, 2024 08:28 PM (Mgb19)

89 I'm a fan of Joe Bob Briggs

Kung fu
Wang fu
Karate fu
Tire tool fu

That was one on his reviews IIRC.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 12, 2024 08:28 PM (gbOdA)

90 I remember Joe Bob from back in the day, glad he's still kicking around. He used to make fun of Ted Turner a lot.

I loved "Prince of Darkness", it had genuine creepiness and such an original concept. I loved the ending.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at October 12, 2024 08:28 PM (V362x)

91 He also called out 2 x 4 fu

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 12, 2024 08:28 PM (gbOdA)

92 Evening, flicker fanciers! Just spent 3 hours mounting ONE tire on my Suburban. My ancient tire machine just cannot cope with 17 inch tires on aluminum rims. And the center hole of the rim is too big for my bubble balancer. Oh, well...

Speaking of flickers, anyone remember seeing Fractured Flickers on TV? It was hosted by Hans Conried, but I think the producer might have been Jay Ward. Conried was in a really creepy psychological "horror" film called The Twonky, about a TV set that became sentient, and took over his life.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2024 08:29 PM (OwAOz)

93 They Live! was an anti Reagan screed. Yet, it comes across as a documentary now. Almost was then.

ROWDY RODDY PIPER WAS ROBBED OF AN OSCAR!!!!

That happens sometimes with movies and TV. The writers, directors, and actors think they are showing one side of an issue but the audience see's something else entirely. See The Wire, Watchmen, They Live!, etc. Happens quite a bit.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 12, 2024 08:29 PM (jrKun)

94 Re: Carpenter -

I think he's overrated. Made some outrageous films, with over the top scenes, and ultimately his movies are sugared snacks. No nutrition to speak of.

I'd almost compare him straight up to Tim Burton.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:29 PM (j3S2o)

95 There's a hilarious RedLetterMedia episode where they forced Rick to summarize the Neal Breen movie they just saw and he practically had a breakdown, like his logic circuits melted.

One thing in Coppola's favor: unlike Neal, he never put his ass cheeks or batch onscreen.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:29 PM (kpS4V)

96 Moviegique, those really old ones are the only ones I can stomach because they look fake even to me. The Mole People comes to mind.

Posted by: bluebell at October 12, 2024 08:30 PM (79pEw)

97 My gf now wife watched The Thing un a blanket in the car by peaking out about every 2 minutes.
Phantasm she hid under the blanket the whole time.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 12, 2024 08:30 PM (gbOdA)

98 Joe Bob in Monstervision days also gave us:

Deja-fu, which is the feeling that you've been kicked in the head like this before.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2024 08:31 PM (q3u5l)

99 The Mole People comes to mind.
Posted by: bluebell at October 12, 2024 08:30 PM (79pEw)

6.023 X 10^23 of them!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2024 08:31 PM (OwAOz)

100 The classic Universal Horror Classics are classic movies.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at October 12, 2024 08:32 PM (i0F8b)

101 The Mole People are real, Bluebell! Weekly World News blew the lid off that story.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:32 PM (kpS4V)

102 I saw part of the first Terrifier before I left the room. My daughter tried to get me to watch Terrifier 2 but I'm really not into gore just for gore. Is it really just a comedy with blood or a parody of horror movies? I don't understand the attraction.
Posted by: Megthered

Neither comedy nor parody. It's slasher for sure.

My cackling is only a reflection on my twisted little mind. Though many of Art's mime antics are humorous, they add to the horror of it all.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 12, 2024 08:32 PM (ftFVW)

103 98 Joe Bob in Monstervision days also gave us:

Deja-fu, which is the feeling that you've been kicked in the head like this before.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2024 08:31 PM (q3u5l)

thats too fuckin funny

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 12, 2024 08:32 PM (gbOdA)

104 I think he's overrated.

Sigh. It was only a matter of time.

Posted by: The Beatles at October 12, 2024 08:32 PM (mH6SG)

105 Anyone using a moniker "ya boi zack" should not be listened to.

About anything.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:32 PM (j3S2o)

106 " I don't like scary movies but I gotta admit I love Svengoolie.
Posted by: bluebell"

Right now it's "The Ghost and Mr Chicken". I like Sven's guest, Nostalgiaferatu. His visage cracks me up.

Posted by: fd at October 12, 2024 08:32 PM (vFG9F)

107 6.023 X 10^23 of them!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2024 08:31 PM (OwAOz)
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Avogadro Oil Peon, is that you?!

Posted by: bluebell at October 12, 2024 08:33 PM (79pEw)

108 My gf now wife watched The Thing un a blanket in the car by peaking out about every 2 minutes.
Phantasm she hid under the blanket the whole time.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Clever move!

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 12, 2024 08:34 PM (ftFVW)

109 Avogadro Oil Peon, is that you?!
Posted by: bluebell at October 12, 2024 08:33 PM (79pEw)

Heh!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2024 08:34 PM (OwAOz)

110 6.023 X 10^23 of them!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2024 08:31 PM (OwAOz)

Judges would have accepted Avogadro Salad.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 12, 2024 08:34 PM (gbOdA)

111 Right now it's "The Ghost and Mr Chicken". I like Sven's guest, Nostalgiaferatu. His visage cracks me up.
Posted by: fd at October 12, 2024 08:32 PM (vFG9F)
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Yes, my husband was just watching.

Posted by: bluebell at October 12, 2024 08:34 PM (79pEw)

112 One thing in Coppola's favor: unlike Neal, he never put his ass cheeks or batch onscreen.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:29 PM (kpS4V)

But he did put his daughter on screen... and that's gotta be worse.

Although I do find some of her films charming and likeable.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:34 PM (j3S2o)

113 I remember seeing They Live on the USA Network as a teenager. I loved it then and now as an adult I realize it was actually a documentary.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 12, 2024 08:35 PM (eZwyX)

114 ||I saw part of the first Terrifier before I left the room. My daughter tried to get me to watch Terrifier 2 but I'm really not into gore just for gore. Is it really just a comedy with blood or a parody of horror movies? I don't understand the attraction.||

I'm not a gore-hound at all, and I wouldn't recommend the first Terrifier to those who are not.

