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A Movie A Day: THE PIT (1981) They don’t eat chocolate bars. You know what they eat?
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with the first 2009 Horror Movie A Day.
[For the entirety of October I will be showcasing one horror film each day. Every film is pulled from my DVD shelf, recorded on the home DVR or streamed via Instant Netflix and will be one I haven’t seen. Unlike my usual A Movie A Day or A Movie A Week columns there won’t necessarily be connectors between each film, but you’ll more than likely see patterns emerge day to day.]
So, I’m dropping the title “Horror Movie A Day” out of respect for Brian Collins’ blog with with same title which he has been running 365 for a few years now. I initially titled this column HMAD as the horror diversion of my A Movie A Day column last year. Horror Movie A Day seemed fitting, but Collins’ blog did start first, so I’m just going to revert it back to my A Movie A Day title. We’ll just have to take it as AMAD: Halloween Edition!
On to today’s movie, THE PIT!
Hrmm… Yeah, so this one didn’t quite work out. I mean the movie, not the write-up... I think.
I watched this film before I boarded my plane to Ireland and now I write this up from my hotel room before venturing out into Belfast to find my adorably accented Irish wife. She is here somewhere, I know it.
It’s very possible I’m going to gloss over this movie. Hell, I kinda glossed over myself while watching it. It’s not a very good movie. It’s the kind of flick you see with an interesting premise and flawed execution… It’s the kind of movie they should be remaking, in other words.
THE PIT focuses on a bullied kid who is, I think, autistic… or maybe just a weirdo. Like all kids in these kinds of movies he has to have no friends so that he’ll listen when his teddy bear starts talking to him (in a voice that sounds strangely like his own), urging him to push these bastard kids into a hole he found in the woods filled with trapped carnivorous mutants.
See, awesome premise. Could be a really fun, dark crazy early ‘80s horror movie, but for all the promise the film feels relatively toothless, playing more like an after school special that dips into weirdness. The Pit actually has some entertainment value to it, but it wasn’t enough to keep me interested.
This one feels like a slightly better assembled BEWARE! CHILDREN AT PLAY. The Troma flick had a much bigger WTF?!? ending, but was horribly hobbled together whereas THE PIT is a more competent film without anything as attention-grabbing happening as the ending of Beware!
Now I’m struggling for something else to say and I’m just drawing a blank. I can’t tell you if that’s because of a jet-lagged, tired brain failing to recall anything worth mentioning from the movie or if it really is that forgettable, but either way I think I’m going to end this pretty quickly and talk about a movie that’s an easy comparison to THE PIT, but 1000 times better.
I’m talking about a movie that is actually creepy, has great effects, decent kid acting and has a pitch black tone that fucked me up big time when I was a kid.
I know there’s been some discussion about THE GATE in the talkbacks, so you’re going to have to take my word for it that from the moment I locked in this movie (about a month ago) I had “The Gate” penciled in next to it for my recommendation title.
When I met Randy Cook in New Zealand he was spearheading bringing Gollum to life for the LOTR movies. As much as I loved his work there our first conversation turned to THE GATE very quickly. He did all the stop motion stuff in the movie and he had to answer for freaking my shit out.
Horror movies weren’t scary to me as a kid. Sure, the jump scares would startle me, but I hardly ever had the severe, deep-rooted fear that a lot of people experience when they watch these kinds of movies.
THE GATE was an exception to this rule. As an adult looking back on it it’s not so bad, but there was something about watching THE GATE as a kid that really put the fear into me.
The story was a big part of that, for sure. Our main character is a boy probably around my age (or slightly older) when I first saw it. Stephen Dorff plays the main kid. He moved on up to play the villain in the first BLADE and has recently worked with Oliver Stone and Michael Mann.
So, I could easily see myself in the lead’s shoes and when things get really fucked no one is safe… his family pet isn’t safe, neither is sister or best friend.
The flick is essentially a siege film except it’s demons from hell that are on the attack. These Randy Cook effects are definitely creepy, but it’s not them that necessarily get me.
Hell has a sort of influence around the portal that is opened (due to Heavy Metal music, of course) in this kid’s backyard, so it can manifest horrific nightmares. The one that really got to me was when Dorff think his parents have returned home and then realizes a bit too late they’re not his parents.
That really fucked me up as a kid, turning my image of the protective parental unit into creepy demon apparitions from hell.
