Jacob's Ladder (1990) - Monster Madness 2019

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @djgiga2
    @djgiga2 5 лет назад +512

    "If you're afraid of dying, and you're holdin' on, you'll see devils tearin' your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freein' you from the world. It all depends on how you look at it."

    • @riggermortisfpv526
      @riggermortisfpv526 5 лет назад +19

      A classic line

    • @StCerberusEngel
      @StCerberusEngel 5 лет назад +29

      That monologue is aces. One of my favorite quotes from a movie.

    • @fujitafunk
      @fujitafunk 5 лет назад +16

      I was looking for this amazing line from the film by Danny Aiello’s character “Michael.”
      Such great symbolism and interwoven biblical themes in this film without coming off as clearly “good vs. evil”

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth 5 лет назад +5

      There's a song I like that samples this quote. So classic.

    • @PedroDias-hj2jy
      @PedroDias-hj2jy 5 лет назад +8

      I'm a rabbit in your headlight

  • @paulpantea9521
    @paulpantea9521 5 лет назад +99

    I think Jacob's Ladder is one of the best horror films I've seen. There aren't really films like it nowadays. Pure dread and horror, no jump scares.

    • @Lifesizemortal
      @Lifesizemortal 5 лет назад +7

      Try the French film "Climax" if you love this kind of psychological horror. You won't regret it

    • @firstlast-oo1he
      @firstlast-oo1he 3 года назад +2

      I'd highly recommend Hereditary. Another movie that's genuinely terrifying (in a haunting, emotional kind of way). I don't want to spoil it if you haven't seen it but there's a sequence that's arguably one the greatest examples of pure psychological horror ever.

    • @Joetenka
      @Joetenka 2 года назад

      agreed. its definitly one of my favorites

  • @SoldierMan1557
    @SoldierMan1557 5 лет назад +317

    I'm glad this movie is getting the recognition it deserves
    Such a timeless masterpiece this movie is

    • @StCerberusEngel
      @StCerberusEngel 5 лет назад +7

      And that's why they remade it. Nothing's sacred to the Hollywood machine.

    • @trickydicky5751
      @trickydicky5751 5 лет назад +4

      @@StCerberusEngel yeah I can't wait until they make Fortnite the movie

    • @zzygyy
      @zzygyy 5 лет назад +4

      This movie was so trippy and shocking.
      Loved it.

    • @pigpiggypigbigpig681
      @pigpiggypigbigpig681 5 лет назад +1

      Well said!!!! I've seen it dozens of times.

    • @LinksBetweenDrinks
      @LinksBetweenDrinks 5 лет назад +1

      Easily my favorite horror movie. Just so good.

  • @விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்

    Jacob's ladder has the most realistic depiction of a "Dream world" in ANY movie, better than Matrix, Dark City, Inception etc etc The scenes are so random but if you think of them as dream, it all makes sense. People's faces are swapped around, you meet random people you never met before, people you know acting strangely, you living a different kind of life, you being transported from one situation to another situation abruptly etc Its so freaking perfect.

  • @Steeento
    @Steeento 5 лет назад +324

    This film is much more than a horror movie: even if technically set filming standards for future horrors, the plot trascends the genre

    • @mochimochi8369
      @mochimochi8369 5 лет назад +23

      I agree. It transcends horror and goes much deeper.

    • @9jay10
      @9jay10 5 лет назад +8

      But it’s also a great horror movie

    • @Devilsblood
      @Devilsblood 5 лет назад +6

      To me it's a movie that all future horror films can learn from.

    • @howtosayhow
      @howtosayhow 5 лет назад +1

      Psych Horror?

    • @Dissenter
      @Dissenter 4 года назад +4

      It's also got political commentary (MK Ultra), which unfortunately goes over most people's heads.

