Comments on: Night of the Creeps http://outlawvern.com/2009/10/26/night-of-the-creeps/ Vern's writings on the films of cinema Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:43:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Santos Wiegert http://outlawvern.com/2009/10/26/night-of-the-creeps/#comment-2086052 Santos Wiegert Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:09:15 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6094#comment-2086052 mammoth account youve land mammoth account youve land

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]]> By: Mr. Majestyk http://outlawvern.com/2009/10/26/night-of-the-creeps/#comment-11758 Mr. Majestyk Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:23:10 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6094#comment-11758 Last night I FINALLY watched this after more than two decades of us missing each other like ships in the night. I'm a little bummed that I wasn't on board from the get-go, because I don't think there was ever a time in my life when I wouldn't have loved the shit out of this movie. You guys were 100% right on this one. Better late than never, I suppose. Last night I FINALLY watched this after more than two decades of us missing each other like ships in the night. I’m a little bummed that I wasn’t on board from the get-go, because I don’t think there was ever a time in my life when I wouldn’t have loved the shit out of this movie. You guys were 100% right on this one. Better late than never, I suppose.

]]> By: The Filmist http://outlawvern.com/2009/10/26/night-of-the-creeps/#comment-9967 The Filmist Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:51:12 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6094#comment-9967 Vern, there's a movie out there that I'm sure you'd enjoy - it's a weird, little-known film name of Terrorvision. And, it - is - wondrous. Vern, there’s a movie out there that I’m sure you’d enjoy – it’s a weird, little-known film name of Terrorvision. And, it – is – wondrous.

]]> By: Mr. Subtlety http://outlawvern.com/2009/10/26/night-of-the-creeps/#comment-9778 Mr. Subtlety Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:11:11 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6094#comment-9778 Robotic Hand, Art Bell on Youtube, the fact that she could easily produce a driver's liscence and prove who she really was, the helpful owl who apparently doesn't have much to do with his time, the dozens of extraneous characters, the inexplicable guy on the bus who tells her thet "somtimes people get cut," her baby-stealing dad, the endless, endress non-stripping, the nonsense title which becomes even more hilarious in context when spoken aloud enthusiastically (she's knows who she is AND no one was actually killed) ... but yeah, the super-strong robot hand is just so damn glorious that it rises above the ample competition. Your crocodile analogy is spot-on. It just makes it perfect. You can't parody something like that, it's already taken as far as something could possibly go. And it's dead serious about it. like this picture: http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/artwork/view_zoom/?artpiece_id=353# If I get to heaven and Jesus doesn't have a robot hand, heaven will not be heaven. Robotic Hand, Art Bell on Youtube, the fact that she could easily produce a driver’s liscence and prove who she really was, the helpful owl who apparently doesn’t have much to do with his time, the dozens of extraneous characters, the inexplicable guy on the bus who tells her thet “somtimes people get cut,” her baby-stealing dad, the endless, endress non-stripping, the nonsense title which becomes even more hilarious in context when spoken aloud enthusiastically (she’s knows who she is AND no one was actually killed) … but yeah, the super-strong robot hand is just so damn glorious that it rises above the ample competition. Your crocodile analogy is spot-on. It just makes it perfect. You can’t parody something like that, it’s already taken as far as something could possibly go. And it’s dead serious about it.

like this picture:

http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/artwork/view_zoom/?artpiece_id=353#

If I get to heaven and Jesus doesn’t have a robot hand, heaven will not be heaven.

]]> By: Mr. Majestyk http://outlawvern.com/2009/10/26/night-of-the-creeps/#comment-9771 Mr. Majestyk Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:29:44 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6094#comment-9771 And then there's the robotic hand. You ever see that YouTube video, The Battle of Kruger, where all these water buffalo go all Braveheart on these lions and chase them away from one of their calves? It would have been the most amazing nature video ever if that was all there was to it, but halfway through, a crocodile comes out of nowhere and gets into a tug of war with the lions over the calf, bumping the video up into stratospheric realms of awesomeness. The robotic hand is the crocodile of I Know Who Killed Me. And then there’s the robotic hand. You ever see that YouTube video, The Battle of Kruger, where all these water buffalo go all Braveheart on these lions and chase them away from one of their calves? It would have been the most amazing nature video ever if that was all there was to it, but halfway through, a crocodile comes out of nowhere and gets into a tug of war with the lions over the calf, bumping the video up into stratospheric realms of awesomeness. The robotic hand is the crocodile of I Know Who Killed Me.

