I’m going to say here and now: after years of beloved viewing and ‘Reviewing’ and everything else with our bro-dude family…I have come to believe that Rich Evans is the true Master and Commander of RLM. I LOVE Mike, Jay, Jack, Jack, Josh, Tim, Mac, and all other guests and homies. Though Rich Evans IS the heart and soul, and NOT just because of his laughter that flat-out DESTROYS my wife. (Thanks!). Much love to each and all of you. Happy Halloween! WoooooOHHHHooooooooowoooooooooOHOOOOOOOO…
FUN FACT: Zombie Nightmare was on Mystery Science Theater, and when Adam West was reading the script at the desk, he broke his toe when he kicked the uruk-hai's helmet.
As a Frenchwoman, I cannot tell you how happy I am that the RLM guys have finally been exposed to Devil Story. It is an absolute monument of dreadful, low-budget French cinema; as a matter of fact, the creators of Nanarland (a French website dedicated to bad movies) fell in such deep love with it that they crowdfunded the release of this masterpiece on DVD (complete with bonus features...). So to you, Mike, Jay, Jack 1, Jack 2, and Richard Evans Esq., I say "bienvenue dans notre monde".
@@Anne-Claire-n9v That’s so amazing!! Devil’s Story looks incredible. I’m going to watch it tonight and I cannot wait! Thanks for the additional cultural and historical info. That was a fun update!
What's pretty cool in the dvd edition is that we have a lot of insight in how and why the movie was made. Like, why the monster kills people in the beginning? Because they needed more runtime. So the guy became a serial killer for no logical story reasons. Also, he kills the director (the old man who asks for gas at the beginning). And the main actress straight up stopped her acting career after the movie because she was ashmashed of it. Good ending, she ended up a successfull businesswoman.
the set is fucking CRAZY this year! they keep getting better and better. This looks like too big a project to be entirely Rich Evans, but if it was, what a master craftsman. my lord.
Wow I thought you were making a sarcastic joke about the table with the pumpkins then it transitioned to the discussion room and i was blown away rich seriously did an awesome job
Jack fits right in with the group (as long as no one talks about Star Trek). He seems so at ease (thanks to the contractual obligations to not mention Lower decks, STD, or other such nu-trek properties)... FTFY.
Waahaaa! The French champagne has always been celebrated for its excellence. There is a California champagne by Paul Masson, inspired by that same French excellence. It's fermented in the bottle and, like the best French champagne, is vintage dated, so Paul Masson... CUT!
Holy cow that Funhouse set is AMAZING! I'm just blown away how a geriatric man can find the power to roll out of bed and build something that glorious.
i worked with Jon Mikl Thor on my film PACT OF VENGEANCE (along with Leo Fong)and also went out last March to Hollywood to film his 50th anniversary THOR concert at the Whiskey a go go in North Hollywood (he had other cast members from ROCK N ROLL NIGHTMARE bring rare props from the film). He's a very cool guy and i hope to work with him again.
@gremlinbd yeah, they need to stop slumming with these Hollywood losers and bring back the real indie hero. There are tons of martial arts movies left untapped.
Rich clearly contemplated smashing a whole pumpkin over Mike's head but even that murderous impulse couldn't overcome decades of abuse and learned helplessness.
@@endogladryThat new feature they're testing is so bizarre because it's not even like their "fighting misinfo" popunders on certain videos where it'll search Google, it just _searches RUclips_ for non-curated videos for some reason, lmao
Rich was making plays left and right all episode long. Having not destroyed his brain with decades of alcohol consumption, he's still in his absolute prime.
It's not often enough but whenever Jack is on an episode it's always a great time. He fits so well with the RLM crew and really gets it. I love this bald bastard!
I've seen Devil Story before and am laughing my ass off watching Mike read the blurb in the back, knowing that everything depicted on it _genuinely does appear in the film._
It replaces the previous best clip of Mike hysterically laughing from the also-holiday episode with that horrific Christmas reindeer movie with the neurotic she-elf and the clumsy white sasquatch.
Screw Patton, he's an asshole! They should have had Brian Posehn on the show instead. I met him at a "Cold" concert when I was about 14. I told him I loved his comedy and voice acting, and we spent a good ten minutes talking about Metal music...
@@mixmastermind it seems like the part at the end when the camera swivels up past the ring lights and where the top of the circus tent is supposed to be is the extension? in which case that clown head and everything else is still all rich, shit's crazy
22:26 According to Wiki, "The role of Tony was originally given to bodybuilder Peewee Piemonte. Days into production, Piemonte was fired for eating all the craft services and the meals of crew members"
I also love: "Wrestler 'Superstar' Billy Graham was originally cast to play Tony's father. On the day he arrived in Montreal, no one came to pick him up at the airport and Graham left after waiting ten hours."
Adam West being the surprise villain of Zombie NIghtmare is actually done quite brilliantly. They know nerds who watch this kind of thing for sport will see Adam, alone behind a desk in a new location, and expect the Cameron Mitchell special, with screentime totaling
Someone else thought it would be that but a cop trapped in a building filled with vampires on Halloween. Both of these premises would have been really great.
1. The DRACULA. DIE HARD funeral does not take place in Moldavia (country West of Ukraine) but in Moravia, which is a region of Czechia (makes sense since they shot a big part of the movie in Czechia's capital, Prague). 2. Black horse is how traditionally maras or mares were depicted (compare: Nachtmahr/Nightmare, famous painting by Heinrich Füssli). Mares were probably based on the experience of sleep paralisys (the Wikipedia article on sleep paralisys even uses Füssli's painting as illustration). 3. If you want European "schlock" cinema I highly recommend Schliengensief's movies, usually starring Udo Kier, that mixed low quality, horror elements and commentary on Germany after the fall of Berlin wall.
