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Since it is October, time to look at even more things that go bump in the night. Growing up in the 80s to early 90s era, I had a lot of great horror villains to fighting me. We might not have had Dracula or Frankenstein, but we did have Freddy and Jason. So, to keep with the holiday spirit of the month, I decided to take a look at my top 10 horror villains of all time.
10. Jigsaw and Billy (yes, that is the puppet’s name) from SAW
Recently, I’ve spent more than my fair share of time turning away from the TV and looking towards the Web for entertainment. Now, I know how horribly the sounds like a Web 2.0 cliche, but before you search for your proverbial mallet to whack my with first let me show you what it is I’ve been watching.
I got my first taste of the awesome content that Cinemassacre delivers by finding (and then later watching) a few episodes of the Angry Video Game Nerd. By far, it is probably my favorite series from the web site – but some of the miscellaneous content like Board James and You Know Whats Bull Sh*t is just as funny and entertaining to watch.
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How could a web site named after the famous Metroid attack go wrong? It can’t. Looking at both new and old school games, ScrewAttack has your classic reviews, top ten lists and even submissions from their fans that make it onto the site. If you’ve grown up as an 80’s child, and still have a love for both new and old games – this site is definitely one worth checking out.
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This is the most recent one I have stumbled upon and started watching. Once again, we kind of go to all of our loves of watching something old, with the most popular series from the site being the Nostalgia Critic. The entire web sit though is filled with videos that are well thought out, well produced and will leave you wanting to watch more.
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Might also be a good idea for me to point out that not all of these are family friendly “G” rated entertainment, so please keep that in mind.
Talk about childhood memories! I used to love the whole series of Toxic Avenger movies. Maybe it was a growing up in the 80′s thing? Perhaps it was because I had a love for bad movies even way back then. My earliest memories of watching The Toxic Avenger was on the USA Network – when they used to have marathons of all the movies (edited, of course) on Saturday or Sunday mornings.
For those unfamiliar with this cult classic, here is the plot summary:
Melvin Ferd (Mark Torgl) is a stereotypical 98-pound weakling. He works as a janitor at a health club in the town of Tromaville, where the customers–particularly Bozo, Slug, Wanda, and Julie – harass him constantly. His tormentors get more and more violent until he is tricked into wearing a pink tutu and kissing a sheep. He is then chased around the health club by witnesses of the event where he eventually jumps out of a second story window. He lands in a drum of toxic waste and is irradiated and deformed by the accident. He suddenly lights on fire and runs down the street in a ball of flames. Melvin quickly takes a bath and mysteriously transforms into a hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength.
Ohh Toxie, why don’t we have heroes like you anymore?!
Warning, this movie might not be for everybody. Was probably rated R when it came out in theaters, and Hulu rates it as TV-MA. Ok, now that I got the warning out of the way, enjoy the show!
Oh, and yes – I did love the Toxic Crusaders too. Let us see how many of you remember it as well.
We all know our Freddys and Jasons, but what did people do for horror movies back in 1922? One simple word, Nosferatu. This chilling and eerie adaptation on Dracula is still admired as one of the best horror movies of all time.
Watch the entire Nosferatu movie here, and you decide – is it still a hit?
If you need a few more classics to watch today, try these:
Happy Halloween everybody! Hope you have a good one!
Since today is my birthday, I had to find something extra special to get for all of you. Yes, I know birthdays usually work the other way around – but hey, I am a giving kind of guy. So what better to hand you than another public domain favorite movie of mine, Freaks.
It is a horror movie about sideshow performers. Instead of using makeup and actors though, the films director (and producer) Tod Browning hired actual carnival performers. That, in its own right, makes it even stranger. The film was also banned in the United Kingdom for thirty years.
What says October more than one of the greatest zombie movies of all time. I don’t care who you are or what you do – there is no zombie movie better than the original 1968 Night of the Living Dead. The other day I just happened to cross the full movie up on Google Video (probably due to the copyright on it running out many years ago).
What is your favorite scary movie? Night of the Living Dead would be in the top ten, no wait – top five for me. How about you?
Well I joined the tumblr bandwagon and got myself a place to tumble! I was never too good at cartwheels, but this it turning out (pun intended) to be pretty fun.
So what is a tumblelog? Does this make me a tumblelogger? Do I have to dress up like a lumberjack for your amusement? As always Wikipedia answers everything…
A tumblelog is a variation of a blog, that favors short-form, mixed-media posts over the longer editorial posts frequently associated with blogging. Common post formats found on tumblelogs include links, photos, quotes, dialogues, and video. Unlike blogs, this format is frequently used to share the author’s creations, discoveries, or experiences without providing a commentary.
I am still tweaking a few things here and there on mine – will probably edit it some more this weekend when I have a little more free time. It is turning out to be a pretty addictive experience.
So go Watch Mitch Tumble and make sure you subscribe (to the special RSS feed) as well so you never miss a stumble, fall, trip, tumble of mine.
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Mitch Keeler is nothing more than your average Joe trying to leave his mark on the world though both his professional work and his online projects, articles, podcasts and more.