  • @scruffylooker
    @scruffylooker 5 лет назад +89

    I always thought the line from his chiropractor explained everything (based on him dying in Vietnam).
    “ If you're frightened of dying and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth.”
    Which is a line from German Philosopher Eckhart Von Hochheim

    • @jamesc8259
      @jamesc8259 5 лет назад +7

      scruffylooker Or the whole time he’s dying he could be hallucinating from BZ Gas that they explain at the end of the movie

    • @P33b4Ugo5omwh3r3
      @P33b4Ugo5omwh3r3 5 лет назад +1

      That saying is much older. Hochheim is just a hack.

    • @geraq0
      @geraq0 5 лет назад +1

      That line is great, and the delivery in the movie is perfect

  • @cloudtx
    @cloudtx 5 лет назад +49

    The original inspiration for Silent Hill. Playing the games is what got me interested in this movie and it was definitely an intense and horrifying experience. It's maybe the deepest horror movie I've seen.

    • @felipeaguena5289
      @felipeaguena5289 Год назад +1

      Man I was honestly a bit disappointed with Silent Hill when I saw how much of the aspects that I always found the most creepy about SH were directly taken from the movie

    • @cloudtx
      @cloudtx Год назад

      @@felipeaguena5289 That's fair but personally? It didn't bother me that much. I feel like they mostly did their own thing and the stuff taken from this movie wasn't that crucial to the stories they were telling.

  • @SiGhast
    @SiGhast 5 лет назад +213

    The scene with the faceless people on the train is one of the most unnerving things in movies.

    • @codprocamp4690
      @codprocamp4690 5 лет назад +8

      Those things reminded me of the Cenobites from Hellraiser

    • @BathSaltShaman
      @BathSaltShaman 3 года назад +9

      Had an ex who was diagnosed with moderate schizophrenia and she couldn't make it far past the subway scene everything in it looked spot-on exactly like what she would see.
      For the record we watched a LOT of horror and it was just another random video store night. If I had seen it prior to that evening myself I definitely DEFINITELY would not have tried to have her watch it with me.

    • @michaelrubino2018
      @michaelrubino2018 3 года назад +4

      The train is the train taking you to your last destination. He avoids it because he is not ready to move on. And so on and so forth

  • @Rachara
    @Rachara 5 лет назад +10

    This movie was a masterpiece. Even though I haven't seen it in probably 15-20 years, I still vividly remember all of these scenes.
    That hospital scene is one of my favorites of all time, I don't think that feeling will ever go away.

  • @vahlok1426
    @vahlok1426 5 лет назад +79

    That final speech-esque line the doctor gives Jacob is both haunting and beautiful at the same time.
    Gives you something to ponder.

  • @therealnothingtoseehere
    @therealnothingtoseehere 5 лет назад +125

    What's your favourite scene, James?
    Justin: Well I'm glad you asked...

    • @joseangelhernandez5274
      @joseangelhernandez5274 5 лет назад +10

      @Mourning Star yeah he seemed dismissive of this film.

    • @rupman27isback
      @rupman27isback 5 лет назад +14

      @꧁༒ loɴely ғoх ༒꧂ Right?? He's kind of an ass too. Nothing impresses that guy.

    • @rittis013
      @rittis013 5 лет назад +18

      Glad i'm not the only one, just lets James talk damnit

    • @wandererofthewastelandxXx
      @wandererofthewastelandxXx 5 лет назад +3

      @The Mold and that Madonna references.. goddamn son.

    • @derekperry8366
      @derekperry8366 4 года назад +3

      You can tell James is getting annoyed lol

  • @frontxxrunner
    @frontxxrunner 5 лет назад +30

    What a plot twist! Can't believe the Wet Bandits hit Macaulay Culkin with their van at 1:55.
    Great editing, guys!

  • @LinksBetweenDrinks
    @LinksBetweenDrinks 5 лет назад +3

    A Masterclass in not just horror, but filmmaking. Cinematography, score, tight editing, brilliant directing and acting.
    This horror movie is so good it even finds a way to use it's lone jumpscare correctly! It *earns* it.

