Thejyav, that’s a pretty good list. Lots of excellent films, some of my favorites. You might add The Mist. Did you guys know that the blob is one of Steve Mcqueen’s earliest films, in fact, I think it’s his first.
Ghosted by Dawson @ 10/11/2008 11:21 PM EDT
Re: The Mist – I’ve been trying to watch the black-and-white director’s cut for a week, but my DVD player isn’t having it. I thought it was just the movie in black-and-white with maybe a few edits or extra scenes, but from what I hear, it’s actually substantially different. Has anyone seen it?
We’ve got F13 VII on right now. Background noise. Lots of huffing from Lar Park. I dunno.
I have a huge new bottle of gin. It came with a beautiful glass. Normally I don’t buy anything if it comes with something else, but the liquor store woman pressured me, so now I’ve got this big glass and this big bottle of gin. Seems like a recipe for trouble. Should I now begin to defile myself in a gin-fueled hellride?
Hey everybody! Long time reader, first time commenter. After spending the latter half of the day putting up Halloween lights and whatnot, my Saturday evening was ruined when I popped in my netflix’d copy of Forgetting Sarah Marshall only to have it refuse to play anything other than the first scene. Apparently the disc, which my wife and I have had lying around unopened in its little mailer for a couple of weeks now, somehow got this big, red smudge on it during shipping. Yay. Anyhow, with my wife turning in early I’ve got to choose whether I want to spend the rest of the night watching Hellraiser (or some other horror movie) via Netflix on-demand or try to make some progress on that new Silent Hill game. What say you, good patrons of X-E? Oh, and either choice will be accompanied by pumpkin bread and a Sam Adams Oktoberfest, so I guess I can’t lose either way.
Ghosted by Goat Royale @ 10/11/2008 11:43 PM EDT
Ack. why did my post show up as a giant wall o’ text? Guess I need to learn the ropes of the X-E commenting system.
Ghosted by Goat Royale @ 10/11/2008 11:44 PM EDT
any X-E’rs in the San Francisco area? I really need people to hang out with besides by girlfriend. phant0mz0ne (at) yahoo.com. http://www.myspace.com/boingophile
I’ve watched The Mist b&w edition and I think it’s vastly superior to the color version. Like, I would pick it over the color version every time, but I honestly can’t recall it being substantially different. I could be wrong, but it’s really the mood that changes more than anything. It’s SO cool in black and white though, don’t ask me why.
squee: I suspect that b&w would eradicate some of the cheesiness of certain special effects — especially the tentacle creature from early in the movie, which is obviously going to feel smoother in b/w.
Please explain Waiterbot. I do not know what this is. Would I contain this knowledge if I had been a blog reader for years? Or did I know what is Waiterbot but purged those files from my memory warehouse to make room for the lyrics to Blue BIOU?
Yeah Goat R I did the Hellraiser via Netflix “Watch Instantly” the other week. Grossed me out at first, bleck. But they’ve seriously been getting some good movies lately for the streaming thing. Like popular recent movies and shit. It’s pretty sweet.
Every time some mystery appears on here, it can be traced back to this so-called “Advent Calendar”. I suspect that if/when a new advent calendar arrives, I will be as much in the dark as I am today. I’ll be like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie. This is about unchecked aggression. Across this line, you do not. Frustration, thy name is Waiterbot!
Rev.- Go to the X-E mainpage, scroll down until you see the search field, type in “Advent Calendar,” find the earliest one (2002 I believe), and start reading until you get through 2007. Then you will be all caught up, and won’t be bewildered when December 1 rolls around.
Yeah, that’s a big part of it! The creatures that didn’t quite work 100% in color come across much better, and the ones that always looked decent, like the bugs, look really good. And the whole thing feels like a really awesome Twilight Zone episode. Rev, Waiterbot is a recentish member of the motley Advent crew, which we’ll have plenty of time to get newly or reacquainted with come November 1. Once a lowly sushi server, now a sporadic movie reviewer with delusions of grandeur.
@Matt: Apparently the only difference between the color and black-and-white versions of The Mist is the color, or lack thereof. Absolutely none of the content differs from version to version.
Columbia House seems to think that the Blu-ray version hasn’t been released yet, so I’m still waiting on that. I loved the movie.
