Today’s movie of the day is Who’s Harry Crumb? (1989) directed by Paul Flaherty. And starring John Candy, Annie Potts,  Jeffery Jones and Shawnee Smith.

I remember that the first time I watch it was on channel 20 on a Sunday when I was 12. Channel 20 was known to show the most random old or not well known movies to fill up there afternoon time slots over the weekend. Who’s Harry Crumb? was one of them! It is part mystery and part comedy and it is about a private detective named Harry Crumb (played by John Candy) journey on solving a missing person’s case. However this particular case hit close to home because the person who did the kidnapping is someone Harry Crumb personally knows!

The opening of the trailer to this movie kind of draws you in as a dark film noir but then as soon as you hear James Brown’s I Feel Good song it takes a comedic turn. For some reason I always felt like when I heard that particular song by James Brown in a movie or in a commercial I automatically knew that whatever I was watching was about to turn into something funny!

I have always been such a fan of John Candy movies. Mainly because every time I watched one of his films I felt like I was watching my uncle or a close member of the family. It look like any role he portray he took it on with such ease and always had a funny but natural pose with it.

I remember that Channel 20 showed this movie regularly through out the late winter through the spring every other Sunday so I kinda grew up with this movie and felt a sense of confront when I saw this movie on the screen.

Fun Fact about this movie:

Jim Belushi made an uncredit cameo role in this movie.  He is in the background as a man on the bus.

 

 

UNTIL NEXT TIME!!!

Hello everyone! It is not secret that I love love love to read! So I thought I would share a couple of titles that I want to read this winter. Some are new titles and some are books that have been on my to read list for a while. Here they are in no particular order:

1. Paperback from Hell by Grady Hendrix (2017)- This book talks about horror books from the 1970’s and 1980’s. This books looks interesting to me because it talks about a lot of hidden horror novel gems.

2. True Indie: Life and Death in Filmmaking by Don Coscarelli- from the director of Phantasm, The Beastmaster and Bubba Ho-Tep director Don Coscarelli writes about the good and the bad of independent film making!

3. Counting Sheep: Reflections and Observations of a Swedish Shepard by Axel Linden- Author Axel Linden learns that he inherited a farm full of sheep and he writes about taking his life in a total 180 degree direction!

4.

Any kind of winter theme Fear Street books by R.L. Stine- I like horror, anything seasonal orientated, and books. I think R.L. Stine does too because he made a lot of books about the winter season. Because what can be scarier then being cooped up in your house during the winter??

5. The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce. Editor Michael Newton selected some great ghost stories in one book! If you want to take a break from  your normal reading why not pick something out to scare you?

Happy reading!!!

Hello everyone! Recently I got the Criterion Collection end of the year drawing where they have all the potential upcoming releases for the new year.

And it made me want to do another wish list of what movies I would like to see as part of the Criterion Collection library. So here are four movies that I would like to see as part of the collection and why:

1. Freaks (1932)- directed by Tod Browning. I was five years old the first time I watched this movie. My parents both had full time jobs and I was often dropped off at a babysitter’s house who mainly let me watch TV 80% of the time I was there. She never controlled what I watched so I pretty much watched anything. I remember that this movie was playing a lot during that time so I watch this movie the first year I was with my babysitter maybe up to 15 times that year. This movie stuck with me throughout my life so far and I really enjoyed it because of the diverse talent and crazy plot line!
2.   Basket Case (1982)- directed by Frank Henenlotter- It is no surprise that this movie made my list. Frank Henenlotter is one of my favorite directors because of the characters he creates and Belial is one of my out there characters in cinema today! Henenlotter is known for his low budget creations and dark humor. If it were up to me Basket Case would be part of the film registry at the Library of Congress!
3.  Grease 2 directed by Patricia Birch (1982)- If I had to choose between the first Grease and Grease 2 as which one is the better favorite of mine.I will always pick Grease 2 and it is mainly because of the soundtrack! With such song titles as “Do it for Our Country”, “Cool Rider” and “Reproduction.” How can you not have fun watching this movie??? It has a less serious tone than the first movie and I feel like it is way more entertaining!
4.  Phenomena directed by Dario Argento (1985)- I am kind of surprised that Dario Argento has not been part of the Criterion Collection yet! I feel like this movie would be a good introduction to film fans that haven’t been introduce to this director.