  • @alucardgaming7615
    @alucardgaming7615 5 лет назад +31

    The way that lady looks at him on that train was chilling as hell

    • @beeboo2523
      @beeboo2523 3 года назад +1

      *I was watching that yesterday. I almost pee'd on myself from laughing*

  • @qxpxqx
    @qxpxqx 5 лет назад +109

    This movie is goddamn terrifying.

    • @KuroNoTenno
      @KuroNoTenno 5 лет назад +11

      I heard that terminally ill patients like this movie because it helps them to make peace with their condition.

  • @LeviTheRelentless
    @LeviTheRelentless 5 лет назад +52

    Finally, a Monster Madness where James actually gets to talk.

    • @PabloYaos
      @PabloYaos 5 лет назад +1

      @ better than the other reviews is what he means, I think.

  • @emiliolopez2023
    @emiliolopez2023 5 лет назад +61

    I am sure some one said this but Jacob's "Ladder" does not take place in the 90's, Though it was filmed at that time. It is actually a period piece and takes place in 1975. 5 years from the war sequences and flashbacks. Anyway keep up the good work.

  • @anthonydefeo4989
    @anthonydefeo4989 5 лет назад +104

    I love how James counters Justin's negativity lol.

    • @bradlaakso8431
      @bradlaakso8431 5 лет назад +44

      I don't get why Justin is in so many of the videos.

    • @anthonydefeo4989
      @anthonydefeo4989 5 лет назад +27

      @@bradlaakso8431 I think Justin brings a lot of knowledge to the content that's being reviewed, but he is definitely become a heel of Cinemassacre

    • @4thcoming
      @4thcoming 5 лет назад +9

      Siskel and Ebert.

    • @GeneralTantzu
      @GeneralTantzu 5 лет назад +11

      I think any good show needs a foil.

    • @anthonydefeo4989
      @anthonydefeo4989 5 лет назад +1

      @@GeneralTantzu I agree

  • @JasonVoorhees10100
    @JasonVoorhees10100 5 лет назад +233

    If you can ever get mccauly culkin on too talk about this movie thatd be just amazing!

    • @I_like_turtles_67
      @I_like_turtles_67 5 лет назад +48

      The edit they did made me laugh.

    • @Dude_Abides
      @Dude_Abides 5 лет назад +7

      The Good Son?

    • @kingloser4198
      @kingloser4198 5 лет назад +11

      Doubt he remembers all that much to be honest

    • @JasonVoorhees10100
      @JasonVoorhees10100 5 лет назад +11

      @@kingloser4198 id still love to hear what he has to say about the movie itself as a viewer yakno

    • @HenryCasillas
      @HenryCasillas 3 года назад

      🍪

  • @THE_VictoryPictures
    @THE_VictoryPictures 5 лет назад +83

    1:48 This is one of the best edits ever.

  • @jantzenbruce2155
    @jantzenbruce2155 5 лет назад +48

    Something else the movie was really good with was some of its jumpscares. They’re infrequent enough to where they catch you off guard, and they’re not built up to. They just happen, you don’t expect it, and then things seem to snap to “normal.” It really does help with the disorientating, nightmarish feel of the movie, and is a good example of a movie using jumpscares effectively.
    “DREAM ON.”

    • @JaceCavacini
      @JaceCavacini 5 лет назад +1

      They’re not jump scares. They’re fucked up visuals from out of nowhere that suggest he’s hallucinating or that something horrifyingly sinister is going on in the world around him.

  • @PlanetShlorpian
    @PlanetShlorpian 5 лет назад +177

    "All the demons trying to take him to heaven or hell."
    Sorta like James' Super Pitfall AVGN review eh?

  • @jwnj9716
    @jwnj9716 5 лет назад +55

    Thank you Jacob, you inspired Silent Hill. Avoid the remake, its a complete waste of time, its a remake that nobody asked for. Check out Session 9 instead.

  • @PixelGameSquad
    @PixelGameSquad 5 лет назад +98

    I remember this movie being stuck in my head for years after seeing it as a kid 😭

    • @zzygyy
      @zzygyy 5 лет назад +5

      Horror . It worked

    • @jonplaud
      @jonplaud 5 лет назад +6

      Friggin awesome movie. I remember seeing it and had to have all the lights on at night just to go to the bathroom.