Holy crap, that Die Hard Dracula movie brought me to tears. I had to pause it several times to catch a breath. I mean the idea of these Vampire killers who suck at their job and they keep trying over and over is just hilarious. Also, as a Czech native, it's funny to see some of the filming locations in Prague being really close to each other. One of the pubs (named U Šemíka), the Saints Peter and Paul Basilica and The Forum hotel (nowadays known as Corinthia) are all within a 10 minute walking distance.
OMG It WAS a different actor. From the wiki: The role of Tony was originally given to bodybuilder Peewee Piemonte. Days into production, Piemonte was fired for eating all the craft services and the meals of crew members. Piemonte was replaced by Jon Mikl Thor, singer for the Canadian rock band Thor.
I’ve been watching Red Letter Media for over 10 years and it finally almost killed me. Listening to the reading of the back of Devil’s Story’s box again after Rich explained that all of it actually happens made me laugh so hard I almost choked on my dinner.
@@seshiro6936 Yeah the JJ Bittenbinder one where Mike laughs hysterically at the 74 year old lady with 74 year old lady problems and Jay bonds with an elderly former coffee addict.
European here: I think i have explantion for the horse. In continental folklore is black horse (in the night) consider bad omen, manifesttion of evil/devil/demon/ bad fate. So it make "sense" trying to rid of it... with shotgun, i gues.
Kudos to Colin on the “set extension VFX”. I had no idea it wasn’t real until the end. I was really impressed at how much Rich’s construction game had levelled up. Actually, I’m still not sure how much of the background was real!
apparently, according to wikipedia for zombie nightmare, if I understood it's notes right, John Mikl thor was not actually the first casting choice for the character. Zombie #2 was, but he was fired for eating all the craft service food, and Mikl Thor was cast to replace him. So its actually likely the film then was shot out of order, most of the zombie scenes were already shot, and they had yet to shoot the pre zombie scenes and a few of the zombie ones.
And also it mentions that "Wrestler Superstar Billy Graham was originally cast to play Tony's father. On the day he arrived in Montreal, no one came to pick him up at the airport and Graham left after waiting ten hours." This whole movie was a production cluster.
this sounds so fake but I also doubt that someone would make this up about zombie nightmare and put it up on wikipedia before this episode came out, so I must believe in its veracity
Believe it or not, I had to watch that last movie, with the horse, mummy, man/beast, etc, for a class in college. The class was “Zombies In Film and Culture”, actually an English 400 level course, and I cannot believe I’m now seeing it on RLM.. I remember my boyfriend and I were absolutely blown away by the movie, but I absolutely do not remember what the class discussion was, at all. My professor was Peter Dendle, who mainly was like a medieval specialist if I remember correctly, but also wrote a zombie movie encyclopedia, and taught that awesome class…
@@HeeHawDonkey-w9f Colin isn't a set designer, he's a VFX artist. I believe that was referring to the pan up shot at the end where it pans from the stage up to the night sky, not to the actual set itself.
Rich's room trashing here definitely rivals his Christmas room trashing. You can see the inspirations from Zaat! and Orson Welles very clearly in his performance, but he still has that classic Rich Evans flair.
"I looked up Zombie Nightmare to see if Jon Mikl Thor's character had been recasted in the zombie role, and lol The role of Tony was originally given to bodybuilder Peewee Piemonte. Days into production, Piemonte was fired for eating all the craft services and the meals of crew members. Piemonte was replaced by Jon Mikl Thor, singer for the Canadian rock band Thor. Wrestler Superstar Billy Graham was originally cast to play Tony's father. On the day he arrived in Montreal, no one came to pick him up at the airport and Graham left after waiting ten hours." "Director Jack Bravman wanted to transition from adult films to horror. American cast and crew members were housed in an airport hotel with pornography being played on every television channel, and they noticed that Bravman's name appeared in the credits for many of the films. AND a couple of other fun facts: - the schlubby dad guy at the beginning is John Fasano, the co-director, who directed most of the scenes without Adam West - the kid at the beginning was his IRL stepson, you might also remember him as the demon-wolf-kid from 'Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare' (also directed by Fasano, and also featuring Jon Mikl-Thor). - Mike's original instincts were correct, the actor who played the coroner guy (Dean Hagopian) was doing his take on Columbo. iirc someone on the production mentioned Columbo in reference to the character and he took it too literally and just did his own kinda shit impression. - the punk kid/head asshole who gets impaled with the baseball bat went on to become a producer of the Night At The Museum movies, being by far the most successful of the cast (even Tia Carrere who's won two Grammy awards). - the chick who gets killed at the pool area lied and said she was 18, she was actually 15, and there was a topless scene that they obviously could no longer do. also the janitor guy is reading a copy of Fangoria. - Adam West was apparently a pleasure to work with, he was totally professional but not a diva, he saw they had limited funds and limited time with him and he worked super late through the night without complaint to get all his scenes done in like 2 days." redditedit
One day Best of the Worst will upload its last episode. We are in the good old days right now. We truly don’t appreciate the effort and dedication that is required to make this series. Thanks, nerds.
Yeah.. Sooner or later, Mike's dementia will overtake him and he won't be able to do or say anything, but drool on camera. Rich will die for the 100th time from his AIDS and diabetes. Jay will be in jail for (random Milwaukee crime). And Jack will be homeless, because there won't be anyone there to run the equipment to pay the rent for their storage facility they film all this in. So yeah, enjoy it while it lasts.. FUCKERS!!
