09/26/2004 Entry: "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.

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

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 01:09 AM EST

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

Chestnuts roasted by 'tin man @ 09/27/2004 02:05 AM EST

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 02:13 AM EST

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 02:23 AM EST

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 02:30 AM EST

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 02:32 AM EST

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 02:46 AM EST

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 02:51 AM EST

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 02:54 AM EST

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 03:11 AM EST

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

Chestnuts roasted by SuperStar @ 09/27/2004 03:22 AM EST

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 06:33 AM EST

Gonna watch Last starfighter the musical?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=89&ncid=789&e=10&u=/playbill/20040921/en_playbill/88513

Anyway, I like the one where Jason gets his hockey mask.

Chestnuts roasted by dggfdg @ 09/27/2004 08:01 AM EST

I haven't seen all the movies from all those series, but my favorite from the Hellraiser series is the first one.

My favorite from Child's Play is the first one as well.

Chestnuts roasted by EyeLikeP00 @ 09/27/2004 08:21 AM EST

Friday IV...Dead F..k...nuff said.

Chestnuts roasted by El Bang @ 09/27/2004 09:05 AM EST

I agree with Mr. Crepit - Friday the 13th VII rules - Tina should work on the whole "cryin jordache freak-girl who's bad with explanations" thing. I liked all the Halloween flicks except for the 'Curse of Michael Meyers' - that one lost me. I remember seeing the first Hellraiser and getting bored before the broad could kill enough people to bring back the thing in the closet. Good movie tip: check out 'The Entity' - that movie scares me worse than my parents callin me to borrow money.

Chestnuts roasted by Austin @ 09/27/2004 09:09 AM EST

Crap, I'm 19 and that PSA STILL scares the bejebus out of me!!! The late 80s - early 90's was a scary time for kids ad-wise! That Shriners ad with Bugs Bunny that you posted on here was pretty creepy, too! DAMN EVIL POTS!!!! Now I become paranoid whenever I'm cooking on the stove, constantly screaming at my boyfriend to "DON'T TOUCH THE DAMN STOVE, IT'S OOOOONNNNN!!!!!"

Chestnuts roasted by Sara @ 09/27/2004 09:14 AM EST

Yeah, the 80's in general were frightening years for a kid to grow up in.

Especially for someone such as myself, who has clinically diagnosed phobias of neon hair scrunchies, blue-jean jackets, mullets, and that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "Coming Out Of Our Shells" Live Tour.

*shivers*

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 09/27/2004 09:29 AM EST

When exactly is free cocaine day?

Chestnuts roasted by jhnnywalkr @ 09/27/2004 09:34 AM EST

Oh yes, I forgot all about The Entity. That movie scared the living hell out of me the first time I saw it. That's a frighteneing concept, an intruder you can't see, and apparently never see (I was too scared to watch the whole thing.) who comes in and attacks you whenever it wants.

Chestnuts roasted by Number 5 @ 09/27/2004 09:40 AM EST

If i'd seen THAT as a kid, i would've wanted to become a Snake-Man, jees, How cool is that???

Chestnuts roasted by Dr. Ugs @ 09/27/2004 09:44 AM EST

First off...Matt...good work on the Halloween articles....

Second, I am definitely going to be watching for that commercial...Since you have some pull at Nick now...tell them we need more Slime...can never have enough slime...and they need to bring back You Can't do that on TV just for the resurgence of slime shampoo...can never have enough slime shampoo...

As for the horror franchises...

Friday the 13th: I would have to say Part III...that was the first one when he had the mask. Plus, even though its not in 3D anymore...its awesome to watch for the moments that were supposed to be in 3D...the poker that is pointed at the screen a little too long, for example...

Nightmare on Elm St.: although I love the 3rd one and the New Nightmare...I think the first one is the only one that stands up as a really excellent horror movie...

