The Trailer Park Boys, LIVE!

I got to see the boys, LIVE in Dallas. It was fucking great. We have a shamefully low amount of fans on this site, but the Trailer Park Boys are awesome. Truly one of my favorite acts out there, and I had a blast at their show.

To start things off, me and @der went to The Majestic theater, which is pretty classy. It's golden and artistic inside, and the seats are pretty nice. As soon as we walked in though, you could see how overpriced everything is. The shirts ranged from $40 to $70, probably because the boys are Canadian, and they don't understand the value of real money, but we'll forgive 'em. It is one of their gimmicks to be as greasy as possible.

Der needed a few drinks in him to fully enjoy the experience, so he shed at least $20 on drinks, and $20 on a raffle to hang with them. I'm insanely jealous of him, because he got to touch Randy Bobandy's fat gut. His gut was a prominent aspect of that show. Of course, the camera dicks focus on it for the majority of Randy's screentime, because it's a character in itself.

The audience interaction was pretty great too. They'd shout out lines, and rile people up. One fuckin' girl kept shouting out for Bubbles, even when he wasn't on stage. She was fucked, but goddamnit... this show was funny as hell.


Bubbles basically has a show planned, but Ricky and Randy have to duke it out before the "show" can actually begin, but it is the show. There are plenty of montage clips, and a fair tribute to Lahey. Randy had half of the audience scream "Ricky's-a" and the other half would say, "dick". A lot of the audience would scream "Fuck you, Randy!" throughout the show, and it's funny to think that this is an event where that kind of behavior is welcomed, because the boys are all about being trash.

It seems to be a staple in their stage shows to:
- Attack each other with piss, as well as the audience
- Have Bubbles sing his song "Liquor and Whores"
- Have Julian scamming the audience out of their money
- Get Randy so mad at Ricky that he has to take off the pants
- Cheeseburger jokes
- Audience participation on stage

One of my favorite bits was Randy and Ricky playing "ball-off". That's where they squeeze eachother's ballsacks as hard as they can, and whoever flinches first loses. What a fuckin' game, right?

There was also a whole "Sunnyvale Feud" gameshow that Bubbles hosted:

Bubbles: Name a green vegetable.
Ricky: An orange. Ah, fuck!

Bubbles: Name an animal smaller than a cat.
Ricky: A gorilla! Fuck! No... a 6-inch gorilla!

What a blast... These guys are as funny as they ever were. Bubbles is always the mediator, Julian didn't contribute much other than a screen presence, and Ricky was dumb as fuck, as to be expected. Randy is introduced dancing his gut out to "Jitterbug", and then he legitimately got really sweaty, as per his character.

They did a few Dallas related jokes, like talking about Whataburger, and Texans loving guns. I'm sure the specifics have to change for each city, but damn if those boys aren't great entertainers.

They Thirst, vampire novel by Robert McCammon

Anyone here ever read this? It's pretty fun, it's like Salem's Lot on a much bigger scale. It involved vampires taking over Los Angeles, with some backstory in Hungary at the beginning. It would make a hell of a movie.

I was just thinking, I wonder if it might have been one of the original inspirations for The Terminator. I had this idea partly because of the general setting, Los Angeles, and the basic story about a group of fairly normal, average people trying to head off a really overwhelming apocalypse. But, there are shitloads of books and movies about that general type of thing. What has got me thinking about this right now is that there are some scenes in a police station that gets overrun, although in this case it gets overrun by bats, not Arnold. Also, one of the characters in the police station at the time is named Reece. He is a cop, not a rebel freedom fighter from the future, but just seeing his name in the scenes when the police station gets overrun got me thinking. Also, there is a little back and forth conversation between him and another cop that makes me think of the dialog between Lance Henriksen and Paul Winfield, in The Terminator.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Night of the Living Dead (1968) Criterion Collection Blu-ray

I don't typically pick up Criterion releases, but I made an exception recently with the new Criterion release of Romero's classic zombie movie that started it all, Night of the Living Dead. Got it for about $18 altogether off of Amazon and I don't regret a single penny of my purchase.



First of all, the 4k remaster is absolutely beautiful and is the best it's looked on video. Way better than the numerous dollar DVD versions that are out there for sure. It also features the original workprint cut titled Night of Anibus, which doesn't differ from the final cut much at all, it's just 10 minutes shorter because it's missing a reel in the middle. Also, the quality is rougher around the edges. It's worth watching if you're curious to see how the movie was in its original form.



In regards to the special features, they're pretty good too. There are a lot of interviews with the cast and crew as well as a featurette that features the likes of Frank Darabont, Guillermo del Toro, and Robert Rodriguez. There's also the typical special features filler material like TV spots and a trailer, but I'm not complaining!



Overall, it's worth the purchase if you love the movie and are still into collecting physical media. My only complaint is with the Blu-ray packaging and how you have to remove the disc on top in order to get to the one below it. It's always been a pet peeve of mine when movies are packaged that way.

Documentaries About Directors

Who doesn't love a good documentary? Their purpose is to be both informative and engaging. Over the past few years I've found myself discovering and watching various documentaries about movie directors. They're more or less seen as the driving creative force of a movie and because of that, one is left to wonder how they got inspired to do what they do and what their creative mindset is like.

One of the more interesting ones (to say the least) that I just watched was David Lynch: The Art Life. It features Lynch himself going into great detail about his early life and how he became the artist he is. Really good stuff and recommended for those who like Lynch and want a taste of the bizarre! De Palma, which features Brian De Palma as the main subject is another good one. He goes into great detail about a lot of his work and experiences. I also enjoyed the recent Spielberg documentary that HBO put out along with Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures.