What movies would you like to see as part of the Criterion Collection?

 

Until Next time!!!

Hello everyone! I hope you had a good start to 2019!

Today I will be discussing about Wayne’s World 2 (1993). It stars Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Tia Carrere,  and Christopher Walken. It is also jammed pack with guest celebrities such a Kim Basinger, James Wong, Chris Farley, Drew Barrymore and many many more actors!

This movie is a sequel to Wayne’s Word (dud) and it starts off with Wayne’s public access show “Wayne’s World”. Wayne catches the audience up with all the information that we miss out of between sequels as  they get ready to do to an Aerosmith’s concert. After the concert Wayne has a dream where he meet Jim Morrison in the middle of the desert and Jim tells him what the meaning and purpose of Wayne’s life is. Which is to throw a rock concert in Illinois. Throughout the movie Wayne experiences some pitfalls of getting to concert to happen like trying to stop his girlfriend from marrying her record producer.

He is also not sure if any of the bands he booked will come ( He made a long list of band  that would come and play; such as Pearl Jam, Aerosmith and Van Halen) and if any people would buy tickets to this concert.

I remember watching this movie in the theater because as  a child I really enjoy watching the first Wayne’s world on TV. I actually prefer the sequel more than the original because  I felt like this plot seemed more attractive then the original. Also I like the fact that it paid homage to some classic movies such as The Graduate and Jurassic Park.

Fun fact about this movie: Mike Myers wanted Federico Fellini to direct Wayne’s World 2 but the producers at Paramount thought he was joking and quickly rejected the idea.

Could you imagine what kind of movie Fellini would of directed?

 

ROCK ON!

Today’s movie of the day is 1986’s Labyrinth starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly and directed by Jim Henson.

It centers around a teenage girl named Sarah (played by Jennifer Connelly) who goes on a quest to bring back her baby brother who was kidnapped by a Goblin King (played by David Bowie). She has to search for her brother in this weird “labyrinth” kind of place and is only given 13 hours to find him or he will be part of that “Labyrinth” world forever and part of the Goblin kingdom. On her journey she encounters some resourceful and not so resourceful creatures there who can help her bring her brother back home.

The first time I saw this movie was on VH1 around the late 90’s. I remember it was summer and I have was flipping through channels because I was having a hard to finding something good to watch on TV. What made me stop on this channel was this scene:

I remember my first thought was: “Oh my gosh what in the world is going on? What are those orange things on TV?!” So I stay on the channel and watch it and then I really got in to this when I found out that David Bowie was in this movie!!

I had always been a huge fan of David Bowie ever since I was little so it was no surprise that I was practically glued to the screen watching this movie! So this movie became a rotation in my movies to watch when I cannot find something to watch pile.  So I am pretty secure in saying that I have probably seen this movie at least 20 times!

A fun fact about this movie is that Hoggle was voiced by Brian Henson who is Jim Henson’s son!

 

Until Next time!!!!

Hello all! I am back with another gift giving guide and I feel what better gift to give for the holiday season like the gift of a good book! Below are some recommendations to give that certain someone or to give an unexpected surprise from your normal gift giving!

This book by Taschen book is super cool! I personally always wanted to do this out of curiosity and now there is a book that shows you how to build your own skeleton!

Link below for more info or to buy!

https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/classics/all/44638/facts.build_your_own_human_skeleton_life_size.htm

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin is one of my favorite reads. What better gift to give someone than a book about a demon baby?

Link below to buy:

https://www.amazon.com/Rosemarys-Baby-Ira-Levin/dp/1605981109

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil and Gilliam McCain This is also one of my favorite books ever! If you ever wanted to know the history of punk this comprehensive guide is a go to must!

Link is below to buy:

Autographed- Please Kill Me 20th Anniversary  

Silent Night by RL Stine What say Merry Christmas like a young adult book by RL Stine. This quick read is a must for the person who likes to read but just can manage the time to read a long book. Plus when I read RL Stine’s books it is like a dip back into my teenage memory pool bank!

Link is below to buy:

Silent Night

 

HAPPY READING!!!

Grimace you are this month’s MAN OF THE MOMENT!!!!

