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Easy recipes, healthy and kids will eat them. most things you will have at home to fix! Love that all the nutritional infor is there so you can Calculate your WW points!
Great ideas for desserts and snacks that are quick to make and lower in calories.
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Good amount of easy to make recipes. I would recommend this book to anyone who is trying to lose weight or keep their calories down without giving up yummy foods.
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Great cookbook with real easy recipes. Quick and healthy. Would not recommend tofu noodles . . . smelly, yukie and expensive.
I really enjoyed this book. The recipes are easy, the ingredients are simple and easy to find, and better yet the food is great. You really don't feel like these are 200 calorie dishes.
The delivery was very prompt. The product was in the condition expected. This is a good value when tryig to loose weight
I love this book! Great ideas with everyday items!
I was kind of disappointed at the amount of ingredients required in these recipes. You have to buy a lot of things to make many of them and you will only use part of the ingredients you bought so you want to make sure to make the things again so the ingredients don't go bad.Secondly I felt that I could have created several of the recipes myself just being creative in the kitchen.It's an ok book if you don't mine un-natural products (i.e. Splenda, sugarfree/fatfree products, etc.) and it gives you a lot of ideas, but be prepared to have a long shopping list if you want to be able to make everything in the book.
My book came quickly and in very good condition. It has a lot of recipes in it I want to try and have tried one so far that my husband insists I make some more. It is written in a very easy format and enjoyable.
Borrowed the book from the library and found so many recipes worth trying I purchased two copies. One for me and one for a friend. Full of great appetizers & desserts which are the hardest items to control on a diet.
There is so much great information in this book! I love it! I can't wait to use some of the recipes & start making my family healthier!!
Book has many wonderful, easy, tasty recipes.What I appreciated most was the different waysof experimenting with everyday foods and some new ways of working with products I don't usually use. Portion control is helpful, too.
Love this cookbook. It is useful for anyone wanting to eat healthier, but especially to those who are on the Weight Watchers diet. The recipes are really easy & the food is delicious! Highly recommend it!
This book was shipped quickly and was at a reasonable price. I have used it for 5 recipes so far and they are fantastic tasting and quick to make!
This is a wonderful book! It's helpful when trying to modify your diet to eat more healthy...but don't want to give up the "bad" foods.
Lowest price I have found on this GREAT cookbook & I've been looking everywhere !! Love Overstock !
This book has delicious, indulgent recipes that make 1 serving. Perfect for the person that loves snacks and watches their weight!
I have to say this is one of the best cookbooks I own. So far I haven't encountered a bad recipie. Don't let the odd ingredients in some of the recipies throw you off; just try it, you won't believe how delicious everything turns out. So good!!!!
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Mexicali craft brewer gets barrels of raves
But struggles to make inroad against brewery giants
MEXICALI, Baja California While Easter's earthquake rattled this city of 1 million, the epicenter was 20 miles away. The most severe damage, including the two fatalities, was suffered by a rural valley about a half-hour's drive south of Cucapá, a tiny brewery on Mexicali's industrial fringes.
Still, the 7.2 quake made a mess of this modest plant. Workers had to knock down a cracked cinder-block barrier; sweep up broken glassware in the lab; mop up barleywine, sloshed from a barrel where it had been aging; and repair a ruptured pipe that delivers coolant to the massive fermentation tanks.
But within two weeks, Cucapá was back in business.
Back to battling a force fiercer and more formidable than Nature: the Mexican beer market.
"We're nowhere here in Mexico," confessed Mario García, Cucapá's CEO. "Most of our sales are in export."
In fact, Cucapá is much easier to find in San Diego than in Mexicali. And this upstart has been championed by American publications like Draft magazine, which last year listed García as one of "Nine Beer Innovators to Watch." The new book "1,001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die," edited by British writers Adrian Tierney-Jones and Neil Morrissey, only lists seven Mexican beers — but three are from Cucapá. (A fourth: Tijuana Morena, from fellow microbrewery Cerveza Tijuana.)
"Cucapá is the premiere Mexican brewery over the last — how long have they been around? — 10 years," said Bill Sysak, beverage supervisor at Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens in Escondido.
In fact, the brewery just turned eight, and there's no guarantee it will survive to see its 10th birthday. To grasp Cucapá's shaky position, visit the sixth annual Tijuana International Beer Festival, July 16-17. There, fans from both sides of the border will quaff Chupacabras, the brewery's pale ale, and La Migra, its new imperial stout. But walk into any of the bars lining Avenida Revolución, Tijuana's main drag, and ask for a Cucapá. You'll be met with a blank stare or a shrug; you won't be greeted with a cold Cucapá because they just aren't available.
Grupo Modelo and FEMSA, two brewing behemoths, dominate Mexico even more completely than Budweiser and Miller rule the States. They make the country's best-selling beers — FEMSA's portfolio includes Tecate, Sol, Carta Blanca, Dos Equis and Bohemia; Modelo's Corona, Pacifico, Modelo and Negra Modelo. They also own most of the alcohol licenses. To obtain this all-important certificate, most tavern owners agree to exclusively sell FEMSA or Modelo products.
Against these near-monopolies, the Mexicali microbrewery has won some victories. In last October's Copa Cerveza, an annual beer competition held in Guadalajara, Cucapá won three silver medals. That's nice, but there are days when García would trade the awards for a few more tap handles and craft beer enthusiasts in his hometown.
"There are so few accounts that we can sell to," García said, estimating that Cucapá can be found in perhaps a dozen Mexicali taverns. "In terms of creating palates in the market, you don't know where to start."
Like warm bread
In 2002, García's father — also named Mario García — thought he knew where to start. For decades, the Garcías had owned a profitable paper plant in Mexicali; on business trips to the U.S., father and son acquired a taste for microbrews. So why not open a brewpub and call it Cucapá, the name of an indigenous tribe and a mountain range south of the city?
The restaurant was popular, but customers didn't immediately warm to the in-house brewery. Roberto González, then Cucapá's brewer, made full-flavored, complex beers in small six-keg batches. Small, but not small enough.

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General Agenda
6:00 - 6:30pm - Tool Talk
6:30 - 6:50pm - Open networking
6:50 - 7:00pm - Announcements
7:00 - 8:00pm - Presentation
8:00 - 8:15pm - Q&A, Open networking (hard stop at 8:15pm)
Presentation Overview
As Agile has evolved, it has become a challenge to get dependent teams working together in a synchronous fashion. One type of team that has always presented a challenge to me, as a development manager, has been the UX team. This talk explores my various attempts at integrating UX into Agile Teams. It tells of the sordid history, of what worked, and what truly did not. I will also work with the audience and gather their ideas, patterns, and potential solutions. After the conference, I will gather the results and publish them.
Brian's BIO
Brian Sobus is currently the Director of Interactive for Centerline Digital in Raleigh, North Carolina, and previously one of the functional Development Managers at iContact in Morrisville, North Carolina. Brian has held director, manager and contributor level positions in mainly software development focused organizations. He has over 15 years of experience working in the following areas: Public Safety, Healthcare and HIPAA-compliant systems, Digital Signatures, Computer Security, Telecommunications, SaaS-based products and Marketing.
He has a broad background that spans embedded to web-based systems architecture and development in a wide variety of languages and technologies.
Brian is an active member of IEEE and the Agile Alliance. He has a heavy interest in the Agile Methodologies and direct experience leading Agile teams in the SCRUM Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Kanban.
Tools Talk
Code and concepts for 3d Data Visualization
Come see how scripting languages can be used with 3d platforms to get more out of your data buy using interactive 3d models. She what you can do to highlight previoulsy hidden aspects of your data. Examples will be from LSL Script on OpenSim, and JavaScript in Unity3d.
AgileBill has used 3d modelling tools since 2009 and is a graduate of the University of Washington's program for these environments. The third trimester focused on scripting and featured the author of 'Scripting your World' as the teaching assistant. Bill has also examine what the Federal government has done in this space through attending the Federal Consortium of Virtulal Worlds conferences at the National Defense University in Washington DC.
Bill's BIO
Bill specializes in distributed teams. He has participated in distributed conferences for educators for four years with over 1,200 people each year. He uses interactive 3d tools to teach better. He trains coaches on tools for distributed teams and hosts a conference on distributed teams.
His certifications include CSM, CSP, MBTI, IGTF, and Innovation Games (R) Qualified Instructor. He completed his certification in virtual worlds from the one year program at the University of Washington.
Bill is the founder of the Distributed Agile Congress user group, and a member of Agile RTP, ALN, PMI, ACM, Avalumni, the Scrum Alliance, and Agile Alliance.
He is currently a Distributed Agile Coach at Allscripts where he pairs with another coach to Agileize 2,600 people. He also hosts events to benefit people with disabilities with VirtualAbility.org.
I just uploaded Agile Bill's slides from the Tech Talk:
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Great discussion Brian, am sure it will be a hit at Agile 2012 in Dallas. There's a local UX group called Triangle UXPA that puts on great events folks might be interested in, info at http://triuxpa.org/
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Very interesting topic, especially when this is the first I have ever heard of UX that's not part of Unix :-)
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The Errand Boy
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Jerry Lewis
Brian Donlevy
Howard McNear
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Summary:Morty Tashman is hired by the CEO of a big Hollywood movie studio to spy on his employees and report any incidents of wastefulness of general lazyness. Morty then wanders all over the studio lot, inadvertently interfering with work in progress, encountering strange characters and inexplicable events, and overall making as much of a nuisance of himself as possible.


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JANESVILLE (WIFR) -- The Janesville Fire Department has announced the Survive Alive Fire Safety Contest winners.
Each year, all Janesville schools are invited to send third grade students to the Stateline Area Survive Alive House for a fire safety presentation. Participating students receive fire prevention training and hands-on instruction in a realistic environment. The Stateline Area Survive Alive House, located at 911 Newark Road, Beloit, is shared by area fire departments and is a full-scale, two-story house with equipment that simulates the actual conditions of a burning home.
After completion of the Survive Alive training, which lasts approximately 1-1/2 hours, the students are awarded a Certificate of Merit along with a take-home exercise that they need to complete with their parents. A postcard verifying completion is then returned to the Fire Department and the students are entered in a drawing for a new bike. A gift certificate to Michael's Cycle's is awarded to a boy and a girl.
