Zack, I love ya to pieces, but if you watch _The_ _Thing_ over the course of twenty 5-minute sessions and then complain about how it's overrated I'm going to lose my mind. 😑
Optimus Prime Assault on Precinct 13 is great, I didn’t even know there was a remake. I looked it up just now and it looks terrible. I’ve never seen Darkstar, but I looked it up too and it seems dope. I’m gonna try to find it. Definitely not paying 4$ to watch a movie once though. Yeesh
Optimus Prime Yeah I missed that one in the theater do to being poor, but as soon as it comes on Blu ray next month Im gonna rent it. Everyone I know who’s seen it says its great.
As a Carpenter superfan, it makes me very happy to see you enjoy at least one of his movies! You may wanna try Assault on Precinct 13, his other kinda-western. Fingers crossed for Star Trek VI one of these days. Thanks Zack!
Out of his entire oeuvre, "Memoirs of an Invisible Man" is the only film of his I didn't like (granted I haven't see "Elvis"). That's pretty fuckin' good considering he's directed 21 feature length films.
Zach watches Carpenter's maybe 7th or 8th best film and says he loves it and then says he's never seen The Thing. WOW. Guess what you need to do this weekend?
Been waiting for days for this review to post. I subscribed to this second channel just for this. I love this movie so much I even just picked up a Jericho 941 like James carries in the movie.
Hell, I am still poor. But I was fortunate enough to work at a video store, so I saw a lot of movies for free. Sometimes the movie will not be on networks, etc., because of copyright issues. A certain song, the author, what have you can hold shows and movies up. Heavy Metal and WKRP in Cincinnati are two great examples. The early Godzilla movies owned in America by Sandy Frank are another.
What you do not notice right away about Carpenter movies is the beat. It's subtle, but in every movie, there is a constant beat to it, even if you do not hear it audibly, it feels like it still follows the beat. Vampires, They Live, The Thing, all have this awesome pounding score. Nobody incorporated film music like Carpenter did.
I love this one. I don't know why, but it kind of seems like gritty vampire movies could be it's own genre. It sneaks up on that rare concept of Horror-Western. Billy The Kid vs. Dracula. Near Dark and From Dusk till Dawn are also examples. That's open creative territory for both movies and comics.
This was a dark, seedy, sensual, bloody, scary, and fantastic movie. Also, I loved the entire cast - the characters had lots of dimension and the dark humor was funny. Now I want to watch it again. xD
Much as I enjoy this movie, I could never figure out why Woods and his team go into buildings after the vampires when they could just stay outside and burn the house down around them. I mean, as long as they burn it down before sundown, the sun will fry the vampires, and no risk to the heroes, right?
This movie came out 3 minutes after I got tired of vampires, but I remember it looking good in previews. Now that I’m over being tired of vampires I’ll have to check it out. Thanks for the recommendation.
You should think about getting the amc a-list pass if you live near an amc movie theater. It’s $20-$25 depending on the states and you can see 3 movies a week in any format. Perfect for roasting the modern trash out there and you may find some gems.
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Hands down, my favorite director of all time. That being said, I wouldn't say this is one of my favorites from him. Maybe I should give it another chance
If there's one word to describe it it's cool. Cool characters, cool actors, cool gadgets, cool vehicles, cool environments and man, that soundtrack is amazing. Also the ending is surprisingly sad or at least I found it to be considering that Jack lost pretty much everyone he was close to.
I totally forgot it was James woods in the lead and strangely enough 15 year old me was convinced it was bon Jovi in this one as well as the 2004 one and that's how it got stuck in the memory hole. John Carpenter got this type of horror genre right.
This is one of Carpenter's most underrated movies to me. I saw it in the theater and loved it from the jump. It was cheesy but the characters were actually weak compared to the vamps. If they get caught One or two humans to one vamp in a nest they are probably not making it. I LOVE THAT. Vamps got nerfed well before zombies did. I guess sooner or later the will do the same to werewolves. Everyone telling you to watch Big Trouble In Little China or They Live are right, you have to see them. If you can't rent them or stream them on netflix just buy them. If you don't want to spend much just get the dvds off ebay cheap. Whatever you do though, see watch them.
