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New Article: “Tales From The Darkside: The Movie!”

Here's my review of Tales From The Darkside: The Movie. I absolutely love this flick. If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and head to the video store. Don't wait for it to pop up on cable -- it's worth the rental. Hell, it's worth buying. Halloween's approaching, and this movie perfectly fits the mood. Meanwhile, the Countdown's been updated with something you're probably more interested in checking out than a movie review: The Battle of the Slashers! Freddy, Jason and Leatherface have a quick debate over which of 'em is the top icon.

I think we've got time for one more article between now and Halloween, so I'll try to make it as crazy ass seasonal as possible. I hope everyone got a kick out of the Countdown this year -- judging from my stats, people were checking it out regularly enough to warrant another go-around next year. For what it's worth, I had loads of fun with it. For the past month and a half, practically everywhere I went had the side agenda of searching for more Halloween crap, and it's not like it wouldn't have been like that normally, but now I had a reason. Yay. Wish I could've gotten a few more horror movie reviews up this month, but oh well -- I'll do those on any month, and the stuff on that Countdown was only good for now, obviously. Anyway, it's been a pretty good month for the site, but you might be wondering what's coming up now that Halloween is almost here. Oh boy. Next month is gonna be killer. Honestly, what's lined up in terms of articles are topics I'm totally salivating over, and if I thought I was busy this month, November's gonna be a real test. Suffice to say, I don't think that anyone who regularly reads this site is going to be anything short of mega excited when the ball gets rolling, so stay tuned.

Posted by Matt on 10/28/2003. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 76 comments

i never got first post before…im a wad

Chestnuts roasted by Scourge @ 10/28/2003 6:43 PM

I’ve never been so close to the first post before. Do I get some sort of consolation prize?

Chestnuts roasted by sharkie @ 10/28/2003 6:55 PM

Yea! The third comment is the best one!

Chestnuts roasted by Garrison @ 10/28/2003 6:59 PM

hehe ive gotten 1st post 2ce BOOH YA.
cool review. did you get those minnis from the same guys who sent you the super heros?

Chestnuts roasted by Jared @ 10/28/2003 7:05 PM

I likeed to watch Tales From the Darkside the tv show. My fave ones were the one with seth green in it who sees a witch but his dad ingores hima and it eats his dad. And the one about an old man who hates Halloween and then his watch brakes and he has to relive the same hour over and over and then some goblin get him or something. Rapture is a great song, but don’t break my heart of glass :P

Chestnuts roasted by pikachulover @ 10/28/2003 7:08 PM

my Pierroth Jr. luchador buddy will kick all them tiny guys around!

Chestnuts roasted by Was a Man @ 10/28/2003 7:08 PM

Matt : The way you talk about the articles to come is making me too damn giddy! I’m serious…it’s scary. I was gettin’ all antsy, because Halloween is almost here and then it’s over and it’s just stupid old November…but now you’ve promised even more good times. Thanks for the medicare :)

Chestnuts roasted by Applesauce @ 10/28/2003 7:29 PM

Saw this when it first came out. Back then, I was watching a lot of gore. So I found the gross bits quite hilarious! Plus, now that I’m more edukated, the name-dropping on this here movie just makes me wanna see it 10,000 times over. Done!

Chestnuts roasted by Armagideon Time @ 10/28/2003 7:49 PM

hooray for more countdown next year! it made me even more excited for halloween than usual. thanks matt.

Chestnuts roasted by candice @ 10/28/2003 8:53 PM

Haven’t seen this one, but I am a happy owner of "Creepshow". The only movie where you get to hear Stephen King say "Meteor Shit!"

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Mr. Mr. @ 10/28/2003 9:20 PM

hmmm i was just going over the title in my head "Tales from the DARKside" i wonder what a certain Theodore R. Long thinks of the title?

Chestnuts roasted by Scourge @ 10/28/2003 10:53 PM

If I remember correctly, wasn’t Buster Poindexter in a few other movies. I recall seeing him in some really bad comedy movie. Am I hallucinating?

On a similiar note, has anybody been watching "I love the 80′s Strikes Back" on VH1?? Is it just me, or do most of the people they interview for those segments not REALLY remember that stuff???

