The "Did You Know?" thread

Here's where we post little nuggets of information which may or may not be widely known. I'll start first, as I just came across this:

Ice cream truck girl in Assault on Precinct 13 and Lindsay in Halloween are sisters in real life. They have a famous niece you may have heard of....Paris Hilton.

Strange Addiction to being furniture

My sister showed me this the other day, and I thought it was hilarious. Pure trash television here.

Your thoughts on these movies?

These are a list of horror movies on my watchlist that I plan on watching before the new year. Anyone seen any of these? I appreciate your feedback, please.

Frankenstein: The True Story (1973 TV Movie)
The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)
The Survivor (1981)
The Reincarnate (1971)
The Enchanted (1984)
Killer! (1989)
The Kindred (1987)
Invitation to Hell (1984 TV Movie)
Out of the Body (1989)
The Ogre A.K.A La casa dell'orco
Night Wars (1988)
Alison's Birthday (1981)
Psychic Killer (1975)
Night Angel (1990)
Abby (1974)
The Boneyard (1991)
Daughter of Darkness (1990 TV Movie)
Tattoo (1981)
Children of the Night (1991)
Flavia the Heretic (1974)
Ombre roventi (1970)
The Return of the Zombis (1973)
The Etruscan Kills Again (1972)
Tower of Evil (1972)
The Nature of Nicholas (2002)
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)
The Bride (1985)
Witchcraft (1964)
The Believers (1987)
Equinox (1970)
Cemetery of Terror (1985)
To Sleep with a Vampire (1993)
The Vineyard (1989)
Evil Stalks This House (1981 TV Movie)
Carne de tu carne (1983)
Blueblood (1974)

Anyone ever used Criticker?

Anyone ever used Criticker? The movie recommendations site.

I signed up to it a week ago or so. It is all scientific. It can be fairly complicated to understand how it all works at first, with all the tiers, quips, Taste Compatibility Index (You can compare your tastes to that of others), probable score indicators, FICs... but the recommendations are very accurate to your taste, and they also give a probable rating of a movie before you see it, on whether you will like it or not, and from my experience it is always nearly accurate. You can also import all your ratings from IMDb - which is a great help.

I wouldn't delete my other accounts for it, or anything, but it is good for what it is - a solid and reliable recommendations site.

Anyone ever used it?

Ideas for New Challenges

The first two would be just a week long.

The Week of Love (February 11 to February 17)
Points:
1 Points) Movie with the word "Love" or other romance related words in title
2 Points) Individual killed while "making love" (not combined with #3 below)
3 Points) Two or more killed at the same time while "making love"
4 Points) Each person killed by a loved one (husband/wife, father/daughter,boyfriend/girlfriend. Basically immediate family or dating)


Shark Week (whenever Shark Week is this year)
Points:
1 Points) Movie with the word "Shark" in the title
2 Points) Individual killed by a shark (can't be an off-screen death, must be seen)
3 Points) A shark dies (again, has to be seen, not implied or off-screen)
4 Points) Two or more sharks die at the same time
5 Points) Two or more people killed by the same shark at the same time

October Challenge additional challenge
Watch at least one movie from each decade from 1920 on

I'm posting these now for input, since Feb is two months away, and if things go as planned with my PCT thru-hike, I won't be around for Shark Week or possibly part of next year's horror challenge.
So... thoughts on the above?

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

This movie is definitely something. Matthew McConaughey really goes off the deep end in this movie, in all the best ways.

Talking about the Illuminati could be a spoiler but I don't think anyone is worried about that.

What did you think of their appearance in this movie?

Hellraiser: Judgment

It's finally coming out, and like most of us probably expect... nobody really cares. The series turned into DTV shit a while back, even when Doug Bradley was involved. Let's face it, the dude is great, but he was wasted in a lot of lesser entries, and now, he's just gone. Pretty sure he wont come back, because the powers that be don't deem him important enough. A makeup heavy role, perhaps?

The new guy looks alright. Better than that last chump, anyway... At least this one looks to have some cool cenobites, and a small role by Heather Langenkamp. Let's hope that Hellraiser can still raise some hell.

Top 10 Ramones Songs

You know, since everyone was wondering this exact topic? Well, I've finally done it. It's tough to come up with a top-10 for a band that's so redundant, yet so great at the same time, but damnit... I've done it!

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Beat on the Brat



The gist of the song is this: "Beat on the brat... beat on the brat... beat on the brat with a baseball bat, oh yeah! Oh yeah! Oh ho! With a brat like that always on your back, what can you lose?"