"Doesn't even feel like a full TV movie." You are more right than you know. It only covers part of the book. From what I recall the budget got cut during production, so they were forced to economize.
I actually did rent this from Blockbuster back in the day. I loved it. It's one of those movies that stays with you. All these years later I find myself thinking about certain scenes. Of course, I tend to like B movies of the action adventure genre, so Blockbuster was a goldmine of entertainment for me. Perhaps not coincidentally, I really enjoyed Iron Sights and considered it money well spent.
Zack, if you want to see another great memory hole vampire movie watch, Vamp (1986). Tarantino ripped off this movie to make From Dusk Til Dawn. It has the exact same plot where a vampire den is at a strip club. The lead vampire is Grace Jones and it has the comedy/horror tone of Fright Night.
These guys were what the Nightstalkers from Blade Trinity should of been. Blade could do all that badass stuff because he is a half vampire so he is less in danger. This is what humans would be like if they truly were real vampires and they had to hunt them. I remember this movie and it was cool, I liked the opening scene so much as a kid. reason this movie got memory hole was because people even back then complained, they said it was homophobic due to a few gay slurs and sexist because the stuff with Sharell Fen.
Zack - ARMOR by John Steakley is one of the best war/sci-fi novels ever written ... you should read it ... your take on it would be interesting ... same author as Vampire$
You've not watched 'The Thing'? You do realise your life gets much harder if word of this leaks out. Waiters will start spitting in your soup, the mailman is going to stamp on your parcels harder than usual, old ladies will try to trip you up as you pass their park benches...Take the hint Zach.
An Armored Car? 100% spot on with James Woods. He is James Woods as [character] in all movies, similar to John Wayne's style. Anything he does is just how *he* would be in that role if it were real life. The sequel is supposed to be "Vampires: Los Muertos"... starring Bon Jovi...
Some of Carpenter's work is overrated but I don't understand how anyone could not enjoy the entirety of "Assault on Precinct 13", "Halloween", "Escape From New York", "Christine", "Big Trouble in Little China", "They Live", or "In the Mouth of Madness". I also couldn't disagree more about the lighting and sets. I think he does a great job making the sets and lighting look good on a very low budget. The special effects and stylised lighting are some of my favourite elements of his films.
REVIEW THE DOOM 2005 movie. It is actually very under-rated and a thoroughly enjoyable sci-fi action/horror. Also Dredd 2012....another super under-rated and super cool sci-fi action film.
Dredd 2012 yessssss. Doom OMG No! They ruined Doom and Resident Evil by straying way to far from the source material. PG-13 space dust virus scientists instead of demons from fucking hell, and Resident Evil was originally going to be filmed mostly in a mansion by George A Romero. Instead we got a decade of hack Paul W.S. Anderson and his hot wife movies.
Assault on Precinct 13 the original is really really good. Big Trouble in Little China I had no idea he did that movie. Not to mention Halloween and The Thing. He’s got movies that are ok but overall one of my favorite nerd directors. He’ll never have the sheer talent of say the director of Unicorn Store but he’s a solid dude. Sarcasm implied but not stated. Til now.
When you could buy special editions of DVDs at blockbuster for half off. College was great and so was early 00s blockbuster. You saw a price tag on something, expect to pay half that.
His films are by no means "cheaply lit". Not at all. Not even remotely. I sorta understand where your preferences are coming from but, on their own terms, Carpenter's films are incredibly technical in all things visual staging and cinematography. It just, they're also largely old-fashioned in certain aesthetic sensibilities, with Carpenter often store-fronting the look of his movies with a more traditional three-point lighting scheme while framing his scenes in a 'cowboy picture' medium-master style. But he's also very specific in how he lights for mood and suspense. It may come off a bit too old-timey for the uninitiated or those with differing sophistications, but cheap it most certainly is not. His work with Dean Cundey in particular is quite masterful.
