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10/04/2004 Entry: "Jason Voorhees & Alice Cooper UNITE!"

This is pretty interesting, I'm surprised I haven't covered it before. To celebrate Jason's return in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, the slasher's old pal, Alice F'n Cooper, wrote, sung and starred in a music video all in tribute to the big man with the machete. Titled He's Back -- The Man Behind The Mask, the video guest stars Jason himself, who flies through a movie screen on a Tarzan rope and paces in front of moviegoers. Quick review also includes a really grainy video clip. You've gotta see Jason tackle Alice for yourselves, it'll make your night.

REPLIES: 74 comments

Thanks. I'll be hearing that in me head for a few weeks. He's back....

Chestnuts roasted by Jenny @ 10/04/2004 10:10 PM EST

I was thinking the exact same thing, Jenny. I mean, I had songs from Freddy's Greatest Hits stuck in my head for like a week after listening to it. Haha.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica @ 10/04/2004 10:15 PM EST

long time lurker, first time poster, the video seems so 80's almost makes me miss the days when mtv played videos instead of shows

Chestnuts roasted by Laura @ 10/04/2004 10:16 PM EST

You're right. That would be a very catchy song if I didn't have "You Give Love A Bad Name" by Bon Jovi stuck in my head already!

Chestnuts roasted by ToulouseLautrecMonfa @ 10/04/2004 10:24 PM EST

It wouldn't be Halloween with out the infamous "ch ch ch" sound effect.

Chestnuts roasted by 1drland @ 10/04/2004 10:28 PM EST

Alice Cooper? You mean the guy who likes to play with snakes? =D

Chestnuts roasted by Miltqn @ 10/04/2004 10:37 PM EST

For a bit more trivia, the song also appeared on Alice's album "Constrictor", the one with a close-up of his face as a boa was suffocating him on the cover. I remember annoying my entire family by playing the song over and over on my dad's record player. Thanks for positing the video, Matt!

Chestnuts roasted by Big Livin' Shane Ubermensch @ 10/04/2004 10:50 PM EST

i downloaded that video a long time back. god i love it. jason lives.

Chestnuts roasted by ralph @ 10/04/2004 11:04 PM EST

You weren't kidding when you said it was a catchy tune. Make me wish Jason had been in more 80's videos. Now I'm going to imagine a black and white image of Mr. Vorhees looking out the window of his tour bus, and thinking about a million faces, and how he's going to rock them all.

Chestnuts roasted by Dude McGuy @ 10/04/2004 11:11 PM EST

I don't know the blog to post this...but that freddy album you put up kicks ass...number 3 is the best song clearly.

Chestnuts roasted by Hammer @ 10/04/2004 11:33 PM EST

Jason Lives is probably my favorite of the series. The first two people killed are Horshack and the bad guy from "Ghost" (And I'm not talking about Willy Lopez).

Chestnuts roasted by bob genghis khan @ 10/04/2004 11:40 PM EST

"Some folks have a strange idea of entertainment!" Luv'd the video! Jason kicks ass!

The only problem is, now I'm gonna be singing this as I walk through the dorm halls or while I'm taking a shower.

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 10/04/2004 11:41 PM EST

I really, really hope this means there's an upcoming review of Dream Warriors by Dokken. To its credit, it did feature far less movie clippage and more original footage of Freddy being owned by Dokken and their ability to rock.

Dokken vs. Cooper would be an awesome movie.

Chestnuts roasted by Gavok @ 10/05/2004 12:18 AM EST

hey matt how bout Hard Rock Summer...another Alice cooper song from the series...

Chestnuts roasted by Jay Amabile @ 10/05/2004 12:33 AM EST

How about The Fat Boys' "Are You Ready For Freddy" from Nightmare 4 or Whodini's "Any Way I Gotta Swing It" from Nightmare 5.

Chestnuts roasted by bob genghis khan @ 10/05/2004 12:41 AM EST

Yeah, I still think Matt should do something with Dream Warriors video, too. smile

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 10/05/2004 01:23 AM EST

For the record, Dream Warriors is a far catchier song than Man Behind the Mask.

o/~ And MAYBE TONIGHT! MAYBE TONIGHT you'll be GONE! o/~

Chestnuts roasted by Gavok @ 10/05/2004 01:39 AM EST

I nominate Nightmare on My Street as favorite music video with horror icon theme
"I'm your DJ now, Princey"

Chestnuts roasted by Buster @ 10/05/2004 02:18 AM EST

Is it just me and my perverted mind, or does it look like Jason's humping ol' Alice Cooper in the second picture? It's quite disturbing. Perhaps because of scenes like that, heavy metal stars are loathe to make music videos for cheesy horror movies.