This year the student winners are: Gavin Shereck at Madison School, and Mollie Myers at Consolidated School. The Survive Alive Fire Safety Contest was created in the fall of 2004 in cooperation with Michael's Cycles.


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Grand Theatre Named to National Register
NORFOLK - The Grand Theatre in Norfolk has been named to the National Register of Historic Places, and a public reception is being held today to honor the recognition. Bob Puschendorf, deputy state historic preservation officer for the Nebraska State Historical Society, will speak at the reception, scheduled from 5 until 7 this evening at the Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce, 609 West Norfolk Avenue. The Grand was built in 1920 at 120 South 3rd street and had such modern conveniences as a women's "powder room" and air conditioning. It was built to show films, but also had a large stage for vaudeville and other live performances. The theatre was renamed The Rialto in the 1940's, and the Cinema in the 1960's. The Grand now belongs to the Norfolk Community Theatre, and work has been completed on restoring the façade and rebuilding the marquee. The building will eventually become home to community theatre productions and other performances.
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My opinions on Multiplayer..
Don't make it arcady, but don't make it real life either.
Take away the whole, 50,000-M249-SAW-rounds-to-the-head-is-a-flesh-wound idea that Far Cry 2 had.
Give the maps smart designs and don't make them two inch squared boxes like Call of Duty. In a LOT of cases, that simply depletes teamplay, not promotes it.


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I'm thinking about getting an OCR C2 or C3 but I don't know if the year matters any. Do the frame designs change from year to year?
I went to this bike shop today and asked the kid there, he said that the metal frames don't but the carbon ones do, they get lighter and stiffer as time goes on. Is this true?
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A March Madness run never seems long when you don't make it to the second weekend and the Sweet 16. When the bracket was unveiled, it seemed as if Ohio State would be met with certain doom in the second game (I refuse to call it the "Third Round") against title contender Arizona should they
LaQuintessential! Ross Sends Bucks To Elite 8 on Second Straight GW Shot
Two straight games. Two shot clocks turned off with a tie game and the ball in the Buckeyes' hands. Sean Miller's Arizona Wildcats weren't going to give Aaron Craft another clean look at a game-winning jumpshot, and Deshaun Thomas had a defender glued on him in the corner. Without calling a timeout, Thad Matta called
Animated: Ohio State Buckeyes game winner by LaQuinton Ross
The title says it all. It was a close game. It was a poorly officiated game both ways. In the end, all that matters is that the Ohio State Buckeyes advance. And they do so in spectacular fashion once again. This time Aaron Craft dished to LaQuinton Ross who nailed a long three to secure
WFNY Stats & Info: Elite 8 of NCAA tournament facts
There truly is no better time of the year than March Madness, right? Exactly. And that's why today, after my spree of statistical #tournyhistory tweets @udjrosen last night, I'm here today at WFNY to share some notable facts as we enter the Sweet 16. Here you go with my Elite 8 of neat facts: ——————————————————————————————————–
While We're Waiting… A conversation with Mark Shapiro
While We're Waiting serves as the early morning gathering of WFNY-esque information for your viewing pleasure. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Our friends at The DiaTribe had a neat opportunity of a sit-down with Mark Shapiro. Here is Shapiro's first quote: "'Yeah, if you define
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The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes yesterday afternoon in a "winner gets the BCS bid" game. It is a near certainty that the BCS game will be the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on New Year's Day. Jim Tressel was criticized by a great number of fans and media for being too conservative with


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That said, though, these dogs seem really well-trained, not just dogfight aggressive. They're pretty chill when they're off the clock. So you may be right. I may be crazy. But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for.]]>
Well, that and having an excuse to drink beer with Matt once a week.]]>
But nope. Indulgent, pretentious, and dull all around.]]>
And I am sorry/not sorry about suggesting Body Melt!]]>
Nice work, field reporter Matt Allex!]]>
So at the end, she shouts, "that's the stupidest f***ing I've ever f***ing seen!" At which point my patience ran out. I turned around said, "It's part one of a trilogy, you stupid bitch."
Which, y'know, bad plan. She got in my face, shouted at me for "swearing in front of her son," and then told management she needed someone to walk her out because she was afraid I would jump her on the way to the parking lot.
I had to tell them I had no intention of beating up this idiotic woman, that she was swearing and being aggressive, but that I thought I would not need an escort, as she was a foot shorter and three feet wider than I am.
Good times!]]>
The one I never get is the "drinking from the far side of the glass." How is that even possible? I've never seen it done. I think it's a cruel hoax.]]>
One thing for festivals that I'd recommend, depending on where you are in the country, there are quite a few that are very much worthwhile to go to. Telluride Horror, Stanley Film (starting back again next year), are great and both in Colorado and are run by a group of very wonderful folks. We have one of the best film festivals in the world here in Austin in Fantastic Fest – so so so worth trying to get down here if you can. We also have SXSW film which is pretty darn good but is a lot of work.
If you are more up north, Tribeca, Toronto International and Fantasia are all pretty cool but VERY different in tone and flow, depending on your personality. If you want to see 40 films in 4 days and be jammed with folks, TIFF or SXSW should be fine for you. If you'd rather have a leisurely time over a week or more, Fantasia is a good bet.
The LA area has a couple good horror ones as does PA depending on the time of year. There are three great ones overseas too – Film 4 Fright Fest in London, Sitges in Spain and Edinborough in Scottland. Film 4 is amazing and is run by some truly great individuals.
If I can help any other way, drop us a line or go through the reddit thingie. Take care.]]>
And he's a charming mofo. People naturally want to give him stuff.]]>
Movies like yours are one of the reasons I love doing this podcast. I had no idea it existed until a week ago, and it's just so freaking good. So we got the thrill of discovery, and then we get to bring our audience to it, too! Good stuff all around.
So again, great film, and please keep us posted on your future work. And one question: how come New Zealand and Australia keep turning out so many great horror movies? Is it the grant money? Something in the water?]]>
Also, apart from the demon, most of the stuff in the film is based on a certain amount of historical fact. The big bunker was based on a real German bunker that still exists in the Channel Islands; the book of black magic is based on real ones dating back to the 1600's that is kept in a vault in a library on the island of Guernsey – known locally as 'the bad books'. The thumb tying was based on real accounts of Nazi torture methods. When they're observing the bunker, one commandos talks about 'Blondie's men in Bordeaux' – that was a reference to a famous WW2 raid by British commandos in 2 man kayaks who blew up ships in a river in Bordeaux in France and some were subsequently captured and tortured and executed.
The director of Black Sheep Jonathan King was actually the dead German soldier in the corridor who'd blown his brains out. The deep throat German with the gun shoved down his neck was one of the writers on my first short film Night of the Hell Hamsters, and was my homage to Cannibal Holocaust; and for fun we deliberately put in the references to Raiders of the Lost Ark (the Ark of the Covenant), Constantine (The Spear of Destiny) and Hellboy ('He tried to summon the Old Ones"). Technically the events in Raiders and the opening sequence of Hellboy would've happened before the events in Devils' Rock.
Glad you enjoyed it so much and got exactly the type of film we were trying to make.
Paul Campion
Paul Campion – Devil's Rock director.]]>
As for Black Pete . . . . yeah man, seriously . . . . yeesh.]]>
I listen to your podcast, like I listen to a number of podcasts about subjects I'm not especially involved in, because there is benefit to listening to interesting people talking about something they are passionate about. If nothing else, I can create a short list of movies you all really liked which I can fall back on when called upon to suggest a horror movie. But really I just enjoy hearing people geek out about things.]]>
Interesting to hear Americans talk about the movie. I thought it didn't explain the background or tradition very well to people who didn't know it already, but it's good to hear it wasn't a big problem. Also interesting: you guys praise the movie for being from a different culture, over here Dick Maas gets criticised for being too Hollywood.]]>
You often wonder out loud on the show how many of us listeners watch the films before listening to your show, and I figured I'd let you know why I don't: I'm a huge scaredy cat, who loves horror stories, but finds horror movies much worse than written horror, as I'm not in control with films.
So, I listen to your show partly to find films I want to watch, and partly to hear all your discussions before watching the really scary stuff, so I know when to look away and thus enjoy the films more overall
So thanks!]]>
I was more creeped out by the face in clear bright light in the 'making of' video.]]>
I guess you can't argue someone into or out of being scared by something. But, damn.]]>
Bad Milo was alright. It's a decent movie to have on in the background and laugh at some of the bigger moments. 5/10
Devil's Pass had a few really cool moments that got lost in a sea of set up. Found footage movies need a really cool setting to have that constant underlying creepiness when nothing else is going on. The Blair Witch Project had some creepy ass woods to fuel it. This did not. This could have been a really cool segment in a V/H/S movie, though. 4/10]]>
By the way, if you have trouble sleeping after watching the short (which I did for several nights), here's a behind-the-scenes video that helps: http://vimeo.com/83231790]]>
Black Sheep was fun. I don't know how often I'd revisit it, but it was definitely worth the watch. 6/10.
Grabbers was so, so good. I loved it and I've already recommended it to a bunch of people. 8/10.]]>
Glad you liked Black Sheep, I would have felt like an ass if you hadn't. Tons of laughs and moments that made me go WTF! I don't think I lost interest in the movie at all at any point.
Dead Alive I watch a few months ago and enjoyed it. Not something I think I will be going back for, it didn't really keep my interests.]]>
The kid that plays Michael Meyers is in Hancock.. he is a little French sociopath bully name Michel… which I would think is the French version of Michael.
When adult Mike Meyers is fighting with the big black guy in the remake I read that is looked brutal because neither actor wanted to give so it became a strength thing.]]>
Halloween II is a movie I remembered fondly, but upon this viewing I realized I don't like it as much as I thought I did. Some of the kills were too ridiculous as you guys pointed out (the scalpel raise and hot tub, in particular). I also wasn't a big fan of the school break-in sequence. Other than that I think Halloween II is a solid follow up to the original. Also, they beginning of Halloween II does show things happening from different angles. When Michael falls off the balcony its shown from across the street, instead of Loomis' point of view. 6.5/10.
Halloween (2007) is a complete pile of shit and totally wipes away everything scary about Michael Myers. My girlfriend actually fell asleep in the theatre during the 37:07 of the "this is why Michael is bad" shit show. I hated this movie so much that I completely forgot we got nudity from Danielle Harris AND Kristina Klebe. That being said, nudity only gets a point from me. 1/10.