Sadly not all Jeeps are 4 Wheel drive. Idk about Wranglers they might all be, but my dad has a Patriot & it’s not. It’s still fun to off road with, but its s bummer how limited it’s capabilities are. Especially here in Arizona.
I loved this movie so much I read the book it was based on. The book sucked. The book was so bad I bet john carpenter, a producer or somebody else involved used a pen name to rush it out and make an awesome movie. James Woods as Jack Crow is one of my all time favorite movie characters.
"They live" is one of carpenters best.
Zack, I love ya to pieces, but if you watch _The_ _Thing_ over the course of twenty 5-minute sessions and then complain about how it's overrated I'm going to lose my mind. 😑
Haven't you seen "They Live!" or "Big Trouble in Little China" !?
YOU MUST REVIEW ONE OF THOSE NEXT!!!
Or In the Mouth of Madness; arguably his most underrated film.
Nexus Verbal I don’t think he’d like that one. I’d like to see him review it still though. His reviews of good movies he hates are hilarious.
Optimus Prime Assault on Precinct 13 is great, I didn’t even know there was a remake. I looked it up just now and it looks terrible.
I’ve never seen Darkstar, but I looked it up too and it seems dope. I’m gonna try to find it. Definitely not paying 4$ to watch a movie once though. Yeesh
Optimus Prime At least we get stuff like Fury Road from time to time.
Optimus Prime Yeah I missed that one in the theater do to being poor, but as soon as it comes on Blu ray next month Im gonna rent it. Everyone I know who’s seen it says its great.
Man, I loved James Woods: Vampire Hunter. Never understood the hate for 90s Carpenter. This, In the Mouth of Madness, good stuff
I wanted to like Madness so badly, I was so into Lovecraft when I was a kid, but that movie just did not quite scratch the itch for me.
James Woods almost always plays James Woods , and I am okay with this.
Ooh, a piece of candy.
Dammit. Beat me too it.
Big Trouble in Little China is my favourite Carpenter flick.
As a Carpenter superfan, it makes me very happy to see you enjoy at least one of his movies! You may wanna try Assault on Precinct 13, his other kinda-western.
Fingers crossed for Star Trek VI one of these days. Thanks Zack!
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I miss the 90's
To be fair if James Woods chose another career besides actor it would probably be vampire hunter.
"No pun intended" - A Liar, 2019
I love this movie
Loved this film
John Carpenter is physically incapable of making an un-entertaining film
Even Ghost of Mars was fun. Needed more overweight Pam Grier, tbh.
Out of his entire oeuvre, "Memoirs of an Invisible Man" is the only film of his I didn't like (granted I haven't see "Elvis"). That's pretty fuckin' good considering he's directed 21 feature length films.
This is one of my absolute favorite movies! I read Vampire$ after seeing it, I even bought the blu ray from Twilight Time when they released it!
James Woods is a Ninja.
Haven’t seen The Thing? You’re underwhelmed by Escape From New York? You need to watch The Thing and Escape From New York.
Zach watches Carpenter's maybe 7th or 8th best film and says he loves it and then says he's never seen The Thing. WOW. Guess what you need to do this weekend?
Such a classic. JC knows movies so well. His pictures are masculine and suspenseful.
Been waiting for days for this review to post. I subscribed to this second channel just for this.
I love this movie so much I even just picked up a Jericho 941 like James carries in the movie.
Is it just me, or has Zack's taste in movies improved dramatically?
I am a huge fan this movie!
John Steakley's other book Armor is a classic military sci-fi story. Worth a read of you liked Vampire$.
(minor book spoiler) I loved it where the one guy's stake said "medium rare."
The best vampire movie ever made.
