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[ominous music]
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Mother pus bucket.
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JONAH RAY: The whole thing
about horror comedies
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is that they shouldn't work.
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People try to make
them all the time,
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but, like, they
rarely are ever good.
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It's like, you know, two great
taste that taste great together.
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My vegetable medley.
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JONAH RAY: But sometimes it's
just much of both things.
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ALEX: Scientists talk about
laughter having come originally
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from a fear response
as a way of mitigating
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fear or shock, a negative,
as opposed to a joyful thing.
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And I think maybe that's why
I like horror comedies that
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destabilize me in that way.
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And I think that a
really good horror
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filmmaker knows that
they kind of have
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you riding the line of a laugh.
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MICHAEL: They're
not for everybody.
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Samba.
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MICHAEL: But I find
that the people who
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understand and enjoy
horror comedies
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are the best kinds
of horror fans.
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What are the must-see
horror comedies?
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The Necronomicon
Ex-mortis, roughly
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translated book of the dead.
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For me, the greatest
horror comedy of all time
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is Evil Dead II, which
is a masterpiece,
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and one of the most influential
films of the modern film era.
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TED: Splatstick is a term coined
by Sam Ramey, talking about,
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like, it's so gory that it
becomes the Three Stooges.
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I mean, essentially,
Evil Dead II
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is just one big Three
Stooges bit for 90 minutes
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and tons and tons of blood.
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PATRICK: The movie will
veer between genuine scares
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and, like, real suspense, and
astonishing physical comedy,
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like seconds apart.
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The perfect representation
is when Bruce Campbell goes
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to the woodshed looking
for some kind of weapon,
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and he pulls back a curtain.
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And on a shelf--
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ASH: Chainsaw.
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They have drawn on the
wall an outline of a chainsaw
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to indicate where a chainsaw
should go, but it's not there.
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And so you have this
funny, little sight gag.
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And then, suddenly, the
door gets kicked in,
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and the decapitated
corpse of his girlfriend
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charges in with a chainsaw,
attacking him with it.
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And he manages to knock
it out of her hands
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and then saws the body in
half while blood sprays
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up, like, onto the
light bulb in the room,
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just like casting the
entire thing bright red.
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And it has this gonzo
energy that few other movies
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ever made managed to have.
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[demonic laugh]
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RICKY: I feel so
bad for what happens
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to Ash throughout
that movie, but I
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have so much fun watching it.
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He's such a great
crier to the heavens.
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[laughs]
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[CRYING] Get me back my hand.
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RICKY: Every time something
horrible happens in that movie,
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he just, like,
falls on his knees
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and cries to the
heaven asking why, why.
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You just feel for him
so much, you know.
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[groaning]
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Who's laughing now?
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I think Evil
Dead II is so funny
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because it's just constantly
surprising and inventive.
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All of the work that
they do with the hand,
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with the chainsaw, with the
various zombies that show up,
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how they show up,
the sort of subject
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use of the camera,
where it's really
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barreling along through the
woods at 100 miles an hour.
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And you don't know where
it's going to end up.
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And you're kind of the
bad guy for a moment.
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And then, like, to get a
joke out of it, at one point,
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Demon doesn't know where Ash is.
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It's just kind of
like looks around,
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like, where did that dude go?
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I'll be back, dawg.
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I'll be back.
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And just pulls right
back out of there.
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The masterwork of Evil
Dead II is the combination
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of Raimi's cinematic genius and
Bruce's physical comic prowess.
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I mean, I don't think it's
overstating it to say.
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Like, it works like a
Buster Keaton movie.
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It works like any classic
film involving a kind
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of theatrical performance.
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But then you have this
extremely sophisticated,
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modern, cinematic approach.
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It's a masterful combination
of kinetic camera
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work with kinetic performance.
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[demonic laughter]
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PATRICK: Unsurprisingly,
given my love of Evil Dead II,
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I really love Dead Alive.
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TED: Dead Alive is
a splatstick movie.
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It's essentially
Raimi up to 100,
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and it goes so over the top.
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It's never not funny.
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There's like a glee to
that movie of just like
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what he's getting away with.
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Taking, like, what is on paper
a horror story, but just, like,
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cranking every element
way up until it
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reaches like these insane
cartoonish levels and just
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becomes funny.
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Oh!
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I just mowed the lawn.
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Does this look like a
well-maintained frontage?
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TED: You have this
really twisted
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mother-and-son
relationship that's
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kind of at the
heart of the movie,
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and it sort of deals
that sort of, like,
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not being able to cut the
purse strings, you might say.
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But it keeps getting
worse and worse and worse.
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Oh!
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Oh.
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[yelling]
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Mom.
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The protagonist mother has
been bitten, and she's infected.
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And she's slowly turning into
a kind of a zombie creature.
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And they're having
this little meal.
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And she's eating this kind of
disgusting-looking custard.
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And her ears slowly
falling apart
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and falls into the custard.
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And her earring
gets stuck in there.
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And she keeps eating.
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And she's just completely
oblivious to it.
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It's just so, so gross.
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[chuckles]
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TRACEY: And then when
the infection just
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grows to everybody in
her circle, it just--
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it's one of the grossest
movies I think I ever saw right
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off the bat, but it's
also one of the most
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funniest movies you've ever
seen right off the bat.
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HOWARD: I just loved
the last half hour.
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I don't think I've ever
seen anything even like it
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since then.
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It's like a ballet of
bodies being Cuisinarted.
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At the time, I think
there probably was just
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the wettest movie ever made.
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I mean, the amount of fluid that
gets dumped all over the cast
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in that movie, it outdoes
the first Evil Dead.
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It's so choreographed.
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It's like a musical.
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It's like lavish dance numbers.
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It's just brilliant,
brilliant movie.
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[high-pitched laugh]
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JOE: Stuart Gordon's
e-Animator, well, it's probably
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the best Lovecraft adaptation.
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It's certainly the funniest.
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It's absolutely
the most fucked up.
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[growls]
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That was one that I think
kicked out a lot of doors.
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It was unrated.
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No one under 17 admitted.
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And it showed just
how far you could
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go with the mixture
of comedy and horror
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and gore, but also have a really
smart, well-crafted, well-acted
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film as well.
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MAN: Didn't we
meet this morning?
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You're--
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West.
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Herbert West.
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Jeffrey Combs
plays Herbert West,
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and he's up to
some secret stuff.
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He has discovered a
special serum that
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brings the dead back to life.
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Stop.
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I'll show you.
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They start off by using it
on our main character's cat,
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but that goes awry.
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And soon enough, they're
using it on humans, including
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one of their professors.
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Your theory on the location
of the will and the brain is
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interesting, though derivative
of Dr. Gruber's research
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in the early '70s.
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So derivative, in
fact, that in Europe,
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it's considered plagiarized.
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Dr. West and Dr. Hill are
two sides of the same coin.
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Perhaps it take--
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CHELSEA: That's what makes them
such good foils for each other.
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They are both kind of married
to science in a sense,
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but they have very different
relationships with it.
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I will be famous.
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DANA: So much of Re-Animator
is just Jeffrey Combs.
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Plagiarist.
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DANA: He is so much
intensity, and those eyes
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are always working.
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That performance takes
that movie to a place
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where it shouldn't be.
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[laughing]
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DANA: And then there
are scenes in that movie
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that go places where you
can't imagine they're going.
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You know what I'm talking about.
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MICHAEL: You're just sitting
there going, what am I watching?
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Who thought this up?
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This is insane.
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And yet it is all of
a piece of the story.
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It follows from what we
know about the characters
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and Dr. Hill's lust for
Barbara Crampton's character.
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And it just takes it
to the ultimate level.
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Gordon wanted to take us
places we had not gone before.
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[yelling]
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You know, he wanted to
upend our normal expectations
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for a horror film
or for a comedy,
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and he never did
it more brilliantly
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than he did in Re-Animator.
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[projector whirring]
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The end of the world is
going to happen, you jerks,
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while you are sitting on your
asses watching your television.
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[gunshot]
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[groaning]
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No!
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Oh my god!
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To be or not to be.
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That is the question.
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[yelling]
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Hell is a teenage girl.
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Please don't
demonetize me with it.
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This is an intense situation.
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Hey, get away from
that record press.
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DRACMORDA: I think what makes a
camp horror movie is when you're
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at a theater and the crowd is
just laughing and wincing back
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and forth at the same time.
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When I see a movie like
that, I know that I'm
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in a camp horror movie.
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Just look at me.
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I'm soaking wet.
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Camp is hard enough to
define, let alone be fluent in.
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And I think Akela
Cooper, who wrote Megan,
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understands how to write camp.
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Now, when Megan
is revealed, I don't
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want to see any blank faces.
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DRACMORDA: Megan.
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What's not to love?
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She's gorgeous.
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Her hair is flawless.
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Her skin is flawless.
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And whoever came up
with that dance, I mean,
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they need to get a
raise because that dance
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put a chokehold on everyone.
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I think the dance scene
alone makes it a camp classic.
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CHELSEA: Megan is about a toy
developer played by Allison
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Williams, who unexpectedly ends
up getting custody of her niece
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after her sister and
brother-in-law die
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in an accident.
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And she is having such a hard
time connecting with this girl.
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She ends up inventing this
life-sized doll named--
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ALLISON: Model three
generative Android.
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Megan for short.
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And kind of introduces
her niece to Megan to help
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her niece with her grief.
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Shall we draw?
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And so the doll
and her niece develop
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this very toxic friendship.
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I love it.
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MAN: I want you all to
remember this moment,
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the moment we kicked
Hasbro right in the dick.