The second one is gorier, but there's more going on there. It's positively transcendent. But you do have to be able to stomach the gore.

My review: https://moviegique.com/2022/12/terrifier-2/

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:36 PM (asXVI)

115 "They Live" is interesting. Both Right and Left can watch the same movie but we are both watching two different movies.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at October 12, 2024 08:36 PM (V362x)

116 "Conried was in a really creepy psychological "horror" film called The Twonky, about a TV set that became sentient, and took over his life.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"

I was fascinated by the Twonky. I think it had something to do with the Sousa.

Posted by: fd at October 12, 2024 08:36 PM (vFG9F)

117 Back to my Clone Wars stories. There's a high body count in this YA show, daaayyyum.

Mostly droids, but also clones. It's a bit insensitive really.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:36 PM (kpS4V)

118 How many avocados are in the bag?

Posted by: davidt at October 12, 2024 08:36 PM (i0F8b)

119 I did enjoy Joe Bob's turn as a county sheriff deputy in The Stand miniseries.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2024 08:36 PM (Aqu9a)

120 The Mole People are real, Bluebell! Weekly World News blew the lid off that story.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:32 PM (kpS4V)
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Shoot, that's right. Please don't tell me The Swamp Thing is real, too. I need to have my illusions.

Posted by: bluebell at October 12, 2024 08:36 PM (79pEw)

121 As for films watched, I finally saw "X," the Ti West film.

It was alright. I have the prequel, "Pearl" ready to go, I may or may not watch it this weekend. They say X was better.

Eh, hopefully not.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:37 PM (j3S2o)

122 Conried was in a really creepy psychological "horror" film called The Twonky, about a TV set that became sentient, and took over his life.||

The first filmed story, I believe, of a robot/computer taking over a human's life.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:37 PM (asXVI)

123 chainsaw fu

forgot that

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 12, 2024 08:37 PM (gbOdA)

124 Coppala's family gave us Nic Cage.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 12, 2024 08:37 PM (zn6Ro)

125 Mole people are easy enough to handle with a flashlight. It's those killer shrews you gotta worry about.

Posted by: fd at October 12, 2024 08:38 PM (vFG9F)

126
What do these celerys have in common?

Cherrie Curry (The Runaways)
Dennis Quaid
Cindy Brady (Susan Olsen)

All supporters of President Trump.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 08:38 PM (JvzFt)

127 I was fascinated by the Twonky. I think it had something to do with the Sousa.
Posted by: fd at October 12, 2024 08:36 PM (vFG9F)

A prophetic cautionary tale about how TV can manipulate people.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2024 08:38 PM (OwAOz)

128 "Mandy" had some excelsior chainsaw fu.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:38 PM (kpS4V)

129 Zack's taste in movies is, how would you say...dismissable? Unusuable?

It's just not a barometer for anything other than whether he likes it. At least, I've never known anyone who matches his idiosyncratic tastes.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:24 PM (asXVI)

He has bad taste, for sure. When he still did live streams people would piss all over him telling him he had bad taste. The way he describes his viewing habits is he usually watches movies in short increments of several minutes. That seems less than optimal. However, I think his Megalopolis review is decent as far as reviews go. It's certainly going against the current but it's also honest.

Posted by: Robert at October 12, 2024 08:38 PM (v48ft)

130 The Twonky was based on a short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore.

Posted by: Some Mouse Who Hasn't Quite Caught the Clue Yet at October 12, 2024 08:39 PM (D7oie)

131 Thank you for an excellent Movie Thread, moviegique! I have been a Joe Bob fan since his newspaper days. I got to see him in-person for his How Rednecks Saved Hollywood show, which I sure wish he would put out on DVD. The Thing has always been one of my favorite movies and I had a blast watching it with my children, when they were old enough to watch it. I just watched Assault on Precinct 13 and really loved how much story Carpenter packed onto the screen, on such a tiny budget.

Posted by: SuperMayorSuperRonNirenberg-Buffest Big City Mayor In The Universe at October 12, 2024 08:39 PM (RYVzk)

132 I remember seeing They Live on the USA Network as a teenager. I loved it then and now as an adult I realize it was actually a documentary.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 12, 2024 08:35 PM (eZwyX)

The thing is though, other than the "reveal," and the fight, it's really not worth watching the whole film.

Once you get the premise, and after you watch Piper and David beat the snot out of each other, you don't have to watch any of the rest.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:39 PM (j3S2o)

133 || Moviegique, those really old ones are the only ones I can stomach because they look fake even to me. The Mole People comes to mind.

Oh, they're charming, I think. Now, the old German expressionist horrors like "Nosferatu"? Those I think can still be scary.

|| They say X was better.

I would not say that, personally, but I did see "Pearl" first. It's the Mia Goth show!

https://moviegique.com/2022/12/pearl/

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:40 PM (asXVI)

134 "Mandy" had some excelsior chainsaw fu.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:38 PM (kpS4V)

Modern masterpiece, that one is. One of the 10 best films of the millennium.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:40 PM (j3S2o)

135 As for films watched, I finally saw "X," the Ti West film.

It was alright. I have the prequel, "Pearl" ready to go, I may or may not watch it this weekend. They say X was better.

Eh, hopefully not.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:37 PM (j3S2o)

I got both and found them underwhelming. West's House Of The Devil was way waaay better.

Posted by: Robert at October 12, 2024 08:41 PM (v48ft)

136 It is, BurtTC! It truly is.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:41 PM (kpS4V)

137 JBB's book, JBB's Guide to Western Civilization, is the funniest book I've ever read. I wrote him a letter and told him so. The man wrote me back. Class.

Posted by: Wray Johnson at October 12, 2024 08:42 PM (iAn/X)

138 Years since I saw The Twonky -- think that was from a pretty decent Henry Kuttner short story.

Mole People -- ever wonder if John Agar ever asked himself how he went from making movies with John Wayne to things like The Mole People, Attack of the Puppet People, and Tarantula (gotta admit, this one's still fun).

