Gorilla Suit Thread

I was looking for that thread where all movies were listed where someone is wearing a gorilla or monkey suit. Maybe it was on the old IMDb board and didn't make it to this site but I could have sworn it did. I have spent the last 20 minutes trying to find it but I must be an idiot that can't figure out how to use the search button properly.

David Lynch

I like Twin Peaks most because it's such a moody trip. I like Blue Velvet, but I didn't at first. Took a few watches, and I think I only started to like it after I watched TP. Fire Walk With Me also took a few viewings, but I think it's amazing now.

I always liked Eraserhead, though. That one was always on all the best-movies-ever lists since it was artsy fartsy, and I genuinely liked it. His hair is hilarious and the baby gave me nightmares. I think it was the cooked chicken that really won me over.

Then it's hit or miss for me. Lost Highway is meh, and I can never remember anything about Mulholland Drive. Everyone hates on his Dune. I remember my brother got the VHS of it as a gift once and he never opened it. 😄

Which is the best after the few I've seen?

You Can't Run Forever (2024)

A girl flees a serial killer in the wilderness. Not a slasher, mind you. This asshole uses guns, and this asshole is JK Simmons!

JK can be hilarious and he can be scary as hell. That's some serious range, and I love watching this guy play villains. Oz, J Jonah Jameson, Whiplash... and now in this movie that looks like it was made for Tubi. However, it is well crafted. And just for the lulz, the traumatized girl accidently takes shrooms halfway through and trips balls while the bad guy hunts her.

Pretty decent flick, worth at least one watch.

Christmas Challenge 2024

You know how this works. Watch anything Christmas, score it by runtime. Movies, TV shows, and holiday specials count. New Years stuff also counts, because why not?

From now till January 1st.

Mark your spot. Come on, now. This is an easy month!

Challenge Schedule 2025 Inc Winners

Here is a list of all the challenges coming up in 2025. I've nominated hosts for the challenges, so if you don't want to do it then... nominate someone else! If that person (i.e. Zombie) doesn't turn up then someone else can take over:

There are a couple of changes. The TV Show challenge will replace the Documentary challenge so if you still want to watch docs you can otherwise watch as many TV shows as you can.

The black & white challenge will replace the World Cinema challenge which, let's be honest was just too complicated but if you guys still want to do it again you can mutiny amongst yourselves.

And usually we have a break in January but fuck breaks! Breaks are for pussies. More on the new Anti-Turkey Challenge to follow.

January: Anti-Turkey challenge •NEW• hosted by Markus
•WINNER• Ballz
February: TV Show challenge - hosted by Box
•WINNER• Box
March: Trash challenge - hosted by Troma
•WINNER• Ballz
April: Animation challenge - hosted by Ballz
•WINNER• Box
May: Crime challenge - hosted by Box
•WINNER• The Vinny
June: "Different genre every week" challenge - hosted by Markus
•WINNER• Nicko
July: B&W challenge - hosted by Troma
August: A-Z challenge - hosted by Zombie
September: Sci-Fi & Fantasy challenge - hosted by Ballz
October: October challenge - hosted by Markus
November: Turkey challenge - hosted by Troma
December: Christmas challenge - hosted by Box

Favorite/Least Favorite FTVs of 2024

Good
Touch Of Death (1988)
Shark (1969)
12 Hour Shift (2020)
Late Night With The Devil (2023)
Pyro... The Thing Without a Face (1964)
Eddie Glum (2016)
The Mad Magician (1954)
Smile 2 (2024)
The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
Burn (2019)
The Coffee Table (2022)
Teenage Gang Debs (1966)
Invited (2024)
Terrifier 3 (2024)
Brightburn (2019)
Sorority Girl (1957)

Not Good
Splash, Too (1988)
The McPherson Tape (1989)
Hey, Stop Stabbing Me! (2003)
When Nature Calls (1985)
One Million Babes B.C. (2024)
Clowns In The Woods (2021)
Time Traveling Vampires (1998)
Francis in the Haunted House (1956)
Empire Of Madness (1989)
Dude Bro Party Massacre 3 (2015)

Salem's Lot (2024)

Anybody have any strong opinions about this? I finally saw it last night.

It wasn't as good as I had hoped it might be, but it had some redeeming moments. I didn't hate it.

It started off sticking pretty close to the book and the 1979 film, but it took more and more liberties as it went along. That whole scene at the drive-in, towards the end.... um, WHAT?!?!?

Mark Petrie could be black, of course. Why not. I had no problem with that. I did feel a little sorry that they didn't stick with the 1930s and 40s horror movie posters that Mark had on his wall in the 1979 miniseries. That showed something important about the state of horror movies all the way through the 1970s, IMHO. The classic Universal monsters were still emblematic of horror, they were still the "main monsters" that any self-respecting kid had to know about, all the way through the 70s. Leatherface and Michael Myers were part of poular consciousness, but I think they were still seen as flukes at that point. By the mid-80s, of course, MM, Jason, and Freddy were the real triumvirate of horror. But... whatever, this is all kind of tangential, I just wish they kept the 30s and 40s horror movie posters.

