This is the kind of movie I'd see at 3 in the morning and try to tell my friends about the next day. Then it sounds like a fever dream and they don't believe it's real. And I only find it 6 years later on some rabbit hole search and no one remembers me going on about it.
I had a film like that with Ryan Reynolds but I found it recently. It's call the Nines and it is basically fever dream with god taking crack with hooker.
This is how I saw Rocky Horror the first time. I tried to tell my friends about a singing crossdresser movie, but they were like "that's not a real thing."
I saw this in theaters when it first came out. Some people left the screening. The rest of us stayed watching in a perverse fascination. We were the survivors of the Titanic, truly.
I’m late to the party, but I saw this in a theater in 1983 with my first boyfriend. Our short relationship consisted of going to see lots of bad movies, but we’re still friends all these years later.
The pet food dispenser gets me because now every pet owner is like "yooooooo automatic dispensers are the best thing tho!". If dude put a timer on that thing he woulda been set for life lol
Automatic pet food dispensers also feature in Back to the Future and Honey I Shrunk the Kids (made by genius inventors, of course), but this movie pre-dates both of those! I wonder if this is the first appearance of an automatic pet food dispenser invention in a film?
@@amityislandchum Hmm I wonder - for my chickens I have a thing that isn't automatic, it's just a gravitational feeder. They're quite common for poultry, but I suppose poultry are fine with eating however much they need rather than scarfing down too much food in one go. Unfortunately rats got into the gravitational feeder and started eating most of the grain, which is expensive because grain is expensive so now I just give the chickens exactly how much they'll eat each day and no more so that I'm not feeding the neighbourhood rats :/
In the early 90s, we had a cat food/water bowl (like 2:22) with a place to install a 2 liter bottle. You'd wash out an old soda bottle, and refill it with drinking water, then screw it into the bowl. If you did it right, the bottle would refill the water when it got low. If you did it wrong, the water would fly out of the bowl and you'd have over a liter of water on your floor. Fun times.
So, this will date me, but I found myself surprised you'd never heard of this movie, because I remember the PR blitz for this film. Honestly can clearly remember their interview on Good Morning America, the clip of them dancing they showed, cutting back to the studio, and Olivia saying it was "sexy". They were promoting it as a reunion between "Danny and Sandy", but more "adult". Yeah. lol
Life has been really hard since my sister passed suddenly and unexpectedly a year and a half ago. Pushing Up Roses’ channel/content have made the hard times more bearable. I love the videos she puts out, and how strong and outspoken she is! Your videos make me feel a little closer to my sister, and make me reminisce of her. She was a strong person like you are, and once her daughter is old enough I’ll tell her to check out your channel!
I had to put my dog down yesterday. This video was probably the first time I've smiled in over 24 hours, so I can (sort of) relate. I'm really sorry about your sister. I don't know how you feel or what you believe but I think a part of her will always be with you. The ones we love are never truly gone. That's the power of love... _Puts on sunglasses, cues up Huey Lewis and the News while skateboarding out of frame._
I remember when this came out. My friend and I were HUGE fans of ON-J (we saw Xanadu in the theaters 3 times ☺️). She went to see this movie and REALLY didn't like it, so I never saw it. She passed from cancer 2 years ago. Watching this makes me think of her. Thank you! ❤️
I think it's really sweet that this video essay based on a terrible movie reminds you of your friend. Sorry for your loss, hope you're doing alright! :)
I do happen to remember this movie because I loved the two of them in Grease. 1:15 He's untwisting the phone cord--they tended to do that if you talked on a corded phone and walked in circles, turned around, etc. The devil is basically Evil Hercule Poirot...?
I knew exactly what was happening with the phone and it made me feel hella old that the voice over didn't know what was going on because the action is being lost to the mists of time.
I was just thinking this week that I hadn't seen a new video from PushingUpRoses for a while. This is great timing! It's been a long week and I need something fun. :D
After doing Grease, John and Olivia wanted to do another movie together, but they couldn't find one they both liked. Until this. I really wonder what movies she turned down, or maybe wasn't offered the part. I'd love to see a movie, I guess Grease 3: Danny and Sandy, that tells what happens to Danny and Sandy. If they had cast Olivia in the Punisher as the wife of the mob boss, that could have been the sequel.
Olivia was rockin' the Markie Post "Night Court" hairdo. Almost the exact same hairstyle to the point I thought Markie Post was in the movie for certain shots.
I LOVE this movie! I remember asking my mom to take me to see it in the theatre because John Travolta is in it. She said no because I could just watch John Travolta in Grease on Cable for free. Thanks Mom 😊❣️
My mom has a recording of this movie from when it was on TV once in the 90s. I watched it once and have spent the last 10 years thinking about the ending. Great job Roses!
My dad was an electrician and got paid once with random vhs tapes from a rental store. This was one of the movies we owned when I was a kid. Back then most people didn’t have a home video library. I recommend another film we had: Yor Hunter From the Future.
My god, the THEME SONG. 😂 Such an epic musical setup for... whatever that movie was. I watched it no more than three months ago and I still don't know what I saw.
This movie was on constant rotation on HBO when I was a tween, and I LOVED it. 😂 Her screaming "THERE HE IS!!!" lives rent-free in my head to this day. Well, it's in the basement, but the moment I saw the thumbnail, it popped out.
Ditto! It wasn't until years later that I discovered Rain was a Beatles song (thought it was just something from the movie), and I got stupid-excited when I heard Twist of Fate in Stranger Things.
I lost it at the scene with them having booze in a bag and fried chicken on a boat, lol! That's so random and weird! I wonder who came up with that scene, and if it was intended to be funny and absurd. How does one even come up with that?!
I'd bet that a writer actually went on that date. High school buds and I had a bucket-of-chicken party on the top floor of a(n otherwise) empty parking garage, and I can see it coming out of me in some brainstorming session.
Wow! The sheer number of high calibre actors and stars in this movie elevates this from a regular B movie to an all-out...um..."A" class B movie. Oliver Reed as the Devil is perfect! Thanks for introducing me to this!