This might be one of the top BOTW episodes ever. 3 great movies, a great guest star, and this is some of the most I've ever laughed during an episode. I too started to have an elevated heart rate during the sarcophahus/lady/horse/man scene
I honestly believe the "Missing the point" pun was a GREAT dad joke. The purpose of a "dad joke" being, of course, to make those listening to it suffer. And judging from Mike's expression, it did its job perfectly.
It was more than that - as someone who does this all the time to their Dad: It was a reverse-Dad joke. Its a Dad joke you tell your Dad to make him both disappointed in you and jealous that he wasn't the one to tell that joke.
When they read the back of the box for Devil Story my FIRST thought was "This movie is so incomprehensible that the only way to explain it is to describe exactly what happens, right?" SO glad I was right~ XD
I mean when it came out "98" was around the final height of the FMV PC Video Game Craze, so maybe that's where they got some inspiration. Spaceship Titanic came out that year for PC's "Mac's would get it a year later".
These videos make me so happy. I feel like I'm in the room hanging out with friends. I don't have friends or a room but it gives some that good feeling.
I can't be the only one who was disappointed that "Die Hard Dracula" was not just a Dracula-style version of Die Hard, which it should have been with a title like that
I would pay decent money to see Bruce Willis running around in a cape and fangs, causing all the explosions possible while laughing in the stereotypical Dracula manner.
Jay almost came on the answer; the word "nightmare" comes from an old French myth about a black horse that invades your dreams to frighten you. Also watching Jack Quaid cuddle that Raggedy Anne or whatever was a subtle but cute detail.
Not quite. "Mare" in nightmare is basically incubus - from Proto-Indo-European "mora". Basically, evil spirit of the night. In French though, nightmare is "cauchemar" - from that same "mare" root plus Old French "caucher" - "to trample". But also, "coucher" is "to sleep", "to bed" in French. SO... A nightmare would be an evil spirit causing bad dreams about being trampled. Trampled how? By horses of courses. 🐎
@d3nza482 I also read an etymology dictionary. But I also did emphasize the "as depicted in art". Regardless of the actual etymology though, the association is there. I don't think the guy who made the horse movie looked beyond the modern misconception.
Jack Quaid visiting the old folks' home is so sweet
"You guys wanna watch a movie?"
"Are you my grandson?" 😂
It IS the guy from Lower Decks and the Boys? I wasn't sure! :D YAYYYYYY! Boimler!!!
He's used to a lot worse with his family.
@@alfje5492 😬
I was hoping Jack would make an appearance after seeing him on Half in the Bag. He meshes pretty well with the crew despite being 43 years younger.
It's almost like EVERYONE knew this was going to happen, well almost everyone...
@@DeviantDorkRUclips commenter is an ass for no reason? It's almost like EVERYONE knew this was going to happen.
It was nice of you to lie and say he's only 43 years younger.
It‘s almost like that appearance was some sort of indicator that he might be involved in a, surely to be released soon, video.
he makes up for it by having QUAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIDS
Rich is legitimately witty, and funny, and gosh darn it, people like him.
And an incredible craftsman. Look at that set!
Edit: credits include "set extension VFX by Colin Cunningham." So I guess Rich is a fraud.
@@tarttooth6022 CAN WE ALL JUST APPRECIATE THAT FUCKING SET? HOT DAMN.
Unlike quaid
He's smarter than you, he's harder than you...
I’m going to say here and now: after years of beloved viewing and ‘Reviewing’ and everything else with our bro-dude family…I have come to believe that Rich Evans is the true Master and Commander of RLM. I LOVE Mike, Jay, Jack, Jack, Josh, Tim, Mac, and all other guests and homies. Though Rich Evans IS the heart and soul, and NOT just because of his laughter that flat-out DESTROYS my wife. (Thanks!). Much love to each and all of you. Happy Halloween! WoooooOHHHHooooooooowoooooooooOHOOOOOOOO…
I love that they asked Jack Quaid about Oppenheimer and that Jack remembered Top Hat Monkey Goes West. It warms my frozen heart.
I thought it was Chet Hanks
My dog has a dog house and the dog house is haunted by a ghost
...he'll get it
And yet he never took time to teach our Jack to read. Tragic really.
@@lockeeliasno that was on my other gay internet boyfriends’ show
@@vyr1605Oh yeah 😂
From starring as a minor character in an Oscar-winning Nolan movie to headlining a special BOTW episode. What an epic comeback story.
Yeah, other than The Boys, he's only famous here..
Rich evans giving tips to a young up and comer. Maybe he will score a role as big as 'Dick the Birthday Boy' too someday.
From some dude, who wasn’t remembered, in the Hunger Games.
And starring in a Star Trek series
He's the comeback king
FUN FACT: Zombie Nightmare was on Mystery Science Theater, and when Adam West was reading the script at the desk, he broke his toe when he kicked the uruk-hai's helmet.
Big if true
Oh, was it on MST3K?
Additionally; the code name for the movie, when in production, was “Blue Harvest”
@@stitchgrooverSeason 6. They cut out the attempted rape scene
@@bastodonhis toe turned blue when he broke it therefore
15:10 "It's like if Bruce Wayne were on a baseball field when his parents were killed."
And he could still be called Batman!
Great pun
He could get his equipment easily, Robin owns a whole sporting goods store
"JOKE OF THE SHOW"
I was waiting for someone to make the joke, I thought there was no way(ne) they wouldn't
@@snazzle9764 *bat and organ sound effect*
Jack Quaid vs Macaulay Culkin Junka Best of the Worst Battle. Only Redletter media can pull it off
Dont forget Kyle Gallner
This needs to happen
Mac Vs. Quaid? RLM - make it happen!!!
Fuck yea!
