It’s that time of year to settle in and throw in a horror film. So, which ones should you watch? You could stick with Jaws, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Saw, Hellraiser (did you know they made 10 of them), Child’s Play, Scream, Halloween, or your favorite long running franchise. Instead, I’m here with 7 of my favorite lesser known horror films, with some honorable mentions for some comedy horror films.
HM: Zombeavers (2015)/Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)/My Name is Bruce (2007)
Yes, three honorable mentions. My article, my rules.
All three of these are comedy/horror films with different target audiences. Zombeavers targets the classic horror movie fans, using the standard tropes of the tales, but turning them around. It’s about a toxic waste spill that turns a dam of beavers into bloodthirsty killers. Anyone bitten by them will eventually get sick and turn into one as well. Do not expect high brow cinema going into this. The ending may very well kill Swiss, as they show another toxic waste spill, this time getting into a beehive (go ahead, so what the name of that one should be).
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil targets the more casual horror fan. Ever hear about killer rednecks and their murder cabins in the woods? Then you know what you need to going into this movie. In this case, the two rednecks are just trying to get to their newly purchased vacation cabin and get it fixed up. After a terrible attempt at flirting, some local college kids get creeped out and scared by them. Misunderstandings happen, college kids keep dying, and there’s even a woodchipper scene.
My Name is Bruce targets the fans of the one (and only) Bruce Campbell. In a small city, some kids fooling around in a graveyard unleash an ancient Chinese demon. One of them is the worst kind of fanboy, thinking that Bruce is exactly like Ash from the Evil Dead movies and goes to recruit him to help. If you don’t know who Bruce Campbell is, and have never seen the Evil Dead movies, go watch them instead.
7th: The Devil’s Backbone (2001)
Alright, into the serious ones. Fair warning, this is a Spanish horror film done by Guillermo del Toro, so expect subtitles. This is set at an orphanage during the last year of the Spanish Civil War. There’s great visuals, a creepy ghost, and the question of how can a child keep their innocence in the face of a terrible war. It’s thematically similar to Pan’s Labyrinth, but didn’t get the widespread acclaim. If you haven’t seen Pan’s Labyrinth, then see that one as well.
6th: Cube (1997)
This one you may have heard of, it’s a bit old at this point, but I’m still a fan. It’s a relatively low budget film that hides it pretty well. A group of people wake up, all in different rooms, all wearing the same clothes, and not remembering how they got there. The room is a cube, with a door in each side (top and bottom as well). As they move through the rooms, they learn that some are trapped, and work to try to figure out the pattern, and what the hell is going on. This movie did spawn a sequel and a prequel which don’t quite match the same WTF quotient as the original (in my opinion at least).
5th: Identity (2003)
This one uses two familiar premises: opening in media res, and a bunch of travelers getting stranded in a hotel (including a prisoner). People get assigned rooms, and try to settle in for the night. Someone (or something) has other plans. People start dying, and room keys are left by their bodies that don’t match the rooms the people were in. Then the bodies start disappearing. The two premises then get introduced to each other in a fairly novel way.
4th: Drag Me To Hell (2009)
Sam Raimi did this one. If you don’t know who Sam Raimi is, I’ll direct you up towards My Name is Bruce up above. Raimi was making cult films before he hit the big time with the first Spider Man trilogy. (fun fact: the same Delta 88 has been in almost all of his films). Drag Me To Hell was his return to horror after the Spider Man trilogy, and he revels in it. A loan officer at the bank is forced to tell a gypsy that the bank can’t extended their mortgage again. The gypsy curses the poor bank worker, and things start taking a turn to the dark. As they learn more about it, the curse is set to have the loan officer dragged to hell after three days. Lots of blood and gore in this one, don’t watch it if you’re squeamish.
3rd: In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
This is probably the best representation of Lovecraft put to cinema. It’s about an insurance investigator who needs to find out what’s going on with a missing author. The author is due to submit a new book to the publisher, who took out a multi-million dollar policy against him disappearing. The insurance investigator believes it’s all a publicity stunt, and parts of it started out that way, until something from outside found a way to use the author to get into this world. Then it becomes a reality bending story wrapping around in on itself, and managing to swallow its own tail at the end.
2nd: The Babadook (2014)
This is one you are the most likely to have heard of, it made a big splash when it came to Netflix. This tells the tale of a widowed mother raising a six year old by herself. The kid in this movie is a piece of shit as only a six year old can be. One day, he comes into his mom’s room and asks mom to read him a storybook he found called Mister Babadook. Mister Babadook tells the story of a monster (can you guess his name?) that torments people who learn of his existence. Strange things start happening in the house, mom blames the kid, the kid blames the Babadook. From this point, things begin to escalate.
1st: Trick ‘r Treat (2007)
Time for my favorite cult horror film, one that’s perfect for Halloween. Trick ‘r Treat is an anthology film telling several interwoven tales that take place in a small town (in Ohio, which seems to be a hotspot for horror movie franchises), with a little boy (known as Sam) witnessing most of the events. Most of the stories deal with the rules and traditions of Halloween, with those violating them getting punished in some manner. There’s ghost stories, the reason for the jack-o-lanterns, poisoned candy, the proper time to take down the decorations, and what happens to those who don’t give out candy at all? There’s been rumors of a sequel to this move for over a decade, but I wouldn’t get my hopes up.
So there’s some of my.favorite horror films to watch. If I left out your favorite cult film, I may not have seen it (or I may not have considered it cult enough to write it up). I’ve tried to stay with films that you can easily find to rent, purchase, or stream (otherwise Cemetery Man would be in this list). I also tried to stay away from the usual slasher films (Urban Legends would fit here), or ones that go too far into sci-fi (Event Horizon would go here). Go ahead and tell me how wrong I was in the comments.
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468 responses to “Some horror movie picks for Halloween.”
Just want to jump in with T&D v Evil is fantastic and zombbeavers is fun. Now back to the article.
T&D vs Evil, definitely. Even my friends who don’t really dig horror liked that one.
And something kinda in the same vein starring Bruce Campbell: Bubba Hotep.
I tried to stick with more recent films, and to avoid a list of Bruce Campbell films. But My Name is Bruce takes great fun in making fun of Bruce Campbell. And you all can thank my nephew for the idea to put this up. He’s been asking for horror movies to watch, but he’s still a pre-teen. So the list for him was quite a bit different.
Gotcha. I understand not bludgeoning people over the head with too much Bruce, but is there really such a thing as too much Bruce?
I don’t think so, but some people have strange tastes, and don’t like the theme song to Jack of All Trades (sorry, best version I could find). Or that Verne Troyer played Napoleon.
Well, some people suck.
I love (and own) Bubba Hotep.
No fan of horror movies, but that’s barely a horror movie.
Neither is T&D vs E. Give it a shot, I bet you like it.
Me too!
No Event Horizon?
#fakenews
/points up
At least you got the second part right. 🙂
I enjoyed Cube.
Yeah…I might be drunk and I may skim articles when drunk. ?
I adore Cube and rewatch it regularly.
The starring chick is Ezri Dax from DS9, BTW. (I didn’t catch that for years.)
