I was lucky enough to see this film during its blink-and-you-missed-it theatrical run, and the audience at my local Connecticut grindhouse, a pack of drunks and junkies who were used to all manner of cinematic trash, could not believe what they were seeing as it played.
Rented it probably a week later as an impressionable sixth-grader, so you can imagine my reaction. Couldn't watch Night Court until the 90's when it was in syndication.
Fun fact: The movie was directed by Jay Schlossberg-Cohen, whose other movie - "Cry Wilderness" - was riffed on the most recent season of MST3K. I'd love to see Jonah and the bots riff on this one. But considering all the violence and nudity, sadly, I doubt they'd do it.
I remember buying the film in a collection along with Flesh Eating Mothers, The Nest and Curfew. And I was quite pissed afterwards that I spent money on it.
the full song was one of the sickest groovy solos ever put to strings~ And it's a pity the Dance with Me band got wiped out in the train crash, they were gonna play Idiot Control!
Whenever Brandon get's to Godzilla's Revenge, I hope it's a giant collab with AlextheHunted, Decker Shadow, Dr. Wolfula, Dark Corners Reviews and Gojifan trying to save Brandon's sanity
I've seen Cataclysm before. They added all those weird Claymation demons to this anthology version (and I assume that silly Wasp in Dark Side of Love as well). The deaths are a lot more simple in the original. Although Cameron Mitchell still dies via terrible stock footage explosion in that one too.
Saga Saga you are correct sir. I saw it once from one of those “50 sci-fi movies for $20” packs. I totally forgot Cameron Mitchell was in that though. I did remember Richard Moll and the Dr Mengele / Devil though. Funny they tried to make a strange movie even stranger.
@@cwgodzilla That's where I saw it too, as The Nightmare Never Ends. When I say watched, mind, I meant started. Thank you Saga Saga, for that tidbit about the new stop motion, now I don't have to go back and finish it.
Yeah, I watched the full Gretta movie after watching Night Train to Terror today, and was really shocked at how those scenes were different. Still the same guy getting shocked, but without all the gore!
Well, the last train-ride-from-hell movie you reviewed (Horror Express) was actually pretty scary and enjoyable. And this one is... well, it's enjoyable!
Horror Express. When that was shown on the TV here in the UK, it scared the crap out of my young self. No sleeping without the lights on that night and no mistake! Think it was the white eyes thing that did my nut in. Watched it recently and still found it quite creepy. That haunting whistle in the main theme is, even now, relatively chilling. Although, Telly Savalas' non-existent Russian Cossack accent is superb for balance. I've heard that it was loosely based on the short story Who Goes There? Which became the basis of John Carpenter's remake of The Thing.
49 videos in on this binge watch as a new sub and seriously this weird mess of incomprehensibility has done me in - and I LOVE IT! Will watch more now. :)
This is why the 80's was such an interesting time in the history of film. Producers didn't care about anything but making money and doing coke. Story. Coherence...tone...none of that was important as long as you had money and coke 🤔🤣
this is the weirdest stop motion I have seen in a long time. the movements are great, but the figures look like they were made by a gradeschooler out of clay. it's still quite neat.
First, the band at the beginning of the first story IS completely horrifying. Imagine having to sit through eternity (or even an hour) of that... uuughhhh!
Thank you for reviewing this film, this beautiful garbage needs to be seen more, it is bad horror film perfection and in my top 5 anthology horror films
Listen to the song lyrics. Remember how parents once thought pop music was the devil's tunes? The phrases 'dance with the devil' (dance with me) and 'the devil makes work for idle hands' (you've got nothing to do).
I'm seeing a potato masher, a frying pan flipper, a really long fork, and a ladle. Instruments of torture not on screen include tongs, a whisk, a mixing spoon, a pizza cutter, and an icecream scoop. XD
@6:47 a spatula, soup ladle, potato masher, couple sauce pans, and i think a strainer in the Richard Moll torture scene..... Was this the original "Hells Kitchen " idea pitch?
Was beginning to wonder if this was the inspiration for Blane the Mono from the Dark Tower series. That huge claymation wasp challenge certainly is reminiscent of that giant wasp creature from The Mist film. The one that didn't sting that wacky zealot woman.