Halloween II (2009) somehow managed to be worse than the first Rob Zombie Halloween, but the podcast made me realize that I did really like Danielle Harris and Brad Dourif in it. 1/10.]]>
Child's Play: I like the original idea. I like that the doll is possessed by your run of the mill maniac (admittedly with an odd knowledge of voodoo) that doesn't have an elaborate scheme. He just doesn't want to die. I really dig this one. 7.5/10
Child's Play 2: I'm still a fan. It has some really cool moments and overall I think it's really enjoyable. It's not as tight as the first one, but it's definitely worth a watch. 6.5/10
Child's Play 3: This movie shits the bed. I'm talking a drunken, Taco Bell loose stool shit, too. None of the characters are likeable, Chucky isn't that fun and the story was weak as hell. I just found myself not caring. 3/10
Bride of Chucky/Seed of Chucky: The premise of a doll running around and terrorizing people is completely absurd. We all know this. I think these movies represent Don Mancini realizing this and just going all in. These movies are pure camp with violence tossed in and I love them. They both had me laughing my ass off with the absurdity of Chucky having to deal with real world shit like marriage and fatherhood. Bride of Chucky 8.5/10 and Seed of Chucky 8/10
Curse of Chucky: I really liked it. I liked that it wasn't all about Chucky. They made us wait for the moments we were all expecting and I appreciate that. The whole series had him running riot and it was cool to get him as a creepy background character through most of it while the screwed up family argued, completely clueless of their impending doom. It built up my excitement and made me wait for the payoff, which the Child's Play movies aren't really known for. The whole trying to tie that family back into the original lore was really ham fisted and it hurt the movie, but it didn't ruin it. 7/10.
I'd like to place an official request to do a Halloween marathon one week in October. The original 8 would be cool, adding the remakes and doing 10 would probably be a bit much. I remember how rough the Friday the 13th marathon was on everyone.]]>
I absolutely love Super 8. It's so entertaining to me and it strikes the nostalgia chord. 9/10
The Host was so fun and weird and awesome during the first half. It got really serious and sad during the last half. I liked it, but damn, Korea, you're sending me mixed messages. 6.5/10
I'm probably going to power on and watch all the Child's Play movies. I hope I'm not making a huge mistake.]]>
Bride's still pretty great, though.]]>
More seriously, I watched Christine last night. You guys have watched a couple of Stephen King movies, but never done a Stephen King episode. How about something like: Christine, 'Salem's Lot, and Needful Things?]]>
People Under the Stairs was absurd and awesome. I wasn't expecting the gimp suit and I'm glad that happened. We also can't forget Fool's awesome wind up before he dick punches Daddy. 7/10
I didn't hate Pumpkinhead. I enjoyed it enough to give it a middle of the road score, but there wasn't enough in it to make me want to see any sequels or this one again. Adam's lightning round on this was hysterical. 5/10
Shocker was…something. It had some fun and/or cool spots, but overall I was underwhelmed. 4/10]]>
I know you guys liked Pacific Rim, have you ever thought about doing a Daikaiju theme week? I know the genera is mainly sci-fantasy but there are a few horror gems hiding in the genera. Off the top of my head the obvious picks would be original Gojira*, and Cloverfield. As for a third movie Here's a brief list of a few candidates:
Rodan (another clasic that's streaming in really crappy quality on Netflix,)
Dogera (a giant carbon eating Kaiju threatens diamond thieves, fun but not very horrory)
The Host (the Korean monster movie not the recent release.)
Wyvern (a scifi original that I enjoy about a dragon attacking the nineties show "Norther Exposure")
Night of the Lepus (Giant saber toothed rabbits)
MegaPiranha (Sharknado's grandfather)
Godzilla King of the monsters (To compare with Goijira)
* Note: Godzilla King of the Monsters is NOT the original Gojira. The distributor was afraid that an American audience would not watch subtitled movie so he edited the film to fit American tastes. An American protagonist (Raymond Bur) was spliced in and over 20 minutes of the film were deleted and some scenes were rearranged. The final product was a very different movie in plot and tone. Godzilla gave rise to 50 foot monster genera. Gojira is a classic piece of cinema.]]>
I love Drag Me To Hell. I don't mind watching her suffer the shit storm, because it all pays off in the end for me when she goes to the gypsy grave with the "screw it and you" attitude. In her head she wasn't taking anymore shit and it was awesome. I agree that the ending was off. 8/10.
I'm ashamed that the first time I saw The Frighteners was last week. 8.5/10.
Good round of movies, gentlemen.]]>
I also noticed that Netflix has every Friday the 13th except for the first two (of course) and maybe the remake, and it has all of the Hellraiser movies. Hellraiser 3 was kind of meh. Wish that they would add the Nightmare movies and those first 2 Friday ones.]]>
Oh yeah, and Werecorn-unicat: http://cheezburger.com/7733230592]]>
Re-Animator is solid. I'm always tempted to watch it after it gets brought up. 7/10.
Return of the Living Dead is a classic. 8.5/10.
Matt, you said you avoided watching Ghoulies as a kid because the box art scared you too much. Movies that you were too scared to watch as a kid would make a solid theme week. It took me until my mid 20's to see Creepshow. The Ticket Taker scared the piss out of me.]]>
Cut 40 minutes from The Revenant and it's a solid movie, otherwise 5/10.
Fuck Darkly Noon. 2/10.
I've only seen Re-Animator and Ghoulies once each (I loved Re-Animator and thought Ghoulies was passable) but I love Return of the Living Dead. It should be a good week.
I'm digging the ridiculousness that comes with you guys recording at night. I'm a fan. Get Adam cheesecake and booze every week.]]>
This is the clip which has the "did you hear his story"…"I did… and it checks out" gag that we started the show with. Thank you aqua teen for being so amazing.]]>
I'm not sure what you would do for your third movie since you already did In the Mouth of Madness and Dagon, but I'm sure people can come up with more suggestions.]]>
Someone (Matt or Josh, I don't remember who) mentioned they wanted to watch Re-Animator. You could do movies from 1985. Re-Animator, Ghoulies and Return of the Living Dead.]]>
Society is streaming in its entirety on Youtube. We can't condone any copyright violation to watch a movie (that is pretty much unavailable anywhere else), but we observe that it's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig_bbzHBkc0
Revenant can be purchased on Vudu (http://www.vudu.com/movies/#!content/360913/The-Revenant) or probably at your local video store. You guys still have a local video store, right?]]>
I was really annoyed the final pool scene with Oskar in the water holding his breath was not used in Let Me In.]]>
Also things like Achmed, to me, are funny for about 60 seconds, then I get it. So doing it for 5 minutes has already lost me.]]>
I agree that Downey didn't become a cash cow until Iron Man. That being said, I'm not a huge fan of the Iron Man movies. Iron Man doesn't interest me as a lead character. He's grat in a group but I could rest easy if they announced there wouldn't be anymore solo Iron Man movies.
At some point (maybe in October) you guys should go through the Halloween series. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on that.
P.S. I grabbed one of those bad ass Soundwave figures Adam mentioned during the Gremlinos episode. I regret nothing.]]>
I havent seen the hitcher in a long long time. I would like to do that very muchly!
I did not like dead silence. dont know what it was about the movie that i didnt like but i know i dont like it.]]>
I just hope, if they do recast all of the core Avengers for the Marvel cinematic universe after Avengers 2, that we at least get one Ruffalo Hulk stand-alone movie. But I'm afraid that's as likely as a big-budget Danny Glover solo project (bonus points if you figure out what those two dudes have in common).
Also, Dead Silence from 2007 is a completely legit puppet horror movie – in that it follows the haunted house formula rather than the "evil ventriloquist dummy" formula. There is a a creepy fucking town that has an abandoned vaudeville theater haunted by the ventriloquist lady who was murdered by an angry mob who thought she was responsible for the disappearances plaguing the town. An abandoned theater full of fucked up possessed puppets is a good set-piece and helps justify the film.
In terms of recommendations for future episodes, I was going to suggest insufferably 80's movies, but TerrorVision isn't on Netflix. Then I was going to suggest Guillermo del Toro horror in honor of non-horror Guillermofest Pacific Rim, but Netflix has Mimic but not Cronos.
Then I was going to suggest serial killer movies, but they have How To Be A Serial Killer but not Mr. Brooks (starring Dances With Waterworld) or Cabin By The Lake (starring Judd Nelson).
So, ignoring netflix instant cue availability because there horror selection is sadly limited if you are not direct searching, why not some Rutger Horror, with The Hitcher (he's the villain), Bleeders (he's a supporting character), and Salem's Lot (2004) (villain again) ?]]>
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I've never seen Monster Squad. I feel like my childhood has somehow become horrible. I'll have to track this one down somewhere.
I still think you guys had the most fun talking about Sharknado, though.]]>
(It's pronounced Kwyne, by the way. After Willard van Orman Quine, a philosopher.)]]>
(Carl Thibault, who plays the Wolfman in Monster Squad, also plays the werewolf-like vampire in Fright Night 2)]]>
"If the primary emotion invoked is tension or disquiet, it is a thriller. If the primary emotion invoked is shock, disgust, horror or fright, it is horror."]]>
Gremlins 2: 9/10
Saturday the 14th: 5/10 (I'm with you, Josh. There are some funny moments in there.)
The Monster Squad: 9/10 (I almost broke up with a girl over this movie. Seriously.)
I'm also going to come to Matt's aid here. I also don't like Doctor Who.
If tis wasn't the most entertaining episode yet, it has to be the one when you guys went way off the rails with your wrestling discussion. I chudded out on that one.]]>
Anyway, I just discovered that Quentin Tarantino and Edgar Wright do a crazy commentary track on the deluxe edition of Hot Fuzz, and during it, QT mentions his three favorite horror movies about ventriloquist dummies: Dead of Night, Devil Doll, and Magic. I immediately wanted to watch them, and because they were presented as a tightly-themed list of three horror movies, I thought of you guys. Seems like a good episode possibility to me.]]>
Sharktopus was a shit show from beginning to end. You guys pretty much covered it all in the lightning round. 3/10.
Jaws is one of my all-time favorites. The scene where the girl is screaming that the shark is in the pond and you see the blurred head of Bruce coming up behind the dude in that tiny boat gets me every time. 9/10.