The story is a major reason why this movie worked so well for me, but what sends it over the edge for me is the tone. It just feels hopeless. What can these kids do against the power of hell? It’s eerie throughout, almost dreamlike as if their house has turned into a place of limbo between the living world and dead world.
Plus this movie isn’t afraid to pick off our kid leads and when one of them is taken they do return as evil versions of themselves.
Luckily this film is finally seeing a widescreen release on DVD this month… tomorrow, in fact. The bad news is you get a hilariously awful cover. Look up at the original poster art… I’ll wait. Yeah, pretty neat right? Now look at this:
I’ll have to suffer the horrible DVD cover, but I will own this title. From the eyeball in the hand to the evil dad screaming “Yoooouuu’vvveeee beeeeeennnnn BBAAADDDDDD” to the Barbie leg in the eye to the fucking horrifying “Workman” zombie guy that busts out of the walls to a crazy finale involving a huge model rocket and an even huger demon creature this movie is a personal favorite. Call it nostalgia, but I still dug the movie when I revisited it a couple years back, so it's not all rose-tinted remembrances.
However don’t even think about trying to get through the sequel. Gate II does not exist in this dojo as they say in the talkback.
Here are the next week’s worth of AMAD titles:
Tuesday, October 6th: BRAIN DAMAGE (1988)
Wednesday, October 7th: BRAIN DEAD (1990)
Thursday, October 8th: VISITING HOURS (1982)
Friday, October 9th: MACABRE (1980)
Saturday, October 10th: PRIVATE PARTS (1972)
Sunday, October 11th: ROAD GAMES (1981)
Monday, October 12th: DEAD END DRIVE-IN (1986)
I know DEAD END DRIVE-IN might not be fully horror (more Aussiesploitation from the great Brian Trenchard-Smith), but it’s been one I’ve been wanting to see for a long time. Plus it follows up ROAD GAMES, another Australian made horror film with Jamie Lee Curtis and Stacey Keach, really well.
Tomorrow we jump from kids to Henenlotter. See you then for BRAIN DAMAGE!
-Quint
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AMAD Halloween Spectacular 2009:
October 1st: Nothing But The Night (& The Wicker Man)
October 2nd: Beware! Children At Play (& The Devil Times Five)
October 3rd: Cameron’s Closet (& Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood)
October 4th: Afraid of the Dark (& The Lady In White)
Click here for the full 215 movie run of A Movie A Day!
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Blood Beach elements in The Pit poster art.
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horror movie a day?
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I was thinking that Tom Hanks movie.
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I already own The Gate, but it's the edition it looks like Quint posted a pic of here. It's adequate but it could be better. Here's hoping the new edition brings something new to the equation. Since we're on the topic of creepy stop motion FX if you haven't seen it yet you all should definitely check out the movie I, Madman, which has some serious WTF style stop motion animation.
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that would be a kickass, thematically tied together, double feature! Note to self.
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Randy Cook did the I, Madman effects as well... and even played the main villain. True story.
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Love me some Hennenlotter!
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Now, I know The Pit isnt really very good but I have happy memories of it giving me horrible nightmares as a child (if that makes any sense). If you are going to choose a movie to discuss then you should,well, discuss it. This series has been my favorite part of AICN and i gotta say I was looking forward to getting home from work today and reading todays article. So, I'm kinda bummed. Plus I really never cared for the Gate. I hope in the future you focus more on the featured movie and less on the backup. Still, I love this series and this is the first time I've felt let down by it.
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Having been diagnosed with aspergers and not letting my disability overtake my personality, I find it shameful that film makers don't treat those who are dealing with this as normal people. I couldn't bear to watch "Adam" as they made it look like he was a total weirdo...why? I'm actually friendly around people, though in some cases, I just don't know what to say because I don't want to say the wrong thing. Heck, the so-called normals have trouble with it. I want to be a performer, but I'm not going to be advertising something is wrong with me...because there's not. Just treat everyone like the so-called normals. Please stop treating them like this.
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I really should use IMDB more often...
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The Gate is lame. The little creepy minions were the coolest thing about the movie.
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Now that movie is cool!
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Q, the Winged Serpent. A giant flying snake terrorizes Manhattan!
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I never was a big horror fan as a kid. I was creeped out easily, but for some reason I discovered the Gate and loved it. Would rent it from the grocery store all the time. Such a fun movie and the fx are a blast.