Not to complain, Matt, since I like the job you're doing with the Countdown, but will there be any full-size X-E articles before Halloween? All these short ones are fun, but I'd love a big article this week.

Chestnuts roasted by Evan @ 10/05/2004 02:57 AM EST

My two favorite Halloween song are "Zombie Jamboree" by Rockapella and the entire Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack. Okay, that's not one song. But I like it anyhow. Oh, Matt: Will you include The Cosby Show Halloween Episode? That was a classic.

Chestnuts roasted by Divaah46 @ 10/05/2004 03:08 AM EST

-->> Jason n' Alice sittin' inna tree..

K I S S I ..er o sh6t.

Chestnuts roasted by ~tOkK @ 10/05/2004 05:25 AM EST

Evan: yes, soon. Been really busy, but there's a few on tap.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/05/2004 09:25 AM EST

Alice is God, constrictor was def by far his cheesiest album tho. Most people hate it. I look at it as a great 80's vibed halloween album that i really only listen to that time of year while buying things like fake blood and spiderwebs and marcus the carcases, lol.

Chestnuts roasted by Rychiar @ 10/05/2004 10:58 AM EST

I don't wanna be buried,
In the Pet Semetary.
Don't wanna live the life of the dead.....

One of my favorite Horror movie-centric tunes.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 10/05/2004 11:34 AM EST

How about Jason and Fresh Prince vs ALice kooper and Freddy? And after Jason woops on Kooper and krueger, mike tyson comes and punches will smith. God I would love to see MT punch WS.

Chestnuts roasted by Brian @ 10/05/2004 11:41 AM EST

Yes!! Alice Cooper rocks old school, I've heard the song before but I've never seen the video thanks for lifting my day.

Chestnuts roasted by Caylor @ 10/05/2004 11:44 AM EST

While we are on the topic of horror flick soundtracks ... Did anyone else here own the soundtrack to The Lost Boys? "Cry Little Sister", the theme song of the movie, takes me back ... And that shirtless saxophone player at the carnival in the movie ... great movie.

Chestnuts roasted by Sknyluv @ 10/05/2004 12:04 PM EST

never saw the video but I did hear the song when I payed a friend to put it on a CD for me, good stuff. Will you be covering Will Smith's Nightmare on my street or Motorhead's cover of Hllraiser videos? that'd be a good addition to the October month

Chestnuts roasted by Chris @ 10/05/2004 01:23 PM EST

Hey Matt, what's your number two Friday movie (since I'm assuming that The Final Chapter is your fave)?
I vote for a review of the Dokken video too!
[freddy]What a Nightmare![/freddy]
Anybody else buying the Friday set?

Chestnuts roasted by Steve @ 10/05/2004 02:03 PM EST

Agggh!!!

He's back...

Well, better than the mindless garbage my stepdaughters watch that gets stuck in your head.

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Chestnuts roasted by EMajorwitz @ 10/05/2004 02:13 PM EST

Matt should review the movie "TRICK OR TREAT"

Chestnuts roasted by dfgdfg @ 10/05/2004 02:42 PM EST

Hell yeah! I've never seen Trick or Treat, but I have seen the box cover. In fact, it may just be the best box cover EVER:

http://www.itsonlyamovie.co.uk/NEW%20COVERS/TRICK%20OR%20TREAT%20VHS.jpg

Just looking at the movie description, I'm almost tempted to take a trip to Amazon.com for it. In fact, I bet it'd make a great Christmas gift. The kind of movie gift that you buy somebody else, but it's really for you because you plan to watch it with them.

Chestnuts roasted by Gavok @ 10/05/2004 03:39 PM EST

I agree with Gavok about Dream Warriors. Dokken is one of my favorite bands and a review of Dream Warriors would make my day. Also, you should check out the video for 'Love Kills' by The Vinnie Vincent Invasion, it's also based on Freddy Krueger. I don't much care for the song itself, but the video is great.

Chestnuts roasted by Meat Popsicle @ 10/05/2004 03:48 PM EST

First time commentator, long-time reader. Great site, Matt.

Anyway, there's a website called http://www.freestylemusicvideos.com/

At this website, they have all your favotite cheesy horror-movie music videos available for mixing and matching onto customized DVDs.

My favorite video is "Dream Warriors"...The gag ending with Kruegger waking up from a bad dream was funny.

Also, Matt, it's a little early, but will you be covering any Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parades this year? I feel your reviews of the 1984, 1985 and 1986 parades were killer.