If you're looking for an excellent, completely unhinged movie, I cannot recommend The Butcher's Wife enough - it's exactly the kind of batshit we all need
Totally second this! XD As an adult I thought this movie might have been a fever dream of my childhood. But it's actually real and just as whacky as I remember.
I have a vague recollection of stumbling upon this movie on tv when I was a kid and thinking it was Grease. I saw the scene where they were walking down the street eating the sunglasses before turning it off, disgusted. I honestly thought I hallucinated this movie!
OH MY GOD!!!! I haven't seen or thought about this movie in DECADES!!! Thank you so much for this walk down memory lane. And yes, I have seen this. Next do "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from 1983
The Beasley-Beatles connection may also be a reference to finding satanic message backmasked in music as the technique of backmasking was also popularized by The Beatles first used in the album's released around the time of Rain.
I would sincerely love it if you made a commentary on The Bad Seed (1956), a melodrama about a mother whom suspects her young daughter is a sociopathic murderer. It is not quite in the "So-Bad-It's-Good" pile, but it achieves high levels of camp from intense line delivery and inorganic pacing.
@@83croissant it was filmed that way to help tone down the blowback from groups that thought a movie with a child villian shouldn't be made. I don't think people get it though...
...is that Oliver Reed as the devil? *One IMDB later* yes, yes it is. I thought I heard some Bill Sykes in his speech pattern XD Also I love how ONJ just keeps her Aussie accent in whatever movie she's in XD
Do you think that Oliver Reed's stardom had fallen enough by '83 that he was (internationally) less famous than the 2 leads? 'Cause he feels like a massive get for a film that stars the lead actors from grease.
ONJ is one of the few Australian actors to make it internationally who couldn't do another accent :p (She specifically asked to be an Australian transfer student in Grease because she didn't feel confident doing an American accent.)The other would be...Paul Hogan and I guess that's it (although I haven't heard Rebel Wilson be anything other than Australian so maybe she's the new generation of this specific trend)
I saw this in the theatre in 1983, I loved it. While it was in the theatre we heard twist of fate on the radio a hundred times a day. I bought the soundtrack and still have the vinyl to this day. I have it on DVD, I wish they would put it on blu ray. The part where the cat jumped out of nowhere, it scared the shit out of me in the theatre. Hopefully someday it will be on blu ray.
Hey PushingUpRoses, I've been re-watching Goosebumps lately and I came across 2 episodes I think you should cover: The Cuckoo Clock Of Doom and The Ghost Next Door. They're both some of my favorite Goosebumps episodes, and I'd love to hear your take on them!
The old lady who owned the video store I worked at in h.s. loved this one (and Heaven Can't Wait and Defending Your Life; heaven movies had a moment in the 80s). I wish they'd cast Nic Cage instead of Travolta, it might've ended up a cult classic.
The only thing I can say about this film is that I really liked the Journey song "Asked The Lonely," which for years, was only available on this sound track.
I'm a huge Olivia Newton-John fan and love the songs she sings in this movie. Amazing. Her 80s music is the best. Sure, the movie is so-so but it's 80s galore so I'm happy. ;)
We need to prove that there’s still good in humanity. Should we check in with Nelson Mandela? Mother Theresa? The Dalai Lama? No, let’s get John Travolta!
Not only have I heard of this movie I actually saw this in the theater when it was first released! A friend and I went to see it because we were big fans of Grease. We were innocent, naive 15 year olds.
This movie seems absolutely bonkers and I need to watch it ASAP. I had no clue those two were in another movie together. Feels like knowledge I should have had at some point.
I mean, the most unbelievable parts of this whole thing are: he only asked for $15k when robbing a bank, and she is acting like she's a millionaire with it. In today's USD, that would be just under $42,000. A nice chunk of change, for sure, but every American here knows at least a dozen Americans with that much (or more) in student debt alone.
Ok so don't know who's going to see this but So seeing this the 1st time so glad Roess channel came up on recommend list laughing so head...but the devil's theme music sounds like one of the neighbors are upset in Animal Crossing 😂😂 keep it up girl!!!
The 80's were an odd time for Travolta. He had this movie, Perfect( which is also crazy ) and Staying Alive. I don't know if he made a good film[ in the 80's] until Look Who's Talking in 89. He was a big star by this time it is not like he had to take these movies to pay his dues, but Scientology is expensive.
Blowout! Made in 1981, brilliant thriller where he plays a sound guy who hears a bang and a woman gets blamed for a murderer. It also has John Lithgow as a superb serial killer.
@@jeremyfrost2636 Q ruined so many celebrities for me. ☹️ Scientology too. Movies used to be an escape but maybe we know too much about our celebrities now a days. It is fun to know more about them but also harder to have that escapism. I guess it goes back to that is it better to know and if knowing too much ruins one’s ability to appreciate that person art. Kevin Spacey was my favorite actor for years and it sucks now that it is hard to enjoy K-PAX knowing he was such a pervy creep.
There was a time when Travolta was considered to be the best way to ruin a movie. If Kirstie Alley hadn't some how got him the roll in look who's talking he would just be another long forgotten actor now.
Hi, old guy here... Wow my RUclips app on my Roku box sending me much Pushing up Roses love this week 😂😂😂 Olivia Newton John... omg! My fave! Xanadu, Grease, and this film... could have swore there was another Olivia/Travolta film??? Gotta say Xanadu is my all time favorite!!! That film also introduced me to the group E.L.O. The Electric Light Orchestra!!! Your channel rocks ma'am 👍👍👍
This was unironically one of my favourite movies as a kid - I adored Olivia and wanted to be her sooooo badly that my other favourite movie was Xanadu, lol! I still love Xanadu and have a special edition copy of it but couldn't remember the name of this movie for the life of me so thank you!! I'm shopping for this even as I watch your video, I can't wait to watch this again, I remember so many scenes but couldn't remember the title, LOL!