But it needs to be refereed by Patton Oswalt
Jack Quaid using his hollywood privilege to go on best of the worst will always be hilarious to me
I get the sense he was a fan of RLM before The Boys was even a show
His only payment is getting to gaze upon the hidden Rich images
The heart wants what the heart wants.
Yeah I mean, this video got over 500k views and 3k comments in a day so he's not exactly slumming it.
I like that he’s so obviously a theater kid at heart
As a Frenchwoman, I cannot tell you how happy I am that the RLM guys have finally been exposed to Devil Story. It is an absolute monument of dreadful, low-budget French cinema; as a matter of fact, the creators of Nanarland (a French website dedicated to bad movies) fell in such deep love with it that they crowdfunded the release of this masterpiece on DVD (complete with bonus features...). So to you, Mike, Jay, Jack 1, Jack 2, and Richard Evans Esq., I say "bienvenue dans notre monde".
LE CHEVAL DU DIABLE
@@Anne-Claire-n9v That’s so amazing!! Devil’s Story looks incredible. I’m going to watch it tonight and I cannot wait!
Thanks for the additional cultural and historical info. That was a fun update!
Notre patrimoine nanardesque atteint enfin la notoriété internationale qu'il mérite.
Il est gratuit sur TUBI .je vais probablement le regarder ce soir😅
What's pretty cool in the dvd edition is that we have a lot of insight in how and why the movie was made. Like, why the monster kills people in the beginning? Because they needed more runtime. So the guy became a serial killer for no logical story reasons. Also, he kills the director (the old man who asks for gas at the beginning).
And the main actress straight up stopped her acting career after the movie because she was ashmashed of it. Good ending, she ended up a successfull businesswoman.
the set is fucking CRAZY this year! they keep getting better and better. This looks like too big a project to be entirely Rich Evans, but if it was, what a master craftsman. my lord.
Wow I thought you were making a sarcastic joke about the table with the pumpkins then it transitioned to the discussion room and i was blown away rich seriously did an awesome job
I commented why had no one said anything about the set, see this and deleted my comment and liked this one ✌️
To big a projects to be entirely Rich Evans😂
You clearly don't know
Richard Theodore Evans III
definitely, the set is great!
genuinely really impressive
Jack fits right in with the group. He seems so at ease, even while in the intimidating presence of global superstar and bon vivant, Rich Evans.
Jack fits right in with the group (as long as no one talks about Star Trek). He seems so at ease (thanks to the contractual obligations to not mention Lower decks, STD, or other such nu-trek properties)...
FTFY.
Beautiful use of bon vivant.
It’s like he’s just one of the boys.
The schlubifying power of this show can make middle-aged Wisconsinites out of even the handsomest Hollywood movie stars.
Jack is like a stray cat, feed him once, and he'll stick around forever.
@@RainBird88x which Jack??😄
Culkin as well, im sure he's due to come around again for a meal then crawl on Rich's lap to be petted til he falls asleep purring.
@@handymanhand4091 Yes
Both of them
and like a cat we are brighter by his presence
he legit meshes with them well.
You can’t stab someone with a blunt object. That would be missing the point.
Best pun yet.
You gotta give Rich credit, he is pretty sharp.
@@ishmaelnemo8227 And so was the bat... apparently.
The pun was great and Mikes response of utter disdain was even greater.
Didn’t they do this on mystery science theater?
I feel asleep but I did wake up for a few seconds and heard Rich say this.
French-Canadian guy here to say that Devil Story does not make more sense in the original French, and I'm so glad you guys finally saw it!
devil story tabarnak
How brave of them to reuse the set of "Never been kissed". I'm sure Mike and Rich were teary- eyed from the nostalgia
Drew Barrymore herself directed this episode.
How they didn’t win Academy Awards for their performances astounds me.
and also teary-eyed because the title still applies
"Me and my friend Rich Evans ARE NOT COMING BACK"
Legendary comment
This might be the best Halloween episode yet.
As Orson Welles once drunkenly slurred: *_"Muwahaaa... the French..."_*
Agreed. I laughed so hard the entire time. I haven’t laughed that hard in ages. The editing choices for that film are just baffling.😂😂😂
Celebratedeverywhereforit'shexilence.
Waahaaa! The French champagne has always been celebrated for its excellence. There is a California champagne by Paul Masson, inspired by that same French excellence. It's fermented in the bottle and, like the best French champagne, is vintage dated, so Paul Masson... CUT!
And of course the movie needs to be called Devil Story, MFB has "Devil" written in his cuffs!
Brrrerwah... Paul Masson... Buly!
They clearly spent their whole Smiling Friends check on this Halloween set. Respect
The county fair shots made me worried that I switched over to the Donald Farmer episode by accident
OMG that is is solid
Holy cow that Funhouse set is AMAZING! I'm just blown away how a geriatric man can find the power to roll out of bed and build something that glorious.
Not to be political but my brain automatically substituted geriatric with Biden.
colin built it. it says so in credits
@@opinion_panda It's not really political to think an old man is old.
@ yes, it’s who not the what though
@@-sanju- it becomes political if you call him out for being geriatric though lol
"A perpetually grunting man-freak-beast" is how scientist will describe Rich Evans in years to come.
It was like that was the entire reason for it, at least initially xD
Very witty
Honestly expected someone to say “Oh Rich, this movie is about you!”
Years?? I thought that's what they called him now?!?
How did the retroactivly quote my Tinder profile?
Devil story belongs in the botw hall of fame with the likes of surviving edged weapons
i worked with Jon Mikl Thor on my film PACT OF VENGEANCE (along with Leo Fong)and also went out last March to Hollywood to film his 50th anniversary THOR concert at the Whiskey a go go in North Hollywood (he had other cast members from ROCK N ROLL NIGHTMARE bring rare props from the film). He's a very cool guy and i hope to work with him again.
