Hold on, does anyone remember Turner Classic Movies??? I would love to see a video about that channel as TCM introduced me to some amazing classics back in the early 2000s
I'm not yet 40 but I do like TCM. I've seen a lot of good movies there but the one that always sticks with me is a version of Wizard of Oz feature Oliver Hardy, and not for positive reasons for the most part. The movie surprised me by how the effects (especially the scene with the faerie) really enhance the fantasy of it all, but it's one of the most racist things I've ever seen. They pick up a black character at one point. The black character is played by a white man in blackface and they find his character lounging in an open field eating watermelon. It just gets worse from there. I understand that a century or so has gone by since that version was made and that things were different back then, but holy shit, man.
There still around but I believe they require a special package or subscription now. I used to have access around there last anniversary year where they decide to take viewer requests for movies for that year
It’s because there’s so many good ones,you’ll see similar comments to yours all over. I’ve made them myself,a few great ones are always gonna slip through the cracks. Yet some are popular but no one knows why🤪
The crazy thing is that it could be anything from titling to tagging to not doing chapter select, to a misinterpretation of words or overuse of footage, and still UA-cam could tomorrow show it to millions and up its views. The fact is the algorithm is us but also them, and they’re so many factors and intervening forces it may as well be random. Shorts with no content get millions of views. It’s horrific.
I was there for the walking dead premiere, it was like nothing else at the time, everyone at school was talking about it the next day, it was an awesome event to experience.
What a wonderful video, hit it out of the park with this one. It makes me find myself saying “I miss cable?”. Towards the end you touched on what I think is the problem now: nothing is special. Movie and TV studios, through 24/7 streaming, have managed to remove any sense of “now”, which removes any trace of something being special. It also makes me, again, realize we got what we wanted, sort of: unbundling. Those of you not old enough to remember, you had to buy ‘bundles’ of channels on cable, most of them you couldn’t get a la carte, with the exception of a few such as HBO. Something like AMC would come with some bundle of channels, even if you didn’t want them, you’d have to get basic cable then add on some number of bundles to get those 4 other channels you wanted. The end result: cost. So when streaming appeared it promised to “unbundle” those channels so if you wanted to just watch AMC, you could, just not on cable. So, we essentially got what we asked for, unbundling, just not in a way beneficial to anyone, producers or consumers. Had the greed of cable companies, and the providers, not taken over, and they simply just offered a la carte channels, I bet cable would have survived longer.
I really miss those Monster Fests of old,where they would show the classic Universal monsters and Hammer movies. While I still love it today and adore all the classic 80's movies,they don't show many movies before the late 70's.
You are the first channel to cover monster/fear fest i remember my parents would let us watch it during Halloween or we would sneak it. I remember early morning monster classics. It shaped me to grow up and love horror movies.
This was awesome!!! I didn't become a fan of Monsterfest until its '02 version. I was more of a fun of Usa Network's Halloween movie marathons of the 90's which would air for the entire Halloween weekend in the 80's to late 90's. I would love to see you do a retrospective on Usa Network ( Saturday Nightmares, Commander Usa's Groovie Movies, Usa Up All Night). Thanks for the upload of Monsterfest I really appreciated watching this.
Bro, you only have 9 videos on you're channel, but you're my favorite UA-cam channel. I love when you upload, thanks for all the work you put into these.
This was a awesome throwback to my childhood. I remember scouring the channels around Halloween watching all the specials and movies I could. This also jogged my memory to where I saw Hellraiser for the first time.
Brought back memories of my childhood. Loved this video. I watched these classics with my mom. She introduced me to so many classics. I miss her so much!
Fantastic video man ty! I’m just glad FearFest is still going and it’s a month long now. I was so upset a few years ago when they took two weeks away to give to The Walking Dead. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one as many people were not happy and let AMC know it. AMC had to put out tweet saying FearFest would be back at full power next year and they were. Keep the awesome stuff coming please and ty again!
Being honest, it seems as if Weigel has the old Universal horror flicks. They've been ran on 'Movies!' and were subjects of a few Svengoolie episodes for quite a few months now. For another thing, cable's audience is shrinking, but broadcast is stiff competition with it's wide availability and dirt-cheap installation.