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EMILY: There's just
something really
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fun about a campy horror
movie that sets up the premise
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really well.
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It's like we know this doll
is going to be a bad idea.
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There's no doubt about what
the end result of this idea
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is going to be.
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But then like the
twists and turns of it,
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the jump scares,
the sort of slow
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build up psychologically
of what's going on,
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it just is very knowing but
done in a very skillful way.
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We'd have to shut her down.
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Jeez!
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That's great.
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That was great.
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I personally wouldn't want
a Megan doll in my house.
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Even before she goes bad, her
whole design is unnerving.
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Like, those eyes are just a
little bit too big that, like,
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perfect smirk.
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I can see how, as a kid, it
would be cool to have a robot
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friend that's like your
size that does everything
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that you want.
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WOMAN: If you make a toy
that's impossible to let go of,
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then how do you ever
expect a child to grow?
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It's just that when it
goes bad, it goes really bad.
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[tires screeching]
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SWANTHULA: The best camp is
delivered straight-faced.
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Did you hurt someone?
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God, I hope not.
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Because if I did, we'd both
be in a lot of trouble.
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SWANTHULA: So Megan is
giving her performances.
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And everything that she's
saying, it's so out there,
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but she says it dead serious.
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If heaven exists, it wouldn't
be for boys like Brandon,
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would it?
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SWANTHULA: And I
think that's where
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the comedy just hits
just the right tone,
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and people really tap into that.
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It was horror camp
at its best, I think.
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I have a new friend
who are user now.
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Me.
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NATHANIEL: Addams
Family values the movie
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that proves that the sequel
can outdo its predecessor when
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it comes to horror comedies.
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Oh.
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And what's this?
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Mom.
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I think the secret sauce
with Addams Family values
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is, well, two things.
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First of all, they
realized what a treasure
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they had in Christina Ricci.
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And so they built
an entire subplot
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around her, justifiably so.
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And then you introduce John
Cusack as a serial killer.
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Hi.
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Addams residence.
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Ooh, it's old.
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One of my favorite serial
killers in film history,
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I think.
- Are you the mom?
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I am Mrs. Addams.
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I love your dress.
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It's so tight.
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But she is so
unhinged in this film
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that she is playing just
this outright psychopath
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who's just murdering men for
their money left and right.
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Bachelors, beware.
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Debbie.
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I'll think of when I think of
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Addams Family values is
Debbie,
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and I love Debbie.
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Number one.
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Like, I feel like Marilyn
Munster crawled so Debbie could
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run all the way to
Addams Family values
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and just like make
everybody fall in love.
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I'm good with my hands.
333
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Debbie was kind
of a drag queen too.
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She was so over the top and
the hair and everything,
335
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and her practicing her
lines in the car definitely
336
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inspired my drag, I'll say.
337
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I was never a crazy
fan of the Addams Family
338
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because to me, it
was always just
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the same joke being told over.
340
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It's raining what a lovely
day, let's have a picnic.
341
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[snores]
342
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But the stroke of genius
in Addams Family values
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was they put the
kids in summer camp,
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and they gave the kids
something to play against.
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Hey, listen up, everybody.
346
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I'm Gary Granger!
347
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And I'm Becky Martin Granger!
348
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DANA: And they made the Addams
Family the sane ones, as
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compared to the people in camp.
350
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We're the owners and
directors here at Camp Chippewa!
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And we're all here
to learn, to grow,
352
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and to just plain have fun!
353
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Because that's what being
privileged is all about!
354
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[applause]
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JUSTINA: Wednesday and Pugsley,
they were just being them.
356
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They didn't want to be a part
of this superficial stupidity,
357
00:16:00,655 --> 00:16:04,485
and the best example of that
is the Thanksgiving play.
358
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That was perfect.
359
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Of all the popular
kids are the pilgrims,
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and all the misfits
and quote, unquote,
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"losers," are the Indians.
362
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And what we see with
Wednesday playing
363
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Pocahontas is she's not
going to take pilgrim crap
364
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because she explains
bluntly what has happened
365
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to Indigenous Americans.
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You have taken the land,
which is rightfully ours.
367
00:16:28,857 --> 00:16:31,555
And how they wind up suffering
at the hands of colonization.
368
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Years from now,
my people will be
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forced to live in mobile
homes, on reservations.
370
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We will sell our bracelets
by the roadsides.
371
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You will play golf and
enjoy hot hors d'oeuvres.
372
00:16:42,653 --> 00:16:45,961
So basically, to hell
with it, set it all on fire.
373
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[yelling]
374
00:16:51,662 --> 00:16:53,795
They really took the Charles
Addams's sense of humor,
375
00:16:53,795 --> 00:16:55,275
like, just, they went with it.
376
00:16:55,275 --> 00:16:57,364
Like, you didn't really
question the logic of it.
377
00:16:57,364 --> 00:17:00,236
But I mean, she basically
kills half the summer camp
378
00:17:00,236 --> 00:17:02,238
and presumably kills her
boyfriend in the very last shot
379
00:17:02,238 --> 00:17:03,674
too.
380
00:17:03,674 --> 00:17:04,936
It ends with him screaming,
and she's smiling.
381
00:17:04,936 --> 00:17:06,242
And it's, like, OK,
so she killed him.
382
00:17:10,203 --> 00:17:12,509
KATE: When we talk
about horror comedies,
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the only one that counts
in my mind is Beetlejuice.
384
00:17:16,818 --> 00:17:18,646
And I'm only going to
say it once because I
385
00:17:18,646 --> 00:17:19,821
do believe he'd show up.
386
00:17:19,821 --> 00:17:21,388
You have to give
us the Beetlejuice,
387
00:17:21,388 --> 00:17:25,218
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.
388
00:17:25,218 --> 00:17:26,741
Beetlejuice,
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.
389
00:17:26,741 --> 00:17:28,482
[laughter]
390
00:17:28,482 --> 00:17:31,833
It's showtime.
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KATE: It's an achievement
in world building
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that I haven't
seen since, maybe.
393
00:17:38,753 --> 00:17:43,627
The character design, the home
design, the comedy, the terror,
394
00:17:43,627 --> 00:17:45,673
the things we all
still remember,
395
00:17:45,673 --> 00:17:49,198
like the huge open mouth
and the eyes and sighed,
396
00:17:49,198 --> 00:17:52,245
or the woman who's half and
half with her legs crossed.
397
00:17:52,245 --> 00:17:54,508
Obviously, the Tim Burton
style is fantastic.
398
00:17:54,508 --> 00:17:57,511
SWANTHULA: Tim Burton was able
to take some material that
399
00:17:57,511 --> 00:18:00,340
was really freakish and
really otherworldly,
400
00:18:00,340 --> 00:18:03,125
and make it acceptable
and comedic.
401
00:18:03,125 --> 00:18:05,258
And you know, you could
watch that with your family,
402
00:18:05,258 --> 00:18:06,607
and nobody flinched at it.
403
00:18:06,607 --> 00:18:08,522
But the subject matter
was so gruesome.
404
00:18:08,522 --> 00:18:11,002
It's interesting how
he was able to do that.
405
00:18:11,002 --> 00:18:12,352
[yelling]
406
00:18:12,352 --> 00:18:13,527
My god.
407
00:18:13,527 --> 00:18:15,790
We just have to
pray the other closets
408
00:18:15,790 --> 00:18:17,139
are bigger than this one.
409
00:18:17,139 --> 00:18:19,228
That movie's all about
gentrification to me.
410
00:18:19,228 --> 00:18:22,797
[chuckles] The Maitlands
live in that house.
411
00:18:22,797 --> 00:18:25,191
They do not want to
leave that house.
412
00:18:25,191 --> 00:18:27,715
That is where they
are at their happiest.
413
00:18:27,715 --> 00:18:31,719
They don't want anything
huge or fancy around them.
414
00:18:31,719 --> 00:18:35,418
They just love their
quaintest little spot.
415
00:18:35,418 --> 00:18:37,159
Maybe this is heaven.
416
00:18:37,159 --> 00:18:44,123
RICKY: And then here come these
rich-ass people who show up,
417
00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:46,516
and they're, like, you know
what would be dope here?
418
00:18:46,516 --> 00:18:50,651
We just tear this idea
of normalcy that you have
419
00:18:50,651 --> 00:18:52,305
and just throw money at it.
420
00:18:52,305 --> 00:18:53,871
Let's just throw
money at it, and that
421
00:18:53,871 --> 00:18:55,134
will make everything better.
422
00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:57,310
That will make everybody happy.
423
00:18:57,310 --> 00:18:59,834
This is my art,
and it is dangerous.
424
00:18:59,834 --> 00:19:01,314
Do you think I want
to die like this?
425
00:19:01,314 --> 00:19:03,925
And it's just,
like, nah, dawg.
426
00:19:03,925 --> 00:19:05,144
That's not what we want.
427
00:19:05,144 --> 00:19:07,798
You got to say my
name three times.
428
00:19:07,798 --> 00:19:10,453
When we're dealing with the
supernatural or the horrific,
429
00:19:10,453 --> 00:19:12,760
we need to have boundaries,
firm boundaries,
430
00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:13,717
so we know how it works.
431
00:19:13,717 --> 00:19:14,762
Say it once.
432
00:19:14,762 --> 00:19:15,763
Say it twice.
433
00:19:15,763 --> 00:19:17,068
Third time's a charm.
434
00:19:17,068 --> 00:19:18,853
And Beetlejuice sets
out those rules so
435
00:19:18,853 --> 00:19:22,770
cleanly that it's become part
of the vernacular of everybody
436
00:19:22,770 --> 00:19:24,511
who talks about movies,
that Beetlejuice,
437
00:19:24,511 --> 00:19:27,122
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.