Josh had some great recommendations for the next assignment. It should be another fun week. I'm glad you guys brought up Hatchet in a positive way. I tried getting a few friends to see it and they just scoffed at it, and I have no idea why.]]>
And I cannot wait to hear your next episode after reading this about Sharknado: http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/07/12/201438989/sharknado-dares-to-ask-is-it-going-to-rain-giant-man-eating-sharks]]>
Kills me every time.]]>
1. The Hamiltons – A well-done indie horror movie, and apparently it has a sequel: The Thompsons
2. Last House On The Left – The original for sure, and then maybe the remake as well. You could do the original the same week as Hostel maybe? A prey becomes the hunter week?
3. Gremlins – I watched it last week, and you can tell they were going to go horror with it but changed their minds about half-way through. It still has some good horror moments in it. Also, Corey Feldman.
I was kind of surprised Adam skipped recommending #2 to people since it features his favorite kill and having Jason as the killer for the first time.
I am not a huge Friday the 13th fan, but I have seen most of the movies. Why do I like them? When I was a kid, I thought they were scary. Now, I tend to like the earlier ones because I like the POV shots of the killer stalking his prey with the hiss-hiss-hiss-hah-hah-hah "music" playing over it. I like the tension in those scenes the best. Also, boobs.]]>
Favorite of the series was Part 7's sleeping bag kill.
This was the first horror franchise I ever got into, so I tolerate the recycled simple plot a lot more than I should. I really dig 1-5, 6 and 7 can suck my balls, 8 is awesome 9 and X can also suck it (though I'm a little more forgiving with X) and I really dig the reboot.]]>
With all due respect, love the podcast despite some of my quibbles, is it a problem that can be fixed?]]>
You guys pretty much covered it all so I'm not going to elaborate. Storage 24: 2/10, Whaley House: 2/10, House at the End of the Street: 3/10.
Watching all 10 Friday the 13th movies in 7 days is going to be tough, but doable. My girlfriend actually told me that she wants to listen to that episode with me, so you'll have 1 more listener for at least next week.]]>
In all fairness, we were already talking about Rob Thomas, so I was in a 90's music mood.]]>
I liked Maniac. I didn't like it as much as I did after listening to the podcast because I was hung up on Elijah Wood's conversations with himself. The movie had some great stuff going on, but some of the scenes with him talking to himself seemed a little awkward to me. Maybe it was supposed to feel that way? I don't know. Either way the rest of it was still solid. 7/10.
Oh, The Purge. I would post a vine video, but 6 seconds won't accurately convey my feelings for it. I had heard nothing good about this movie, so I was going to pass. Out of nowhere you dick holes make it an assignment. I was complaining about it at work and one of my co-workers said that he saw it and really enjoyed it. A-ha! I finally had a chance that The Purge might be good. Someone actually liked it! My girlfriend and I bought our tickets and cautiously headed in (I even sent out a tweet blaming you guys for this so people knew I didn't make this choice on my own) and prepared to be "meh'd". What a pile of shit that movie was.
#1. You create a world where all crime is legal for 12 hours and you focus on a single home invasion story!? That premise screams anthology to me.
#2. Every attempted twist was so painfully telegraphed that you had to have been not paying attention at all to be surprised.
#3. The family was the most illogical group of people I have seen on screen in a long, long time. This goes far beyond the logic that most girls running from masked slashers use when deciding to run up the stairs instead of out the door. You can potentially save your family simply by throwing the THAT HELD A GUN TO YOUR DAUGHTERS HEAD outside, but instead decide to fight…with 2 able bodied people…and your two children in the house…against many well armed sociopaths.
This movie gets a 2/10 from me solely based on the fact that the head sociopath did a decent job and the face in the table was pretty awesome. That being said, I hope at some point this week all three of you sit down too fast and land on your balls, because I wouldn't have seen that pile of crap if you hadn't assigned it.]]>
It's all subjective, and it's all in good fun. Please listen with not just a single grain of salt, but with an entire shaker. Or, better, a glass rimmed with said salt and filled with margarita. We are not out to hurt anybody's feelings on this podcast, so if you hear something that could be interpreted as hurtful, please give us the benefit of the doubt.]]>
Just like when I defend my enjoyment of professional wrestling or Jackass or Tommy Boy or anything else that qualifies as low brow humor. I know that there is a perception that accompanies certain opinions I espouse, and that's the risk you take by telling people your open and honest opinion about things. In an age of irony I find myself constantly accused of hipster-ism because I strive to constantly be sincere, and people refuse to believe I enjoy all the things I say I enjoy un-ironically.
All that to say yeah, I'll make jokes about people that think the Purge was good, or that enjoy Twilight, or Juno or football or anything else that I find silly or ridiculous. I would never in a million years tell them to literally stop enjoying it or treat them differently because of it. I will add the caveat that I believe everyone should be able to stand some criticism and ribbing about the things they like, there is nothing wrong with making people justify their opinions and explain their preferences. I also think everyone should be able to hear someone tell them that something they like sucks without taking it personally. You'll hear us do it to each other all the time on the show. Disagreeing with someone, especially over something as trivial as an entertainment preference, is certainly not reflection of the value of their character, whatever hyperbole we might use in trying to keep an improvisational, one-take podcast entertaining.
Which all leads to the episode having twice the usual douche-factor. I love the idea that there is a Richter scale for douchery and I will openly and gladly say I doubt we as a show nor myself as an individual will ever register a zero on that scale. I also would submit that there may not be a one to one relationship between the douche-factor and the fun-factor, but I think they can and often are related.
Thanks for the feedback. It is always appreciated.]]>
It just seems like you're hypocritically trying to make people feel like shit, when you have a podcast that is ostensibly about enjoying things that are kind of trash but not feeling bad or apologetic about it.
I really enjoy the podcast, this episode just has twice the usual Douche-factor.]]>
V/H/S/2 was awful. The wraparound story was awful, the bionic eye story was bad, the zombie segment pissed me off, the cult segment was barely bearable until they showed the amateur hour demon. The alien segment was pretty decent, but I'm with Adam on the dog thing. 3/10.
I really dug Ginger Snaps Unleashed. The only issues I had were that I pegged Ghost as a complete whack job really early on and her "this minute I'm talking in the third person and nuts and the next I'll be somewhat normal, but really, really into hanging out with you" dialogue. Not big complaints at all, but I would have rather seen her do one of those personality types for the entirety. 7.5/10
Also, fuck you guys for making me see The Purge. I was going to pass on it until you made it an assignment. Tomorrow I'll see if it sucks as bad as I've heard.]]>
Ghost Ship had that sweet opening kill and I thought it looked good when they were on and in the ghost ship. Other than that I can't think of anything this movie has to offer (except for letting me know it's not cheating if it's with a ghost). 4/10
Leviathan was pretty solid. We had an all-star cast of Evil-Lyn, Winston Zeddemore, Robocop/Buckaroo Banzai and one half of the Sticky Bandits. There's no way that could have been bad. The creature effects were pretty lame just as you guys said, though. 7/10.]]>
Forgive me, I was 21.]]>
Watching Scream 4 right now and I noticed that from the groceries the honey nut cheerios box had been opened.]]>
Matt that creepy counselor guy for me is one of the firemen from Roxanne, that is how I normally remember him.]]>
You guys might also want to check out this new podcast going through all the Hellraiser movies.]]>
I haven't seen much beyond the usual promo stuff for Lords of Salem. I think I'll give it a shot, but I think it's gonna be my last Rob Zombie movie if it sucks. The dude is a pretty constant disappointment.]]>
When I saw the trailer for The Purge I actually said aloud WTF. Has anyone heard anything about The Lords of Salem?]]>
Also, we have always been at war with Eurasia.]]>
mkay i'm slowly catching up, gonna try to go see evil dead this coming week
i Really enjoyed the nightmare retrospective but i gotta say, nightmare 2 would have been worth it if all they did was film the breakfast scene at around the six minute mark featuring "fu man chew" cereal.
Love is the law, love under will.]]>
How do you feel about Richard Cheese's cover of Down with the Sickness in Dawn of the Dead?]]>
Here are a few other themes that have occurred to me, along with possible movie suggestions:
War Horror: R-Point, The Bunker, Deathwatch, The Keep
Canadian Horror Films: Pontypool, Cube, The Changeling, My Bloody Valentine, Blood & Donuts (Fido and Ginger Snaps are other obvious picks, but you've done them already).
and the category I'm probably most interested to hear you guys talk about:
Horror Films Directed By Women: In My Skin, Trouble Every Day, Near Dark, Celia, Jennifer's Body, a Mary Lambert movie like Pet Sematary or The Attic, American Psycho
(BTW, it would be nice if, on the episode guide page, you mentioned the assignment theme for each week.)
Thanks for the podcast, guys!]]>
In general, I think that doing episodes on more well-known movies is good. It lets people listen to you guys talk about movies they've seen without having to keep up with your grueling pace.
A suggestion for a future episode theme: the Gypsy Curse. You could watch Drag Me To Hell, Thinner, and Roadkill.]]>
Also, I'm in the group of those not able to watch 'em all, hard as I tried, but listening to the show nonetheless – it's that great! Cheers!]]>
Hope things calm down.]]>
but yeah i shit all over that movie.]]>
Also, I've seen Scream for the first time recently, and I enjoyed it. I also saw Jason X as my first Jason movie. It was not very good.]]>
This is what ABC's of Death did to me: it was so full of nonsense it made me forget about the vag-eye.
Talk about vagitus.]]>
Still think movies with creepy kids would be good to do.]]>
Since it was only available in 3D in the theaters, I expected the 3D to be used better than it was. The only good use of 3D I saw was in the hallway scene in the school where the 3D made the heroine look even more alone and distant. It was beautiful. The rest of the time, they just put fences or people's shoulders in the foreground to show you how 3D it was in 3D with the 3D.
So, since a piece of it was good, Adam will not hate the movie, I guess… 😀]]>
You're WELCOME.]]>
That happens a lot with movies I expect to be better than they were–I'll find myself thinking "man, I should see Chronicles of Riddick/Troy/Alexander/King Arthur/Kingdom of Heaven/The Immortals" and then remember I already did, and relive the disappointment :-).]]>
in all honesty guys. When josh says something is the worst movie ever. Thats just his internet insides leaking out. so we cant fault him for that since it happens to everyone sometimes. Eitherway Agent Smecker is still one of the greatest characters in the history of film… see happens to everyone.]]>
I love that I never 100% agree (or even 50% agree) with any one of you on any given episode. Despite wishing Josh would be attacked by a serial crusher, I also enjoy the Matrix trilogy.