Great video! Discovered Monster/Fear Fest as a young teenager in the early 2000s and I still tune in every year even though the programming's been a dud for a while. Shudder's a great service, too. Joe Bob Briggs is such a welcome addition to their service.
There was a point were it felt like they had the handful of Halloween movies they had the rights in heavy rotation during the Halloween season. Shudder is great since they have good working relationships with the distributors of more strange cult like movies so you find real odd ball movies plus they pick up stuff from the festival circuit.
@@stephennootens916 I wish they'd air more of the lesser known stuff in between the tried and true classics. I've been saying for years that a movie like The Frighteners could be a big October staple on AMC if they'd just air it a few times.
I've been watching Monster/Fear fest for decades now. And while I love anything from the 70's and 80's,I really do miss the older classic silent and Universal horror films they used to play. The last few years it's been nothing but recent horror movies and tons of Walking dead commercials. And the last two days of October they've just played Halloween movies(with Michael Myers) over and over again. I get that things change and adapt,but I really do miss the way AMC used to be.
22:00 I'm pretty sure you meant that Zach Snyder's 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead premiered and not the original since the rights of the original are now owned by one of the producers who is notoriously stingy about making it available to watch.
The thing about cable that was so good, was you could have channels for niche media. Eventually though, all the unique channels slowly succumbed to the lowest common denominator, and because boring and dumb. Scifi, Discovery, Bravo, The Learning Channel, etc. Such a shame. There's something to be said for having a curated experience, over the trap of endless scrolling -- unable to decide which movie to watch. That's why I have a sub to Night Flight. My fav streaming service, not only does it have weirdo movies and show selections, it has a channel that you can just turn on and watch.
Way too interested in having an opinion about something you don’t like. Don’t worry, you’ll find something better to do with your energy in your Thirties.
Great vid! I remember my Brother and I actually anticipating this. Like "dude Monsterfest is next week, what tapes can we tape over without getting in trouble?"
I’ll never forget finding out this was a thing. I’m 41, but didn’t grow up with cable. Was delivering pizza in what must’ve been 99/2000 when someone had this on in background. Truly life changing indeed.
I used to watch monster/fearfest pretty hardcore every year growing up. Saw a lot of classics for the first time through that time. I did eventually stop during the walking dead marathon years though. The block became less of a celebration of Halloween and horror movies, but instead became a promotional tool for their newer series. Also by that point I was old enough to have a job and start buying copies of all the movies I liked.
I like how they touted the AMC version of The Prisoner as “original”. I wonder if anyone has done videos about that dumpster fire. The original was so great and of its time…I wish it was left alone. Not even Sir Ian could make it watchable.
This video's awesome. Even though Monsterfest/Fearfest is so bastardized and commercialized now, I still appreciate it. Nice to have a month straight of horror movies to just flick on in October, even though its usually the same like 20 movies over and over. I got sick of those years where they were really shoving TWD down our throats.
i remember getting in trouble in '99 for staying up all night on Halloween watching that live cam of the haunted house. i would run from the kitchen to the living room so i could watch whatever was playing on AMC at the time.
About time somebody opens there eyes and noticed that all amc does now with amc fearfest is make it to promote its damn streaming platform and doesn't even call it AMC FEARFEST LIKE WTF we clearly watching the channel for a reason
I miss when Bravo used to show classy stuff. Now it’s all reality TV. I also wish AMC would show all their new shows on regular cable and not just AMC+. :/
An amazing breakdown. Nothing was quite like the AMC of the '90s and early 2000s, and I particularly remember enjoying them more when they stayed true to their roots and played more of the Universal horror classics from the '30s-'50s. I totally get that they had to rebrand and change with the times, though. That's the nature of the beast.
Same with Bravo. I remember seeing opera and the episodes of Twin Peaks with the Log Lady intros. Also, many foreign films. Now, it’s just reality TV. It’s a shame.
