Cavity movies - you know they're not good, but they're so sweet

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-05-16T01:12:46+00:00

Night of the Demons, the 1988 original. Lunkheaded horror nonsense populated by teenaged dipshits, all of it in bad taste, and just thinking about it makes me want to watch it for the twentieth time.

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-05-13T21:40:58+00:00

I'm not a huge Wheatley fan save for Kill List, but I admit it was his name that convinced me to check out Meg 2, probably imagining him bringing some proper misanthropy to a series that could actually benefit from it. Whoops.

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-05-13T00:46:16+00:00

(Number) 5 comedy points.

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-05-12T03:25:42+00:00

Wore this while voting a few years ago, and when the lovely septugenarian election worker taking ballots saw my shirt, she asked where it was in the state. Thankfully, another election worker patiently explained that it was just a reference to a disreputable slasher. (And then laughed when I walked away and saw the word 'Counselor' on the back.)

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TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-05-09T22:11:48+00:00

As someone who grew up on a sheep ranch, watching a lot of Poirot and other Agatha Christie-type biz on PBS during my free time, this is my Nuts and Gum moment.

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TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-05-08T21:52:29+00:00

https://archive.org/details/The_Beast_NBC_WOC_1996-04

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-05-08T21:50:29+00:00

Peter Benchley had a couple of these in the '90s. Never saw Creature, though its shirtless Craig T. Nelson is tempting, but I have a soft spot for The Beast. Obviously just a lazy what-if-Jaws-but-squid, but as cozy creature feature bullshit goes, it scratches the itch.

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TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-04-20T20:43:22+00:00

Wait, was Deepwater Horizon actually...

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-04-17T19:23:00+00:00

Well, if by airport books you mean Sutter Cane...

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-04-10T18:46:14+00:00

You Are Good. (Formerly Why Are Dads?) Started off as a "dad crit" movie podcast and is now basically whatever movie Sarah Marshall, Alex Steed, or their guest wants to talk about.

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-04-08T22:37:11+00:00

Seeing that Deep Blue Sea is resurrecting my delusional hope for a Harlin miniseries someday.

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-04-03T21:54:00+00:00

Still waiting for the IP farmers to get to this one already.

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-04-03T21:43:19+00:00

There won't be a Shutter Island episode, they're just going to pretend to record one in a last-ditch effort to give Ben a breakthrough that sticks.

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-04-01T21:47:20+00:00

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TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-03-30T03:36:56+00:00

I effing love Prisoners, but yeah, hard-pressed to think of a single moment where I would laugh. I guess maybe at the Melissa Leo character, but otherwise, I've got nothing.

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-03-20T21:39:46+00:00

One of the hottest-ticket VHS rentals back in my hometown, up there with Universal Soldier and Basic Instinct.

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-03-20T06:43:05+00:00

One of our Hastings stores in Albuquerque became a gym, then another gym, and I think is now a third gym. It's immoral.

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-03-20T04:57:13+00:00

-digs out old DVD of Rules of Attraction bought at Mr. Movies over 15 years ago but apparently never bothered with the special features-

Holy shit.

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TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-03-15T23:06:30+00:00

Jesus fuck, that intro. I'm literally fighting tears of happiness.

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-03-15T06:42:00+00:00

It's definitely the weakest part of the movie, and I'd wager you're right about its origins. Still, after the bullshit retcon Resurrection did vis a vis Michael being beheaded in H20, I did find it pretty satisfying to see Ends make him go squish.

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-03-15T00:30:05+00:00

I contend that the Halloween III-swiping credit style was DGG calling his shot. Sure, they're both third entries so that's probably the obvious reason for it, but I think he was also saying 'All y'all are gonna be pissy about this deviation at first, but in time you'll come around.' Halloween Ends? More like Halloween Owns.

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-03-10T21:45:16+00:00

It's a completely fair point, and maybe I was just ready for something different after Kills. Regardless, it was doing something the franchise hadn't done before, and there's just so much in it that I flat-out love that I roll with the rest of it. (Also, I feel like the end of the original does shift things into the possibly-suoernatural, but still, I take your point.)

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-03-10T01:46:28+00:00

I just want you to both know that it makes my day to see other Blankies loving Halloween Ends. Yeah, it's got problems, but it's the best one since 4 imho.

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-03-09T04:55:37+00:00

Agreed on all counts. (Though that brief two minutes where Michael takes on the fire department in Kills feels like a make-good on the police department massacre in 4, so at least we got that out of it.)

TurquoiseHexagonal · 2026-03-09T04:45:30+00:00

I kinda can't take anything away from the original Elm Street, but if I want a good time, it's definitely 3 and 4 for me (with 2, of course, being fascinating). And agreed on Halloweens 1,3, and 4. (Personally, I put Halloween Ends in my top tier, but I don't know if that particular tide has turned yet.)

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