July 2008
5 posts
Episode #42 - Poolhall Junkies
Andy: “To be honest, there was time when I considered selling this movie before we got to it in the stack. I mean, I know it’s bad, and I know that all the Christopher Walken in the world won’t save it. But I have loved seeing Oscar squirm at the thought of watching it again. And I thought of all the time I squirmed at movies Oscar made me watch. The Klingons are right. This is...
Episode #41 - Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"
Friend Amelia is here!
Andy: “I got this as a set, paired with Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I watched the first because it has Tom Waits as Renfeild. This doesn’t have Tom Waits, or Renfield, so I’ve been slacking on seeing this one. Pretty sure Oscar sold me this at Barnes & Noble.”
Oscar: Aw man, it’s full frame? Andy: Really? Bram Stoker’s Dracula...
Episode #40 - Pieces (1982 - "Mil gritos tiene la...
Oscar: “This is one of the movies recommended by horror maestro Eli Roth, for his ideal 24-hour horror movie marathon. I trust everything Eli Roth says, so of course I had to get this.”
Oscar: Hey! (0:00)
Oscar: Yes! Andy: Wow. Jackie: This already feels like TV Carnage. Oscar: Kind of a 70s, John Waters feel so far. (0:01)
Andy: Why does he sound like he’s from New York?...
Episode #39 - Conair (Haircuts at Home)
Stacey: “I recently purchased a new beard trimmer. It came with this.”
Stacey: This is going to be fun. Andy: Here we go. (0:00)
Oscar: It’s Bart Simpson! (0:00)
Aaron: this takes place at my orthodontist’s office. (0:00)
Aaron: This is like those flight safety videos, where only half of it pertains to you. (0:01)
Oscar: There’s probably a joke to be made...
Episode #38 - G-Men From Hell
Oscar: “A few months back I went on a comic book kick and picked up a copy of Madman by Michael Allred. The volume I picked up had a crossover from Allred’s other comic, G-Men From Hell. About a week later I stumbled across this movie adaptation that I had no idea existed. And that’s my story.”
Oscar: William Forsyth! (0:00)
Andy: Bobcat Goldthwait?! (0:00)
Oscar: Gary...
Episode #37 - Perfume
Special guests Nichole and Megan!
Oscar: “When I heard about this movie coming out I decided I should really read the book first. By the time I finished the book, the movie was out of theaters. I finally picked this up at the same video sale where I got A Fish Tale.”
Oscar: “Aberrant Behavior Involving Nudity, Violence and Sexual Behaviors.” All: Woo! Jackie: Aberrant?...
June 2008
15 posts
Episode #36 - Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
Oscar: “This movie, along with Sorority Babes at the Slimeball Bowl-A-Rama, is one of the movies that every cult movie fan knows the title, but fewer have actually seen. I found this used at Newbury Comics a few years ago, but for one reason or another never saw.”
Jackie: This is going to be fantastic. I can already tell. (0:00)
Andy: Gives whole new meaning to “Bruce...
Episode #35 - The Quick and the Dead (1987)
Andy: “Saaaaaaaaaaam Elliott. That’s why I got this movie. I got this when my roommates, who at the time were none of the people I’m doing this with, were obsessed with Spaghetti Westerns. This ain’t one, by the standard definition, but, as I said before, Saaaaaaaaaaaam Elliott.”
Andy: I bet they die of dysentery. (0:01)
Oscar: “Dick Bush”. I’m...
Episode #34 - The French Connection
Jackie: “Got it from my boss. Again. I really don’t know much about this movie. I picked it up because it looked interesting - something Oscar would appreciate.”
Andy: Wow. Budget titles. (0:00)
Andy: Woah. Oscar: Nice. Jackie: Well then. They get right into this. (0:03)
Andy: He’s got a 2 star rating. Jackie: At this point he might have 3. Andy: Nah, no helicopters...
Episode #33 - Dragnet (the TV series - S03,...
Andy: “I remember when I was little I used to try and be very rebellious by sneaking downstairs around 11 at night and stay up until 6 in the morning watching Nick At Nite. Most of the time, it was to watch this, Get Smart, and Taxi. I found this Dragnet disc at a rest stop I think? Might have been while I was on tour. Wasn’t sure if it was the old movie or a bunch episodes, but I...
