I am an IP lawyer, Willie, and you're doing fine. You might not be meeting UA-cam's excessively conservative standards regarding the use of others' IP, but if any of the IP owners whose works you've discussed took you to arbitration or trial, I'd be incredibly surprised if they won. That said, they might in some cases have enough of a claim to force you to trial, which would probably be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming for you.
I agree with Knitcholas, the "pointy tits" to "calmed her tits" transition was flawless. Not only did I love it by itself, I also loved that for a while after you kept trying (and failing) not to show in your face how proud you are of it.
My parents are both still very traumatized by the normalization of child abuse in the 50s. With that said, it is pretty cool that the stereotypical gaslighting, dismissive, unsupportive 1950s husband ended up being the villain in this movie. That feels like it was a start in the right direction.
It was actually a pretty standard trope. We literally get the term "gaslighting" from an old story where... well, it's kind of self explanitory. The idea seemed less about saying that controlling and manipulative men were bad and more supposed to be that these men were good or at least normal partners on surface and it's supposed to be shocking and unnerving that this figure you're supposed to trust and defer to is actually hurting you and you'd never know the difference until it was too late, and there would be very few people you could turn to because no one would believe you that this "wonderful" husband was doing anything wrong. Occasionally you'd get versions where everyone else thinks the husband is bad news, but that tends to play more into classist stuff usually - he's bad news because he's from a lower social station than her so of course he's unscrupulous and crass.
Do you suppose the offer is still valid today? Like, if I were alone in my house going into cardiac arrest, and I used the last of my strength to put on The Screaming Skull and scrawl on a piece of paper "too scary :(", would they have to pay for my burial still? Or was it only in theaters?
Who could've guessed that the guy who beaned a peacock with an ashtray completely unprovoked was, in fact, a villain? 🤣 Mr. Muse, you honestly never miss with your content and commentary. 💖💅
"All of the skeletons in my closet wear sundresses" is one of those things that sounds like a little aesthetic cute thing to say but once you actually start thinking about the implications of that metaphor it actually starts turning REALLY dark. Also I am begging anyone who may read this who makes music to PLEASE use that as a song title.
Not me sitting here feeling genuinely called out after not realizing telling someone which insect you want to be apparently isn't a good first conversational topic 😅
Regarding the caterpillar thing…back in the day it was thought that people with intellectual disabilities had interests that matched with their ‘mental age’, so if your intellectual capacity was in some way similar to a child, then you would be stuck at a younger stage and never develop adult interests. So maybe she was trying to be kind by dredging up her memories of being a child? Meanwhile, if he was a gardener he probably wasn’t fond of caterpillars eating his plants.
The colorization is like it was a film school group project and one member of the group didn't turn their portion in and another member was happy with partial credit.
the more i (gen z/millennial) talk with my mom (gen x) about all the shit her boomer parents did that fucked her up in some way (especially when there’s additional context about how THEY were raised) i’m just like oh. it’s the generational trauma isn’t it. huh. like there’s so much shit my grandparents did to my mom that she’s still bitter about (rightfully so) and it stems directly from how they were raised and so on. thankfully my mom looked at her parents and decided she wasn’t going to do the same shit, but like. it’s hard enough to grow and change for the better. when you haven’t gotten that love and support as a child it’s even harder to break out of it because that’s all you know.
As a historian and a person whose favorite episode of MST3K is this one, I love this video. Thank you, Willie, for another hilarious and surprisingly introspective bad movie review.
24:30 That slamming sound triggered me so hard. My beautiful sweet kitty boy likes to get my attention in the morning by popping a cabinet door open and letting it fall shut. THAT is the sound.
A friend lived next to a large country estate house with peacocks, and visiting them I know you would not need to point out the peacock sound at night - they'd have been doing it ALL. THE. TIME. ... They even seem to be most vocal late afternoon to evening - so she'd have heard it for hours before going to bed
We have them wild in my neighborhood and CRAP are they annoying. But quite beautiful too. Just hanging out in trees on low branches, the males with their tails hanging down not even on display but looking perfectly arranged for a photo shoot anyway. The neighborhood comes together in freezes or bad storms to protect them. They’re descendants of a bunch that used to live on the grounds of a famous fancy restaurant up the bayou from us. They’re pretty much our neighborhood mascot.