So, keep on giving us a wide range of sane and insane opinions.]]>
It's interesting seeing how Adam and I approach movies differently. Adam appreciates parts of the whole more than I do–well-framed shots, good cinematography, individual scenes and lines. I appreciate that stuff, too, but the whole of the movie, the story it's trying to tell, is more important to me. If a movie fucks up on the story, all the good cinematography and bitchin' action sequences can't save it (High Tension). Boondock Saints was stylish but empty and that turned me off of it. Uh, we'll discuss later why I love the entire Matrix trilogy :-).
But all of those preferences and analyses really boil down to buy-in. If the movie gets its hooks in you, you overlook the flaws and focus on the positives. If it fails to get that buy-in, it's the opposite. That's the reason people defend Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade but pummel Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, even though their shortcomings and contrivances are similar.
So, y'know, we should all get along and let everyone have their favorites and least favorites. Except for Happiness, High Tension, and Identity. Those can fuck right off.]]>
I wish I had something to add about the movies this week, but I haven't seen any of them. The Mist sounds really good, though.
Next week sounds awesome, though. I love Idle Hands and Fido. I haven't seen My Boyfriend's Back, and I'm curious what is so special about his back?]]>
I guess I need to watch Psycho too, if only to better form an opinion on the unreliable narrator argument. In fact, I need to start watching along with this podcast, because the only thing I'd already seen before the podcast on it was Tremors. I guess watching "some dumb elevator satan movie", "some dumb found footage Exorcist knock-off", and The Exorcist was not enough horror movie watching for me. Thanks podcast, for trying to get me to watch movies.]]>
The issue I think comes in because the movie doesn't set it up, the twist ending is less of an unreliable narrator because up until the end there is no hint of it, and more of a "you got fooled you dummy". After putting a certain amount of investment into it and then having it yanked out from under you is a whole different beast than aha there was something else going on the whole time if I watched this a second time I would see all the clues. As Troy mentioned fight club, a movie that has a twist but if you watch it, it doesn't actually contradict itself despite having an unreliable narrator.
Its one thing to spin a story, and its another to spin it a story as if true and then go oh no not really. Yeah its a movie so it was never real, but its kind of doubly fake and you aren't let in on that. I think if High Tension actually set up from the get go, oh shes kinda off, and left you guessing what was real and what wasn't, it would work. For another comparison take Marilyn Manson and Amanda Palmer.
Manson is very theatrical and used shock value and it got him attention, but no rational person thought he was like that at home. It was a very obvious persona he put on and it was all edgy and cool or whatever. Amanda Palmer with Evelyn Evelyn made up this story about how she found these conjoined twins who made music and she wanted to help them preform. She told stories about how she befriended them but they were shy and they had a tragic backstory and eventually it came to light that it was all entirely made up. And then Palmer just basically said yeah but it was art but many of her fans were pissed because they were tricked. I would also like to take this moment to point out I dont care about Mansons music but I definitely am no fan about Amanda.
So yeah, summary version. There is a difference between creating fiction and creating lies. The fiction isn't true either but people know about it.]]>
Related, I saw some Spanish Christmas horror movie called The Christmas Tale while I was trying to see if my on demand had Santa's Slay (they did, but miscategorized). It had a bad twist ending too, it sort of cheapened the really cool thing I felt that they had going on earlier, but not enough to sour me on the whole movie.]]>
I will admit that Fight Club did it better since they setup the twist throughout the whole movie.]]>
This basically highlights the argument being made about High Tension.]]>
I had watched Incident months ago, and I totally have Adam's back on the Bree Turner love. She's in Grimm if you want a reason to watch that show. Anyway, I enjoyed it. You guys pretty much had all the thoughts I had on it and more.
I think I saw part of Phantasm 2 once, and my reaction was, "What is this crap?" Perhaps a proper viewing of it would help, but I'm thinking probably not.
I may try the ham-fisted drinking game in two weeks if Matt can get the podcast posted early enough on Thursday…]]>
The movie I'd like to see you guys review is called, "Absentia". It's on Netflix streaming, so it's super easy to get. It has some interesting back-story; it was originally funded on Kickstarter, and went on to win some festival awards. I was blown away by how good it was for something of which I'd never heard. There are definitely some flaws in it, but I'd really like to hear your guys' take on the film.]]>
so, i didn't watch "incident" but i did catch the other two.
can i completely Chud Out over "john dies at the end?" that was amazing! it was funny, it looked good and (finally) coscarelli found a way to make his narration fetish almost work.
the narration thing is (imeo) by far the weakest aspect of any given coscarelli film except possibly in phantasm 2, where it was beaten out by massive, massive plot failures. i'll get to that in a minute.
but, yeah! great characters, decent plot, good effects – i especially liked that there was obviously stuff going on that the protagonist never figured out. we know that the cop took the soy sauce, for example, but we don't know how he got involved, what his connection was to flying moustache guy or why he seemed to abruptly switch sides not once but twice! that's good first-person cinema.
phantasm 2, though? what the fuck?
i wanted to like this movie. i'd seen the first one, enjoyed it and was looking forward to this one. i was willing to ignore the nonsense with the multiple narrators, the unexaplained psychic connection with turtleneck girl, reggie's trying to pretend that the first movie never happened and so on but at the 69 minute mark the movie completely fell apart.
first of all, the town is basically emptied out and has been for a while. right at the 69 minute mark we've got mullet-boy one doing regular mortuary work – putting the ashes in the bag and so on. why is he doing that? to maintain cover? at that point? what the fuck for?
then turtleneck girl crotch-poles him. mullet-boy has a delayed reaction. weak. how come he couldn't roll off those rollers like the girl did? why wasn't she tied up? they knew she wasn't dead.
then mullet-boy part deux gets his hand trapped by the sentinal and those two are just sitting there! not-baldwin doesn't shoot him. why not? why did they sit there so long before getting up and running?
the sentinal shoots a rat – a tiny little thing that moves fast – in like nothing flat. then, somehow, turtleneck and not-baldwin are able to run past it. lame! really fucking lame! and then the sentinel flies after then instead of just blasting it's laser or whatever through those flimsy wooden doors and killing them. really lame!
the final kill of mullet boy part deux was great, but why was the sentinal killing him in the first place? i mean, yeah, maybe it couldn't see him behind the door but why did it keep after him?
around 78:18 we've got the graver fighting reg with the bigger chainsaw. reg runs up the stairs and instead of bringing down the chainsaw that has way longer reach than just his arm the graver grabs reg's leg! what the FUCK?!?
and then reg ditches his gun even though he only dropped his shells like fifteen feet from where he was standing. i mean, he should have at least loaded up one more time even if he did somehow forget that he had at least six pockets. (ah, i hear mike bringing this up. well done, sir!)
at 80:38 we have a sphere trapped behind a door. that it somehow can't burn through, although it was established not five minutes ago that they could. and then long-bangs hotwires the hearse, which conveniently has the plate on the steering wheel column already removed and the wires accessible. my ass.
i had to watch the next two after this one, and was much happier with them than i was with 2.
anyway, sweet episode guys! see ya next week. do watch phantasm 3 & 4 if you get a chance!
Love is the law, love under will.]]>
And the talk of Tremors made me buy Tremors, so I will now be watching Tremors. I bought the full box set for cheap – three sequels! I've seen Tremors 2 before, where there was CGI used. Don't recall it being hideeous at the time (the film nor the effects), but I have low hopes. Definitely Tremors with its practical effects is far superior.]]>
mkay i can't believe i never saw nightbreed before this week. that movie was… just amazing, pretty much everything i want from a movie of that type.
i did take notes, but then my damn computer updated itself and the document went bye-bye. basically, i loved it. the "cabal" cut toured this summer and should be out soon. can't wait!
love the new intro, by the way!
Love is the law, love under will.]]>
I mentioned Angel Heart before, I'd really like you guys commenting on it. I think it's Alan Parker's finest moment, and although the film advances slowly, it delivers a respectful amount of punch.]]>
These are classic, because not only do they tend to epitomize 80s horror, but they are absolutely full of shitty "for the sake of 3-D" shots. I mean, seriously… Friday 3 includes a scene where one character is sunbathing, and another is playing with a yo-yo above their head, so we get a reverse birdseye POV shot of the yo-yo going in and out of the screen (for what feels like 30 seconds).]]>
1) The Hamiltons – I liked this movie because I did not know what was going on through most of it. If you decide to do this one, don't read much about it ahead of time. It does a great job of revealing itself.
2) Frailty – I'm not sure if this is quite horror enough, but it is a great movie about a guy (who is either schizophrenic or given the ability spot evil people by an angel) killing people he thinks are evil. Also, it has Bill Paxton not acting all manic-crazy.
And now I need to watch Tremors. Although, having Tremors and Anne Heche's butthole in the same show may have been a bit of overkill…]]>
Anyway. Dunn and I watched some of Psycho '98, and damn… it has the Black Christmas 2006 deal where they took my list of everything I love about the movie and used it as "things to change." Vince Vaughan's too unhinged, Ann Heche is too bland, and it's set in 1998… so horrible.]]>
a non-baum oz book that's worth reading is philip jose farmer's 'a barnstormer in oz.' highly recommended.
Love is the law, love under will.]]>
unicorns: strange as it may seem, unicorns are part of the christian mythology cycle. there's a whole thing about the unicorns getting left off of the ark. i forget the details.
so how come nobody's done the movie where it comes out that their santa is the same person as their satan? i mean, come on, saint nick/old nick? the two names are almost exactly the same? they both wear a lot of red? the whole satan as lord of this world and materialism taking over christianity's most important holiday?
somebody ought to make that movie. it'd piss people off so much that it's almost guaranteed to make money.
Love is the law, love under will.]]>
Pretty much in total agreement with Josh on all of the movies this week. HOWEVER, Bill Paxton has a great performance in Frailty (which I believe he directed.) If you haven't seen that, it might redeem him somewhat in your eyes. It's probably more thriller than horror or else I would request it as an assignment. He also plays the dad in Big Love pretty low-key. Although, having the dad yelling, "Game over, man! Game over!" whenever people discover he's a polygamist might have been kind of awesome.
