1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,599 Speaker 1: All right, let me open my coffee here. Alright, what's 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: up everybody? Welcome back to Movie mis Movie Podcast. I 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: am your host movie Mike, and today I want to 4 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: share with you what I think are the top ten 5 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: most iconic horror scenes of all time. I went back 6 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: and revisited some of my favorite horror movies and picked 7 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: out the scenes that I think stand above all other 8 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,600 Speaker 1: scenes in any horror movie ever made. In the movie 9 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: review it is, movie Crew suggested, I'm looking for a 10 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: horror movie that somehow I may have missed, and you 11 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: guys nominated the movie The Dark, in the Wicket and 12 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: in the Trailer Park. We'll take a look at this 13 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: new super Mario Brothers animated movie, which I am now 14 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: oddly excited for. So shout out to the Monday Morning 15 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: Movie Crew for listening every single week. Thank you for 16 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: being subscribed, sharing this podcast with a friend who also 17 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: loves movies, because that's what we do on this podcast. 18 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: And now let's talk movies. In a world where everyone 19 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: and their mother has a podcast, one man stands to 20 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: infiltrate the ears of listeners like never before in a 21 00:00:55,840 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: movie podcast. A man with so much movie knowledge he's 22 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: basically like a walking audio Davy Who's Glasses from the 23 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: Nashville podcast Networking movie Movie PoCA. If you can tell 24 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: by that intro, I am pepped up and ready for 25 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: this episode today. I'm just two SIPs into my copy 26 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: and I'm already amped up because I love horror movies, 27 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: and now that it's October, I'm trying to center all 28 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: of the episodes around horror movies. And today I have 29 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: this list of what I think are the top ten 30 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: most iconic horror scenes of all time, at least according 31 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: to me, and overall, the impact that these scenes specifically, 32 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: and these movies specifically have had on horror films, of 33 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: people trying to reenact them, people doing odes to these scenes. 34 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: I just think these are the most iconic ones. And 35 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: we'll give some honorable mentions here, but let's start the 36 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: list off now. At number ten. I'm gonna go with 37 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: the shower kill scene from Psycho Alfred Hitchcock. Psycho came 38 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: out back in nineteen sixty if you want to go 39 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: back and watch it now. Is actually available on Peak, 40 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: which has a pretty good library of horror movies. For Halloween, 41 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: and I wanted to start this list off with the 42 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 1: classic black and white, the soundtrack, and the imagery in 43 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: this scene where you don't really see a lot of 44 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: the brutalness of it, a lot of it is implied. 45 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: And seeing that black and white blood, seeing that look, 46 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 1: that expressive look on Janet Lee's face in this scene, 47 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: and overall just Alfred Hitchcock's vision come to life. He 48 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: didn't invent the slasher movie, but I feel like this 49 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: is the textbook go to that every slasher movie that 50 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,839 Speaker 1: came after. Every movie on this list owes a lot 51 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: of credit to So at number ten, I am going 52 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: with this scene from Psycho. Yeah. It also helps that 53 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: the scene was parodied in a Treehouse of Horror episode 54 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: on The Simpsons, which a lot of my influence in 55 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: movies came from discovering scenes on The Simpsons. I didn't 56 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: know what they were from at the time because I 57 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 1: watched The Simpsons as a kid and I just knew 58 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: the references and then later watched the movies. So I 59 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: think this is one of my favorite ones that they 60 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: reenact with Homer and Maggie. At number ten is Psycho. 61 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: At number nine from I'm putting the hobbling scene from Misery, 62 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: where any breaks Paul's legs. Cathy Bates gives one of 63 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: the most powerful performances in a horror movie in Misery 64 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: that I think sometimes stays off the radar a little 65 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: bit of how impactful this movie was and how sinister 66 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: this movie was. And the thing about Misery is it's 67 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: not really your typical horror movie. There's no ghosts and 68 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: ghouls or supernatural things really anything that involves, you know, 69 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: the normal things we expect, slashing the cut like all 70 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: those things aren't really in Misery. The reason Misery is 71 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: so scary is because this could actually happen. There could 72 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: be a situation like this where somebody is such a 73 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: super fan of somebody in this case a fan of 74 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: the author and keeps them hostage in their house, like 75 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: this could really happen. So that almost elevates the level 76 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: of horror here. But a lot of credit goes to 77 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: do with Cathy based performance of being this deranged person, 78 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 1: and then James Cohn of really giving that great performance 79 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: of somebody who is utterly terrified. And I think you 80 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: hear