I know this has been brought up before, but I'd like to investigate the realm of kid's films that are just plain wEiRd with a capital 'W' and/or a bit disturbing. My picks:
Pinocchio And The Emperor Of The Night
Pokemon: The First Movie
Rainbow Brite And The Star Stealers
Kingdom Chums
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
Pet Shop (bad, bad)
Warriors Of Virtue (super STINKY bad)
Beanstalk (UGH!)
Catnapped! (this one is fun)
One-Eyed, One-Horned, Flying Purple Peopleater (this is actually the title)
Have you ever seen Herschell Gordon Lewis' two childrens film JIMMY THE BOY WONDER (1966) and THE MAGIC LAND OF MOTHER GOOSE (1967)? But, they are good and entertaining. Just don't see why people call them bad. H.G. Lewis' childrens films are worthy of 100% entertainment. Too bad they don't make them like they used to. Now we have s**tty childrens films like BABY GENEUSES and POKEMON: THE FIRST MOVIE that make our kids a bunch of ignorant morons (not to be crude with my statement, but that is just how I feel).
Care Bears II: The Next Generation.
Land Before Time 2 through 37.
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom.
Storybook.
Timmy the Tuba (Creepy claymation short?)
This week at The Unknown Movies, I reviewed the demented kiddie film JIMMY, THE BOY WONDER, which you can read at:
http://www.badmovieplanet.com/unknownmovies/reviews/rev283.html
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Don't forget about Jack Frost. No, I'm not talking about the Michael Keaton movie, the killer snowman flick, or the Rankin-Bass thing. Of course that leaves only the Russo-Finnish co-production of Jack Frost. I'm not sure if this film's dementedness can be accredited to the fact that it's foreign or if it really is just totally insane. Anyway, it's one of my favorite MST3K episodes and I really wish SciFi would show it again.
Also worthy of mention I think would be The Brave Little Toaster. I'm not quite sure why, but this movie disturbed the hell outta me when I was a kid.
Let's see, at one of the video stores in my home town there was a blank box inscribed with the cryptic words THE ELECTRIC GRANDMOTHER. It was bright yellow and there were no pictures or description on the back. That was plainly situated in the kids section. I always found that vaguely creepy. (Note: I dimly recall seeing this show on Nickelodeon when I was a kid, but I remember next to none of the details.)
Not really a movie, but the SUPERBOOK series that shows up on the Christian channel at three in the morning is pretty disturbing. As the message of the show bizarrely puts it, be Christian or die.
All I can think of for now.
Electric Grandmother is really "I Sing The Body Electric" by Ray Bradbury. That same story has also been adapted into a Twilight Zone episode or two, but the Maureen Stapleton version is superior, if kitschy.
'Mad Monster Party' completely freaked me out when I was four years old. That last scene where the guy's head pops off and he starts stuttering gave me nightmares for weeks ... I never forgot that movie. Then again, Willy Wonka frightened me in a similar fashion.
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom seems to be an insane children's film. My kid loved it though, so did I come to think of it.
I liked Dragonworld one of Charles Band's Moonbeam movies. Ditto Johnny Mysto, Boy Magician (or whatever).
If I may put in a vote for a "good" children's film then see The Iron Giant, it is great!
The only one I can think of is Batman Beyond:Return of the Joker. What happens to Tim Drake is insane. Good movie.
What about the Littlest Vampire, released recently. It falls under my category of "Who the Hell Funded This?" A children's movie with flying vampire cows with horrible, glowing red eyes. Nasty looking vampires, also with glowing, red eyes. Its message of, "It's great to be a (undead, pasty-grey, fanged, blood-drinking) vampire!" And the ultra-cheap production values that wouldn't convince a 6 month old that the action was occurring anywhere but on a cheap set.
But most of all . . . the cows man, brr.
Hey, all I can say is that my sister took my three-year-old to see this, and he still has giggly flashbacks to the vampire cows.
Nathan
...Especially considering some of its Moonbeam Entertainment compatriots (anyone who can sit through all three Prehysteria flicks is just plain non-human). Beanstalk had at least a modicum of wit, and Margot Kidder was obviously having a ball in her over-the-top mad scientist performance.
I've got a full review at http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/b/beanstalk.html
Nathan
The single worst kid's film I ever saw as a kid was "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" -- and I still love Dick Van Dyke as an actor --: Bad songs(Very bad songs!), stupid story, bad music -- did I mention unlistenably bad songs? I ran from the theatre at one point and just hung out at the concession stand, going back into the theatre to see if they'd stopped singing. I know I was around 9 or 10, based on my memories of the kids I was with.
