Turkey Challenge 2019 - Rules / Sign Up Thread

1) Still use IMDb ratings.

1.0 = 6 points.
1.1-1.9 = 5 points.
2.0-2.9 = 4 points.
3.0-3.9 = 3 points.
4.0-4.4 = 2 points.
4.5-4.9 = 1 point.


2) First time view = 1 point.

3) Can be any genre.

4) Trifectas. Yes. Director actors, and series. For director and actors you can bunch siblings and parent / children or grandparent / grandchildren.

5) A movie can only count towards one trifecta.

Single Trifecta - 5 points

Double Trifecta - 7 points

Triple Trifecta - 9 points

Etc.

6) 1 bonus point for the director or directors also acting in the movie. Only one point can be earned per film.

7) Movies with 5.0 ratings or better don't count for any points.

8) Must be at least 45 minutes long for full credit. Half credit for films between 25 and 44 minutes.

9) Start - 12:01 AM on November 1.
End - You must start you last movie prior to November 30 11:59 PM.

Blood Freak '72: A Legitimate Turkey

Just rewatched this one, and I don't know what's up sfpx's butt. This movie has all the makings of a trash epic. It's extremely boring, drawn out, and our protagonist Herschell reminds me a lot of our best friend Tromafreak. Of course, they both live in Florida and turn into evil turkeys when they smoke pot, but that's beside the point.

The point is that this movie is awful. The lighting and sound design are awful. The redundant stinger sound effect when the turkey is killing is awful. The editing is awful. The acting is terribly unenthused by most parties. I honestly think some of these actors had to refrain from laughing when they saw the turkey monster coming to get them.

The best part is indeed the ending. Our boring narrator has been interrupting this film on and off with his mindless musings on god know's what... I zoned right the fuck out every time he was on screen, but he kinda looks like a medley of Sean Penn and Vincent Price. This dude just preaches anti-drug shit and goes into a coughing fit because he's been chain smoking this entire movie.

And of course, at the very end, it was all a dream. This movie couldn't get any dumber, which is why I nominate it for the turkiest turkey award, which I just made up. This is a turkey slasher that epitomizes the turkey qualities we love^hate most.

An old episode of The Bionic Woman

From 1976. The idea of this episode was that everyone thought there was a ghost running amok in these people's house, but it was actually a girl who didn't really know that she had telekinesis, and was causing all kinds of mayhem via her unconscious mind, as she slept. The commentary here says it was inspired by The Exorcist, but of course it had to be at least partly inspired by Carrie. The family name of the telekinetic girl is Cory. I mean, come on.
https://bionic.fandom.com/wiki/The_Ghosthunter

The book Carrie had come out in 1974. The movie Carrie came out later on, in the same year this epsidoe of TBW aired, 1976.

Aha, here's some commentary:

Disconnected Kind of Stuck With Me After Watching it So I Made a Video About It

Horror Anthologies (books)

check this out, this is a great resource. You can find enough short stories and novellas on this page to keep you happily reading for the rest of your life. I was looking for a webpage or blog about 90s horror authors, novels, and short stories, which I know very little about. But I found this... good enough for me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker_Award_for_Best_Fiction_Collection

Medicine

Hey guys, I am just curious about something. Recently I had my mom 'borrow' some of my medicine and use it herself. I found out this morning, and called her on it. She said she had every right to take it because she needed it, and she was going to replace it. I was completely pissed off, and told her that under no circumstances should anyone take anyone else's medicine, and I got called selfish and told that I was overreacting, and she did nothing wrong. I guess what I am saying is do you guys think it's okay to take someone else's medicine as long as you will replace it? And any parents on here, would you do that to your kids knowing your kid needed it? And if you guys think I am overreacting tell me, I just can't fathom that my mom would do this, because she needed the medicine for herself and couldn't care less that I needed it, and it was my prescription. And the funny thing is, if she would have talked to me, and asked for some I would have given it to her....

What movies did you buy or watch this week? (11-19)

Bought:

Road Games (Blu-ray)
Return to Macon County (Blu-ray)
The Fan (Blu-ray) pre-ordered

Watched (rentals or YouTube):

Gremlins (first time seeing this, believe it or not)
The Poison Rose

A joke reminding me of Cannibal Holocaust's ending.

