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Evil Snake Anti-Drug PSA, Nickelodeon, and Dumb Survey #12010.

It's been over two years since his last appearance on X-E, but now, Evil Snakeman Drug Dealer is BACK! The scariest anti-drug public service announcement I've ever seen felt like it deserved a spot on the Halloween Countdown. Yeah, it's a bit of a rehash for longtime readers, but this time, you can download the ad and watch the evil madness for yourself. Ssseriousssly, this was creepy stuff to see during the cartoon block after school.

And for those who asked, my first commercial for Nickelodeon is a spot for the upcoming Nick Hotel in Orlando -- it's a real short one, probably no more than fifteen seconds. I don't have any specific air times, but it should be playing often enough for the next few weeks starting tomorrow. Not that they're reading, but I'd like to thank the great people I work with for making this massive transition and learning experience so much easier for me. Great folks. Anyway, watch SpongeBob or something tomorrow/today. Lemme know if you catch it.

New Survey: Okay, pick any or all of these horror franchises, and name your favorite film from each series: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Hellraiser and Child's Play. Feel free to give reasons for your picks so the comments won't look like a giant order form. I'll post my own tomorrow.

Posted by Matt on 09/26/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 96 comments

first comment and a first time poster, what are the odds? And being a sheltered kid means limited viewability to scary movies… I’ve seen Halloween and Hellraiser and of the two I’d go with Halloween. Hellraiser just made me giggle too much to be scary.

Chestnuts roasted by Yorissa @ 09/26/2004 10:58 PM

I remember seeing this as recently as the early 90s. The "snake-man" still has the power to make me fill my pants with crap.

Chestnuts roasted by Marshall @ 09/26/2004 10:58 PM

Third post. Best I’ve ever done. Not saying much, but just saying.

Chestnuts roasted by Shelby @ 09/26/2004 11:02 PM

F13th: Part IV, definitely.

ELM: Always loved Dream Child. Was less goofy than the other sequels.

CPLAY: The first one. Didn’t like the sequels.

HR: Ditto.

HALLOWEEN: Half-ditto. I liked the sequel, but not as much.

Chestnuts roasted by Jake @ 09/26/2004 11:03 PM

Finally I get to see the PSA that inspired my favorite XE article! You should get the one with the crazy crackhead mom up for download too!

Chestnuts roasted by Mike @ 09/26/2004 11:16 PM

Okay, Matt, I watch Spongebob Squarepants just for you ;)

Chestnuts roasted by Beta-Theta @ 09/26/2004 11:20 PM

The scariness of Snake is completely lost on me, once I noticed that they didn’t even try to sync up the words with his mouth movements. That’s just a sloppy PSA. But the new X-E logo before the film starts is a nice touch, Matt.

Chestnuts roasted by Evan @ 09/26/2004 11:24 PM

for those of us who don’t get Nick, maybe post the commercial you did? For extra cool points.

Chestnuts roasted by Max @ 09/26/2004 11:26 PM

ANOES: The first of course…He (Freddy) was evil, dirty, and generally fucking sick and frightening…The was he was INTENDED TO BE IN THE FIRST PLACE…The comedy should be left to the comedians, not pizza-faced dream demons with razor-knives intent on torturing you and then eating your soul…

FT13th: Pt.7…He wasn’t just a supernatural horror equivalent to "The Goonies" "Sloth" by this point…He was a FUCKING UNDEAD ZOMBIE WITH A MISSION!!…By FAR the coolest looking Jason out of ANY of the films, EVEN 9…That and this installment was originally intended to BE "J Vs. F", but when rights didn’t go through, they replaced Freddy with that psychic chica…

Halloween: TIE: Pts. 1-2, which could technically could be considered ONE movie, as Pt. 2 picks up where Pt. 1 left off…Close to those would be 5-6 because they explain his origins (Even though Pt. 6 has TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CUTS of the film that explain different things)…

Childs Play: The FIRST, because it was fucking CREEPY and sick-incarnate…Close would be Pt.2 becuase of the "Good Guys" Factory sequence…

Hellraiser – Pt. 2 because of the "more Cenobites is a good thing" clause that the first didn’t have…The Cenobites *COULD* have at least fought back abit better with the insane "Dr." Cenobite though :( …

There’s my list…Enjoy.

Cheers.