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2024 08:42 PM (q3u5l)

139 The thing is though, other than the "reveal," and the fight, it's really not worth watching the whole film.

Respectfully disagree.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 12, 2024 08:42 PM (mH6SG)

140 The first filmed story, I believe, of a robot/computer taking over a human's life.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:37 PM (asXVI)

There is a science fiction short story in that vein, entitled "Eatoin Shrdlu" about a linotype machine that becomes sentient, and malevolent, after being used to set type in an unknown language for a strange client.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2024 08:42 PM (OwAOz)

141 I would not say that, personally, but I did see "Pearl" first. It's the Mia Goth show!

https://moviegique.com/2022/12/pearl/
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:40 PM (asXVI)

That's good to hear! She has an appeal, that's for sure, and the gratuitous sex scenes notwithstanding, I agree with her BF in the film, when he says she's got an "it" factor, or whatever he called it.

Both parts. She's fantastic.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:42 PM (j3S2o)

142 || It's certainly going against the current but it's also honest.

I think he's generally very honest. People don't like what he has to say lately but I think he means it. And I think the core of what he's saying about audience capture is true: A lot of people who made their bones railing against The System have basically been turned into performing monkeys by a different The System.

Sometimes, I think he gets caught up in the moment, and I think he's still kind of blue-pilled, but I think he's trying to maintain his integrity.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:43 PM (asXVI)

143 As for films watched, I finally saw "X," the Ti West film.

It was alright. I have the prequel, "Pearl" ready to go, I may or may not watch it this weekend. They say X was better.

Eh, hopefully not.
Posted by: BurtTC

I thought Pearl was great (of course I really liked X, as well). They are very different movies owing to the fact that each of the three in the series is styled toward iconic film themes of the era in which they're set.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 12, 2024 08:44 PM (ftFVW)

144 Have a great evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 12, 2024 08:45 PM (fwDg9)

145 I'm a relatively simple man. I must lack the "nuance" regarding what constitutes a good film. Oh, well...see ya'll on the ONT.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 12, 2024 08:45 PM (mH6SG)

146 || I got to see him in-person for his How Rednecks Saved Hollywood show, which I sure wish he would put out on DVD.

Hey! I didn't see you there! At the Egyptian, right? A terrific show. Darcy's been trying to convince him to record it. But he's always changing it, so...IDK.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:46 PM (asXVI)

147 Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:39 PM (j3S2o

Gotta see how it ends my man

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 12, 2024 08:46 PM (eZwyX)

148 It is, BurtTC! It truly is.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:41 PM (kpS4V)

There are a lot of films I haven't seen, and I think my tastes have shifted substantially. The more surreal a film, it seems, the more I like it.

Finally watched "Dinner In America" a week or so ago, following the RLM boys' recommendation. It's like a mirror universe Napoleon Dynamite. So much to love.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:47 PM (j3S2o)

149 Sometimes people leave here in a huff and I'm not sure what's going on.

Me, I think you should take a least a minute-and-a-huff. l:['

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:48 PM (asXVI)

150 Gotta see how it ends my man
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 12, 2024 08:46 PM (eZwyX)

I have seen it.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:49 PM (j3S2o)

151 I thought Pearl was great (of course I really liked X, as well). They are very different movies owing to the fact that each of the three in the series is styled toward iconic film themes of the era in which they're set.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 12, 2024 08:44 PM (ftFVW)

Hmmm, I wasn't even aware there was a third.

Now I guess I have to watch Pearl this evening.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:50 PM (j3S2o)

152 75
'That's Darcy the Mail Girl. If you want rather extensive detailing of her corporeal form, I believe the Internet can provide in spades.
'

She seems to have an entertainment career of her own.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 12, 2024 08:51 PM (3wi/L)

153 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2024 08:29 PM (OwAOz)

I always liked Conried’s accent. Kind of precise spooky.

Posted by: Javems at October 12, 2024 08:51 PM (dOWMF)

154 MaXXXine review here from a previous movie thread.

https://tinyurl.com/bddjwbjp

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:52 PM (asXVI)

155 Sometimes people leave here in a huff and I'm not sure what's going on.

Me, I think you should take a least a minute-and-a-huff. l:['
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:48 PM (asXVI)

Here's a huff:

https://tinyurl.com/33hfspr2

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2024 08:52 PM (OwAOz)

156 Secret Vice - I do enjoy all the versions of The Thing storyline, including the short SciFi story. Even the modern prequel movie.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2024 08:52 PM (Aqu9a)

157 Hmmm, I wasn't even aware there was a third.

Now I guess I have to watch Pearl this evening.
Posted by: BurtTC

MaXXXine, came out this year. It's into the '80s and Maxine is trying to break out of porn into real (horror) movies. It's styled as an '80s serial killer crime flick with horror elements woven in throughout.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 12, 2024 08:54 PM (ftFVW)

158 Sometimes people leave here in a huff and I'm not sure what's going on.

Not leaving "in a huff", at all. I'm not much a movie buff but I certainly appreciate the thread. Sorry if it came off that way. Have fun!

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 12, 2024 08:54 PM (mH6SG)

159 I remember the CHIPs star, Erik Estrada showed up to accept an award given each year to the "biggest ham actor" who "believed their own press releases."

He was/is a hoot.

Posted by: Ju at October 12, 2024 08:54 PM (aTmM/)

160 Finally watched "Dinner In America" a week or so ago, following the RLM boys' recommendation. It's like a mirror universe Napoleon Dynamite. So much to love.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:47 PM (j3S2o)
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I adore that film.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:54 PM (kpS4V)

161 Hmmm, I wasn't even aware there was a third.

Now I guess I have to watch Pearl this evening.
Posted by: BurtTC

MaXXXine, came out this year. It's into the '80s and Maxine is trying to break out of porn into real (horror) movies. It's styled as an '80s serial killer crime flick with horror elements woven in throughout.
Posted by: She Hobbit

Forgot to say the music is perfect.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 12, 2024 08:55 PM (ftFVW)

162 Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:49 PM (j3S2o

I meant my reply as; I understand, I’d still wanna see it through with that advice

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 12, 2024 08:55 PM (eZwyX)

163 MaXXXine review here from a previous movie thread.

https://tinyurl.com/bddjwbjp
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:52 PM (asXVI)

MaXXXine, came out this year. It's into the '80s and Maxine is trying to break out of porn into real (horror) movies. It's styled as an '80s serial killer crime flick with horror elements woven in throughout.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 12, 2024 08:54 PM (ftFVW)

Alright then! It's on the list.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:56 PM (j3S2o)

164 Thanks for the thread, moviegique.

Need to plan a Carpenter binge and maybe a Romero zombie-thon some time during the rest of October. Season well with some Lewtons, the original Haunting, a few Corman Poe-pics, The Legend of Hell House, etc, for the Halloween season's viewing. Decisions, decisions...