The Last Man on Earth, Vincent Price, Garlic and Shit
My Name is Bruce ain’t shit.
My Name Called Bruce is the shit.
But what about…. ‘whore’ films?
I’ll leave those recommendations to Q.
Elvira was NOT a whore, but boy growing up…..
Something, something, horror porn parody, something, Pornhub, something.
No “When A Stranger Calls”? You’re dead to me.
Night of the Lepus!
Alright grandpas, Metropolis work for you? Or the Blob?
THEM!
/not (((them)))
^^^^
See, I would have mentioned Val Lewton. Something like The Seventh Victim.
Black Christmas was spooky as fuck
I liked that one. Plus, Crystal Lowe in a shower scene.
I’ve seen five of those flicks. Gotta say, I don’t think In The Mouth of Madness aged very well after I rewatched it a few months ago. I dunno, maybe I just wasn’t in the mood or distracted, but I couldn’t get into it.
That one is new to me. I’m intrigued.
Decent cast. Scott Bakula, the chick who played Jean Grey in the first X-Men movies(I think), and George Costanza’s dumb boss plays the main bad guy. Like I said, I may have had other things going on while watching, or was in a shit mood.
Hey! Did you guys know that in Mojeaux’s next book, Q gets pegged by the town drunk?
That’s what I heard. Q gets pegged by Otis.
Ahem, Tres and I are the town Drunks ’round these parts……
/TALL CANS!!!!
This is where Q signed away his future.
This may or may not be relevant to horror. You decide:
I frequently have opined on Michelle Obama’s lack of fashion sense or the good sense to hire someone with fashion sense. Well, apparently, someone heard me. Her hair is much better closer to natural than her straightened hair. It makes her look younger and more feminine. Also, her outfit—that’s a good color on her.
She’s getting closer to being not horrible.
Um, Whoa, that’s a pretty Lady, good for her, and her Weasel….
natural for everybody: it’s all good
/bald guy
Yikes, poor George looks in a bad way.
I’ve always thought black ladies look better with natural hair. E.g. from a childhood movie favorite.
My preference.
I knew someone would go there for me.
It seems more…I don’t know…touchable maybe. This may have been discussed recently. I’m not sure.
I never even considered the idea, but this flap has it burned into my brain. Now, I want to touch the hair of every black chick.
Now, I want to touch the hair of every black chick.
That seems like a bad idea
Mmmmm…
No love for this look?:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ThF4_4wnBPw
I like the LOOK, but it is spoiled by the idea of touching it.
Scotchguard the couch!
George?
Oops. Bob.
I have a confused? George and Mrs. Obama attending and Elizabeth Dole Foundation event?
Bob and Elizabeth Dole and Tom Hanks with Michelle Obama.
Yes, I recognized those in the photo. My confused was regarding Rhywun’s “George” and Mrs. Obama at the event.
I thought it was GHWB for some reason. Yeah, laugh at me.
Dead, or nearly-dead, guy in wheelchair – what’s the difference?
It’s a club. We ain’t in it.
Before I go make my last drink for the night… “Where does Angel Heart rank?”
Up there for certain.
Phantasm.
I’m positive it stunted my growth.
Here’s the trailer.
+1 classic
Unfortunately for me, I was very young (maybe 9, 10) when it came out and I saw it with my mom and sister at a drive-in. That movie ruined a big chunk of my childhood.
Nightmares, night terrors, you name it – I was afraid to close my door at night… yeah, Phantasm fucked me up for a while.
If you haven’t seen Pan’s Labyrinth, then see that one as well.
I’m not a horror guy, but Pan is stunning and ideal for a worldly, well-read crowd such as ours . . . simply a masterpiece.
Pairing: acid and spice should rule; Pan should be watched over a leaner cut like a strip after a slightly fruity salad (olives and candied pecans or mandarins on a spring mix with oil) and the driest shiraz you can find.
Why weren’t there beers recommended for these horror flicks, amigo!?
Because a good red ale is hard to find. 🙂
And I figured pretty much everyone here would have seen Pan’s Labyrinth already, or at least heard of it.
For another foreign-language horror film, try Eyes Without a Face.
The Ear is terrifying but not exactly horror, and impossible to find.
Then Night of the Hunter, if We are going Noir,
/MMMM Shelley Winters
For another one about children losing their mother, try Our Mother’s House.
I’ve said this before “Night of the Creeps” is my go to every Halloween. It scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. Well actually it did the opposite I was scared to sit on a toilet for months after watching it. Now I watch it because it’s fun to see how comically bad it was.
https://youtu.be/zkIxqupUn00
Poultrygeist is guilty pleasure. It’s a horror musical with a set that ends up looking like the aftermath of a GWAR concert. It so stupid, it’s good.
If you like stupid, watch Thankskilling. Never watch TK3. You’ve been warned.
If you want a horror musical, you can look towards Stage Fright. The opening musical number should give you an idea of the songs.
But then I’d go down the rabbit hole of horror comedy movies.
Stage Fright is an Alfred Hitchcock movie. :-p
Tonight is the 100th episode of American Horror Story
Trick r trick had a scare zone at HHN 2017 and a full house 2018. I enjoyed them so much I watched the film and was not disappointed. I agree on cube. Unless you’re a completionist, no need to watch the others. I just watched the littlest reich, a new addition to the puppet master universe. Fun, but stoopid.
And also–any word on Festus?
He checked in a couple of days ago. Doing better, but still not out of the woods.
Dammit.
Get well, Festus. That’s an order.
How about The Thing? very cool Tale and great effects that stand up now,
The Thing (the remake by Carpenter) is brilliant, but I was trying to at stick to ones that most people haven’t heard of.
The original is great too. The second remake was crap.
How about “Night of the Missing Avatars?”
So, I’m not the only one experiencing this….
Nope. Seems to vary depending on which OS & browser you’re using. (Fair amount of discussion late in PM Lynx.)
Nice. A guilty pleasure. I’m pretty sure it’s terrible but I can’t help liking it.
Can’t go wrong with John Cussack, the finest actor of his generation, hands down.
Room 1408?
Another guilty pleasure.
I like the sad ending better. Stupid American audiences.
2112, awesome work….
I love that movie!……
Initiates Rhy, Yusef, Florida Man and The Hyperobole into the Church of John Cusack of Latter Day Films. I am your Pope, Tundra is Arch Bishop, let us start with a reading from Better Off Dead.
“Bone Tomahawk.”
Old school western turns into the most horrible thing I have ever seen in a very well-written an well-acted and well-directed film.
definitely. I still need to watch “Dragged across Concrete” but Zahler really nails genre cinema between BT and “Brawl in Cellblock 99”.
“regressively conservative” recurring themes too – very interested to see them and how they get interpreted compared to other contemporary flicks. (TBH, I’d say “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” has captured some of that at a higher amperage too – just a little less overall violence per screen minute)
“Zahler really nails genre cinema between BT and “Brawl in Cellblock 99”. ”
Yes. I have only seen “Concrete” once, but Zahler has fast become one of my favorite. “Cellblock 99” is so good it’s silly.