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Q is a God! A big flying serpent God! Good 'ol Larry Cohen.
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Those crazy Mayans, next thing someone is gonna tell me they predicted the end of the world...
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First of all Quint you are absolutely right that Dead End Drive in is not a horror movie. It's also really really boring (it was to me at least). Has some hilariously bad moments, but overall pretty much nothing happens. Actually on second thought maybe it is a horror movie. I know I was terrified that the movie would never end!
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peeking through the bannister? Looks like a cameo by Tom Savini.
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Where are all the horror movies starring kids? Was that just a '80s thing? Movies starring older teens and aimed at the teen crowd ... check. Foreign imports ... check. Torture porn ... check. Remakes and reinventions, cynical or well-intentioned ... check. Pre-teens battling the forces of Hell generally dealing with all kinds of fucked up shit ... well, what was the last one? Seriously. Is it just my not having paid enough attention to the genre over the last couple of decades (a possibility)? Sixth Sense doesn't count. And movies where creepy little kids ARE the hellspawn don't count. Bottom line, I suspect a movie like THE GATE couldn't get made today ... not without aging the cast into high school, minimum. A crying shame.
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Now I'm just upset you didn't like THE PIT!! I think it's a wonderfully batshit movie. Also kind of creepy, like when the babysitter washes his back for what seems like half a reel. Anyway, enjoy, and yeah - Dead End Drive In isn't even remotely horror, I was going to use it for an entry once. Road Games is good stuff though. Perhaps follow it with RAZORBACK?
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is a personal favorite; wish it wasn't FULL SCREEN. frank has aspergers also - we aren't normal. will be watching 28 WEEKS LATER tonight
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autism was an insult to people with autism (as seen above). When i watched this thing i thought april fools day was around the corner not halloween. all i got out of this movie were a few unintentional chuckles over how ridiculous the kid was. this movie was shockingly awful. This literally is now the benchmark for warst movie I have ever seen. I would have turned it off if it hadn't put me to sleep.
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Just watched The Pit and wrote up a review of it myself last week. I loved it. But it was one of the main movies I watched as a kid so it'll always have a place in my heart. I still find it very, very creepy. And I laughed my balls off when the kid was fixing to walk into the store and the little girl walked out and said "Oh, well if it isn't clumsy stupid!"
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I'm just saying. For instance, check out this clip (http://tinyurl.com/bbz5fo) where he wheels granny through the woods. I mean, you could always try to argue tongue-in-cheek, or playing against tone for dramatic effect ... whatever; it still has to work! Apologies to all you Victor Davies fans out there.
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I think you had your finger firmly pressed on the Fast Forward button for most of this. I can't say I blame you though, the other day when I saw a reiew of this was coming up I got those "glad I'm not him" feelings. I remember renting this as a kid and it was a depressing weird cheap film. This was over 20 years ago. Anyways the review feels apolagetic and empty, like someone who never really took the time to watch it. Again... I would have done the same.
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Fucked my shit up when I was but a lad. Not quite as much as, say, CRITTERS, but still... Good write-up.
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Critters. There's a long-lost love of mine. Critters 1 & 2, Monster Squad, Night of the Creeps, Aliens, Alien, Predator 1 & 2, Creepers (aka Phenomena), Freddy & Jason movies - pretty much sum up what fucked me up most as a child.
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Feed Me. You little dickwad!
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The Pit would have benefited from some musical numbers. Hits like "Wash My Back You Stupid Bitch" or "Oh..You Didn't See That Enormous Hole Right In Front Of You". The real show stopper would be "I Wish She'ld Let Me Ride Her Bike". Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
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that sounds a bit pervy. Movies like Private Parts don't come along too often. It was completely original and really pulled me into it's weird little world. Hope you enjoy it. Oh, and by the way, Brain Damage quite simple rules. Long live Aylmer!
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i think they're both equally bad.
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wasnt there a mccauley culkin thing in the nineties called seed or badseed with frodo as the good kid fighting the demonic kevin? never saw it, but that's the most recent child dealing with horror that i can think of, and that must be 15 years old at least...
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A review that hardly mentions the movie at hand and a talkback that hardly mentions it either?
You're all mad, MAD I say!
The Pit is as awesome as it is awful. What's not to love about a movie about a twelve-year-old, blackmailing, peeping pervert who is given orders by an evil teddy bear and has a hole behind the house filled with flesh-eating monsters which he keeps feeding with locals?