👁️ always look forward to monsterfest . It screamed Halloween. It was like Bobby “Boris” Pickett Monster Mash came to life, but like monster👁️vision it too is never more
Some might of hated it, but that pop up version of Halloween is seared into my brain as a core memory i have staying up and watching AMC Monsterfest back in the day
I remember the original monster fest. It was such a good time for me as a kid. I also lament the old AMC, with the original classic films. TCM is going that way too. I'm just glad I have alot of it on disc and can still enjoy it that way
Hold on, does anyone remember Turner Classic Movies??? I would love to see a video about that channel as TCM introduced me to some amazing classics back in the early 2000s
Yep, bumpers for it was shoved down my throat while I was watching "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo."
I'm not yet 40 but I do like TCM. I've seen a lot of good movies there but the one that always sticks with me is a version of Wizard of Oz feature Oliver Hardy, and not for positive reasons for the most part. The movie surprised me by how the effects (especially the scene with the faerie) really enhance the fantasy of it all, but it's one of the most racist things I've ever seen. They pick up a black character at one point. The black character is played by a white man in blackface and they find his character lounging in an open field eating watermelon. It just gets worse from there. I understand that a century or so has gone by since that version was made and that things were different back then, but holy shit, man.
Are they not still around?
There still around but I believe they require a special package or subscription now. I used to have access around there last anniversary year where they decide to take viewer requests for movies for that year
Turner Classic Movies is still going, and still being awesome.
UA-cam is so strange. I watch many channels with the exact same quality and 1000x the subs - your channel is fantastic and deserves some more love.
It’s because there’s so many good ones,you’ll see similar comments to yours all over. I’ve made them myself,a few great ones are always gonna slip through the cracks. Yet some are popular but no one knows why🤪
The crazy thing is that it could be anything from titling to tagging to not doing chapter select, to a misinterpretation of words or overuse of footage, and still UA-cam could tomorrow show it to millions and up its views. The fact is the algorithm is us but also them, and they’re so many factors and intervening forces it may as well be random. Shorts with no content get millions of views. It’s horrific.
So excited to see a video about this. Young Redditors called me nuts for insisting there was ever a “Monsterfest” but this was peak Halloween! 👻🎃
Why?
You’re nuts! N.U.T.S!
MonsterFest is so important to me, and a huge reason for my love of classic films today. Thank you for creating this!
The production quality and script for this video is so solid bro be proud of your work!
I was there for the walking dead premiere, it was like nothing else at the time, everyone at school was talking about it the next day, it was an awesome event to experience.
I met Norman Reedus like a month before it premiered. We all had no idea about this show he was talking about and how big it would become.
What a wonderful video, hit it out of the park with this one. It makes me find myself saying “I miss cable?”.
Towards the end you touched on what I think is the problem now: nothing is special. Movie and TV studios, through 24/7 streaming, have managed to remove any sense of “now”, which removes any trace of something being special.
It also makes me, again, realize we got what we wanted, sort of: unbundling. Those of you not old enough to remember, you had to buy ‘bundles’ of channels on cable, most of them you couldn’t get a la carte, with the exception of a few such as HBO. Something like AMC would come with some bundle of channels, even if you didn’t want them, you’d have to get basic cable then add on some number of bundles to get those 4 other channels you wanted. The end result: cost. So when streaming appeared it promised to “unbundle” those channels so if you wanted to just watch AMC, you could, just not on cable. So, we essentially got what we asked for, unbundling, just not in a way beneficial to anyone, producers or consumers. Had the greed of cable companies, and the providers, not taken over, and they simply just offered a la carte channels, I bet cable would have survived longer.
I really miss those Monster Fests of old,where they would show the classic Universal monsters and Hammer movies. While I still love it today and adore all the classic 80's movies,they don't show many movies before the late 70's.
heck, they don't even really show those anymore. now its 30 days of walking dead
You are the first channel to cover monster/fear fest i remember my parents would let us watch it during Halloween or we would sneak it. I remember early morning monster classics. It shaped me to grow up and love horror movies.
This was awesome!!! I didn't become a fan of Monsterfest until its '02 version. I was more of a fun of Usa Network's Halloween movie marathons of the 90's which would air for the entire Halloween weekend in the 80's to late 90's. I would love to see you do a retrospective on Usa Network ( Saturday Nightmares, Commander Usa's Groovie Movies, Usa Up All Night). Thanks for the upload of Monsterfest I really appreciated watching this.
They really need to show the classic movies in prime time again.