Just stumbled across this movie on Tubi. It’s messed up. I came on YT to see if anyone has done a review on it. I’ve watched quite a few 80s horror movies that are very mediocre, but this one, especially the last segment was truly unsettling
I Got This Movie on One of Those Bargain Bin Classics Collection DVD Sets, and When I First Saw it I was Like OMG This Flick is Just Dripping with '80s!
If you liked this movie you ought to check out Spookies from 1986, that too is frankenstein'd together out of two totally unrelated horror movies, though that one doesn't even try to separate them into small stories.
Did any one else hope to see a quick cut scene of Brandon dancing to the opening music video? then back to the music video, then back to Brandon just sitting on his couch looking confused again. No mention of it.. we just imagined it, it never happened..
Thanks for the posting this. Night Train to Terror is probably my favorite bad movie of all time. I love the stop motion effects. Definitely not Harryhausen, but still fun.
I know I've just commented but noting your Atari garb, I've just come up with a joke. I say, I say I say, what is a pirates favourite videogame? Answer: Yarrrs Revenge.
How about reviewing "Sundown: the Vampire in retreat"? With Bruce Campbell of Evil Dead fame among others. Very different from a typical vampire flick.
3:27 - Yeah, that's kind of the problem, Dick. At least with Satan, he allows people to have and experience what they want to make the most of life. But YOUR path is all about what YOU want, and there's no fun for anyone else, and no way out of it once there. Quite frankly, THAT sounds like Hell to me.
Have you considered Alligator by the way? Or does that fall out of cult films? I don't think so. Also, the Giant Gila Monster is great. Love the music too.
You’re like a kinder, gentler, non-snobby Cinema Snob!
You’ve got my sub!
Ironically brad isn't that bad irl
Will someone dance with me? Everyone has something to do except for me 😢
"Dance with me! Dance with me!" *Dun dun!* "Dance with me! Dance with me!" *Dun dun!* 🙆♂️💃🕺🙆♀️
I'll dance with ya, just change the song!
I have Phil Collins syndrome. I can't dance.
@@sinical1031 fuckin Phil fuckin Collins.
warriorwhacko *holds my spectral hand out in a gentlemanly offer of dance*
I was lucky enough to see this film during its blink-and-you-missed-it theatrical run, and the audience at my local Connecticut grindhouse, a pack of drunks and junkies who were used to all manner of cinematic trash, could not believe what they were seeing as it played.
Rented it probably a week later as an impressionable sixth-grader, so you can imagine my reaction. Couldn't watch Night Court until the 90's when it was in syndication.
Drunks and junkies noice
@@thepassionofthegoose5472 3
@@thepassionofthegoose5472 When are those hack frauds at the VHS repair shop going to fix my Nightcourt tape?!
Drunk junkies were probably all just rotating turns to the bathrooms during the whole movie.
Richard Moll is a treasure to any B movie.
He's not as good as King, Bruce Campbell, but he definitely places in the top three.
HAIL TO THE KING BABY
Davey from the Monkees says, “There Is Only One King, and His Name Is SATAN!!!!”
The legend say the band is playing that song until now.
"A giant wasp, that's lame."
2020: "Noted, I'll use giant hornets instead."
Fun fact: The movie was directed by Jay Schlossberg-Cohen, whose other movie - "Cry Wilderness" - was riffed on the most recent season of MST3K.
I'd love to see Jonah and the bots riff on this one. But considering all the violence and nudity, sadly, I doubt they'd do it.
What a cohencidence
I remember buying the film in a collection along with Flesh Eating Mothers, The Nest and Curfew.
And I was quite pissed afterwards that I spent money on it.
Sounds like the director had a little too much Night Train.
Nothing beats the theme from “The Green Slime”.
You mean it's not just something in my head?
the full song was one of the sickest groovy solos ever put to strings~
And it's a pity the Dance with Me band got wiped out in the train crash, they were gonna play Idiot Control!
how has this song and that dance scene never gotten a cutaway gag in Family Guy?
You Can’t Do That On Television...
The Dance with Me song from this movie comes close, though.
I'd like to see the band in this film go on tour with Dragon Sound
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Richard Moll is an effective actor. Too bad he doesn’t get roles in better films.