At first I thought the kid was nuts and imagining the teddy bear talking to him until the scene where the teddy bear is alone in his room and suddenly turns its head at which point I was going "what the fuck is this?"
Quint is right about one thing though, the tone of this film is very much like an after school special gone completely off the rails. As for the ending, it is, contrary to Quint's assertion, very much in the WTF vein, albeit accompanied by a startled guffaw.
Make no mistake, The Pit is terrible, but has such a unique flavor and is filled with so many bizarre occurrences and non-sequiturs that you can't help but love it in all its nuttiness.
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...indeed a wonderful, weird little movie. I can't wait for the write-up.
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Oct 05, 2009 11:26:42 PM CDT
Thought I was the only man alive who had seen "The Pit."
by bungion boy
What a fucking ridiculous and horrible movie. The evil talking teddy that helps the kid peep on his teacher. Throwing the old lady in the wheelchair into the pit. The babysitter falling in. Leading the cow to it. Wow. Thanks for the great article, Quint.
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That movie is The Good Son. No IMDB needed;) Fucked up.
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That stop motion is amazing..even today...but man that movie really doesn't make a lick of sense. They get all their information from the back of an album cover..
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Those fx were so kick ass that, still too this day i believe the only way they could have made it was to film real little demons. Maybe if i get that special editing dvd it'll clear that up for me.
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My Dad remembers that "undiluted, boring crap"...says those "shit movies" were tolerable only if you were smoking reefer, imbibing furniture polish (booze) and seriously handicapped. He loves Stuart Gordon movies but saya the Sci-Fi Channel "seriously raped DAGON."
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I remember watching it on one of the movie channels years ago, I'll have to give it a re-watch soon
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oh wait, you mean THAT Private Parts, sorry
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I really do, if not through sheer inventiveness alone. One of the defining films of my childhood. It's perfect to show kids who love to be scared.
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this one creeps me out for years
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...because I got bored and turned it off halfway through as a kid. It reminds me of another creepy movie about a boy and his inanimate companion called Pin, with a dummy in a wheelchair. That movie also bored me but there's an awesome scene near the start where a horny nurse decides to use Pin as a makeshift dildo, puts him ontop of her and fucks him while the boy hides under a table watching in disgust.
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I probably should have, but I watched every frame of the movie, but I wasn't into it. I did very much rush this review and gave up on it quite quickly. I am in Ireland for Christ's sake. I don't want to spend all my free time in my hotel room writing up a horror movie I thought was instantly forgettable in the first place.But you're right, I definitely abandoned the Pit review too quickly. Won't happen again!
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....Why not do RAZORBACK instead of DEAD END DRIVE-IN? That movie was sweet, and DED-I hardly qualifies as horror!
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... Any chance of you reviewing HUMONGOUS? That movie was also the sweet stuff!
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Do not be dissing low rent horror, motherfuckers. Or I will be forced to school you. Troma has made many fucking superb efforts, and If offered the choice I would watch Troma 100 times out of 100 as opposed to dogshit like Eli Roth or Rob Zombie's "offerings". On a seperate but connected note, I haven't seen either the Pit or The Gate for some reason but am desperate to.
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or GIANT PIG!!!! Superb. The beginning where the pig barrels through (literally) the old fucker's house is hilarious.
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directed by Peter Weir,its a very good horror/comedy movie set on Australia
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is not a horror movie. I don't know what it is, but I wouldn't classify it as such.
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Is the fight between Culkin and Wood at the end. Frodo is obviously playing himself while Culkin has been replaced by a midget.
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...is GENIUS.
I'm sure Jarv is particularly fond of the depiction of the drooling, inbred Aussie Pet Pak employees.
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now thats a crazy horror movie,being killed by blood thirsty rabbits.
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I'm buying it for like $5.79! It used to be over $17, for a movie about GIANT RABBITS!
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i am trying to discover the titles of some old horror bmovies.here is my imdb topic:
http://tinyurl.com/yczxd4w
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Is the 3rd movie Invaders from Mars?
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...his vagina.
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tomorrow night, and Motel Hell is playing on Wednesday. If anyone other than myself gives a shit. I'd love to see Razorback again, but can't find a copy of it on DVD anywhere....
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thanx for the info.Btw u coincidentally gave me the title of another horror movie i was looking for,in you last post in the Camerons Closet topic.i am talking about Blood Beach.thanks again :).
