AMC has been all over the place lately with Crappy Movie Friday Nights.
But, looks like they’re getting back into the swing of things this weekend.
First up we have Psycho.
No, not THAT one. The REMAKE (1998).
Look, if you’re going to go remaking a CLASSIC, and you’re going to do it shot for shot, and do your best to make everything exactly the same….MAAAYBE it’s best so just leave the original alone, eh?
The cast is a bit off, and color actually detracts from the feel of the original. Could have been great…but, it’s certainly a Crappy Movie.
Then, their double feature for the evening is The Fly II.
Alec first saw the OLD school The Fly about 2 years ago. And was horrror-stricken in watching the fly creature come into being. Something amazing about that film, even with the horrendous effects.
The Remake of The Fly doesn’t quite capture that magic at any single point. Yet, the sheer horror of Jeff Goldblum’s marvelous transformation into Brundle-fly more than makes up for it, and creates a spot dear to our hearts all it’s own.
However, The Fly II…well, there is very little redeeming in this film. Just more of the same, without the acting and chemistry of the first.
For those of us here in Utah, UEN is showing….drumroll…
That’s right, FLASH GORDON.
Basically the entire serial crammed into a movie. Makes it fast and fun…and oh so campy.
So, pop that corn, and join me Friday night in a crappy movie marathon.
In other news…
Got a pleasant little surprise this week.
I first stumbled on Pumpkinrot back in ’06 while trying to make my own couple of scarecrows to disply old masks. And was amazed at Pumpkinrot’s scarecrows.
And, his story of entering the scarecrow contest each year, only to lose to some cutesy poo creation of much lesser (imo) quality each and every year struck a chord with me. Recalling ye olde Pumpkin Carving and costume contests at school. (I’m sorry, that spider pumpkin we made, 8 legs, web, and all, was much better than the humpty dumpty that won…and those kids in the storebought boring crap were never quite as creative…)
So, I’ve made it a point to see how that contest goes for him each year, and am consistantly inspired by the fact, he’s still entering, knowing full well some cutesy thing’s going to win.
Well, a friend of mine was bumping around pumpkinrot’s blog, and apparantly he took notice of our own little setup from ’07.
Had to delay the firing of the Witch skulls.
They were a bit damp in one spot still last night. Looked good this morning, so we’ll shoot for this evening if everything goes according to plan.
I’m sure Jen will be posting over on her page about the new furniture coming today as well…
Time to clean out the garage, and get ready to build a prototype of a victim soon…
Also considering a super secret project that will work for both witches and witch doctors, doable this year…