438
00:19:27,122 --> 00:19:28,558
OK, we're fine.
439
00:19:28,558 --> 00:19:30,908
And so the rule building
is really excellent there.
440
00:19:30,908 --> 00:19:32,954
It's a great structural
tool used over
441
00:19:32,954 --> 00:19:34,216
and over again in that story.
442
00:19:34,216 --> 00:19:35,913
Michael Keaton is Beetlejuice.
443
00:19:35,913 --> 00:19:36,697
What?
444
00:19:36,697 --> 00:19:37,480
Excuse me.
445
00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:38,568
Really goes for it.
446
00:19:38,568 --> 00:19:40,614
We're going to
have some laughs.
447
00:19:40,614 --> 00:19:43,660
But everybody plays
it larger than life,
448
00:19:43,660 --> 00:19:46,359
just like the story
and the aesthetic of it
449
00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:48,056
is larger than life.
450
00:19:48,056 --> 00:19:50,667
Everything in the performances
is a little bit bigger as well.
451
00:19:50,667 --> 00:19:53,801
If you don't let me gut out
this house and make it my own,
452
00:19:53,801 --> 00:19:56,369
I will go and say, and
I will take you with me!
453
00:19:56,369 --> 00:20:00,808
I remember wanting to be every
single person in that movie.
454
00:20:00,808 --> 00:20:02,592
Uh, to be Lydia Deetz.
455
00:20:02,592 --> 00:20:04,594
SWANTHULA: I think
in Lydia Deetz,
456
00:20:04,594 --> 00:20:08,337
we have a character that tons
of horror fans can relate to.
457
00:20:08,337 --> 00:20:09,556
I could live here.
458
00:20:09,556 --> 00:20:10,818
SWANTHULA: Because
they're an outsider.
459
00:20:10,818 --> 00:20:11,949
They're artistic.
460
00:20:11,949 --> 00:20:13,212
They move around
a lot and lonely.
461
00:20:13,212 --> 00:20:14,343
Maybe not too many friends.
462
00:20:14,343 --> 00:20:17,694
My whole life is a dark room.
463
00:20:17,694 --> 00:20:21,132
One big dark room.
464
00:20:21,132 --> 00:20:22,830
SWANTHULA: I do
think a lot of people
465
00:20:22,830 --> 00:20:25,006
that love horror can
see themselves in Lydia.
466
00:20:25,006 --> 00:20:26,877
Did you see yourself in Lydia?
467
00:20:26,877 --> 00:20:29,489
A little bit, because I,
too, am strange and unusual.
468
00:20:29,489 --> 00:20:31,099
NATHANIEL: [laughs]
469
00:20:31,099 --> 00:20:33,971
Yeah, I guess Lydia was like
the first goth queen, right?
470
00:20:33,971 --> 00:20:35,146
She married a demon.
471
00:20:35,146 --> 00:20:36,713
How much more
gothic can you get?
472
00:20:36,713 --> 00:20:39,325
Oh, what a perfect film.
473
00:20:39,325 --> 00:20:42,284
[yelling]
474
00:20:42,284 --> 00:20:45,200
[clanking]
475
00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,724
DAVID: One of those films
that if you haven't seen,
476
00:20:47,724 --> 00:20:51,772
I'm begging you to find
immediately and put on, have
477
00:20:51,772 --> 00:20:56,733
a glass of Burgundy or whatever
you imbibe, and sit back
478
00:20:56,733 --> 00:21:01,303
and watch Robert Fuest's
The Abominable Dr. Phibes.
479
00:21:01,303 --> 00:21:04,175
HOWARD: Dr. Phibes is
definitely a product of its era
480
00:21:04,175 --> 00:21:05,873
and more so of
where it was made.
481
00:21:05,873 --> 00:21:08,267
It was definitely a British
film and its sense of humor.
482
00:21:08,267 --> 00:21:11,618
A brass unicorn
has been catapulted
483
00:21:11,618 --> 00:21:14,316
across a London street and
impaled an eminent surgeon.
484
00:21:14,316 --> 00:21:17,232
HOWARD: It was erudite, and
at the same time, low brow.
485
00:21:17,232 --> 00:21:18,581
Easy, does it?
486
00:21:18,581 --> 00:21:21,062
I think it's a left-hand thread.
487
00:21:21,062 --> 00:21:21,932
Is it is?
488
00:21:21,932 --> 00:21:25,240
[door creaking]
489
00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,460
DAVID: I think a lot of
people look at it as just
490
00:21:27,460 --> 00:21:31,507
a goofy, weird technicolor
kind of psychedelic comedy,
491
00:21:31,507 --> 00:21:33,117
but it's one of my
favorite pieces,
492
00:21:33,117 --> 00:21:34,380
especially from that era.
493
00:21:34,380 --> 00:21:37,600
You've got a man
who's in mourning.
494
00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:41,300
I am already dead.
495
00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:45,260
Broken by the loss of
the love of his life.
496
00:21:45,260 --> 00:21:48,263
MAN [ON PHONE]: Nine killed her.
497
00:21:48,263 --> 00:21:51,614
Nine shall die.
498
00:21:51,614 --> 00:21:55,836
In what he believes was
malpractice by the doctors
499
00:21:55,836 --> 00:21:57,446
who were trying to help her.
500
00:21:57,446 --> 00:21:59,056
You murdered her.
501
00:21:59,056 --> 00:21:59,927
No.
502
00:21:59,927 --> 00:22:01,668
Murdered her.
503
00:22:01,668 --> 00:22:04,627
DAVID: So he has looked as
all good vengeful killers
504
00:22:04,627 --> 00:22:07,848
do to a wonderful source
of inspiration for murder--
505
00:22:07,848 --> 00:22:09,502
the Bible.
506
00:22:09,502 --> 00:22:12,287
And he has plucked the
great plagues as inspiration
507
00:22:12,287 --> 00:22:13,984
for his vengeance.
508
00:22:13,984 --> 00:22:16,335
It has some of the most
bizarre murders you'll
509
00:22:16,335 --> 00:22:18,032
ever see in a horror film.
510
00:22:18,032 --> 00:22:21,949
The curse of the locusts.
511
00:22:21,949 --> 00:22:23,124
A curse of hail.
512
00:22:23,124 --> 00:22:25,692
I am not one of
those horror hounds
513
00:22:25,692 --> 00:22:28,129
who is cheering on the monster.
514
00:22:28,129 --> 00:22:30,958
I'm a psychiatrist, actually.
515
00:22:30,958 --> 00:22:32,351
Head shrinker.
516
00:22:32,351 --> 00:22:35,179
DAVID: But I am 100% on
Vincent Price's side,
517
00:22:35,179 --> 00:22:39,053
as he goes about this very
creative, very artistic
518
00:22:39,053 --> 00:22:41,403
way of offing his enemies.
519
00:22:41,403 --> 00:22:43,927
And the police
are so inept that it
520
00:22:43,927 --> 00:22:45,581
also makes it even more funny.
521
00:22:45,581 --> 00:22:48,149
Any more news on
this fellow Feebs?
522
00:22:48,149 --> 00:22:49,890
The Phibes, sir.
523
00:22:49,890 --> 00:22:51,674
Are you in the
habit of contradicting
524
00:22:51,674 --> 00:22:53,981
your superiors, Bream?
525
00:22:53,981 --> 00:22:57,854
DANA: Vincent Price knew
who he was, was not afraid
526
00:22:57,854 --> 00:23:00,640
of making fun of himself,
and was having a great time,
527
00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,859
and it's really fun
to watch, and the way
528
00:23:02,859 --> 00:23:05,732
that he has to plug that thing
into his neck to articulate.
529
00:23:05,732 --> 00:23:11,738
The man utters not a word
of dialogue through his mouth.
530
00:23:11,738 --> 00:23:15,263
It is all done through
expression and with this wildly
531
00:23:15,263 --> 00:23:18,832
cool makeup on when
you reveal what's
532
00:23:18,832 --> 00:23:21,487
underneath the construction
of his disguise.
533
00:23:25,882 --> 00:23:30,234
It's such a powerful film
because the world that it
534
00:23:30,234 --> 00:23:35,326
transports you into is so
well-executed through production
535
00:23:35,326 --> 00:23:37,154
design, through
lighting, through color,
536
00:23:37,154 --> 00:23:38,547
the way it's
dressed and painted,
537
00:23:38,547 --> 00:23:40,854
and all the wardrobe and makeup.
538
00:23:40,854 --> 00:23:44,118
Really funny movie,
but also incredibly
539
00:23:44,118 --> 00:23:47,861
tragic and totally perversely
entertaining as a horror film.
540
00:23:47,861 --> 00:23:49,950
It was kind of creepy and
scary at the same time.
541
00:23:49,950 --> 00:23:52,866
Dr. Phibes is a fever dream.
542
00:23:52,866 --> 00:23:56,696
DAVID: I think it is master
cinema on the highest level.
543
00:24:00,090 --> 00:24:03,442
[projector whirring]
544
00:24:10,405 --> 00:24:13,626
[yelling]
545
00:24:14,670 --> 00:24:19,370
Oh, I kick ass for the Lord!
546
00:24:19,370 --> 00:24:20,981
We got a job to do.
547
00:24:20,981 --> 00:24:21,764
Let's do it.
548
00:24:21,764 --> 00:24:23,244
And keep quiet, OK?
549
00:24:25,899 --> 00:24:27,814
Styrofoam cup?
550
00:24:30,904 --> 00:24:32,732
Everything was
fine with our system
551
00:24:32,732 --> 00:24:35,648
until the power grid was
shut off by dickless here.
