help ID a song

Maybe someone here can help me out with this. Do you know a song that goes something like "It's alright! (then a softer chorus goes "it's alright, it's alriiiiiiiiiiight...") It's OK! (it's OK, it's Okaaaaaaaayyyyyy...) Gonna live! From the edge of the night, til the edge of the day..." I am having problems googling this. I'm usually not that awful about figuring these things out, but I'm completely blowing it today.

I'm not a hundred percent sure he says "edge," either... it could be "end", but I just think edge would probably make more sense.

Any help is appreciated.

2019 Black & White Challenge Discussion Thread



A place to talk about anything related to this year's Black & White Challenge https://trashepics.com/post/8/62/.

I don't know what to watch for it. What else is new? Maybe the past progress threads can help all of us:

2017 https://trashepics.com/post/9/120/
2018 https://trashepics.com/post/9/179/

The discussion threads don't offer much in the way of recs, but @Box made a thread about some B&W classics: https://trashepics.com/post/1/384/

They Shoot Zombies, Don't They?

I have talked about this list before, but it is like a bible to me for horror movie recs, at least the most important movies in the genre. I use it as a reference for what to watch frequently. I have seen 634 titles to be exact. Just another 366 movies to go!

I will post it here for anyone interested:

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls026616000/

https://letterboxd.com/jhillman/list/they-shoot-zombies-dont-they-the-1000-greatest-3/

https://theyshootzombies.com/ghf1000/

I have a sin to confess.

I did something bad today. I went to a buffet where you pay before you eat. The lady told me she was having trouble with the cash register, and that I could just go through and pay before I leave. I hit that buffet hard, and then left without paying.

I did leave a $2 tip for the guy who brought me my iced tea so I wouldn't look like a total ass. I don't know if the lady told anybody else about it when I came in, and I looked all around and didn't see her anywhere before I left. So I don't even know for sure if anybody even knew I got away with a free meal. Regardless, I still think I probably shouldn't show my face around there for a little while.

What do you think? Am I a bad person? Have you ever done anything like this?

Bride of the Monster!

I'm watching this shit for some easy challenge points, but it ain't as easy as I thought it'd be. Sure, I've seen this film before, but it's definitely boring as fuck. I think the scenes about the making of it in Ed Wood (1994) are a lot better than the movie itself. Ed Wood's movies aren't the worst I've seen, but they're pretty dull.

And to think, I used to aspire to BE this guy! Back when I was just getting into trash, he was regarded as a seminal force for b-movie history, and I do admire his passion, which may be exaggerated by Johnny Depp's performance (I honestly don't know), but the dude wasn't talented, and these stories of his are kind of bogus.

I'm still interested in seeing his monster pornos, though. You know... the one with the werewolf, where you can clearly see where his hairy gloves end and his regular arm begins?


So back to this turkey called The Atomic Monster Monster of the Marshes Bride of the Atom Bride of the Monster...

I think Bela Lugosi is fucking wonderful. He could've made a movie where he meets a Brooklyn Gorilla and I'd like it. Oh wait... he did that... and while that movie was stupid, I still like him in it. He'd always play his role seriously, despite awful screenplays and/or production values. And this is the movie where he wants to create a race of atomic supermen to rule ze vorld!! I could listen to that man ramble all day long...

Now Tor Johnson on the other hand? He only had one expression. He was an awful actor, but at the same time, he's still great. In this movie, he gets fucked up, but he comes back in the sequel "Night of the Ghouls", under heavy make-up, and that movie is also awful.

Definitely not Ed Wood's best. I think most people would say Graverobbers from Outer Space^{Plan 9 from Outer Space} is his best, but I rather like Glen or Glenda. Something about that shitty faux-documentary feel of it works wonders. Pool da streengz!

At least Bride of the Monster has a great octopus fight scene.

Hey weenies!

Figured I'd give this place a look. This TEDb layout is BOSS!

She said... Pussywillow! Serial Mom (1994)

"Officer, I'm sorry, but we don't allow gum in this house."

John Waters has certainly had an interesting career. He started off with the ultimate trash epics, but he became a little more polished as time went on. By the time Hairspray was laid on thick in 1988, it was questionable as to whether JW lost his touch with his inner sleazeball... or became more subversive than ever.

Kathleen Turner plays the role of Beverly Sutphin with a big fake smile always on her face. She's a delight to watch, because she's so full of shit. This movie might have a strong message regarding to society's fascination with serial killers, but it never paints them in a bad picture. For all intents and purposes, Serial Mom is the protagonist of the movie, and we're rooting for her all the way.

There's no good reason for it, but Beverly snapped one day. She has some awfully petty reasons for doing what she does, but to her, she's entirely justified. I'm sure a lot of serial killers think they're doing the world a favor, but this woman is looney, and that's why she's so fun to watch.


It's also interesting to see Matthew Lillard playing a horror-movie obsessed teenager, only two years before Scream. Being a John Waters movie, they reference some great sleaze, like Blood Feast, and a bunch of gold vhs in a video store, including most of John Waters' own movies. When I see a video copy of Zombi 2, it makes me feel at home. Just look at all these titles John Waters was compelled to include in the video store in this movie, and all the other references:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111127/movieconnections

Some real winners in that selection. Apparently, that was(is?) John Waters actual video store. Plus, I still can't believe I never watched that Chesty Morgan flick.


What starts off as a peculiar suburban dilemma escalates into an off-the-wall serial killer rampage, and for the dumbest reasons. Maybe I didn't get this movie before, but I found it pretty hilarious in this latest viewing.

Always remember to wear your seatbelt!

Jared Padalecki running the Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon goes right past my apartment building. I'm pretty close to the 23 mile mark. I was a big fan of Supernatural for the first six or seven seasons, so I just waited out in the rain to cheer on Jared P. His wife Genevieve ran it too, and apparently she's a pretty amazing athlete because she was MUCH faster than Jared. Anyway, I feel like a complete schmuck because I basically missed him. I did see him, but he was already past me. I sort of cheered him on, but only because I cheered everyone on that ran past me. I had looked at Twitter just a short time before he ran by me, and I was expecting him to be wearing sort of a reddish orange jacket/sweatshirt thing. But, he had taken it off, and had a black sweatshirt on underneath. Also, he was wearing dark glasses, and his hair looked darker than normal because it was raining and it got wet. So anyway, he ran right past me. God dammit.

What Makes You Wince?

After all these years of watching horror movies, I still find myself wincing if something is shown with teeth or fingernails. I can't help but cringe. 🤮

Tell us about your Cell Phone habits!

Cell phones, dude. I never had one until about 2 years ago, but now I don't want to live without it. Quite simply, they are convenient as fuck. The concept of apps is that you can have a computer figure out the whole thing for you. I'm interested in what kind of shit people would want on an app, because app development may be the next step in Trash Epics' evolution. Or in an equally possible scenario, it may be nothing. Who knows?

I'm sure @zed can have some valuable input for apps, and for everyone else, just tell us a bit about what you do on your phone.

- Do you have a phone?
- If so, what kind? (android, iphone, windows?)
- Do you like your phone, or does it piss you off?
- What apps do you use the most?
- What do you think there should be an app for?
- Do you hate Scream, cell phones, and "meta" shit in horror movies?

I'll start: Android, it's always been good to me, and it's got a sexy black case with toxic green on the borders. I use Chrome, Facebook Messenger, Google Maps, and Bing (to get my amazon gift card credits). There are apps for everything, but I'd only care about a few things like calculators and timers, etc. I'd make the Trash App-ics app, but I don't know what the point would be.