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Check out a new horror flick called PIG HUNT coming to DVD fairly soon. So cool.
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i remember it was the first time my girlfriend was over hanging out with one of her friends and my best friend at the time. we were all into horror at the time so it seemed like a great idea. parental untis in the next room watchin whatever the movie also provided good excuse to cuddle up in the dark. i remember getting so into the movie i just kept taking care of her so i could watch the flick. what can i say i am a giver. this movie will always have a special place in my heart...and nether regions
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The Pit rules. Sammy Snyders is brilliant as Jamie. I hope Quint gets visited by the Tralalogs.
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The motherfucking shit out of me, I swear to god. Quint Got it right. The zombie, the fucking eye in the hand, the swarm of moths, those damn demons. Scared the shit out of me as a kid. It's very effective.
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Sure, it makes it look like the kid is exploring the Gate and is unafraid (stupid choice), and I would have preferred a collage of images and characters in the corners of the frame. But it reminds me of the Monster Squad DVD cover, so it's a good thing for me.
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hehehehe MOTEL HELL is fucking magic. Where else are you going to see a demented Cannibal wear a pig head and have a chainsaw fight with his half brother who happens to be a local cop. Unmissable. I reviewed this for mymavra.com a bit ago.
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Oct 06, 2009 11:03:12 AM CDT
I never could tell if the demons in the Gate were stop-motion
by d.vader
Or maybe optical effects involving people in suits. They move so realistically in some shots.
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I just looked it up. Sounds great, as anything starring John Locke usually is. Looks like this will be next in my queue. Is the nurse fucking the dummy scene as hot as Winona Ryder doing the same thing in The Ten?
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You know, "The Bed That Eats People". Please?
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Funny as hell with a cast of naked cuties to make a dead man come.
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Thanks for the heads-up, Pig Hunt has been added to my queue.
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The first time I saw Motel Hell, I only caught the 5 minutes leading up to the "Head Garden" reveal. As a kid, that really fucked with my head.
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Farmer Vincent and his Sister-Wife discussing growing them like they're vegetables. Superb.
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Whooooooooooop There It IS.
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Now THAT is the horror film that warped my childhood. My sitter let me watch it and my parents returned home just as the final scene sent me into hysterics. I thought my dad would have the sitter arrested.
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. . .I'm bummed. I used to stare at the VHS cover for The Pit every time we went to rent movies. I always pictured a great horror film that I might check out some time. Sucks to hear that it sucks.
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. . . its Night of the LEPUS, not LUPUS. But thanks for the laugh!
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Yeah, no shit. Humanoids, Motel Hell, Blood Beach, Hell Night and The Boogens will always be associated together in my mind.
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God, that movie was bad, and legendary for how damn misgynistic the filmmakers were. And I am firmly convinced it was Savanah's role in that film that drove her to suicide, and not her later porn roles...
As for HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP, as long as it is the original and NOT the 90s remake. The original had fish man surprise sex, which isn't good, but it also has Vic Morrow, which is always good. -
But I will also throw in a couple of other title:
FUNHOUSE
THE NANNY (with Bette fucking Davis)
DEATHLINE (I didn't like this film, but I am curious if maybe I am the odd man out because it has a cult following)
And if you are brave enough, the fucking God-awful THE ANTHROPOPHAGUS BEAST (aka THE GRIM REAPER). -
Apparently, the dork grew up and became a buff, jazz dance instructing pussy magnet:
www.sammysnyders.com
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I've been lurking here for years but had to sign up, just to tell everyone that this kid grew up to become the president of my union local, as well as the "buff, jazz dance instructing pussy magnet".
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Months ago, when I saw THE PIT would be one of your future Reviews... I was uber-excited. Here was/is a chance to RIP INTO one darn ODD Horror Film... But, instead of reading about DEMON TEADY`S, T&A, Blind Grannies, Pit Monsters, a WEIRDO Kid, and a CREAPY Babysitter-Child dynamic... we get... IRELAND+TIRED=Half Baked effort... Who cares about The GAte, yes it is good, but I was interested in THE PIT... Meh.
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Cheesy, 80s style horror, obviously:
(1) CELLAR DWELLER - Because the cover was cool.
(2) RAWHEAD REX - Because the cover was cooler THAN THE FUCKING MOVIE ITSELF.