Keep up the good work.]]>
I'm surprised none of you like Supernatural. I'll try to keep that from giving me sad face.
Looking forward to the next podcast. Death by stereo!!!! I didn't like Near Dark or Fright Night that much, but it's been awhile since I've seen either. I own Lost Boys for a reason. Interesting Kiefer Sutherland helped ruin Mirrors for you but he improves Lost Boys for me.
Finally, since you mentioned High Tension (fucking great movie) I thought you guys might want to do an all French/European/Foreign theme week sometime.]]>
(My money is on Adam.)]]>
Im not saying it isnt a redneck soap opera. I am saying that "Guiding Worklight" (rednecky enough) is a valid form of entertainment.]]>
I was kind of hoping you'd be watching the newer version of Black Christmas. The bad guy's last name is pronounced the same as my last name. It's as good a reason as any to like a movie killer.]]>
THE RELIC: Meh. Monster was cool. Didn't enjoy the monster on fire special effects very much, almost felt like a fire-scaled dragon from an anime. Or a FF boss turning into his true form. Weird thing: the ship that is not a boat is called Santos Morales. I noticed because hey, yet another name that sounds brazilian but is not. And seeing the credits, the captain of the ship is interpreted by Santos Morales. Huh! Also, were you also hoping that Team Nice would escape through the sewers and Team Douche would become hypothalamus to go? 5/10 archaelogical artifacts cleaned with power tools.
EVENT HORIZON: Josh nailed it: film catches you, then lets you slide. Great premise. The movie reminded me first of Alien, then of a ghost ship story, instead of Shining or Hellraiser. Also, Paul WS Anderson is a horrible director, losing only to Uwe Boll, perhaps. Don't mix him up with Paul Thomas Anderson, one of the best today. Sam Neill, there's something with him that is not quite right. 6/10 gothic spikes that totally serves a purpose in black hole making.
THE UGLY – Cool film. Not much to add. 7/10 aye mates.
Just watched Woman in Black, and HOLY FUCKING SHIT, spoiler spoiler!]]>
I asked myself a few months ago: what makes the horror genre contain some of the worst movies ever made? I even went to IMDB to check out the bottom 100 and, while less than I expected, it sure was there in great numbers.
Why do you guys think it's like that? My theory is that horor flicks seem easy to do. No deep story. No funny jokes. Just graphic violence. It's juvenile fun, and any group of bored high-schoolers with a camera can jump right into it. Maybe that's why it's generally considered a lesser genre – it's hard to be taken seriously. To be fair, anything beyond comedy and drama, the pillars of greek theater, has a tough time convincing as a work of art.
Oh well, slumber parties. In short, 3, 3 and 2 out of 10. Drilling is ok. Those drillers were not. First one, Cheech's younger brother – that "I love you" part was a true uuuurghstfu moment. Second one, she has flashbacks, only instead of taco seller, it's Grease Travolta + Crossroads's Devil, and the worst were not the zingers all hitting below belt. The worst was replacing scary death sounds with Bill and Ted guitar phrases. That, and the nicest boobs in the movie remaining chastely clothed all along. Third one is an abomination better left alone to agonize in solitude.
In trying to collect more intelligence (ha) on the films, I ended up in a cool blog:
Looks like a nice place to gorge ourselves in the full glory of below 5 / 10 horror movies.
One last thing, I also noticed that women were mostly behind writing and directing it. That was a bit odd, and I didn't know what to make of it. Curiously, you guys (Matt, I think) noticed it too, and so did some IMDB commenters. Why do you guys think it showed like that?]]>
I believe that the low budget of Carpenter's works shows. Maybe it's the cost of being free of the Hollywood manacles. But I suspect that Carpenter wouldn't know how to use properly 100 million dollars for a film. Say you give him a full orchestra to make a score. Would he be able to tap into that to replace properly the limited synth-based stuff he uses? I'm not sure. Still, he does it amazingly with what he's got.
One note: here in Brazil, title translations are notoriously eye-stabbingly bad, so I'll present some of those pearls to you guys.
Enigma do Outro Mundo (The Thing) – My favorite Carpenter film. Pure genius. The blood testing scene is the best use of paranoia in cinema, ever. A solid 9/10 enigmas from other world.
Príncipe das Sombras (Prince of Darkness) – Movie is cool, really enjoyed it. The science approach is a bit empty, and the whole anti-God theory, while interesting, is thrown at our faces without much consideration. Like, all those computers and tech parafernalia doing a lot of measures… on what? Of what? Science stuff? Huh. Not a very, you know, scientific explanation. Not that it's fundamental or anything – get too explainy-pants and you end up with Contact instead of 2001.
Other thing, in the same breath, the guy says "This sect wasn't even known by the Holy See" and "In their time, they had immense power and influence." Well, while possible, it's not very likely. What, so it's a secret church sect, and the priests happen to be railroad tycoons and oil prospectors?
I found also the evil anti-gravity liquid squirt a bit clumsy and awkward, until the scene when it pours up from the girl's mouth and eyes – that was fucking great!
And Troy, great catch on the card trick! 7/10 strange people standing outside and watching menacingly but no reason for alarm.
(Also, she was totally not typing "I live! I live! I live! I live! I live! I live! I live!")
À Beira da Loucura (In the Mouth of Madness): It's a strange film, but really interesting. I think it has some pacing problems – things don't escalate very well, or at least it doesn't made me clearly feel at what point in the Freak Out Scale I should be at many key points. Yes, the irritatingly stubborn protagonist irked me and detracted from the story. The worst part of that, in my opinion, was the "driving away from town and reaching the same town." The idea is great, but how it was done… it happened 3 or 4 times. It was ridiculous! At that point, I thought Carpenter's reasoning probably went like "making those lanes glow eerily used half the budget, and LIKE HELL I'll use it only once!" And the car always screeched to a halt a few yeards from the evil mob – can't you see them from a safe distance, or at least slow down a bit when you see, you know, a city rioting in flames half a mile ahead, that is very much alike the one you just left?
About the evil writer, I don't know, it didn't strike me as evil enough. I guess writers are not very scary. Yet, Lovecraft is always great. And that scene that you guys mentioned, with the description of the window view – fucking awesome! The impact of the visual matching it perfectly was Carpenter at his best.
The story was really great, as you guys made me expect. 8/10 reasonable explanations that must exist for all this.
Now, to slumber party massacres. I've watched them. They are perfect for you guys to MST3K the fuck outta them – go deep!]]>
Mr. Moustache McRapeyCoffee did get the card trick off once. It was during the meeting when they were wondering where Mr. Kaka had run off to. He was playing with the card and *POOF* it disappeared. He looked confused. So I think the card just disappeared of its own accord.
I really enjoyed this movie. Thanks for pointing it out to me.]]>
As a service announcement. The LIve tweeting for Prince of Darkness will be this monday at 8pm central time. I would do it Tuesday but alas I will be directing a tour documentary starting that day and wont be able to watch and tweet then. This also means that this weeks episode will be filled with nerds and no brochismo.]]>
The Wicker Man – What an unusual film! Not your regular horror movie, in which evil forces are at work. Does it have a happy ending? The nice people sing happy, and the narrow-minded prick gets what he deserves. The fact that we are in the wrong side of the equation is what makes it great. Yeah, Cristopher Lee is the pimp. 8/10 contained words of contrariness to the idea of being burned alive.
Skeleton Key – Cool story, cool characters. One thing that annoyed me, though: why is it called Skeleton Key? It's not like it has any major impact in the story. Or minor. Again, New Orleans stages black magic. From Angel Heart to Blues Brothers 2, it never fails to deliver. Bonus points for making a deceitful old evil enemy not stupidly dumb, like most Hollywood horror flicks. Good film, but only if you really believe it. 6/10 lines of brick dust to ward off … oh, fuck that.
Children of the Corn – Story is cool, but man, does it have problems. You covered them up well enough. 5/10 children retrieving misthrown molotovs.]]>
My reaction to the music: Uh, yeah, okay. I guess we're going there. Oh, wait, this was made like in the 70's right? That explains it.
I agree with Josh about dude cop screaming "Jesus Christ" over and over was meant to be him imploring Jesus to save him. Didn't help with his burning body, I guess.
And Adam, I enjoyed your live tweeting. I'm glad to hear you'll do it again.]]>
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Lets say go time is 8pm Central time. That will give em a little bit more time to work and get this thing going. So if you are bored by watching the election results you can watch me live tweet this thing.
Didn't get a chance to see the other but I did just watch Angela Bettis from May in the tv movie Carrie remake. It was ok, changed up a bit from the classic version with Sissy Spacek. I would give it a 5/10 where the original I would give 7/10.
Pontypool was interesting but it hard a hard time holding my attention at times. I would give it a 6/10.]]>
Troy I would highly suggest it. It is worth at least a rent on amazon for $2.99 or if you are feeling bold on amazon you can buy the disc for like 4 bucks and you get a rental free on amazon instant video. I would suggest the later as it is one you will want to watch again and again. It is a Halloween ritual for me now.
As the suggestor of religious horror week, I would call you dicks if you hadn't picked The Wicker Man. I love that movie. Also, as a native of Iowa, Children of the Corn made living in the country a little bit creepier.]]>
Boo – didn't see
Trick 'r Treat – Cool movie, you pretty much covered it all very well. One thing I found cool, when Sackhead Chucky attacks the old grouchy dude, and candy spreads all around, we find in razors, syringes and all sort of urban legend Halloween candy stuff. Also, interwoven stories seem to be the writer's orgasm, the equivalent to long sequence shots for directors. This movie did it well, I think. And the whole production was quite well done. 7/10
May – A cool, weird movie. It had the Burton mood for sure, where everything is off-putting and not quite right. The best movie of that kind I can think of at the moment is Being John Malkovich – no one is normal, yet we kinda relate to everyone involved. Well done as well, awesome acting from the May girl. 7/10]]>
Thanks for listening.]]>
Just finished Behind the Mask and I laughed when I saw Hershel from the Walking Dead. I really enjoyed it.]]>
Also, I think Clare Grant is a legitimate hot nerd girl. She may be totally faking it, but if she is, she's putting far too much work into it.
