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    Tales from the Crypt!

    Tastes Less Game'y
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    • Ghost
      Ghost last edited by

      So, it has been announced that Tales From the Crypt will be returning, though it will be made by M. Night Shyamalan and won't have the Cryptkeeper. SO, since we are about to have a shitty new Tales From the Crypt coming our way...

      ...what was your favorite Tales From the Crypt episode?

      Mine was "Terror Television", about the hokey journalist who does a publicity stunt to spend a night in a haunted house, only to find out that the house is actually haunted. Him and his camera man end up being chainsawed and hung out of a window.

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      • Thenomain
        Thenomain last edited by

        Friday the Thirteenth, The Series. I just liked it. It wasn't great, but it wasn't trying to be.

        I might have watched Tales from the Crypt more if it wasn't for the screechy muppet. The Twilight Zone would have felt the same if Rod Serling announced each of the episodes while dressed like Flippo the Clown and kept winking at the camera.

        “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
        ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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        • Miss Demeanor
          Miss Demeanor last edited by

          Demon Knight. 🙂 Yeah, yeah, sue me, TftC movie rather than episode... it was still fucking awesome.

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          • Ghost
            Ghost @Miss Demeanor last edited by

            @Miss-Demeanor Demon Knight was amazing. Billy Zane was so good, and that SOUNDTRACK.

            I miss the days when the movie's soundtrack was a great album to buy, like the Crow soundtrack or Queen of the Damned. The Awesome Mix Vol. 1 seems like the first movie in a long, long time to do that.

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            • Miss Demeanor
              Miss Demeanor @Ghost last edited by

              @Ghost Maximum Overdrive. Best soundtrack. Ever.

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              • Lithium
                Lithium @Miss Demeanor last edited by

                @Miss-Demeanor I have to say Demon Knight was really quite good, Billy Zane has a soft spot in my heart and Jada was also pretty good.

                Overall I didn't watch to much Tales from the Crypt, or at least it didn't have to much of an impact on my psyche, not like say, Creepshow did...

                Fucking cockaroaches!

                and

                Thanks for the Ride Lady!

                Hello! Long time listener, first time caller...

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                • Miss Demeanor
                  Miss Demeanor last edited by

                  @Lithium I really enjoyed all the TftC movies. Demon Knight, Bordello of Blood, and Ritual are all good. 🙂

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                  • Jaded
                    Jaded last edited by

                    I have two favorite Tales from The Crypt episodes:

                    The Ventriloquist's Dummy, had Bobcat Goldthwait it - it involved him wanting to learn and become as great as his hero a ventriloquist only to find out that the puppet was more than a puppet.

                    And the second was Dig That Cat...He's Real Gone, starring Joe Potagliano, where his character was given some cat glands and had nine lives - and he was a circus showman who was using those lives to make money in grander and more grandiose stunts. The entire episode is narrated by him from inside a coffin as he recounts his various deaths.

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                    • Miss Demeanor
                      Miss Demeanor last edited by

                      Ventriloquist's Dummy was AMAZING!

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                      • Jaded
                        Jaded @Miss Demeanor last edited by

                        @Miss-Demeanor said:

                        Ventriloquist's Dummy was AMAZING!

                        It is one of the more memorable episodes for me.

                        @Lithium said:

                        Creepshow did...

                        There was another episode of another horror show and I can never find reference to it online. I swore that it had Kevin Bacon in it but it wasn't on his IMDB. Essentially the episode is this woman goes to visit her sister and her new husband at their cabin. While she's there she sees her sister is depressed about their baby's arrival and even attempts to kill herself. Towards the end of the show the pregnant sister is babbling that her husband isn't right, the baby isn't right - and then she gives a birth to a giant baby cockroach. And then Kevin turns into a giant cockroach. And tells the sister that she'll be his next wife. It was all pretty surreal. I saw this when I was like 12 and will never forget it.

                        Anyways I think this might have been a Creepshow episode.