(3) HOUSE - The only non-Raimi Raimi movie, the only non-EVIL DEAD EVIL DEAD movie, and it has Norm from CHEERS. Fucking timeless.
(4) THE BEAST MUST DIE - Because it pauses itself AND ASKS YOU WHO YOU THINK THE WEREWOLF IS!! And it IS as awesome as that sounds. Even though it's 70s, not 80s.
(5) GHOSTWATCH (BBC) - Yes, Sarah Greene really was that hot. Stephen Volk is a DEMI-GOD among British horror writers. Respect the Volk. And ignore tha fact that it's 90s, not 80s.
(6) THE WRAITH - It's not horror, but fuck you, it IS a kind-of ghost/zombie movie. And it's batshit insane. And has Clint Howard in it. And the world's coolest car. EVER. Fact.
(7) KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE - Greatest comedy/horror after EVIL DEAD II of all time. FACT. And the perfect rounding-off movie for a Hallowe'en movie marathon.
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The scariest thing about THAT movie is watching it a few months back - when I FINALLY got it on VHS, no idea if its on DVD in the UK yet - and not remembering a single thing about all the weird partner-swapping perversions going on in the background. Because I was about 14 when I first saw it, and thought the weird-ass tentacled monster smashing the spaceman's helmet (turning him into a smoothie) was the best thing EVER.
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You'd have to check if anyone else already has that title, but if not - Have at it, my man. You've earned it.
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I heartily agree. I'm dying to see POULTRYGEIST, and fucking LOVED the three TOXIC AVENGERS I've actually seen.
And when I make my own movie, one day, fuck REBEL WITHOUT A CREW - my movie-making bible will be MAKE YOUR OWN DAMN MOVIE!! by the legend that is Lloyd Kaufman.
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I've never seen (or heard of) The Ten, but as a kid I remember the dummy fucking scene being hot...in a warped way. I'm not sure if I would feel the same today, so I kind of want to rewatch that scene. There's no nudity (that I can recall) but I think part of why it's so hot is because it was so unexpected. The kid was hiding under the table in the doctors office, and the dummy was for demonstrations, then as soon as the nurse is alone, she starts fucking it. And the kid is so disturbed that he holds his hands over his ears to mask her moaning orgasm. But this isn't necessarily a recommendation...because I remember the rest of the movie being just...odd. And the dummy doesn't get anymore pussy after that.
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I'm unfamiliar with Ghostwatch, being from the States, but have seen the rest... I wish more of those were available from Netflix.
Not sure what it says about me, but I remember dragging my girlfriend at the time to see KKFOS, not once, but TWICE!
Ahhh, young love, when your chick still give blowjobs and is willing to sit through low-budget horror flicks. -
"Okay, the sheet and the pillow-- what the fuck am I doing? I'm putting my name on this?! No! No! I'm gonna finish this."
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Troma is awesome. watch Harry get eaten by the escalator
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Don't Go In The House? I forget ~ can't remember the title for the life of me. Had the classic, hot yet innocent girl in it. Lot's of creepy walking dead and stuff...
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And agter watching it, for possibily the third time, it still freaks the hell out of me. By the way, another fun and chessy, 80's horror film, worth checking out, is Trick Or Treat. It even has Ozzy Osbourne, as a TV evangelist, and Gene Simmons as well!
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Critters and 976-EVIL.
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Fucked up, but funny.
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Blood Beach - My wifes grandpa was the camera operator on that one . . . Dead and Buried as well. Would kill for a DVD.
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and TTCSM were my childhood fuckups.
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The subscription to Fangoria. The huge clamshell VHS cases with nothing good except the cover art. Night of the Creeps. Anybody remember Chopping Mall?
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TRICK OR TREAT, CRITTERS, 976-EVIL... 3 awesome choices right there. That's a great Saturday night in - just add pizza and beer.
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I remember that stores in my old hometown of Thunder Bay, had Bandito Video, King's Video, and D and D'S World Of Video. Alas, when Blockbuster arrived, things changed drastically.
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Recently, it was cheesy as hell, but fun. I also recommend Silent Night, Deadly Night, Night of The Comet, the 1989 Canadian cheese fest, The Brain (starring David Gale, the guy who played a creepy doctor in the film, Re-Animator), Monkey Shines, Curtains and Blue Monkey.
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tagged anywhere interesting lately?
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I love the gratuitous shot of the chick's ass as she's walking around in panties
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