Ok, "Chances Are", not a badly acted movie (Cybill Shepherd, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Downey Jr., and Mary Stuart Masterson), BUT an extremely bizarre premise with reincarnation, and unknowingly being attracted to your daughter (while being in another body, of course). The Cher/Peter Cetera theme song is great, and I buy the chemistry between RDJ and Cybill. Such a guilty pleasure for me.
I remember this movie, but I honestly couldn't remember the name. Chances Are is such a strange gem of a movie. Thank you for enlightening me on the name
1:15 LOL! Some historical context to what he was most likely trying to do: Back in the day, the cord connecting the receiver and the phone base had to be routinely 'untwisted' by hanging the receiver down, and letting the coil untwist itself. However, that does not explain why he was holding the entire phone (base) aloft to achieve this simple task..?! Also, OMG, Oliver Reed...! That man has had one of the strangest careers in film, and seeing him in this added an extra little pocket of surrealism to this movie... :D
I remember seeing this on VHS when it came out I have to confess, I owned the soundtrack. The movie still isn't as weird as Xanadu, though Xanadu had a much better soundtrack, though even that hasn't aged well.
"I'm guessing you've also never heard of this film." Guess again, youngster. Saw it in the theater. Also, Newton-John's song "Twist of Fate" from the soundtrack was a big hit. A much bigger hit than the movie.
I loved this video! I was crying laughing, especially when they threw the cat. That poor baby. And then to see Oliver Reed and Scatman Crothers. . . what are you two doing in this?! 😩🤣 I had to pause and look them up to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating.
Yep. I saw this movie *when it came out.* As a kid, I LOVED Olivia so just had to see it. And yeah, even then it was terrible. You should do a review of Xanadu!
Not enough people know about that completely insane movie. I first came into it during the car chase where Holly Hunter terrifyingly breaks into the car and I thought I was watching a thriller movie only to discover it was apparently a romcom? Drama? I still don’t know how to classify that mess.
I remember watching this movie as a kid back in the 80’s. Olivia and John where so big back then . I know the movie didn’t do well but I remember always hearing the songs on Kasey’s Top 40 every weekend.
“To do a great right, you must do a little wrong.” -God, 1983 “If you wanna get to Heaven, you gotta raise a little Hell.” -The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, 1973
There is nothing better than reviewing a "Bad" movie. You do a good job as a truthful reviewer. would like to see your review of The Bad Seed & Black Narcisses (not bad films but weird) and Flowers (Bill Murray at hid most boring). Thanks.
Woah, watching this review was so weird... I couldn't help but think of "A Life less ordinary" when you were talking about it. You can't deny the similarities! "A Life less ordinary" is probably my favorite bad movie. I just love it.
I definitely remember this movie from when I was a kid, haven’t thought of it since. I don’t remember it being so dumb. Just remember John Travola being fine af. But…..God couldn’t find anybody on the whole earth that was selfless or made a sacrifice for another person? Really? Nobody saving a drowning person? Running in a house on fire to save people inside? Nothing heroic going on anywhere on the whole damn planet? 🤔
This movie's interpretation of God is pretty suspect, honestly. Roses mentions that He was on a 25 year "vacation" before the movie started, which would roughly be from 1958 to 1983. That implies that this version of God was around and involved for at least everything that happened in the first half of the 20th century, and *none of that* made Him think humanity wasn't worth saving. And yet it's the first few years of the 80's that He suddenly wants to pack it in. Methinks His values are the thing that's beyond saving.
Yeah the concept would've been a little more believable if it had just been a bet between an angel and Satan over this one specific guy and not God being like "wow the whole earth sucks, Imma reset it" with the angels being like "no wait, what about John Travolta?!" It would've just made more sense if it had just been Satan being like "hey I bet you these two super selfish people can't make personal sacrifices for the other one" and some angel being all "Okay, you're on. Winner gets their souls."
@@Iamafishproductions i mean ... It Kind of Checks Out with the old Testament. Where god has to Show every single animal on earth to Adam until He finally goes "oh, the cow isnt a good Help meet? What about a human with s squishy chest?" Adam must have been so awkward throughout the whole thing. Then the big man in heaven goes on to completely destroy human cooperation because He thinks humans could get too full of themselves If they are able to Talk to each other, so He invents languages. The purpose is literally to stop humans working with each other. And the flood is pretty random too, especially since after Said flood he Just as randomly decides "Well now that everyone is dead except my Boy Noah and His Family, now i swear that i will never do this again. Pinky swear." So ...yh, god has had some weird random Standards in His time, chances are He Just got bored in this movies universe
Yes, like in the time of Noah, who was the only righteous man found on the planet. In fact, it was so bad, that God flooded the Earth and saved only Noah, his family, and representative animals. God also said he would never again destroy Earth by flood again. But I guess this movie didn't have the budget to hire someone with knowledge of the Bible to advise the writers.
I'd recommend Mr. Vampire, one of my favourite comedy horrors. I really like the traditional Chinese hopping zombie/vampires and all the crazy ways to deal with the supernatural. There are 3 sequels but really it's just the first one that's the best. What's interesting is 5 of the actors return 21 years later in the 2013 Rigor Mortis... which could be seen as a much MUCH more serious spiritual successor to the Mr. Vampire series. Anyways... Mr. Vampire, good stuff.
It's so good. It's hilarious that the characters are given random English names that have nothing to do with their actual names. I also actually find the side story with the ghost lady kind of sad.
This movie seems painfully 80's lol Normally, I would be cringing the whole time watching a film like this but you definitely made it a fun experience!
These videos are so great at cheering me up no matter what. And they also help my adhd too as I can do tasks with much better emotional calm and focus when I have something like PUR in the background. Its like having a chill friend next door to comfort me and talk about interesting niche things. You be good to yourself PUR.
Hot too Trot (John Candy is a talking horse, Bobcat Goldthwait as a stock broke). I will let you decide what is more absurd. And I can sadly say I saw this movie.
I honestly had no idea they did another movie together, but after some quick Googling it seems like they got on well and wanted to do another project after Grease. The more you know!