    • @jacksonjacob7791
      @jacksonjacob7791 5 лет назад +1

      Scariest movie I've ever seen

    • @kevinr.3542
      @kevinr.3542 5 лет назад +2

      I think this is true for many. I remember my classmates telling me about it and every description sounding like a different movie. But I knew they had seen something crazy.

  • @winstonsmith7545
    @winstonsmith7545 5 лет назад +21

    Fun game: click around on any point in the review, and James won’t be talking. 5 points if you land on one where he is

  • @lightbiker4450
    @lightbiker4450 5 лет назад +120

    The film that inspired the scariest video gaming franchise ever made, Silent Hill!

    • @dorpth
      @dorpth 5 лет назад +39

      Jacob's Ladder was a better Silent Hill movie than the Silent Hill movie.

    • @HisBubbliness
      @HisBubbliness 5 лет назад +2

      Well, one of them, anyway.

    • @petesmith9475
      @petesmith9475 5 лет назад

      This movie>silent hill movie>those shitty silent hill games.

    • @PabloYaos
      @PabloYaos 5 лет назад +18

      @@petesmith9475 ok I'm bringing my pitchfork

    • @geoleo965
      @geoleo965 5 лет назад +4

      And let's not forget other sources that served as another influence, like the controversial artist Francis Bacon.

  • @mikethered123
    @mikethered123 5 лет назад +17

    My favorite movie of all time! Thanks for doing this.

  • @hungrynhandsome2124
    @hungrynhandsome2124 5 лет назад +47

    THIS FILM IS A MASTER STROKE. YOU CANNOT CONTEST THIS FACT.

  • @1997residente
    @1997residente 5 лет назад +6

    Adrian Lyne only made 8 movies...which is sad. I want to see more movies of him because all of them are really well shot. I adore movies with a lot of haze and lighting.

  • @AAllen-br8it
    @AAllen-br8it 5 лет назад +28

    Justin has such a negative and snobby vibe to him. He seems like someone I couldn't stand being in the same room as for too long.
    I mean, jesus man, let James talk.

    • @Tommi1981
      @Tommi1981 5 лет назад

      Rick J-420 he allright..

    • @Tommi1981
      @Tommi1981 5 лет назад

      phillip Bhat go back to hell

    • @AAllen-br8it
      @AAllen-br8it 5 лет назад +2

      @@gorillacookies3171
      Stinky? That's just too far man

  • @CptKennyLoggins
    @CptKennyLoggins 4 года назад +4

    Great movie. The demons are actually angels helping him to let go of his life. I feel like if they changed anything the movie wouldn't be as memorable and great as it is.

  • @starwarsunfiltered7848
    @starwarsunfiltered7848 5 лет назад +12

    Been waiting for this review for a long time on Cinemassacre.

  • @mochimochi8369
    @mochimochi8369 5 лет назад +3

    Jacob's Ladder is one of the best psychological horror films ever made! It's an overwhelming movie that really gets you thinking deeply about life and death. It's a masterpiece, but personally it's an emotionally hard movie for me to watch.

  • @elenchus
    @elenchus 5 лет назад +18

    One of the all-time great horror movies, capable of both being scary and genuinely moving at different points. Even if the ending has been spoiled for you (as it was for me, just from being such a famous horror classic growing up) it's absolutely worth a watch.

    • @jantzenbruce2155
      @jantzenbruce2155 5 лет назад +4

      Honestly knowing the twist doesn’t ruin the movie at all. Just makes it so you’re looking out for the tells and hints, not to mention it’s just so emotionally charged.

    • @elenchus
      @elenchus 5 лет назад

      @@jantzenbruce2155 That, and the movie self-spoils when Jacob meets the psychic/fortune teller not too far in.

  • @pariah076
    @pariah076 5 лет назад +49

    I haven't seen this movie in so long but I remember really liking it. I need to rewatch it.