I have enjoyed everything Cinestate has produced. Have you seen “The Standoff at Sparrow Creek.” I thought it was really good, like the other Cinestate fare.
Horrible in the splatter sense or just a horrific concept?
By and large, I’m not interested in splatter.
Only one real scene of “splatter” but it is all that and a bag of chips.
The build up and background setting is also ultra disturbing even if you avert your eyes for the key scene.
Pretty gory if I remember, it’s been a while a I was probably drunk, but I want to say it wasn’t done in a gratuitous way. I was going to mention it before Crusty but got distracted thinking about all the great John Cusack movies.
Great John Cusck movies:
“Gross Pointe Break.”
AND THATS IT
You are so wrong.
Again.
The Ice Harvest is his best work, among many many others.
Better Off Dead.
/drops mic
Great comedy,cast and quotable for days, but as for John’s acting chops you got to go with TIH or maybe ConAir.
There is one scene which will haunt you for the rest of your life. The rest of it is tension and build up, which is enhances the one scene, as Fish says.
In terms of Lovecraft – have you watched “The Void” yet? That one comes pretty close too – but yeah, The Mouth of Madness captures the overarching themes a little better overall.
I have not. Just added it to my list.
I saw one animation, French? that was good, where can I find the Void?
https://www.amazon.com/Void-Ellen-Wong/dp/B06XYV5YWK/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+void&qid=1571877852&sr=8-1
Not sure about French animation – I don’t have any “Horror”, but there’s “Fantastic Planet”, “Gandahar”, “Maitres du Temps”, etc.
“Train to Busan”
South Koreans know their horror, yo.
I thought it was pretty standard zombie fare.
It’s one of those ones that gains when you see it compared to the local society (like “I am a Hero” in Japan).
It’s particularly jarring when paired with the animated original flick “Seoul Station” – both by the same director – Train to Busan came out less than a year later in most markets. I watched them back to back in Singapore 2016.
They really took Romero’s original class/consumer consciousness and amped it to 11 (for better or worse – if you know the director) – but increases the viewer engagement too.
It was, but I enjoyed it anyway.
It’s on my list. The problem is the girlfriend doesn’t like horror films, so I have a limited amount of time that I can sit down to watch them.
True.
Thirst (2009)
The Sentinel (1977)
Probably the best in the religious horror category. It’s even more scary when you realize the casting director must have made a deal with Satan.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076683/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
Wow, that is some cast!
Yes, not to oversell it, but it’s arguably better than Rosemary’s Baby or The Exorcist, and I’m Catholic!
Cool. I’ll keep an eye out for it.
This left a mark on me as a yute.
Bette Davis
I would have guessed this.
I didn’t see that until much later, so I don’t think it hit me. I need to watch it again.
Bette Davis
Can’t help it.
That’s kinda funny looking.
Definitely Halloween approved.
Seconded, a good example of religious horror
“Gerald’s Game.”
Excellent Stevo King adapation. Maybe not a true horrors but watch it.
It’s a worth seeing Carla half naked.
She is in a Cinemax show called “Jett” in which I don’t think she gets nude, but she looks absolutely incredible in every scene.
I first became aware of her hotness in Judas Kiss, which is nearly impossible to find now. RIP Alan Rickman.
She is so ridiculously good looking.
Always surprised she wasn’t a bigger star.
I heard it was because she didn’t want to be bigger. She is in that sweet spot where she gets work consistently, but can still go to the store without being mobbed.
“She is so ridiculously good looking.”
Very much so. Her and her husband are the creators of “Jett” and she looks so amazing in every scene it hurt my testes. Like every scene it’s like…”YOURE 46 STOP IT!”
“YOURE 46 STOP IT!”
August, 1971 – 48 and change.
Those are some great genes.
Angela Bassett is 61. She’s got 7 years on Hurley.
::blushes::
Why, thank you… ?
A great series, and she is so incredibly appealing in so many ways.
Burnt Offerings
Amityville Horror
American Werewolf In London
I’m not knowledgeable about Japanese movies by any stretch but for some reason this one came to my attention and seems to fit the topic. I like it enough to make it part of my regular rotation. Plus, it’s colorful.
If you like colorful, try new Japanese horror — The Machine Girl, Tokyo Gore Police, Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, etc.
Sion Sono’s Tag is great.
The original The Ring too.
Dead Sushi is a great horror parody if you are familiar with Japanese horror.
I say it’s colorful because color is a plot element.
Yeah, the original Ring is on a back burner. I liked the American one.
The American one was great. The American Dark Water was crap.
OT
pleasant read on the English history of impeachment
To clip their governors’ wings, Colonial assemblies impeached the governors’ men, only to find their convictions overturned by the Privy Council in London, which acted as an appellate court. Colonial lawyers pursuing these cases dedicated themselves to the study of the impeachments against the three Stuart kings.
There are a couple of partisan bumps in the text, but mostly it’s neutral and factual and definitely worth ten minutes. I found the conclusions regarding AJ17 dubious; otherwise it’s thoughtful.
Never a bad time for a Quatermass trilogy rewatch too – now that all 3 are out on US Blu-ray.
^^ first one is the best though
Is Cabin In The Woods worth mentioning, or has everyone seen that?
It’s a great movie, though you really can’t describe it too much without ruining it.
I know a lot of people that hated it. I thought it was okay.
What’s to hate? I suppose “true” horror fans might be offended, but you’d have to be awfully sensitive for that to be true.
I think they were confused by the ending. I’ll say no much to avoid spoilers.
I was going to add that one myself. I think a sequel would actually be good.
Checking Amazon for all these and if they have them putting them on the watchlist.
Cabin in the Woods also bought up
“Terror at Blood Fart Lake”
Must be good because there’s a “Return to..” as well.
“Green Room.”
It’s like 90 minutes, which is perfect. It’s a punk band vs neo-nazi’s in a very violent John Carpenter-esque well-done film.
Same dude made Blue Ruin, not horror but a very good movie.
Yes, much like Craig Zahler mentioned above, Saulnier is another director who creates must-see content.
Seen it, not bad, not quite what I would refer to as a horror film though.
Jeez check out the genre police!
I prefer lighter fare. Other than the original Halloween, I never cared for the slasher stuff.
Our typical Halloween viewing is either Corpse Bride or Nightmare Before Christmas. When the kids were little, we enjoyed Scooby Doo Zombie Island.
Not a slasher film up there, links go to trailers so you can get a taste.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply your list was slasher fare.
No offense taken. I’m hoping at least one of the films up there looks interesting to you (if you don’t like horror, but like comedy, go for Tucker and Dale).
I like the witch and krampus as well.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4263482/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3850590/
Is Krampus more a Christmas movie than a Halloween movie? I watch it at Christmas.
I have yet to watch it sober enough to remember it very well.
It’s great because it’s both. I love that they used practical effects.
I’d stick Krampus to the Christmas ghetto, but I prefer Christmas Horror Story for my Christmas themed horror (and it’s got the Shat in it).
Pairs well with Gremlins.
Also x-mas horror. Definitely need an x-mas movie cross over list, like die hard, etc.
“The Killing of a Sacred Deer.”