Good shyt.
It's cool he's still working. The last movie I saw him in was Intercessor.
We miss you Len! Recently saw warriors of the apocalypse... fun times!
@gremlinbd yeah, they need to stop slumming with these Hollywood losers and bring back the real indie hero. There are tons of martial arts movies left untapped.
@@gremlinbd that got re-released years ago as APOCALYPSE FEMALE WARRIORS....if you can see that version? its a little quicker paced etc
Rich clearly contemplated smashing a whole pumpkin over Mike's head but even that murderous impulse couldn't overcome decades of abuse and learned helplessness.
I like how RUclips has suggested that I search for videos about "learned helplessness" off of your comment, very tonally appropriate.
That is the most perfect and insightful take ever
Was just like when Ramsey asked Reek to shave him
@@endogladry its just more Red Letter Media videos
@@endogladryThat new feature they're testing is so bizarre because it's not even like their "fighting misinfo" popunders on certain videos where it'll search Google, it just _searches RUclips_ for non-curated videos for some reason, lmao
Rich was making plays left and right all episode long. Having not destroyed his brain with decades of alcohol consumption, he's still in his absolute prime.
I was so disappointed that Die Hard Dracula wasn't about a cop trapped in a building filled with vampires on Halloween.
That just means that movie could still get made.🤘
That woud make so much sense! Damn, now I'm disappointed too..
"now i know what a blood bag feels like"
"Come out to Transylvania, we'll get together, have a few laughs."
I need this movie made now
The realization that everything described on the back of the box was in fact in Devil’s Story was one of the funniest things to witness. Thank you
I enjoyed how everyone kept having car trouble right where Man-Freak-Beast had set up a Sanford Strong style Crime Scene #2.
@@JaDav40
Hey, I know how his victims could have gotten out of that situation!
@@randomjunkohyeah1 GOUGE THE EYES!
Devil Story was shot in my town, I've never been prouder of my culture in my entire life
Where was it shot?
@@FlakiCiociGosi, in their town. Can’t you read?)
"Looks French or something..."
"Did Jay pick this?"
lmao
It's not often enough but whenever Jack is on an episode it's always a great time. He fits so well with the RLM crew and really gets it. I love this bald bastard!
Ah I see what you did there..
@@graphicsgod And he's right, too!
Loved when he was like "is that Anna Kendrick...", I also thought so, Jack !
Adam West being dragged to hell was fucking metal.
So was the girl at the end of the Devil Story (I guess)!!
I've seen Devil Story before and am laughing my ass off watching Mike read the blurb in the back, knowing that everything depicted on it _genuinely does appear in the film._
im not there yet, im excited for the fucking cake
I'm like Rich Evans.. "What? What" What" WHAT?"
Mike hysterically laughing as rich attacks him with a pumpkin is my new favorite RLM moment
It replaces the previous best clip of Mike hysterically laughing from the also-holiday episode with that horrific Christmas reindeer movie with the neurotic she-elf and the clumsy white sasquatch.
@@JaDav40 Imagine someone who's not familiar with these guys reading this
The cowboy bebop joke had extra layers, considering it was over a scene where the girl he's upset over is named Julia
I bet that Patton is just beyond jealous of the movie quality that Jack has gotten on his guest appearances.
Screw Patton, he's an asshole! They should have had Brian Posehn on the show instead. I met him at a "Cold" concert when I was about 14. I told him I loved his comedy and voice acting, and we spent a good ten minutes talking about Metal music...
But Demon Cop!
Demon Cop is amazing though, I don't get why it didn't work for them. But I see your point. Stone Cold and Devil Story are landmarks.
Patton Oswald killed his wife.
@@Chris-yz7cs he what
49:04 He's yelling "Julia!" outside of a church at night, it really is Cowboy Bebop
I gasped at that moment XD
Damn, that’s solid.
It could also be Chris Chan
@@Gavo-ej4qvwell that be Jullaaay"
Holy shit
Jack's Cowboy Bebop reference was absolutely spot on
Absolute PROPS for the set design! Looks fantastic
rich evans did a pretty good job for a middle-age overweight slave
I'm assuming the big clown head is the vfx
@@mixmastermind it seems like the part at the end when the camera swivels up past the ring lights and where the top of the circus tent is supposed to be is the extension? in which case that clown head and everything else is still all rich, shit's crazy
I'm beginning to think these drunkards aren't actually lazy slobs.
THE SPECIAL EFFECTS ARE FANTASTIC
Aww, Jack has the doll that lady gifted him at a convention recently of his Scream character Ritchie sitting with him on the couch!
22:26 According to Wiki, "The role of Tony was originally given to bodybuilder Peewee Piemonte. Days into production, Piemonte was fired for eating all the craft services and the meals of crew members"
I also love: "Wrestler 'Superstar' Billy Graham was originally cast to play Tony's father. On the day he arrived in Montreal, no one came to pick him up at the airport and Graham left after waiting ten hours."
Jack Quaid has acted in multiple horrible dystopian scenarios. Setting him up perfectly for an afternoon watching videos in Milwaukee with the lads… 👍
We’re getting increasingly closer to the legendary 2 hour BoTW
It's even longer than the "black balls...mmm my favorite" one.
Leaving out the mispronunciations of "John-Mikl Thor" would've kept it under 1 hour.
isn't the Universe supposed to begin Vacuum Decay if that happens?
i mean....LET'S GO!!!!
One day we'll have Peter Jackson's BOTW, with a single episode split into three 180min volumes.
This is the Emmy episode, guys.