  • @BlazePiffington
    @BlazePiffington 5 лет назад +18

    This movie is my shit! One of the few horror movies I lie awake at night thinking about… Very innovative and crazy stuff, it’s amazing to see how many influences it has in the media to date.
    Rip Elizabeth Peña

    • @StCerberusEngel
      @StCerberusEngel 5 лет назад +6

      ANYBODY HOME!?
      Fucking love that moment.

    • @Newt0rz
      @Newt0rz 5 лет назад +2

      And in a certain way, not enough. The visual things this film did have really never been replicated.

  • @Soooooooooooonicable
    @Soooooooooooonicable 5 лет назад +83

    Anyone else can't stand how Justin keeps talking over James? I like these duo review things, but he's sort of ruining it here.

    • @lastofmygeneration
      @lastofmygeneration 5 лет назад +6

      It all boils down to who has more to say about the movie. Here, Justin has more to say, and James plays off him, and, to me at least, it works well for what it is.

    • @rolo1369
      @rolo1369 5 лет назад +21

      I was going to comment on this if you didn’t. Justin obviously has a lot to say, and it’s good stuff, but he does need to let James finish his thoughts. There were a few moments where James wasn’t able to get his point across and it was then lost. Hopefully they see this and learn from.

    • @eurygorgonheavymetalgaming4132
      @eurygorgonheavymetalgaming4132 5 лет назад +8

      he comes off like he just thinks he knows better than everyone, which he doesnt

    • @saintstorm7
      @saintstorm7 5 лет назад +1

      @@lastofmygeneration spoken like. A true moron.

    • @LambertBowden56
      @LambertBowden56 5 лет назад +2

      @@saintstorm7 Your username fits you dummy. What the other guy said was fine.

  • @ZitiPatrol
    @ZitiPatrol 3 года назад +3

    Silent Hill 1-4 are the scariest games ever with also very compelling stories. Justin is a guru for knowing that trivia lol

  • @Elkdog
    @Elkdog 3 года назад +7

    Made it less than 30 seconds in to get annoyed by the not James guy.

  • @jeanpauldoe
    @jeanpauldoe 5 лет назад +14

    James it was about time you picked this one. Its a masterpiece!!!

  • @BlackLotusNinja
    @BlackLotusNinja 5 лет назад +7

    Great movie, so-so review. Almost no thoughts from James. And, sad they didnt mention an alternate ending to the movie, which is on youtube and was never released officialy

  • @dkamphaus43
    @dkamphaus43 5 лет назад +11

    Kind of a missed opportunity not getting Macaulay to participate.

    • @IsmailofeRegime
      @IsmailofeRegime 5 лет назад +1

      While having more Macaulay is fine by me, I'd assume he doesn't have a whole lot to say about his experience being in the film besides "Tim Robbins is a nice guy" or something.

  • @therosesword007
    @therosesword007 5 лет назад +5

    I love this movie, generally speaking I find psychological horror more chilling than just straight up random jump scares like in modern "horror"

  • @repleh82
    @repleh82 5 лет назад +17

    Great episode. Just wish Round Boy would stop being so interruptive.

  • @Caun-88
    @Caun-88 5 лет назад +3

    One of the scariest parts to me was actually one of the things said by the hippy chemist, how they "fed em just massive doses man" referring to young POWs and witnessed them tear themselves and eachother apart with unseen animal brutality in a courtyard. Obviously there's no scene of this event but just the mental image I can picture is horrifying and all the more so because this sort of thing is not 100% outside the realm of possibility in the real world.

  • @RonanKearney1
    @RonanKearney1 5 лет назад +33

    One of the best horror movies ever made. Yeah Silent Hill 2 is my favorite horror game . . . i wonder why?