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                        • ThugHeaven
                          ThugHeaven @Lithium last edited by

                          @Lithium

                          I had nightmares as a kid from Creepshow 2, especially the "Thanks for the Ride lady!" One.

                          Tales from the Darkside's intro used to creep me out too.

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                          • Alzie
                            Alzie last edited by

                            Plot twist, The Cryptkeeper is in the movie, but it's M. Night Shyamalan.

                            Alzie's Too Long Playlist

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                            • Thenomain
                              Thenomain @Alzie last edited by

                              @Alzie said:

                              Plot twist, The Cryptkeeper is in the movie, but it's M. Night Shyamalan.

                              Or at least his career.

                              “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
                              ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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                              • Arkandel
                                Arkandel Admin @Thenomain last edited by

                                @Thenomain said:

                                Or at least his career.
                                http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Director&id=shyamalan.htm

                                His movies are turning out $154 million on average adjusted after inflation. His career is fine, which is why he keeps getting to make more movies.

                                ... They are crappy movies, agreed, but that's a whole different story.

                                • He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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                                • Cirno
                                  Cirno Banned @Arkandel last edited by

                                  @Arkandel said:

                                  @Thenomain said:

                                  Or at least his career.
                                  http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Director&id=shyamalan.htm

                                  His movies are turning out $154 million on average adjusted after inflation. His career is fine, which is why he keeps getting to make more movies.

                                  ... They are crappy movies, agreed, but that's a whole different story.

                                  Why does he get to make crappy movies when Tommy Wiseau doesn't?

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                                  • Arkandel
                                    Arkandel Admin @Cirno last edited by

                                    @Cirno said:

                                    ... They are crappy movies, agreed, but that's a whole different story.

                                    Why does he get to make crappy movies when Tommy Wiseau doesn't?

                                    I'm not sure what you're asking. Isn't it obvious that if your product consistently turns out a tidy profit someone will hire you to make more of whatever it is?

                                    • He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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                                    • Cirno
                                      Cirno Banned @Arkandel last edited by

                                      @Arkandel said:

                                      @Cirno said:

                                      ... They are crappy movies, agreed, but that's a whole different story.

                                      Why does he get to make crappy movies when Tommy Wiseau doesn't?

                                      I'm not sure what you're asking. Isn't it obvious that if your product consistently turns out a tidy profit someone will hire you to make more of whatever it is?

                                      Ah, yes, I forgot that The Room didn't make a profit.

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                                        ThatGuyThere @Cirno last edited by

                                        @Cirno
                                        Because M Night made a couple of good ones first.
                                        that is the true secret to making it in Hollywood, put out one or two good and profitable movies then start churning the out the dreck, and raking in money.

                                        The good ones in M nights case are Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, granted Sixth Sense really doesn't hold up well after time and shock have passed.

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                                        • Lithium
                                          Lithium @ThatGuyThere last edited by

                                          @ThatGuyThere said:

                                          @Cirno
                                          Because M Night made a couple of good ones first.
                                          that is the true secret to making it in Hollywood, put out one or two good and profitable movies then start churning the out the dreck, and raking in money.

                                          The good ones in M nights case are Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, granted Sixth Sense really doesn't hold up well after time and shock have passed.

                                          UInbreakable was panned, bad... Signs got a lot of love though why any aliens would come /here/ if water made them melt is beyond me. Our planet is practically nothing but water and if they could travel here, they'd fucking know it.

                                          As someone who never watched the cartoon I actually didn't mind his Avatar movie, neat special effects at least. Was better than trees making us suicidal at least.

                                          Hello! Long time listener, first time caller...

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                                          • Thenomain
                                            Thenomain @Lithium last edited by

                                            @Lithium
                                            In th e final season of the cartoon, The Gang covertly goes to see a play about themselves, because why not. They are horrified with how the world sees them (no wonder; it was propaganda) but at the end their summary was, "It was ... alright? Good special effects, though."

                                            Officially the Avatar creators don't say anything about the movie. I think this is their unofficial response.

                                            “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
                                            ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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