Movies! often shows blocks of horror films on Fridays.
Bro, you only have 9 videos on you're channel, but you're my favorite UA-cam channel. I love when you upload, thanks for all the work you put into these.
This was a awesome throwback to my childhood. I remember scouring the channels around Halloween watching all the specials and movies I could. This also jogged my memory to where I saw Hellraiser for the first time.
Brought back memories of my childhood. Loved this video. I watched these classics with my mom. She introduced me to so many classics. I miss her so much!
We use to tape old movies off of AMC for my grandma back before they started with commercials
Fantastic video man ty! I’m just glad FearFest is still going and it’s a month long now. I was so upset a few years ago when they took two weeks away to give to The Walking Dead. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one as many people were not happy and let AMC know it. AMC had to put out tweet saying FearFest would be back at full power next year and they were. Keep the awesome stuff coming please and ty again!
Being honest, it seems as if Weigel has the old Universal horror flicks. They've been ran on 'Movies!' and were subjects of a few Svengoolie episodes for quite a few months now.
For another thing, cable's audience is shrinking, but broadcast is stiff competition with it's wide availability and dirt-cheap installation.
Somewhere deep in my parents basement lie the tapes from the Godzilla marathon. Core memory unlocked!
Awesome retrospective!
Would love to see a video dedicated to 13/31 Nights of Halloween next spooky season
I watched Monster Mania when it aired and taped it so that I could watch it over and over. Great doc.
Fantastic informative blast from the past video!
please do tnt monstervision and joe bob brriggs please
And 100% Weird, too.
Dawn 04 was a Snyder film, not Romero
You know, I forgot that version of Dawn existed. Loved the original. :)
AMC Backstory: Halloween is on UA-cam
Super freaking cool man, thank you
This definitely unlocked some memories
Romero... Dawn of the dead, 2004?
Love your channel. Please keep 'em coming.
good job by the way
Thanks for mentioning our show Ravenswood!!!!
I never really watched monsterfest/fearfest much but I did usually try to catch scifi original movies when they were still around
Great video! Discovered Monster/Fear Fest as a young teenager in the early 2000s and I still tune in every year even though the programming's been a dud for a while. Shudder's a great service, too. Joe Bob Briggs is such a welcome addition to their service.
There was a point were it felt like they had the handful of Halloween movies they had the rights in heavy rotation during the Halloween season. Shudder is great since they have good working relationships with the distributors of more strange cult like movies so you find real odd ball movies plus they pick up stuff from the festival circuit.
@@stephennootens916 I wish they'd air more of the lesser known stuff in between the tried and true classics. I've been saying for years that a movie like The Frighteners could be a big October staple on AMC if they'd just air it a few times.
I have these on VHS.
I've been watching Monster/Fear fest for decades now. And while I love anything from the 70's and 80's,I really do miss the older classic silent and Universal horror films they used to play. The last few years it's been nothing but recent horror movies and tons of Walking dead commercials. And the last two days of October they've just played Halloween movies(with Michael Myers) over and over again. I get that things change and adapt,but I really do miss the way AMC used to be.
22:00 I'm pretty sure you meant that Zach Snyder's 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead premiered and not the original since the rights of the original are now owned by one of the producers who is notoriously stingy about making it available to watch.
Nice vid, although the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead wasn't by George Romero, it was by Zack Snyder, in his directorial debut.
21:55
You mean Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead?
So I've been watching the Monster Mania specials out of order all this time? Bride is the third one, NOT Attack of the 50 ft?
Can you make a video about TNT and why it was heavily invested in martial arts film?
Bill "Moo-Mee"
is it October yet?
The thing about cable that was so good, was you could have channels for niche media. Eventually though, all the unique channels slowly succumbed to the lowest common denominator, and because boring and dumb. Scifi, Discovery, Bravo, The Learning Channel, etc. Such a shame. There's something to be said for having a curated experience, over the trap of endless scrolling -- unable to decide which movie to watch. That's why I have a sub to Night Flight. My fav streaming service, not only does it have weirdo movies and show selections, it has a channel that you can just turn on and watch.
Thank you so much for mentioning Night Flight. Literally have never heard of it but it looks cool as hell and I will be subscribing immediately!