Chestnuts roasted by The Rock Steady Flamethrower @ 10/05/2004 03:55 PM EST

Typo...Favotite should be "favorite". Duh, yep, yep, yep!

Chestnuts roasted by The Rock Steady Flamethrower @ 10/05/2004 03:57 PM EST

Trick or Treat is a great movie. Ozzy saying things like "Heavy metal is pornography" really takes it to the next level.

Black Roses is another good heavy metal horror movie, though not as Halloweenish. Hard Rock Zombies might fit the Hallowtheme...

This music video is great. Thanks for opening another door of my childhood Matt!

Chestnuts roasted by Slacker @ 10/05/2004 04:07 PM EST

I would have that song in my head all day but I have all hair band all day on my sat radio

Chestnuts roasted by Jed @ 10/05/2004 04:13 PM EST

Yay, The Ramones! Good choice, Kingklash.

I actually have AC's Poison running through my veins, I mean, head, now, after listening to that song. His voice is so distinctive, and that's the only one of his songs that I know all of the words to, so that's the one that's stuck.

I love these little articles. It's great knowing I have something new X-Eish to read every morning. Great job, Matt, keeping up w/ the 9-5ers, and then coming home and writing a new article every night.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 10/05/2004 04:36 PM EST

interesting video, it reminds me of an opening to a kids mystery show

Chestnuts roasted by mary @ 10/05/2004 05:11 PM EST

One of the best non-drug mood elevators I have ever recommened is a good Ramones cut. You try to be down while jumping around, singing I Wanna Be Sedated, I dare you.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 10/05/2004 05:13 PM EST

Loved the video. Jason + Alice = good times for all. By the way, does anyone remember the glut of gimmicky 900 numbers in the late 80's? I was thinking of one that was seasonably apropos- back in '89, my brother and I used to call 1-900-909-4FRED. You could listen to Freddy Krueger threaten to do all sorts of horrible (and intriguing) things to you in your dreams. The jig was up when mom and dad discovered a $22.00 charge on the phone bill- DOH! Anyway, if you remember that, post. Ciao!

Chestnuts roasted by Jillybeann @ 10/05/2004 07:25 PM EST

We're the dreaaaam waaarriooooors!! I love the Alice video! The song isn't a example of the best Cooper, but it's fun. The lead guitar player, Kane Roberts had a assaul rifle/guitar.

Chestnuts roasted by Viruete @ 10/05/2004 08:34 PM EST

I always liked that song. Up there with Nightmare on My Street and Dream Warriors as great 80s cheese horror movie tributes.

Chestnuts roasted by Bloodcat @ 10/05/2004 09:04 PM EST

It looks like no one beat me to this, but I hate to inform you all that Rodney Dangerfield died just a few hours ago...82 years old too.

...Great Article Matt...

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 10/05/2004 09:04 PM EST

Hey, first time poster. This is really cool, I actually just got home from seeing Alice Cooper in concert (way up here in Sudbury, Ontario), and I get treated to this. 2 shots of Alice in one day! Thanks, Matt!

Chestnuts roasted by DJ Babs @ 10/05/2004 10:21 PM EST

The links still aren't working for me.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 10/06/2004 12:01 AM EST

Matt, I agree, a review of a Macy's parade next month would kick ass! By the way, would you consider vidcapping a whole parade and giving it to someone to seed on bittorrent, so people could download the whole cheesy parade without killing you with website bandwidth costs?

Chestnuts roasted by Destro @ 10/06/2004 03:37 AM EST

I heard there was going to be a He-Man movie and remembered the coloring boook article, so I looked it up...

http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117911339&categoryID=13&cs=1

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/430/430962p1.html?fromint=1

Chestnuts roasted by springsprite @ 10/06/2004 05:23 AM EST

Thanks for the kind words, Traj. It's a lot tougher to do this while working than I anticipated, it's good to know it's not falling on deaf monitors.

JLA -- are you on a Mac? The file type will only work on Windows. I can't afford to make two file types available, and generally speaking, mpg/avi files are simply too large for me to make downloads available so frequently.

Weds' Countdown entry will be posted tonight. It's written, I just didn't have time to put it together last night. The entry for Thursday is pretty killer, though. smile

RIP Rodney, thanks for the triple dive and everything else.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/06/2004 12:12 PM EST

I use a iMac, but thanks to my vast mental stoehouse of trivia and TV-related things, remembering the video is no problem for me. In the meantime, are they starting to mine nightmares for commercial ideas? The Juicy Fruit ads with the CPR dummy and the pinata, f'r instance. Or the Levi's ad with the mannequin stalker. I just know there are people losing sleep after seeing those ads. I'm still scarred from the melting Grimace ad from a long time ago.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 10/06/2004 01:00 PM EST

Don't forget the "Wake Up With the King" Burger King commercial.