Halloween: I really love this franchise. I love part 2 and part 4 is extremely good...the niece storyline was excellent. I even loved the revenge of Michael Myers...after that, it all went to shit. Yeah, anyways, the first one is still the best though

Child's Play: Now, this one goes the opposite of the Nightmare series for me. In nightmare, I would definiely go with #1, since its the scariest, but with CP, I gotta go with Bride of Chucky. That movie tickles me in a way that if Loretta tickled me that way, I would go oh baby, yeah, thats the spot...

Hellraiser...There are really only two to choose from here...after the second, the rest sucked. The first one is def the best though...genuinely scary, I thought...

Chestnuts roasted by Goody @ 09/27/2004 10:13 AM EST

This freaken PSA is burned into my memory for all eternity. It scared the living bejezus out of me as a kid. For all you non-NYers: did you see this PSA too? Or was is just meant to frighten NY's children?

Chestnuts roasted by Jeff Mack @ 09/27/2004 10:21 AM EST

This freaken PSA is burned into my memory for all eternity. It scared the living bejezus out of me as a kid. For all you non-NYers: did you see this PSA too? Or was is just meant to frighten NY's children?

Chestnuts roasted by Jeff Mack @ 09/27/2004 10:24 AM EST

I grew up in Mass...and I saw that PSA...

Chestnuts roasted by Goody @ 09/27/2004 10:26 AM EST

Friday the 13th : The one starring Cory Feldmen .. AS DONETTELO! Woah man, sorry, I mean as some whacked out kid.

Nightmare on Elm St. : The one with Johnny Depp.

Hellraiser : The one that goes from France to SPACE!! Just great. Ah .. hahahaha.

Halloween : The one with Busta Rhymes!! WOO HA! Got you all in check foo'.

And overall. NONE. Because horror franchise movies SUCK.

READ A BOOK!

Chestnuts roasted by big lounging @ 09/27/2004 10:27 AM EST

My favourite Friday the 13th was the one with Corey Feldman wearing that bald cap. Which one is that, IV?

Halloween: I hated most of these movies, but I guess I hated the first one the least.

Nightmare: I didn't see any of these until they had been out for like 15 years. Whichever one had the girl with the track marks turning into little suckers was the best one for me.

Child's Play: Bride of Chucky, easily.

HellRaiser: Never seen a one. This vote would go to Evil Dead 2 if it could.

Chestnuts roasted by Niq @ 09/27/2004 10:56 AM EST

Nightmare on elm street 3

Chestnuts roasted by Jared @ 09/27/2004 11:29 AM EST

First time poster -- also the premiere expert of 80's cartoons and horror movies -
It's Friday 13th parts 2 and 7 for the respective killing a kid in a wheelchair with a machete in the face and then showing him tumble down steep stairs and in pt 7 jason slams a girl into a tree in her sleeping bag (must've been popular cuz it was re-done in jason X)
Nightmare pt 1 was definitely the best, though kincaid yellin "take that you mother" in pt 4 is classic and pt 3 was a superb movie all around as well (obviously the inspiration for the harry potter series)
Hellraiser 2 is an amazing flick, though Hellraiser as a whole is overrated by the cult followers
childs play one is pretty good -- but I grew up with the kid who plays Andy so that takes a lot away from parts one and 2 and actually the rest of the series ( i was at the premiere of the first when I was 7 so it just wasnt scary)
Halloween 4 is soooo good but everyone seems to hate it. Part one is technically the best, but part two is great and part 4 is great. Ill have to say Mike was most brutal in pt 2 with the scolding water and the hammer to the security guy's head.
Texas chainsaw pt 1 always great, but pt 2 with hopper is just a trip! doesnt make sense, isnt scary, and couldve been mroe violent... but its just so funny to see leatherface put that chainsaw by the girl's thingy.

movies that shouldntve been made
nightmare 6
halloween 8
jason goes to hell, jason x
hellraisers after pt 3
texas next generation

Chestnuts roasted by Brian @ 09/27/2004 11:34 AM EST

I saw it once, and I live in Illinois, so it must've been national. I agree that Snake was jarring, but I got over him quick.
The one that REALLY scared me came years afterward. It showed a teenage girl snorting crack in her room, while a deadpan voiceover stated that the effect cocaine has on your brain is the same as drowning. And to drive the point home during all this, they show the girl's room suddenly fllooding with water, slowly drowning her to death in an especcially horrible manner, and all the while the voiceover drones, "So when you think you're sniffing, your brain thinks you're drowining. And your brain is pretty much right."