    • @bobjones1783
      @bobjones1783 5 лет назад +4

      You have good taste

    • @redbeard3946
      @redbeard3946 5 лет назад +6

      Because you like Shiba Dogs and UFOs? 🤓

    • @Eskapismus
      @Eskapismus 5 лет назад +5

      ...and canned light bulbs. 🎉

  • @DonPeyote420
    @DonPeyote420 5 лет назад +16

    oh you just couldn't resist putting the Wet Bandits into this one XD

  • @gelmir7322
    @gelmir7322 5 лет назад +36

    My favorite part of the movie is the "Please Mr Postman" song

    • @brucedavies8154
      @brucedavies8154 5 лет назад +2

      Then straight after : Look out !
      Car chasing him down an alley 😂

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth 5 лет назад +1

      That was so weeeeeird. Who sings to their mailman?!

    • @FromeFmAjayD
      @FromeFmAjayD 5 лет назад +3

      Cavey Möth you never sing to your mailman? that’s odd.

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth 5 лет назад

      @@FromeFmAjayD Well, I mean, maybe once a month.

  • @GreedAndSelfishness
    @GreedAndSelfishness 5 лет назад +2

    My favorite horror film of all time. It has such uniquely strange and disturbing moments.

  • @javiercaceresmolina184
    @javiercaceresmolina184 5 лет назад +8

    Not only a "fever dream", but a vision of hell. He was actually burning.

  • @manuelgrullon6273
    @manuelgrullon6273 5 лет назад +1

    James, it's much better when it's just you doing these reviews. Nothing personal against the other guys, is jut the way it is.

  • @30fims
    @30fims Год назад +5

    Let our boy James talk

  • @iamelloyello
    @iamelloyello 5 лет назад +35

    Had to watch this for philosophy class years back

  • @hesstarr2
    @hesstarr2 5 лет назад

    YES YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES, Thanks James, im so glad you just review my favorite movie of all times! Salutations from Argentina !

  • @RitualofEther
    @RitualofEther 5 лет назад +14

    i only want james's opinion
    ...

  • @keithmichael9965
    @keithmichael9965 5 лет назад +7

    This movie is forever tied with The Serpent and the Rainbow in my mind.

    • @kacper2274
      @kacper2274 5 лет назад

      Both movies are great but what are the connections?

    • @thirdstrike4u
      @thirdstrike4u 5 лет назад

      Haven't heard someone mention that movie in years, great movie.

    • @keithmichael9965
      @keithmichael9965 5 лет назад

      @@kacper2274 I think they came out around the same time. The biblical, spiritual themes. Heavy study on mortality and existential fear. Another good one... The Name of the Rose (1986).

    • @StephenAnderson98403
      @StephenAnderson98403 5 лет назад +1

      @@keithmichael9965 check out the Name of the Rose book, I believe it was Umberto Eco's only novel

  • @LaughingManRa
    @LaughingManRa 5 лет назад +3

    It's hard to believe George Costanza and Kevin McCallister were in Jacob's Ladder.

  • @vash8712
    @vash8712 5 лет назад +88

    Can justin stop talking over James, I feel like we are missing some important commentary from james.

  • @zacharyrichardson7189
    @zacharyrichardson7189 5 лет назад +20

    A forgotten gem.

  • @35november
    @35november 5 лет назад +1

    Funny you guys reviewed this today. I recommended this to a work buddy and we were discussing it a bunch yesterday. One of my favorites, I just wish the ending was more open.

  • @alanlee1355
    @alanlee1355 5 лет назад +21

    Finally a film i know and love.

  • @emelielager5453
    @emelielager5453 5 лет назад

    I always watch these reviews over and over! I just love hearing you talk!

  • @amg9082
    @amg9082 5 лет назад +1

    I feel like he was in a coma, fighting to stay alive and it was angels and demons trying to pull him either way. Amazing film. Cried like a baby at the end.

  • @shadowleon659
    @shadowleon659 5 лет назад +33

    One of the Best horror films ever. By the way James you should try reviewing Flatliners.

    • @darthrowsdower3554
      @darthrowsdower3554 5 лет назад +2

      Umm. The original right?

    • @shadowleon659
      @shadowleon659 5 лет назад +4

      @@darthrowsdower3554 Yes indeed.