They changed some things about Sue Norton and Matt Burke. I don't want to talk too much about that. I think I prefer the 1979 miniseries, in some ways, when it came to Matt B, especially. But, I guuess I can still respect what the 2024 version does... by making relatively small changes, at least they keep the audience on our toes! If we don't know quite what to expect, we will be surprised more, etc. That's cool.

Barlow was still sort of a Nosferatu clone, but done with more CGI, I think? At least facially? I'm not 100% sure I'm right about that.

Sue Norton was a babe, soooo that's good! She was also... more cool? More cool than in the 1979 version? I mean, at least in the sense that she was very quickly persuaded that they faced vampires, whereas she waffled a lot more in the book, and in the 1979 miniseries.

The 70s background stuff was decent, overall. The clothes, hair, music, cars, Red Sox references, etc all felt about right, for the period.

They kind of merged some stuff that happened at the Marsten house with stuff that was supposed to happen at Eva Miller's boarding house. I guess that makes some sense. I can respect it. It just makes the story move a little more quickly.

Spencer Treat Clark did a very solid job as Mike Ryerson! I thought they did good stuff with that character. They made his scary silvery vampire eyes a lot more subtle, at some points, which I thought added a lot to his spookiness. I thought he was one of the high points of this adaptation.

Basically, I didn't love it, but I wouldn't say I hated it either. I'm not saying it was meh... I will take anything related to Salem's Lot, just hit me with whatever you've got, I'm all over it. So, I'm pre-inclined to find good things to say about it. But, it really did have some good moments, so... yah.

Anybody have any strong opinions about this movie??

2025 Viewings

This is for anyone who wants to keep a log of their viewings/ratings every month so please feel free to add yours.

The links for the previous 7 years viewings are here if anyone still needs to access them for reference:

2024: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=b9a2bf0d
2023: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=a47619a5
2022: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=8627c953
2021: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=386def7c
2020: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=32754f0d
2019: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=b948111c
2018: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=0a46a23a
2017: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=922b1522

The Anti-Turkey Challenge Discussion thread

So a brand new challenge to get us off to a good start to the New Year. Using IMDb, the idea is is to watch as many movies as you can rated 7.0+. For some of you trash lovers, this could be your worst nightmare but isn't that the idea of a challenge.

1. Scoring:
8.9+ = 6 points
8.6-8.8 = 5 points
8.3-8.5 = 4 points
8.0-8.2 = 3 points
7.5-7.9 = 2 points
7.0-7.4 = 1 point

2. FTV = 1 point

3. Can be any genre.

4. Trifectas: franchises and directors only. A movie can only count towards one trifecta. For example, the "Dark Knight" or Lord of the Rings trilogy can be either director or franchise but not both.

Single trifecta: 5 points
Double trifecta: 7 points
Triple trifecta: 9 points
Etc.

5. Movies with a rating of 6.9 or under do not count.

6. Must be at least one hour long.

7. Starts 00:00 1st January and ends 23:59 31st January in your respective time zones

So come on people, get watching some of those classics or to some, overrated movies!

The Guest (2014)

I haven't seen this movie in a while, but Netflix just got it back apparently, so I was quick to jump right on it and give it another viewing. If I had to describe this movie in one word, I guess my word would be... "awesome".

The title gives way to the premise in that a family had lost one of their own named Caleb who died in a military mishap. Then suddenly, his best pal David Collins (yeah, that's the name of a Dark Shadows character alright) comes by to relay Caleb's love for his family, and he quickly warms his way into their hearts. What follows is a heartwarming story of grieving family learning to cope with the loss of a loved one with the next best thing. Dan Stevens as the titular character!

Now this dude is charming. Charming as fuck! He's sly, he's sexy, and he's everybody's best friend. This can only mean one thing. Is he too good to be true? Watch this movie and find out for yourself, fuckers!

The director's intent was to homage Halloween and Terminator, and he does just that. The vibes are excessive, and some of the music cues seem straight out of Halloween III (as do the Silver Shamrock masks!).


Of course, this movie is also really sad. It's sad because it was directed by Adam Wingard, who started off with some real shit and started to finally prove his worth as a force to be reckoned with... but this must have been his peak, because he went downhill right after this with shit like Blair Witch and Death Note. Now, he's working on stupid shit like Godzilla vs King Kong and a remake of I Saw the Devil. Dude should have quit while he was ahead.

The other sad part of this equation is whatever happened to Maika Monroe? She had a wonderful year in 2014 with this movie and "It Follows", then she fell into some Hollywood shit called "The Fifth Wave" and I haven't heard of her since. She could have been somebody if she chose her roles more carefully...

But as it stands, "The Guest" is cool as fuck, and I love it. It has some good music, characters, violence, and it even has an ahab. That's right, Lance Reddick plays a Dr. Loomis character in it, furthering that whole Halloween vibe. This movie is the tits.