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    Clue

    Movie based on a board game? Blegh

    But it’s awesome. Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Lesley Ann Warren

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    Tremors

    Looks like a B movie, cheesy horror flick.

    It’s got a great cast with supurb acting. The script is easily one of the tightest ever written. Every line is important to the overall story. And it’s just fun to watch.

    https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0100814/

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      There’s also Tremors 2: Aftershocks.

      Plus there’s Tremors 3: Back to Perfection.

      Followed by Tremors 4: The Legend Begins.

      Then Tremors 5: Bloodlines.

      Don’t forget Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell.

      One might think Tremors: Shrieker Island, AKA Tremors 7: Island Furry (I spelled that wrong on purpose, it has nothing to do with furries) would be enough for Michael Gross to quit his acting career but how else was he going to pay for his ludicrous railroad memorabilia obsession and also the railroad he owns and the ‘safety first when crossing railroad tracks’ campaign?

      So no, it didn’t end there. They kept the franchise going, choo! choo! with the imaginatively titled television series, Tremors: The Series.

      If you skip the credits, you can watch all of it in less than 24 hours.

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        If you skip the credits, you can watch all of it in less than 24 hours.

        LMAO, any Tremors fan around here?

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          I’m still waiting for a Tremors vs Critters vs Gremlins movie. We have the technology to make it but what would Hollywood do after such a masterpiece? It would be pointless to make movies after that, none could ever top it.

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      The first sequel is so so, but the others that are all centered around Burt Gummer are plenty of silly fun too.

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    Tucker and Dave vs. Evil. Looks like another dumb Netflix original, but it was one of the best horror/comedies I’ve seen.

    Speaking of the genre, big nods to another one - Little Evil.

    It Follows - just read the premise of the film and tell me it doesn’t sound dumb… Then go watch it

    Oh and Colossal!!! Ann Hathaway stars in this bizarre and very deep movie about a giant monster that can be controlled from a playground. Amazing movie. Trust me

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      Tucker and Dale vs. Evil! Amazing movie! I put it on one day just so I could check it off my list of new things out and, figured if I love the Evil Dead series (and also, as someone else mentioned in the thread, the Re-Animator) how awful could this be… it wasn’t. It was fantastic.

      Enjoyed Little Evil too. So, I’m putting Colossal on my list right now!

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        I think Colossal will surprise you. It’s not exactly a horror comedy, but a very serious film wrapped in a ridiculous story

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          Similar vein: Slaxx. I’m not sure how vampire pants fits into things but boy does it start a conversation about using cheap labor for profit and the cost of life for that profit.

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      Colossal was weird, but i liked it. I could see where people would be thinking, what is this and why am I watching it, but it felt like real life to me. For a movie about monster avatars unwittingly being controlled from half a world away, anyway.

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    The Cabin in the Woods. Only seen it once so far and I’m still floored thinking back on it and how well it did its thing.

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    Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

    I didn’t think the trailer looked good and it felt meh, but I ended up loving the movie a lot.

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      It was super attentive to d&d details such as almost all the classes of the party using intelligence as dump stats or the specifics of the spells mechanics while also not needing the audience to know any of that to have a good time and understand what was going on.

      And the use of d&d lore and mechanics were woven into the characters and narrative, it wasn’t just hey remember this thing from d&d. Way underrated, probably bad marketing.

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    Osmosis Jones.

    A half-and-half cartoon and live action film with Chris Rock as the titular character from the late-90s/early-00s. The movie was a flop, but I think it had more to do with lousy marketing. It was actually pretty good and a fun way to look at how things affect the human body.

    David Hyde Pierce as the enormous Pill was a great choice, and Bill Murray was hilarious.

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      And Laurence Fishburne as Thrax. He was pretty horrifying when he would let loose and make people explode.

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      Around the time this came out, I, having had no idea about the movie or its premise, wrote a story that was along similar lines in creative writing. Specifically, it featured the immune system and other cells as characters and whatnot.

      I was accused of ripping off the idea.

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    There are so many movies I could list but for now I’ll go with About Time (2013). Everything about it makes it seem like it would be a dumb sappy romcom but it manages to hit hard.

    EDIT: This is the type of image they used to market the film, which is really misleading.

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    Con Air

    It is absolutely not well written but I just love how the film and all the actors are completely aware of how dumb the entire thing is.

    Oh, and casting Chief Engineer Miles O’Brien as the jerk that everyone hates is the icing on this guilty-pleasure cake.

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    Disney’s “The Black Hole”. It came from a time just after Walt Disney had died and they were still figuring out their shit.

    So they made an extremely dark SciFi flick with a cute robot that appeals to children which is such a weird combination, but I liked it a lot. I can’t even say why.

    The U.S.S. Cygnus looks fucking badass, too. One of the best ship designs in a SciFi movie, change my mind.

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    Free Guy

    Generic video game movie stuffed with trendy references and fanservice is actually a really good singularity story

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    The Jumanji sequels. You are going to take a cult classic and “revive” it by changing the premise to be a video game? Stupid. But, it was much better than it should have been.

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    Sucker punch.

    Looks like a mindless action with titties, but it’s actually a good movie. Give it a try if you haven’t.

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      I watched a lengthy video essay about this movie that really made me want to watch it. Was definitely shocked by the level of thought put into the symbolism within the film.

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    Pandorum. At a glance it like like just another bad sci-fi, but it’s really good horror sci-fi mind fuckery with a fantastic twist. Dennis Quaid is great in it.

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    Velocipastor! It looks and seems like it’ll be a parody but it was super engaging and fun. Went into it thinking it would be watched between gaming rounds and eventually turned off, but I ended up quitting the game to full-screen that shit!