Chestnuts roasted by TB Tabby @ 09/27/2004 11:59 AM EST

I definitely remember that one, but my favorite is still "Crack babies, Killin' babies!"

Chestnuts roasted by marcus the carcass @ 09/27/2004 12:18 PM EST

I can remember going to the movies as a kid in the mid-to-late 80's, and they'd used to have these little PSA's that would come out before the movie, adressing the drug known as Crack.

All I can remember was that whoever they chose to speak to the audience just looked at the camera and said with dead-seriousness "Crack...can KILL you!" Then I think they showed a bottle of what I guess was crack, while this horrible sound, which sounded a lot like a distorted rapid heartbeat echoed through the theater. It scared the living hell out of me. Why the hell couldn't they have kept that on TV I often wonder?

Chestnuts roasted by Number 5 @ 09/27/2004 12:29 PM EST

The first movies of each series, of course.

Then, from each one...

Dream Warriors, like Battle Beyond the Stars, they spend all this time to gather the fighters, and then decimate almost all of them.

New Blood, I liked the psychic girl. And voice-over actress Susan Bluwas in it.

Season of the Witch, I like to sing "X more days 'til Hallowe'en, Hallowe'en, Hallowe'en..."

The HellRaiser that took place on the space station. Like any horror franchise that ends up in space, it's funnier in execution. (cue Al Bundy voice) tee-hee!

The CP at the military academy. "Chucky's gonna be a Bro." But I like Tiffany from "Bride.

I remember SnakePusher. I love that PSA.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 09/27/2004 12:44 PM EST

Dude... that wasn't creepy, but then again, I thought that the dude looked like Remmy from "Sliders"... at least what I saw of him. I'm just not scared of Remmy!

What creeped me out were those CGI robots that bookended "Beakman's World". They were only on the CBS and TLC airings, too.
BTW, Beakman can kick Bill Nye The Science Guy's ass.

Teddy Ruxpin and the 90s DiC Kid-In-Bed logo freaked me out, too. Beware of the talking demonic bear.

Chestnuts roasted by AngeFaitore @ 09/27/2004 12:51 PM EST

I wonder if those of us living in Orlando are more likely or less likely to see Matt's commercial, considering that we probably wouldn't slap down money for a hotel in our own backyards. Hopefully by the time the hotel opens, hurricane season will be over and we'll stop getting bitch-slapped over and over again...

Chestnuts roasted by purplegirl247 @ 09/27/2004 12:55 PM EST

Halloween-the first one
Child's Play-the first one was the best by far.
Nightmare On Elm Street-probably the first one
Hellraiser-don't like any of these movies.
Friday The 13th-can't pick a favorite.

Usually the first movie in a series is alway's the best.

Chestnuts roasted by Liz @ 09/27/2004 01:11 PM EST

Thank you, Matt. Not only have you given me the ability to watch this commercial and come to terms with my childhood demons, but you alluded to my one true goal in life: to write and direct a live action movie based on "Bad Dudes".

"This summer... Don't get mad... Get *Bad*!"

Chestnuts roasted by Gavok @ 09/27/2004 01:13 PM EST

Oh, for the love of Corey Feldman, the first Halloween is the best and only one worth watching in that series. Okay, so I still haven't seen them all to this day but I saw enough of 4 and 5 to make me puke, 2 was so so, and the last one they made was just awful. And you know what I like best about Halloween one?? Not even the horror stuff..the funny stuff like the girls yelling at Michael Myers in the car thinking he's a kid from school, and the refrain of Jaimie Lee Curtis' unknown song "I wish I had you all alone...just the two of us..." Okay so I'm weird..