A Stremmy
@@jacobscarberry4799 no but fr Best of the Worst and Half in the Bag both have been on Daytime Emmy shortlists - this is not a joke
@@TheMuppetKid They have??!!
@@luiginastro8831 Mhmm. Never nominated but in the runnings to be nominated. It’s kinda crazy.
@@TheMuppetKid interesting
Props for remembering 'Top Hat Monkey Goes West".
those carnival shots made me think i was watching a donald farmer movie.
Mike was rolling around on the ground but where was the seizure vomiting?
@@p.scottl3447 the sharks were missing too
My mind went to Rollergator
I love Jack so much on here. He acts like he's been here for ten years already, just very comfortable and natural
The fact that they cut from that 40min fight back to the old man fighting with the horse is like a fever dream. I just cannot.
"Ohh I'm the ghost of future Jacks, it's not lookin' great!"
Unexpected spit take for me holy shit lmao
No
No u
A drinking game where you have to predict the next scene of an Art film is a great idea. You could call it Shot For Shot.
“The world isn’t always a good and kind place. Sometimes evil wins” is the perfect slogan for “Best of the Worst.”
Adam West being the surprise villain of Zombie NIghtmare is actually done quite brilliantly. They know nerds who watch this kind of thing for sport will see Adam, alone behind a desk in a new location, and expect the Cameron Mitchell special, with screentime totaling
It's an early Rian Johnson movie.
I was originally going to comment about Rich's chemistry with Jack, but then I realized he has chemistry with everyone. He's a national treasure.
The laugh alone is priceless
He's got that Ryan charm
I though "Die Hard Dracula" would be Dracula stuck in a L.A. skyscraper and has to fight german terrorists to save his brides...shame.🤣
Ditto!! Yippie-ki-yay Mr. Dracula!
Now that's a million dollar movie concept.
Someone else thought it would be that but a cop trapped in a building filled with vampires on Halloween. Both of these premises would have been really great.
There was something so wholesome about Mike absolutely breaking down laughing while Rich beats him with a Pumpkin 😂😂😂
When the two best buddies giggle like little kids it warms my cold, dead heart 🖤
still the same goofs that were friends in high school. very sweet!
Agreed ❤ It feels like when middle schoolers clown around. It's genuinely so nice and wholesome to see a friendship like that persist into middle age.
It reminds me of the Shaq meat bit where the two of them are just giggling and goofing off.
minus Josh getting steamed because they kept interrupting him
devil story might be the best thing they've ever covered holy shit
I just recommended it to my friends for our next bad movie night. I hope we can handle it.
@@ReaderInSeattle
hope ur brains don't melt
It goes in the hall of fame for sure, with cameron mitchell, rem lezar, and surviving edged weapons
Nothing has ever made me laugh harder than Robot in the Family
I'm seeing double! Four Jacks!
"semi terrorizes." That's brilliant.
No no, that was Thor Nicklecopter that had the semi
@@n0isyturtlegoddamn anaconda outline
Yes, he's just really annoying or something like this...
1. The DRACULA. DIE HARD funeral does not take place in Moldavia (country West of Ukraine) but in Moravia, which is a region of Czechia (makes sense since they shot a big part of the movie in Czechia's capital, Prague).
2. Black horse is how traditionally maras or mares were depicted (compare: Nachtmahr/Nightmare, famous painting by Heinrich Füssli). Mares were probably based on the experience of sleep paralisys (the Wikipedia article on sleep paralisys even uses Füssli's painting as illustration).
3. If you want European "schlock" cinema I highly recommend Schliengensief's movies, usually starring Udo Kier, that mixed low quality, horror elements and commentary on Germany after the fall of Berlin wall.
Also, often the Devil was depicted as a horse in old stories. So, it's the Horse's story
Mike’s giggling while Rich pretends to hit him with a pumpkin is gonna get me through until January.
And then you're gonna get hit with "F**k You It's January" season
Yeah I won't need any other porn either.
I love how Jack knows what "dueling intros" is. This just shows he truly is a fan and a regular viewer.
I was about to comment that, he's a true Fraud
12:25 for those who missed it, like me.
in the last botw he said he was the president of the bad movie club in high school, he’s definitely been a fan for a while
Holy crap, that Die Hard Dracula movie brought me to tears. I had to pause it several times to catch a breath. I mean the idea of these Vampire killers who suck at their job and they keep trying over and over is just hilarious.
Also, as a Czech native, it's funny to see some of the filming locations in Prague being really close to each other. One of the pubs (named U Šemíka), the Saints Peter and Paul Basilica and The Forum hotel (nowadays known as Corinthia) are all within a 10 minute walking distance.
The best set in RLM history
Wholly agreed. Hands down, not even close.
It's top 5 but Robot in the Family made me laugh the hardest in my whole life!
BLM history would also apply.
OMG It WAS a different actor. From the wiki: The role of Tony was originally given to bodybuilder Peewee Piemonte. Days into production, Piemonte was fired for eating all the craft services and the meals of crew members. Piemonte was replaced by Jon Mikl Thor, singer for the Canadian rock band Thor.
That is an absurd thing to get fired for. Did he have a tapeworm or something?
Honestly just give it to Mikl Thor from the start. He easily has more presence.
Gotta eat big to get big
Jon-Mikl Thor being the SECOND CHOICE seems like a travesty.
@@Joe90h big man big stomach. Probably was the dad from the past sequence.