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2024 08:56 PM (q3u5l)

165 Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:49 PM (j3S2o

I meant my reply as; I understand, I’d still wanna see it through with that advice
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 12, 2024 08:55 PM (eZwyX)

Oh, sorry! I guess I'm not really suggesting anyone NOT watch it all the way through, just that I don't find the rest of the film worth watching, after having done so.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:57 PM (j3S2o)

166 Not leaving "in a huff", at all. I'm not much a movie buff but I certainly appreciate the thread. Sorry if it came off that way. Have fun!
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Oh, no worries, Notorious. I'm just sometimes reading something that seems emotional and when I trace it back I'm usually unable to figure out why.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 08:58 PM (asXVI)

167 "Eatoin Shrdlu" Fredrick Brown! Absolute master of the short story from back in the Golden Age of Sci-fi.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at October 12, 2024 08:58 PM (V362x)

168 Conried did Thorin Oakenshield's voice in the Rankin Bass Hobbit. Richard Boone was Smaug.

Posted by: fd at October 12, 2024 08:59 PM (vFG9F)

169 I always liked Conried’s accent. Kind of precise spooky.

Posted by: Javems at October 12, 2024 08:51 PM (dOWMF)

And he was born in...Baltimore!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2024 08:59 PM (OwAOz)

170 Burt, continue the Kyle Gallner trip with the killer flick "Strange Darling". It's bloody good!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:59 PM (kpS4V)

171 "Eatoin Shrdlu" Fredrick Brown! Absolute master of the short story from back in the Golden Age of Sci-fi.
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at October 12, 2024 08:58 PM (V362x)

Good story; would be hard to make as a movie, since I doubt one in a hundred people today would know what a linotype machine was used for.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2024 09:01 PM (OwAOz)

172
Forgive the intrusion, but I was able to see that comet (C/2023 A3 Tsusomething-Atlas).

Those out west, look to the west right after sunset. Note Venus (can't miss it), and then Arcturus to the right. Arcturus is bright enough it will show up pretty soon after sunset. Note the line between them.

The comet will be about halfway in between that line, but down closer to the horizon. I was able to see it when it was between 5 - 6 degrees above the horizon. With binoculars, I could see the tail. Very nice to see.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 12, 2024 09:01 PM (w6EFb)

173 Fredric Brown was excellent both in SF and mystery/suspense. NESFA Press has a big collection of all his short sf called From These Ashes -- not to be missed. His suspense novels were delightful too -- check out The Far Cry and Knock Three-One-Two (the latter adapted for the Karloff-hosted Thriller, with Warren Oates). Terrific stuff.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 12, 2024 09:01 PM (q3u5l)

174 Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 08:57 PM (j3S2

No worries man. Sometimes tone doesn’t translate through text ha.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 12, 2024 09:01 PM (eZwyX)

175 Conried did Thorin Oakenshield's voice in the Rankin Bass Hobbit. Richard Boone was Smaug.
Posted by: fd

Oh! Had no idea. Only know that sparked my love of Tolkien when I was a wee little hobbit.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 12, 2024 09:02 PM (ftFVW)

176 Richard Boone was a surprisingly good Smaug.

I have the Rankin-Bass illustrated version of "The Hobbit".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 09:04 PM (kpS4V)

177
Erik Estrada was in an episode of Fallout.

I'd rate Fallout a 6/10. Barely.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 09:04 PM (JvzFt)

178 In book form, I mean.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 09:04 PM (kpS4V)

179
I think Orson Bean is in it, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 09:07 PM (JvzFt)

180 Oh, my... talk about a bad movie moment...

Gen. in charge if the Military, says his legally elected Leader, is 'Fascist to the core'....

Miley, about Trump...

So.... why did he not RESIGN? rather than not follow his Oath to follow orders?

Posted by: Space Ghost at October 12, 2024 09:08 PM (QAkQ3)

181 Hey! I didn't see you there! At the Egyptian, right? A terrific show. Darcy's been trying to convince him to record it. But he's always changing it, so...IDK.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books)

I saw the show at an Alamo Drafthouse here in Texas. Damn it was fantastic. Even without any of his excellent proof that Rednecks always bail out Hollywood*s butt, his historical presentation of who us Rednecks are and where we came from was worth the price of admission!

Posted by: SuperMayorSuperRonNirenberg-Buffest Big City Mayor In The Universe at October 12, 2024 09:08 PM (RYVzk)

182 "In book form, I mean.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave"

I think that version was my introduction to Tolkien. It took me a while to get around to reading him though.

Posted by: fd at October 12, 2024 09:08 PM (vFG9F)

183 Burt, continue the Kyle Gallner trip with the killer flick "Strange Darling". It's bloody good!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 08:59 PM (kpS4V)

Yes, I plan to.

It may seem dumb, but I prefer to buy physical media when the time comes.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 09:10 PM (GtZ7X)

184 Not a big fan of monster/horror that doesn't include Abbott & Costello, but right now we're about to go into the auditorium to watch the local ballet's production of "Dracula." Creation of ballerina Soili Arvola. Daughter and her husband are dancing in it, although not together. She's playing a gypsy. He's a villager.

Daughter is rehearsals director. Her anxiety 😫 will start to abate after tomorrow's matinee. (Until work on The Nutcracker starts ramping up.)

Resend try at intermission

Guest performers Carla Amâncio & Tales Ribeiroalmost didn't make it out of Florida in time, due to a real monster hurricane.