I agree
Alternate Dimension James Woods? More like a regular weekend for James Woods 😎
Hell, I am still poor. But I was fortunate enough to work at a video store, so I saw a lot of movies for free. Sometimes the movie will not be on networks, etc., because of copyright issues. A certain song, the author, what have you can hold shows and movies up. Heavy Metal and WKRP in Cincinnati are two great examples. The early Godzilla movies owned in America by Sandy Frank are another.
I always loved vampire flicks, but this one and Near Dark are faves.
If you like John Carpenter movies, "In the Mouth of Madness" is great! WTB a Ya Boi review!
Crazy good film. I did a thesis paper on it in film school.
I literally just recommended this movie to my boss today. One off the most underrated movies out there.
This movie is eff awesome
What you do not notice right away about Carpenter movies is the beat.
It's subtle, but in every movie, there is a constant beat to it, even if you do not hear it audibly, it feels like it still follows the beat.
Vampires, They Live, The Thing, all have this awesome pounding score.
Nobody incorporated film music like Carpenter did.
I've had the dvd for the longest time, but STILL haven't gotten around to it yet. James Woods is awesome & remains the best Simpsons guest star ever.
Yes, this is a B Movie. Yes, it is awesome. And yes, I loved every minute of it!
I love this one. I don't know why, but it kind of seems like gritty vampire movies could be it's own genre. It sneaks up on that rare concept of Horror-Western. Billy The Kid vs. Dracula. Near Dark and From Dusk till Dawn are also examples. That's open creative territory for both movies and comics.
"Mega-Force" made me join the Army.
Zack, please watch Prince of darkness by carpenter.
Best film
Is that the one with Alice Cooper as a homeless guy?
@@LeftoverCurry8593 yes
@GimpRider66 the twist and ending was cool
"This is how your dad would kill vampires" should totally be the premise for the next Splatto Comic.
I love this movie so much. It's just entertaining and so much fun. It's really is the 'how your dad would kill vampires' movie.
This was a dark, seedy, sensual, bloody, scary, and fantastic movie. Also, I loved the entire cast - the characters had lots of dimension and the dark humor was funny. Now I want to watch it again. xD
James Woods rulzzzz!
Much as I enjoy this movie, I could never figure out why Woods and his team go into buildings after the vampires when they could just stay outside and burn the house down around them. I mean, as long as they burn it down before sundown, the sun will fry the vampires, and no risk to the heroes, right?
Fuck man, I never even thought of that. Makes too much sense.
This movie came out 3 minutes after I got tired of vampires, but I remember it looking good in previews. Now that I’m over being tired of vampires I’ll have to check it out. Thanks for the recommendation.
I remember following Yahoo! Movies religiously for upcoming movie details and rumors.
Those were the days.
You should think about getting the amc a-list pass if you live near an amc movie theater. It’s $20-$25 depending on the states and you can see 3 movies a week in any format. Perfect for roasting the modern trash out there and you may find some gems.
' They Live ' Best fight scene ever.
Yes
👓
Thanks Zak, I thought I was the only Dad who loved this movie.
Have you seen Leon, The Professional? I think you'd like it.
Sad film
Fun Fact: The sequel stared Arly Jover
She played Mercury in the first Blade movie
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Carpenter!
Love all carpenters stuff
Saw this movie years ago and liked it. I also like Escape From L.A.
I have no idea why, but I kind of love this movie. "Atta boy, Padre! **** with 'im!" LOLz every time.
Hands down, my favorite director of all time. That being said, I wouldn't say this is one of my favorites from him. Maybe I should give it another chance
Hey now, Kate Beckingsale was great with her spinning around 👍👈 the third and fourth sucked granted,the first two were pretty good though.
Yes it is awesome. Glad to see the love... New Scream Factory blu this year!
If there's one word to describe it it's cool. Cool characters, cool actors, cool gadgets, cool vehicles, cool environments and man, that soundtrack is amazing. Also the ending is surprisingly sad or at least I found it to be considering that Jack lost pretty much everyone he was close to.