Rev: my sister lives near new paltz…thats where she went to graduate school SUNY Newpaltz. I might go to some hayride horror thingy…don’t now though…husband always works late. Plus with gas still a little pricey, I don’t know If I could justify the trip to philly. The different orchards and farms here have haunted hayrides though…
Ghosted by mandy_dancing skeleton _Reeves @ 10/12/2008 12:44 AM EDT
Happy SNT everyone!
Ghosted by jjwspider @ 10/12/2008 12:47 AM EDT
They built a haunted house attraction in my hometown. It’s themed to look like an insane asylum. Someone attacked it verbally, saying it is
offensive to mentally ill people. Why do Halloween haters try to ruin
it for those who love it? Geez, we don’t have a Native American
smothering Jack Nicholson. Like I said, the attraction is a haunted
insane asylum. What kind of things do your hometowns have for
Halloween?
Ghosted by LoneStar76 @ 10/12/2008 12:56 AM EDT
Pizza rolls, popcorn and Bass Ales Black and Tan for everyone…I guess Tylenol and Tums will be following shortly afterwards, damn I hate Sundays! Anyone ever heard of hollowing out a pumpkin and filling it with spiced cider and Captain Morgans?? I need this recipe for the Halloween party, anyone versed in making this concoction??
So… out of sheer randomness… everyone name 3 slasher characters that should fight 3 Super Smash Bros. characters. My choices:
Leatherface vs. Ganondorf – in my mind, LF kinda reminds me of Ganon
Freddy vs. Kirby – guy that kills people in their dreams vs. someone who lives in Dream Land
Jason vs. Fox – Camp Crystal Lake vs. Krystal’s boyfriend
Ghosted by Aaron @ 10/12/2008 1:00 AM EDT
Aaron- even more random, lets keep it on a first name basis:
Leatherface vs. Scarface- seems about right to me
Freddy Kruger vs. Freddy Fender- hell yeah…
Jason Voorhees vs. Jason Bourne- a possible UFC title bout
I’ve had a very boring Saturday night. I watched Atonement on HBO (it was alright, but there was nothing in it that wowed me enough to understand all of the Oscar nominations/acclaim it got). Just got done watching Primeval on BBC America.
Leatherface vs. Link- Chainsaw vs. sword.
Freddy vs. Snorlax- Dream Killer vs. the Pokemon that dreams.
The Blob vs. Kirby- Thing that eats you vs. thing that gets powers from eating stuff.
Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers vs. Ash- Gotta get a teen in.
Wolfman vs. Starfox- Battle of the canines
Leprechaun vs. Luigi- Battle of the guys in green.
King Kong vs. Donkey Kong- Kinda obvious, don’t you think?
Godzilla vs. Yoshi- Reptile Battle
Ghosted by JLAJRC @ 10/12/2008 1:21 AM EDT
RailPirate: I like! Allow me some time to think it over
JLAJRC: Isn’t Ash ten? lol cool matches!