that a lot in this scene. A lot of 81 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: this is the actual action being done, which it's really 82 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: hard for me to watch people's bones break in a 83 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 1: movie or in like a failed video. There's just something 84 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: about people breaking a bone that makes me queasy. And 85 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 1: in horror movies, I can really watch anything any blood 86 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: or guts is no, there's nothing too crazy for me. 87 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 1: But you put a broken bone on the screen and 88 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: I just can't handle it. But you also just have 89 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: James CON's you can hear it in his voice of 90 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 1: how utterly terrified he is of Cathy Baits, so that 91 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: no matter what level of horror fan, it makes it 92 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: really hard to watch. So at number eight, the scene 93 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: of any breaking Paul's legs in misery, what do you 94 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: think I'm about doing? It's for the best, almost done, 95 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: I can That's all I could play of that clip, 96 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: just hearing the pain in his voice and that's such 97 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: a great acting, and then hearing her stay completely calm. 98 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: That is horror. At number eight from two thousand American Psycho, 99 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: the scene around hip to be a Square Yeah, Patrick 100 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: Bateman and played by Christian Bale. He's talking about one 101 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: of his favorite songs from Huey Lewis and the News, 102 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: and then he murders Paul Allen played by Jared Leto 103 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: with an axe, and this scene is one that I 104 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: wish I could go back and watch for the first time, 105 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,039 Speaker 1: just wipe my memory and watched this scene again because 106 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 1: it's just so shocking when this happens again. It kind 107 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: of goes back to the performance of the actors here, 108 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: of Christian Bale's character in this movie being a really 109 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:16,119 Speaker 1: unlikable person, being so weird and kookie, and he's going 110 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: on about Huey Lewis and the news, and he's putting 111 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 1: on this raincoat and then you just don't expect it. 112 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: It's the shock value in this scene, and I think 113 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: it's that scene alone that makes this movie. It's why 114 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: this movie has continued to be one of my favorites. 115 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: And I think Rigs Up There is one of the 116 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: best horror thrillers of all time. So from two thousand 117 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: it's Christian Bale taking an ax to the head of 118 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: Jared Leto. I think they're undisputed masterpieces songs so a 119 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: mooth people probably gonna listen to the lyrics, but they 120 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: should because it's not just about the pleasures of performating 121 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,679 Speaker 1: the important to friends. It's also a personal statement about 122 00:06:53,680 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: the band itself, and it's just that scream right there, 123 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: and the quick just going from talking about the song 124 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: to hey, check out my ax at number seven. This 125 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: is definitely one. If you've never seen this movie, you 126 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: probably know this quote, whether it be from this movie 127 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: or whether it be from Johnny Carson himself, but it's 128 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: from the movie The Shining and it is Jack on 129 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: the attack. You have Jack Nicholson in his most deranged 130 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: role I feel of his career, the one aside from 131 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: the Joker, that I probably associate with him the most. Again, 132 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: we have another Stephen King movie on the list, and 133 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: in this scene, Jack played by Jack Nicholson forces Windy 134 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: played by Shelley Duvall into the bathroom and then she 135 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: finds out she can't squeeze through the window to escape, 136 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: and you have Jack Nicholson taking this ax to the door, 137 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: chomping at it bit by bit until he is able 138 00:07:52,800 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: to force his way through and says this, here's money. 139 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: And The Shining as a whole just has a lot 140 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: of great horror imagery from the blood coming off the elevator, 141 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: the two twins at the end of the hallway while 142 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: the kid is on the tricycle staring them down. But 143 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: this scene with Jack Nicholson in the Ax is by 144 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: far the most iconic and has landed it at number 145 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: seven on this list. The Shining from nineteen eight at 146 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: number six. From nineteen seventies six, another Stephen King addition 147 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: to this list. I didn't even do this on purpose. 148 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: It just shows you how much of a grip that 149 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 1: Stephen King has had on us all over the years, 150 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: and how many iconic titles he has written and have 151 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: had movie adaptations of. But it is carry and it 152 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: is the bucket of pig blood scene, and it happens 153 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: after winning prom. Queen Carrie played by Sissy Spacek is 154 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: daus with the bucket of pigs blood. And here's that moment. 