552
00:24:35,648 --> 00:24:37,867
They caused an explosion.
553
00:24:37,867 --> 00:24:39,608
Is this true?
554
00:24:39,608 --> 00:24:41,436
Yes, it's true.
555
00:24:41,436 --> 00:24:45,179
This man has no dick.
556
00:24:45,179 --> 00:24:52,578
Are you saying that I put
an abnormal brain into a 7-
557
00:24:52,578 --> 00:25:01,238
and 1/2-foot long,
54-inch wide gorilla?
558
00:25:01,238 --> 00:25:02,544
What?
559
00:25:02,544 --> 00:25:05,199
[YELLING] Is that
what you're telling me?
560
00:25:07,984 --> 00:25:11,510
[power saw whirring]
561
00:25:12,946 --> 00:25:16,471
[clinks]
562
00:25:23,391 --> 00:25:24,305
Groovy.
563
00:25:34,054 --> 00:25:37,536
[yelling]
564
00:25:41,191 --> 00:25:44,455
Abbott and Costello
Meet Frankenstein.
565
00:25:44,455 --> 00:25:46,457
Well, first of all, it's
the silliest film ever made,
566
00:25:46,457 --> 00:25:47,720
you know.
567
00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:49,025
And it's having so
much fun being silly.
568
00:25:49,025 --> 00:25:51,071
Don't you know what's
going to happen now?
569
00:25:51,071 --> 00:25:52,028
I'll bite.
570
00:25:52,028 --> 00:25:53,552
Oh, no.
571
00:25:53,552 --> 00:25:55,205
I will.
572
00:25:55,205 --> 00:25:58,687
MAN: I guess it was the end of
the universal monster cycle.
573
00:25:58,687 --> 00:26:00,950
They had made so many
Frankenstein movies,
574
00:26:00,950 --> 00:26:03,605
so many Dracula movies,
so many mummy movies.
575
00:26:03,605 --> 00:26:06,303
They didn't know what was left
but to turn it into a comedy.
576
00:26:06,303 --> 00:26:09,263
STEVE: I mean, Costello
play shipping clerks.
577
00:26:09,263 --> 00:26:11,178
Answer that phone.
578
00:26:11,178 --> 00:26:12,396
Answer the bell!
579
00:26:12,396 --> 00:26:13,702
[phone ringing]
580
00:26:13,702 --> 00:26:15,008
Answer the phone!
581
00:26:15,008 --> 00:26:16,531
Which one do you want
me to answer first?
582
00:26:16,531 --> 00:26:17,663
Both of them.
583
00:26:17,663 --> 00:26:19,621
Hold the line, please.
584
00:26:19,621 --> 00:26:21,101
Thank you.
585
00:26:21,101 --> 00:26:23,277
And two of the things
that they have to deal with
586
00:26:23,277 --> 00:26:25,235
turn out to be
Frankenstein in his box.
587
00:26:25,235 --> 00:26:26,367
Wow!
588
00:26:26,367 --> 00:26:28,587
STEVE: And Dracula
in his coffin.
589
00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:31,851
And Dracula actually brings
Frankenstein back to life.
590
00:26:31,851 --> 00:26:32,721
Master.
591
00:26:32,721 --> 00:26:34,375
Yeah.
592
00:26:34,375 --> 00:26:39,510
They want Costello's brain
to transfer into Frankenstein,
593
00:26:39,510 --> 00:26:42,557
to give him a calmer brain.
594
00:26:42,557 --> 00:26:43,732
There you go.
595
00:26:43,732 --> 00:26:45,299
I mean, what more
plot do you need?
596
00:26:45,299 --> 00:26:48,302
I wonder if Dracula's
really in there.
597
00:26:48,302 --> 00:26:50,086
It's kind of a unique
case in Hollywood
598
00:26:50,086 --> 00:26:52,393
because that's where your
characters really understood
599
00:26:52,393 --> 00:26:54,003
that they were inside
a horror franchise
600
00:26:54,003 --> 00:26:56,049
and that there was an
audience for these films.
601
00:26:56,049 --> 00:26:57,920
I know there's no such
a person as Dracula.
602
00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:59,792
You know there's no such
a person as Dracula.
603
00:26:59,792 --> 00:27:01,837
But, does Dracula know it?
604
00:27:01,837 --> 00:27:04,231
And there were certain boxes
that had to be checked in order
605
00:27:04,231 --> 00:27:05,667
to make your audience happy.
606
00:27:05,667 --> 00:27:07,364
And what's amazing is
that it works as a comedy.
607
00:27:07,364 --> 00:27:08,844
And it still works
as a horror film.
608
00:27:08,844 --> 00:27:10,846
If you watch it and you're
a fan of the Wolfman,
609
00:27:10,846 --> 00:27:12,500
you get exactly
what you came for.
610
00:27:12,500 --> 00:27:15,721
You get a great
transformation scene.
611
00:27:15,721 --> 00:27:17,548
You get tall but running
around, you know,
612
00:27:17,548 --> 00:27:19,681
causing all this
mayhem, covered in fur.
613
00:27:19,681 --> 00:27:21,204
[growling]
614
00:27:21,204 --> 00:27:23,642
That's my conversation,
a guy growls like a wolf.
615
00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:27,384
And you get some good
Frankenstein action.
616
00:27:27,384 --> 00:27:29,386
And you get some Dracula.
617
00:27:29,386 --> 00:27:30,910
I mean, you get everything.
618
00:27:30,997 --> 00:27:32,520
You even get a little bit
invisible man at the end.
619
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,392
[man laughing]
620
00:27:35,392 --> 00:27:37,960
DANA: Kevin Costello were
not great film comedians.
621
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:39,353
They were vaudeville comedians.
622
00:27:39,353 --> 00:27:41,050
They were only as
good as their gags.
623
00:27:41,050 --> 00:27:45,881
This movie happened to
have a ton of great ones.
624
00:27:45,881 --> 00:27:48,623
It's also Abbott Costello,
like, right in the pocket,
625
00:27:48,623 --> 00:27:50,407
where they were just so funny.
626
00:27:50,407 --> 00:27:52,758
And their go-to jokes
weren't, like, stale yet.
627
00:27:52,758 --> 00:27:53,976
If you want me just holler.
628
00:27:53,976 --> 00:27:54,934
Holler oh, Chick.
629
00:27:54,934 --> 00:27:56,413
You understand?
- Oh, Chick!
630
00:27:56,413 --> 00:27:57,676
- What do you want?
- What kept you?
631
00:27:57,676 --> 00:27:59,373
JONAH RAY: And so it
gives Costello just
632
00:27:59,373 --> 00:28:00,635
like these opportunities
to be scared.
633
00:28:00,635 --> 00:28:02,245
Chick!
634
00:28:02,245 --> 00:28:03,769
JONAH RAY: There's like
nothing better because that's
635
00:28:03,769 --> 00:28:04,770
what he's so good at.
636
00:28:04,770 --> 00:28:07,642
[WHISPERING] Chick.
637
00:28:07,642 --> 00:28:12,647
Chick.
638
00:28:16,259 --> 00:28:17,957
NATHANIEL: And a lot
of horror spoofs.
639
00:28:17,957 --> 00:28:20,437
It's almost like, well, it's
a down market franchise.
640
00:28:20,437 --> 00:28:22,048
And so we're just
kind of going to goof
641
00:28:22,048 --> 00:28:23,179
around and make fun of it.
642
00:28:23,179 --> 00:28:24,877
But this one doesn't do that.
643
00:28:24,877 --> 00:28:27,140
It really loves the genre, and
it embraces it at the same time.
644
00:28:29,925 --> 00:28:33,015
Not unlike The
Ghost and Mr Chicken,
645
00:28:33,015 --> 00:28:38,629
a great haunted house movie that
should not be as funny as it is.
646
00:28:38,629 --> 00:28:42,938
But it's just great gag after
great gag after great gag
647
00:28:42,938 --> 00:28:44,505
after great gag.
648
00:28:44,505 --> 00:28:47,813
To me, that first night in
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken,
649
00:28:47,813 --> 00:28:50,859
there are more scary moments
in that than in The Shining,
650
00:28:50,859 --> 00:28:52,034
front to back.
651
00:28:52,034 --> 00:28:55,429
[music playing]
652
00:29:02,088 --> 00:29:03,567
But.
653
00:29:03,567 --> 00:29:07,006
[piano playing]
654
00:29:13,099 --> 00:29:16,580
RYAN: Fright Night is my
favorite horror movie of all.
655
00:29:16,580 --> 00:29:20,280
That's the first horror movie
I ever saw in a theater.
656
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,935
And I was scared because
it's called Fright Night.
657
00:29:22,935 --> 00:29:26,329
But what it taught me was,
horror can also be funny.
658
00:29:26,329 --> 00:29:28,636
Yeah!
659
00:29:28,636 --> 00:29:29,942
[giggling]
660
00:29:29,942 --> 00:29:32,553
Fright Night came
out in 1985, and it's
661
00:29:32,553 --> 00:29:34,511
kind of a twist on rear window.
662
00:29:34,511 --> 00:29:36,905
It's about this teenage
boy, Charley Brewster,
663
00:29:36,905 --> 00:29:38,994
who becomes convinced that
his neighbor, Jerry Dandrige,
664
00:29:38,994 --> 00:29:40,517
is a vampire.
665
00:29:40,517 --> 00:29:42,563
And nobody believes him.
666
00:29:42,563 --> 00:29:43,956
He's a vampire.
667
00:29:43,956 --> 00:29:46,828
A what?
668
00:29:46,828 --> 00:29:48,351
A vampire.