720p?
No one can match monster vision
AMC destroys every movie they show by editing explicit content out. Leave the movies as they were originally made or dont play them at all.
Plot twist walking dud is actually lame and banal but try to convince the sheeple of that.
Way too interested in having an opinion about something you don’t like. Don’t worry, you’ll find something better to do with your energy in your Thirties.
Great vid! I remember my Brother and I actually anticipating this. Like "dude Monsterfest is next week, what tapes can we tape over without getting in trouble?"
I’ll never forget finding out this was a thing. I’m 41, but didn’t grow up with cable. Was delivering pizza in what must’ve been 99/2000 when someone had this on in background. Truly life changing indeed.
I love when things had that 90s video store vibe. Grab a 2 liter of Pepsi , some Cooler Ranch Doritos and watch some monster flicks
🎃
I used to watch monster/fearfest pretty hardcore every year growing up. Saw a lot of classics for the first time through that time. I did eventually stop during the walking dead marathon years though. The block became less of a celebration of Halloween and horror movies, but instead became a promotional tool for their newer series. Also by that point I was old enough to have a job and start buying copies of all the movies I liked.
I like how they touted the AMC version of The Prisoner as “original”. I wonder if anyone has done videos about that dumpster fire. The original was so great and of its time…I wish it was left alone. Not even Sir Ian could make it watchable.
Didn't TNT do something similar?
MonsterVision
With Joe bob Briggs.
I remember this as a kid. Wow. Love it!!
This video's awesome. Even though Monsterfest/Fearfest is so bastardized and commercialized now, I still appreciate it. Nice to have a month straight of horror movies to just flick on in October, even though its usually the same like 20 movies over and over. I got sick of those years where they were really shoving TWD down our throats.
Now Freeform does 31 days of Halloween, but it isn’t the same. :/
i remember getting in trouble in '99 for staying up all night on Halloween watching that live cam of the haunted house. i would run from the kitchen to the living room so i could watch whatever was playing on AMC at the time.
About time somebody opens there eyes and noticed that all amc does now with amc fearfest is make it to promote its damn streaming platform and doesn't even call it AMC FEARFEST LIKE WTF we clearly watching the channel for a reason
Excellent video! Please cover TNT's "MonsterVision" with Joe Bob Briggs as well 👍
Monstervision was heaven. Im so sad television doesn't exist like that anymore...
great stuff!
I miss when Bravo used to show classy stuff. Now it’s all reality TV. I also wish AMC would show all their new shows on regular cable and not just AMC+. :/
Does anyone remember Fear Friday?
An amazing breakdown. Nothing was quite like the AMC of the '90s and early 2000s, and I particularly remember enjoying them more when they stayed true to their roots and played more of the Universal horror classics from the '30s-'50s. I totally get that they had to rebrand and change with the times, though. That's the nature of the beast.
Same with Bravo. I remember seeing opera and the episodes of Twin Peaks with the Log Lady intros. Also, many foreign films. Now, it’s just reality TV. It’s a shame.
I never watched Monsterfest, but this is giving me some nostalgia for IFC’s Indie Screams.
Criminally underrated channel
Man, I loved AMC's MonsterFest; now, it's just The Walking Dead, the Halloween movies, and the Leprechaun movies.
Do Creature Double Feature tv38 Boston PLEASE!!
👁️ always look forward to monsterfest .
It screamed Halloween. It was like Bobby “Boris” Pickett Monster Mash came to life, but like monster👁️vision it too is never more
TV around Halloween time used to fuckin' rock, dude.
George A Romero did not make Dawn of the Dead (2004) 21:58 lmao
Some might of hated it, but that pop up version of Halloween is seared into my brain as a core memory i have staying up and watching AMC Monsterfest back in the day
AMC needs to go back to the monster roots , they need to also go back to college and get monster fest instead of fear fest
I remember the original monster fest. It was such a good time for me as a kid. I also lament the old AMC, with the original classic films. TCM is going that way too. I'm just glad I have alot of it on disc and can still enjoy it that way
I thought they save TCM? I don't have it anymore because I cut my cable but my Dad watches a lot of it.
This is a great video and I can't wait for more!