155 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: And that, my friends, is why I did not go 156 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:15,439 Speaker 1: to prom. I mean, I think the real reason is 157 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: probably because I didn't have friends, let alone anybody that 158 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,439 Speaker 1: would go as my prom date. But also that this 159 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 1: scene has been burned into my head. At a very 160 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,959 Speaker 1: young age, I remember watching Carrie and feeling like her 161 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: actions that came after this were totally justified. Could you 162 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: imagine being in that scenario? But that bucket of blood 163 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 1: will always be in my memory. So from nineteen seventy six, 164 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 1: we're going with carry. We're in the top five now, 165 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: And I promised I did not do this on purpose. 166 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: I just ranked these as I saw fit after coming 167 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: up with this list. But at number five from nineteen 168 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:54,079 Speaker 1: ninety is it another Stephen King entry here? And it's 169 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 1: the scene where Georgie follows his paper boat down to 170 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: a sewer opening, and that's where he meets Penny Wise, 171 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: the child killing clown. And I think it's the chokehold 172 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: that this scene had on me as a kid. I 173 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: should not have watched it as young as I did. 174 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: And I'm not even afraid of clowns. I have no 175 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 1: problem with clowns, but I don't think you can watch 176 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: this scene without fearing them. Just a little bit of 177 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 1: how scary they made it, how great of a job 178 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: that Tim Curry did bringing this character to life. But 179 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 1: here is that scene from the version, oh oh yes, 180 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: slow and when you're down here with me? And I 181 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: chose to include this version even though I really enjoyed 182 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 1: the version. I thought they had a very fresh take 183 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: on it. I thought Bill scars guard performance was comparable 184 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:00,680 Speaker 1: to Tim Curry's in some aspects. I think that version 185 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,679 Speaker 1: was a little bit better because of the production quality, 186 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: and I felt like Bill scars Guard gave an equally 187 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 1: menacing performance as it. I really loved his vernacular in 188 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: that same scene. If you put those scenes side by side, 189 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: they both have things that I love, but you gotta 190 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 1: put the original there. From nine at number five is 191 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:24,199 Speaker 1: the storm drain scene at number four from nineteen eighty 192 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: four A Nightmare on Elm Street, the movie that changed 193 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: the way we slept forever. Another movie with so many 194 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 1: scenes that you could really pick from the first time 195 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: Freddie comes on screen, or Nancy in the bathtub and 196 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: the razor blade hand coming up from under the water, 197 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: his arms being stretched out like crazy. But the one 198 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: that I think is the most iconic and the biggest 199 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 1: triumph from Nightmare on Elm Street at number four is 200 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: Glenn's bloody death scene. And this happens when the character 201 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: Glenn played by Johnny Depp, accidentally falls asleep while he 202 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 1: is waiting for Nancy's call, and the image of him 203 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: sinking into the bed and then all of the blood 204 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: just come pouring out of that hole that he fell into, 205 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: and they flipped the bed and you just see gallons 206 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 1: and gallons of this blood river just flowing and then 207 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 1: his mom discovering the scene and not knowing what's happening. 208 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: That is what made this movie. And here is that scene. 209 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: So from that is Glenn's bloody death from a Nightmare 210 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: on Elm Street. I still think that's probably the strongest 211 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: in the entire franchise, and it's hard to beat the 212 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: first one. I really love Dream Warriors, so I probably 213 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: put that one after this one. But this is this 214 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 1: franchise that even with every reboot they've done, I always 215 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,079 Speaker 1: just like them a little bit. I root for them 216 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 1: to be good. I think overall, out of all the 217 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 1: big franchises, whether it be Halloween, Child's Play, Friday the Thirteen, 218 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: I feel like a Nightmare on Elm Street has the 219 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: most solid movies. All of those franchises have bad movies, 220 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: but I feel like if you just sat down to 221 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: watch any random Nightmare on Elm Street because of scenes 222 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 1: like this, because it's so important of how creative Freddy's 223 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: kills are, I think they have the most solid filmography, 224 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 1: So I feel great about putting that one at number four. 225 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: At number three is a movie that came out almost 226 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 1: fifty years ago, which is incredible to me, and it 227 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 1: is The Exorcist and the scene is when they are 228 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: performing the exorcism and the infamous headspin seen from nineteen 229 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 1: seventy three. You have the Father attempting an exorcism on 230 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: Linda Blair's character as her head well, let's just say, 231 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: displays this remarkable versatility of being able to rotate three 232 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty degrees. And remember, and the Exorcist is 233 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: viewed at is one of the scariest horror movies of 234 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: all time, and maybe to today's generation it doesn't seem 235 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,680 Speaker 1: as scary anymore. But remember this movie came out fifty 236 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: years ago, and to put something like this so radical, 237 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: based on a book that was fictionally based on true events, 238 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: it utterly terrified audiences who had never seen anything like 239 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 1: this before. So this was one of the first movies 240 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: to really do that. And this is, without a doubt, 241 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: the best part of the entire movie. The scene as 242 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: a whole is pretty vulgar, violent, shocking, but ultimately just 243 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 1: downright scary. And here is that moment from the Exorcist 244 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: like the sign of the Holy Cross of Our Lord 245 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ and rains with the Father, I'm the Holy Spirit. 