Episode #32 - Slam Dunk Ernest
Stacey: “Slam Dunk Ernest was a gift from my mother. I don’t remember if it was a birthday present or a Christmas present, but either way.”
Oscar: Oh fuck me. That logo doesn’t bode well. (0:00)
Jackie: “And Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as ‘The Archangel’” Oscar: Granted, I do like that title card. (0:01)
Oscar: I’m having trouble with the spatial...
Episode #31 - The Hitcher (1986)
Oscar: “This is one of the seminal 80s horror movies that I feel like I should have seen by now, but haven’t. I picked this up at CEX maybe a month ago.”
Andy: So… Manos? The… Hands of Fate. (0:02)
Andy: ..the end. Stacey: Boom! Oscar: “Tell ‘em Large Marge sent ya!” (0:03)
Andy: See, that’s mistake number one. Oscar: Mistake number two is...
Episode #30 - Tales From The Grave (Beyond Death,...
Stacey: “I’m not totally sure where this came from, but odds are high that it came from the ‘2 for $10’ bin at Wal-Mart.”
Beyond Death starts us off.
Jackie: “The Hunger…” (0:00)
Oscar: Beyond the Halloween store. Jackie: It’s an “Are You Afraid of the Dark” episode! (0:00)
Andy: Hey the guy in the metal shirt is like Victor...
Episode #29 - Reflections of Evil
Oscar: “I randomly stumbled across the trailer for this on YouTube a while back and decided it looked inexplicable enough to own. As for why I haven’t watched it - it was after we started The Stack.”
Andy: I need this intro. (0:00)
Andy: Sydney Pollack? Stacey: Jackson Pollack? (0:00)
Jackie: This is going to be fucking terrible. Oscar: Thing you have to know about this is...
Episode #28 - Contact
Jackie: “As with Matrix Reloaded and the Exorcist, I found this office in a pile of DVDs my boss was getting rid of. I grabbed it because I grabbed everything that wasn’t the first season of Sex and the City.”
Andy: Does it really take 30 years for radio to reach Jupiter? (0:01)
Oscar: It’s like a screen saver. Andy: “Billions and billions of stars…”...
Episode #27 - Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control
Andy: “The lovely and talented Amelia F. gave me this as a graduation gift. I really have no idea what it’s about, but I like all of those things.”
Jackie: What did that say? Oscar: Rated PG for “mild thematic elements.” Jackie: What does that mean? (0:00)
Stacey: Hey Oscar, what animal was that? Oscar: Naked mole rat. Andy: I like this movie already. (0:01)
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Episode #26 - Matrix Reloaded
Jackie: “As with the Exorcist, I found this lying around my office with some other DVDs and a whole bunch of CDs. Apparently my boss had been cleaning out his DVD and CD collection, and these were up for grabs.”
Jackie: So is this the second or the third one? Oscar: This is the second. Jackie: Oh… oh my gosh it’s awful already! This is exactly what we thought it would...
Episode #25 - Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Nichole is still here!
Stacey: “Joint gift from Oscar and Andy. Not sure why I haven’t seen it. Probably should have, with how many times it’s shown at Coolidge and whatnot. Oh well. Time to fix it now.”
Andy: This movie didn’t have a title sequence, did it? Just went right into it. (0:02)
Jackie: Wow. It’s a good thing we’re not epileptic. Oscar:...
Episode #24 - 21 Grams
With special guest Nichole!
Andy: “As with One Hour Photo, I got this as part of a hookup I gave a dude at Anonymous Filmworks. I really don’t know anything about this movie, and the one thing Oscar thought this movie was about is actually wrong. Should be fun.”
Stacey: It passes the 30 second challenge. Oscar: It could be on Telemundo! (0:00)
Andy: Man, Sean Penn mumbles...
Episode #23 - Battlefield Earth
Special guest, kinda, Aaron!
Oscar: “Ok. My good friend Webster got this for me as a Christmas present in high school. He figured, and I agree, that it’s probably something I should own. However, I have never gone so far as to watch the damn thing. And that’s all. *Nods*”
Aaron: Maybe we’ll luck out and the movie will be nothing like the cover. Stacey: And the...