Chestnuts roasted by shane! @ 10/28/2003 11:14 PM

1.) I got those figures for Christmas this year from my girlfriend and I love them so much.

2.) I rented the movie and it is as good as you say.

3.) If Buster Poindexter is really in other movies…I have to see them out of sheer curiosity…someone find out this vital information

Chestnuts roasted by Heres The Guy @ 10/29/2003 12:39 PM

Here’s the guy:
"If Buster Poindexter is really in other movies…I have to see them out of sheer curiosity…someone find out this vital information"

Right off the bat, and right in time for December (at least in the stores) – he plays the "Ghost of Christmas past" in "Scrooged" with Bill Murray…

Chestnuts roasted by Scott C @ 10/29/2003 12:45 PM

Hell yeah, he was the cabbie in Scrooged. What floor?

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/29/2003 12:46 PM

Wasn’t Matt supposed to be on I love 80s Strikes Back? We should expect him to because the man is a god above everyone with likes of Liza and Jane.

Chestnuts roasted by Z @ 10/29/2003 12:47 PM

The show I was talking to VH-1 about wasn’t their ILT80s series, but rather another that I won’t mention because I haven’t seen it advertised anywhere yet. Either way, looks like a bust. They switched gears and only wanted celebs for the panels, which honestly makes sense from where I sit. Hopefully I’ll have something going with ‘em in the future though; they were all very nice people who were way into their projects.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/29/2003 12:56 PM

I know this is off-topic, but has this site ever done a tribute to the origanal GameBoy? I found mine in a drawer the other day, and so many memories came flooding back. I’d be cool to see a picture of the box it came in – When I saw that thing in the glass case at Toys’R'Us way back when, I nearly popped my newly formed nards right off.

Chestnuts roasted by Gordo @ 10/29/2003 1:14 AM

I think I’ve written about it in passing (it was one of my most wanted gifts when it came out). Funny you should mention it, because they’ll be more on it next month. (though, only on the system as it originally arrived, because as with most video game stuff, I lost interest pretty quick)

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/29/2003 1:16 AM

Gameboy was truly a piece of high technology, something so beautiful about seeing pixels of lands. The gay Turboexpress system was the worst thing seen in my eyes.

Chestnuts roasted by The Snoo @ 10/29/2003 1:18 AM

I remember getting the Game Gear within the first year of its arrival, and on the second day of owning it, this pile of sawdust fell on top of the thing, and a few select grains somehow managed to get under the "protective" screen an onto the legimate screen that couldn’t be cleaned. Awful. Sonic always had a piece of wood over his head.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/29/2003 1:21 AM

I want to see a review of the movie Big. C’mon. Tom Hanks. The keyboard sequence. And the REALLY BIG TRAMPOLINE in the even LARGER apartment.

Chestnuts roasted by Aeire @ 10/29/2003 1:28 AM

That movie truly is great. I saw it when I was living in this apartment where you could rent videos from the office. I was horror starved and saw it out of desperation. It was like the diamond in the rough. Didn’t Debbie Harry fall on a bed of spikes or something? I have to say that the Julliane Moore flower stuffing scene really didn’t sit well with me. I don’t mind seeing no-names get axed in Friday movies, but Julliane Moore is to me like the stepmother every kid wishes he had, one so super cool and sexy. Nah, nothing Oedipal about that. The gargoyle gore effects are probably the best, I’d say. That transformation is really great effects work even by today’s standards where we see too much digital work.
I know of one other Buster Pointdexter movie. Freejack with Emilo Estevez. Buster was one of the only things I remember about that movie. Hey it was a double feature with Suburban Commando–Hulk Hogan as an alien warrior is always more memorable.

Chestnuts roasted by inkmage @ 10/29/2003 3:01 AM

Holy crap, I’m seeing Martha Stewart in a black Elvira wig and getup or something. No I’m not altering the facts one bit.

Chestnuts roasted by inkmage @ 10/29/2003 3:03 AM

I never go anywhere without my SP. Had Gameboy, jam got on it, dog got to it, The End. Got Gameboy Color. GBA came out, so I sold it. The End. GBA SP came out, so I sold the plain GBA. The End. I still play Mario Land on my SP. I could talk about this for hours, but I won’t.

Chestnuts roasted by Armagideon Time @ 10/29/2003 3:23 AM

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