246 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: David so just the really creepy scene, a very controversial scene, 247 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: and that is just something you don't mess with with 248 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: spirits and demons like that is the kind of movie 249 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: that gives me nightmares. So that is number three The Exorcist. 250 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: Moving on to number two. Also from the seventies, from 251 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: Night Halloween is the scene where Laurie Strode hides in 252 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: the closet. You have Laurie Strode played by Jamie Lee Curtis, 253 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 1: comes right after she tells the children to go hide 254 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: in the bathroom, and Laurie decides to go hide in 255 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: the bedroom closet, but Michael Myers finds her and tears 256 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: through the closet door in my favorite Halloween movie of 257 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: all time. And here is this iconic scene. And there's 258 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: so much I love about this scene and why I 259 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: think it is so iconic, it's Jamie Lee curtis Is performance. 260 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: And then you have Michael Myers outside of the closet, 261 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: and he seems kind of like a buffoon in this scene. 262 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 1: To be honest, he is, as you heard in that clip, 263 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 1: just breathing and muttering and tearing through this closet. Instead 264 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: of just opening the door, he decides to rip through it, 265 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: and it's that scene of seeing Laurie Strode down on 266 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: the floor crying, curled up, knowing that Michael Myers is 267 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: right there, and then seeing him with a knife blasting 268 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: through this closet door. You have the wood going everywhere, 269 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: and then his white face appears with no expression whatsoever. 270 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 1: And I think that is the perfect way to bring 271 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: all elements in this movie and bring them all to 272 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: their highest potential in such a vulnerable scene that will 273 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: never leave my memory. So even though that is my 274 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: favorite horror movie of all time, it didn't quite make 275 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: number one. But before I get to number one, here 276 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: are some honorable mentions that almost made my list. From 277 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: Child's Play in I love the scene where Chucky escapes 278 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: and you have Katherine Hicks who threatens to throw him 279 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: in the fire, and then that's when Chucky comes to 280 00:16:55,560 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: life and this moment goes down. He's stupid with me. 281 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,360 Speaker 1: I love that scene, but I'm not sure that everybody 282 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: watches that and can associate with that movie, so it 283 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: didn't quite make my iconic list. Another one I love 284 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: is from The Conjuring. I think one of the scariest 285 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:20,880 Speaker 1: moments is when she starts playing hide and collap with 286 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:25,159 Speaker 1: the ghost in the house and then this happens. Like 287 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 1: even just hearing that part of the movie gives me 288 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: chills again. I was also going to put the chess 289 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: Burster scene from Alien in nineteen seventy nine, which is 290 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 1: a great scene and a great movie, But for some reason, 291 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: I don't really consider Alien to be a horror movie. 292 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,159 Speaker 1: I associate that more as a sci fi movie. I know, 293 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,159 Speaker 1: it's like a sci fi horror movie, but when it 294 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: comes to movies I watch around Halloween season, I don't 295 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 1: really go to watch Alien. And then the other one 296 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: that almost made my list was from two thousand and 297 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 1: two in the Ring where Samara comes out of the TV. Yeah, 298 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: that was another really good one but didn't quite make 299 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: the list. What did make it, Well, it's another one 300 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: from the seventies, So I kind of ran into a 301 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,399 Speaker 1: theme here with being pretty heavy with the Stephen Kings 302 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 1: and also being pretty heavy with movies from the seventies. 303 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 1: But from nineteen four the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and it 304 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: is at the very final moment in this movie, the 305 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 1: Chainsaw Dance, you have a very frustrated leather face swinging 306 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: his chainsaw like a Madman and what I believe to 307 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: be the most iconic horror scene of all time. And 308 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: before I tell you why, here is just a little 309 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: bit of that scene, and that's all it is. It's 310 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 1: the sound of the chainsaw. But everything about this scene 311 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 1: is perfect. The setting. You have this dirt road in 312 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: Texas and leather Faces they're looking completely deranged. You have 313 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: the sunset in the background overlooking the plane as it 314 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 1: goes down, and it's such a beautiful scene for such 315 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 1: a gory movie, for all the things that happened in 316 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 