Question about Halloween (1978)

I was watching Halloween (1978) for the current challenge today. I should have saved it for tonight, but oh well. Anyway, one thing that has always bothered me is the scene where Michael escapes the asylum. How the hell did he know how to drive? I know this has to have been asked before. Am I missing something here?

Favorite Movie Taglines

These days, they get really lazy with taglines, or they flat-out don't have them. These sort of things help sell a movie and most of the time, taglines suck. Or their just short and simple and stupid. There are a few standouts, though. Some of my favorites:

Easy Rider (1969) - A man went looking for America. And couldn't find it anywhere...

Re-Animator (1985) - Herbert West has a very good head on his shoulders... and another one in a dish on his desk.

Alien (1979) - In space, no one can hear you scream.

Killer Klownz from Outer Space (1988) - In space, no one can eat ice cream.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - Who will survive and what will be left of them?

Vertigo (1958) - A tall story about a pushover


Got any more good ones?

Import IMDb Ratings

Gymno said I should implement this, so I finally did. Where is he, anyway?

So yeah, if you're too lazy to rate stuff on here, you can import your imdb ratings onto Trash Epics. This will of course adjust your 10 star vote to our 5 star system:

1 or 2 = 1/5
3 or 4 = 2/5
5 or 6 = 3/5
7 or 8 = 4/5
9 or 10 = 5/5

You can go to IMDb and export your ratings to a csv file, then upload them here at https://trashepics.com/app/import_ratings/

Any titles you rated that aren't in our database will be logged, so we can add them later if we're not too lazy.

I don't imagine many people will use this, but it was a coding project, and I learned some stuff from it, so no worries. I briefly tested it, but it should work. If not, report any bugs in this thread.

What's up?

So here we are... Trash Epics in 2019! And what a state we're in!

I ain't gonna lie... losing some of our most valuable posters over the DUMBEST SHIT IN HISTORY really does upset me. I could elaborate on why I'm so pissed about Tromafreak, Onyx, and Johan's decision to leave this place, but I wont, because quite frankly... their reasons are stupid as fuck, and they can all go fuck themselves for putting me in this position. I did nothing but cater to every one of their goddamn requests, and they treat me like I'm the devil himself. Fuck that noise, and fuck those lousy two-bit fake friends that toyed with my emotions so much. I had faith in them, and they ALL let me down, and now they're laughing about it. Ha ha. Very fuckin' funny, you guys. You sure showed me. 🙄



There was a time when we had nearly 200 users, and more along the way. Now, we have a handful of regulars, and I know they wont stick around when the tumbleweeds take over. Again, this stuff bothers me, because I have so much faith in TE. It's all I believe in, really, and it's hard to convey my points to others, because people haven't lived in my shoes. They don't know what's kept me going, and seemingly, they don't care, either.

Ever since I was a kid, I've been studying the internet. Slowly, but surely, I've looked into many facets of its being. I've contemplated facebook and twitter and other social media platforms, and I've come to various conclusions about their effectiveness and shortcomings, and I've worked to create a place that can be optimized for the horror/trash loving crowd, but people don't understand. They point the finger at something that only wants to exist in their favor, and give them what they would want out of a website. As the world progresses technologically, people give less thought into what makes these environments work, because they don't have to think about something if it's standardized. Facebook and Twitter are standards, even if they have data breaches and loads of ads. People don't care, because it's regular.


I hate to be a buzzkill, but my goal to remedy that is by making TE even better. Not that anyone is going to care at this point, but I'm working on all sorts of shit:

Undoing Johan's Dastardly Deeds - It's like the snap of Thanos, and you have to figure out a way to undo what just happened. I have most of his content, and I plan on restoring it as soon as I work out the kinks. As much as he pisses me off, I still liked that guy's contributions, and his absense has destroyed a lot of site content. For shame.

New Notification System - Yeah yeah, I know the current notification system is kind of fucked, but it's the best I could come up with at the time. I've gotten a few ideas together to make notifications more dynamic, fixing that PM +1 nonsense and adding more notifications, with mark-as-read functionality and all that jazz. Should be cumming soon...