669
00:29:48,351 --> 00:29:50,614
Damn it, haven't you listened
to anything I've said?
670
00:29:50,614 --> 00:29:52,921
He's got a love interest
that Jerry starts to covet.
671
00:29:52,921 --> 00:29:54,575
And the more he kind
of investigates,
672
00:29:54,575 --> 00:29:56,359
the more he puts his
friends into trouble.
673
00:29:56,359 --> 00:29:57,883
It's a horror story.
674
00:29:57,883 --> 00:30:00,059
It's a comedy, but it's also
a story about protecting
675
00:30:00,059 --> 00:30:01,408
the person that you love.
676
00:30:01,408 --> 00:30:03,018
And you know, being a
teenager and the adults
677
00:30:03,018 --> 00:30:03,802
not believing you.
678
00:30:03,802 --> 00:30:05,064
What's he doing here?
679
00:30:05,064 --> 00:30:06,805
I invited him over.
680
00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:07,718
Why?
681
00:30:07,718 --> 00:30:09,372
What's the matter, Charlie?
682
00:30:09,372 --> 00:30:11,418
Afraid I'd never come over
without being invited first.
683
00:30:11,418 --> 00:30:12,898
[laughs]
684
00:30:12,898 --> 00:30:15,074
So there's a lot of
elements and layers to it.
685
00:30:15,074 --> 00:30:18,077
Charlie, Peter Vincent's on.
686
00:30:18,077 --> 00:30:21,732
TOM: The minute I had the
idea of Peter Vincent,
687
00:30:21,732 --> 00:30:23,822
I couldn't wait to get
home and write the script.
688
00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:24,953
Really?
689
00:30:24,953 --> 00:30:26,912
TOM: I wrote it
really quick and I
690
00:30:26,912 --> 00:30:29,088
was laying on the floor
laughing hysterically
691
00:30:29,088 --> 00:30:30,785
as I wrote the scenes
because some of them
692
00:30:30,785 --> 00:30:34,093
were really funny, because the
ea that I had for Fright Night
693
00:30:34,093 --> 00:30:35,703
was intrinsically humorous.
694
00:30:35,703 --> 00:30:38,314
MAN [ON TV]: There are a
lot of people who do not
695
00:30:38,314 --> 00:30:41,970
believe in vampires, but I do.
696
00:30:41,970 --> 00:30:43,450
TOM: Well, it all
comes down to what
697
00:30:43,450 --> 00:30:46,409
a horror fan kid who's
watching the Friday Night
698
00:30:46,409 --> 00:30:47,889
Frights, which is what I did.
699
00:30:47,889 --> 00:30:50,239
If there was a vampire next
door, what would he do?
700
00:30:50,239 --> 00:30:51,588
Mr. Vincent.
701
00:30:51,588 --> 00:30:54,504
TOM: He'd go to whoever
the horror host was
702
00:30:54,504 --> 00:30:56,115
of the Friday Night Frights.
703
00:30:56,115 --> 00:30:57,986
I believe in vampires.
704
00:30:57,986 --> 00:31:00,597
I have one living
next door to me.
705
00:31:00,597 --> 00:31:01,729
Would you help me kill him?
706
00:31:04,950 --> 00:31:06,429
Pardon me?
707
00:31:06,429 --> 00:31:10,259
Humor is great in horror
if you have building suspense
708
00:31:10,259 --> 00:31:14,002
and if you do have scares
because it gives an audience
709
00:31:14,002 --> 00:31:17,136
a chance to let the
terror go, which
710
00:31:17,136 --> 00:31:21,314
sets them up for the next
even worse scary part.
711
00:31:21,314 --> 00:31:23,011
Hello, everyone.
712
00:31:23,011 --> 00:31:28,364
Chris Sarandon's vampire was
probably the first time I was
713
00:31:28,364 --> 00:31:31,063
actually afraid of a vampire.
714
00:31:31,063 --> 00:31:36,503
I got that combination of
sort of the sensual allure
715
00:31:36,503 --> 00:31:42,552
that the mom sees in him but the
fear that her son sees in him.
716
00:31:42,552 --> 00:31:43,858
And both of those
things are true.
717
00:31:43,858 --> 00:31:47,296
He's hot, and he's very scary.
718
00:31:47,296 --> 00:31:48,732
And I was, like, I get it.
719
00:31:48,732 --> 00:31:50,647
I finally get vampires.
720
00:31:50,647 --> 00:31:54,956
I get what people are
attracted to about vampires.
721
00:31:54,956 --> 00:31:57,176
I'm gay, and
I'd certainly come
722
00:31:57,176 --> 00:31:58,829
out to myself at that point.
723
00:31:58,829 --> 00:32:01,180
But that was kind of one of the
movies that was safe to kind
724
00:32:01,180 --> 00:32:03,660
of watch with my friends
because the relationship
725
00:32:03,660 --> 00:32:05,880
between the vampire
and his familiar
726
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,187
was a little homoerotic,
but not over the top
727
00:32:08,187 --> 00:32:10,798
that people would be, like, why
are you watching this stuff for?
728
00:32:10,798 --> 00:32:13,714
So you know, you take
what you can get when
729
00:32:13,714 --> 00:32:16,195
you're at that time and place.
730
00:32:16,195 --> 00:32:19,546
Like, two days before
I'm shooting, I get a call.
731
00:32:19,546 --> 00:32:21,243
You can't have this ending.
732
00:32:21,243 --> 00:32:23,898
And the ending I
had was that Charlie
733
00:32:23,898 --> 00:32:25,726
and Amy are back
in his bedroom, and
734
00:32:25,726 --> 00:32:27,249
they're making out on the bed.
735
00:32:27,249 --> 00:32:29,991
And they're looking at
Peter Vincent on the screen.
736
00:32:29,991 --> 00:32:32,080
And as Peter Vincent
is talking, he
737
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,126
starts to turn into a vampire.
738
00:32:34,126 --> 00:32:35,910
And I thought it was a
hell of a cliffhanger.
739
00:32:35,910 --> 00:32:37,259
And I said, you can't do that.
740
00:32:37,259 --> 00:32:38,782
You've got to have
a happy ending.
741
00:32:38,782 --> 00:32:42,003
So I gave him the happy ending,
and the rest is history.
742
00:32:42,003 --> 00:32:45,311
[laughing]
743
00:32:49,054 --> 00:32:51,447
In the summer of
1984, two movies
744
00:32:51,447 --> 00:32:55,538
came out that shocked and
horrified parents to the point
745
00:32:55,538 --> 00:32:58,889
that the ratings board
had to change the ratings
746
00:32:58,889 --> 00:33:03,720
and create a new rating, PG 13.
747
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:04,983
And those two movies were--
748
00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:08,073
[yelling]
749
00:33:10,597 --> 00:33:18,257
DANA: --Indiana Jones and the
Temple of Doom and Gremlins.
750
00:33:18,257 --> 00:33:20,172
[SINGING] Christmas
751
00:33:20,172 --> 00:33:23,044
JOE: Gremlins is the
classic Joe Dante film.
752
00:33:23,044 --> 00:33:25,481
It's an absolute masterpiece
of Christmas horror.
753
00:33:25,481 --> 00:33:27,179
Kate, what are
you doing in there?
754
00:33:27,179 --> 00:33:28,789
Don't ask.
755
00:33:28,789 --> 00:33:30,573
It's tremendously funny.
756
00:33:30,573 --> 00:33:33,141
[squirting]
757
00:33:33,141 --> 00:33:35,404
I'll never forget watching
gremlins in a theater
758
00:33:35,404 --> 00:33:39,017
because I was 10 years old,
and we thought we were in store
759
00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:41,149
for, like, ET Part Two.
760
00:33:41,149 --> 00:33:42,194
Hey, Dr. Morell.
761
00:33:42,194 --> 00:33:43,412
Morning, Billy.
762
00:33:43,412 --> 00:33:44,892
MICHAEL: No, it
starts like this very
763
00:33:44,892 --> 00:33:48,026
magical Amblin-style,
boy-meets-creature kind
764
00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:48,809
of movie.
765
00:33:48,809 --> 00:33:50,028
Has it got a name, Dad?
766
00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:52,160
Mogwai.
767
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:53,727
Cute.
768
00:33:53,727 --> 00:34:00,081
And then it just goes to
hell in the best way possible.
769
00:34:00,081 --> 00:34:01,691
What's going on here?
770
00:34:01,691 --> 00:34:03,693
You know, there's some things
I forgot to tell you guys,
771
00:34:03,693 --> 00:34:05,043
and they're really important.
772
00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:07,480
GIGI: In the world of
gremlins, they set you
773
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,873
up with the three main rules--
774
00:34:09,873 --> 00:34:13,964
keep it away from lights,
don't get it wet--
775
00:34:13,964 --> 00:34:14,835
Great.
776
00:34:14,835 --> 00:34:16,663
Thanks a lot.
777
00:34:16,663 --> 00:34:20,667
And don't feed
it after midnight.
778
00:34:20,667 --> 00:34:22,364
On the hatch.
779
00:34:22,364 --> 00:34:23,626
Get out of the house.
780
00:34:23,626 --> 00:34:25,759
Setting up a movie
like that right away,
781
00:34:25,759 --> 00:34:29,067
you know you're only in
for a ride, because you
782
00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:31,591
know those three
rules are going to be
783
00:34:31,591 --> 00:34:35,160
broken over and over again.
784
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:39,338
And I'll never forget
the audience's reaction
785
00:34:39,338 --> 00:34:40,817
as the shit hits the fan.