1: this and to bring it all together and really kind 317 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 1: of give some real depth to Leatherface, who otherwise has 318 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 1: said nothing. But this is the first time you see 319 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 1: any kind of somewhat of a human element to leather Face, 320 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: and it made him just look like that much more 321 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 1: of a deranged character to be so frustrated that he 322 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: just wheelds around the chainsaw with no regard. And I 323 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: know not everyone references this to leather Face doing good dance, 324 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,879 Speaker 1: but that's what I see it as him spinning around 325 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 1: like a tormented ballerina. You think, why would somebody dance 326 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: at a moment like this, Why would somebody choose to 327 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: express themselves in a way like this at this point 328 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: in the movie, after everything's gone down, and it kind 329 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 1: of provides a little bit of beaut where it's not 330 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: supposed to be. And that's why I think this moment 331 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 1: is perfect. That's why I think this one scene has 332 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: stood the test of time and why I think this 333 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 1: is the most iconic because out of all these that 334 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 1: have made the list and are memorable in their own right, 335 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: there is no way to recreate this scene ever. And 336 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: I wonder if this moment was kind of an inspiration 337 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 1: in twenty nineteens Joker, wherever Joker just completed his first 338 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 1: kill and is frightened for a second. He takes off 339 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 1: running and instead of really hiding the evidence, instead of 340 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:37,159 Speaker 1: getting rid of the gun, he goes into a bathroom 341 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: and breaks out into dance. So maybe that was inspired 342 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: a little bit by leather Face and the chainsaw dance 343 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. And that's why I put 344 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: that moment at number one on the list of the 345 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: top ten most iconic horror scenes. If you think I 346 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,360 Speaker 1: missed one or you think one should have been rated differently, 347 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: let me know. Send me an email. Movie Mike D. 348 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: At gmail dot com or hit up my socials at 349 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 1: Mike Destro that's Mike d e s t r O. 350 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 1: If you miss any of that, it's always in the 351 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:14,160 Speaker 1: podcast episode notes. It is Horror Movie Month on Movie 352 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 1: Mix Movie Podcast, and I'm about to do a movie 353 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 1: Crew suggested movie review. I'm trying to find a horror 354 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: movie that somehow I just may have missed. So I 355 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: asked you guys online, what is a good movie that 356 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:27,640 Speaker 1: you've seen in the last five years that you would 357 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 1: rate at least four out of five stars. And the 358 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: movie that got the most votes is a movie from 359 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: called The Dark and the Wicked. It's about this brother 360 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,360 Speaker 1: and sister who returned home to say bye to their 361 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: dying father. He lives out on this very secluded farm, 362 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: and their mom starts acting really, really weird. She warned 363 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: them not to come to their house, and as he 364 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 1: is slowly dying there there to mourn him. There's this 365 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:57,640 Speaker 1: dark presence that starts surrounding the farm. They start seeing 366 00:21:57,720 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 1: all of these crazy things. They start having all of 367 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: these crazy nightmares, and the line between reality and nightmare 368 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 1: just starts to bed and you can't tell what is 369 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: actually going on. So for me, I have probably a 370 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 1: fear of dark presences, of fear of demons. This movie 371 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: was right on my alley to keep me on my toes. 372 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: It's a pretty low budget movie, so here's just a 373 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,640 Speaker 1: little bit of the dark and the wicked trailer. There 374 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: are things in this world, horrible things, wicked, and they 375 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 1: come for whoever they want. That's it wasn't crazy. Do 376 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:53,400 Speaker 1: you smell him? He's close now, he's already here. So 377 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 1: this movie did a very good job. Doesn't give away 378 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: a whole lot in the trailer, and there is a 379 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: lot of self horror in this movie. So if that's 380 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: hard for you to watch, may not be the movie 381 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 1: for you. I would say there were times in this 382 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: movie that, again I don't easily get queasy, but some 383 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: of the things were so shocking and very realistic and 384 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:19,400 Speaker 1: just overall very brutal that I found myself audibly expressing 385 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,679 Speaker 1: myself while watching a movie, which I rarely do. I 386 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: was like, oh, man, I did that a lot in 387 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: this movie. And it starts with them going to be 388 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: with their dad who is dying, and their mom starts 389 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 1: acting really weird as she starts to see things around 390 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: the farm. She starts to hear things and then they 391 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: start to experience and see what their mom was warning 392 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: them about. And I think it was the country setting 393 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: in this movie that really kind of have brought it 394 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: home to me, because this looks a lot like the 395 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 1: house that my parents live on now. And usually when 396 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 1: I watched scary movies, it's always in a big fancy house, 397 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: and I'm like, I'm never going to be in a 398 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: big fancy house like that. Posts and demons only exists 399 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 1: in people's homes who have money, but this took it 400 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: out to a Texas farm, so it felt very realistic 401 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: to me. And the other thing about this movie is 402 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,360 Speaker 1: normally all the scary parts in a horror movie happened 403 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 1: at night. You're safe during the day, it's all good, 404 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 1: it's all building towards crazy things later. Sometimes you get 405 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: a jump scare every now and then, but usually it 406 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 1: is nothing during the day. This movie, there are no rules. 