I mean, Florida Man (a man consumed with bad taste!) will poo on it, but the director is very creative – which not all will like – but it’s weird and disturbing and unique.
If you are so fond of choo Choo’s watch snow piercer.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706620/
Ugh, hated that movie.
Largely because so many people declared it the “best movie evar!”.
It’s fine but the plot doesn’t hold up to a moment’s scrutiny.
Much like skin color I don’t see plot holes so I liked it. But also yes.
I find how much I like a movie is based on my expectations. I didn’t know anything about it, so I enjoyed it.
Price of Darkness by John Carpenter. The dream message still creeps me out to this day.
It got me when I was a teenager, but it hasn’t aged that well.
That one got me too. Haven’t seen it in a long time.
I am both fascinated and confused by that film, as the premise is so…disjointed.
I just watched ‘In The Mouth of Madness’ a few weeks ago; I understand so much more about the nature of my work with SF now…
Good call on “Devils Backbone” too – Del Toro’s spanish language material is distinctly superior. His first flick “Cronos” also has a unique take on the vampire mythos (although I think DB is still my favorite overall).
Really want to see his take on a Lovecraft story eventually – given fixed material, I’m pretty sure he would stick much closer to the original themes and not get as cringey as the last couple of pics – “Shape of Water” has it’s moments, but he should have won for Pan’s Labyrinth over that one.
Yeah the Mountains of Madness has been stuck in development hell for ages, and no matter what deals Del Toro makes, it never seems to gain any traction. I would love to see his take on it.
Del Toro makes great moving pictures, I don’t even care what they are about; it’s an experience to even see them, except Blade II, I have some issues with that, but he did realize Norman Reedus was awesome years before the other idiots in Hollywood.
So did Joel Schumacher, for that matter.
For which matter?
Norm.
*see: 8mm
Did you know, in the 90s there were franchise ‘Cheers’ bars, and if you paid before hand they would announce your entrance like Norm?
Ah, I only watched 8mm once, forgot Norman Reedus was in that. Besides Falling Down though Schumacer never did anything of note. Except launching Mr. T in DC Cab
I would straight (heh) up use 8mm if I thought any kind of ethics class. Well, one centered on movies.
Love that flick.
Speaking of asian horror:
Shutter (2004)
I watched bits of the Zuckerburg hearing today…
Wow, our leaders are idiots and boomers. Asking bizarre, nonsensical questions to one of the most powerful men in the world. What a waste.
When are y’all gonna run for political office? We need some new blood.
A lot of graft in the banking sector – Zuck wasn’t prepared for the CBC’s assault.
Does Jacob’s Ladder count?
I sure hope so.
Loved that movie.
+1
Oh hell yeah. One of my favorites.
two taters up, it seems
And surprising no one, something good was remade into something that no one liked.
…remade into something that no one liked.
A zero-sugar link?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%27s_Ladder_(2019_film)
Damn it.
Ugh why.
On the bright side, they mention The Midnight Meat Train which I thought was excellent.
If I could answer that I could explain why every 80’s horror franchise is getting rebooted now.
Hell, I knew they were working on a reboot, and I didn’t even know it had already gone to theaters and flopped.
Zombeavers.
http://archive.li/eAsOz
One and done.
Even if they’re fakes, they’re pretty good fakes.
I see giant gopher mounds, but nary a beaver. Nice though.
That was quite the collection.
Magic skeeved me out as a kid, but I haven’t seen it in years, I wonder how it’s held up.
I found it pretty boring into the freaky end. Of course I was a teenager at the time and didn’t appreciate I was watching Anthony Hopkins.
Sci Fi horror I like: Screamers a movie based on a story by Philip K Dick.
An old one but I good one I remembered called Manitou. Some kind of Woo Woo Indian growing in the back of a chick. Magic powers and low cost special effects.
So many I don’t remember
The Manitou is a hilarious mess. Poor Tony Curtis.
Best horror movie?
When Harry Met Sally.
You bastard.
EXCUSE ME WOMEN CAN HAVE ORGASMS
This guy, always with the comedy.
That’s the horrifying part.
You’re the kind of bad person that I like. I just wanted you to know that.
https://tinyurl.com/y29yw5gk
The one on the right wants me badly. I can tell.
I think they might be twins.
Idle Hands (1999) is a very fun horror comedy.
The first Final Destination (2000) was excellent.
The first Final Destination (2000) was excellent.-
I remember driving home in a rainstorm at night in a borrowed vehicle after watching that movie. I’ve never focused on the road quite so hard.
Even Florida Man can’t cheat Death.
I remember eating a handful of mushrooms before driving home at night in a rain storm on a dark road. They hit early and hard. 25 minutes of terror.
And that was 36 years ago.
How about…watch “Evil Dead 2” again?
jfc I missed the “My Name is Bruce” entry.
Evil Dead 2 is better, but MNIB is solid.
Never saw the whole thing, but caught some of it on “USA Up All Night.” The hand possession scene may be some of the funniest shit ever put on film.
Who’s Laughing Now?
Then there is this.
Where da white pumpkins at.
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/bed-bath-beyond-blackface-comparison-report
House of 1000 Corpses is fun. When I was a wee child I was quite terrified of the Hunchback of Notre Dame and the child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
The Child Catcher was legitimately terrifying.
Light tone from the music aside, the sense of incipient dread in that scene is overwhelming.
I dressed as him one year for a Halloween party. Really brought out some repressed memories for my friends.
Even re-watching that scene now, I remember thinking “He’s looking in the window! He can see you! Hide!”
Shouldn’t watch that right before bed. Lol.
I saw Chitty Chitty Bang Bang when I was little. I did not understand that film at all (and remember almost nothing at all of it), but I said it was my favorite because it made my dad happy.
Rob Zombie’s latest, Three From Hell was not good.
One last round-up post before I crash (most of these should be available for online viewing if you check around): (just scanning my DVD profiler collection ;p)
American Mary – surgical body horror
Black Sheep – NZ Were-sheep (lots of practical effects)
Cal Tiki The Immortal Monster – early Bava, grotesque B&W monsters
Cemetery Man – Rupert Everett plays Dylan Dog the zombie killer
Chinese Ghost Story – HK 1987 horror classic
Dust Devil – Richard Stanley’s S. African supernatural serial killer (he’s got a new Lovecraft flick coming out – “Colour out of Space”)
Evil Aliens – UK Splatter SF
Fearless Vampire Killers – classic just released in remastered blu-ray
Frankenstein’s Army – Soviet WWII found footage flick
Grindhouse – the two parter by Rodriguez (Planet Terror) and Tarantino (Deathproof)
High Tension / Haute … – French splatter
Nightbreed – directors cut
Planet of the Vampires – Bava inspires “Alien”
Waxwork – guilty favorite.
I wish Cemetery Man was easily available for online viewing. I had a pirate copy of it on a CD, which got lost during a move.
As a side note both the Gridnehouse films were also released separately.
Guilty pleasure. Dawn of the dead.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363547/
Yeah…remake wasn’t really that bad. Zack Snyder had some talent back then. Also the first appearance of Sarah Polley since “Adventures of Baron Munchausen”
Another I love but can’t find
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091264/
There is only one zombie movie. What is wrong with you??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd04SwR2eU8
If you like horror, it’s obligatory.