This is definitely one of my favourite vampire movie
I totally forgot it was James woods in the lead and strangely enough 15 year old me was convinced it was bon Jovi in this one as well as the 2004 one and that's how it got stuck in the memory hole.
John Carpenter got this type of horror genre right.
Big Trouble In Little China has to be one of my favorite movies, ever. I do love The Thing but understand why it may not be for everyone.
This is one of Carpenter's most underrated movies to me. I saw it in the theater and loved it from the jump. It was cheesy but the characters were actually weak compared to the vamps. If they get caught One or two humans to one vamp in a nest they are probably not making it. I LOVE THAT. Vamps got nerfed well before zombies did. I guess sooner or later the will do the same to werewolves.
Everyone telling you to watch Big Trouble In Little China or They Live are right, you have to see them. If you can't rent them or stream them on netflix just buy them. If you don't want to spend much just get the dvds off ebay cheap. Whatever you do though, see watch them.
You don't like Carpenter movies?Don't tell me you didn't like Halloween?!?! This is why people find it difficult to trust you, Zack.
This movie is one of the best films of the last 20 years...totally insane and masculine to the max.
Yes , the twist for master vampire identity was good too , I thought Adam was the original vampire
"Doesn't even feel like a full TV movie."
You are more right than you know. It only covers part of the book. From what I recall the budget got cut during production, so they were forced to economize.
The first 20 minutes was amazing, or however long the first raid lasts. After that the awesome premise is wiped out after the motel party.
From Dusk Till Dawn + Vampires= an awesome double feature!
Let me ask you a question.
When you got the notification for this review?
Did you get a little wood?
I got mahogany
I saw it a few years back. I kind of liked it.
I actually did rent this from Blockbuster back in the day. I loved it. It's one of those movies that stays with you. All these years later I find myself thinking about certain scenes. Of course, I tend to like B movies of the action adventure genre, so Blockbuster was a goldmine of entertainment for me. Perhaps not coincidentally, I really enjoyed Iron Sights and considered it money well spent.
This movie and Stakeland are the only two, that I remember treating vampires as proper monsters.
I saw this one at the theater. It was worth full price.
Zack, if you want to see another great memory hole vampire movie watch, Vamp (1986). Tarantino ripped off this movie to make From Dusk Til Dawn. It has the exact same plot where a vampire den is at a strip club. The lead vampire is Grace Jones and it has the comedy/horror tone of Fright Night.
Yessssss, that film freaked me out, and grace Jones was great in that.
James Woods gets blown up at the end of the Specialist. There now you don't have to finish it.
who blows him ? Sharon Stone ?
These guys were what the Nightstalkers from Blade Trinity should of been. Blade could do all that badass stuff because he is a half vampire so he is less in danger. This is what humans would be like if they truly were real vampires and they had to hunt them. I remember this movie and it was cool, I liked the opening scene so much as a kid. reason this movie got memory hole was because people even back then complained, they said it was homophobic due to a few gay slurs and sexist because the stuff with Sharell Fen.
Great movie, when vampires were actually scary. Love James Woods.
Zack - ARMOR by John Steakley is one of the best war/sci-fi novels ever written ... you should read it ... your take on it would be interesting ... same author as Vampire$
I bought the novel ARMOR based on the cover alone. Stunning cover.
Sheryl Lee...not Sherilynn Fenn
Laura Palmer...not Audrey Horne
Great Movie, fun to watch
You've not watched 'The Thing'? You do realise your life gets much harder if word of this leaks out. Waiters will start spitting in your soup, the mailman is going to stamp on your parcels harder than usual, old ladies will try to trip you up as you pass their park benches...Take the hint Zach.