]]> By: Mr. Subtlety http://outlawvern.com/2009/10/26/night-of-the-creeps/#comment-9770 Mr. Subtlety Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:21:28 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6094#comment-9770 So, yeah. Ready to talk about it now. I KNOW WHO KILLED ME is the single most idiotic work of unfettered genius that I'm personally aware of. I mean, I almost turned it off about 20 minutes in, thinking that it was so profoudnly stupid that by watching it I was making not just myself, but everyone in my neighbor exponentially dumber. Then. Then, they faded to black. all the way to fucking black, and faded back in at the police investigation (?) inside the library or YMCA building or something (do they not have a police station? No, they do, we see it later) and the main cop takes a sip of coffee, looks right at the camera, and says "well, I hope our little investigation doesn't interfere with bingo night." and the camera lingers on him for just a second as he stands there, akwardly, and then fades right out to black again, as if to say, "well, that explains everything". It was then, friends, that I realized this wasn't just a dumb movie which happened to get made by a few professionals with some money. This was the single greatest thing ever. The sleaziest, stupidest, weirdest, most pretentious, most patronizing, most inexplicable, most akward, most uneven, most inept movie I've ever seen that also happens to be kind of great. I call it the best movie Dario Argento has made in years, even if it's not quite as sickly imaginative as he usually is. Gorgeous photography and classy musical cues combine with stunningly stiff, inexplicably acting, bizzaro editing, and one of the worst screenplays I personally have ever heard spoken aloud to produce a very Argento effect in all the right ways. Dreamy, weird, kind of unsettling and claustrophobic. There's absolutely nothing scary or tense that every happens, period. In fact, as Vern astutely points out, there's no stalking or cat and mouse or anything, we always just jump straight into the killer already being inarguably in control. But somehow the thing is just perverse enough to aquire a disturbing atmosphere which somehow, against all odds, makes it a surprisingly effective... something. I've truly never seen anything quite like it. If this thing doesn't end up with a cult following, then there is no justice in the universe. I'll get the robes. Oh, and btw, until I read Vern's review a few minutes ago, I had no idea we were supposed to recognize the killer (who's just listed in the credits as "blue man" and whose weird shit is absolutely never explained or even touched on). I just figured he was some guy. I kind of liked it better that way, honestly. And yes, I realize I made it all the way through my rant without ever touching on Lohan herself. Oddly, she's fine in the movie (at least compared to the other actors) but nothing special. However, her shared history with the world just makes everything which was already sleazy and creepy about the proceedings even more so. I mean, christ, I saw her as a cute little girl in Disney films, and the film's runtime is probably 25% lecherous stripping scenes and a icky, icky awkward sex scene (if only it had Seagal in it...). I felt like John Cusak in WAR, INC. So, yeah. Ready to talk about it now. I KNOW WHO KILLED ME is the single most idiotic work of unfettered genius that I’m personally aware of. I mean, I almost turned it off about 20 minutes in, thinking that it was so profoudnly stupid that by watching it I was making not just myself, but everyone in my neighbor exponentially dumber. Then. Then, they faded to black. all the way to fucking black, and faded back in at the police investigation (?) inside the library or YMCA building or something (do they not have a police station? No, they do, we see it later) and the main cop takes a sip of coffee, looks right at the camera, and says “well, I hope our little investigation doesn’t interfere with bingo night.” and the camera lingers on him for just a second as he stands there, akwardly, and then fades right out to black again, as if to say, “well, that explains everything”. It was then, friends, that I realized this wasn’t just a dumb movie which happened to get made by a few professionals with some money.

This was the single greatest thing ever.

The sleaziest, stupidest, weirdest, most pretentious, most patronizing, most inexplicable, most akward, most uneven, most inept movie I’ve ever seen that also happens to be kind of great. I call it the best movie Dario Argento has made in years, even if it’s not quite as sickly imaginative as he usually is. Gorgeous photography and classy musical cues combine with stunningly stiff, inexplicably acting, bizzaro editing, and one of the worst screenplays I personally have ever heard spoken aloud to produce a very Argento effect in all the right
ways. Dreamy, weird, kind of unsettling and claustrophobic. There’s absolutely nothing scary or tense that every happens, period. In fact, as Vern astutely points out, there’s no stalking or cat and mouse or anything, we always just jump straight into the killer already being inarguably in control.

But somehow the thing is just perverse enough to aquire a disturbing atmosphere which somehow, against all odds, makes it a surprisingly effective… something. I’ve truly never seen anything quite like it. If this thing doesn’t end up with a cult following, then there is no justice in the universe. I’ll get the robes.

Oh, and btw, until I read Vern’s review a few minutes ago, I had no idea we were supposed to recognize the killer (who’s just listed in the credits as “blue man” and whose weird shit is absolutely never explained or even touched on). I just figured he was some guy. I kind of liked it better that way, honestly. And yes, I realize I made it all the way through my rant without ever touching on Lohan herself. Oddly, she’s fine in the movie (at least compared to the other actors) but nothing special. However, her shared history with the world just makes everything which was already sleazy and creepy about the proceedings even more so. I mean, christ, I saw her as a cute little girl in Disney films, and the film’s runtime is probably 25% lecherous stripping scenes and a icky, icky awkward sex scene (if only it had Seagal in it…). I felt like John Cusak in WAR, INC.

]]> By: Andre Cowers http://outlawvern.com/2009/10/26/night-of-the-creeps/#comment-9721 Andre Cowers Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:50:43 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6094#comment-9721 <i>But anyway, let’s not debate Goonies here. It’s been a long time and maybe I’ll give it another shot some day. Maybe. But I’ll definitely watch Monster Squad soon.</i> Same thing, audition-style. But anyway, let’s not debate Goonies here. It’s been a long time and maybe I’ll give it another shot some day. Maybe. But I’ll definitely watch Monster Squad soon.

Same thing, audition-style.

]]> By: RRA http://outlawvern.com/2009/10/26/night-of-the-creeps/#comment-9711 RRA Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:36:09 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=6094#comment-9711 Brendan - Pfft, I blew everyone before you! No irony there. Brendan – Pfft, I blew everyone before you!

No irony there.

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