Chestnuts roasted by Melissa Y. @ 09/27/2004 01:42 PM EST

Congrats on the commercial!

Child's Play the firste would have to be my favorite- the last scene where we see Andy is clearly scarred for life as he looks at the torched remains of his doll/ex best friend is classic.

Chestnuts roasted by MJ @ 09/27/2004 02:31 PM EST

snakeman is some scary stuff. i probably wiped it from my memory as a child.

A Nightmare on Elm Street yeah i picked 3 - 1-THE original, 4 and6 man, come on, those are so chessy, its great!

Friday the 13th - gotta love jason takes manhattan

Halloween- id say 5 cuz it scared the shit outta me when i saw it for the first time as a kid

Hellraiser - not too huge of a fan, but i happened to enjoy inferno alot

Child's Play - child's play 2 for the ruler scene

Chestnuts roasted by ralph @ 09/27/2004 02:43 PM EST

The first film in the Hellraiser, Child's Play, and Halloween series are the best.
I'm going to substitute "Dawn of the Dead" (the original) for anything in the Friday the 13th series.
Thanks for the video of live-action King Hiss

Chestnuts roasted by John @ 09/27/2004 02:50 PM EST

I knew it all along! Aunt Mae is a dirty old pervert! That's what we find out about Peter Parker in that mollester comic, right Nate?

On the topic of glimpses into super heroes childhoods that are never mentioned again, I have two comics I got when was a kid: Captain America vs. the Asthma Monster and Return of the Asthma Monster. I got them for being a little nerd boy who couldn't breathe good. In them you find out that as a kid, Captain America was also a little nerd boy who couldn't breathe good. So the Super Soldier Serum doesn't just keep you from agings while frozen in ice, it also cures asthma!

Chestnuts roasted by BigRon @ 09/27/2004 03:05 PM EST

TB Tabby- My god, I remember that too. Snake man's got nothing on it.

And BigRon- No, it was some high school tutor or something that molested Peter.

Chestnuts roasted by Behonkiss @ 09/27/2004 03:51 PM EST

Friday the 13th: Part 8, Jason Takes Manhattan - in a blend of pure comedic genius and teensploitation, whoever wrote Part 8 found a way to put everything that was wrong with 80's horror cinema into one over-the-top package.

Nightmare On Elm Street: Part 1 - It's just a great horror flick and the series couldn't really flow well with the tongue-in-cheek "damn this movie sucks" changes that the Friday the 13th series could.

Halloween: 1, it's the best in the series and it caught that creepy "autumn in the suburbs with a maniac" feeling that was so prevalent in the late 1970's. And it had Donald Pleasence in it.

Chestnuts roasted by fango @ 09/27/2004 04:06 PM EST

Oh, I forgot to do the survey:

A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors. Seriously, Matt, you need to not only review the movie, but the Dokken video FOR the movie. One of the all-time greatest music videos ever. Freddy attacks the protagonist from the movie in her dreams, but she's saved by Dokken, who defeat Freddy by ROCKING HIM TO DEATH!

Then Freddy wakes up with a teddy bear and says, "What a nightmare! ...Who were those guys?"

Friday the 13th: I got a kick out of the seventh one for it's blatant Carrie ripoff. Though the sixth one had Horshack.

Halloween: First one, since it's the only one I've seen. From what I hear, I should keep it that way.

Going back to the Snake Man (not to be confused with the robot master with the Search Snakes), it makes me sad to see yet another child star fall into drugs. I mean, it's obvious that Snake is the baby from V. I saw it on the E! True Hollywood story.

...Though you have to ignore the part about him being black.

Chestnuts roasted by Gavok @ 09/27/2004 04:07 PM EST

SURVEY:

Nightmare on Elm St.: 3, Dream Warriors. Freddy is very developed, Nancy is Back and I think it best represents what Everyone thinks they remember from the series.