Posted by: mindful webworker's cell at October 12, 2024 09:10 PM (LTtHE)

185 his historical presentation of who us Rednecks are and where we came from was worth the price of admission!||

Classic Joe Bob: We're going to talk about how rednecks saved Hollywood so naturally we have to go back to the 17th century...

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:10 PM (asXVI)

186 Strange Darling is on my streaming channel. Is it good? I've heard good things about it. Very twisty.

Posted by: Megthered at October 12, 2024 09:11 PM (Mgb19)

187
Favorite Dennis Quaid movie?

Inner Space?

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 09:11 PM (JvzFt)

188 187
Favorite Dennis Quaid movie?

Inner Space?
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 09:11 PM (JvzFt)
Big Easy

Posted by: Eromero at October 12, 2024 09:12 PM (LHPAg)

189 180 Oh, my... talk about a bad movie moment...

Gen. in charge if the Military, says his legally elected Leader, is 'Fascist to the core'....

Miley, about Trump...

So.... why did he not RESIGN? rather than not follow his Oath to follow orders?
Posted by: Space Ghost

Will anybody ask this perfumed prince to define Fascism?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 12, 2024 09:13 PM (jrKun)

190
So, yeah, Dennis Quaid fired up the big California crowd today for the president.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 09:15 PM (JvzFt)

191 189
'Will anybody ask this perfumed prince to define Fascism?'

Have him define it at his court martial.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 12, 2024 09:15 PM (3wi/L)

192 Ach, zwei of Werner's favorite people - Joe Bob Briggs and John Carpenter. Neither have I met, but would welcome the opportunity to do so. Utilizing the commonly-accepted system to establish where one stands within the cosmos of celebrity identities, the Six or Seven or However-the-fricking many of degrees of Werner Herzog, I am a mere two degrees of separation from John Carpenter, given that we have both worked with the kilt-wearing philosopher Rowdy Roddy Piper. Some of you may recall my mention of getting stranded with Roddy at Oslo while on our way to the Second Wrestlemania.

It was during my brief stint with the WWE, which started by my desire to craft a documentary about the contrasting worlds of Mexico's Lucha Libre and old-school American Wrasslin', and ended up becoming so fun that I stuck with it for quite a while. At Wrestlemania 2, I was scheduled for a heel turn, in which I would dash into the ring with a folding chair and render a previously trusting Hulk Hogan unconscious while Roddy distracted the Ref. Then would I don the mask of a luchador, auguring my rise as the Rudo, Werner the Barn-Burner. Scheisse, one more post.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at October 12, 2024 09:15 PM (tmPIh)

193 Will anybody ask this perfumed prince to define Fascism?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 12, 2024 09:13 PM (jrKun)

They're soaking in it. They know they are, at least some of them do, and this is what the kids call gaslighting.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 09:15 PM (GtZ7X)

194 || Favorite Dennis Quaid movie?

The Substance?

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:16 PM (asXVI)

195 Joe Bob was terrific fun. I remember one - Conan, I think - in which he said it featured "two breasts, unfortunately they are on Arnold."

But in our neck of the woods we recently lost the 2nd best such host, the Bowman Body. He too was very funny.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 12, 2024 09:18 PM (1bNHn)

196
Frequency
Enemy Mine
Pandorum
Traffic
Dragonheart
Dreamscape

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 09:18 PM (JvzFt)

197 Didn't Herzog do a film on Dr Gene Scott, who was by far the most entertaining televangelist.

Posted by: Eeyore at October 12, 2024 09:19 PM (1bNHn)

198 130 Wasn’t that under the Lewis Padgett pen name they used?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 12, 2024 09:19 PM (ZVgZ4)

199 Joe Bob was in Casino.

Posted by: davidt at October 12, 2024 09:20 PM (i0F8b)

200 194 || Favorite Dennis Quaid movie?

The Substance?
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:16 PM (asXVI)
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He was hilariously sleazy. The closeup of him snarfing down the shrimp was the most disgusting thing in the movie.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 09:20 PM (kpS4V)

201 Whew!! Home from the game Fun movie thread

Posted by: LASue at October 12, 2024 09:22 PM (DLutl)

202 He was hilariously sleazy. The closeup of him snarfing down the shrimp was the most disgusting thing in the movie.||

It really was! And that is really saying something!

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:22 PM (asXVI)

203 I see it mentioned up thread but it bears repeating - The Ghost and Mr Chicken is on Svengoolie tonight at 8 Pacific.

I guess it's already on in the later time zones....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 12, 2024 09:22 PM (QGaXH)

204 126
What do these celerys have in common?

Cherrie Curry (The Runaways)
Dennis Quaid
Cindy Brady (Susan Olsen)

All supporters of President Trump.
Posted by: Soothsayer
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Now we know the three from Hollywood not involved with homo-pedo action.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 12, 2024 09:24 PM (jyGs/)

205 I am from the Drive-In generation. I have so many memories, from being a toddler (they used to have swing-set playgrounds on site, for those of us too little to watch the movies), to under-age sneaking in to drive-ins to watch 'R' rated boobs, to underage drinking as we set out lawn chairs to booze it up and laugh at The Exorcist.

The present generation has no idea what 'fun' is.

Posted by: goatexchange at October 12, 2024 09:24 PM (L7gdA)

206
The Substance?
Posted by: moviegique

Chris Gore can't stop gushing over this movie.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 09:25 PM (JvzFt)

207 Prince of Darkness is perhaps the best score that Carpenter ever created with Alan Howarth. And it's amazing just how much of it there is. The movie is just under 100 minutes but has 85 minutes of score. That's extremely unusual for a horror film, particularly one with a limited budget.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at October 12, 2024 09:26 PM (TdCYS)

208 Goatexchange, there really wasn't the concept of "underage drinking" in the 70's!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 09:27 PM (kpS4V)

209 || Chris Gore can't stop gushing over this movie.

It's a very good, very stylish film that handles a difficult topic extraordinarily well, and (say it with me now) I would recommend it to almost no one.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:27 PM (asXVI)

210 Listening to Tim Dillon "promoting" the Joker sequel.

Apparently he has something like two lines in it. To the extent you can believe what he says, I'd expect he's not going to get too many more calls to be in films.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 12, 2024 09:27 PM (aDbdH)

211 Thank you moviegique!

I saved this one since I'm still going through horror movies. 'The Thing' was actually one of the few movies I actually saw before I started on my current movie binge. Horror movie binge.