    • @arkinyte13
      @arkinyte13 5 лет назад +1

      Declan Kearns yes he should.

    • @Games_and_Music
      @Games_and_Music 5 лет назад +2

      @@darthrowsdower3554 Oh yeah, totally forgot they had to make a remake of it.. /sigh

    • @shadowleon659
      @shadowleon659 5 лет назад +1

      @@Games_and_Music Don't remind me.

  • @priscillaasagiri4913
    @priscillaasagiri4913 5 лет назад +3

    Hard to find movie. But worth watching. It started like a war movie and turns into a kinda thriller and to a horror movie and into a depressing movie. Masterpiece.

  • @atti97
    @atti97 5 лет назад +4

    The movie was a underrated masterpiece.

  • @andrewhills9746
    @andrewhills9746 5 лет назад +3

    Such an underated clasic i do hear there remaking it ??

  • @stevedavids6991
    @stevedavids6991 5 лет назад +1

    This is my favorite movie! I'm glad that it is finally getting reviewed and getting the recognition it deserves!

  • @04dram04
    @04dram04 5 лет назад +3

    This movie is about the purification of the soul before entering the afterlife. You must be purged and purified of your sins, trama, guilt, and regret before entering heaven. Same as the movie Room 1408, which is awesome BTW

  • @rickc1898
    @rickc1898 5 лет назад +1

    I was so excited when i seen one of my favorite films being reviewed by my favorite reviewers! Sure appreciate this ❤

  • @ramdom_assortment
    @ramdom_assortment 5 лет назад +3

    Awesome! Finally you guys are doing this review!

  • @EnigmaticRetroRewind
    @EnigmaticRetroRewind 5 лет назад +2

    Really good film! I remember someone recommended it years ago because they knew I was a Silent Hill fan so I watched it and was blown away! You don’t often get this kind of melancholy in a horror movie with well acted performances that really flesh out the tragedy so it’s pretty unique. Silent Hill definitely took a lot from it. This is what the Silent Hill movies should have been like! - Edward

  • @Sergito800
    @Sergito800 5 лет назад +6

    Damn, i never noticed that Macaulay Culkin was the kid in Jacob's Ladder!

  • @Matt-md5yt
    @Matt-md5yt 5 лет назад

    Heard of this film before in my youth and stuff. Thanks for covering it James

  • @scruffylooker
    @scruffylooker 5 лет назад +1

    Was also a line (sampled from Jacobs Ladder) in the Unkle/Thom Yorke collaboration ‘Rabbit In Your Headlights’

  • @gabelachenman408
    @gabelachenman408 5 лет назад +3

    Love this movie. Interestingly enough, my dad (who showed me this movie) loves this movie and named me after McCauly Culkin character, just because it really stuck with him.

  • @allright
    @allright 5 лет назад +29

    Hey James, please review the "ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES" franchise this year please, thanks.

    • @MzuMzu-nx1em
      @MzuMzu-nx1em 5 лет назад +2

      You have to take a look to the killer sheeps .

  • @Mr.Milenko
    @Mr.Milenko 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks for explaining this movie, I watched it when I was younger, but never thought of it as a significance until my coma. Might watch it again. The movie is definitely how near death experiences, and being locked away in your head are. Scary af.

  • @malvoloren4832
    @malvoloren4832 5 лет назад +2

    I actually recomended this Movie a few reviews ago.
    I Love that you reviewed this.
    Trank you James and the Team

  • @MFKR696
    @MFKR696 5 лет назад +1

    This is easily one of my all-time favorite films of any genre. It's top-notch in pretty much every way.

  • @UndeadRivethead
    @UndeadRivethead 5 лет назад +2

    Loved this film. Used to watch it with my dad as a kid.

  • @ghostbison1
    @ghostbison1 5 лет назад +1

    Such a great movie. it's a perfectly structured psychological roller coaster that has stuck with me since I saw it.

  • @TrondBie
    @TrondBie 5 лет назад

    Remember randomly finding this movie. Must be over 15 years ago. Masterpiece for sure.