407 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: Scary things happened during the day. Scary things even more so, 408 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 1: happened at night. But it's almost the scenes that happened 409 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: in broad daylight that are even scarier in this film. 410 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 1: And since this movie is a low budget movie, a 411 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 1: lot of how the tension is built is through the cinematography, 412 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:48,160 Speaker 1: through the acting, and this movie did a really great 413 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: job at building this sense of tension. It felt like 414 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,399 Speaker 1: it was building towards something, even though it had a 415 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 1: pretty slow pacing and kind of an odd interesting pacing, 416 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 1: But somehow it worked at it kept it tense even 417 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: though there wasn't a lot of major action throughout the movie, 418 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:05,960 Speaker 1: and I think that has to do with them not 419 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 1: having the biggest budget. But the things they did show 420 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 1: were important, but it was almost the things they didn't 421 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,640 Speaker 1: show where your imagination was able to go, that made 422 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 1: it even scarier. Just having this presence there and having 423 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 1: certain scenes framed a certain way made it a lot 424 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 1: more scary. It kind of reminded me of the original Halloween, 425 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 1: where that movie was done on a very low budget 426 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: and a lot of that was what you didn't see 427 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 1: that made it scarier. So the first thirty forty minutes 428 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: of this movie are actually pretty slow, but in a 429 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: good way. I like at times a slow burned movie 430 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: if it's done the right way. And I also found 431 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: myself feeling away. I haven't felt in a movie like 432 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 1: this before. It's kind of a sad movie. Horror movies, 433 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 1: to me, usually aren't very sad because you expect people 434 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 1: to die, you expect people to get killed. That's kind 435 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: of the fun of a horror movie. But this is 436 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:59,959 Speaker 1: a movie where you feel sad for the people involve 437 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: and it just kind of hit me in a way 438 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,120 Speaker 1: of like, I don't know why I am watching such 439 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: a sad movie right now, And I think it has 440 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 1: to do because going back to a lot of the 441 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,399 Speaker 1: scenes have to do with self harm, that is a 442 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: very hard thing to watch. But overall, I feel like 443 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: this is a pretty bare movie. There's very little dialogue. 444 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: A lot of it is, like I said, the characters 445 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 1: kind of sitting in their sadness, and that also kind 446 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: of helps push the narrative of what's actually going on here. 447 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 1: I think for me, I maybe needed a little bit 448 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 1: more plot in details as far as what the demonic 449 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,160 Speaker 1: presence actually was, and maybe even just seeing a little 450 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:39,400 Speaker 1: bit more of that. But again, it's a pretty low 451 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 1: budget movie, so they were actually able to do a 452 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: pretty good job at that. If I am left just 453 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 1: wanting more after watching a movie, I think that's a 454 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,399 Speaker 1: pretty good sign. But I think that is why you 455 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,959 Speaker 1: guys suggested this movie the most, and even though certain 456 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: parts fell a little bit flat because they lacked a 457 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,120 Speaker 1: little bit detail, it felt like a classic horror movie. 458 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 1: I got a little bit of Exorcist vibes. I also 459 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 1: got kind of the more modern horror take on things, 460 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: kind of like The Conjuring did. So I can see 461 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,360 Speaker 1: why this movie has had an impact in the last 462 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,440 Speaker 1: couple of years. And kind of sad and surprised that 463 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,680 Speaker 1: I missed this one coming out in But I think 464 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 1: it came out on Shutter, which is another streaming service 465 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 1: that I just couldn't put another streaming service in my life. 466 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 1: So I missed this one. But if you want to 467 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,199 Speaker 1: watch it, you can rent it on Amazon for like 468 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: three bucks. I think. Also if you have the Roku channel, 469 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 1: you can watch it there. Basically, you can watch it 470 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: anywhere where you rent movies. So if you're looking for 471 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 1: a new horror movie like I am, with a bit 472 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,239 Speaker 1: of a classic take, I would also suggest, like you 473 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,640 Speaker 1: guys did The Dark and