And appeared on an episode of Babylon 5.
He was a rich lady's butler in an episode of Laverne and Shirley...I think that's the first time I saw him.
@MrWesdotcomTwo-Face?! In what?! *Explodes from excitement*
@MrWesdotcom holy crap. I never knew he was in TAS!
Whenever Brandon get's to Godzilla's Revenge, I hope it's a giant collab with AlextheHunted, Decker Shadow, Dr. Wolfula, Dark Corners Reviews and Gojifan trying to save Brandon's sanity
Deadpoolzilla good point
Dr. Wolfula doesn't really do Godzilla. He likes Godzilla as far as kaiju go
I hate that movie title. It’s so..so misleading
Deadpoolzilla Why Is this not pinned?
Deadpoolzilla that's a cool and amazing idea/point
I've seen Cataclysm before. They added all those weird Claymation demons to this anthology version (and I assume that silly Wasp in Dark Side of Love as well). The deaths are a lot more simple in the original. Although Cameron Mitchell still dies via terrible stock footage explosion in that one too.
Saga Saga you are correct sir. I saw it once from one of those “50 sci-fi movies for $20” packs. I totally forgot Cameron Mitchell was in that though. I did remember Richard Moll and the Dr Mengele / Devil though. Funny they tried to make a strange movie even stranger.
@@cwgodzilla That's where I saw it too, as The Nightmare Never Ends. When I say watched, mind, I meant started. Thank you Saga Saga, for that tidbit about the new stop motion, now I don't have to go back and finish it.
Yeah, I watched the full Gretta movie after watching Night Train to Terror today, and was really shocked at how those scenes were different. Still the same guy getting shocked, but without all the gore!
@@MountainIce007 how'd you find it ? What'd you watch it on I've been trying to watch the Gretta one since I already saw cataclysm
Well, the last train-ride-from-hell movie you reviewed (Horror Express) was actually pretty scary and enjoyable. And this one is... well, it's enjoyable!
I rented this in 1985 in the sixth-grade. Yeah, I'm still recovering.
"The night porter will see to everything". Charlotte Rampling already told me that.
Horror Express. When that was shown on the TV here in the UK, it scared the crap out of my young self. No sleeping without the lights on that night and no mistake! Think it was the white eyes thing that did my nut in. Watched it recently and still found it quite creepy. That haunting whistle in the main theme is, even now, relatively chilling. Although, Telly Savalas' non-existent Russian Cossack accent is superb for balance. I've heard that it was loosely based on the short story Who Goes There? Which became the basis of John Carpenter's remake of The Thing.
49 videos in on this binge watch as a new sub and seriously this weird mess of incomprehensibility has done me in - and I LOVE IT! Will watch more now. :)
“And by that it means it gave him a boner”
You’re a genius. Simple. Perfect. I lol’d.
This is why the 80's was such an interesting time in the history of film. Producers didn't care about anything but making money and doing coke. Story. Coherence...tone...none of that was important as long as you had money and coke 🤔🤣
Cmon... 12 Transformers movies is a fucking snowstorm in Burbank...
Now for a Richard. Moll double feature review. 'Metalstorm the destruction of Jared synn'
The Galaxy Express 999 comment was apropos- it was my first thought when I saw the stars outside the train car window.
theiage
this is the weirdest stop motion I have seen in a long time. the movements are great, but the figures look like they were made by a gradeschooler out of clay. it's still quite neat.
"Fake Columbia" - This is why I love this channel!
First, the band at the beginning of the first story IS completely horrifying. Imagine having to sit through eternity (or even an hour) of that... uuughhhh!
Have you tried listening to Lily Allen?
FACT:That is what happens to us when we die.
i was hoping to hear "DECAPITATIOOOOON" this week. made.my day. i needed that laugh. ty. amd FYI NOTHING beats the ninja song
No song can replace "Can you believe it when you're dead...GREEN SLIME"
Thank you for reviewing this film, this beautiful garbage needs to be seen more, it is bad horror film perfection and in my top 5 anthology horror films
Listen to the song lyrics.
Remember how parents once thought pop music was the devil's tunes?