Your reviews are always quite enjoyable. But then there's a Homestar Runner reference that physically swept me back to 2003 and I love you even more now. ❤️🍍
I paused this video about two minutes in, and say and watched "Two of a Kind" with my wife. We loved it. It was awful in all the best ways. Then I came back and finished your video. It was spot-on and hilarious, as always. Great video!
As I was enjoying the breakdown of the movie by Roses, I noticed, almost everyone in the movie is a known character actor I can name. Great overview, and thank you for the exposure to this movie that I never knew existed.
Bonus points for "Love Potion #9" being one of the three movies advertised on the DVD--it's a horrible example of the "Protagonist commits sexual assault for laughs" genre so popular in the late 80s and early 90s. (I can't recommend it, unless you're looking for some truly skeevy behavior by Tate Donovan and Sandra Bullock.) Also, as a side-note: I actually saw this movie. On TV, I think, or maybe as a VHS rental. Amusingly enough, I couldn't actually remember any of it past the bank robbery.
I have a vague memory of watching this as a kid in the early 90s, when I first saw Grease and became obsessed with it. I remember almost nothing about it, other than the titles and the fact that John Travolta and ONJ starred. Had no idea idea it was so nuts!
Sassy 80s business woman’s power suit 😂 I love your videos. Normally I’d be really proud to see a fellow Australian on a movie but this time I’ll let that pass.
I saw this movie on tv when I was a kid, but had forgotten it completely. Thank you. It's a bizarre feeling to see something I hadn't thought about since I was super young.
Have you ever seen a movie then half forgot it/convinced yourself it was a fever dream? Yeah I saw this FOREVER ago off of cable. Wow, my brain is reeling.
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This is the kind of movie I'd see at 3 in the morning and try to tell my friends about the next day. Then it sounds like a fever dream and they don't believe it's real. And I only find it 6 years later on some rabbit hole search and no one remembers me going on about it.
I have one of those starring Keanu Reeves. Can't find it.
I had a film like that with Ryan Reynolds but I found it recently. It's call the Nines and it is basically fever dream with god taking crack with hooker.
This is how I saw Rocky Horror the first time. I tried to tell my friends about a singing crossdresser movie, but they were like "that's not a real thing."
Then you start to question whether you actually saw it.
@@Vamptonius Chain Reaction?
I saw this in theaters when it first came out. Some people left the screening. The rest of us stayed watching in a perverse fascination. We were the survivors of the Titanic, truly.
Travolta: "God, this has been a crazy week!"
God: "Did he seriously just take my name in vain? THE FLOOD IS BACK ON!"
This is exactly what makes a great bad movie. A movie that is inspired, but can't really convey what the inspiration is.
Thats a wonderful explanation for most bad but its "good" movies!
It's like watching a 🤌 in motion
You can't intentionally make a bad film it has to have heart.
@@purplefood1I love this. And it explains why I’m a fan of A Talking Cat?
@@grannyweatherwax8005 I'm not familiar with it but looking it up I suspect that's accurate lol
Pretty surreal seeing Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in a movie that isn't Grease.
Oh, I still got chills, and they are multiplying
They should've called it Grease 2 to trick people into watching it
@@bootsthecat6718 Are you losing control?
I don't think that this is the one that you want.
@@bookshelfhoney there's already a Grease 2
I’m late to the party, but I saw this in a theater in 1983 with my first boyfriend. Our short relationship consisted of going to see lots of bad movies, but we’re still friends all these years later.
The pet food dispenser gets me because now every pet owner is like "yooooooo automatic dispensers are the best thing tho!". If dude put a timer on that thing he woulda been set for life lol
Automatic pet food dispensers also feature in Back to the Future and Honey I Shrunk the Kids (made by genius inventors, of course), but this movie pre-dates both of those! I wonder if this is the first appearance of an automatic pet food dispenser invention in a film?
@@amityislandchum Hmm I wonder - for my chickens I have a thing that isn't automatic, it's just a gravitational feeder. They're quite common for poultry, but I suppose poultry are fine with eating however much they need rather than scarfing down too much food in one go. Unfortunately rats got into the gravitational feeder and started eating most of the grain, which is expensive because grain is expensive so now I just give the chickens exactly how much they'll eat each day and no more so that I'm not feeding the neighbourhood rats :/
gross
@@infamoussphere7228 gross
In the early 90s, we had a cat food/water bowl (like 2:22) with a place to install a 2 liter bottle. You'd wash out an old soda bottle, and refill it with drinking water, then screw it into the bowl. If you did it right, the bottle would refill the water when it got low. If you did it wrong, the water would fly out of the bowl and you'd have over a liter of water on your floor. Fun times.
So, this will date me, but I found myself surprised you'd never heard of this movie, because I remember the PR blitz for this film. Honestly can clearly remember their interview on Good Morning America, the clip of them dancing they showed, cutting back to the studio, and Olivia saying it was "sexy". They were promoting it as a reunion between "Danny and Sandy", but more "adult". Yeah. lol
I don't remember any of this, but I feel certain I saw this movie at some point.
Charlie's like "you're a good man Mr. Satan!" That line killed me! 😂😂😂
But did Charlie get his wings? haha
The "M'lady" "M'lady" right after made me laugh so hard, I had to pause the video.
"Thanks, Satan."
@@LaurianeG. "Thanks, Mr. Beasley."
The gritty reboot of your a good man Charlie brown!
“Eat them off her face.”
THIS. is why I keep coming back. 😂
Life has been really hard since my sister passed suddenly and unexpectedly a year and a half ago. Pushing Up Roses’ channel/content have made the hard times more bearable. I love the videos she puts out, and how strong and outspoken she is! Your videos make me feel a little closer to my sister, and make me reminisce of her. She was a strong person like you are, and once her daughter is old enough I’ll tell her to check out your channel!
I'm so sorry for your loss. I love Roses' channel/videos for the same reason
Thank you so much for telling me, I am so happy my videos have been a comfort.
Same. I fall asleep to the MSW playlists almost every night. Love all her videos and commentary. She is fantastic and super talented. 💕☝️🌹
I had to put my dog down yesterday. This video was probably the first time I've smiled in over 24 hours, so I can (sort of) relate.