An Armored Car? 100% spot on with James Woods. He is James Woods as [character] in all movies, similar to John Wayne's style. Anything he does is just how *he* would be in that role if it were real life. The sequel is supposed to be "Vampires: Los Muertos"... starring Bon Jovi...
Some of Carpenter's work is overrated but I don't understand how anyone could not enjoy the entirety of "Assault on Precinct 13", "Halloween", "Escape From New York", "Christine", "Big Trouble in Little China", "They Live", or "In the Mouth of Madness".
I also couldn't disagree more about the lighting and sets. I think he does a great job making the sets and lighting look good on a very low budget. The special effects and stylised lighting are some of my favourite elements of his films.
novel is good, and so is Steakley's other novel, Armor
The corpus dollar theater closed down last year I think. It was a sad day here in the town
REVIEW THE DOOM 2005 movie. It is actually very under-rated and a thoroughly enjoyable sci-fi action/horror.
Also Dredd 2012....another super under-rated and super cool sci-fi action film.
Dredd 2012 yessssss. Doom OMG No!
They ruined Doom and Resident Evil by straying way to far from the source material. PG-13 space dust virus scientists instead of demons from fucking hell, and Resident Evil was originally going to be filmed mostly in a mansion by George A Romero. Instead we got a decade of hack Paul W.S. Anderson and his hot wife movies.
Assault on Precinct 13 the original is really really good. Big Trouble in Little China I had no idea he did that movie. Not to mention Halloween and The Thing. He’s got movies that are ok but overall one of my favorite nerd directors. He’ll never have the sheer talent of say the director of Unicorn Store but he’s a solid dude. Sarcasm implied but not stated. Til now.
"NEAR DARK" MAN!!! CHECK IT OUT
What you save in gas, you pay in convenience.
It’s not my favorite, but it’s not bad. I saw it on cable back in the day. Blade and Dusk Til Dawn were my jams though.
You're in your mid 40s and you've never seen The Thing?!
You are dead to me.
I saw it on one of my satellites movie channels. There's a lackluster sequel with Jon Bon Jovi I think.
When you could buy special editions of DVDs at blockbuster for half off. College was great and so was early 00s blockbuster. You saw a price tag on something, expect to pay half that.
The actress in Vampires is Sheryl Lee, who played Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks, not Sherilyn Fenn, who was also in Twin Peaks. Understandable mistake.
I really like this movie. It is a b movie definitely worth watching.
The only bad thing about this review was Zach admitting that he worshiped at the golden calf.
His films are by no means "cheaply lit". Not at all. Not even remotely. I sorta understand where your preferences are coming from but, on their own terms, Carpenter's films are incredibly technical in all things visual staging and cinematography. It just, they're also largely old-fashioned in certain aesthetic sensibilities, with Carpenter often store-fronting the look of his movies with a more traditional three-point lighting scheme while framing his scenes in a 'cowboy picture' medium-master style. But he's also very specific in how he lights for mood and suspense. It may come off a bit too old-timey for the uninitiated or those with differing sophistications, but cheap it most certainly is not. His work with Dean Cundey in particular is quite masterful.
Damn you spent $8 to rent when you could have gone to Best Buy and bought it in the $2 - $5 been.
They have James Woods dressed up as The Terminator in this movie. Has anyone noticed this?
it is!..... daniel baldwin, ...nuff said. padre.
that James Woods alternate universe exists.
Sadly not all Jeeps are 4 Wheel drive. Idk about Wranglers they might all be, but my dad has a Patriot & it’s not. It’s still fun to off road with, but its s bummer how limited it’s capabilities are. Especially here in Arizona.
I loved this movie so much I read the book it was based on. The book sucked. The book was so bad I bet john carpenter, a producer or somebody else involved used a pen name to rush it out and make an awesome movie. James Woods as Jack Crow is one of my all time favorite movie characters.
Have you seen Stephen King's Night Flier? It's an interesting vampire story. Not the greatest, but an interesting concept.
Can you review My soul to take? I don't know anyone else but me who likes it