Ghosted by Aaron @ 10/12/2008 1:33 AM EDT
WOW, I had to get through 117 posts before I decided to write mine. I went on a Halloween junk food binge today. It was the first time I have been at the new Target that just opened up in town. Well, actually it relocated along with Circuit City from a strip mall in Killeen to just over the next town in Harker Heights. Anyway, do all the Targets now have those red plastic shopping carts? I swear this is the first time I have seen these and they look like they have some sort of futuristic look to them. Anyway, one of the first things I glanced on when I walked in the store were Boo Berry and Franken Berry cereals! Of course I had to get those. Count Chocula was there too, but I think I’ve had him before. I don’t recall having Franken Berry and I KNOW I’ve NEVER had Boo Berry before so I HAD to get these two! Anyway, I was kind of disappointed that the only Halloween themed sodas they had were the eight ounce size cans. I decided to get a four-pack of Jones Pure Cane Soda bottles because they came in real glass bottles and they had cool photos of ghosts on one side and a guy dressed up in a cheesy clown costume on the other side. What can be more frightening at Halloween then a fat guy dressed up in a clown costume? Do I sense images of John Wayne Gacy in clown attire running through people’s heads right now? I also want to mention that I bought a cd of Halloween movie themes called “Fright Night.” At $9.99, I was very hesitant because I thought maybe these weren’t the original recordings and were instead cheap remixes but they sound very much like the real versions. The first theme? Halloween of course! I found myself playing that theme along with the “Nightmare on Elm Street” and the “X-Files Theme” over and over in my car CD player. I so much wish I had a Michael Meyers mask and drive around town at night with it on and the Halloween music playing. I could just picture myself pulling up to someone at a red light with that theme blaring and just looking at the next car with the mask on until the light changes. Think that will be a bit on the creepy side? What’s even better is that I still have ILLINOIS license plates on my car so, just maybe, I could pretend I’m coming from Haddonfield!!!! Anyway, I bought a few other things that are of no importance to note. I also made a trip to Wal-Mart and bought a box of Great Pumpkin fruit snacks and a package of 18 popcorn balls. I used to love popcorn balls but for some reason, these aren’t as enjoyable as I remember them to be. Oh, and I should mention the box of Tropical Freak Out Fruit Gushers which were tasty. It says it’s supposed to turn your tongue a gruesome green but unfortunately I was eating a bag in the dark while watching a movie. Next time I’ll remember to check my tongue out and report to you all if they are telling the truth or if it’s all a bunch of false advertising. Okay, enough about all that. I have to be honest, I bought most of this stuff in hopes of writing a blog about all them and posting pics on my MySpace blog page. Unfortunately, my digital camera has such little memory and I can’t find the connection to my computer so I can download the photos. Oh well, it was a nice idea I guess. Anyway, sorry I haven’t been posting much. I believe I told you all I’m trying to watch as many horror movies as I can before Halloween, including all the Halloween movies. I saw Rob Zombie’s remake a couple weeks ago, very well done as well as “Halloween II.” I rented 3 and 4 today from Blockbuster and I also rented the first two Friday the 13th movies. Naturally, I would want to watch these on Friday the 13th, but I couldn’t wait until the next Friday the 13th because that won’t happen until next year. After reading Matt’s review of Parts 2 and 3, I just HAD to include them in my Halloween Horror Movie Marathon, especially Part 2. I guess you can say I am the latest in new converts to the Friday the 13th movie genre because I never really took to them. To me, Jason was just some guy in a hockey mask who stabbed people. Matt’s reviews convinced me otherwise and after just watching Part 2, I’m psyched for more. I at least want to get Parts 3 and 4 watched before the end of the Halloween season. I do want to mention that it seems to me the directors like shooting a lot of “ass panty” shots. What I mean by these are there are a lot of scenes where the young women are shown from behind and they’re wearing just their panties, so now you have “ass panty” shots. I wonder if that’s a term that’s been used before. If not, hey, I just think I came up with a new movie term: “ass panty shot.” I also want to see “Nightmare on Elm Street 2 and 3″ because I haven’t seen those two in a while. I only actually seen Part 2 and not even all the way through when I did. I know it’s the cheesiest and least liked movie of the series, but thanks to Matt’s review of the movie that I just read today, I now have to view it. As for Part 3, well, it’s been a long time since I saw this one and since everyone was talking about it on a previous thread, I HAVE to see this one too! Anyway, I managed to dig out some DVDs of movies I want to add to my Halloween marathon as well as a couple specials. The specials, one is a VHS tape of an old cartoon Matt reviewed some time ago starring Gilda Radner called “Witches Night Out” and the