Der's Arcade Shennanigans - This is a big project we'll be working on, basically mashing a bunch of old school pixel games into a TE game hub. Arcade games, card games, board games, etc. We want to try it all. Currently, we have a couple dozen games in mind... It's kinda like that NES game "Action 52", only it wont suck ass.

Of course, there's always stupid little things I find that I need to fix, but I've been focusing on these ideas lately. I'm also thinking we need a new way to recruit users. I hate when I have to talk about this stuff, but the traffic lately has been scaring me. This stuff used to work so easily on here, now I'm having to exert all my energy just to keep it comatose.

Come on, guys. Let's hold hands and sing Kumbaya. Also, let's watch some black and white trash. Youtube has some gold. Just talk about stuff. Anything. Horror, trash, both, or neither.

The Punisher

Not a lot of us have watched the first season, but those who did were surely quite impressed. Ultra violent, fucked up, and glorious. Better than the movies, and arguably as good as DareDevil, Netflix's other series.

However, being that this is Netflix, they're highly likely to cancel the show after season 2, because they've cancelled all their Marvel collaborations. Those bastards! But in the mean time, we still have at least ONE more season, and goddamn, does it look amazing:



Any thoughts? I think I'll binge the hell out of this one. I'm thinking it will take me less than a week. Bernthal is the man. I'm really looking forward to seeing how they handle Jigsaw, too.

Any fans of Paris, Texas (1984) here?

What a marvellous film!


'Paris, Texas' is a slow, subtle, dark and moody film that deals with love, forgiveness and redemption. It starts off with some stunning desert images where a Harry Dean Stanton wanders around until he is found by his brother. The enigmatic soundtrack stays in tune with the situations. The cinematography adds a spacious but lonely feel.

The ending is incredibly moving - one of the most emotional passages in any movie I've ever seen. The speech lasts nearly ten minutes! It lingers with you long after the credits roll.

What is your record of most movies watched in one day?

My record would be five. Certainly for me - five or more in a single day would be the absolute most I could manage. I would tend to get 'burnt out' after five.

What is your record?

After how many would you start to become fatigued?

Halloween Party - Let's Make the Soundtrack!

With Halloween fast approaching, what better way to get in the mood with a festive soundtrack to set the tone? Horror movies, candy binges and rock n' roll, baby.

I remember threads like this on imdb always popping up in October so let's get a good playlist going, alright?

I'll start with an obvious classic

Black/Dark Comedy Discution Thread

Talk here!

The House on Haunted Hill (1959)

Here's some more public domain gold for you. The House on Haunted Hill is an old school ghost story of sorts in which our devious host Vincent Price will pay $10,000 to anyone who can last the night at this supposedly haunted hill house.

The movie reminds me 'Clue' in how a small group of various folk are locked in a mansion for some ulterior motive while the plot thickens. And like Clue, this movie is set in a place where modern day conveniences are out. No phones, no escape. Just sit back and try to last the night. Can't be too difficult, right?


William Castle was a fun filmmaker. What a day when theaters would do gimmicks like this one, and have skeletons flying around. Sure, that whole skeleton scene is cheesy as hell, but you got to wonder how it affected people back then. That sort of thing always interested me. Like recently, I saw a mention somewhere of how people wouldn't even see The Exorcist because they were too afraid of the mere idea of it. Now, everyone's got an iron stomach, and you can do anything on-screen and people aren't affected in the least. Sigh...

So a few notes on this one... I was actually a bit creeped out when that old hag showed up in the shadows. I still don't know why a blind person would pose like a witch for no reason, so that part is still kinda funny, but whatever.

Also, another thing I kept thinking of is how much the main actress Carol Ohmart who plays the conniving wife looks like Sophie Turner from X-Men. I think they could do her up to look just like her, if they ever wanted to do a(nother) remake.


But yeah, Vincent Price is the best, and he always puts out a great performance. You can basically predict what'll happen in this movie, but it's still a great little horror flick for parties or background noise.