Scream Factory Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by KamenRiderWolf

I thought it was a pretty good horror movie... Thought the effects were good and it had a good cast....

I do want to watch it, but I'm wondering if it'll be one of those "one and dones" that I see out if curiosity, like Eve of Destruction.

[MNL_Boogey_Man]

Originally Posted by jshaide

I do want to watch it, but I'm wondering if it'll be one of those "one and dones" that I see out if curiosity, like Eve of Destruction.

It is one you can watch more than once.. I plan on buying it...

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by KamenRiderWolf

That is him thanks for the info and the laugh. I have watched him twice and had to struggle through him and the movies...

He used to have a much better variety of movies on his show, long before he was syndicated nationwide. I was introduced to Theater of Blood back in the late 90's, because it was broadcast on his show. Much of his act is very specific to Chicago and the Chicago suburbs (especially Berwyn, IL), and I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't translate well elsewhere.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by KamenRiderWolf

I thought it was a pretty good horror movie... Thought the effects were good and it had a good cast....

I especially liked how it paid homage to THE THING as well as being an underwater monster movie. Lots of fun, highly entertaining B-movie

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Pete Rock

Don't forget about USA UP ALL Night. All the great cult classics, b movies, and sexploitation movies from the late 80's/early 90's with the explicit content edited out.

Yes, and Commander USA's Groovie Movies.

(Just saying, though, I don't know anybody who watched USA during prime time hours. The afternoon cartoons, yes, but...)

[Member-167298]

So much of my elementary and middle school years were spent watching any and all horror movies on USA, HBO, Cinemax and The Movie Channel with Joe Bob Briggs (and later on TNT MonsterVision). Probably some of the best times of my life and really shaped a lot of the interests I still have to this day.

[Brent L.]

I don't follow what all SF can deal with, so forgive me for asking this. Is it possible for SF to ever release the complete Tales From the Darkside TV series? It's from Paramount, so is that completely impossible?

[Camp_Crystal_Lake]

Originally Posted by PrestonXI

So much of my elementary and middle school years were spent watching any and all horror movies on USA, HBO, Cinemax and The Movie Channel with Joe Bob Briggs (and later on TNT MonsterVision). Probably some of the best times of my life and really shaped a lot of the interests I still have to this day.

I also spent a lot of Friday and Saturday nights watching AMC, TNT, and USA and their all-night horror shows. On Friday nights, after local high school football games, I'd come home and watch AMC and the classic Universal Monsters they would show. After AMC , I'd switch over to USA Up All Night. On Saturday's I'd switch between USA Up All Night and TNT's Monstervision.

I discovered so many films via these programs; and had a lot of good times watching them too.

[Omen2002]

Originally Posted by Brent L.

I don't follow what all SF can deal with, so forgive me for asking this. Is it possible for SF to ever release the complete Tales From the Darkside TV series? It's from Paramount, so is that completely impossible?

Paramount.. ugh, I'd say no chance then, barring a miracle.

That was a fun show though!

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by zbinks

He used to have a much better variety of movies on his show, long before he was syndicated nationwide. I was introduced to Theater of Blood back in the late 90's, because it was broadcast on his show. Much of his act is very specific to Chicago and the Chicago suburbs (especially Berwyn, IL), and I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't translate well elsewhere.

The movies aren't always terrible. I watched Curse of the Werewolf on his show this past Saturday. It's a great Hammer movie.

[Brent L.]

Originally Posted by Omen2002

Paramount.. ugh, I'd say no chance then, barring a miracle.

That was a fun show though!

Tell me about it. I'm sitting here watching this episode tonight and I love it. One of the weirdest and funniest things, lol...

TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE ( The Trouble with Mary Jane) - YouTube

[horrorfan4life]

I also watched Monstervision. Most of the movies they showed weren't very good but if you tempered your expectations and went into it with the right mindset there was enjoyment to be had.

Joe Bob was very entertaining. I remember one night when they showed the "It's Alive" series he would say "it's killer mutant baby night" as often as he could. He was also a fan of Charles Napier and tried to get him to come on the show, which he eventually did. I can't remember which of his movies they showed that night though.

No matter what the quality of the movies were, Joe Bob always tried to champion them along with the actors, like Charles Napier, who appeared in them. That was cool.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by Camp_Crystal_Lake

I also spent a lot of Friday and Saturday nights watching AMC, TNT, and USA and their all-night horror shows. On Friday nights, after local high school football games, I'd come home and watch AMC and the classic Universal Monsters they would show. After AMC , I'd switch over to USA Up All Night. On Saturday's I'd switch between USA Up All Night and TNT's Monstervision.

I discovered so many films via these programs; and had a lot of good times watching them too.

me too!

[kngtmat]

Tales From the Darkside TV series

I grew up watching that. Inside the Closet was the best & scariest episode for me.



I saw USA Up All Night & TNT's Monstervision. In the 90's the over the air horror films I saw the channel 44 from Tampa had Dr. Paul Bearer. The first time I got to see the Wraith was on his show.

[Lyle_JP]

In my youth, USA Network had Saturday Nightmares. This was where I first saw Friday the 13th. And back then, USA Network still censored all nudity and most swearing, but they left the gore completely intact.

[redrunner97]

I agree, Svengoolie isn't that bad. Bride of Frankenstein, The Raven, and Creature from the Black Lagoon have been on recently.

[Omen2002]

Originally Posted by kngtmat

I grew up watching that. Inside the Closet was the best & scariest episode for me.

Love that episode! That one spooked me the first time I saw it when I was a kid.

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by demonknight

The movies aren't always terrible. I watched Curse of the Werewolf on his show this past Saturday. It's a great Hammer movie.

Originally Posted by redrunner97

I agree, Svengoolie isn't that bad. Bride of Frankenstein, The Raven, and Creature from the Black Lagoon have been on recently.

The films aren't bad, just overplayed. Svengoolie has had the Universal Monsters and Universal Hammer movies in heavy rotation since 2006. I can't tell you how many times I've tuned in only to find them replaying The Brides of Dracula yet again. I'm guessing he's probably lost the broadcasting rights to many of the films he played between 1995 and 2005, but the show was a better weekly watch at the time. Not all of the films were great, some weren't even good, but you generally got something different week in and week out.

[MNL_Boogey_Man]

Originally Posted by zbinks

The films aren't bad, just overplayed. Svengoolie has had the Universal Monsters and Universal Hammer movies in heavy rotation since 2006. I can't tell you how many times I've tuned in only to find them replaying The Brides of Dracula yet again. I'm guessing he's probably lost the broadcasting rights to many of the films he played between 1995 and 2005, but the show was a better weekly watch at the time. Not all of the films were great, some weren't even good, but you generally got something different week in and week out.

I will have to give him another try.... Maybe I just got a couple bad episodes... So Svengoolie will get another try......

[Blu Balls]

About 80 miles northwest of Chicago is a city called Rockford, Illinois, where in the 1980's the local station (Channel 39) had a weekly show called "Uncle Don's Terror Theatre." The show played old horror movies and featured this guy with glasses and a bow tie, who interacted with a stuffed shark named Sharkey. Uncle Don would talk to and also provide the voice for Sharkey, as well as; performing skits, answering viewer mail, and providing goofy commentary about the movie before commercial breaks. Many of the movies were awful but, it was a fun show to watch when I was a kid.
I have been able to find a couple of clips from this show on You Tube, unfortunately they are low quality and are from the end of the shows run, when they strayed away from the Horror aspect and changed the name to "Uncle Don's Theatre." I hope somebody will eventually post clips from the earlier shows, during the height of Uncle Don's popularity.