Friday the 13th.: 4, The Final Friday. Corey Feldman as a young Tom Savini (hence the "Tommy" of Tommy Jarvis" a returning and crowning Acheivement of said Tom Savini, and the Best looking Jason. And of course Crispin Glover.
I have to say that 2 is probably my favourite. Even though 4 is the "best" I just love the way 2 plays out. Jason is a different guy than we get to know. The tension is high. The whole campfire story part is just legendary. But, what can I say.

Halloween.: The First. More simple minded horror fans with no pananche might hate it, but everyone knows it's the best. Sure, you get more The Shape in other movies, and the gore is low, and the Jamie character in 4, 5, and ultimately 6 gets so horrifically treated it's almost painful to watch, but the first is the masterpiece. Father of Slasher flick.

Hellraiser.: 2 Hellbound. More of everything we loved from the first, plus Hell itself, Dr. Chanard (awesome), and an insane asylum. Sure, Frank was probably creepier, but this movie is probably the best.

Child's Play.: I wanted to say that my favourite parts of these movies is the Chucky "ressurection" scenes at the begining titles on 2 and 3. Those made the movies for me for some reason. I'll just watch whichever of those is begining, stop watching once it starts, and return nearer the end.
That said, the second,(2) is probably the best.

That's it.

Chestnuts roasted by spooky @ 09/27/2004 05:03 PM EST

A Nightmare On Elm Street - The first one. The only scary one.

Halloween - The first and third ones. The first one is the all time best, though.

Hellraiser - The first one hands down.

Friday The 13th - Part VI: Jason Lives. It plays like an old skool Universal monster movie, only with titties and gore.

That all!

Chestnuts roasted by Chris @ 09/27/2004 05:37 PM EST

I'll bet that when the cop told Spider-Man to stop the burglar, the REAL reason he didn't do it is because he had a resentment for authority figures ever since being fondled as a child. Therefore, Uncle Ben would still be alive if he and Mae hadn't hired a perverted tutor for their nephew. By that same token, Spider-Man wouldn't exist if he hadn't been diddled as a lad. What kind of message does this send to children?

Chestnuts roasted by BigRon @ 09/27/2004 05:57 PM EST

Hate to ruin the joke, but I was a big Power Pack fan in the mid-80s, when I was a pre-adolescent, and I remember the Spider-Man/Power Pack comic, and the Spider-Man part was kind of like one or two of those "very special episodes" of Diff'rent Strokes: a younger version of Peter Parker goes to the house of some trusted adult male (or older teenager) friend (who they never mentioned before, anywhere, and who they never mention again) who shows him some porn and then asks him if he would like to try some of what he's seeing, but Peter gets creeped out and leaves.

Nuthin' bout Aunt May, don't worry.

Chestnuts roasted by Steve Brandon @ 09/27/2004 06:27 PM EST

EFFECTIVE!??! Are you out of your mind??? I remember seeing this as a kid... my freaking god did it scare the living shit out of me!

But what's so stupid about the commercial is as a kid, I didn't know what the hell drugs were. And when I got to Highschool and I hanged out with potheads... that commercial did NOT help whatsoever. I smoked, I drank, heck even in College I sold a bit of weed for extra cash.

But until I was 13 years old, I remember having trouble watching horror movies cause Snake was going to kill me in my dreams.

Bah what can we do, in the 90's the people responsible for marketting were dumb... maybe that's why I'm as fucked up as I am today.

Chestnuts roasted by Johnark @ 09/27/2004 08:20 PM EST

Damn, that PSA was fucking freaky. its too bad that younger kids probably were too scared to even realize the reason behind the PSA.
I'm not too keen on those movie franchises although i've seen some of 'em. Chucky always made me laugh as well as freddy. You just gotta love the one-liners.
Speaking of movies, I know this is old news but i purchased the Star Wars DVD set back on the 21st. I guess you could say i'm happy with it mostly for the higher quality audio and visuals. I'm really happy they took out the scream the bellows out of luke as he falls after his duel with vader (which was added in the '97 special edition). I don't know how to describe how horrible it sounded, it sounded more like a mixture of yoda and the emperor. Speaking of the emperor I was happy with Ian replacing "monkey lady" ,as they call it on the fansites, in Empire. Of course the biggest letdown was Hayden Christenson at the end of ROTJ. I don't care how much bullshit george lucas throws at us as an explanation it just doesn't make any sense. The special features disc was kool. The original teaser for Star Wars is a cheesey laugh riot. Alright enough outta me...