786
00:34:40,817 --> 00:34:42,689
[grimlin squealing]
787
00:34:42,689 --> 00:34:45,300
MICHAEL: And the cute
and cuddly Mogwai's
788
00:34:45,300 --> 00:34:47,215
evolve into these,
like, reptilian
789
00:34:47,215 --> 00:34:49,739
sharp-toothed,
clawed creatures that
790
00:34:49,739 --> 00:34:50,958
are attempting to kill a mom.
791
00:34:50,958 --> 00:34:53,787
[grunting]
792
00:34:53,787 --> 00:34:56,094
MICHAEL: Or taking out the
school of science teacher.
793
00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:59,358
[yells]
794
00:35:01,708 --> 00:35:04,319
What the hell is going on?
795
00:35:04,319 --> 00:35:07,931
GIGI: Between Gremlins
and Gremlins 2.
796
00:35:07,931 --> 00:35:11,065
[yelling]
797
00:35:12,458 --> 00:35:13,720
GIGI: You put the
two movies together,
798
00:35:13,720 --> 00:35:17,463
and it's easily over 230 kills.
799
00:35:17,463 --> 00:35:20,553
I mean, it's fantastic.
800
00:35:20,553 --> 00:35:23,295
What better family
movie could you ask for?
801
00:35:23,295 --> 00:35:24,513
[laughing]
802
00:35:24,513 --> 00:35:28,213
HOWARD: This is what
is classic cinema.
803
00:35:28,213 --> 00:35:29,997
You don't expect these things.
804
00:35:29,997 --> 00:35:33,305
Someone has to go in a
direction that no one
805
00:35:33,305 --> 00:35:34,784
either thought of going before.
806
00:35:34,784 --> 00:35:37,526
[yelling]
807
00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:41,965
HOWARD: Or was told not
to, like a naughty boy.
808
00:35:41,965 --> 00:35:46,274
Joe Dante, he did his job.
809
00:35:46,274 --> 00:35:50,539
He screwed some
kids up back then.
810
00:35:50,539 --> 00:35:53,760
[gremlin laughing]
811
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:55,849
[thunderclaps]
812
00:35:55,849 --> 00:35:59,374
[projector whirring]
813
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:08,731
No!
814
00:36:08,731 --> 00:36:09,428
Hurry!
815
00:36:09,428 --> 00:36:11,430
Help me!
816
00:36:11,430 --> 00:36:13,519
Help!
817
00:36:13,519 --> 00:36:16,043
Hey, Mister.
818
00:36:16,043 --> 00:36:19,873
The only thing that concerns
me is the preservation of life!
819
00:36:19,873 --> 00:36:22,441
Some of our clothes
are from victims.
820
00:36:22,441 --> 00:36:25,270
You might bite someone,
and then you see,
821
00:36:25,270 --> 00:36:26,749
ooh, those are some nice pants.
822
00:36:26,749 --> 00:36:30,231
[yelling]
823
00:36:38,631 --> 00:36:40,589
JONAH RAY: Shaun of the
Dead is like one of the best
824
00:36:40,589 --> 00:36:42,635
zombie movies ever made.
825
00:36:42,635 --> 00:36:45,246
It's also just happens to be one
of the best comedies ever made.
826
00:36:45,246 --> 00:36:47,422
ALEX: There are few times
when you see a film,
827
00:36:47,422 --> 00:36:49,816
and you just think somebody
has arrived, like, with
828
00:36:49,816 --> 00:36:51,557
their own style totally intact.
829
00:36:51,557 --> 00:36:53,428
And I want to see
everything they do forever.
830
00:36:53,428 --> 00:36:54,821
And so I think
Edgar Wright kind of
831
00:36:54,821 --> 00:36:58,346
has his own place in
this pantheon beyond just
832
00:36:58,346 --> 00:36:59,173
horror comedy.
833
00:36:59,173 --> 00:37:00,435
It's almost balletic.
834
00:37:00,435 --> 00:37:02,132
It really comes out
of a very specific
835
00:37:02,132 --> 00:37:03,873
style of British filmmaking.
836
00:37:03,873 --> 00:37:07,268
Something that Edgar Wright
did absolutely perfectly
837
00:37:07,268 --> 00:37:12,534
was to mirror the
mundaneness of being in a rut
838
00:37:12,534 --> 00:37:14,797
and going to a job that you
just go through the motions.
839
00:37:14,797 --> 00:37:16,016
You got red on you.
840
00:37:16,016 --> 00:37:17,670
CHAD: That opening
is just phenomenal,
841
00:37:17,670 --> 00:37:20,847
the shot-for-shot match from
the normal day of going to work.
842
00:37:20,847 --> 00:37:21,804
And then, also--
843
00:37:21,804 --> 00:37:23,197
Hey.
844
00:37:23,197 --> 00:37:24,894
You did.
845
00:37:24,894 --> 00:37:27,201
CHAD:--the zombie apocalypse
happening around you, and not
846
00:37:27,201 --> 00:37:28,158
noticing the difference.
847
00:37:28,158 --> 00:37:29,682
Nelson.
848
00:37:29,682 --> 00:37:31,684
You know, all hell's breaking
loose in the background,
849
00:37:31,684 --> 00:37:33,163
and they're just going
about their business.
850
00:37:33,163 --> 00:37:34,817
They have absolutely no
idea what's going on.
851
00:37:34,817 --> 00:37:37,080
That's probably the biggest, I
think, influence that it's had.
852
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:38,647
We've seen that in
many horror comedies
853
00:37:38,647 --> 00:37:40,127
since then, where
people are just,
854
00:37:40,127 --> 00:37:41,694
like, da da da da da, like,
you know, gabbing away,
855
00:37:41,694 --> 00:37:44,044
and then horrible things are
happening right behind them.
856
00:37:44,044 --> 00:37:45,698
This guy's going
through a breakup,
857
00:37:45,698 --> 00:37:48,483
so he's more concerned with that
than he is with the zombies.
858
00:37:48,483 --> 00:37:51,138
And so the zombies always
pose an actual threat.
859
00:37:51,138 --> 00:37:53,271
There is always this kind
of scary element to it,
860
00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:56,622
and it's the characters reaction
to that which can be funny.
861
00:37:56,622 --> 00:37:58,667
Dibi dibi dibi dibi di.
862
00:37:58,667 --> 00:38:00,190
Ooh.
863
00:38:00,190 --> 00:38:01,844
Dibi dibi dibi dibi dibi di.
864
00:38:01,844 --> 00:38:03,629
Ooh.
865
00:38:03,629 --> 00:38:05,587
One of the things that really
works about Shaun of the Dead
866
00:38:05,587 --> 00:38:07,720
is those relationships
feel so real--
867
00:38:07,720 --> 00:38:11,201
the stepfather that
you've never bonded
868
00:38:11,201 --> 00:38:14,727
with, the girlfriend that
you're constantly disappointing.
869
00:38:14,727 --> 00:38:15,902
That's how you know my name?
870
00:38:15,902 --> 00:38:17,120
Yeah.
871
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,471
Smooth.
872
00:38:19,471 --> 00:38:21,168
I'm sorry, Shaun.
873
00:38:21,168 --> 00:38:24,040
TANANARIVE: The friend you can't
quite pull yourself away from.
874
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:25,215
Oh!
875
00:38:25,215 --> 00:38:28,088
[laughs] Oh my
god, that's wrong.
876
00:38:28,088 --> 00:38:30,177
I will stop doing them
when you start laughing.
877
00:38:30,177 --> 00:38:32,005
TANANARIVE: They feel
like real characters,
878
00:38:32,005 --> 00:38:34,790
and that's the key to
creating real horror.
879
00:38:34,790 --> 00:38:36,923
That's why the horror works,
is because the characters
880
00:38:36,923 --> 00:38:38,141
are so strong.
881
00:38:38,141 --> 00:38:42,450
That movie is so
much fun and so funny.
882
00:38:42,450 --> 00:38:45,366
For 2/3 of the film, it's a
comedy with horror elements.
883
00:38:45,366 --> 00:38:46,933
I think that for me.
884
00:38:46,933 --> 00:38:48,935
TED: And as soon as
they reach the bar--
885
00:38:48,935 --> 00:38:50,458
[bell tolling]
886
00:38:50,458 --> 00:38:53,548
it becomes a horror
movie with comedy elements.
887
00:38:53,548 --> 00:38:56,812
That final act
just kicks your ass
888
00:38:56,812 --> 00:39:01,208
because you don't expect it to
be as scary and as upsetting
889
00:39:01,208 --> 00:39:03,515
as it is because you've
just gone on this silly joy
890
00:39:03,515 --> 00:39:04,951
ride with these characters.
891
00:39:04,951 --> 00:39:06,953
And all of a sudden,
you've got major characters
892
00:39:06,953 --> 00:39:08,389
getting torn limb from limb.
893
00:39:08,389 --> 00:39:10,043
You've got major
characters dying,
894
00:39:10,043 --> 00:39:12,393
and the stakes suddenly
just, like, explode.
895
00:39:12,393 --> 00:39:13,829
Come on, what's wrong?
896
00:39:13,829 --> 00:39:15,483
I didn't want to be a bother.
897
00:39:15,483 --> 00:39:17,267
MICHAEL: When Shaun's
mother gets infected
898
00:39:17,267 --> 00:39:19,400
and they have to decide
what to do about her,
899
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,795
that's played straight, and it's
played for drama and emotion.
900
00:39:22,795 --> 00:39:25,667
And because the characters have
been set up so well, it works.
901
00:39:25,667 --> 00:39:28,670
And you have this unexpectedly
moving moment in the midst
902
00:39:28,670 --> 00:39:30,063
of all this comedic craziness.