Love the podcast. Keep it up, guys.]]>
To make it quick:
Blair Witch – Got it but didn't rewatch it, so my eval is from when I saw it in the theater. The question: buzz apart, does it stand as a good movie by itself? Nope!
6/10 for the great project overall
V/H/S – Weak. First story girl-vampire-thing was great, the rest was bleh. 5/10
Behind the Mask – I wish I had time to digress about it, because I REALLY liked it. great surprise, thank you guys for that pick. 8/10 (great first impact, might go down to 7 when I watch it again)]]>
Troll was a waste of time.
I enjoyed Splice and found it interesting.]]>
gentlemen, i am Shocked. shocked and appalled. you totally could have combined werewolf movies and tits by the simple expedient of screening "The Howling 2: Your Sister is a Werewolf."
Love is the law, love under will.]]>
Probably my problem with Buffy comes from watching the 1992 movie before the series – that was a garbageful of garbage.
And I never got much into the 60-pound girl kicking linebackers' asses. Perhaps there's a sexual undertone in there somewhere that doesn't appeal to me? I don't know.
Regarding the change of personalities with chemicals – if that's the case, and important to the story, it should not be relegated to "assuming status". My guess is there'll be tons of deleted scenes and director's cuts addressing that.
About the comic book aspect: I've been reading Spawn lately, despite many people saying it starts weak and gets real bad. It is full of scenes like "Who am I? I am… the VIOLATOR" *cue standing pose* … man, is that a load of crap. It is the screenplay equivalent of those scenes in 3D movies made only to make stuff float in front of your head. It adds ZERO to the quality of the work, and sometimes even detracts a bit.
Well, I feel Whedon abuses of that type of resource – the joke that closes a scene, the witty remark that links to the next segment. Almost like building suspense in the end of a page so when you turn it, voila, something reveals. "I am…", turns the page, "THE VIOLATOR!" These are props. You can't make a movie out of props. It's like having french fries for dinner. OK, bad example
Changing subject, I saw on the other podcast that you got as a gift Elektra: Assassin. I also believe that's the best thing Frank Miller ever made, and Bill Sienkiewicz is king. How is that pertinent? I'm not sure, I just feel like Miller sometimes lets the deeper aspects of a character slip, and in that one he nailed it perfectly. Don't get me wrong, he is very good at that, like in The Dark Knight or The Man without Fear. But in Elektra, he did it superbly – a masterpiece.
Whedon is yet to do such a piece.
By the way, really cool, if short, discussion on having a sequel. By coincidence, I've just read Daytripper, from Vertigo. Read it, if you have a chance, it's not long. When I read the first one, I was wondering – how the heck will they continue this? And the way they did it was GREAT!]]>
I wouldn't write off all of Buffy/Angel as "silly," if you're into character development. Some really impressive work over those two series of writing multi-layered characters with surprising arcs. If you can't deal with Buffy, at least watch Angel, as that shit was amazing by the end of it.]]>
The good things about Cabin: it's a clever story, with witty dialogues, and excellent timing that results in a great flow. We can always find layers of interpretations, easter egg-like stuff carefully inserted, and those are topics of discussion all around. It's good for the buzz. It shows care in the making.
The bad things about Cabin: characters are shallow. Background is usually meaningless. I never feel Whedon deals with human beings, instead he presents comic book characters. Actually, his stories usually flow exactly like a comic book, never dwelling much on any particular aspect. Every scene, you turn the page, it's half forgotten. And while that is not a bad thing necessarily, it usually prevents a movie from taking the last step, from clever to brilliant.
Just to help you figure out where I stand with my opinion on his (and Goddard's) other works of which I've seen enough to form one: Buffy/Angel: silly. Firefly: great. Avengers: cool. Cloverfield: nice.
7/10 Good stuff, not the second coming of Kubrick.
Or in a more HSHD way, nine out of thirt13en CGI monsters unleashed.]]>
A coworker of mine saw Sinister the other day and she liked it too. I might have to check that one out.]]>
With Josh picking a movie that is still in theaters have you guys thought about trying to do a Horrorshow Hot Dog movie night to a theater to see something scary with fan?
BTW I saw Sinister today and that was pretty creepy to me. Interesting story though maybe not the best delivery from Ethan Hawke.]]>
Have to check out Angel Heart. Mickey Rourke with his old face is always worth checking out.]]>
THE GRAVES – oh man, what a waste of boobs that was. And what a gratuitous attack to nature was printing the script and giving them to the actors. And the poster looks like a bad cover for the next generic Tomb Raider+Castlevania game. 3/10
THE FINAL – yep, high school drama club somehow gets a grant for a film project. Please, society, don't do it anymore. Thank you. Only part I could savage was the camera breaking scene, I felt for the indian kid, and it woke up the little fascist in me – kill 'em all! And then when they do it – heck, what was I thinking? And right after – am I questioning my train of thought because of this movie? I'm fucked!
You asked us commentors why couldn't they just remove drugged Curtis? What are you guys looking for, a logical explanation? Because there's none, and maybe once director found out how bad it was, he said, "hey, the writer must change this! Where IS he?" "He's home studying for the chemistry final tomorrow" "TOMORROW? Oh, shit, let's wrap it up FAST!" 3/10
One thing I'd like to see you guys discuss: the horror genre I like the most is a Lovecraftian one, in which strange things happen as the main guys try to solve a dark-mooded mystery, and it develops until, in the climax, the agnorisis: the whole mind-shattering truth destroys their sanity and basically wrecks up their reality. Question is, which are the best movies that explore this? I really love how Shutter Island development fits into that, but the ending is not horrifying enough. Best one overall, I think, is Angel Heart, and if you forgive the "eighty-ness" that comes with Alan Parker + Mickey Rourke, man, what a GREAT film!
Anyway, gonna watch again Cabin in the Woods. Good show!]]>
SUSPIRIA: Not really my style, but I can see the merits. 6/10
WARLOCK: My memories of it were few and diffuse. I remembered someone flying the warlock like a pipe, or something involving lightning Ben Franklin style. Also, for some reason, I pictured Christopher Walken as the warlock. How great would that be!
Long post short, I rewatched it, and liked the story – not a great script, but nice in the folklore and superstition references. And Lori Singer couldn't act if she was cast as Herself. 6/10
Click here if you're curious.]]>
I may have to track down "The Witching" just because it has Orson Welles. That could be a fun topic -classic actors in godawful movies…]]>
Case 39 is streaming on Netflix and it was a decent movie even if it does have Renée Zellweger.]]>
I think spoilers are only an issue for a movie that is less than 6 months old. Once it's had a couple months on Netflix or DVD I consider it fair game.
We've been recording on Thursday afternoons, which I think we will be maintaining. After episode 6 comes out we will be caught up to the current week and we will be a weekly podcast after that. We released them a couple at a time to try to get caught up more quickly so we could get real-time feedback and suggestions.
Thanks again for listening and contributing.]]>
TWILIGHT ZONE – It has that atmosphere of kids reading comic books in the 50s. Not scary at all, but somewhat nostalgic in that feeling of wonder we all had in childhood. I should have seen it at 10yo, I guess. About the stories (bigot, cocoon, wishmaster, gremlin), I liked the last one the most. Lithgow is awesome and special effects were great. Not much else you haven't discussed already. 5/10
TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE – I liked it better. Debbie Harry was a great surprise. Stories were a bit scarier (12yo?). 3 stories (mummy, cat, gargoyle), I liked them in 2,3,1 order. First one has cool acting, but it builds up somewhat boringly. Second is better. One moment I thought – cool! – was when the old guy tells the hitman about the story of killing 5k cats. That meant this cat was some sort of feline hitman. When I realized that, the cat appeared and sat on the hitman's lap, almost like they understood each other. Professional courtesy? How great would it be if he had killed the old man and kept the cat for himself? I also liked the camera in the cat's POV – some cool takes there, best directing of the 3 segments. Third story was also good. Really nice surprise when the gargoyle talks, so he's not just a mindless horror! But from the moment the couple meet at the street, a suspicion arose, and it grew steadily until he reveals the truth – I knew what was coming, only interested in how it would develop. Best writing of the 3 stories, I think. Bonus points for Rae Down Chong, aka the chick that learns from Commando Arnold himself how to properly fire a rocket launcher (some trial and error included). 6/10
TWO EVIL EYES – here is where I disagree with you guys, or at least you, Matt. I liked this! 2 episodes (zombie, cat). First one, you said it was boring, but it kept me interested all the way. Characters and dialogues were ok, and one nice detail is that I wasn't sure what was coming, or how. Turns out it was a bit poltergeist-y, and I love that stuff! Second one was a little worse, I think, and I agree that Argento wasn't at his top game, but Keitel was great nonetheless. The scene where he kills his girl was so "whoah, dude, what's WRONG with you?" out of nowhere, it immediately reminded me of the best of creepy Poe's first-person narrators. What's wrong, indeed! 6/10
On this week's picks, I couldn't find Spellcraft yet, so I might skip it.
That's all, I guess. Thank you guys, and keep up the great work!
Thinking of movies that scared you as a kid, is there a movie from then that still scares or creeps you out still?]]>
I think your responses while long. Are perfect since you have to talk about 3 different movies each episode.]]>
Piranha 3D – didnt watch it again. From what I remember, boob factor 5/5, three thumbs up, IIKWIM, which should totally be an internet acronym by now. I won't go so far to say it's better than Nolan's Batman, not because Dark Knight is the greatest gift to mankind by cinema gods themselves, as some false prophets love to preach out loud in internet forums, where no one lies, as we all know. But Piranha 3D is baaaaaaad. Sure it's supposed to be bad, and funny in that, like Planet Terror, but ended up being more like Hobo with a Shotgun, a homage to bad premises that ended up not being good itself.
lol13wtf Ghosts – When the film started I said "hey, i've seen this before!" I remembered watching the second half of it, on TV, by chance, and thought at the time it was some cool idea and great production. So this rewatch became a chance to see it whole. Boy oh boy… By the end, I realized what I'd seen wasn't the second half, but the last 10 minutes of the movie. Which were sufficient to understand it all. As you noted in the show, it's riddled with inconsistencies, plot holes and wtf's, in which 'w' stands for any and all wh questions. Tha ammount of unnecessary one-liners, and people just speaking because silence was too embarassing… in short, Monk goes Scooby-Doo on generic Hellboy plot, and yuck! Boob factor: 1/5 – wtf? Hey it's not 0/5, because those are great boobs for a ghost, I admit.