Chestnuts roasted by Lanny D. Crepit @ 09/26/2004 11:57 PM

I know it’s the easy way out, but I’d go with the first of each series. Those were always just the best ones. I’d give an honorable mention to Jason X, though. The actual movie was pretty much unwatchable, but the premise was brilliant. I wish I had a damn upgrading machine.

Chestnuts roasted by Ian @ 09/26/2004 11:59 PM

Speaking of scary PSAs, I remember one that was shown to my 3rd grade class on Halloween. I’m sure it was sponsored by the ADA, or maybe simply Crest…basically scaring kids into making sure they brush their teeth after eating all that Halloween candy. It featured a disembodied voice sitting in a leather chair in a dark office telling kids about what could happen if they don’t brush their teeth…depicting plaque as monsters attacking their teeth. The video ended with the voice/ghost saying something like "You don’t want to know what could happen to your teeth! DO you? DOOO YOUUUUU?!"

Anyone else remember this?

Chestnuts roasted by The Dragon @ 09/27/2004 12:02 PM

Nightmare: Dream Warriors – I love Kincaid’s outbursts.

Friday: Part VI – I can still remember the tv spot back in 1986 scaring the shit out of me as a kid. Plus the scene when Tommy has his face planted in Megan’s crotch while she is driving and she tells him its going to be a hairy turn is classic.

Halloween: The one with the boiling water scene… I think part 2

Hellraiser: Hellbound

C-Play: I was never really into any of the Child’s Play movies so I will substitute Phantasm 2

Chestnuts roasted by marcus the carcass @ 09/27/2004 12:19 PM

He helped write it. I don’t know if I’d be able to see it even if I HAD cable—commercials for Florida hotels usually run in Florida.

Uh-oh…does that mean nobody is going to see your ad at all, Matt?

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 09/27/2004 12:54 PM

Speaking of scary PSAs, I remember one that was shown to my 3rd grade class on Halloween. I’m sure it was sponsored by the ADA, or maybe simply Crest…basically scaring kids into making sure they brush their teeth after eating all that Halloween candy. It featured a disembodied voice sitting in a leather chair in a dark office telling kids about what could happen if they don’t brush their teeth…depicting plaque as monsters attacking their teeth. The video ended with the voice/ghost saying something like "You don’t want to know what could happen to your teeth! DO you? DOOO YOUUUUU?!"

Anyone else remember this?

Oh man, do I ever remember that thing!! The title of the film was "The Haunted Mouth." And The "disembodied voice" was B. Plaque, since you can’t see plaque this is the "joke." It’s about the only joke in it though. Not only does it include everything you mentioned above, but B. Plaque had a trophy shelf of disconnected teeth, which he proudly displayed while describing in glee the agony the former owners went through. And the teeth were bleeding! ON THEIR OWN!! THEY WERE %$#@@#$ DISCONNECTED BLEEDING TEETH!!!
At the end of the film is the biggest shocker of all–it’s done in "first-person" with the camera supposed to be you. B. Plaque cackles "SO JOIIIIN MEEEE! MOO HOO HA HA HAAAAA!!!!" and shoves ghostly donuts and cake into your face. That’s when you run out of the room, down the hall, through the front door to outside–NOOO!!! THE FRONT DOOR JUST LED BACK TO HIS OFFICE AGAIN!!!
"Nice try. But you’ll NEVER get away from ME. Your only hope is to brush and floss regularly, and avoid sugary snacks. But you don’t want to do that. Do you? DO YOU?"
The night after I saw it, I was so spooked out I had to sleep in my parents’ bed. This really did rival the snake. It was horrid.

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 09/27/2004 1:09 AM

i like jason takes manhattan best. it was so funny.

Chestnuts roasted by 'tin man @ 09/27/2004 2:05 AM

The only show I bother with on Nick is Drake & Josh, so hopefully it will come on then.

As far as the movies….
A Nightmare on Elm Street – I forget the numbers but it’s a tie between the first one, The one where the chick turns into a cockroach, and the one where the dude turns into a comic character

Friday the 13th – I was never a big fan of the series

Halloween – Never a big fan of this one either, but maybe 2 the one where Myers wasn’t even in it

Hellraiser – I think 2 and 3 always stands out in my mind for some reason

Child’s Play – First one is always a classic

Chestnuts roasted by Will @ 09/27/2004 2:13 AM

I haven’t seen any movies from any of these franchises because I’m a big wimp. Not actually big, since I’m teeny, but my wimpness rating is astounding. Gremlins was pretty scary though.

Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 09/27/2004 2:23 AM

MATT. You seriously dont know how happy this has made me. Since 1992 have I wished to see this commercial again as it scared the crap out of me, and I only saw it once not knowing if it was even a commercial or a dream. Thank you so much!!!

Chestnuts roasted by AJ @ 09/27/2004 2:30 AM

Matt-Dammit, I’m in Canada where we don’t get Nickelodeon, so I can’t watch your commercial. But maybe you can put it up for download er sum shit.

Anyway, I totally enjoyed the PSA download. Now if only you could’ve given us downloads of all those other PSAs youy reviewed in that one article awhile back. I really wanna see the one where the crackwhore mama freaks out.

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 09/27/2004 2:32 AM

On the issue of PSAs and crap like that, I still have my old Spider-Man/Power Pack special comic book on sexual abuse/child molestation, which I got for free in pre-school. It had one scenario in which Spider-Man saves a little boy from being molested by his babysitter. And then there’s another story in which the Power Pack (a defunct superhero team comprised of little kids) helps a friend who’s being molested by her father.

Personally, I have one major issue with the Spider-Man story. Don’t get me wrong, I think babysitters molesting the very children that they babysit is horrid, but that’s not the issue here. The issue is the fact that the babysitter happens to be a woman. Now how often has this nation (the US, that is) ever had a serious issue with WOMEN molesting little BOYS?!? The message ofthe story was clear and all, but I think it would’ve mad emore sense if the baysitter were male. However, we DO get glimpse into Peter Parker’s childhood, in which we learn an interesting little secret of his own. I don’t think any other Spidey book has ever made this revelation.

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 09/27/2004 2:46 AM

Oh yes, another thing I should point out: the fact that they were giving this out to pre-schoolers. My God! I didn’t even understand the damn thing when my parents read it to me as a kid! And when I was old enough to understand it, there were stil things about this comic book that didn’t make sense to me (as I have mentioned in my last post).

Oh well. I still like it, and wouldn’t dare give it up.

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 09/27/2004 2:51 AM

I generally like the first chapter in most horror series’. They just tend to be… the creepiest of the lot. The first Nightmare and Halloween are hands down the best in their respective collections.. although the Dream Warriors were pretty kick-ass. Who would have thought a bunch of kids in a hospital being terrorized by Freddy could be so memorable?

Chestnuts roasted by Brian Hammons @ 09/27/2004 2:54 AM

Oh, I remember that PSA. I always thought it was hilarious (I’m making thay up, it probably scared me, I can’t remember).

Uh, I’m not a huge horror movie fan, so I’ll have to say that none of those films are my favorites. Except Child’s Play, it’s comedy gold. What kid’s going to watch a thinly-disgised, animated effort to encourage sharing (the "Good Guys" cartoon)? Not many.

Nate- I’m sure it happens, women molesting boys, and if it happens at all, then we have a problem. We’ve got this screwed up sense of what’s "male" and what’s "female" as a society. Many boys who are molested by women probably don’t say anything about it since males are always supposed to be game for sex (or else there’s something wrong with them), and sexual contact at an earlier age is by and large considered a badge of "manliness".

Gee… that was kind of a downer, huh? I’d better end my post on a lighter note. Or divert attention with something else…

MATT, did you hear what they did to the end of Return of the Jedi?! WHY?!?

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 09/27/2004 3:11 AM

Ok, wait, aliens sell drugs to earth kids?????

Chestnuts roasted by SuperStar @ 09/27/2004 3:22 AM

Nightmare: Gotta be the first one.

Friday: Part VII. The commercials for it scared me as a kid, but I watched it years later and loved it. The sleeping bag scene is the best Friday death bar none.

Halloween: No contest, the first one. But part 2′s pretty good as well, since it’s in a hospital. Hospitals are pretty scary in the first place.

Hellraiser: I’ve got a soft spot for the original, but part 2 was ok. I just wish the Dr. Cenobite would have stopped with the lame one-liners.

Childs Play: The original still gives me goose bumps. The poster was the stuff of nightmares for me, and I loved how they slyly kept Chucky basically immoble to our eyes for a good chunk of the movie, until he finally came to life in the mother’s hands as she threatened to throw him into the fire.

Some other movies I reccomend:
Phantasm
Suspiria
Dawn of The Dead
Salem’s Lot (The Miniseries)

Chestnuts roasted by Number 5 @ 09/27/2004 6:33 AM

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