I’ve been watching Red Letter Media for over 10 years and it finally almost killed me. Listening to the reading of the back of Devil’s Story’s box again after Rich explained that all of it actually happens made me laugh so hard I almost choked on my dinner.
i think this is the longest best of the worst to date. it's basically a two episode triple feature.
it is in fact the longest, followed up by Black Spine Junka 3 at 1:43:24
it checks out because it kinda feels like a normal botw with a showcase on top of it
@@seshiro6936 Yeah the JJ Bittenbinder one where Mike laughs hysterically at the 74 year old lady with 74 year old lady problems and Jay bonds with an elderly former coffee addict.
European here: I think i have explantion for the horse. In continental folklore is black horse (in the night) consider bad omen, manifesttion of evil/devil/demon/ bad fate. So it make "sense" trying to rid of it... with shotgun, i gues.
Black animals do seem to be a bad omen in folklore, cats, dogs, horses, crows
@@kasocool2812 black people too. very evil and bad omen
The whole movie felt like an allegorical poem to me. Even down to the editing with scenes being repeated like refraining lines.
Kudos to Colin on the “set extension VFX”. I had no idea it wasn’t real until the end. I was really impressed at how much Rich’s construction game had levelled up. Actually, I’m still not sure how much of the background was real!
Most of it. The clown, 'fun house' letters, and tent walls are real, just the tent 'roof' is added, I think! And the ferris wheel. That's added 😉
29:39 that was a witty joke!
I'm on team shitty. I actually didn't even smile, until I felt solidarity with Mike 😊
Didn't they do this movie on mystery science theater?
Blown away my Sir Rich’s craftsmanship. Genuine kudos to you
Cant believe jay and jack almost died to a french film
I genuinely always look forward to the Halloween sets rich makes. Actual art
@@HeeHawDonkey-w9fRich does the physical sets which is really impressive and needs alot of different skill sets.
Sames, RLM is my halloween treat
He out did himself with this one
He's a savage
The next Red Letter Media hit from Noiselund is ... "HORSE"
Wow rich really went above and beyond this year for the set, brilliant work
“Oh yeah, ‘Ope-enheimer.’ How’d that movie do?”
“Well. It’s no ‘Top Hat Monkey Goes West.’”
Yeah, but what is?
"Did it do as well as Barbie?" "No..."
apparently, according to wikipedia for zombie nightmare, if I understood it's notes right, John Mikl thor was not actually the first casting choice for the character. Zombie #2 was, but he was fired for eating all the craft service food, and Mikl Thor was cast to replace him. So its actually likely the film then was shot out of order, most of the zombie scenes were already shot, and they had yet to shoot the pre zombie scenes and a few of the zombie ones.
The whole section reads like some undending nightmare xDDD
How the heck did he eat all the food? XD
And also it mentions that "Wrestler Superstar Billy Graham was originally cast to play Tony's father. On the day he arrived in Montreal, no one came to pick him up at the airport and Graham left after waiting ten hours." This whole movie was a production cluster.
well, in his defense, the craft service is the best part of any movie set
this sounds so fake but I also doubt that someone would make this up about zombie nightmare and put it up on wikipedia before this episode came out, so I must believe in its veracity
Believe it or not, I had to watch that last movie, with the horse, mummy, man/beast, etc, for a class in college. The class was “Zombies In Film and Culture”, actually an English 400 level course, and I cannot believe I’m now seeing it on RLM.. I remember my boyfriend and I were absolutely blown away by the movie, but I absolutely do not remember what the class discussion was, at all. My professor was Peter Dendle, who mainly was like a medieval specialist if I remember correctly, but also wrote a zombie movie encyclopedia, and taught that awesome class…
I hope Jack is careful. He wouldn’t be the first young male actor led astray by Rich Evans.
someone call in an Amber Alert
he might have been taken by non-custodial adults
We don't talk about the guy who used to play Jay.
@@Joe90hHe became Eminem
No Diddy
Ghost of future jacks joke went under appreciated
And holy shit Rich
That set is amazing! Great job everyone
@@HeeHawDonkey-w9f Colin isn't a set designer, he's a VFX artist. I believe that was referring to the pan up shot at the end where it pans from the stage up to the night sky, not to the actual set itself.
That set is truly next level. Beautiful lighting, great sound, hilarious editing. Good guy Jack Quiad.
Really a tremendous job all around!
Rich's room trashing here definitely rivals his Christmas room trashing. You can see the inspirations from Zaat! and Orson Welles very clearly in his performance, but he still has that classic Rich Evans flair.
I'm always entertained by how okay they are with trashing the VHS shelves. Then again, Rich is probably the one who has to clean them up after.
New best of the worst makes me hunch over like an addict from the dopamine hit.
I'm hunched over at my mining job on my lunch break watching this
"I looked up Zombie Nightmare to see if Jon Mikl Thor's character had been recasted in the zombie role, and lol
The role of Tony was originally given to bodybuilder Peewee Piemonte. Days into production, Piemonte was fired for eating all the craft services and the meals of crew members. Piemonte was replaced by Jon Mikl Thor, singer for the Canadian rock band Thor. Wrestler Superstar Billy Graham was originally cast to play Tony's father. On the day he arrived in Montreal, no one came to pick him up at the airport and Graham left after waiting ten hours."
"Director Jack Bravman wanted to transition from adult films to horror. American cast and crew members were housed in an airport hotel with pornography being played on every television channel, and they noticed that Bravman's name appeared in the credits for many of the films.
AND a couple of other fun facts:
- the schlubby dad guy at the beginning is John Fasano, the co-director, who directed most of the scenes without Adam West
- the kid at the beginning was his IRL stepson, you might also remember him as the demon-wolf-kid from 'Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare' (also directed by Fasano, and also featuring Jon Mikl-Thor).
- Mike's original instincts were correct, the actor who played the coroner guy (Dean Hagopian) was doing his take on Columbo. iirc someone on the production mentioned Columbo in reference to the character and he took it too literally and just did his own kinda shit impression.