May 2008
21 posts
Episode #22 - The Italian Job (1969)
Andy: “Oscar introduced me a week or so ago to CEX, a British chain of used DVD, CD, and electronics store. I realized that, while I have seen the part of the new Italian Job that takes place in my old dorm, I have yet to see either one. Ergo, I decided to start with the good one.” Andy: The name’s Job. Italian Job. (0:00) Oscar: Woah. Music by Quincy Jones. (0:02) Andy: Man,...
Episode #21 - Bonnie & Clyde
Andy: “I can think of no better followup to Bande á Part than Bonnie & Clyde. This is actually my brother in law’s copy, but it’s been in my posession for over 3 years, and you know what they say about 9/10ths of the law. I’ve seen clips in class way back in high school, but never caught this one in its enitrety.” Andy: This is a true story, yeah? Oscar: Yeah....
Episode #20 - Band of Outsiders ("Bande á Part")
Now with Aaron! Andy: “I got this as part of a B&N DVD sale, the same day as ‘Night On Earth.’ I really just got it because Tarantino takes his production company name from the French title of this film, ‘Bande á Part.’ Also, Criterion, motherfucker.” All: singing the Indiana Jones theme Andy: I hope the whole movie’s like this. Oscar: Knowing...
Episode #19 - A Fish Tale ("Help, I'm A Fish" or...
Stephanie and Aaron are joining us! Oscar: “A few days ago we wandered into the DVD sale at Movie Works up the street. Aaron essentially badgered me into buying this. It appears to be a European knockoff of Shark Tale, which in turn is an American ripoff of Finding Nemo. I think this might hurt.” Andy: They did it Han way! (0:00) Oscar: Is this an Ingmar Bergman film? (0:00) Jackie:...
Episode #18 - Hated: GG Allin & The Murder Junkies
Special guest - Megan!! And, we just watched the new Indiana Jones, so keep that in perspective. Oscar: “This is another one I got at Record Store Day at Newbury Comics. Even friends of mine who hate GG Allin love this movie, and I’ve been meaning to watch this for a while.” Jackie: Oh Jesus.. (0:01) Oscar: Awesome. (0:02) Stacey (as Brandon 2000X): Robots never die. (0:02)...
Episode #17 - The Exorcist
Special guests: Aaron and ScottGrant! Jackie: “I walked into my office one day, and my boss had left two gigantic U-Haul boxes of CDs and DVDs. I took basically all of the DVDs except for the new Charlie’s Angels and the first season of Sex and the City. So that’s where the Exorcsit and several other movies in the stack came from.” Oscar: “There aren’t many...
Episode #16 - Stacy
Oscar: “I got this as a birthday present a couple of years ago, along with Takashi Miike’s ‘Visitor Q.’ If this is anything like ‘Visitor Q,’ we’re in for quite a ride.” Andy: (impersonating narrator) Several thousand years in the future, the world has lost all its water… Jackie: Noooooo! (0:00) Oscar: Is this shot on video? (0:02) Jackie:...
Episode #15 - The Ice Pirates
Special guest - a very tired Aaron! He’s physically, emotionally, and mentally exhuasted. But, we love him just the same. Oscar: “I got this as a Christmas present from our old roommate Dave a couple years ago. I have no idea what this is, and I don’t think Dave did, either.” (earlier…when picking out a movie) Jackie: Oscar, read us the description. Oscar: *ahem*...
Episode #14 - The Darjeeling Limited
Special guests Colin and Sarah McW! Aaron is coming in and out as well. Andy: “Wes Anderson one of my favorites for a long time now. Somehow I totally spaced on seeing this over the winter when it was out, but I got the day it came out on DVD. I hear there’s a memorable scene involving Natalie Portman that I for one am looking forward to.” (and for those of you following at...
Episode #13 - 99 44/100% Dead
With intermittent commentary by our roommate Aaron! Oscar: “I’m actually not entirely sure why I have this movie. It arrived in a shipment of DVDs my dad got me from ‘Five Minutes to Live,’ However, he had absolutely no memory of having actually ordered it. I’m pretty sure he added it to his cart by accident. That said, we have it, and we’re going to watch...