Several mentioned Terrifier. I loved Terrifier 1 and 2. Those were the most disturbing movies I could find. Both 10 out of 10. Can't wait to see 3. The first two are on Tubi. Search Roku.

Cabin Fever -2003- was really good. Rider Strong was in there and Disney mom Cerina Vincent was in there doing sex scenes showing breasts.

Shock Labyrinth from Japan was pretty good. 8 out of 10. It was interesting with adults going back to a haunted hospital they lost a friend at when they were young. There were dual timelines and you gradually learned what happened.

The Last House on the Left - 1972 - was on a list of most disturbing movies. It's a rape revenge movie. There was one scene which probably got the movie on the list.

You're Next was great but cats took me away halfway through. I'm hoping to finish it tonight. A rich man and his wife have an isolated mansion. Their 4 kids and their partners come over and all heck breaks loose.

Can't wait to watch in full.

Posted by: Stateless at October 12, 2024 09:28 PM (jvJvP)

212 21 I saw "Saturday Night". If you are of a certain age you will enjoy seeing the original crew of SNL being portrayed by some talented actors.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 07:47 PM (kpS4V)

So, old, then?

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 12, 2024 09:28 PM (f+FmA)

213 Goatexchange - my older sister worked for a theater chain, so when I was a kid she could get us into the drive-ins for free. We'd be out until like 3:00 AM watching some kung-fu quadruple feature. I remember watching Cheech and Chong movies, Chuck Norris films, bad horror, anything and everything.

Posted by: PabloD at October 12, 2024 09:29 PM (/zi6l)

214 My gf now wife watched The Thing un a blanket in the car by peaking out about every 2 minutes.
Phantasm she hid under the blanket the whole time.
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 12, 2024 08:30 PM (gbOdA)
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Mrs. F. threw up watching Cloverfield but she made it to the restroom.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2024 09:30 PM (RIvkX)

215
btw, you might dislike McCain's stupid daughter a little less after reading this:

A few days ago, jalama harris was at an event embarrassing herself, and she implied, strongly, that she had John McCain's endorsement. She told a very obviously made-up anecdote about McCain and her time in the Senate.

Well, Megan McCain heard about this and said No Fucking Way did that ever happen -- and continued to say that her father had only negative things to say about "senator" harris.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 09:30 PM (JvzFt)

216 Seasoned, Sal. SEASONED.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 09:30 PM (kpS4V)

217 || Goatexchange, there really wasn't the concept of "underage drinking" in the 70's! ||

I mean, there WAS, but the idea that One Should Mind One's Own Business was--well, it was the pre-Karen age.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:30 PM (asXVI)

218 JB's definition of a good horror movie:
Anybody can die at any time.

Used to read him religiously in the early '80s

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 12, 2024 09:31 PM (f+FmA)

219 I do not like horror films, ( well, I did enjoy "The Haunting" from the book by Shirley Jackson) but I have caught Svengoolie when at a hotel that has TV and I think he's very entertaining- a throwback version to something campy from the 30's.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2024 09:31 PM (E5h/B)

220 Mrs. F. threw up watching Cloverfield but she made it to the restroom.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2024 09:30 PM (RIvkX)
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I got so nauseous from the shakycam that I left early and got a refund. I watched it on DVD later.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 09:32 PM (kpS4V)

221 I often wonder in the days leading up to this election,
how many times we were distracted during the 80's and 90's while the slow creep of Commie/Socialist influences bore into Academia, Commerce and our own Government.

It's too late now to turn back time on this.

The Barbarians are at the gate ...so to speak.

We have one last chance.

Posted by: Nightwatch at October 12, 2024 09:32 PM (TDvv2)

222 Cat Slave (great handle) - it's true. Drive-ins were like Roller-rinks, plus 5 years. Anything goes. booze, backseats, and buddies. In High School you'd drive in with 2 guys (plus three in the trunk), and meet up with a carload of girls, add a case or three of beer (New Mexico's drinking age of 21 held strong against the insane 70s), add popcorn and for 3-4 hours, it was like soft-porn co-ed pro wrestling.

Posted by: goatexchange at October 12, 2024 09:33 PM (L7gdA)

223 Could not see Venus, or Arcturus. Cloudy out West.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2024 09:33 PM (OwAOz)

224 The events at Oslo, where Roddy and I had to face a level of horror that could only be found elsewhere in the stygian depths of Hell or a Rachel Ray fan convention where someone had spiked the punch with liquor in addition to the normal ketamine/PCP cocktail, aided by my dear friend Max von Sydow, is quite a tale, but best to be told at another time.

If Werner could ask both Herrs Briggs and Carpenter one question, it would be: if you are absorbed or engulfed by the Thing, would you know this? Is not the Thing akin to an actor getting into character? It is aware of its existence, but must it not allow you to show some degree of your own being to make its disguise credible? Over the years, I and many others believe Klaus Kinski believe he was human, after all. Also, could the Thing take on the form of an inanimate object, like a desk. or a chair, or Joe Biden? A TV, mayhap? Werner is distressed now and must find someplace where he and Commander Star Sprinkles must hide. An emptied closet, Ja? Ja, that.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at October 12, 2024 09:33 PM (tmPIh)

225 97 My gf now wife watched The Thing un a blanket in the car by peaking out about every 2 minutes.
Phantasm she hid under the blanket the whole time.
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 12, 2024 08:30 PM (gbOdA)

I still remember the jujubes on the floor where I was hiding during the banshee scene in 'Darby O'Gill".

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 12, 2024 09:34 PM (f+FmA)

226 Mrs. F. threw up watching Cloverfield but she made it to the restroom.
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Shaky cam, tho', not gore, right?
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Cabin Fever -2003- was really good. Rider Strong was in there and Disney mom Cerina Vincent was in there doing sex scenes showing breasts.
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At the time, she was Yellow Power Ranger Cerina Vincent.
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Shock Labyrinth from Japan
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I'm unaware. I'll put it on my list!
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There was one scene which probably got the movie on the list.
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I know which scene you mean. *shudder*

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:34 PM (asXVI)

227 All Hail Eris, I'm watching more 1973 television science fiction. Starlost!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2024 09:36 PM (RIvkX)

228 Yes, it was motion sickness.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2024 09:37 PM (RIvkX)

229 If Lovecraft rose from the dead to make the perfect Lovecraftian film, he'd see The Thing had been made and crawl back into his grave. I don't think Carpenter did another horror film that worked as well as this one, even though Halloween probably has a bigger audience.