I'm really sorry about your sister. I don't know how you feel or what you believe but I think a part of her will always be with you. The ones we love are never truly gone. That's the power of love...
_Puts on sunglasses, cues up Huey Lewis and the News while skateboarding out of frame._
And I love this community 💜
watching this made me think "I'd rather watch a movie about a loan skark's berated bodyguard who wants something more from life"
I remember when this came out. My friend and I were HUGE fans of ON-J (we saw Xanadu in the theaters 3 times ☺️). She went to see this movie and REALLY didn't like it, so I never saw it.
She passed from cancer 2 years ago. Watching this makes me think of her. Thank you! ❤️
I do like twist of fate. Pretty sure both travolta and newton john were in love back then.
@@avanishdutta2658 except Olivia was married to Matt Lattanzi at the time...
@@christoddur Sadly, the couple separated in 1994.
@@markelijio6012 Her husband ran off with the baby sitter.
I think it's really sweet that this video essay based on a terrible movie reminds you of your friend. Sorry for your loss, hope you're doing alright! :)
I do happen to remember this movie because I loved the two of them in Grease.
1:15 He's untwisting the phone cord--they tended to do that if you talked on a corded phone and walked in circles, turned around, etc.
The devil is basically Evil Hercule Poirot...?
I knew exactly what was happening with the phone and it made me feel hella old that the voice over didn't know what was going on because the action is being lost to the mists of time.
The "Teen Girl Squad" quote nearly floored me 🤣
I was just thinking this week that I hadn't seen a new video from PushingUpRoses for a while. This is great timing! It's been a long week and I need something fun. :D
RIP Olivia Newton John.
After doing Grease, John and Olivia wanted to do another movie together, but they couldn't find one they both liked. Until this. I really wonder what movies she turned down, or maybe wasn't offered the part.
I'd love to see a movie, I guess Grease 3: Danny and Sandy, that tells what happens to Danny and Sandy. If they had cast Olivia in the Punisher as the wife of the mob boss, that could have been the sequel.
There should i’ve been away to cameo her in pulp fiction.
Olivia was rockin' the Markie Post "Night Court" hairdo. Almost the exact same hairstyle to the point I thought Markie Post was in the movie for certain shots.
True, in the first scene she could pass as Markie's twin!
except Olivia had the 'do before Markie. Markie was rockin' Olivia's 'do...
OMG DITTO, THE SIDE ON VIEW IN THE BANK AND TOTALLY MARKIE POST, she even sort of looks like MARKIE post.
RIP MARKIE, you are missed.
Markie Post could act though
@@SpamEggSausage Meanie 😉
I'm two seconds in and just said, out loud, "Why do those two have the same hair?"
This movie's gonna be a trip, huh?
Late 80s/early 90s.
CORRECTION: This is a 1983 film.
Early 80s!
I can’t stand 80s hair I really can’t 😂 so unflattering. Love the clothes though
I LOVE this movie! I remember asking my mom to take me to see it in the theatre because John Travolta is in it. She said no because I could just watch John Travolta in Grease on Cable for free. Thanks Mom 😊❣️
My mom has a recording of this movie from when it was on TV once in the 90s. I watched it once and have spent the last 10 years thinking about the ending. Great job Roses!
My dad was an electrician and got paid once with random vhs tapes from a rental store. This was one of the movies we owned when I was a kid. Back then most people didn’t have a home video library. I recommend another film we had: Yor Hunter From the Future.
My god, the THEME SONG. 😂 Such an epic musical setup for... whatever that movie was. I watched it no more than three months ago and I still don't know what I saw.
This is one of those DVDs that are just the VHS repackaged with a menu
Always great to see one of those
I couldn't find this movie to watch, so I'm grateful to you for summing it up.
This movie was on constant rotation on HBO when I was a tween, and I LOVED it. 😂 Her screaming "THERE HE IS!!!" lives rent-free in my head to this day. Well, it's in the basement, but the moment I saw the thumbnail, it popped out.
Ditto! It wasn't until years later that I discovered Rain was a Beatles song (thought it was just something from the movie), and I got stupid-excited when I heard Twist of Fate in Stranger Things.
I might still have this on a VHS tape copied off HBO, right after Grease. Memories! 😁😁😁
I lost it at the scene with them having booze in a bag and fried chicken on a boat, lol! That's so random and weird! I wonder who came up with that scene, and if it was intended to be funny and absurd. How does one even come up with that?!
You crazy, sharing a brown bag 40 and a bucket of fast food fried chicken on a dirty ferry boat is everyone's idea of romance!
I'd bet that a writer actually went on that date.
High school buds and I had a bucket-of-chicken party on the top floor of a(n otherwise) empty parking garage, and I can see it coming out of me in some brainstorming session.
Wow! The sheer number of high calibre actors and stars in this movie elevates this from a regular B movie to an all-out...um..."A" class B movie. Oliver Reed as the Devil is perfect! Thanks for introducing me to this!
If you're looking for an excellent, completely unhinged movie, I cannot recommend The Butcher's Wife enough - it's exactly the kind of batshit we all need
Totally second this! XD As an adult I thought this movie might have been a fever dream of my childhood. But it's actually real and just as whacky as I remember.
@@veronikachristen2373 I know right?? It doesn't feel real - the mask scene haunts me
Travolta's bank robbing disguise looks like the professional wrestler "Effy" and I can't stop laughing about it
OH MY GOD YOU'RE SO RIGHT
This literally made me laugh harder than anything in the video
I have a vague recollection of stumbling upon this movie on tv when I was a kid and thinking it was Grease. I saw the scene where they were walking down the street eating the sunglasses before turning it off, disgusted. I honestly thought I hallucinated this movie!
21:08 that "blank dvd" is double-sided, with 4:3 on one side and 16:9 on the other
OH MY GOD!!!! I haven't seen or thought about this movie in DECADES!!! Thank you so much for this walk down memory lane. And yes, I have seen this. Next do "Something Wicked This Way Comes" from 1983
Back in the 90's when I worked at a Video store, this would remain on the shelves even late on a saturday night when most other titles had gone
I get this feeling that P.U.R. could put together one hell of a viewing party, and i would eat up every second.