As a child, my English mother read aloud to me the real Mary Poppins and Dr. Dolittle, so I naturally despised these movies as well. Where is it written in stone that childrens' movies MUST have atrocious songs and wierdly uninteresting dance numbers? I don't recall either of these things (Singing and dancing) taking place in the wonderful books these abominations were based upon.Nathan wrote:
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Clockmaker... hehe.
"Don't fuss with me, kid!" "Fuss with THIS!"
okey,that does it! You had to bring up this movie,and my cheese burriot by reminding my of..of...C.C.B.B. i'll not even print the name! Thanks for reminding my of the Stupid ThemeSong!AGhhhhhh! I only watch Dick Van Dyke in his tv show.Then i like him. May C.C.B.B. run into a tanker truck and flame on! (Insert maniacle laughter here) Think i'll go watch The 5000 Fingers of Dr T. agine. My brain hurts!
Quote from: C. Hill on February 20, 2001, 03:42:30 PM
<HTML>Don't forget about Jack Frost. No, I'm not talking about the Michael Keaton movie, the killer snowman flick, or the Rankin-Bass thing. Of course that leaves only the Russo-Finnish co-production of Jack Frost. I'm not sure if this film's dementedness can be accredited to the fact that it's foreign or if it really is just totally insane. Anyway, it's one of my favorite MST3K episodes and I really wish SciFi would show it again.
Also worthy of mention I think would be The Brave Little Toaster. I'm not quite sure why, but this movie disturbed the hell outta me when I was a kid.</HTML>
The exploding air conditioner, the nightmare with the giant clown & the forks, "It's Like a Movie," "Worthless," & probably a dozen other little details.
The garbage pail kids movie.
This thread is mine!!!! :teddyr:
THE PEANUT BUTTER SOLUTION
http://youtu.be/I2Cm4Cy3rxs (http://youtu.be/I2Cm4Cy3rxs)
Never released on DVD (I think because there's a Celine Dion song in it they couldn't clear the rights to). I wrote about it a long time ago (https://366weirdmovies.com/capsule-the-peanut-butter-solution-1985/) and a lot of Canadians remember being traumatized by it.
Anything made in Mexico in the 60's and released in the US by K.Gordon Murray. :bluesad:
I'm still trying to figure out what was going on in Pokemon 3: The Movie.
And why it seems to be a fan-favorite. :question: Cool stuff happens, but it makes no sense!
Can you make any sense of this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_3:_The_Movie#Spell_of_the_Unown
From South Africa: Lost In The Desert and Nukie.
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 22, 2019, 06:54:57 PM
Anything made in Mexico in the 60's and released in the US by K.Gordon Murray. :bluesad:
YES! (And I bought several of them . . . )
Will no one mention that this thread was started 18 years ago?? I've got nothing against Reanimated threads (Night of the Living Thread?) but this one is pretty darn old.
What intrigues me is how the profile status of most of the original posters is 'Guest', with one or two exceptions. No one has karma, no one has a clickable profile link, and none of those usernames post any more. It's like the WWW equivalent of the pre WWW days, if that makes sense. I'm guessing there was a forum software move somewhere in the past, and the user information became unlinked from the posts. But I've noticed that even my own, much older posts don't appear in my activity history. It's very strange.
Quote from: Archivist on January 28, 2019, 07:36:53 PM
Will no one mention that this thread was started 18 years ago?? I've got nothing against Reanimated threads (Night of the Living Thread?) but this one is pretty darn old.
What intrigues me is how the profile status of most of the original posters is 'Guest', with one or two exceptions. No one has karma, no one has a clickable profile link, and none of those usernames post any more. It's like the WWW equivalent of the pre WWW days, if that makes sense. I'm guessing there was a forum software move somewhere in the past, and the user information became unlinked from the posts. But I've noticed that even my own, much older posts don't appear in my activity history. It's very strange.
Yes, there was. In 2006, I believe, it was updated so you could post pictures and videos-what it looks like now. It was around the time I joined-which was in 2006.
Ash (or Ash the Cat) still posts here once in a while, and he was here from almost day 1! :buggedout:
I'm sure Mofo Rissing is still around, and Flangepart.
EDIT- Hell, man! You signed up in 2005-before I did! That's why your older posts are gone.
After the forum change in 2006, all is lost before that.
Quote from: The Burgomaster on January 28, 2019, 05:36:24 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 22, 2019, 06:54:57 PM
Anything made in Mexico in the 60's and released in the US by K.Gordon Murray. :bluesad:
YES! (And I bought several of them . . . )
Terrifying!