the Wicked, I would give 474 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 1: it four out of five bloody fingers. It's time to 475 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 1: head down to movie Mike try Laura Paul so we 476 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 1: finally have it. Our first look at the new animated 477 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: Super Mario Brothers movie. One of the most beloved video 478 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:03,679 Speaker 1: game fran chises of all time, the most recognizable, I 479 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: would say, probably the most famous video game character to 480 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: ever exist. And I think that's why so many people 481 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: had so many things to say when it came to 482 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: the casting of this movie, when it comes to Chris 483 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: Pratt being the voice of Super Mario. So we'll get 484 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 1: into all of those questions that have been raised going 485 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: into that, and now that we have our first look 486 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: and listen at, the voice will explain where we all 487 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: stand on this now. But before I get into that, 488 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 1: here's just a little bit of the Super Mario Brothers trailer, 489 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: which is coming out next year on April seven. I 490 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: finally found it. Now, Who's gonna stop? Why is this 491 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: place died? I'm sorry that one's perfectly fine to Mario 492 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: much him king them. Here we come. So let's unpack 493 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 1: that trailer. Here you have Chris Pratt as Mario, and 494 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 1: I'll admit I was one of the people who was 495 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 1: a little bit hesitant of the casting. I think Chris 496 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: Pratt is a fine actor. I like him in a 497 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: lot of movies. I like him in the Jurassic World movies, 498 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: at least the first one a little bit of the 499 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 1: second one. I think he's really great in Guardi Insto 500 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 1: the Galaxy and that, you know, crossing go over into 501 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: the Avengers movie. So I am a fan of some 502 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 1: of his work. I wouldn't put him in my top 503 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 1: ten or even top twenty actors, but I'm not on 504 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 1: the team of hating Chris Pratt. I think the decision 505 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 1: to get him to play Mario is because he is 506 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: a recognizable name, and that is kind of the reality 507 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 1: we have to face when it comes to an animated 508 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: movie coming out in two You need bankable stars, You 509 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 1: need people that will draw viewers in, you need people 510 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 1: that can promote this movie on a big, major platform, 511 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: and you need people who were going to pay to 512 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: go and hear their voices in this movie. That's just 513 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 1: the world we live in today. Would it be amazing 514 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: if we had the actual person who voices Super Mario 515 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 1: in the video games that we all know and love, Yeah, 516 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 1: that would be cool, but that's just not what they 517 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 1: do when they make a movie like this. I also 518 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 1: think that as much as we would want that as 519 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: fans of this video game, I don't know that it 520 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 1: would work entirely. Really, the Mario voice we know only 521 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 1: speaks in sound bites. It's the quick let's go, it's 522 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 1: the quick wow. You know, it's those really bursts of 523 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,600 Speaker 1: Mario that we've all come to know and associate with. 524 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 1: So I'm a little bit more open now to hearing 525 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 1: Chris Pratt in this entire movie. I do think some 526 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: of the voice selection that I've heard in the trailer 527 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,240 Speaker 1: is interesting that they did kind of mess with people's 528 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,440 Speaker 1: voices a little bit. At the beginning of that clip, 529 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: you heard Bowser, who was voiced by Jack Black, and 530 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:03,080 Speaker 1: his voice has like a deepening effect on it, and 531 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,680 Speaker 1: it took me a second to remember that that was 532 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 1: Jack Black. You also have Keegan Michael Key as Toad 533 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,560 Speaker 1: in that trailer, and it sounds like his voice is 534 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 1: pitched up and really animated in a different way, but 535 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 1: somehow Chris Pratt's voices a little bit closer to his. 536 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 1: Also in the movie, we will have Anya Taylor Joy 537 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 1: as Princess Peach. You would know her from Queen's Gambut, 538 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: Charlie Dave from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Luigi, 539 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 1: and the one I'm most excited about is Seth Rogan 540 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:34,040 Speaker 1: as Donkey Kong. I think that will be great. And 541 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 1: I think we also have a false pretense that video 542 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 1: game movies are good, and even as much as I 543 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 1: found myself enjoying Sonic the Hedgehog one and two, I 544 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:48,640 Speaker 1: think even the best video game movies are just decent 545 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:52,320 Speaker 1: movies altogether. And maybe that's because video game movies are 546 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 1: relatively new. The first one came out in and it 547 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,720 Speaker 1: was none other than Super Mario Bros. Starring John liquizam 548 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:04,960 Speaker 1: Alway came out on May and that movie is seen 549 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 1: as being kind of a flop. But again, I think 550 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 1: it's because we all grew up playing Super Mario. I 551 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: know I did in the nineties where Super Nintendo was 552 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 1: widely popular, and for me it probably