I start nit-picking all the really stupid things they do in the second half to get themselves killed.
The Descent is another recent favorite – not sure if too well-known to fit the theme.
The girl that got them into that mess was a hard would for me.
I’ve loved all of Marshall’s flicks so far….then he went and made Hellboy…might netflix it eventually but the real question is “why?”. His “original” flicks – Dog Soldiers, Doomsday (derivative but fun), Descent, Centurion, etc were just so superior.
Yes.
That one was good. I remember getting mad at my ex when she started texting right before the big reveal. “You’re missing it, dammit!”.
OT to whomever cares: Well, I guess I’m done with MLS for the year. Disgraceful bed-shit from NYCFC in the playoffs. What a fucking joke.
At least NYRB lost too…
?♂️
The one redeeming feature of this season.
No worries. At least you have the Rangers.
*checks standings*
Disregard! Movies!! Yeah, that’s the ticket!!
Oh don’t get me started. Jesus, they suck.
We’ll see.
The first few weeks do not make the season.
Millennials have dinner parties, they just don’t call them that
A generation of trash people imo
When I was millenial age, we had take out pizza and a shit load of beer.
Snake people apparently believe their garbage degrees still mean something.
You’re operating on a whole different level.
Can’t help it.
What do they call it then?
A swinger party?
I prefer a Swinging Party.
Do you have a Spotify playlist? I can’t be arsed to make my own. Plus, I would hate it in week if I did.
I’m very flattered, but no.
Our very own EDG, however, has a brilliant one:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/20QahoaMym4xptW1UNzNpk?si=zsKAxbI-R9OZPvOJJ5VvYg
It’s my favorite.
I already have that one, but thanks. I love most of it, but some of the vocals ruin the jangle for me.
*Ahem* I believe it’s called (drum roll, please), “Hanging out.” Terribly exciting, if you ask me.
You wanna get together and maybe *coughs meaningfully* maybe *coughs ostentatiously* ahem maybe *coughs tubercularly* maybe die of coughing disease?
Su — *cough hack* — re.
Speaking of. A love story for the ages.
The longer version, if anyone cares.
post-recession economy
i.e., a normal, expanding economy?
33-year-old writer … 32-year-old marketer
back when I was a 33-year-old software engineer, I wasn’t having formal dinner parties either. Did anyone here have formal dinner parties when they were single and in their early 30’s? I’m assuming they’re all single.
Those crazy Millennials, they’re _so_ different.
However – “serving coq au vin and fussing over cocktails all night” – listen, you lazy fucks, coq au vin isn’t _hard_, it just takes a bunch of time to cook. If you’re “fussing” over cocktails, you’re doing it wrong.
Finally, “hand-shaken martinis” — MARTINIS ARE NOT SHAKEN, you philistine. When all you know about martinis are from James Bond movies, you should not write about martinis.
/still angry about the shaken Manhattan I was served in Charleston
Yeah I’m Gen X and this describes every “dinner party” I’ve ever had or attended.
Did anyone here have formal dinner parties when they were single and in their early 30’s?
I mean, I’m not single, but I’m 31. We don’t have anything close to formal dinner parties. Usually we grill hot dogs or smoke meat and do a potluck.
Leave me out of this! I don’t have any friends to invite over to the can for a dinner party!
Does Testuo: The Iron Man count?
predecessor of the current splatter trend. Disturbing body horror always counts
A seventies favorite. The film and book both had a big impact on little me.
Bonus: the mom is Doctor Pulaski.
Night of the Demons for pure unadulterated 80’s horror schlock.
The remake is good too. Monica Keena is the sexy.
^
You don’t want to see her now. Looks like she’s had a hard, pilled-out life since then.
There’s a movie called John Dies in the End. It’s more of a drug movie/ horror/sciFi. Very weird but enjoyable.
Loved the book, I’ve been reluctant to watch the movie.
Flick is definitely worth it (it is dir by Don “Phantasm” Coscarelli after all) – still haven’t read book though.
Yes! I admit that’s a fun rewatch movie for me. It appeals to my fondness for psychedelia and Kafka.
I haven’t read the book, but the movie is entertaining.
I don’t know if it’s a horror film or psychological thriller but the French film High Tension is excellent and definitely lives up to its name.
Another good one: Ravenous
Guy Pierce plays a disgraced Army officer sent to the Sierra Nevada mountains in the 1840’s. Several recognizable faces play the other soliders there when they encounter a half-dead Robert Carlyle who stumbles onto the fort. Tales of cannibalism ensue, and you can take it from there.
Shit, Fish beat me to High Tension.
In the middle of a horror flick I once speculated about the motivation/plot/ending etc and my wife said “You realize all of these people are crazy, right? It is all in their heads. There is no monster. She(protagonist) is doing it all and doesn’t know it.”
I thought for a second or two and said “Dammit woman! You just ruined every horror movie ever made for me.”
I don’t really watch them anymore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJxCdh1Ps48
How about some anthologies? The first VHS was very good.
Betamax FTW!
There was an anthology I saw decades ago and because they are impossible to search for, I have no idea what it’s called or anything. Just a few vague memories. Frustrating.
Betamax (2015)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4448082/
I thought you were kidding.
So did I.
Oh, yeah! I’ve seen the first two but haven’t gotten around to the third.
Alright, as a special bonus. Those of you with kids, here is a list of horror films that are PG or PG-13 (no particular order):
Coraline – Creepy story about a family moving, and a girl finding her other parents. Gaiman story, Henry Selick (of Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach fame).
Poltergeist – The original, not the remake. The second one always creeped me out more as a kid, but the first one is scary as well.
Drag Me To Hell – From above! The theatrical release is PG-13
Arachnaphobia – Comedy horror film about killer spiders.
The Others – A ghost story with Nicole Kidman in it, very nicely creepy.
The Ring – US version only.
Twilight Zone – Either the movie version, or any of the classic episodes.
I’d say the Japanese cut of Ringu is also PG-13.
Also if they like subs – “Mr Vampire” and “Chinese Ghost Story” (I don’t think there were titties exposed).
So is The Grudge (2004) but I didn’t think it was so good.
The mirror scene in Poltergeist freaked me the fuck out when I was a kid.
Not the goddamn clown?!?
Clown was bad, the mirror really squicked me out.
Jesus, they remade Poltergeist too?! I can’t even.
+1 The Others – I really like that one. Very well made.
It’s on Starz right now.
Doggone it! I’m pretty sure we don’t get that channel. Loved The Others, but then I do love a good old fashioned ghost story. I’ve mentioned before that one of my favorite movies is The Innocents – film adaptation of Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw.
I have the DVD. 🙂
Coraline is excellent.
I like the whole list.
I’m a huge fan of the original Twilight Zone. I loved it as a kid and have seen just about every one at least once. They used to have marathons on TV20, the local UHF station once a year back in the day. Great stuff.
For those out there that play hockey Miss McGill from “Youngblood” (Finnoula Flanagan) was the old lady servant in “The Others”. If she’d put out like Miss McGill did I’d probably remember the character’s name as well.