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 09/27/2004 08:41 PM EST

Oh, yes, I remember this ad quite well. In fact, I'm going to go so far as to say this is one of the more unforgettable ads Matt's reviewed. The drug dealer morphing into the genuinely frightning snake man is one of the scarier of the anti-drug commercials of the late 80s and early 90s. This one didn't give me nightmares, but it sure as hell disturbed the hell out of me.

I'm a wuss when it comes to horror movies, so I can't help you with the survey. I'll look for Matt's spot the next time I'm over my parents house, though. My brother would watch Nickelodeon 24-7 if my folks would let him, so it shouldn't be TOO hard.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 09/27/2004 08:42 PM EST

Friday the 13th: Jason Takes Manhattan. It's bold as shit to see the boxer going at jason and actually kicking his ass. You think for a couple seconds, "could this guy actually do it?" NOPE! Jason gives the boxer and the audience false hope by accepting the pain and tiring out his opponent. I guess he's like Rocky in that regard. Anyhoo, he answers with a menacing punch of his own, he only needs one.

I'm pretty sure the Phantasm series kicks Child Play's ass in everything. Let's list some awesomeness. A guy with a quad barreled shotgun, a badass Barracuda, a tall crazy albino old undertaker, a chick that fights with nunchucks(how often do we see nunchucks successfully employed?), interdimensional travel, metal balls that fly around and kill people with spikes attached to them, and people with silver eyes at seemingly random times. Phantasm-1, Child's Play-0.

Chestnuts roasted by Tenacious Tate @ 09/27/2004 09:11 PM EST

The Child's Play movies haven't stood the test as time as well as the other franchises, but I still love Child's Play 2 to death. I hated #3 for a while, but it's grown on me. Chucky declaring war on a bunch of military school students after they smear lipstick on him makes me float.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/27/2004 09:19 PM EST

hey anyone for commercials from the 80's I found a boatload of them while downloading the Ewoks show by the way got all the episodes. one of them is even a PSA about not smoking about what happens when a mom smokes great stuff look it up on suprnova.org

Chestnuts roasted by reso @ 09/27/2004 11:33 PM EST

Yes. Oh, yes. Snake, I remember thee well. Scary, yes, but less so because of the bad dubbing.

Child's Play: Bride of Chucky

Yeah, it's terrible. But look at what you get from that movie:
Possessed dolls screwing.
Gay guy getting hit buy a semi. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
Some great/sick comedy.
Two Words: Jennifer Tilly

Chestnuts roasted by TheCurse @ 09/27/2004 11:40 PM EST

YIKES! I remember this shit from when I was a kid in NY... almost made me not wanna do drugs. Almost.

Chestnuts roasted by B1RDSH1T @ 09/27/2004 11:40 PM EST

NoES: Either 3 or 4. 3 was the scary one, but 4 is just so damn entertaining. NoES is easily my favorite of those, or any horror movie series.
Friday the 13th: 1, 3, or 7.
Halloween: 2, great story
Hellraiser: Probably 5.
Child's Play: Honestly, I HATE this movie series with a firey passion. They're an insult to the genre. A doll? Dolls can be scary, but C'MON!!!

Chestnuts roasted by KingMattress @ 09/27/2004 11:50 PM EST

I don't recall ever seeing this ad, but, yikes!

Nightmare on Elm Street was my first venture into being scared out of my mind because of a movie. I'll have to say it'll always be my favorite, and I'll cherish it forever because of this.