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (1960)
Sweet Satan-strike me blind and deaf! :buggedout:
http://youtu.be/fG244HstQMk (http://youtu.be/fG244HstQMk)
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 29, 2019, 09:07:21 AM
I'm sure Mofo Rissing is still around, and Flangepart.
EDIT- Hell, man! You signed up in 2005-before I did! That's why your older posts are gone.
After the forum change in 2006, all is lost before that.
Not true.
Quote from: Allhallowsday on January 29, 2019, 11:17:16 AM
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 29, 2019, 09:07:21 AM
I'm sure Mofo Riseing is still around, in fact I'm pretty sure he's a Moderator.
EDIT- Hell, man! You signed up in 2005-before I did! That's why your older posts are gone.
After the forum change in 2006, all is lost before that.
Not true.
Which part?
If you know, tell me and we'll both know.
Mofo Rising is still around. He's a moderator.
I do recall talk about the forum change, back in about 2006. It happened shortly before or after I joined.
Andrew updated it-so we could post videos and photos.
Looks like he changed from Phorm to SMS in 2006:
Quote from: Andrew on November 09, 2006, 12:06:58 PM
I am checking how the site looks from the unit and all I can think is, "Thank goodness I can finally see the site again." For a long time now (about a year), I could not check when I had spare time. The old host had a good support staff, but a large chunk of their network was blocked by the USMC NOC. Heck, the old semi-dedicated server we were on had porn sites on the same box. The new host does not allow adult sites and it looks like the USMC NOC does not block any of the IP range.
Anyway, a short question for everyone: Again, I am thinking about changing from the present message board (Phorum) to something else. vBulletin is probably the best paid for, but I keep looking at SMF. I know that Gerry runs SMF over at SciFilm.org (http://www.scifilm.org) and that message board has matured a lot. The newest release even has converters for Phorum, so all the old posts could be carried over.
What has been eating some of my time lately is doing coding for Phorum to get all the tweaks right and make it more user friendly. Honestly, I would rather be writing reviews. Also, the new server is going to require me to do the overall administration - since it is a VPS, not semi-dedicated. I want to investigate a different message board software, so that everything will be easier.
I am going to see how it looks if I set up a SMF message board and tweak the theme to look like the present board. However, I do not want to go changing things if it is too much trouble for everyone and causes problems/plain frustration. So, let me know.
Here is the homepage for Simple Machines Forum (SMF). (http://www.simplemachines.org)
The newest release of SMF also supports letting guests submit replies if they solve a CAPTCHA (the "what does this say" or "solve a math problem" question).
That's also when he made reader comments part of the forum.
Yeah. I joined in June 2006, the format was changed in November of 2006.
Right after I joined.
See!?!
I know wtf I'm talking about, Hallows! :twirl:
I do research this forum quite a bit and often come across threads that go all the way back, older than 2006. I think some of the "guest" old IDs may no longer have the email addresses the users had registered under...
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 29, 2019, 09:07:21 AM
I'm sure Mofo Rissing is still around, and Flangepart.
EDIT- Hell, man! You signed up in 2005-before I did! That's why your older posts are gone.
After the forum change in 2006, all is lost before that.
Everything before 2006 is preserved, that's the part I don't agree with.
If you look at any registered User ID you will find a full history of all postings available through that user's profile. Look at
The Burgomaster's profile - his postings go back to 2003. Look at
Archivist - 2005.
Quote from: Allhallowsday on January 29, 2019, 02:28:10 PM
I do research this forum quite a bit and often come across threads that go all the way back, older than 2006. I think some of the "guest" old IDs may no longer have the email addresses the users had registered under...
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 29, 2019, 09:07:21 AM
I'm sure Mofo Rissing is still around, and Flangepart.
EDIT- Hell, man! You signed up in 2005-before I did! That's why your older posts are gone.
After the forum change in 2006, all is lost before that.
Everything before 2006 is preserved, that's the part I don't agree with.
If you look at any registered User ID you will find a full history of all postings available through that user's profile. Look at The Burgomaster's profile - his postings go back to 2003. Look at Archivist - 2005.
Yeah-ok.
Quote from: The Burgomaster on January 28, 2019, 05:36:24 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 22, 2019, 06:54:57 PM
Anything made in Mexico in the 60's and released in the US by K.Gordon Murray. :bluesad:
YES! (And I bought several of them . . . )
same here, lol! :cheers: