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Bad Movies / Re: movies that namecheck anot...
Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 02:15:26 AMQuote from: claws on August 23, 2026, 05:36:42 PMScream (1996) dropping a few movie titles:
John Carpenter's Halloween, Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left, and Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
SCREAM series wins this thread then I guess
next time I watch THE LAST HORROR FILM I'll listen out for any namechecks... half of it takes place at the actual Cannes film festival
- weird fact about that movie... the movie its star Caroline Munroe is supposedly the star of, in the film, is called 'Scream', and you also see a poster for a non-existent movie called 'Stab' at some point as well
#12
Bad Movies / Re: movies that namecheck anot...
Last post by M.10rda - August 23, 2026, 09:01:37 PMBen Affleck is okay in PHANTOMS; Liev Schreiber is legit capital-G Great in PHANTOMS.
#13
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - August 23, 2026, 08:09:39 PM"The Phantom Empire" (1987)
Cave explorers stumble into a hidden underground world populated by flesh eating mutants, dinosaurs, cave girls in bikinis, and an alien warrior queen who wants to capture the surface dwellers and make them her slaves.
There's a lot to unpack in this campy, schlocky flick, which is supposedly based on a 1930s Gene Autry movie serial by the same name. It was written and directed in six days by no-budget maestro Fred Olen Ray, and it's full of corny dialogue, plentiful T&A, and stock footage borrowed from other movies. A few familiar faces like Michelle "Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers" Bauer, Sybil Danning, and Jeffrey "Re-Animator" Combs do their best with the thin material. Hell, there's even a cameo by Robby the Robot from "Forbidden Planet!"
Make no mistake, this movie was crap, but it was strangely entertaining crap.
Cave explorers stumble into a hidden underground world populated by flesh eating mutants, dinosaurs, cave girls in bikinis, and an alien warrior queen who wants to capture the surface dwellers and make them her slaves.
There's a lot to unpack in this campy, schlocky flick, which is supposedly based on a 1930s Gene Autry movie serial by the same name. It was written and directed in six days by no-budget maestro Fred Olen Ray, and it's full of corny dialogue, plentiful T&A, and stock footage borrowed from other movies. A few familiar faces like Michelle "Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers" Bauer, Sybil Danning, and Jeffrey "Re-Animator" Combs do their best with the thin material. Hell, there's even a cameo by Robby the Robot from "Forbidden Planet!"
Make no mistake, this movie was crap, but it was strangely entertaining crap.
#14
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Alex's even longer post th...
Last post by Alex - August 23, 2026, 08:07:36 PMI was sitting in the man cave earlier, just watching random horror films. Ash came in and joined me just as Shockwaves began. When it ended, he asked if we could watch it again.
I'm putting that down as a patenting win.
Recently, he's gotten into murder mystery films, especially ones with a touch of comedy. I put on the newest Murder on the Orient Express which since it also has trains is an obvious win. I think I'll try him with Horror Express soon.
Still waiting on the answers back from Kristi's medical team. The current chemo mix is definately giving her more of her own life which I am happy about. Dona wants me to to sue her surgeon, between the operation causing the cancer to spread and then telling us she'd be fine to travel when it turns out this could have killed her. My own feeling on the matter is that it was an emergency situation, he did what he needed to do to save her life. She'd have been dead before that day was out if he hadn't operated and if we get 10 more years together, well that is ten years he gave us together where she can see her child grow up. It would be Kristi's choice though and I don't think she in interested in a long legal battle in another country.
I just wish the damn travel insurance would pay up and stop asking for endless reams of documents. I am glad I insisted on all health conditions being put down on the form, even if it increased what we paid. If I'd let Kristi leave some stuff out, they'd have cancelled the payment at the first hurdle. She got an email yesterday that seemed to indicate a final decision had been made either way. It just didn't say which way, so she'll be phoning them up later today after Ash has been dropped off at school.
Got my annual assessment. It says I am very capable of getting promoted if I want and that me not going for it is a loss to the section. Hah. I've been down the promotion road before and I did not enjoy it so I will stick with my plan of being a private for the next 8 years until forced retirement, unless they increase that age (as seems fairly liklely that they will, in which case I'll do it until 65.
I'm putting that down as a patenting win.
Recently, he's gotten into murder mystery films, especially ones with a touch of comedy. I put on the newest Murder on the Orient Express which since it also has trains is an obvious win. I think I'll try him with Horror Express soon.
Still waiting on the answers back from Kristi's medical team. The current chemo mix is definately giving her more of her own life which I am happy about. Dona wants me to to sue her surgeon, between the operation causing the cancer to spread and then telling us she'd be fine to travel when it turns out this could have killed her. My own feeling on the matter is that it was an emergency situation, he did what he needed to do to save her life. She'd have been dead before that day was out if he hadn't operated and if we get 10 more years together, well that is ten years he gave us together where she can see her child grow up. It would be Kristi's choice though and I don't think she in interested in a long legal battle in another country.
I just wish the damn travel insurance would pay up and stop asking for endless reams of documents. I am glad I insisted on all health conditions being put down on the form, even if it increased what we paid. If I'd let Kristi leave some stuff out, they'd have cancelled the payment at the first hurdle. She got an email yesterday that seemed to indicate a final decision had been made either way. It just didn't say which way, so she'll be phoning them up later today after Ash has been dropped off at school.
Got my annual assessment. It says I am very capable of getting promoted if I want and that me not going for it is a loss to the section. Hah. I've been down the promotion road before and I did not enjoy it so I will stick with my plan of being a private for the next 8 years until forced retirement, unless they increase that age (as seems fairly liklely that they will, in which case I'll do it until 65.
#15
Television / Re: What TV Shows Are you Watc...
Last post by HappyGilmore - August 23, 2026, 06:32:59 PMYellowjackets.
Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Elijah Wood. Final season is out soon.
Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Elijah Wood. Final season is out soon.
#16
Bad Movies / Re: movies that namecheck anot...
Last post by HappyGilmore - August 23, 2026, 06:27:38 PMJay and Silent Bob Strike Back...Jay mentions that Ben Affleck is great in Phantoms and they visit the set of Good Will Hunting 2 and see Wes Craven directing a sequel to Scream
Quote from: claws on August 23, 2026, 05:36:42 PMScream (1996) dropping a few movie titles:Could add pretty much every Scream movie. Part 2 they mention film sequels like Godfather 2, Terminator 2, Aliens...
John Carpenter's Halloween, Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left, and Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
#17
Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by M.10rda - August 23, 2026, 05:51:22 PMTHE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1923):
The original adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel was a smash hit by early 20s standards, elevating Lon Chaney from well-regarded character actor to enormous star and prompting three subsequent film versions. The negative and all 35mm prints have been lost, thus the copies available today are struck from 16mm versions... and I'm glad it exists and we can watch it, but (probably like LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT, alas) it isn't actually very good!
Wallace Worsley (who also directed Chaney in 1920's THE PENALTY, which I liked!) puts every cent onscreen - huge sets, huge numbers of extras, and puh-lenty of ludicrous fake facial hair.
He might've instead demanded a more expensive and better writer to adapt the source material. This thing is almost two and a quarter hours long and the eponymous main attraction is onscreen for maybe a third of the time. 
Waaay too much time is spent on less-thrilling social unrest and court intrigue subplots, as well as on the obligatory romance plot (which doesn't actually involve Quasimodo). To be fair this might be a criticism against Hugo - I dunno, I haven't read this novel, though I have read Les Miserables. Hugo wrote that one thirty years after he wrote Hunchback, and his grasp on plotting and incorporating themes seamlessly into his narrative clearly made remarkable strides in those three decades. To be further fair to this film version, I get bored w/ the Disney musical version of Hunchback, too, yet somehow I like the Charles Laughton version (huh, wonder why? 
). One clear misstep in the '23 HUNCHBACK is that Don Frollo (who is kind of the most important character) has been split into two less important and undeveloped characters, one purely evil and one purely benign (maybe to avoid trouble from American Catholics...?). This really hobbles the story here.
But, okay, how's Chaney? Well, he's working really hard, obviously - and deep beneath the body prosthetics and the facial appliances, it's clear he's giving a thoughtful performance. But - sorry for the heresy! - the face make-up (almost a mask, really) honestly sucks! The goofy fright wig does too. It does poor Lon no favors, as he's got one eye and his mouth to work with - and otherwise we're looking at a cheap 60s/70s Halloween party mask. I played the Phantom of the Opera in HS w/ no make-up
and, ya' know what? My performance was all the better for it! No one complained or was confused when Christine pulled off my mask, either. 
In this case, I wish Lon had been allowed to do more acting instead of just showing off some shoddy FX.
My unpopular opinion for today! 2/5
The original adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel was a smash hit by early 20s standards, elevating Lon Chaney from well-regarded character actor to enormous star and prompting three subsequent film versions. The negative and all 35mm prints have been lost, thus the copies available today are struck from 16mm versions... and I'm glad it exists and we can watch it, but (probably like LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT, alas) it isn't actually very good!
Wallace Worsley (who also directed Chaney in 1920's THE PENALTY, which I liked!) puts every cent onscreen - huge sets, huge numbers of extras, and puh-lenty of ludicrous fake facial hair.
He might've instead demanded a more expensive and better writer to adapt the source material. This thing is almost two and a quarter hours long and the eponymous main attraction is onscreen for maybe a third of the time. Waaay too much time is spent on less-thrilling social unrest and court intrigue subplots, as well as on the obligatory romance plot (which doesn't actually involve Quasimodo). To be fair this might be a criticism against Hugo - I dunno, I haven't read this novel, though I have read Les Miserables. Hugo wrote that one thirty years after he wrote Hunchback, and his grasp on plotting and incorporating themes seamlessly into his narrative clearly made remarkable strides in those three decades. To be further fair to this film version, I get bored w/ the Disney musical version of Hunchback, too, yet somehow I like the Charles Laughton version (huh, wonder why? ). One clear misstep in the '23 HUNCHBACK is that Don Frollo (who is kind of the most important character) has been split into two less important and undeveloped characters, one purely evil and one purely benign (maybe to avoid trouble from American Catholics...?). This really hobbles the story here.But, okay, how's Chaney? Well, he's working really hard, obviously - and deep beneath the body prosthetics and the facial appliances, it's clear he's giving a thoughtful performance. But - sorry for the heresy! - the face make-up (almost a mask, really) honestly sucks! The goofy fright wig does too. It does poor Lon no favors, as he's got one eye and his mouth to work with - and otherwise we're looking at a cheap 60s/70s Halloween party mask. I played the Phantom of the Opera in HS w/ no make-up
and, ya' know what? My performance was all the better for it! No one complained or was confused when Christine pulled off my mask, either. In this case, I wish Lon had been allowed to do more acting instead of just showing off some shoddy FX. My unpopular opinion for today! 2/5
#18
Bad Movies / Re: movies that namecheck anot...
Last post by claws - August 23, 2026, 05:36:42 PMScream (1996) dropping a few movie titles:
John Carpenter's Halloween, Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left, and Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
John Carpenter's Halloween, Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left, and Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
#19
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by lester1/2jr - August 23, 2026, 05:14:27 PMI haven't seen any movies or tv series' that take place during COVID yet. I can foresee a number of problems.
1. Too soon
2. If you pay for top acting talent, you don't want them to be wearing a mask (though it would make action sequences/ stunt doubling easier)
3. COVID was very boring.
4. Alien vs Predator During COVID
1. Too soon
2. If you pay for top acting talent, you don't want them to be wearing a mask (though it would make action sequences/ stunt doubling easier)
3. COVID was very boring.
4. Alien vs Predator During COVID
#20
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by lester1/2jr - August 23, 2026, 04:52:36 PMCold Hell (2017) - This is sort of the "foreign film" version of a Cannon/ Michael Dudikoff action movie from the 80's. Generic and implausible plot stuff, but with artsy looking people and situations meant to press all the Friday night at Coolidge Corner Theater buttons. The big selling point is the main actress whatever her name is. She's very pretty and looks like what people think young women in Williamsburg, Brooklyn look like, though she's actually from Uzbekistan.
A cab driver in Austria gets seen by a serial killer who sees her looking out her window at him serial killing someone. Here's the first plot problem: when we first meet her, we learn she is a champion Thai kick boxer, of all things. She beats up 3 different men BEFORE she is seen by the serial killer guy. 100% of the people watching this will not understand why then is she so afraid of one guy holding maybe a knife at best? Why does she think he will come after her? Why would he if he (apparently) kills prostitutes and she isn't one?
This could have been cleared up by him having the thing called a gun and/ or maybe him GRADUALLY getting inside her head some way or something. The rest of the plot movements are similarly clunky, but the acting is pretty decent. You can kind of see it on their faces that they know it's sort of a mess.
A decent effort in some respects, but certainly not a home run.
I'll go 3.8/ 5
Foreign film buffs might put it higher, action/ thriller fans probably lower. Title is random.
A cab driver in Austria gets seen by a serial killer who sees her looking out her window at him serial killing someone. Here's the first plot problem: when we first meet her, we learn she is a champion Thai kick boxer, of all things. She beats up 3 different men BEFORE she is seen by the serial killer guy. 100% of the people watching this will not understand why then is she so afraid of one guy holding maybe a knife at best? Why does she think he will come after her? Why would he if he (apparently) kills prostitutes and she isn't one?
This could have been cleared up by him having the thing called a gun and/ or maybe him GRADUALLY getting inside her head some way or something. The rest of the plot movements are similarly clunky, but the acting is pretty decent. You can kind of see it on their faces that they know it's sort of a mess.
A decent effort in some respects, but certainly not a home run.
I'll go 3.8/ 5
Foreign film buffs might put it higher, action/ thriller fans probably lower. Title is random.