No one has mentioned Pumpkinhead. I only saw one of them and I remember being scared to death from it, also, but it was so long ago I can't remember the movie. :\

Did anyone see Matt's commercial?? I watched Nick Jr today. Dora and Blue... (glad it was a "Steve" episode) didn't see it though, and then I had to go to work.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 09/28/2004 03:37 AM EST

Scary, yes, but only if i saw it late late late at night after watching an x-files marathon in the dark. But yea it could be scary. i guess.

Chestnuts roasted by ficksie04 @ 09/28/2004 04:17 AM EST

Interesting question, Matt. It's difficult for me to name one of the Nightmare on Elm Street films as a favorite -- I've got favorite death scenes from the series, yes, but a favorite film... III, maybe. Whichever one had him turn into the snake creature. I like snakes.

And with Hellraiser? Probably II. More Kirsty, more Cenobites, Leviathan Itself, skinless sex, and a cute little kid to boot. Not to mention Pinhead's first face turn. Fun stuff.

Chestnuts roasted by Wes @ 09/28/2004 08:52 AM EST

Oh, and I almost forgot, congrats on the commercial! That's fantastic, guy.

Chestnuts roasted by Wes @ 09/28/2004 08:53 AM EST

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Chestnuts roasted by jared @ 09/28/2004 11:11 AM EST

Matt, you're right on the $$ in regards to Child's Play 2. I love that f'n movie. It's meant to be scary, but it's so f'n hilarious. Chucky sabotaging the paint gun war was classic. Remember, Chucky "is your friend to the end...Hidey-Ho...Ha,Ha,Ha!!!"

Chestnuts roasted by J-Dog @ 09/28/2004 11:59 AM EST

it would HAVE to be from "greater new york"...

Chestnuts roasted by skye @ 09/28/2004 04:29 PM EST

Yeah, chucky actually seems funny. The sad thing is that their was this big ass poster of chucky outside of my tae kwon do place for a while, and it scared the shit out of me. Not to mention the fact that the local spencer's still has the life-size chucky doll from a while back. IF you can, watch the trailer for the new chucky movie. Hilarious. I think he kills britney spears.

Chestnuts roasted by Eric K @ 09/28/2004 04:47 PM EST

Interesting commercial there. Personally, I think the ones that emphasize that drugs are dangerous are the best ones. I have never used street drugs myself because it was drilled into my head from an early age that they could make you sick or even kill you. Those are the kinds of commercials we should show, like the famous "This is your brain on drugs" spot with the fried egg. Anyone remember the one that ran on ABC Saturday mornings in the 80s that went: "Getting into drugs and being high is stupid thing to do. Being in control and saying no is just the easiest thing to do. Be an original. Take a stand and agree to say no. You got a right to say no!" That was a cool 80s commercial with guys in sunglasses and 80s clothes telling me to stay away from drugs.

To be honest, I don't like most anti-drug commercials these days. Like that one with the mother strictly enforcing punishment on her son by forcibly preventing him from leaving the house, watching TV, using the phone, playing video games, etc. Personally, I found that very hokey. We ought to bring back the 80s drug commercials or maybe even have the Crying Indian do a a spot.

Chestnuts roasted by Bert Raccoon @ 09/28/2004 05:26 PM EST

Oh my god....I remeber Snake from the PSA and my resulting long-tearm nightmares! I still think that is the scaryiest damn thing I have EVER seen (and I'am a die-hard horror fan too) Not a good PSA for a little catholic school-girl to see but still probibly the coolest PSA ever.

(even if it doses still make me cry)

Chestnuts roasted by Amy @ 09/28/2004 05:55 PM EST

Friday the 13th: Definately the 4th one
Nightmare:Gotta stick with the 1st. Before freddy movies turned comedy
Halloween:Not a big fan but I'd have to say the 4th
Hellraiserefinately Hellbound! You can't beat the part when the doctor hands the insane man on the mattress a straight razor!
Child's Play: The first for quality. The rest were ok but very cheesy.