other is Will Vinton’s Claymation Comedy of Horrors.” The Claymation episode is on the DVD for Will Vinton’s Claymation Christmas so I have to keep that around for my Christmas marathon and then keep it around still because it also contains an Easter episode and I need to make a decent Easter Special list when that season comes around. Anyway, I dug out the movies Lost Boys, of which I haven’t seen yet, Twilight Zone The Movie, and Tales From the Darkside: The Movie. I also ordered three Halloween themed shows off of Amazon today. One is Fat Albert’s Halloween Special, another is Saturday Night Live’s Halloween, and the other is an old VHS tape of a Bugs Bunny Halloween Special. I’m soon ordering “Bugs Bunny’s Thanksgiving Diet” because other than Peanuts and Garfield, I don’t have any other Thanksgiving specials except an old tape of the 1988 Macy’s and Philadelphia parades. Oh, speaking of Tales From the Darkside, do you all remember when I talked about that episode about the man who’s nose fell off? I posted it after reading Matt’s review of the episode, “Anniversary Dinner.” I finally managed to watch that episode today. The episode is called “A Case of the Stubborns.” A man was supposed to have died but he’s still talking and walking about. He has no pulse and is not breathing. As the episode goes on, he starts deteriorating and when it comes time for dinner, he’s stiff as a board. His grandson played by Christian Slater (who I couldn’t beleive how young he looked) buys some powder from a witch and puts it in his napkin. When the old guy reaches for his napkin , the powder makes him sneeze and therefore, his nose falls off. They don’t show the old guy’s face after he sneezes but they show the grandson’s and mother’s disturbed looks as though something has happened to the old man. I guess that is why they showed the nose at the end of the episode because it would have meant nothing had they showed the old guy’s face after he sneezed and minus a nose. Anyway, I guess I should mention that I’ve been recording “Tales From the Darkside” from Sci-Fi Channel. I can’t beleive how often they show this series. I looked on Wikipedia and it said 89 episodes were made. I already have a bunch of episodes recorded on my DVR. I may very well have seen all the episodes well before Halloween approaches. I haven’t seen “Anniversary Dinner” yet, but I did manage to check it out on YouTube some time ago. Oh well, I much rather see it on TV and not have to worry about a slow connection and having it take forever to load. All I can say is that from the episodes I’ve seen so far, most of them are not even that scary. Some of them are downright dumb. I saw one episode, the first one I saw when I started recording them, was a parody of I Love Lucy where an alien salesman comes to the home and gives the Lucy character a remote control so she can stop her little son Nicky (for Ricky obviously) from making so much noise with his drums. The salesman lives off of nothing but ammonia. I thought to myself when I saw this episode that this should be an “Amazing Story” more than a “Tale From the Darkside” since both series existed at the same time. Some of the episodes have been good and I saw one of them that was written by Stephen King entitled, “The Word Processor of the Gods.” I’m waiting to see one of their Halloween episodes, “Halloween Candy” whcih according to Wikipedia is considered to be the most disturbing episode of the series. Well, I guess I should wrap this up. I’m sorry I’ve written one of my long entries, but it’s been a while so I guess it should be expected. I’m going to try to get through Halloween 3 before I fall asleep. I hope to be back afterwards. Oh, and I should also mention I’m also trying to watch all the “Simpsons Halloween” episodes, at least the ones from the seasons released on DVD. The 11th Season just came out so I should watch no less than 10 Simpsons Halloween episodes, plus the new one that will come out this year sometime in November. Darn, I wanted to say something about South Park from last week, but I should save it for my next post, or at least ask who’s seen it. Okay, time for some Halloween horror. I’ll be back afterwards.
Ghosted by BJ @ 10/12/2008 1:35 AM EDT
I’m spending the night updating my ever-growing Amazon wishlist in preparation for Christmas. Genius idea or way too early?
Matt – Not sure if you’re still up and about, but I just wanted to thank you for the great work you’ve done on the Countdown. Halloween’s been pretty thin in my neck of the woods so far this October, and X-E’s been my lifeline to keeping the spirit alive… or at least undead. Thanks again, chief.
meh….soooo anyone been to a restaurant /bar called Houlihans? Just curious how it is…They just opened 5 min from me. The menu I saw online sounds kinda yucky and expensive. Like the appetizers seem decent, but the Burgers are all gunked up with like balsamic and spring mix lettuce(that crap with the purple leaves and dandelions…) and gorgonzola…I want a REAL burger with blood running out of it and loads of mozzarella and mushrooms and mashed potatoes. lol. The desserts sound good…and I was reccomended the kamikaze brownie sundae. I’m looking to try something new for me and my husbands 5th anniversary of our first date. Nov 11th
Ghosted by mandy_dancing skeleton _Reeves @ 10/12/2008 1:46 AM EDT
Thanks Chris!