Carrie – I had seen it long ago, and considered it strange, choosing it for the boobs. Seeing it again, ok, justified. Boob factor 3/5.
I fucking love this film! Brian de Palma was great, and although I have not the knowledge to go into too technical a detail, I think it was a nice piece of movie making. Sissy Spacek was top notch, not worth an Oscar because Oscar sucks balls. Better than Oscar.
But I disagree on some of your opinions there. First, I thought the initial scene and the whole idyllic moments were absolutely brilliant to contrast with the horror scenes. Almost looks like building tension is a lost art! Gratuitous nudity? Maybe, but not too out of context – no stupid lotion rub or pillow fight, instead some mean bullying. What was a bit out of context in there was Carrie's kinda extreme overreaction to the whole thing. Not all bad things should be faced with horror-stricken contorted faces and panic shrieking, but hey, that's how some horror movies go, so we let it pass.
But the sound, I didn't like it too much, I thought it was somewhat dated. Music score sounds cheap, not sure if guy+keyboard cheap, because of the year – were there good keyboards tehn? – but definitely way too far from London Philarmonic. Also looks like every telekinetic moment was met with Psycho's shower knife stab, because it had the same "shween" strident quick crescendo, that and a quick face zoom. It got old very fast. She looks left, zoom, *SHWEEN* knife sling, right, *SHWEEN* hose wreck, up, *SHWEEN, ceiling sparks, and so on.
I'm afraid the movie loses a lot by knowing how it ends, so I envy Adam (was it Adam?) for seeing it for the first time. That's one of the reasons I like this kind of podcast: I end up discoverng some of those great things I've never heard of, and get my thrill shot of the week.
And one last thing, even though I knew exactly how the very last scene went, I still jumped from the chair – that's what AWESOME is!
If I had to pick a boob horror movie, yep: Club Dread.
BTW, I think maybe I should post these differently – they are long and boring, and off by 1 episode. Should I post next one before or after the next show? What about spoilers?
When are the episodes made anyway? And like giant boobs, do they also usually come in pairs?
OK I'll shut up now.]]>
Ginger Snaps – I agree, good acting from the girls, especially Emily Perkins. Also, merits for scaring 13yo girls all over the world with period and body change, as if Carrie didn't do it already. Also agree, it starts really well, then it starts missing the point and rushing to the end, in that pesky denouement part. I also thought that blood licking part was particularly unsettling.
Dog Soldiers – Cool movie, but a bit to silly for a serious story. I mean, look at the names of the soldiers. I laughed when you mentioned "there's only supposed to be one" in Scotland, totally whooshed over me when I watched it. But I caught another one: "Let's go! Where's Spoon?" "There is no Spoon." UGH! But I loved the boiling water thing too – medieval siege is a GO! Last thing: The scene where they scare the invaders, and the soldier says "wolves? more like pussies!" just to be grabbed through the boarded window and dragged to a horrible fang-ridden death. It was a badly executed scene, every nanny and their 5yo grand-granddaughter could see it coming. Looks like every horror flick must have a "we win the battle, we calm down and lighten up, and a sudden big shit happens to wrap the scene up". Is it a trope yet? If it's in tvtropes.com, the picture illustrating it should be Samuel L Jackson and the shark.
An American Werewolf in London – that's a classic, and John Landis, despite being the worst son of a bitch in Hollywood history, did a great job. I agree that the pacing is weird, you never fall into the horror itself, almost feels like Eurotrip gone wrong but not Hostel wrong. All the reactions are a little too matter-of-fact. The thing I liked the most was the transformation – it's amazing how good cinema trumps CGI every time! Even bad rubber prosthethics feels more real in my gut than most CGI crap. I mean, just compare it to the werewolf transformation in Van Helsing, which is visually impressive, and yet it feels so artificial that we can't relate in a deep level. For the record, no CGI will ever top the initial Scanners scene. And I'm always impresesed by the eagle transformation in Ladyhawk – no morphing would improve it.
But most importantly, I've learned that you probably won't get arrested in UK by screaming out in public, and I quote, "Queen Elizabeth is a man, Prince Charles is a faggot, Winston Churchill was full of shit, Shakespeare is french." But just in case, the producers felt the need to insert this in the end of the credits: "We wish to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Lady Diana Spencer and His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales on the occasion of their marriage – July 29th 1981." Wait, what? Wankers!
Regarding episode 3 picks, I've seen Piranhas 3D once, and that's the maximum number of times everyone should allow themselves to be exposed to it. Unless it is your special tits and giggles bad horror movie of choice, in which case a guilty pleasure is totally OK. Mine is Club Dread. I'll watch again Carrie, because it's absolutely great, and see what lol13bbq 9h0575 is about.
Great job, guys, keep it coming!]]>
Anyway, I liked it better when it was about a vampire who looks like a little girl. Just sayin'.]]>
Interestingly, I was wondering last month or so what is happening in the horror movie scene recently, as it had been a long while since I watched something new – I think The Ring was my last one! I watched a couple things, like Hostel, but nothing caught my eye. Then I rewatched The Exorcist, and yep, still pretty cool.
Regarding week 1 picks, let me share my observations, in the order I watched them:
– Innkeepers – blonde-washed daughter from Gilmour Girls and a generic Seth Rogen are all Clerks (snoochie boochies!) in a haunted inn. Top scary moment in an old internet joke. Second is a piano on a sudden ghost semitone dissonance. Ghost scenes were kinda wasted by bad directing. The coffee shop scene was so useless that Chekov should rise from his grave and beat the crap out of whoever left it on final edit. Positive? hmm… the cinematography was good, with detailed, long backgrounds, nice bird's eye views, and great use of scenario and corridors in general. Plenty of places all around for lurking things to lurk.
– C.H.U.D. – surprisingly, I liked it, not because it's good, but because it's cool. I laughed my ass off with you guys going full MST3K on it. Also, a nice surprise: John Goodman as a sleazy cop bothering the waitress just before being nibbled to death. Finally, it ends with the second least likely explosion in movie history, after Top Secret's spoof. Positive? Hmm, I'm afraid that movies today make C.H.U.D. look like Joyce. Nice, coherent, likely characters, and a rational – if weak – course of action. And it flows without losing the audience. Nolan, Fincher, take notes, confusing us for no reason is so last decade!
– Scarecrows – Yeah, you guys detonated it more than I could, so I'll just leave with one pearl that caught my eye. At some point near the end, one guy notices something is wronger than it should and starts assessing the whole situation on a more paranormal perspective. He goes back to say that the robbery was too easy, because it's all been orchestrated for that fucked up moment by the evil powers there. And then he adds – maybe we are all dead! I thought, hey, clever observations, and considered carefully the possibility he raised. Then, in the next moment, his dead friend contacts him, and he becomes dumber than a lobotomized Jim Carey. He decides that, although only he can hear him, he will stay there alone waiting for his dead friend that is still alive. Also, in the confrontation that issues, he demands his friend's gun back – because the information that guns won't work is lost somehow. That's it, from the most insightful moment of the film to stupid as fuck, in the same breath.
Sorry for the wall of text, let me know if I'm too verbose!
TLDR: I really like this, wanna watch all picks, will try to add to the discussion.]]>
Recently Saw Ginger Snaps for the first time and enjoyed it. Though the third one was not needed.
I watched Dog Soldiers last night and enjoyed that one also. I thought the scene with the super glue was kind of funny.]]>
Saw is a great movie and I love it. The rest of the movies can just go away. They will make movies as long as people will watch them.
Do your wives or girlfriend watch horrid movies with you? I only get to watch them if I go in the bedroom or when my woman is not around.]]>
As for originals vs. remakes of foreign movies, I tend to try to see the original first. REC is a great example of the original foreign film being better. I loved Let The Right One In as well, I haven't gotten around to seeing Let Me In yet.
Also, Alice Cooper for the win.
Thanks for listening.]]>
In the Grudge the creepy thing is the weird noise she makes from her broken neck. I know people that would freak out when that sound is made.
Matt the movie "Inside" you mentioned, is this about a pregnant lady who lost her husband?
Rec is great, I tend to prefer movies from the original countries rather then American remake of it.
Prince of Darkness is also a great movie. I like how it changes how you view evil. Plus Alice Cooper is in the movie.]]>


text: Does anyone know of any carbon flat mountain bars that are suitable for bar ends? I ride with Ergon GX3 grips with integrated bar ends. I want to upgrade to a carbon bar but I'm not sure of the restrictions of clamping down on the tips of the bar or if there are other factors I need to consider.


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For nearly 25 years, the rabid fan base of FOX's Sunday night staple The Simpsons has wondered just where in fact all our favorite characters lived. We've always known the name of the town (Springfield) and the show obviously takes place in the USA, but what particular state did Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa & Maggie call home? The show has referenced the question countless times over its 23 seasons, usually with some ill timed interruption before the answer is revealed to the audience. That all changed today when EW.com broke the news that creator Matt Groening has finally let the cat out of the bag in an new interview with Smithsonian Magazine.
Here's the scoop directly from Mr. Groening: "Springfield was named after Springfield, Oregon. The only reason is that when I was a kid, the TV show Father Knows Best took place in the town of Springfield, and I was thrilled because I imagined that it was the town next to Portland, my hometown. When I grew up, I realized it was just a fictitious name. I also figured out that Springfield was one of the most common names for a city in the U.S. In anticipation of the success of the show, I thought, 'This will be cool; everyone will think it's their Springfield.' And they do."
When asked why he had never revealed this information before Groening replied: "I don't want to ruin it for people, you know? Whenever people say it's Springfield, Ohio, or Springfield, Massachusetts, or Springfield, wherever, I always go, 'Yup, that's right.'"
This Sunday's episode is expected to reference the reveal in some fashion, most likely in the opening credits sequence. For his part, Homer Simpson himself has commented on the story on his official twitter account.
What do you think fellow Simpsons fans? Was it appropriate for Groening to put the question to rest after decades of wondering? Or would you rather have had Springfield's location remain a mystery?
..."Every town has it's Elm Street.". ... - Freddy Krueger .. (way before The Simpsons)