We have a tear-off Calendar with at the back of each page jokes, sayings, information about celebrations, traditions etc. When the 11th November started tearing of the 10th November page there was this joke on the back side

Translated from Dutch language

A Cannibal once asked an army officer who was eating the enormous amount of human flesh of the victims of the wars.
The officer explained that white people did not eat human flesh.
The cannibal shouted: What? You are really barbaric! You kill people just like that without any purpose!

Next that it reminded me of the famous last words spoken in Cannibal Holocaust, it also made me remember how power hungry and greedy so-called civilised people can be.

American Horror Story: 1984

I'm not sure if anyone here has seen any of the AHS seasons, but I am a huge fan of this show! Most seasons are really good, my least favorite would have to be Roanoke. Anyways, whenever they announced that season 9 was going to be an 80's slasher theme I was totally excited! 80's slasher movies are one of my favorites!

@Pick & I were able to watch the first episode on Thursday and I was really impressed. The acting was cute & cheesy like a normal 80's slasher. I think they have a pretty good cast this season, although I do miss Sarah Paulson & Evan Peters, but I totally understand why they both needed to take a break.

I am looking forward to see how the rest of the season goes. A lot of people are saying they get the Friday the 13th vibes, and I see it too, but whenever I first saw the trailer I got Sleepaway Camp vibes! So I am excited to see what twists this season will have!

Any thoughts? Anyone else love this show as much as I do? I'd love to hear!

Do you have an agenda?

Interpret this as question as you will. You can tell that the media has a political agenda in almost anything they say or do. You know Hollywood has an agenda based on representing minorities or Oscar-baits or whatever the fuck there is inbetween. Everyone has an agenda, so to keep things phrased more simply... What are you working on?

We're in the midst of the holiday season, so everyone is probably busy working. I know I am, because I work at a dollar store with all kinds of Thanksgiving and Christmas merchandise to push, and I also work at a movie theater, which means I have to cater to that Christmas rush, which in this day and age means only one thing. Star Wars. This year, we have the final Star Wars film of the ongoing saga coming out. Episode IX, which is sure to draw in huge crowds, even if the last movie sucked balls. Me, on the other hand? I'm moderately interested, mostly because of Lando's triumphant return, but the holiday season is otherwise annoying as fuck for a guy like me. I have to deal with obnoxious crowds with too much money to spend, and even if my workplace can allow tips, it's much more convenientl for me to skip that jargon just so I can I wade through the crowds.


But back to the point at hand... I've drank a fair amount of whiskey, so I'm in the mood to be truthful as fuck. What are you working on, in YOUR life?

I would love to hear all of your ramblings, so I'll begin with mine. I'm still doing online computer classes. My teachers range from cool to dumb-as-fuck, but I'm still trying to finish some coding classes for C, C++, and C#, which I'll probably never use. Trash Epics only ever deals in web-based languages, but @der assures me that this is a stepping stone prerequisite for bettering myself, and if the financial aid has proven anything, it's that rent is due, and I'll take any help I can get.

Of course, I'm always focused on the future of TE, and what TE means to people ME. And that's trash! I always want to innovate, so I'm still focused on new skins, like Junkipedia, and perhaps Dumblr and finishing the Farcebook and making them more prominently featured on the site. These sites make themselves out to be heroic pioneers in the industry, but if a dumb fuck like me can immitate them in days time, then who are they fooling? The goal with these skins will always be to open our appeal, but in a greedier sense, it will be to help my portfolio so I can eventually make bank due to TE's efforts. After all, if I make bank, I can start making Trash Epics. Fo' rizzle.

Beyond that, I'm also trying to work on my writing. I wrote a novel and a half, and while one of those books has received "okay" reviews by it's entire 3 readers, I'm quite passionate about writing more, so I waste entirely too much time on plotting/writing those stories. I feel I need to allocate more time into watching stuff, but life is a difficult balance of wants and needs.

Besides writing and coding, my only other goal in life is to get a haircut. I guess I'm a simple bastard in this way.


So please feel free to ramble on what your objectives are in life. Don't make me the asshole who only goes on to ramble on what his goals are. Tell us about your goals and endeavors as of late!