The phrases 'dance with the devil' (dance with me) and 'the devil makes work for idle hands' (you've got nothing to do).
Bold of Brandon to expect me to not already have that song stuck in my head.:D
We have God and the Devil, but where's Bob?
LaDracul oh shit i get the reference!😀
Ha
I'm sailing.
ahh that is a blast from the past
I miss that series
@6:48. Apparently instruments of torture also included potato mashers?
Brian O'Connell
Only if you're doing it right.
That’s very scary if you’re a potato!
Don’t forget about the dreaded... ladle....
I'm seeing a potato masher, a frying pan flipper, a really long fork, and a ladle.
Instruments of torture not on screen include tongs, a whisk, a mixing spoon, a pizza cutter, and an icecream scoop. XD
@@pirateraider1708 You ever saw "The Ice Cream Man?" "You gotta try this!" 😂🤣🍦🍧🍨
You were so right, that damn song is stuck in my head! Damn you Brandon lol
Cameron Mitchel *and* John Phillip Law...are you sure this isn't Space Mutiny?
CANT.....RESIST.........DANCE WITH ME ....OH ...PLEASE STOP IT....DANCE WITH ME DANCE WITH ME DANCE WITH ME
WABUU how did you escape Dingo Films?!
Had to look up what Richard Moll has been up to since the end of Night Court.
That man's been working steadily ever sense.
Pretty sure this was made before Night Court.
Looks like a perfect movie for watching when I’m stoned.
The 80's were strange.
@asian dude this film
23:09 Not even death can keep that guitar player from rocking out....even if it's just random twitches.
@6:47 a spatula, soup ladle, potato masher, couple sauce pans, and i think a strainer in the Richard Moll torture scene..... Was this the original "Hells Kitchen " idea pitch?
Was beginning to wonder if this was the inspiration for Blane the Mono from the Dark Tower series. That huge claymation wasp challenge certainly is reminiscent of that giant wasp creature from The Mist film. The one that didn't sting that wacky zealot woman.
I think she said, "Defrocked Monk."
Probably, although she wasn't very clear.
I would like to hear your thoughts about "Wyvern"
When they say, "everybody's got something to do, everybody but you" they're referring to the reason you're watching this movie.
Just stumbled across this movie on Tubi. It’s messed up. I came on YT to see if anyone has done a review on it. I’ve watched quite a few 80s horror movies that are very mediocre, but this one, especially the last segment was truly unsettling
i actually like this movie. it has many faults, it's taken from other movies, but its actually decent for all that
For some reason, I made a guess that this was made in 1985 and I was correct!
I've been marathoning your videos and the "PSYCHE!" when the face comes through the window was my favourite of all your uses of it yet.
This must be the most nuts film that Brandon's ever reviewed! And possibly one of the most nuts films ever made...
Something about "Dance With Me" makes me think of Timbuk3. Only thing missing is a harmonica.
This movie is a hidden gem made of LSD from the looks of it
You should do a review of 'Singapore Sling". It's an interesting cult /mystery movie.
Some ideas for you to review:
Shin: Kamen Rider Prologue (Aka Kamen Rider Shin)
White Fire
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Space Thunder Kids
Maybe Do Sleepaway Camp (1983), And Godzilla, King Of The Monsters! (1954/1956)
Teenage Caveman! Six String Samurai! Battlefield Baseball!
Space thunder kids LOL I haven't seen that in years.
I dont think that godzilla vs destroyah would fit because its not really that bad
And for Easter/Passover, review The Abominable Dr. Phibes!
Thank you for the GE 999 reference. I was hoping for it.
Now i have this song in my head again, goddammit
Isn't it better than having the Gamera theme stuck in there?
Gail Lewis I actually go crazy with that Havana song, I hate it but it gets stuck in my head
Your Aunt Ruthie has got some moves!
12:22 He's just taking the squid game approach, this movie was clearly just ahead of its time.
I Got This Movie on One of Those Bargain Bin Classics Collection DVD Sets,
and When I First Saw it I was Like OMG This Flick is Just Dripping with '80s!
And this movie was only in 4:3 ,right?
But I never found out if someone danced with him!
It’s hard to find some of these movies. They are worth looking for, usually...