JFC, I had forgotten Keanu was in Youngblood.
Really excellent butt on Cynthia Gibb in that movie.
I can’t remember whether Keanu was the one “she do it to” last year or last night, but they all had tea with Miss McGill anyway.
I must say, that is the most scared I’ve ever been watching a movie, but it had nothing to do with the movie. I live alone in the proverbial ‘cabin in the woods’. When ‘The Others’ came out on DVD I had a big stereo receiver running my sound system. The kind with that big knob that turns down the volume, but also turns when you use the remote. So on a dark stormy night I settle in to watch ‘The Others’. The movie starts I’m I’m getting bored. Then I see the volume knob start to turn down at it goes to silence. I grab the remote and turn it back up. Fucking cheap electronics. I keep watching the movie and the volume knob again turns itself down. I take the batteries out of the remote and go manually turn the volume back up. Then it happens a third time. That was scary. I had that stereo for years before and after; that’s the only time it ever happened. Scariest movie experience. But not a good scary movie.
That’s raise-the-hairs-on-the-back-of-your-neck creepy! Did you ever actually watch the whole movie?
I watched the whole thing that night. The movie was the least scary thing going on.
Lost Boys! Great, cheesy fun with an awesome soundtrack.
We know what your favorite scene is. NTTIAWWT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy1B3agGNxw
That was a horror film?
That’s the set where the Cory’s alleged, and well, probably got diddled. So it’s tough for me to watch that anymore without getting creeped out.
I miss TV Guide. Whelp, time for bed.
The Cube was good, I remember watching it and digging it back in the day. Im not a huge horror fan, but one of my all time favorite movies is the Warner Herzog/Klaus Kinski version of Nosferatu. Super creepy stuff there. Watch in the original German or if you are illiterate dubbed in English.
Herzog + Kinski = always disturbing (if good). Pair like a fine vinegar.
Aguirre, the Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo are two of my all time favorite films. So damn good. Kinski could do a man possessed by a mission like no other.
+1 on both
I just re-watched Nosferatu about a couple months ago. It’s a weird take, but what do you expect, it’s Herzog.
I love the 1922 version of Nasferatu.
Check out the Herzog/Kinski then, I think you will like. It’s quite different, but really well done and I like how they do the end.
Here’s the English trailer with the sweet Popol Vuh soundtrack.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fnJqLNGBAPc
No, Lost Boys is not a horror film. Fight me.
Neither is Coppola’s Dracula.
Fuck a duck. Gilmore’d.
The Cube is the perfect metaphor (?) for bureaucratic mindlessness.
Get Out (2017) was very good.
https://archive.li/RplXv/83c5b4c1d91f2ff5478ef1c7c4beb777b7ce5cef.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.li/XlvTW/2561d3598612f9485f3bcc3585e28885324cba1f.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.li/5BYsf/75829375c9c5b8d3b72d1656bf459bad8cac37dd.jpg
NSFW.
OK, time for American Horror story!
I lost interest after season one.
This season is great. Also, Emma Roberts is the cuteness (which I know is not you bag).
It’s Always Sunny’s on, I’m out! Goodnight, all!
I haven’t seen Audition mentioned, that is a great one. Every time I think about it it kind of makes me want to stop dating again.
I have a hard time seeing a tiny girl as scary, but I did enjoy battle royale and hard candy, so it does work.
Oh shit I totally forgot about Hard Candy, I liked that too.
Here’s a fucking horror movie.
I hadda go to the ” employee forum,” today. Picture 600 people in a room listening to the bigwigs tell us how dynamic and effective their leadership has been. We got there early so we sat pretty close to dead center. I, of course, snagged a seat on the aisle end. Well, a, um, well, portly lady wedges past me and sit next to me. No biggie, but then she starts to slide over onto my chair. I tried moving it, but they were attached together with brackets. OK, I’ll be a little uncomfortable, but I’ll live. Then, she’s slathered in perfume. Not subtle nice perfume, that heavy alcohol and extremely powdery stuff. Damn! Now, I know I’m gonna suffer. As soon as the presentation starts, she pulls out…a FUCKING JAPANESE HAND FAN! She’s furiously fanning that horrible assed stinky perfume directly into my face! At any other venue, I’d have leapt to my feet and yelled at her to get the fuck outa there, but I’d rather not be the guy that screwed up the CEO’s annual pep ralley, so I just suffered in silence. I’m telling you, my eyes were stinging and I could breath. The fucking fan ran every 20 seconds. I ended up on the literal corner of the seat rubbing my eyes the whole time. The split second they announced the next stage of the forum, I leapt to my feet and ran the restroom to try and rinse some of that shit off of my face.
* barely breathe
Oh, and this lasted an hour. A whole fucking hour!
That sounds horrific.
Flip the genders and she’d be talking to HR, I suspect.
Damn. That’s gotta be a violation of the Geneva Conventions.
Yeah, and trust me, I’m understating it.
CEO: “Look at that. Mr. Blackjack has been moved to tears at our management’s efforts. Come up to the dais and tell us how you feel right now.”
Good on you for holding it together. Just how “portly” are we talking? At least it wasn’t in an airplane where this happened.
Probably something like this…
Waxworks/waxworks II for the 80’s cheesy horror comedy, also Leprechaun
Night of the Demon
Die Monster Die!
I bought the leprechaun complete set on vudu because I was drunk. Jesus they’re bad, but lep in space takes the cake.
Did anyone use the term “soccer mom” in 1985?
No, and minivans weren’t invented yet.
Sorry, but yes it was.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Caravan
Since its November 1983 introduction for the 1984 model year, the Dodge Caravan has been assembled at Windsor Assembly, . . . .
The HVAC was built at Dayton.
At one of the Delphis?
Come to think of it, that was probably before Delphi was Delphi.
Wasn’t Delphi originally a spin-off of GM’s division(s)?
I thought Delphi was the company my brother made windshield wipers for but I can’t find it on Wikipedia.
Yup. I was a permatemp at one of their engineering centers either side of the spin-off. Stuck around for a while after to see if they’d hire me for real, but no dice. Glad I got out when I did.
Rhy, Delphi pretty much went tits up and took an alias.
I saw that but I swear what I am remembering was before 1995 but my perception of time is so gaffled lately that I could be completely off.
Ahem
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Caravan#First_generation_(1984–1990)
Missed it by that much . . .
*passes by kinnath, and sits in the third row*
OK, but just barely.
I am old enough to remember the station wagon “soccer mom”. And yes they were a thing.
A wedding ring: the world’s tiniest prison.
https://www.suzannevenker.com/family-first/the-best-kept-secret-to-staying-married/
That Bobby dook is the only one I haven’t seen. Good picks.
http://imgur.com/gallery/28u8vuo
Good stuff
Ouch
Huzzah! Lach gets his train reservation to join us on the “Glib Special” run to cmp.
“They came from within” from the weird minds of Canadians.
And Yoga Hosers comes from New Jersey. Stick to your own kind, stop cultural appropriation!
Without avitars I feel like I have dementia, I don’t know who any of you are. Hey! Who just grabbed my moobs!?