Grimace original name was “Evil Grimace” because he mean purpose in life was to steal milkshakes:

He even grew an extra set of arms for this purpose but the McDonald’s ad people decide that Grimace was not just one evil personality he is a thing of many emotions so they scale back his many arms to just one pair.

Grimace is one of Ronald McDonald’s best and oldest friends. There is even a commercial about how they met back in 1981:

Although Grimace is a non determined species we have met various members of his family throughout McDonald’s campaigns. Such as Grandma Winky and Great Grandma Jenny Grimace. Two aunts name Millie and Tillie

Which Ronald McDonald confused them as Grimace’s ANTS when Grimance told Ronald that his AUNTS were stopping by to eat lunch with them.

Also Grimace has an Uncle O’Grimacey who is green and promoted the Shamrock Shakes and also acted as the delivery man of the shakes to McDonaldland to everyone that lived there.

Grimace was often the funny fall back dumb guy in a lot of Ronald McDonald’s commercials. He often ended his sentences with a “duh” or I don’t know Ronald?”

I personal liked him more then Ronald McDonald because he was big, and purple. When I was little I had a McDonald plate that depicted Grimace tripping Ronald into a pile of leaves and I thought that was the greatest thing ever!

And his products seem to stand out more to me:

He also was the best part of a Mcdonald’s playground set!!! :

He seemed to be a simple person and just wanted as many milkshakes as he could carry. If only life were that simple!

GRIMACE YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME!!!!

HELLO everyone! this year I decided to make up a Holiday Gift Giving guide of some weird, wonderful and awesome things to give as gifts for this holiday season!!! Here it is no particular order:

1. I am a huge fan of art and movies. Vhsgirl (@vhsgirl ) has collided the two formats and her esty store has some great pieces of art for you to choose from and also is currently having an awesome sale as well. Her link to her store is below:       VHSGIRL
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   Christmas Evil  (1980) is my go to horror Christmas Movie. It is also one of John Waters favorite movies. So with the John Waters movie seal of approval you really can’t go wrong with gifting this movie to a fellow horror movie fan. DiabolikDVD has also been one of my go to buy site for obscure movies and will have this movie to buy soon. Link is below to buy!:

   Christmas Evil

3.        It is no surprise that this item made it to my gift giving list! Belila is one of my forever icons and now that he comes in form of a Christmas Ornament for your tree is even more reason that horror is not just reserve for Halloween. Link is below to buy!                                                                                                                                        Belila Ornament
4.                                     I have such a weird obession with the movie Mac and Me so when Barbarian Rage (@barbarian_rage  )and @inherit_my_breaking_wind join forces to create the most amazing bootleg toy of Mac I knew this had to be included in this guide! Link is below to buy:                                                                                                                                   Mac and Me toy
5.  The holiday season bring the best and the worst of times in everybody. Why not give the gift of clarity in terms of the tarot card read? Jessica is awesome at what she does! This is the gift for that certain someone who is need of an answer or if you are stuck in trying to for a gift for someone who has everything! Jessica does reads in terms of appoints only. Please refer to her Instagram for more info below:@palmtreepriestesstarot
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This cd has been my go to Christmas music since 2013 and this could be yours too or for someone that thinks that have heard all of the same Christmas music. Why not give them a John Waters type of Christmas? Link is below to buy: John Waters CD

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NightFlight and Shudder channels are two of my favorite streaming apps! I cannot recommend ENOUGH how amazing these two services are! They have provided me with hours,  and non stop days of entertainment for the past year! Be that person that gives out that cool gift this year!

Night Flight to buy is: Night Flight

Shudder to buy: Shudder

8.   Jack Mord  ( IG: @thanatos.archive )create this AMAZING book about post mortem and mourning rituals of the Victorian Era. Victorians took their mourning rituals VERY seriously. Link is below to buy:                                                                                                                                            Beyond the Dark Veil: Post Mortem & Mourning Photography

9.    TV DAD (@t.v.dad ) makes some cool stuff. So while I was browsing at their shop this hat call out to me. Because during the crazy holiday season that is EXACTLY what I want to do. So why not reflect your feelings on your hat? Link is below to buy and comes in different colors!:

Stay Inside Hat 

10.

When @pinsploitation made this pin of one of my forever idols I knew this had to be part of the gift giving guide! Link is below to buy!

Varla Pin

 

HAPPY SHOPPING EVERYONE!!!!