Now that song is back in rotation for getting stuck in my head.
The guy playing God was also the wizard opposing Akiro in Conan the Destroyer-Ferdy Mayne
Holy shit! It's The Architect from the Matrix movies. That dude really gets around.
That song has been stuck in my head way before this review.
Great review! As always
Now I'm mostly just interested in your history with Atari. The 2600 was my first console, but looking at you, that seems...unlikely.
Yeah. Mine too brother. Space invaders on your TV! Still remember the magic.
His shirt is amazing
Me three! ATARI ROCKS! Now anyone else remember Atari Force?
Todd Starlin I remember them, I always wished they’d have made them an actual comic instead of just the ash cans with some cartridges.
@@nvfury13 Actually they did have an Atari Force comic for a time. The series took place several years after the comics with the cartridges.
terror vision was the one that got stuck in my head the most
I remember this movie. It was a real eye roller, but I cant' say that I was bored. Good review.
If you liked this movie you ought to check out Spookies from 1986, that too is frankenstein'd together out of two totally unrelated horror movies, though that one doesn't even try to separate them into small stories.
Hah! Where's Walter at the arm and a leg joke to say, "Aw, screw you, that was funny!"
uh........ what the hell just happened? this movie makes me fee like I just lost a few brain cells
Did any one else hope to see a quick cut scene of Brandon dancing to the opening music video?
then back to the music video, then back to Brandon just sitting on his couch looking confused again.
No mention of it.. we just imagined it, it never happened..
Some of the pic of your face early on with the WTF look are going to become internet memes. I guarantee it.
15:22 Maybe tattooing 999 on the person could be a way to remember the phone number for the emergancy services if you get into trouble in the UK.
That is not Mr. Satan. Mr. Satan is the Martial Arts Champion of the World who saved us all from Majin Buu!
You just know part of Satan's punishment in Hell is spending eternity listening to that song over and over and over again.
3:29 Hilarious!!! So Good! I recent bought this movie... YOU NAILED IT! This review is perfect! Great Work as ALWAYS brotha 👍👍👍👏
I "Fire Marshal Bill" laughed at your "arm and a leg" joke.
Omg, the decapitation meme never fails to get me 😂
Thanks for the posting this. Night Train to Terror is probably my favorite bad movie of all time. I love the stop motion effects. Definitely not Harryhausen, but still fun.
I know I've just commented but noting your Atari garb, I've just come up with a joke. I say, I say I say, what is a pirates favourite videogame? Answer: Yarrrs Revenge.
HAR! I meant HA! ATARI RULES!
How about reviewing "Sundown: the Vampire in retreat"? With Bruce Campbell of Evil Dead fame among others. Very different from a typical vampire flick.
Fun bit of trivia that I learned from the Grindbin podcast: the singer of the band is the grandson of the writer, hence his inclusion.
Thanks for the Galaxy Express 999 reference.
Brandon, I look forward to your videos so much. You kill me dude
Green Slime keeps being the king of ear worms, I catch myself humming it so often it's ridiculous....like right now XD
I'm so wonderfully confused by everything happening in this movie.
Just all of it.
Night Train to Dark Comedy, always a Good Time Brandon
That pygar special joke was legendary
She aid he's a "defunct" monk which would be a good band name.
3:27 - Yeah, that's kind of the problem, Dick. At least with Satan, he allows people to have and experience what they want to make the most of life. But YOUR path is all about what YOU want, and there's no fun for anyone else, and no way out of it once there. Quite frankly, THAT sounds like Hell to me.
This is hands down one of the best things I've seen, first caught it on TCM Underground and it was insane!
i always ask my self, where do they get all these wacky movies from.
The beginning kinda reminds me of Good Omens. God and the Devil in a meeting
Just found my new ringtone. Thanks, Brandon.
Good god, that song gets stuck in your head forever!
That Dance with me guy looks like a cross between Adrian Zmed and a young Dennis Reynolds.
That song has no right being as catchy as it is :=)
Have you considered Alligator by the way? Or does that fall out of cult films? I don't think so. Also, the Giant Gila Monster is great. Love the music too.
Brandon. If you ever come to Norway, you gotta dance with me, dance with me!