All our avatars are gathering a basement meeting room and discussing devastating quid pro quos.
I hope that involves finding me a wife. Otherwise fuck them! Stupid avitars!
Here you go
https://youtu.be/8TycmYnJBqU
Bonus, it’s a horror movie so on topic.
I’m more partial to (((Horror))).
*Durga-Trudeau gives multiple thumbs up*
This inning is a horror show for the Astros.
Installments like SF put out today really wish I was bound by ‘actual words that have come out of Trump’s mouth’ His pronunciation of Hyena would be hilarious though, is my guess.
*wasn’t bound
Fucking words and meaning!
If you want a cheesey, yet compelling, Hammer-esqu movie, give this a shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHgOdkuq3wY
Surprise, they loaded it on x1.75 (yeah, I don’t know why, but the entire movie is just over 1h:35m
Well, it is important to see the film as the film maker intended. Unmatted films are usually why you see a boom mic, the director never meant the audience to see that.
Sir!! You are talking to a n….the biggest Black Dynamite fan!
Oh yeah?
Yeah!
That would, by the way, be the brother in that scene. No, not “bruthah”…the actual brother.
I think we had this convo before *raises fist at sky* linky to Outlaw Johnny Black trailer, as I’ve sure done before.
When the hello are they releasing that thing?? I’ve been waiting a year, if not longer.
And, yes–we did have it, sometime in the back then.
Yes……the “hello”
/fml
For some reason this meme is still allowed on Twitter.
I don’t get it. Fuck asians. I mean, really, that is my life plan…
Saw it in response to this.
https://twitter.com/WandervogelJ/status/1187117865947848704
OK, so she is a stupid piece of shit, I still don’t get a What I guess is a PRC soildier?, aiming at furries has to do with it.
It’s Twitter, dude. Hit yourself in the head with a hammer, drink some rubbing alcohol and dwell on the time you got sucker punched under the bleachers in middle school and then you may come close to understanding what is happening. I just watch from a distance and enjoy the insanity.
I did all those things, and I still don’t get it.
Huh, YouTube just cued this up a few minutes ago.
That sounds like Pizzicato 5.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z22nzBVLCto
Its like 2G and 3G of City Pop. All of which sounds like an alternate world where rock and metal didn’t take off in the 70’s and 80’s.
You have a really odd YT set-up, Gustave.
The current rabbit hole started with
https://youtu.be/DLNYMwHuEkM
That palindromic name caught my eye.
Yes, and my Youtube suggestions are weird and not always connected.
That has a nice groove.
Scary movies, er, scare me, so are avoided. Here’s something scary for SoftBank shareholders:
Tech and finance experts are shocked by SoftBank’s ‘stone-cold crazy’ $1.7 billion golden parachute for ousted WeWork CEO Adam Neumann
Sell a service for 50 cents that costs a dollar, make $1.7B. Party like it’s 1999!
It’s astounding he got that payout. There has to be something getting buried for him to get that kind of payout.
*Takes a puff off a pipe full of “Rapper Weed, (aka, stupid expensive,)straight from the Emerald Triangle*
Yes, I said I was signing off hours ago. Sue me, bitch.
Anyway, this isn’t the Star Wars we’re going to get, but it’s the Star Wars we deserve.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dXlao2KNYjQ&t=40s
A pleasant evening to you all.
Meh…more entertaining that “Life Day“.
Dammit, my internet crashed for a few minutes before I could rewind to the beginning. Anyway:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dXlao2KNYjQ&t=40s
Okay, I’m obviously experiencing technical difficulties. That’s my cue to bugger off.
I think that’s the cue to drink and/or smoke more until the technical difficulties subside. It’s the Glib way.
What in the ever-lovin’-fuck did I just watch?
The very embodiment of a ‘cash grab’.
Don’t be too hard on Lucas, though–no one really know the lightning in the bottle that was Star Wars, and, the movers and shakers were desperate to get anything from that franchise out. They put something together, and you just watched a snippet of that ‘something’.
One of the best business decisions ever was Lucas keeping a fat percent of toy sales for himself.
7-year-old me agrees with this wholeheartedly. Whatever kept the toys getting made.
The mother-unit gave away all of my Stay Wars toys without my consent when we moved circa 1984. Still bitter over that….
I think I’ve mentioned here that, one day, while looking around my mother’s house, I found an unopened TIE fighter from either ANH or ESB. You could still see that brownish tape with the small cords running through it… I left it alone, although I should have snagged it then. This would have been early to mid 90’s
I asked her about it a couple of years later, and she laughed, but couldn’t remember it. Said she must have bought it for me at some point and just forgot it was under the bed. Went to look, and it was gone.
“I probably gave it to Good Will.”
A shocked lecture was forthcoming about how much it must have been worth, and what she could have done with the $. Like, give it to me!
I think Id rather watch onecthe movies then see that again. Yuck.
C’mon….you totally want to see Carrie croon again.
I don’t know about you, but, this “arctic hares in the snow” theme is starting to seem normal.
::looks over at CPRM::
Not that I don’t
myour avatars back.Ha ha! I can see you on my phone but you can’t see me!
::looks over shoulder::
GT??? GT, you here??
Yup. Just in time to say nighty night. If you’re around 6ish EDT (5ish CDT) I’ll say good morning.
Dang–that’s when I start wrapping up around here (boss shows up).
Well, good sleep to you, just the same.
?
HEEHEEHEE
For any late-nighters: What the hell is the deal with Brian Stetler’s mouth?
It’s got some kind of ‘chopped liver meets fleshlight meets Plasticine’ thing going on….or, at least, that’s as close as I can get to describing it.
It’s his entire face. There’s some serious uncanny valley shit going on there. He looks like a sex doll – a sex doll that no person in the history or future of the entire universe would ever want in a million years.
YES!! By Jove, you’ve hit on it. Since the mouth is what moves the most, it’s easy to focus on it. But, it is indeed his entire face.
Clint Howard has a more distinguished face than his, and that’s saying something.
I think that’s what they call a “purtty mouth”. “They” being a certain contingent of banjo music fans.
Listening to Snowden on JRE. 3.2M views and it’ has been up only for a day. Snowden does a great job of detailing a multitude of violations of privacy by the intel community. His answer is for there to be more transparency, but the very nature of govt is for it to grow and then become less transparent. Really good interview and Rogan stays out of the way.
I tend to like Rogan’s style of interviewing. He doesn’t make it about what he wants to hear from the person, he pretty much just lets the person present their topic. Rogan will jump in if he has additional information or if the person isn’t clear on some point and (if/when) Rogan knows something about it. I don’t really like Rogan’s personal politics but he’s pretty good about not forcing the discussion to follow or conform to his political ideals.
And this kid is my hero.
https://mobile.twitter.com/jason_howerton/status/1187046966305284096
Smart li’l bastard, isn’t he?
I’m jealous. Being a smartass and being on the right side of an issue is the golden grail.
Baking a b’day cake for my oldest. I’m glad they still want me to do this for them. Before too long I doubt they will even want me around.