Chain Saw



A song about The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, that really has nothing to do with that movie. One of the first songs I learned to play on guitar, because like every song of theirs, it's only 4 chords!


Come Back Baby



I like this song, because it sounds like another Ramones song that I like even better. That's what the Ramones were all about. Great songs that all sounded the same.


Crummy Stuff



Perhaps their dumbest yet, it sumultaneously becomes among their greatest. "I had enough... I had it tough... I've had enough of that crummy stuff. Crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy crummy stuff."


Do You Remember Rock N Roll Radio



Ramones give you their tribute to classic classic rock. Definitely cheesy, definitely great.


I Wont Let it Happen



Got a nice simple melody to it that just works.


My Brain is Hanging Upside Down



One of their more intricate songs, with something more to say than the usual Ramones song. Still not saying a lot, but it's still plenty.


Out of Time



A Ramones-ified cover of The Rolling Stones song circa 1966, which is also one of the greatest songs of all time. Ramones nailed it, and cut the song in half, to stick with their usual tendencies to keep the songs short.


Questioningly



Ramones trying to sing a sad song, and it kind of works!


This Business is Killing Me

The greatest Ramones song ever is coincidentally the last in this otherwise alphabetic list of Top 10 Ramones songs. This list is... is a fact... that's subject to change. 🥴

Victor Crowley trailer

That's right... another trailer thread. This movie came out in October last year to select theaters, in honor of the original's 10th anniversary. It's got Perry Shen (again), Felissa Rose, and that guy from "Beyond the Gates". It'll probably be the same old shit again, but I'll watch it.

New Years, Reflections, and Resolutions

How was everyone's 2017? We had some decent tv, some decent movies, a few celebrity deaths, some Hollywood scandals, a new president in the white house, and IMDb killed the fucking message boards.

Best TV?
I really liked The Punisher, but I'm rather indifferent about most everything else. The Defenders sucked, Iron Fist sucked, Wolf Creek season 2 was underwhelming, Shameless is okay, Trailer Park Boys was decent, Lethal Weapon season 2 is kinda losing me, I liked Mr. Mercedes enough. No Ash vs. Evil Dead this year, which was pretty lame. Oh, but the best of the year has got to be Twin Peaks, season 3! What an experience.

Best Movies?
This late in the game, but Brawl in Cell Block 99 probably wins that round. It's on the Trash Epics' best film of the year list, just as the director's previous film "Bone Tomahawk" is listed as the best film for 2015 too. That dude knows how to make cool movies. I loved Logan, and the other Marvel flicks were alright. Other good flicks I'd seen are The Babysitter, The Disaster Artist, Happy Death Day, It, 1922, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri.

Politics?
I don't care what anyone says. I think Trump is doing fine. North Korea hasn't nuked us, and the economy is doing great.

IMDb Killed their userbase?
Yeah... those fucking turkeys sold out, hardcore, and obliterated our way of life, but you know what? Life goes on, so long as you let it. We've had months to check out the rival boards, and they all kinda suck. I'm sure people might say the same about TE, but they can all go suck a dick.

Celebrities?
Chris Cornell. Why God, WHY? He was my idol. I thought he was the best grunge artist who was still around. I always thought, sure, Kurt died, and Layne died, and Scott died, but Chris made it. Him and Eddie Vedder, but then, Chris proved me wrong. It's always hard to accept the death of someone you've been listening to all your life. Same goes for Gregg Allman.

Plenty of other deaths, too. Charles Manson, Malcolm Young, Umberto Lenzi, Hugh Hefner, Harry Dean Stanton, Tobe Hooper, Sonny Landham, George A. Romero, Martin Landau, Adam West, Powers Boothe, Michael Parks, Don Rickles, Chuck Berry, Bill Paxton, Miguel Ferrer, William Peter Blatty... God damn! Other than Chris Cornell, the other big death that really broke my heart was John Dunsworth. 😥

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So what about 2018? What are you looking forward to?

The event that has me salivating like a dog is the new Halloween film, set for October 19th. Most anticipated event of my life, at the moment... What kind of life do I live if that's all I look forward to? 🥴

We'll also get a new season of Ash vs. Evil Dead this year, finally. As always, I can't wait for the new season of It's Always Sunny, whenever that is. Plus, Trailer Park Boys will be John Dunsworth's final outing.

Here's to you, Jim Lahey! •chugs booze•