The Beasley-Beatles connection may also be a reference to finding satanic message backmasked in music as the technique of backmasking was also popularized by The Beatles first used in the album's released around the time of Rain.
I would sincerely love it if you made a commentary on The Bad Seed (1956), a melodrama about a mother whom suspects her young daughter is a sociopathic murderer. It is not quite in the "So-Bad-It's-Good" pile, but it achieves high levels of camp from intense line delivery and inorganic pacing.
I thought The Bad Seed was always intentionally a dark comedy ?
@@83croissant it was filmed that way to help tone down the blowback from groups that thought a movie with a child villian shouldn't be made. I don't think people get it though...
A "so bad it's good" version would be the early 90s remake starting Macauley Culkin.
I like this movie this is the second movie that John Travolta and Olivia Newton John reunited since Grease 1978
...is that Oliver Reed as the devil?
*One IMDB later*
yes, yes it is. I thought I heard some Bill Sykes in his speech pattern XD Also I love how ONJ just keeps her Aussie accent in whatever movie she's in XD
Australian accents are hot and she's right to do it
Just what I said! I was about to check IMDB too but thought I'd check the comments first. So thanks!
@@bookshelfhoney Seconded. One of the sexiest accents.
Do you think that Oliver Reed's stardom had fallen enough by '83 that he was (internationally) less famous than the 2 leads? 'Cause he feels like a massive get for a film that stars the lead actors from grease.
ONJ is one of the few Australian actors to make it internationally who couldn't do another accent :p (She specifically asked to be an Australian transfer student in Grease because she didn't feel confident doing an American accent.)The other would be...Paul Hogan and I guess that's it (although I haven't heard Rebel Wilson be anything other than Australian so maybe she's the new generation of this specific trend)
I saw this in the theatre in 1983, I loved it. While it was in the theatre we heard twist of fate on the radio a hundred times a day. I bought the soundtrack and still have the vinyl to this day. I have it on DVD, I wish they would put it on blu ray. The part where the cat jumped out of nowhere, it scared the shit out of me in the theatre. Hopefully someday it will be on blu ray.
Hey PushingUpRoses, I've been re-watching Goosebumps lately and I came across 2 episodes I think you should cover: The Cuckoo Clock Of Doom and The Ghost Next Door. They're both some of my favorite Goosebumps episodes, and I'd love to hear your take on them!
The ghost next door is one of my all time favorites 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
The old lady who owned the video store I worked at in h.s. loved this one (and Heaven Can't Wait and Defending Your Life; heaven movies had a moment in the 80s). I wish they'd cast Nic Cage instead of Travolta, it might've ended up a cult classic.
tbh I was watching this absentmindedly and thought the sensitive mafioso was actually nic cage and was wondering why it wasn't mentioned haha
This was great! Really appreciate all the extra behind the scenes research that you do!
The only thing I can say about this film is that I really liked the Journey song "Asked The Lonely," which for years, was only available on this sound track.
I loved the song Twist of Fate from the soundtrack.
Unironically one of the best songs of all time and it's a shame basically no one has heard of it
I'm a huge Olivia Newton-John fan and love the songs she sings in this movie. Amazing. Her 80s music is the best. Sure, the movie is so-so but it's 80s galore so I'm happy. ;)
Earl the Angel was played by the late and masterful Scatman Crothers aka the original Scat Cat AND the only fella to voice Hong Kong Phooey 🖤
These deep dives into terrible movies are always fantastic, keep up the great work, thanks for all the laughs!
We need to prove that there’s still good in humanity. Should we check in with Nelson Mandela? Mother Theresa? The Dalai Lama? No, let’s get John Travolta!
The Teen Girl Squad reference was *chef's kiss*. Also, I greatly approve of your dad joke-level pun game. Respect.
That sound clip through me back to a simpler time 😂
Not only have I heard of this movie I actually saw this in the theater when it was first released! A friend and I went to see it because we were big fans of Grease. We were innocent, naive 15 year olds.
This movie seems absolutely bonkers and I need to watch it ASAP. I had no clue those two were in another movie together. Feels like knowledge I should have had at some point.
I mean, the most unbelievable parts of this whole thing are: he only asked for $15k when robbing a bank, and she is acting like she's a millionaire with it. In today's USD, that would be just under $42,000. A nice chunk of change, for sure, but every American here knows at least a dozen Americans with that much (or more) in student debt alone.
You ever had your mattress repossessed? $15k was like $1M to her! 🤣
Ok so don't know who's going to see this but
So seeing this the 1st time so glad Roess channel came up on recommend list laughing so head...but the devil's theme music sounds like one of the neighbors are upset in Animal Crossing 😂😂 keep it up girl!!!
The 80's were an odd time for Travolta. He had this movie, Perfect( which is also crazy ) and Staying Alive. I don't know if he made a good film[ in the 80's] until Look Who's Talking in 89. He was a big star by this time it is not like he had to take these movies to pay his dues, but Scientology is expensive.
I loved Look Who's Talking since I was a kid. Kirstie Alley reminded me of my favorite Aunt.
@@ashleighkelly7598 I hope your favorite aunt didn't go down the QAnon rabbit hole like Kirstie Alley did.
Blowout! Made in 1981, brilliant thriller where he plays a sound guy who hears a bang and a woman gets blamed for a murderer. It also has John Lithgow as a superb serial killer.
@@jeremyfrost2636 Q ruined so many celebrities for me. ☹️ Scientology too.
Movies used to be an escape but maybe we know too much about our celebrities now a days. It is fun to know more about them but also harder to have that escapism. I guess it goes back to that is it better to know and if knowing too much ruins one’s ability to appreciate that person art. Kevin Spacey was my favorite actor for years and it sucks now that it is hard to enjoy K-PAX knowing he was such a pervy creep.