Episode #12 - One Hour Photo
Andy: “So, in the summer of 2004 I was working at a large festival that had sold out several months before the show. I was contacted by one of the heads at Anonymous, a big indie distributor, that was looking to impress some clients by taking them to the festival. In exchange for some VIP tickets I sent his way, he gave me a bag literally full of Anonymous movies. This, along with later...
Episode #11 - King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Andy: “I got this online a week or so ago. I really wanted to see this when it came out but was other preoccupied. This is going to be how I describe at least four movie in the stack.” Stacey: “It sounds like King Kong is going to do his laundry. I wonder how accurate that is.” Oscar: “Not very.” Stacey: This is pretty amazing. (0:02) Jackie: It’s the...
Episode #10 - The Aurora Encounter
Oscar: “Ok, so last year for my birthday my mom got me an awesome VHS documentary from the 80s called ‘I Am Not A Freak,’ detailing the lives of several individuals with various deformities. The last one was about a kid with Progeria, a rare genetic disease that hastens the aging process. The main focus of that segment was about how the kid got cast in an ET-knockoff in 80s,...
Episode #9 - Black Lizard
Oscar: “I first heard about this movie because it got Four Bones from Video Hound’s Guide to Cult Flicks and Trash Pics. Then, me and Andy saw the followup from the same director, featuring the same female impersonator, and I figured I’d finally track it down. This is on a burned DVD-R that I got off of EBay.” Aaron: “Shouldn’t it be called Brack...
Episode #8 - 50 Cartoon Classics.
(Editors note - as this thing is six hours long, we’re only watching about two hours worth total) (Special guests: Greg and Aaron!) Andy: “I found this at Wallgreens, once again for a dollar! I find I hard to believe that these are ‘Family Approved’ when I know several of these to be incredibly racist.” Section 1 - Superman Aaron: Ooooh! Jackie: I’m sorry!...
WatchAndy: I’ll be happy if I never hear another misconnected metaphor. Also, please tell me if I wind up in a relationship with someone like Vera. 68 Minutes Stacey: Overbudget, underclass blast from the past. 2 Dead Bodies (Yo). Oscar: I won’t be happy unless everyone I talk to today speaks in hard-boiled narration. 2 1/2 Charles Haskils Jackie: A good way to be woken up. 2...
Episode #7 - Detour
Oscar: “I found this movie for a dollar at 7 Eleven not long after we moved in here. Uuum…. yeah.” Andy: I like how this is a detour from watching the other movie we were going to watch. (0:00) Jackie: Wow, this is an awesome transfer. Did they do this with a handheld camera? (0:00) Oscar: Aw, fuck. Jackie: Is this going to be another movie that we can’t see what’s...
April 2008
49 posts
Episode #6 - Mr. Wong, Detective.
Andy: “I got this tripple feature puppy at CD Spins right before they closed up. Rest in peace. It’s got Boris Karloff. That was good enough for me. We’re just watching the first one.” Oscar: Let’s hope this is a better transfer than Prom Night. Probably won’t be. Given the age of the film and quality of the distributor. But it’ll probably be a different...
Episode #5 - Robocop (Criterion Edition)
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: SKIMBALL, AARON, GREG, and BETHANY Oscar: “This is the out-of-print Criterion Edition, which I got for 35% on National Record Store Day, which I specifically didn’t tell our roommate Aaron about. We’re also watching this, even though Aaron has to go to bed in 10 minutes, becuase we are assholes.” Aaron: “Assholes.” Aaron: This isn’t...
Episode #4 - Prom Night (1980)
Special Guest: Skimball! (Editor’s note: we’re going to try and be nice to everybody’s RSS feeds. Today’s post as one long post, so hit “Refresh” every so often to see our reactions.) Oscar: “We got this after being sold by the trailer when it was shown as part of the Brattle Theater’s annual ‘Trailer Treats’ competition. I found it...
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Recap - Episode #3 - Night on Earth
Stacey: Worth seeing once. Wouldn’t sit through that again, but would recommend seeing it to someone else. Like the predecessor to Taxicab Confessions. 3 Distraught Dispatchers. Oscar: I can see by your outfit that you are a cowboy. 2 Italian Transvestite Hookers Andy: You can always count on Jarmusch to deliver some high quality motivic storylines, and you can always count on Tom Waits....