Mystie: Too early — because people will see that the gifts were added in October and assume you want them less than the 5 things you add next month. :/
Hi Nightowls! Checking in for the Left coast- Just got back from a great whiskey-bar downtown, gonna settle in with a Strawberry Sewage martini & watch Lost Boys… (watched Frankenhooker last night- I’d forgotten how AWESOME that movie is…) I spent the day in “Haddonfield” (South Pasadena, CA), taking pics of the Shrines of our kind, bought a pumkin and talked to a guy who used to party in the ‘Original’ Meyers house when he was in High School- (it was the local ‘deserted party house’- you learn something new every day!). THANKS MATT, I look forward to each new post- Halloween is Alive and Well in Hollywood, no small thanks to you!
Ghosted by Servo @ 10/12/2008 2:35 AM EDT
Servo I have to ask…what’s in a Strawberry Sewage martini??
Dan: It is what Strawberry Shortcake can defecate into a martini glass after an evening of pounding a nine cans of Milwaukee’s Best, three shots of tequila, and chasing that down with a Big Mac and large fries.
(I apologize for my bad taste. Really, I do.)
Ghosted by TF @ 10/12/2008 2:49 AM EDT
Hey Dan- The truth isn’t nearly as interesting as TF makes it sound… (but that’s one seriously intriguing hypothesis…) Nope- the “Strawberry Sewage” martini mixer may be purchased (sans Vodka-of-your-choice, that is) at your local Target (Thanks to MATT, for the tip, of course), in a cool ‘mad-scientist’ type beaker(?) looking bottle… they also have (at my local store anyway) both Blueberry and Lime (I think) variants of this theme… So far, I’ve only tried the strawberry; I usually take my poison straight- but this is a tasty playmate for vodka, no doubt!
Ghosted by Servo @ 10/12/2008 3:02 AM EDT
Well I just finished Nightmare on Elm Street on a 50′ plasma TV. I’d only ever seen it on smaller screens, but something about the big screen just makes it even more… Indescribably excellent. That, and a few rounds of cider.
Ghosted by McF @ 10/12/2008 3:14 AM EDT
Here, Here! In this age, Plasma and Alcohol have done for Horror movies, what the “Last Call bell” and Alcohol have been doing for Women for decades… namely, making them ‘Indescribably excellent’… (I am NOT a misogynist- Every Woman is lovely… Please, no hate-posts…) …I remember the first time I actually SAW Michael standing across the street from Laurie, while she was sitting in class- versus just seeing the Smith’s Grove station-wagon… Ah- Technology!
Ghosted by Servo @ 10/12/2008 3:35 AM EDT
What’s wrong with being a misogynist? I like misoges, and I can’t think of a single women who doesn’t like a nice back or foot rub either.
I’ve got some good halloweeny-type news for y’all tonight/this morning: If anyone remembers my “50 Greatest Animated Villains of All Time” list, I just finished the 5th and final part!
Who made #1? Just click my name!
Also, I found Franken AND Boo Berry at my local target the other day. Life is good.
Watched The Rutles 2 – Can’t Buy Me Lunch last night with my other half. He is still up watching 80’s music vids on YouTube as I pretend to catch up on homework. It’s techically Sunday now… we’re going out to dinner this evening for our 1 year wedding anniversary at Fogo de Chao. That’s Brazillian for overpriced meal. I’m looking forward to it, tho. Churrascuria = meat on top of meat.
Ghosted by Hope @ 10/12/2008 5:37 AM EDT
BJ: (and everyone else watching good horror movies): I’m glad you are all here so I can watch horror movies and have people to share the experience with. It’s like we’re virtually all in one big cinema for a horror film festival, complete with panel discussion. I’ll be dusting off my old VHS copies of Nightmare On Elm Street 1, 2, & 3. I really need the DVD box set. Soon, soon. My dear hubby will not watch scary movies. He loves music, and I’ve got him hooked on Dethklok Metalocalypse, so it’s a start. That’s kind of a horrific show. Love it.
Matt, have you interviewed Robert Eungland, or was it just something wonderful that I dreamt? I’m too lazy to do a search.
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Thejyav, that’s a pretty good list. Lots of excellent films, some of my favorites. You might add The Mist. Did you guys know that the blob is one of Steve Mcqueen’s earliest films, in fact, I think it’s his first.