There was a time when Travolta was considered to be the best way to ruin a movie. If Kirstie Alley hadn't some how got him the roll in look who's talking he would just be another long forgotten actor now.
9:35 😂😂🤣🤣😭😭 okay okay, the door comedy in this film and this video is on point. More doors please 😂😂
I've literally never heard of this film before, and now I completely understand why. 🤣
Hi, old guy here...
Wow my RUclips app on my Roku box sending me much Pushing up Roses love this week 😂😂😂
Olivia Newton John... omg! My fave!
Xanadu, Grease, and this film... could have swore there was another Olivia/Travolta film???
Gotta say Xanadu is my all time favorite!!! That film also introduced me to the group E.L.O. The Electric Light Orchestra!!!
Your channel rocks ma'am 👍👍👍
Movie suggestion: Murder By Death.
It's pretty much everything related to this channel in one film.
I love Murder By Death. "Shhhh! Cow speaking!"
Yes yes yes!!!!
This was unironically one of my favourite movies as a kid - I adored Olivia and wanted to be her sooooo badly that my other favourite movie was Xanadu, lol! I still love Xanadu and have a special edition copy of it but couldn't remember the name of this movie for the life of me so thank you!! I'm shopping for this even as I watch your video, I can't wait to watch this again, I remember so many scenes but couldn't remember the title, LOL!
Ok, "Chances Are", not a badly acted movie (Cybill Shepherd, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Downey Jr., and Mary Stuart Masterson), BUT an extremely bizarre premise with reincarnation, and unknowingly being attracted to your daughter (while being in another body, of course). The Cher/Peter Cetera theme song is great, and I buy the chemistry between RDJ and Cybill. Such a guilty pleasure for me.
I unironically love Chances Are. It's one of my favorite movies. 😆
I remember this movie, but I honestly couldn't remember the name. Chances Are is such a strange gem of a movie. Thank you for enlightening me on the name
Oh yes, the reincarnation movie. I remember it.
I own that movie and this one too 😆
1:15 LOL! Some historical context to what he was most likely trying to do: Back in the day, the cord connecting the receiver and the phone base had to be routinely 'untwisted' by hanging the receiver down, and letting the coil untwist itself. However, that does not explain why he was holding the entire phone (base) aloft to achieve this simple task..?! Also, OMG, Oliver Reed...! That man has had one of the strangest careers in film, and seeing him in this added an extra little pocket of surrealism to this movie... :D
I remember seeing this on VHS when it came out I have to confess, I owned the soundtrack. The movie still isn't as weird as Xanadu, though Xanadu had a much better soundtrack, though even that hasn't aged well.
Xanadu is a movie I'll occasionally go back and watch. It's hokey but in a non-offensive way. I also do enjoy the soundtrack quite a bit.
@@PixelatedH2O love Xanadu. Love both soundtracks. Twist of Fate was a great song.
17:19 wow, the nostalgia of seeing the Carvel and Waldenbooks store fronts!
"I'm guessing you've also never heard of this film."
Guess again, youngster. Saw it in the theater.
Also, Newton-John's song "Twist of Fate" from the soundtrack was a big hit. A much bigger hit than the movie.
Yep, also seen in theater. There was a time when John and Olivia were actually a draw.
I love that song!!!!!
*high fives fellow old*
I loved this video! I was crying laughing, especially when they threw the cat. That poor baby. And then to see Oliver Reed and Scatman Crothers. . . what are you two doing in this?! 😩🤣 I had to pause and look them up to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating.
Yep. I saw this movie *when it came out.* As a kid, I LOVED Olivia so just had to see it. And yeah, even then it was terrible. You should do a review of Xanadu!
I'm only 20 seconds in and already said "Noo... No!" at least 10 times. Wtf is this?! I am so excited!
Holy shit. This is the EXACT premise of A Life Less Ordinary. I never knew.
Not enough people know about that completely insane movie. I first came into it during the car chase where Holly Hunter terrifyingly breaks into the car and I thought I was watching a thriller movie only to discover it was apparently a romcom? Drama? I still don’t know how to classify that mess.
@@raennocturne Delroy Lindo STEALS that movie. Made me a fan for life.
@@jeffk3801 Cracking soundtrack, too.
You read my mind!!!
I remember watching this movie as a kid back in the 80’s. Olivia and John where so big back then . I know the movie didn’t do well but I remember always hearing the songs on Kasey’s Top 40 every weekend.
Please check out the movie "High Spirits" with Peter O'Toole, Daryl Hannah, and Steve Guttenburg
If it's not about ghosts doing weed I'll be very sad
“To do a great right, you must do a little wrong.”
-God, 1983
“If you wanna get to Heaven, you gotta raise a little Hell.”
-The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, 1973
There is nothing better than reviewing a "Bad" movie. You do a good job as a truthful reviewer. would like to see your review of The Bad Seed & Black Narcisses (not bad films but weird) and Flowers (Bill Murray at hid most boring). Thanks.
Flowers looked so boring I forgot to even watch it.
Yoooo! I laughed SO hard when you said “THIS herb!” LMAO 🤣 Great video! I’d never seen this flick. The hair in this movie!
Twist of Fate has always been a jam to me, and I've read analysis on this movie, but never seen it. Thank you for this video!
The *donk* sound effect ( 3:42 ) as the phone bounces off the wall made me giggle for 5 minutes straight. Bravo!
Woah, watching this review was so weird... I couldn't help but think of "A Life less ordinary" when you were talking about it. You can't deny the similarities!
"A Life less ordinary" is probably my favorite bad movie. I just love it.
That is the song that opened my eyes to Katya from RPDR. Her doing the slow splits lives in my head rent free 🖤🖤🖤
"All music sounds the same."
"The devil corrupted the Beatles."
The Writer's thinly veiled hatred towards modern music.
Pretty sure we could go back to the Stone Age and find people complaining about modern music. The more things change...
0:44 - Love Potion #9 is a guilty pleasure. It’s one of Sandra Bullock’s earliest movies.
1:38 - No, “Oh, God” starred George Burns and John Denver.