Posted by: hello, fellow mutants at October 12, 2024 09:37 PM (V9cMX)

230 me: Voodoo Macbeth (2021)

Anybody else ever see it?

It's a fascinating concept movie: it's a docudrama (BY NO MEANS a documentary!) based on young Orson Welles' (20 y.o.) direction of an all-black Macbeth in Harlem in 1937. Part of the Federal Theatre Project.

Alas, I can't recommend it. I tried hard to love it... and failed.

Among other things, it's too "spectacle for the sake of spectacle," imo. And a LOT of curtains get chewed.

At the end of the closing credits, they show 5 minutes of film of an actual live performance from 1937. And THAT'S fascinating. But it's the only thing in the film that is.

Posted by: mnw at October 12, 2024 09:38 PM (NLIak)

231 Favorite Dennis Quaid movie?

The Substance?
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:16 PM (asXVI)

Breaking Away

His horror flick is Pandorum .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 12, 2024 09:39 PM (D6PGr)

232 I have caught Svengoolie when at a hotel that has TV and I think he's very entertaining- a throwback version to something campy from the 30's.
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Fenelon, yeah. The whole "horror host" thing basically emerged when RKO and then Universal started packaging their movies for TV. Each region would have its own for the movies, and there's a strong tradition of very, very cheesy, old vaudeville humor level stuff.

Svengoolie embraces it gloriously, which I think makes him fun and family-friendly.

At the end of JB's show, he always tells a joke or two--however many it takes to get a laugh out of Darcy, and he was so burnt out Sunday AM, he was telling the dumbest 1st grade jokes.

"Why do police call mummies to crime scenes?"
"Because they know how to wrap things up!"

Just stuff like that. We were all so punch-drunk, we loved 'em.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:39 PM (asXVI)

233
I found out I'm not the only one who hates Pearl Jam. And Stone Temple Pilots.

Also, Red Hot Chili Peppers.

https://is.gd/QkE4Gh

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 09:39 PM (JvzFt)

234 215
btw, you might dislike McCain's stupid daughter a little less after reading this:

A few days ago, jalama harris was at an event embarrassing herself, and she implied, strongly, that she had John McCain's endorsement. She told a very obviously made-up anecdote about McCain and her time in the Senate.

Well, Megan McCain heard about this and said No Fucking Way did that ever happen -- and continued to say that her father had only negative things to say about "senator" harris.
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 09:30 PM (JvzFt)
This sounds like that scene in Ghost where woppy Goldburg has a seance to pull up Edgar? and his widow who looks like the 'where's the meat' lady says 'Edgar, is that you? That shit right there was funny. Probably the only time in my life I thought anything connected with Goldburg was 'funny'.

Posted by: Eromero at October 12, 2024 09:39 PM (LHPAg)

235 The Dennis Quaid movie with Meg Ryan , Flesh and Bone is very underrated IMO.

Definitely Meg Ryan at her all time peak.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 12, 2024 09:40 PM (D6PGr)

236 Atta boy, Luther!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 12, 2024 09:41 PM (63Dwl)

237 227 All Hail Eris, I'm watching more 1973 television science fiction. Starlost!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2024 09:36 PM (
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I remember that! Space ark, right?

We SF kids suffered a lot of disappointment post-Star Trek.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 09:41 PM (kpS4V)

238 In "You're Next", several people died off. Several are in the house temporarily safe.

Crispian already ventured outside and made it back in. He tells the others he's going out to try to get phone service and call for help. The attacks may be over.

This liberal douchebag brother, safe in the house with a few other people looks shocked and screams "You're going to leave us here alone!!"

In the mansion in a room where you're currently safe with other people? Yes he was dickhead. Dude is willing to head out to try to get help risking his life.

He was the Tim Walz of horror movies.

That's where the cats interupted. Going to watch the entire thing now. So far 10 out of 10.

Thanks movieguque and all.
Have a happy week.

Posted by: Stateless at October 12, 2024 09:41 PM (jvJvP)

239 222 Cat Slave (great handle) - it's true. Drive-ins were like Roller-rinks, plus 5 years. Anything goes. booze, backseats, and buddies. In High School you'd drive in with 2 guys (plus three in the trunk), and meet up with a carload of girls, add a case or three of beer (New Mexico's drinking age of 21 held strong against the insane 70s), add popcorn and for 3-4 hours, it was like soft-porn co-ed pro wrestling.
Posted by: goatexchange at October 12, 2024 09:33 PM (L7gdA)
SAw the most beautiful woman in the world (from the neck up) at a drive-in. Fell in love, in fact. Lasted damn near 30 minutes.

Posted by: Eromero at October 12, 2024 09:42 PM (LHPAg)

240 The Flying Monkeys in Wizard of Oz scared the shit out of me as a kid. They’re still creepy .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 12, 2024 09:42 PM (D6PGr)

241 I often wonder in the days leading up to this election,
how many times we were distracted during the 80's and 90's while the slow creep of Commie/Socialist influences bore into Academia, Commerce and our own Government.

We should have had true commissions and the like after the fall of the USSR and hung anyone with ties to the Soviet Union.

But instead we got Pappy Bush's "Message: I care" followed by Pedo Clinton hunting poon in the white house.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2024 09:43 PM (oZhjI)

242 His horror flick is Pandorum .
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I liked it!

https://moviegique.com/2009/10/movie-review-pandorum/

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:44 PM (asXVI)

243 At the time, she was Yellow Power Ranger Cerina Vincent

Really!! That's very cool to know! Thank you.

Disney's "Stuck in the Middle" is my favorite comedy show of all time. Including adult comedies.

Now good night.