903
00:39:30,063 --> 00:39:32,108
I never thanked you.
904
00:39:32,108 --> 00:39:34,241
For what?
905
00:39:34,241 --> 00:39:35,198
For these.
906
00:39:35,198 --> 00:39:37,549
The callbacks are incredible.
907
00:39:37,549 --> 00:39:39,159
I'm sorry, Shaun.
908
00:39:39,159 --> 00:39:41,161
JONAH RAY: The lines that come
back and mirror each other
909
00:39:41,161 --> 00:39:42,510
from the beginning to the end.
910
00:39:42,510 --> 00:39:43,468
Oh, god!
911
00:39:43,468 --> 00:39:46,558
[chuckles] That's not funny.
912
00:39:46,558 --> 00:39:49,169
Stop doing it when
you stop laughing.
913
00:39:49,169 --> 00:39:50,823
I'm not laughing.
914
00:39:50,823 --> 00:39:53,391
JONAH RAY: It's just so tightly
done and so amazingly done
915
00:39:53,391 --> 00:39:54,957
that you can't deny it.
916
00:39:54,957 --> 00:39:56,481
It's just a perfect movie.
917
00:39:58,091 --> 00:40:00,659
[siren wailing]
918
00:40:07,361 --> 00:40:10,625
TED: Return of the Living Dead
is the feature directorial debut
919
00:40:10,625 --> 00:40:13,889
of Dan O'Bannon,
who we previously
920
00:40:13,889 --> 00:40:17,327
knew from having written Alien
and countless other weird,
921
00:40:17,327 --> 00:40:20,243
mostly sci-fi stuff.
922
00:40:20,243 --> 00:40:21,680
Brains.
923
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:24,073
TED: What a way to
come out swinging.
924
00:40:24,073 --> 00:40:27,642
[yelling]
925
00:40:29,514 --> 00:40:33,431
Like, my feature directorial
debut is this, like, holy shit.
926
00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:35,171
I would have killed
for that to have been
927
00:40:35,171 --> 00:40:36,608
my first film as a director.
928
00:40:36,608 --> 00:40:38,392
How do you kill something
that's already dead?
929
00:40:38,392 --> 00:40:39,872
Well, how do I know, Fred?
I don't know.
930
00:40:39,872 --> 00:40:40,873
Let me think.
931
00:40:40,873 --> 00:40:42,701
It's not a bad question, Burt.
932
00:40:42,701 --> 00:40:44,485
As soon as it starts off, you
have this great rapport between
933
00:40:44,485 --> 00:40:45,530
these blue-collar workers.
934
00:40:45,530 --> 00:40:47,401
These are split dogs.
935
00:40:47,401 --> 00:40:49,447
Yep, for veterinarian schools.
936
00:40:49,447 --> 00:40:51,405
Oh, we got a lot of
orders for split dogs.
937
00:40:51,405 --> 00:40:52,406
- That's pretty rad.
- Yeah.
938
00:40:52,406 --> 00:40:53,494
[growls]
939
00:40:53,494 --> 00:40:54,930
Don't fool around
you're learning.
940
00:40:54,930 --> 00:40:56,497
NATHANIEL: And then
he accidentally opened
941
00:40:56,497 --> 00:40:58,020
this canister and just unleashed
what is ultimately going
942
00:40:58,020 --> 00:40:59,239
to be probably the apocalypse.
943
00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:00,283
What the fuck?
944
00:41:00,283 --> 00:41:01,937
Jesus H Christ.
945
00:41:01,937 --> 00:41:04,505
NATHANIEL: But the film, it
always just has this very kind
946
00:41:04,505 --> 00:41:06,507
of fun, bouncy tone to it.
947
00:41:06,507 --> 00:41:08,378
There's hundreds of
those things out there.
948
00:41:08,378 --> 00:41:09,292
100?
949
00:41:09,292 --> 00:41:10,642
Stupid asshole.
950
00:41:10,642 --> 00:41:13,079
Watch your tongue, boy,
if you like this job!
951
00:41:13,079 --> 00:41:14,341
Like this job?
952
00:41:14,341 --> 00:41:15,516
But with Return
of the Living Dead,
953
00:41:15,516 --> 00:41:17,257
it's like you also
get one of the best
954
00:41:17,257 --> 00:41:19,433
punk rock movies of the '80s.
955
00:41:19,433 --> 00:41:21,130
They have the different
types of punks.
956
00:41:21,130 --> 00:41:22,654
You have the gutter
punk with the mohawk.
957
00:41:22,654 --> 00:41:24,394
You have the more New Wave guy.
958
00:41:24,394 --> 00:41:26,396
There's just such
amazing classic lines.
959
00:41:26,396 --> 00:41:27,267
No.
960
00:41:27,267 --> 00:41:28,050
He got a job.
961
00:41:28,050 --> 00:41:29,356
What a dick!
962
00:41:29,356 --> 00:41:30,749
Oh, great, here's
your friend and mine.
963
00:41:30,749 --> 00:41:32,315
Hey, fuck you, ball buster.
964
00:41:32,315 --> 00:41:34,100
You think this is
a fucking costume?
965
00:41:34,100 --> 00:41:35,754
This is a way of life.
966
00:41:35,754 --> 00:41:40,019
There's enough of that kind
of stuff that is so great,
967
00:41:40,019 --> 00:41:43,457
leading into just all
of them getting offed.
968
00:41:43,457 --> 00:41:45,372
NATHANIEL: First,
Linnea Quigley is
969
00:41:45,372 --> 00:41:47,330
one of the all-time
iconic horror characters.
970
00:41:47,330 --> 00:41:49,463
The way she delivers her
lines before she transforms,
971
00:41:49,463 --> 00:41:51,073
it's still hysterically funny.
972
00:41:51,073 --> 00:41:56,165
Do you ever wonder about all
the different ways of dying,
973
00:41:56,165 --> 00:41:57,123
you know, violently?
974
00:41:57,123 --> 00:41:58,864
Every character is so vivid.
975
00:41:58,864 --> 00:41:59,908
How was your day?
976
00:41:59,908 --> 00:42:01,127
Usual crap.
977
00:42:01,127 --> 00:42:02,345
are you crazy?
978
00:42:02,345 --> 00:42:03,303
Are you on PCP?
979
00:42:03,303 --> 00:42:05,740
Give me the bone saw.
980
00:42:05,740 --> 00:42:08,047
NATHANIEL: And it's a horror
movie, where you actually
981
00:42:08,047 --> 00:42:09,744
care about the characters.
You know they're all screwed.
982
00:42:09,744 --> 00:42:11,398
You've seen zombie movies.
983
00:42:11,398 --> 00:42:12,617
You know, they're probably not
going to make it to the end,
984
00:42:12,617 --> 00:42:14,270
but you just enjoy
hanging out with them.
985
00:42:14,270 --> 00:42:16,142
I just want to party.
986
00:42:16,142 --> 00:42:18,231
JONAH RAY: You using
running zombies
987
00:42:18,231 --> 00:42:19,885
and talking zombies,
which is something that I
988
00:42:19,885 --> 00:42:21,800
would normally be very against.
989
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:23,758
But with this,
it's like they use
990
00:42:23,758 --> 00:42:25,543
it just to keep the energy up.
991
00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:27,501
[yelling]
992
00:42:27,501 --> 00:42:29,111
JONAH RAY: The fastness
of the zombies,
993
00:42:29,111 --> 00:42:30,678
like, really lends itself
to just being exciting
994
00:42:30,678 --> 00:42:31,592
the entire time.
995
00:42:34,726 --> 00:42:37,206
JONAH RAY: Like, I can't
think of a better example,
996
00:42:37,206 --> 00:42:39,208
if you saw it as a kid,
you'd think it's horrific.
997
00:42:39,208 --> 00:42:40,862
[yelling]
998
00:42:40,862 --> 00:42:43,299
And then as an adult, yeah,
it's like you're just having
999
00:42:43,299 --> 00:42:44,823
the best time of your life.
1000
00:42:44,823 --> 00:42:46,389
That's what makes
Return of Living Dead
1001
00:42:46,389 --> 00:42:48,000
the most perfect horror comedy.
1002
00:42:54,702 --> 00:42:56,748
Can I have a piece of toast?
1003
00:42:56,748 --> 00:43:00,882
There are three or four ways
to do horror comedy correctly,
1004
00:43:00,882 --> 00:43:02,841
and there are 300 or
400 ways to do it wrong.
1005
00:43:02,841 --> 00:43:06,845
An American Werewolf in London
is to me the slam dunk of here's
1006
00:43:06,845 --> 00:43:08,455
how you do a horror comedy.
1007
00:43:08,455 --> 00:43:13,373
It has everything
you want it to have.
1008
00:43:13,373 --> 00:43:15,767
NATHANIEL: It's about
50% pure horror.
1009
00:43:15,767 --> 00:43:17,420
[yelling]
1010
00:43:17,420 --> 00:43:18,770
50% kind of black comedy.
1011
00:43:18,770 --> 00:43:19,858
Holy shit.
1012
00:43:19,858 --> 00:43:21,599
And the lead
character, you know,
1013
00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:23,209
he's doomed, basically,
after the first 10
1014
00:43:23,209 --> 00:43:24,036
minutes of the movie.
1015
00:43:24,036 --> 00:43:26,386
Take your life, David.
1016
00:43:26,386 --> 00:43:27,692
Kill yourself.
1017
00:43:27,692 --> 00:43:29,084
NATHANIEL: Which the
movie never forgets.
1018
00:43:29,084 --> 00:43:31,217
I'm a fucking werewolf,
for Christ's sake!
1019
00:43:31,217 --> 00:43:33,959
Snarl.