  • @TheBeird
    @TheBeird 5 лет назад +2

    That bit where Danny Aiello tells him about realizing the devils are really angels . . . tear up just thinking about it

    • @zzygyy
      @zzygyy 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah. Some lines you never forget

    • @StCerberusEngel
      @StCerberusEngel 5 лет назад +2

      If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels freeing you from the earth.
      I love that monologue.

  • @derikguimaraes
    @derikguimaraes 5 лет назад +7

    For those that didn't get, the Jacob's Ladder in Mega Man is more a reference for the electrical thing, not the movie

  • @destructivecriticism3734
    @destructivecriticism3734 5 лет назад +6

    I feel like Justin barely came to understand the structure and point of the movie as they were reviewing it. I feel like James gave him the push he needed to "get it".
    One of my top 10 favorite films of all time.

    • @elenchus
      @elenchus 5 лет назад +3

      he was somewhat confined to a narrow materialistic explanation, when really the movie is intentionally open to both materialist and supernatural explanations

  • @TKUltra971
    @TKUltra971 5 лет назад +2

    This movie was the 6th sense decades before it became a thing. The attention to detail was amazing.

    • @KRGRTV
      @KRGRTV 5 лет назад

      The Sixth Sense came out in 1999, this movie came out in 1990. So to you nine years is DECADES?

  • @JReed7560
    @JReed7560 5 лет назад +1

    You should talk about the classic The Changeling, with George C. Scott. Classic and underrated movie. Nobody I've ever asked has ever heard of it.

  • @paigelamar7658
    @paigelamar7658 Год назад

    I had watched this movie last year, but I revisited it for my Mental Illness class this year. It was so fun to hear what all my classmates had to say about it, as most of them had never heard of it. Everyone was arguing back and forth on what everything meant. It was great :)

  • @Jdockery007
    @Jdockery007 5 лет назад +35

    Review "the machinist" !!!!!

  • @Toxin___InterHalfer
    @Toxin___InterHalfer 5 лет назад +4

    This is why you are better than Nostalgia Critic

  • @chrishmmr
    @chrishmmr 5 лет назад +1

    Great review guys, I'll be adding this to my list.

  • @riverplate0101
    @riverplate0101 3 года назад +1

    Bravo. Great review. Cheers.

  • @2008Ninjas
    @2008Ninjas 5 лет назад +13

    And how silent Hill was born thanks to Jacobs ladder. 😃👍

    • @HisBubbliness
      @HisBubbliness 5 лет назад +3

      Silent Hill and its plot and themes are such a huge result of a pastiche of several forms of media that it's not really fair to credit just one. I will give you that this film is a significant influence, no question.

  • @Paxmaster
    @Paxmaster 5 лет назад +4

    I'm honestly surprised it took James this long to review this. It's my favorite "horror" film.
    Also, you guys had Macaulay Culkin on and you didn't ask him about this? Come on guys, maybe dedicate more episodes when you have big guests on.
    Other than that, love you guys. Keep it up!

  • @DidWeReallyTry
    @DidWeReallyTry 4 года назад

    I didn't know he reviewed my favorite movie! This is a pleasant surprise!

  • @populouslove1425
    @populouslove1425 5 лет назад +1

    I'm sure your friend is cool or something, but James you're the commentary I'm interested in. I feel like collaborative reviews is less cohesive and definitely not the singular opinion that I've come to enjoy from you. It's a shame that this happened for one of my favorite movies.

  • @rodasio_6692
    @rodasio_6692 5 лет назад

    I had to stop the video just to come down and comment how great and how much I loved that edit of the wet/sticky bandits hitting MC 😂

  • @sekigan3891
    @sekigan3891 5 лет назад +1

    Akihiro imamura said in interviews that this movie was one of the main inspiration for silent hill. In fact, the film has many settings in common with Silent Hill, such as the hospital and subway.

  • @obscuragraffitica
    @obscuragraffitica 5 лет назад +3

    Finally-!, probably my favorite psychological horror movie.