Posted by: Stateless at October 12, 2024 09:45 PM (jvJvP)

244 For me, the most wholly not-believable movie plot - ever - is Whoopie and Jack (Jonathon Pryce) in Jumpin' Jack Flash. Nope. No way. Ever.

Posted by: goatexchange at October 12, 2024 09:46 PM (L7gdA)

245 Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:39 PM (asXVI

Thanks; I didn't know the background. I think it's great. Kind of reminds a bit of actors who were classically trained and ended up doing cheesy horror films because that's where the money was but whom I would have loved to see in Shakespeare or something.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2024 09:46 PM (E5h/B)

246 The last few times I went to the Drive In was with my girlfriend and I caught hell every time because I couldn’t stop from falling asleep. She didn’t understand about working 12 hour days during the week on 5 or 6 hours of sleep.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 12, 2024 09:47 PM (D6PGr)

247 Well, Megan McCain heard about this and said No Fucking Way did that ever happen -- and continued to say that her father had only negative things to say about "senator" harris.
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2024 09:30 PM (JvzFt)

Well, Sugartits, you'd better endorse Donald Trump for Pres, because a vote for anyone else is a vote for the Kamaltoe. Would sure put a crimp in Pop's funeral.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 12, 2024 09:47 PM (OwAOz)

248 But instead we got Pappy Bush's "Message: I care" followed by Pedo Clinton hunting poon in the white house.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2024 09:43 PM (oZhjI)
Went through WW II for goodness sake. Didn't he know in his heart McCarthy and Goldwater were right? Dumbass.And I'm a dumbass cause I voted for him, and his dumbass son.

Posted by: Eromero at October 12, 2024 09:48 PM (LHPAg)

249 The Rookie (2002) - Dennis Quaid

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 12, 2024 09:49 PM (Aqu9a)

250 Eromero, the alternatives were worse.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 09:49 PM (kpS4V)

251 Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:44 PM (asXVI)

I did too but it was panned by the critics and didn’t do great at the box office.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 12, 2024 09:49 PM (D6PGr)

252 Noo doh en tee

Posted by: Rex B at October 12, 2024 09:49 PM (592Pr)

253 My son took out a Weber Herzog film called "Grizzy Man" . He said it wasn't violent, but I didn't want to see a film about some naive dope who meets- well, a grizzly end- by thinking he can be a buddy with bears.

"Paddington Bear" and "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" with Gene Wilder may be my speed now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2024 09:51 PM (640sM)

254 I remember that! Space ark, right?

We SF kids suffered a lot of disappointment post-Star Trek.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 09:41 PM (kpS4V)
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Yeah. A lot of green screen efx, and a lot of soap opera-style closeups of the A C T I N G.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 12, 2024 09:51 PM (RIvkX)

255 || He said it wasn't violent,

The ending features Herzog listening to a tape recording of Treadwell being eaten by a bear. He doesn't put the actual audio in the movie, but it's still horrifying to watch him listening to it.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:52 PM (asXVI)

256 246 Cats/Rockets

Why does that seem to be your favorite alias? Do you now, or did you at one time, have a special affinity for Wilde?

Dorian Gray could be properly classified as a horror novel, I think. If not, it's close.

Posted by: mnw at October 12, 2024 09:52 PM (NLIak)

257 Lesse...I like most of Carpenter's movies up to "Ghosts of mars", which is an unfortunate pile o'poo.

But, my favorite three, which I've watched several times are:

"In the Mouth of Madness"

"Village of the Damned'

"The Thing"

If I were to meet JC, I suppose I'd talk to him about 'Village of the Damned' since it appears no one but me likes that one.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 12, 2024 09:53 PM (eDfFs)

258 I did too but it was panned by the critics and didn’t do great at the box office.
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I remember the buzz about it being iffy at the time. It made me somewhat hesitant.

Made less than half its budget back worldwide. =8-0

Thanks everyone! Have a good night!

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:54 PM (asXVI)

259 Dorian Gray could be properly classified as a horror novel, I think. If not, it's close.||

"Dorian Gray" is absolutely a horror novel.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:54 PM (asXVI)

260 If I were to meet JC, I suppose I'd talk to him about 'Village of the Damned' since it appears no one but me likes that one.||

I like it, though it feels less like one of his personal projects.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:55 PM (asXVI)

261 Thanks for a rip-snortin' thread, 'gique!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 12, 2024 09:56 PM (kpS4V)

262 <3 Eris!

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 09:57 PM (asXVI)

263 255 || He said it wasn't violent,

The ending features Herzog listening to a tape recording of Treadwell being eaten by a bear. He doesn't put the actual audio in the movie, but it's still horrifying to watch him listening to it.
Posted by: moviegique

The audio tape of late stage Jonestown or Treadwell being eaten by a bear. Which one is worse?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 12, 2024 09:57 PM (jrKun)

264 Thank you for the movie thread, Mister 'Gique!

Posted by: Robert at October 12, 2024 09:58 PM (Em8sU)

265 Yes, son mentioned the tape. I don't want to hear that either.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 12, 2024 10:00 PM (3xmrx)

266 Not as much new horror to watch this October as there usually is. I'm watching the black and white version of The Mist tonight and going to see Terrifier 3 tomorrow. On the non-horror front (sort of), Hulu has a good documentary about that kid who went to preach to that isolated tribe on an island somewhat off the coast of India without a very happy ending.The Mission. Very interesting.

Posted by: hello, fellow mutants at October 12, 2024 10:02 PM (V9cMX)

267 The audio tape of late stage Jonestown or Treadwell being eaten by a bear. Which one is worse?||

Haven't heard either, I don't think. And I'm fine with that. (It's possible I heard some of Jonestown waaaaay back.)

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 12, 2024 10:08 PM (asXVI)

268 You're Next" was a great movie! Remember when I wasn't a movie guy? But this was a fun, very clever, surprising movie.

One of my favorites so far.

It was on a list of 33 most disturbing films, but I don't know why. Gory but great.

And Terrifier 3, budget $5 million including marketing is beating Joker 2 at the box office.

Terrifier 1 and 2 were fantastic. The most shocking, disturbing things I could find without my computer. Beautifully gruesome. Made a ton of lists

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