- the punk kid/head asshole who gets impaled with the baseball bat went on to become a producer of the Night At The Museum movies, being by far the most successful of the cast (even Tia Carrere who's won two Grammy awards).
- the chick who gets killed at the pool area lied and said she was 18, she was actually 15, and there was a topless scene that they obviously could no longer do. also the janitor guy is reading a copy of Fangoria.
- Adam West was apparently a pleasure to work with, he was totally professional but not a diva, he saw they had limited funds and limited time with him and he worked super late through the night without complaint to get all his scenes done in like 2 days."
redditedit
One day Best of the Worst will upload its last episode. We are in the good old days right now. We truly don’t appreciate the effort and dedication that is required to make this series. Thanks, nerds.
Yeah.. Sooner or later, Mike's dementia will overtake him and he won't be able to do or say anything, but drool on camera. Rich will die for the 100th time from his AIDS and diabetes. Jay will be in jail for (random Milwaukee crime). And Jack will be homeless, because there won't be anyone there to run the equipment to pay the rent for their storage facility they film all this in.
So yeah, enjoy it while it lasts.. FUCKERS!!
Shut your mouth they’ll be making content until they’re all hooked up to turtle aquariums
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That thought comes to my mind every time I see a new RLM upload in my feed, I'll be absolutely beside myself when Rich and Mike finally keel over
@@wm2990that’s a deep cut
"This isn't a vote, this is a coronation" - Sir Richard Evans
All hail Devil Story!
This might be one of the top BOTW episodes ever. 3 great movies, a great guest star, and this is some of the most I've ever laughed during an episode. I too started to have an elevated heart rate during the sarcophahus/lady/horse/man scene
This is a new classic, everyone’s in rare form here. Second I heard “Thor Mikkelson” I knew I was in for a TREAT
Agreed. When they got to Devil’s Story I laughed my ass off the whole way through.
I honestly believe the "Missing the point" pun was a GREAT dad joke.
The purpose of a "dad joke" being, of course, to make those listening to it suffer. And judging from Mike's expression, it did its job perfectly.
It was more than that - as someone who does this all the time to their Dad: It was a reverse-Dad joke.
Its a Dad joke you tell your Dad to make him both disappointed in you and jealous that he wasn't the one to tell that joke.
For me, the funniest part was Mike's face going from regular to seething rage after realizing the pun.
That carnival set looks AMAZING, I love the trash scattered around, small touch but makes a big difference
This feels like a perfect episode.
12? Years in and they can still put out a banger like this
The first sentence of the synopsis to Devil's Story was so perfect, it drove the copy writer insane, but he still had to finish the synopsis
When they read the back of the box for Devil Story my FIRST thought was "This movie is so incomprehensible that the only way to explain it is to describe exactly what happens, right?"
SO glad I was right~ XD
I'm so glad a famous renowned actor agreed to do an episode with Jack Quaid. Rich is so generous.
Yeah I heard Rich turned down Oppenheimer, because it was beneath him. But gave it to Jack, because he needs the exposure.
@@graphicsgod Oh god, now I really wanna see Rich Evans play ladies man, bongo-playing physicist Richard Feynman. 😂
@@graphicsgod Apparently, Rich had already exposed himself too much.
Last time I was this early, Rich was still on Ellen
And Ellen was still on Ellen.
And Zombie Nightmare was still on MST3k.
And Shakey’s Pizza Bear was still on Dick the Birthday Boy
@@highhorseo7875 Showbiz Pizza Bear.
@@FunnyStuffOnly-b8u whatever
jack quaid's rockabilly outfit rules js
The "This is basically an episode of Cowboy Bebop" joke hit really hard.
It even had a “Juliaaaaa” scream that Spike Spiegel wishes he did.
Die Hard Dracula looks like an FMV game.
I mean when it came out "98" was around the final height of the FMV PC Video Game Craze, so maybe that's where they got some inspiration. Spaceship Titanic came out that year for PC's "Mac's would get it a year later".
These videos make me so happy. I feel like I'm in the room hanging out with friends. I don't have friends or a room but it gives some that good feeling.
This and the Christmas episodes are a tradition for me now😂
December is the best time for RLM when we get 2 best of the worst episodes in the same month.
October is the month to binge watch RLM lmao
So true, let the holidays begin!🎉
I can't be the only one who was disappointed that "Die Hard Dracula" was not just a Dracula-style version of Die Hard, which it should have been with a title like that
I would pay decent money to see Bruce Willis running around in a cape and fangs, causing all the explosions possible while laughing in the stereotypical Dracula manner.
"excuse me is there a gas station around here".
😅
Jay almost came on the answer; the word "nightmare" comes from an old French myth about a black horse that invades your dreams to frighten you.
Also watching Jack Quaid cuddle that Raggedy Anne or whatever was a subtle but cute detail.
Glad someone else picked up on that. Came to the comments to check for this
@@grouchotrout444 He said it multiple times! He was so close!
Not quite. "Mare" in nightmare is basically incubus - from Proto-Indo-European "mora". Basically, evil spirit of the night.
In French though, nightmare is "cauchemar" - from that same "mare" root plus Old French "caucher" - "to trample". But also, "coucher" is "to sleep", "to bed" in French.
SO... A nightmare would be an evil spirit causing bad dreams about being trampled. Trampled how?
By horses of courses.
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@d3nza482 I also read an etymology dictionary. But I also did emphasize the "as depicted in art". Regardless of the actual etymology though, the association is there. I don't think the guy who made the horse movie looked beyond the modern misconception.
@d3nza482 ofcourse its horses for courses x3