ntnon

I think the consensus was "definitely not," but I'd lean towards "...hmm.. not quite."

ntnon

It's on Hulu, I think, if you have that...

Booo! Don't let the critics get you down, Wild Card it at least...

ntnon

It's so off-the-deep-end in satire and spoof that (I would have thought) it's hard to hate if you have any love of comedy. The mumbling! The rationales! The non sequiturs! The throwaway lines - "SHE'S IN THE BARRR!" - are crazy-brilliant...

Hope you get to it. I'd welcome your thoughts (especially if you still don't care for it).

exharrison

That is cool. I've thought about buying those episodes on Amazon or Vudu as they tend to be the ones that I enjoy rewatching the most.

Spiderbite

Don't get me wrong. It's a terrible movie. I find the lead actor to be overwhelmingly annoying. But some of the lines in the movie are so hilarious. And the exploding hooker scene and the scene with the flying head are just too damn funny.

Lots of boobs and surprisingly decent camera-work (at times) make it worth seeing. Would I own it, probably not. But it is a fun movie to watch with friends.

TheBigDave

FXNow has every Simpsons episode for FREE. And they have a playlist with all the Treehouse of Horror episodes grouped together. The app's available on Roku, AppleTV, FireTV, Xbone & 360, iOS devices, and Android.

http://www.fxnetworks.com/fxnow

exharrison

Thanks. I'd try that, but it looks like it is tied to a cable package, which I don't have. I just have slingtv.

TheBigDave

You're right, it looks like you have to sign-in to get those episodes. But if you have a friend or family with cable, they can probably register for you. It's pretty easy.

mightysparks

I think she's an awful actress with no screen presence. I haven't liked her in anything I've seen except Crimson Peak (though she had the occasional bad scene). Looking at the films I've seen, maybe it's because she picks Oscar bait movies and her performances have that 'desperate for an Oscar' air to them.

Also, re: Frankenhooker, I thought it was great. And I have no interest in boobs, so...

Dick Laurent

Ah, well I'm counting it as 100% Theme compliant (I did watch both Subsets), since I just watched three movies before I came back and read your response...

Whoa, really? I didn't know it was a rarity. I guess I got lucky with that one!

SethDLH

Yeah, I think it was limited to 1000 and it goes for over $100 now

nezumi

Just to make sure we're all on the same page, I was talking about the 1997 movie titled Breeders. IMDb tells me that it's actually a remake of the 1986 film of the same name...? I'm going to have to track down the original for next year's challenge.

Whiskey Warfield

I've been in sickbed for the last four days and it looks like the chance to beat my record of 95 entries is blown. I'll get back on the horse tomorrow.

jacob_b

Looks like I will finish those up then to try for a prize.

You can say that about Bale, Cooper, Lawrence, and a lot of A list actors.

Has anyone seen Pontypool? Just watched it and curious on the thoughts. I know one of the Soska Twins love it.

mightysparks

Yeah, that's why I don't like most of those either I like Bale, but only in certain roles (like American Psycho). His recent output is lame, but unlike the others he does have good screen presence.

jacob_b

You are a harsh critic lol.

mightysparks

I know

Julie Walker

I've been busy and also procrastinating. So I haven't gotten any viewings in since last Sunday. Today I'm coming down with a fever, and waited way to long to put on a movie(when I could've had time to watch two or more if I started early enough). So the planned double feature was canceled to just one feature.

So I watched Friday the 13th part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan(1989) since I hadn't seen it in years. It's not a great movie, but it's alright and has it's moments, including a few clever bits of genuine humor. I noticed some good camera work and editing and strange angles scattered throughout. But it's still the ultimate 'what if' film that never was. If only Paramount didn't cheap out on the budget, we might have gotten a kick ass movie.

I was going to watch Evil Dead 2 on blu-ray, but since my family came home and went to bed before the first movie was over. I didn't want to watch a loud movie and rock the house. So I'll save it for another time, then move on to Army of Darkness after since I just got the new Scream Factory release.

Tomorrow, it's looking like I'll be watching the remake of The Fly with a friend. I hadn't seen the movie in years, and it's sort of a traumatizing movie for me since it's so sad, that it takes a lot for me to watch it after having seen it plenty of times in the 90's. I loved the movie, but it's just so tragic, but that's what makes it great.

By the way, Best Buy has both versions of The Fly on blu-ray for $5-$6 and I picked them both up yesterday. It'll be great seeing the original film in full, since I've never watched the entire thing in one sitting yet and had only seen bits throughout.

Undeadcow

People don't like Frankenhooker? Wonders never cease.

Here are my subgenre choices for this week's trivia...

Madness & Paranoia - the slow burn psychological stuff can be fun.
Vampire - it seems like at least lately there have been more inventive vampire movies and these can often be more moody.
Possession - often seem more unusual and hallucinatory.

Undeadcow

Dead Within (2014) on Netflix was surprisingly good.

I agree that Crimson Peak was too predictable; plus

cwileyy

Has anyone seen Goodnight Mommy? I had heard a lot of good things about this one and it definitely lived up to its reputation. Probably the best FTV of the challenge for me so far!

CrazyMat

With all this talk of Frankenhooker, I decided to watch it. I enjoyed it and found it to be a hilarious and fun movie. I would consider it one of those B Movies that is so bad its good

shadokitty

Jersey boy wants to play doctor.

jacob_b

Never was able to make it out there to watch it. Might find a way to stream it along with Tales of Halloween

Gobear

I will Wild Card it. I haven't used any yet, now is as good a time as any.

For the the drive-in double feature, I went with this.




I got to crack open my Vincent Price Volume II Blu set for the first movie, and DVD for the second.

Return of the Fly is definitely a step down from the original film, but it is still reasonably entertaining. The fly mask used here looks like it was cast as a solid head piece, so it doesn't look as real as the fly makeup in the first film.

The Alligator People is a B-feature in every way.The story is about a woman looking for her missing husband who had mysteriously recovered from a plane crash without a scratch. The wife tracks hims down to a clinic in a Louisiana bayou where sinister research has been performed and the title tells the rest.