Happy Birthday to the twerp.. Just passed my kid on the street coming home from school. I just came home between jobs to do our laundry, vacuum and straighten up the house. I wave at her and she ghosts me. So yeah, enjoy the times before they turn into snots.
#SpiritBaby
Happiest of birthdays to your oldest, T.
Straff–it sounds like, if she wants to ignore you, doing all the cleaning might be a way she could divert her attention away from you, and you could rest a bit between jobs.
That’s child rearing according to Dr. Digby
Yeah, I went to watch mine at a track meet yesterday. After his run his group came back up into the stands. As he passed by I put up a hand for a high five – completely ignored it and walked by like he didn’t know me.
I suppose that’s better than our kids growing into adults that still call us “Papa”.
And I’m looking at you, Pocahontas.
Yup. Totally hoping to see the day when he spreads his wings on his own. That’s the whole point when it comes down to it.
Glad you’re cool with that in the end, T. My first reactions is, “You don’t violate the Bro Code (leave a guy hanging in the air), even if it’s Dad!”
Well . . . it’s about 430 am here. I’m sitting in a waiting area at the hospital. Some.of you have seen me mention Lilah before, a Friends daughter who has epidermolysis bullousa. She’s back in the hospital again. I don’t have the security code to get throught the doors right now and I’m guessing the mom fell asleep, so I’ll just wait. I’m supposed to drop some.stuff off and I also.dont want the mother to have to be alone at the hospital. Prayers/thoughts for this little girl please . . . it’s not looking too good.
If you want to know more . . .
https://m.facebook.com/fightebwithlilah/
Kids with serious health problems are the ultimate nut punch. Best wishes to Lilah.
Killing time here, so I’ll put down a thought. I could go online and find people who are much more knowledgeable about things that we talk about here. I could find people that would push back on my ideas with more vigor and do it without being disingenuous. I could find better shitlords. There are a million places I could spend my limited time online. But even as an atheist ancap, I don’t think I could find a place that hits a better balance of all the things I’m looking for.
So, you’re saying we’re second best??
RED RIBBONS FOR EVERYONE! sil-VER! sil-VER!
You only say that because you haven’t met me in person. I am the shitlordiest shitlord you can imagine, and I am not the only one here. You would probably get more pushback if. you weren’t right about things more often than not. As for knowledge someone asked me a question a while back and I answered that I didnt know.
“What?! But Suthenboy, I thought you know everything!”
” I do…just….well, you know, not all at the same time.”
You are good company Straffin.
I used to spend time on gun discussion boards but found the conservative element too right wing and maybe not too often but often enough there were a few who seemed a bit racist. I might be a bit of a single issue voter but my political perspective is quite a bit broader than your average former Marine grunt.
Back at TOS, one day I realized that I was skipping the articles & link posts entirely and heading straight for the comments – not to comment myself, just to read ’em. First clue. So glad I found my way here.
How are there 400+ comments and nobody mentioned Dead Ringers? Jeremy Irons and Jeremy Irons as evil twin-brother gynecologists? What’s not to like?
Ugh… my work schedule finds me here at odd times. So a couple three Late Night Posts ago, the topic turned to female vocalists of the ’70s (Karen Carpenter, Charlene, etc.). I would like to belatedly put in a good word for Charlie Dore.
I remember that one! Harmony bits like that always make my ears perk up – that was when I was deep into my Manhattan Transfer phase (though my idol, Laurel Masse, had left by then ***SNIFF!!!***) Was Dore a one hit wonder? I never would’ve remembered her name.
Hey Suthenboy, if you would be so kind as to indulge some possibly stupid questions. How are brass cartridge casings manufactured? Is the manufacture of same something that could done on a small scale (perhaps, home loader to small machine shop size)? Do you think there is much of a market for boutique cartridge sizes (where do C&Rsenal/Forgotten Weapons get their ammunition)?
Good morning. They are made similar to the way aluminum cans are made. They start out as a stamped disc and then are pressed into a series of dies with a punch, each successive one getting closer to the final shape. Also, they are not pressed in one smooth go. The punch kind of vibrates, each vibration pressing a little further (depending on the alloy from a distance barely perceptible to 1/128th of an inch). This is not a process for the weekend reloader.
It is so much easier and cheaper to just buy them in bulk. If you are looking for stuff no longer manufactured you would have to want it really badly. What cartridge are you wanting to make? Sometimes you can find something close and fireform it in a gun.
Check these guys out: http://www.corbins.com/intro.htm
If you are wanting to make bullets, that is a different story. Not cheap, but you can make any bullet, jacketed or not. I am really curious why you would want to do this.
As for Forgotten Weapons…my guess is that they find old batches. Also, many obscure chambering are still manufactured but they are done in small bunches and maybe once every ten years or longer. Black Hills ammo used to be a good source of obscure stuff, I dunno if they still are.
‘Mornin’, Suthen. I don’t suppose you remember using the term “gender traitor” in a comment quite a ways back, do you? I’m trying to figure out who should take credit (blame) for my handle. For some reason I can imagine you saying it.
Diggy.
Heheheheheheheh…
Mornin’, Diggy! You’re still here! You weren’t waiting up for me, were you? (Don’t wanna get you in trouble with the bossman!)
Here – have a listen to one of my favorite redheads and favorite singers of all time.
No, I don’t remember but then I cant remember what I had for breakfast yesterday. It’s possible I suppose but it sounds like a term anyone here could have used. I like the term. Love your handle.
Thanks. Or rather, I guess we should both thank a Shitlord for it.
based on the comment archive thisis the first use of the phrase “Gender Traitor”
Your first comment as Gender Traitor came three months later so take that for what it is.
That could well have been the one! Thanks, Teh Hype! Excellent research skills, my good man! ::blows kiss::
Yeah, some is definitely NOS (new old stock). See Ian having difficulty with his new toy
https://youtu.be/ZVO01T94daM
“can’t Gun Jesus just turn water into 7.65 French?”
Maybe too late to help but I know these guys used to be the go-to shop for obsolete ammo:
https://www.ows-ammo.com/ammunition
Thanks. I had nothing particular in mind, just daydreaming of agorist manufacturing and how one might make oneself useful in an AnCap society (stop snickering; a boy can dream).
Best strategy is to stockpile now while stuff is available and to utilize what is most abundant now. That’s gonna be 38spl, 9mm Luger, 40 auto, 45acp, 22lr, 223 Remington, 308 Winchester.
The best post-apocalyptic guns are gonna be simple (single shot, bolt action) that are reliable and wont need repair chambered in something common and abundant. Good, all around chambers would be 22lr and 20 or 12ga shotgun.
If there were such an event medicines, tools, canned food, water filters etc would be of more use than guns. The people who would survive and prosper are the communities that would come together, pool resources and cooperate. Those guys that hole up with their hoard are gonna be toast.
There used to be dies available to make brass jackets for 30 caliber bullets out of fired 22 rimfire cases. I always thought that would be a real useful item in a post-apacolyptic world.
Lies!
Not a fan of the genre?
Not anymore. I used to watch a lot of them in college. Then I realized I wasn’t actually entertained, and the time was better spent elsewhere.
Warty’s basement found?
On that note, I must excuse myself for a few to attend to morning ablutions.