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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

To Heres The Guy: Buster Pointdexter starred in a movie based on the television series, "Car 54, Where Are You?" My god that movie was horrible. Unfunny, no onscreen chemistry, and you get to hear Buster Pointdexter sing. My ears are still bleeding!!! What’s funny the movie also stars "Grandpa" Al Lewis, Nipsy Russell, Fran Drescher, John C. McGinley, and the woman with the big head Rosie O’Donnell. Oh! Also one of the Baldwin brothers star in this crap fest as the villian.

Chestnuts roasted by Evil Monkey @ 10/29/2003 4:17 AM

I’d just like to say, this movie rocks. I want to see the Creepshow one where the kids are stuck out on the raft…that one rocks, specially the end :)

Chestnuts roasted by Kiften @ 10/29/2003 6:12 AM

Halloween stuff was great fun, but honestly, X-E was MADE for Christmas….totally jazzed for the next couple months…like Santa on a speedball.

Chestnuts roasted by GLS @ 10/29/2003 8:42 AM

man buster get the biggest hairball ever awsome ok next month sounds like its gonna rock I wanna see somthing about barnyard comandos i know they were dumb but i loved them DAMNIT also mabye some fraggle rock and how about review that old new live action turtles show with the chick turtle A TURTLE WITH BOOBS WHAT!?!?!

Chestnuts roasted by AtomRenner @ 10/29/2003 9:05 AM

Dude, I LOVED your slasher story. You should seriously do one story like that a week. You’re hilarious when you write them

Chestnuts roasted by Jazzy @ 10/29/2003 10:12 AM

On a Ninja Turtles note:(Because everything on this site is subliminally about the Ninja Turtles.)

http://207.44.182.109/photo/1/showphoto.php?photo=7747&password=&sort=1&cat=893&page=6

The extreme joy I feel about there finally being a figure I’ve wanted since 1986 is muffled by the extreme rage that the Utroms no longer look like fluffy pink brains with cillia.

Honestly, I’ve never been one for horror movies. Which is odd how close I was born to Halloween.

Hey, has Matt ever done a Catseye review?

Chestnuts roasted by Regault @ 10/29/2003 11:59 AM

I actually saw tales in theaters when I was 12, but never paid. We paid and saw another movie, but snuck into tales after the 1st flick. I couldn’t tell you what the first movie was, but I vividly remember the gargoyle’s and the cat ingestion scene. Great flick, I gotta go rent it.

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

Hardly seems fair that the only one he told was the one who told him. I mean, it didn’t really change things now did it? I know..
A Promise is a Promise.

Car 54 Theme song from memory at work.

"There’s a holdup in the Bronx
Brooklyn’s broken out in fights
There’s a traffic jam in Harlem
That’s backed up to Jackson Heights
There’s a mom who’s lost a child
Cruschev’s due at Idlewild
Car 54 where are you?"

I agree that a lot of the Remember the 70′s/Remember the 80′s people don’t look like they actually remember it well, more like they just saw it and are commenting on what they saw. However that Hispanic guy was swearing up and down that Cujo was a Doberman, so some of it is obviously from memory.

Chestnuts roasted by klatubradanikto @ 10/29/2003 12:55 PM

Micheal Ian Black from The State, Viva Varioty, and Wet Hot American Summer is the best on that show.

He is the best in every show really.

Chestnuts roasted by chad @ 10/29/2003 1:21 PM

i saw this movie with emilo estevez with buster poindexter in it a few months back called Freejack. I think you should review it Matt, it even has Mick Jagger in it. Emilio is this race car driver that gets stolen by mick jagger in the future using a time machine so some rich guy (played by Anthony Hopkins) can take over his body because hes really old and so he can do it with Rene Russo. I think Buster plays the part of Time Travel Technician #1

Chestnuts roasted by manatarms is cool @ 10/29/2003 1:35 PM

thanks for the ride lady!!

maaaan hat scared the shite out of me

Chestnuts roasted by 'tin man @ 10/29/2003 1:51 PM

Does Buster Poindexter play Cooper in that Expedia.com commercial? You know, "How much do you make? Not nearly as much as I do. Ha!"

Oh, and I’ve had this theme song stuck in my head for months, and I wanted to bring the cartoon up here to see if anyone else remembered it.