What are some of your favorites?

#Documentary #Filmmaking

My Horror Watchlist

So I decided to put together a list of horror movies that I would like to see over the next few weeks. A lot of these have interested me for sometime now, but for one reason or another - I haven't got around to them.

Anyone seen any of these? What are your thoughts?


Aswang 1994
Bone Sickness 2004
Brain Dead 1990
Brain Dead 2007
Dead Creatures 2001
Dead Season 2012
Deafula 1975
Demons 5: Devil's Veil 1990
Devil Fetus 1983
Effects 1980
Expulsion of the Devil 1973
Fear No Evil 1969
Fermat's Room 2007
Frankenstein: The True Story 1973
Haunted by Her Past 1987
Hell's Ground 2007
Homebodies 1974
I Am a Ghost 2012
Intensity 1997
Jack Be Nimble 1993
Medium 1985
Mulberry St 2006
Patrick still lives 1980
Pedro Páramo 1967
Resurrection 1999
Retribution 1987
Ringu 1995
Salem Witch Trials 2002
Shadow of Illusion
Shallow Grave 1987
So Sad About Gloria 1975
Stones of Death 1988
The Boxer's Omen 1983
The Death Train 1978
The Hanging Woman 1973
The Haunting of M. 1979
The Last Wave 1977
The Ogre 1988
The People Who Own the Dark 1976
The Shout 1978
The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie 1972
To Sleep with a Vampire 1993
The Visitor 1979
Turkey Shoot 1982
What the Peeper Saw 1972
Voices 1973

Night, Dawn or Day?

I know, I know. If you've been on the internet for more than a year, this question is like for Horror Nerds 101 (nerd? Speak for yourself, bub!) I myself have been using the internet for, Christ, about 20 years now, so I've answered this question - on multiple message boards and chatrooms - tirelessly, and with fluctuating answers at that.

I was a Dawn of the Dead junkie for a good while there (isn't everyone at some point?) Then one day (he was shooting up some food, and up from the ground...ahem, sorry) I succumbed to the brilliance of Day. It was that slow build of impending doom that you feel throughout the events of the film while our characters systematically fall apart that had me calling Day my number one for probably about 15 years or so.

But recently, I've come back around to Dawn (of course, it isn't easy to make a clear decision, since they're all brilliant). Dawn of the Dead has that awesome '70s look and feel; it essentially acts as a time capsule to a decade I never got to experience first hand. Of course, that in itself wouldn't be enough for me to call it a favorite, but luckily, it's pretty much universally agreed upon that it's a masterpiece not just in the world of horror, but filmmaking in general.

Night is the classic that started it all, but at no point in time was it ever my favorite.

So, where do you stand?

Survey: Introduce Yourself

Since we have so many new users of late, why not get to know some of them?

I'll start us off. My real name is David, and I run this dump. You may know me as Fuad_Ramses_IV on imdb, where I've been a regular for 10 years. (Fuck!)

I'm 26, male, I live in Texas, I work at the dollar theater, and I barely make enough to get by. I fancy myself a poor white trash idiot, and I'm really fucking lazy. My cat is my best friend, and I love marijuana, boobs, and the internet.


YOUR TURN!

- Are you from IMDB?
- Interests?
- Do you drink, smoke, or do drugs?
- What do you do for a living?
- Are you happy with it, or would you rather do something else?
- Sexual orientation?
- Are you in a relationship?

Anything you'd like to tell us about yourself, or your horror addiction?

Who best reanimates the dead? Victor Frankenstein or Herbert West?

Who do you prefer?

The slow and meticulous Frankenstein collecting body parts over time or Herbert West directly injecting his serum into any corpse he can find?

Who do you find to be more manic, grotesque or interesting?

Trash Challenge 2 Results



I did it! I goddamn did it! Wiped the fucking floor with you all! Check it out! I won! The second annual Trash Challenge goes to me. ME! The eternally correct IMDb legend that was Tromafreak and your current Messiah has finally done it. Oh, God, it feels SO good to win a challenge, again!

Seriously, though. I'm still super hard from this victory, but you all did a swell job, this year. Didn't look like it was going to be a very successful one, but 10 ain't bad. So, what's everyone's favorite and least favorite viewings? Did anyone get to use the garbage point? I didn't, but probably should have for the cannibal movie called Invaders Of The Lost Gold, which was weirdly only good for a racism point. I really enjoyed delving into the biker and women in prison movies. The Black 6 was pretty sweet, Escape From Hell and Sweet Sugar are some kick ass WIP. Gator Bait was a pleasant Hixploitation surprise. I watched a movie called Frozen (2010) which isn't exactly trash but worth a couple points. Good stuff! Fuck, I don't know. Can't decide on a favorite, this year. Thanks for joining in the fun, everyone!


Messiah_Of_Doom - 60 Films & 264 Points

Zombie_CPA - 33 Films & 173 Points

Foz - 27 Films & 99 Points

BarkingBaphomet - 34 Films & 97 Points

NoseOfNicko - 18 Films & 77 Points

Onyx_Hades - 18 Films & 70 Points

Box_A_Hair - 23 Films & 67 Points

Johan_WoW - 21 Films & 67 Points

Ballz - 12 Films & 40 Points

Iceflamez - 4 Films & 21 Points

The Meg

Asian girls (Bing Bing Li) Giant Sharks and Jason Statham one liners. All I Want. Definitely Sold.

They even found a way to get tentacles in there for Bing Bing.

I hope the doggie is ok.

I also noticed Captain Mudd is in there.