Joe Bob Briggs on Shudder

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Originally Posted by BluRayTim

Off topic, but Joe Bob Briggs (whose real name is John Bloom-full name John Irving Bloom) played that jerk Don Ward in Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece film Casino in 1995.

Yes, and it took me forever to actually hear anything from Joe Bob on that very role. He addresses it in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Q4BDSYVK4

Casino is brought up at around the 6:28-mark, although you're going to watch the whole clip anyway, c'mon now.

I've been going back and hitting all the Shudder-hosted films that I missed the first time around. Tonight's viewing was for my first-time watch of Castle Freak, which had its moments, but kinda felt more rushed and slight as the film wore on. The ending was kind of a letdown in its execution. The credits started rolling and I was like "Hmmm, that's it?" Very predictable.

The one big surprise of the film is actually spoiled by Joe Bob in one of the earlier segments. It even looked like Barbara Crampton took pause when she heard him nonchalantly mention it so early on. So, if you want to go in totally fresh, maybe watch the film on its own first, and then go back and watch the Joe Bob intermissions.