Chestnuts roasted by Derek @ 09/28/2004 10:52 PM EST

YES! Finally, one of the fabled PSAs from the PSA article. Now all you need to do is post Crack Babies Killin Babies Oh Lordy Lord and I can die a happy man.

Speaking of scary PSAs, I've always been uite interested in them. I'd like to find more, someday. Although that commercial for Viper locks that came on late at night with the CG viper coming out of nowhere always kinda freaked me out as a kid.

Chestnuts roasted by Teirusu @ 09/28/2004 11:14 PM EST

its sad,but i think seeing that commercial as a child made me more afraid of urban blacks than of drugdealers.

i didnt know what the heck that dude was talking about..weed?crack? i was 5 years old.

Chestnuts roasted by LyricalPharaoh @ 09/29/2004 12:10 AM EST

Wow, I thought no one else remembered this. I used to have nightmares of the Snake guy. I was so distraught that I actually forced myself to "fight back" in the dreams and basically insult the Snake guy until he went away. Sounds a bit weird, but it's absolutely true. I had to have been 8 or so at the time.

I'm still scared to download it and watch it again, but I'll give it a try sometime.

Chestnuts roasted by Amy @ 09/29/2004 01:56 AM EST

I can't believe you didn't mention anything about COBRA COMMANDER'S albeit less gradual transformation to a snake!

Chestnuts roasted by James @ 09/29/2004 08:43 PM EST

Hey, I forgot to ask this question - does anyone think there are any scary PSAs out today?

Chestnuts roasted by Sara @ 09/30/2004 01:05 AM EST

Whoa, that commercial is freaky!

Chestnuts roasted by Anna @ 10/01/2004 03:49 PM EST

So, what exactly IS the commercial? I probably won't recognize it unless I know what I'm looking for.

Chestnuts roasted by Gooper Blooper @ 10/02/2004 12:24 PM EST

PSA's are freaky. I'm 12 years old (Does it matter? I'm very smart around the 80's for my age.)
and I was freaked out by a commercial I saw about 2 years ago. I didn't know much about drugs back then, and there was this commercial with a cute little girl talking about how breathing in cigarette smoke causes cancer. Throughout the commecial there was sillouettes
breathing in smoke. In the style of 80's PSAs, she says something like "You don't smoke, do you?"
Scared the bajeezus out of me because My dad and my brother (now 26) both smoke.

Chestnuts roasted by Charlie @ 10/02/2004 03:15 PM EST

Write-in!: Evil Dead. Though I used to like Halloween a lot.

Chestnuts roasted by Zoghade @ 10/03/2004 01:08 AM EST

I never seen that commercial... creepy.

NOES-1

FT13- I liked 3 because if it weren't for it, Jason would still be a mutated sack wearing hillbilly instead of a freak in a hockey mask. Oh yeah, and I'm good friends with the lady who played the main girl in that movie,Dana Anderson (Kimmel). I live right by her.

hr- didn't care for the series except for part 1.

cp- 1 was good and bride of chucky ruled.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre- 1, 2, and the remake.

BTW, Does anyone remember the PSA of the teenage guy on the couch with a girl, the girl smokes a cigarete says "kiss me!" then her face turns into a brown gremlin thing with hair then she goes "GRAAAAW"? That ad scared the shit out of me for years!

Chestnuts roasted by Jimmeh Lykes Cookehs @ 10/03/2004 07:50 AM EST

Friday the 13th.: 4, The Final Friday

Chestnuts roasted by Shugga @ 10/09/2004 01:19 PM EST

I knew what was coming while watching snake, But that was really quick.

Although the morph from man to snake weren't as scary as I though, But still the concept is very good and they should play that ad over here in the UK, Or something similar

Chestnuts roasted by Lee @ 10/19/2004 08:29 AM EST

Oh god, I remember this PSA a little too clearly. I'm glad you've given me the opportunity to go back and face it, because now I see how terribly cheesy it is.

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