1020
00:43:33,959 --> 00:43:35,787
NATHANIEL: And I
think the humor,
1021
00:43:35,787 --> 00:43:37,571
it sort of distracts you
from that a little bit.
1022
00:43:37,571 --> 00:43:38,964
Thank you.
1023
00:43:38,964 --> 00:43:40,226
NATHANIEL: I mean, when
you have him running
1024
00:43:40,226 --> 00:43:41,531
naked through the park
with the balloons,
1025
00:43:41,531 --> 00:43:42,750
you know, and the
little kids response.
1026
00:43:42,750 --> 00:43:44,404
A naked American
man stole my balloon.
1027
00:43:44,404 --> 00:43:45,579
What?
1028
00:43:45,579 --> 00:43:46,928
NATHANIEL: Stuff
like that is great.
1029
00:43:46,928 --> 00:43:48,495
[yells]
1030
00:43:48,495 --> 00:43:49,931
But it's not really the
engine that drives the movie.
1031
00:43:49,931 --> 00:43:51,803
You're not real.
1032
00:43:51,803 --> 00:43:53,892
I don't be a putz, David.
1033
00:43:53,892 --> 00:43:56,111
CHAD: How is this
decomposition of my best friend
1034
00:43:56,111 --> 00:43:58,766
who keeps haunting
me in my dreams
1035
00:43:58,766 --> 00:44:00,333
something that is entertaining?
1036
00:44:00,333 --> 00:44:02,030
And I think it just
because they're calling
1037
00:44:02,030 --> 00:44:03,423
out each other's bullshit.
1038
00:44:03,423 --> 00:44:06,034
You're one of the
undead, and I'm a werewolf.
1039
00:44:06,034 --> 00:44:08,341
Yes, that's right.
1040
00:44:08,341 --> 00:44:10,822
I will not be threatened
by a walking meatloaf.
1041
00:44:10,822 --> 00:44:12,519
Oh, god damn it, David.
1042
00:44:12,519 --> 00:44:13,955
Please believe me.
1043
00:44:13,955 --> 00:44:16,436
It's about just seeing
behind the curtain saying,
1044
00:44:16,436 --> 00:44:18,046
like, just stop the act.
1045
00:44:18,046 --> 00:44:21,136
And like, you are right now
the trouble for everybody
1046
00:44:21,136 --> 00:44:22,137
else right now.
1047
00:44:22,137 --> 00:44:23,269
You need to be aware of that.
1048
00:44:26,838 --> 00:44:28,666
Jesus Christ!
1049
00:44:28,666 --> 00:44:30,929
RICKY: Seeing that werewolf
transformation scene--
1050
00:44:30,929 --> 00:44:32,670
Oh, God!
1051
00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:34,976
RICKY: As the first time, I ever
felt sorry for somebody, like,
1052
00:44:34,976 --> 00:44:38,197
going through that experience.
1053
00:44:38,197 --> 00:44:41,809
Just feel so bad for him.
1054
00:44:41,809 --> 00:44:44,333
The amount of sweat
that's happening
1055
00:44:44,333 --> 00:44:47,815
from the pain of the
transformation, it's visceral
1056
00:44:47,815 --> 00:44:51,689
watching his hand
just grow like that.
1057
00:44:51,689 --> 00:44:55,562
It's, like, oh my god,
it's painful, you know.
1058
00:44:55,562 --> 00:44:57,651
You help me!
1059
00:44:57,651 --> 00:44:59,609
[groaning]
1060
00:44:59,609 --> 00:45:05,528
And when he does
turn into the werewolf,
1061
00:45:05,528 --> 00:45:07,182
that empathy goes away.
1062
00:45:07,182 --> 00:45:08,053
He's a monster.
1063
00:45:08,053 --> 00:45:10,403
[growling]
1064
00:45:10,403 --> 00:45:13,058
Then you're just feeling
empathy for the people
1065
00:45:13,058 --> 00:45:13,885
that he killed.
1066
00:45:13,885 --> 00:45:14,842
Did you hear something?
1067
00:45:14,842 --> 00:45:16,104
- Just now?
- Yes.
1068
00:45:16,104 --> 00:45:17,062
No.
1069
00:45:18,585 --> 00:45:20,892
RICKY: And then the
subway sequence.
1070
00:45:20,892 --> 00:45:24,156
[growling]
1071
00:45:25,592 --> 00:45:27,376
Good Lord, what the hell.
1072
00:45:27,376 --> 00:45:30,553
RICKY: Oh, my goodness.
1073
00:45:30,553 --> 00:45:34,688
To this day, to this day,
always do look around.
1074
00:45:38,866 --> 00:45:40,476
Once he turns
into the werewolf,
1075
00:45:40,476 --> 00:45:42,696
the comedy pretty much ends.
1076
00:45:42,696 --> 00:45:44,132
That whole Piccadilly
circus free
1077
00:45:44,132 --> 00:45:45,830
for all that ensues
with the werewolf,
1078
00:45:45,830 --> 00:45:47,832
some people find it hilarious.
I think it's pretty horrifying.
1079
00:45:50,835 --> 00:45:52,358
I mean, it's just
nonstop carnage.
1080
00:45:52,358 --> 00:45:55,927
[snarling]
1081
00:45:55,927 --> 00:45:57,711
[yelling]
1082
00:45:57,711 --> 00:46:00,540
David?
1083
00:46:00,540 --> 00:46:02,063
Is it you?
1084
00:46:02,063 --> 00:46:03,151
NATHANIEL: Jenny Agutter
has this look of pure sorrow
1085
00:46:03,151 --> 00:46:04,587
on her face that
she made this one
1086
00:46:04,587 --> 00:46:06,285
last ditch attempt to save him.
1087
00:46:06,285 --> 00:46:07,852
Please let me help you.
1088
00:46:10,506 --> 00:46:12,291
NATHANIEL: And she fails.
1089
00:46:12,291 --> 00:46:14,162
[gunshots]
1090
00:46:14,162 --> 00:46:15,947
It kind of just stabs
you in the heart,
1091
00:46:15,947 --> 00:46:17,426
and you don't realize
it did it for a minute.
1092
00:46:17,426 --> 00:46:18,863
You're just, like, whoa, what?
1093
00:46:18,863 --> 00:46:20,995
SAM: I think an important
tenet of monster movies
1094
00:46:20,995 --> 00:46:24,042
is the tragedy and the fact
at American Werewolf in London
1095
00:46:24,042 --> 00:46:27,306
is as funny as it is, and still
finds its way to that ending.
1096
00:46:27,306 --> 00:46:32,224
That abrupt no-hope-for-David
ending is incredible.
1097
00:46:32,224 --> 00:46:34,748
Life mocks me even in death.
1098
00:46:34,748 --> 00:46:36,663
[snarls]
1099
00:46:36,663 --> 00:46:40,058
[projector whirring]
1100
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:47,761
[laughter]
1101
00:46:50,198 --> 00:46:52,853
You'll never get
credit for my discovery.
1102
00:46:52,853 --> 00:46:56,552
Who's going to believe a talking
head get a job in a sideshow?
1103
00:46:56,552 --> 00:46:57,597
Oh!
1104
00:46:57,597 --> 00:47:01,035
[giggling]
1105
00:47:01,035 --> 00:47:03,298
MAN: Now, imagine
what a toy like Megan
1106
00:47:03,298 --> 00:47:04,778
could do for
hundreds of thousands
1107
00:47:04,778 --> 00:47:06,867
of kids, even the ones who
don't have dead parents?
1108
00:47:12,568 --> 00:47:18,661
MAN: I am all ready dead.
1109
00:47:18,661 --> 00:47:21,490
Nice fucking model!
1110
00:47:21,490 --> 00:47:24,711
WOMAN: Beetlejuice,
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!
1111
00:47:24,711 --> 00:47:27,453
Oh, you're so cool, Brewster.
1112
00:47:27,453 --> 00:47:29,324
[laughs]
1113
00:47:29,324 --> 00:47:32,458
MAN: I approve very
highly of your choice.
1114
00:47:36,766 --> 00:47:39,813
[giggling]
1115
00:47:41,380 --> 00:47:42,555
BARBARA [ON PHONE]: I
don't want to cause a fuss.
1116
00:47:42,555 --> 00:47:44,122
We're coming to
get you, Barbara.
1117
00:47:47,342 --> 00:47:50,041
Same attacks.
1118
00:47:50,041 --> 00:47:52,086
The undead surround me.
1119
00:47:52,086 --> 00:47:53,783
Do you ever talk to a corpse?
1120
00:47:53,783 --> 00:47:55,655
It's boring.
1121
00:47:55,655 --> 00:47:57,744
[eerie music]
1122
00:48:00,268 --> 00:48:03,576
What are the must-see
Stephen King adaptations?
1123
00:48:03,576 --> 00:48:06,100
Here's Johnny.
1124
00:48:06,100 --> 00:48:09,669
There's some that I think
really work and some that don't.
1125
00:48:09,669 --> 00:48:12,019
When you're adapting
Stephen King,
1126
00:48:12,019 --> 00:48:13,934
the story is
the most important thing.
1127
00:48:14,021 --> 00:48:16,154
โช
1128
00:48:16,154 --> 00:48:18,373
And there's always
a darkness to it.
1129
00:48:18,373 --> 00:48:21,724
The ice is gonna break.
1130
00:48:21,724 --> 00:48:22,769
Paul: Annie, please!
1131
00:48:22,856 --> 00:48:24,814
โช
1132
00:48:27,252 --> 00:48:29,341
[eerie music]
1133
00:48:59,937 --> 00:49:03,462
Bad for the environment.
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