Chestnuts roasted by Luap @ 10/06/2004 01:37 PM EST

Acutally, it was a subliminal message for Jiffy Pop.
Jiff Jiff Jiff Pop Pop Pop...

Chestnuts roasted by AngeFaitore @ 10/06/2004 02:24 PM EST

Too bad about Rodney. He was really funny.

Matt, I know you've been busy (and ill on top of that), but I haven't heard back from you about the TMNT tape I want to send you. I have a friend going to Buffalo this week-end so he could mail it from there and save the international postage (from Canada) AND the duty fees.

Chestnuts roasted by Yzziefrog @ 10/06/2004 02:38 PM EST

Yzzie -- could you e-mail me the details again? To xemattmail@aol.com?

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/06/2004 02:42 PM EST

yeah luap. That commercial is creeepy.

Chestnuts roasted by zombone @ 10/06/2004 04:18 PM EST

As an Alice Cooper fan, I would jsut like to say that this song is abysmal. A big letdown for all his fans.

Chestnuts roasted by bronzechains @ 10/06/2004 05:14 PM EST

As for creep commercials, don't forget Satan's Chew Toy, the Snuggle Bear. Those black, black eyes...

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 10/06/2004 05:53 PM EST

I still think that Teddy Ruxpin is possessed by Satan. Moreso than Snuggle Bear.

Chestnuts roasted by AngeFaitore @ 10/06/2004 06:34 PM EST

boing boing
Where's the new one? Today is the sixth.

boing boing

Chestnuts roasted by dfgdfgdfg @ 10/06/2004 07:39 PM EST

It doesn't take me to the main page anymore. I use Windows.

what I have been noticing lately whenever I try to watch a video clip here is that a "Source Filter Couldn't Be Found Message" pops up. For instance, that Shocktober commercial worked fine when you first posted it. Now I can't watch it.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 10/06/2004 08:30 PM EST

I can't possibly explain that one, but it's the same file you dL'ed originally. Your computer is obviously infested with demons.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/06/2004 08:33 PM EST

Update: I just went back to the Shoctober entry and it works fine. For some reason, sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 10/06/2004 08:34 PM EST

wmv files work fine on a mac. There really arent any files that dnt work on a mac aside from .exe

Chestnuts roasted by Rychiar @ 10/07/2004 07:34 AM EST

Ch...Ch....Ch...Chia!!!!

PS Awesome article Matt, as always...

And I agree with trajeal.
These articles that you produce each and everyday (almost) are phenomenal, considering you work 9 - 5, and also have a private life, (of sorts)! I know that when I come home from tha slave pits, tha last thing I want to do is sit on front of damn computer! Kudos, Matt! Kudos...

Chestnuts roasted by Blakula2k @ 10/07/2004 08:59 AM EST

yea great video but it reminds me of a n old messsed up run down 1980s vcr tape lol the picture and coler sucked

Chestnuts roasted by hitman42o @ 10/07/2004 09:11 AM EST

Don't know what happened, but it's working now.

Not bad, but I prefer the Dream Warriors music video. Also, Remember MC Hammer's Adam's Family music video? Haven't seen that in awhile

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 10/07/2004 12:45 PM EST

Matt, I've followed your site for quite a while now. Thanks for all the articles. This Cooper one was a nice surprise. Like DJ Babs, I just saw Alice in concert yesterday, way up in Timmins, Ontario. The guys amazing live... a must see.
The video was a nice trip down slasher horror/metal memory lane.

Thanks again!

Chestnuts roasted by Croww @ 10/07/2004 10:57 PM EST

I can't believe that a man who starts his Halloween Countdown in September isn't a fan of Alice Cooper... If you're looking for spooky-themed cheesefests, Cooper's the way to go. Just listen to "Feed My Frankenstein" if you don't believe me.

Chestnuts roasted by Creature SH @ 10/09/2004 12:00 AM EST

That ending is PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYCHOOOO.

Chestnuts roasted by "MR. GAME & WATCH" @ 10/17/2004 10:21 AM EST

I don't know about anyone else, but I find half-naked men with long hair running around a stage screaming and bashing beautiful geetars to death utterly hilarious. Do they realise how stupid they look? Does anyone else notice how dumb a man in dirty white PT shorts playing a piano and howling "December rain" or whatever actually is?

And now I too am battling not to get Bon Jovi back in my head. Thanks very much.

Gorgeous site, Matt. I have freudian website envy, I promise... big grin

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