came to the 553 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 1: most I played It was on n sixty four in 554 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: Super Mario in sixty four is one of my favorite 555 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,280 Speaker 1: games ever. And then even as a team an adult, 556 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:30,040 Speaker 1: whenever the week came out, I was still playing Super 557 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:33,480 Speaker 1: Mario in some capacity, whether it be the Marquee game 558 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 1: or in Mario Kart. So I think the character crosses 559 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:40,960 Speaker 1: so many generations, and by looking at the visuals in 560 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,240 Speaker 1: this trailer. I think it actually looks pretty good. It 561 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 1: kind of gives me those in sixty four Super Mario vibes, 562 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 1: but a lot more detailed, And I like how it 563 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 1: just kind of feels like that video game brought to life, 564 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 1: which I can't remember the actual last time if that 565 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 1: was done particularly well. Usually in video game movies that 566 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:04,720 Speaker 1: are this popular, it is live action and the video 567 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 1: game character is being portrayed in the real world. But 568 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 1: I like that this one is just the straight up 569 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 1: animated movie. I think that gives it a lot of 570 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,000 Speaker 1: promise that it will be true to the video game, 571 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 1: which is always the hard thing to do, and I 572 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,720 Speaker 1: think is why historically these movies don't do so great, 573 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,880 Speaker 1: because we compare them to the video games, which we 574 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 1: spend a lot of time with. It's kind of like 575 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 1: when people read a book and then go watch the 576 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,400 Speaker 1: movie based on that book, and it can never live 577 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:37,080 Speaker 1: up to that same expectation because your imagination and the 578 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 1: story just has so much more places to explore in 579 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 1: a book. It's the same way with the video game. 580 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,400 Speaker 1: You can spend hours and hours playing a video game 581 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 1: and exploring that world, and then in a two hour movie. 582 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,920 Speaker 1: Only like three parts from that video game are portrayed accurately, 583 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 1: so I think that is where this movie can greatly 584 00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 1: benefit from being completely animated movie. And until we get 585 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:06,120 Speaker 1: a dark night type movie for a video game movie, 586 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,239 Speaker 1: I think that we will have to take them for 587 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:10,919 Speaker 1: what they are. They are just fun movies and fun 588 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,440 Speaker 1: to watch because we grew up with these video games. 589 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: But again, that is the Super Mario Brothers movie coming 590 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:22,360 Speaker 1: out next year on April seven. Let's go this makes 591 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 1: edition of movie, and that'll do it For another episode 592 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,839 Speaker 1: here of the podcast. Before I hop out of here, 593 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,040 Speaker 1: I gotta give my listeners shout out, and last week 594 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,839 Speaker 1: I mentioned that if you listen to the interview with 595 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:38,399 Speaker 1: Corey Fellman talking about the Lost Boys and commented with 596 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:41,399 Speaker 1: the vampire emoji, I would pick one of those people 597 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:44,520 Speaker 1: to shout out the following week. So I have randomly 598 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:48,279 Speaker 1: selected someone who commented with that vampire emoji, and this 599 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,759 Speaker 1: week's shout out goes to could be Alicia, or it 600 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:54,480 Speaker 1: could be Alicia underscore Noel, who wrote love the interview 601 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,440 Speaker 1: vampire emoji. I am excited to see how you like 602 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,840 Speaker 1: watching the Marvel movies in the new order update you guys. 603 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,319 Speaker 1: Last week I talked about I am watching all of 604 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,200 Speaker 1: the Marvel movies again in a new order, and the 605 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,680 Speaker 1: new order is I am just watching every character's solo 606 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 1: movie in order. The update is I have started more 607 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,360 Speaker 1: of the Captain America movies and am currently on Captain 608 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 1: America The Winter Soldier. I'll do an entire episode based 609 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:23,320 Speaker 1: on my re ranking and this new order of watching 610 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:25,960 Speaker 1: the Marvel movies. I'll post the entire list of how 611 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,520 Speaker 1: I end up watching these movies right now. I'll just 612 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:32,759 Speaker 1: say that I have enjoyed the Captain America movies more 613 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,640 Speaker 1: than I remember. I often kind of viewed them as boring, 614 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:39,560 Speaker 1: but I think since watching the Avengers movies and going 615 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,279 Speaker 1: back to see his origin story, I have a lot 616 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,920 Speaker 1: more respect for what Chris Evans did with Captain America. 617 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:48,200 Speaker 1: So that is my update for this week as I 618 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:51,880 Speaker 1: continue powering through again all of the Marvel movies, which 619 00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:55,040 Speaker 1: I'm also just reminded how much I love these movies 620 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:58,320 Speaker 1: and how much they have impacted me over the years. 621 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:01,239 Speaker 1: So that'll probably take me a while to get through. 622 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,920 Speaker 1: But that is my big project that I'm working on, 623 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,200 Speaker 1: and I will update you guys as that goes along, 624 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,880 Speaker 1: and until next week go out and watch good movies 625 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:12,960 Speaker 1: and I will talk to you later. 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