"When in Rome you do like the Romans do
You play what the Romans play
Together!
Jump in your chariot
Come this way!
We’re going to
Meet the Roman Holida-AYS!

You’ll love Gus, and Laurie
Pricotia, too
And big brother Hack Holiday!
And Brutus, the lion, the family pet
He’ll eat you out of house and home, as quick as that!"

Anyone?
Anyone?

Buehler?

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 10/29/2003 1:59 PM

Neat movie review, and I’m defanetly looking forward to more X-E goodness next month.

I thought "I Love The 80s Strikes Back" was pretty lame overall. I liked the first installment better, except for the fact that the "celebs" pretty much dumped all over everything, making me wonder why they didn’t call the show "I Loathe The 80s". Gilbert Godfried’s "What the @#&!" moments were pretty funny. Speaking of Gilbert, Problem Child 1 & 2 are being released on DVD in March, both digitally remastered in anamorphic widescreen. This is great news.

P.S. I did it for kicks

Chestnuts roasted by The Bow Tie Killer @ 10/29/2003 2:09 PM

no one cares you got the first post, now say something else or go to hell

Chestnuts roasted by hjdt hdkd @ 10/29/2003 2:50 PM

It’s tradition to make a comment about being the first post. If someone didn’t make it, it would be blasphemy! Or at the very least, anti-traditional. So let’s just all get along, roll our eyes a bit, and smile a little smile for those who get to post first, ok? Unless…secretly, you’re jealous. Then it’s ok to bitch. Hee hee.

Chestnuts roasted by purplegirl247 @ 10/29/2003 2:55 PM

This Halloween needs an X-E Army of Darkness review. We’ve been waiting years..

Chestnuts roasted by Zoobtro @ 10/29/2003 3:01 PM

i exclaimed in the first post that i was a wad for saying so and furthermore the 11th comment was also mine therefore i had said something else….but almost always someone says "first post" so i wanted to do it also even though i said myself that it was pretty lame so next time read!

Chestnuts roasted by scourge @ 10/29/2003 3:18 PM

Matt, did you ever consider becoming a sitcom writer?

Chestnuts roasted by Jeff @ 10/29/2003 3:37 PM

To add further comment on the Martha Stewart dressed up for Halloween thing. She also was wearing cat’s eye contact lens’. I know no one cares. It just freaked me out. Now I’ll have nightmares about Martha Stewart floating at my window with cat’s eyes threatening to bake me cookies and cheat on her taxes. Not that I watch Martha Stewart, I was rewinding my copy of Titus Andronicus and didn’t bother to change the channel. Who would have thought Martha Stewart plays on 3am?

Chestnuts roasted by inkmage @ 10/29/2003 3:38 PM

Like purple girl said, it’s a tradition for the first post thing. If you’re gonna be a bitter stupid fuck then don’t bother posting. Seriously, get over it.

Chestnuts roasted by turkey's can't fly? @ 10/29/2003 4:46 PM

Matt, you’ve gotta do something for those photog guys. You created the monster after all.

Chestnuts roasted by turkey's can't fly? @ 10/29/2003 5:18 PM

I had the Gamegear & the Gameboy (the original green-screened one; not the fancy one that came later). And (just like with the Genesis and original NES) although the Sega system was ‘technically’ superior, it’s games sucked & were hard to find, whereas Mario Land ruled.

Chestnuts roasted by sharkie @ 10/29/2003 6:04 PM

My school is using the McDonald buckets to promote our BooMi ball (pronounced Boo Me, and its spelled BooMi b/c it’s sposored by the Botany/Microbiology Dept. [Bo/Mi]). OWU is so cool!

Chestnuts roasted by TOP1214 @ 10/29/2003 6:29 PM

Anyone else think the next Halloween countdown will start Nov. 1?

Chestnuts roasted by TOP1214 @ 10/29/2003 6:45 PM

Good. I’m not the only one who thinks "I Love the 80s Strikes Back" blows. Reason #1: Juliette Lewis is the most annoying person on the planet.

Here’s something X-E fans might find cool:
http://www.liquidgeneration.com/quiz/80s_quiz.asp

Chestnuts roasted by sweet polly purebred @ 10/29/2003 7:59 PM

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