I definitely remember this movie from when I was a kid, haven’t thought of it since. I don’t remember it being so dumb. Just remember John Travola being fine af. But…..God couldn’t find anybody on the whole earth that was selfless or made a sacrifice for another person? Really? Nobody saving a drowning person? Running in a house on fire to save people inside? Nothing heroic going on anywhere on the whole damn planet? 🤔
This movie's interpretation of God is pretty suspect, honestly.
Roses mentions that He was on a 25 year "vacation" before the movie started, which would roughly be from 1958 to 1983. That implies that this version of God was around and involved for at least everything that happened in the first half of the 20th century, and *none of that* made Him think humanity wasn't worth saving. And yet it's the first few years of the 80's that He suddenly wants to pack it in.
Methinks His values are the thing that's beyond saving.
Yeah the concept would've been a little more believable if it had just been a bet between an angel and Satan over this one specific guy and not God being like "wow the whole earth sucks, Imma reset it" with the angels being like "no wait, what about John Travolta?!" It would've just made more sense if it had just been Satan being like "hey I bet you these two super selfish people can't make personal sacrifices for the other one" and some angel being all "Okay, you're on. Winner gets their souls."
@@Iamafishproductions Reread the Bible. God's values are DEFINITELY the thing that's beyond saving.
@@Iamafishproductions i mean ... It Kind of Checks Out with the old Testament. Where god has to Show every single animal on earth to Adam until He finally goes "oh, the cow isnt a good Help meet? What about a human with s squishy chest?" Adam must have been so awkward throughout the whole thing. Then the big man in heaven goes on to completely destroy human cooperation because He thinks humans could get too full of themselves If they are able to Talk to each other, so He invents languages. The purpose is literally to stop humans working with each other. And the flood is pretty random too, especially since after Said flood he Just as randomly decides "Well now that everyone is dead except my Boy Noah and His Family, now i swear that i will never do this again. Pinky swear."
So ...yh, god has had some weird random Standards in His time, chances are He Just got bored in this movies universe
Yes, like in the time of Noah, who was the only righteous man found on the planet. In fact, it was so bad, that God flooded the Earth and saved only Noah, his family, and representative animals. God also said he would never again destroy Earth by flood again. But I guess this movie didn't have the budget to hire someone with knowledge of the Bible to advise the writers.
4:27 something about the henchman reminds me of Cousin Greg. Adorable, yet slightly evil. 🥰
I'd recommend Mr. Vampire, one of my favourite comedy horrors. I really like the traditional Chinese hopping zombie/vampires and all the crazy ways to deal with the supernatural. There are 3 sequels but really it's just the first one that's the best. What's interesting is 5 of the actors return 21 years later in the 2013 Rigor Mortis... which could be seen as a much MUCH more serious spiritual successor to the Mr. Vampire series. Anyways... Mr. Vampire, good stuff.
It's one of my favorite 80's films. 😁👍
It's so good. It's hilarious that the characters are given random English names that have nothing to do with their actual names.
I also actually find the side story with the ghost lady kind of sad.
Yes! A new video from PushingUpRoses! I have been waiting for this since January 1st, 2022! 🤩
This movie seems painfully 80's lol
Normally, I would be cringing the whole time watching a film like this but you definitely made it a fun experience!
These videos are so great at cheering me up no matter what. And they also help my adhd too as I can do tasks with much better emotional calm and focus when I have something like PUR in the background. Its like having a chill friend next door to comfort me and talk about interesting niche things. You be good to yourself PUR.
God, what is it with Robert Stigwood constantly trying to put Lily Tomlin and John Travolta in bad movies together?
Hot too Trot (John Candy is a talking horse, Bobcat Goldthwait as a stock broke). I will let you decide what is more absurd. And I can sadly say I saw this movie.
I honestly had no idea they did another movie together, but after some quick Googling it seems like they got on well and wanted to do another project after Grease. The more you know!
Your reviews are always quite enjoyable. But then there's a Homestar Runner reference that physically swept me back to 2003 and I love you even more now. ❤️🍍
I have never been so inspired to watch a terrible movie... Thank you.
I paused this video about two minutes in, and say and watched "Two of a Kind" with my wife. We loved it. It was awful in all the best ways. Then I came back and finished your video. It was spot-on and hilarious, as always. Great video!
Ernie Hudson was in Ghostbusters.
The character actors in this movie are epic. Oliver Reed? Skatman Curruthers?
Watch this movie. It's everything.
As I was enjoying the breakdown of the movie by Roses, I noticed, almost everyone in the movie is a known character actor I can name. Great overview, and thank you for the exposure to this movie that I never knew existed.
He was also in The Crow with Brandon Lee
Gene Hackman as god too, apparently!
That first shot with the blond mullet and thr brown mustache made me instantly know this would be the best kind of terrible. Live your reviews!
Bonus points for "Love Potion #9" being one of the three movies advertised on the DVD--it's a horrible example of the "Protagonist commits sexual assault for laughs" genre so popular in the late 80s and early 90s. (I can't recommend it, unless you're looking for some truly skeevy behavior by Tate Donovan and Sandra Bullock.)
Also, as a side-note: I actually saw this movie. On TV, I think, or maybe as a VHS rental. Amusingly enough, I couldn't actually remember any of it past the bank robbery.
I have a vague memory of watching this as a kid in the early 90s, when I first saw Grease and became obsessed with it. I remember almost nothing about it, other than the titles and the fact that John Travolta and ONJ starred. Had no idea idea it was so nuts!
Sassy 80s business woman’s power suit 😂 I love your videos. Normally I’d be really proud to see a fellow Australian on a movie but this time I’ll let that pass.
I saw this movie on tv when I was a kid, but had forgotten it completely. Thank you. It's a bizarre feeling to see something I hadn't thought about since I was super young.
Have you ever seen a movie then half forgot it/convinced yourself it was a fever dream? Yeah I saw this FOREVER ago off of cable. Wow, my brain is reeling.
I had never heard twist of fate before but I looked it up after watching this video. You're right, what a banger! Thanks for mentioning it