Not only would the ppl of the 1950's seen Mickey as dangerous bc of his nerodivergence, but also, at the time, his "long hair" was seen as something only criminals would sport. Basically, if you didn't have a military hairstyle, you were seen as a hooligan. That changed in the 1960's bc the Beetles has "long hair" but were so talented, ppl learned to look past it.
It never fails to amaze me how you not only come up with something profound to say at the end of each video that makes me stop and reflect on life a little, but manage to work in what ever clown shoes piece of media you happen to be reviewing.
The way you tied the ghost skull to an allegory of the past, that we should stop fearing it and instead face it and listen to its warning was truly brilliant! Thank you for this amazing video they're always a joy to watch! :^D (I love your transitions by the way!)
me and my partner sleep in the same bed as a rare treat because our pillow preferences are crazy different and we both like flail around in our sleep to the point that we really should just have a bed floor if we're ever lucky enough to afford such a luxury. I have met people who would be concerned about our relationship if i told them that. such a weird horse shoe flip to perpetuating the same problem but opposite
I spent the first 8 minutes thinking "how did this movie fall into the public domain? it's not that old?" then i realized I was thinking of "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra," not this movie, which I also saw around the same time, and apparently just mixed up in my head.
I read that the separate bed thing was a real trend that waxed and waned from the 1800s or earlier through to the 50s because it was seen as healthier, particularly during pandemics, as well as a status symbol when rich people had separate bedrooms in mansions.
in the span of human life, the 60's weren't long ago, my grandmother back then was a chemical engineer, and my grandpa was an unemployed student. when they bought their house, she wasn't allowed to be the one signing paperwork or have the house in her name. my parents grew up the the 70's and 80's, and had family members die in sudden and violent ways. no therapy of course. i'm pretty sure my dad is traumatized from his job as a medical 1st responder, and his mother was probably abusive. emotional repression and poorly managed anger is the name of the game. it's a shame. they did very well as parents regardless, and i try to give them grace for times they've hurt me because they didn't have all the support i have now.
I think the general audience was supposed to suspect Mickey because he's "weird" and "unstable," but honestly: I think the movie did want the audience to think the husband's behavior is "normal," and the fact that it now reads as foreshadowing that he's actually a murderer is supposed to be a shocking twist. Which makes the actual shocking twist of "skeleton in a sundress and ornate hat" a lot more shocking afterward, cause usually movies like this only have one twist. I've always had a soft spot for this weird little film!
I have come here enraged by Sia's movie because the time it sadly came to existence my autistic ass was too tired to have the anger in me so I tried to stay out of it but now I kinda just going through it deliting all the long ignored downloaded music that had only caused me salty thought of Why couldn't she just stick to that My point is that Willie is really calming to me right now and I am grateful for that
@@WillieMuse2 I am sorry I give you this idea it honestly wasn't my intention but I kinda wonna encourage you because I still want to have reason to be at least little angry at that movie but no pressure
Willie, there are two main strategic advantages to skeletons that I think you've overlooked. One, since they do have no muscles or tendons moving them, their method of holding their bones together and of moving are magical in nature, possibly even demonic, and you have no way to judge how strong that force might be. Look at Spinal from Killer Instinct, he's a cursed pirate skeketon who fights robots and aliens without being easily broken apart. And this brings me to the second advantage: Sometimes they do break apart, and that can be an explosive method of attack, because after they fly apart, who's to say they can't magically come right back together again? How many enemies in video games are not permanently destructible at all because they're just a pile of bones it's impossible to truly damage? Unless you can fight whatever magic is propelling then, you might actually have no meaningful way to fight a skeleton, and you're going to get tired before it does.
Ooops, someone said Spinal. Now we have to play the Spinal song. (We always have to play the Spinal song. All of New Killer Inst... no, all of Killer Instinct (in toto's) songs are incredible successes.)
@@Patrick-Phelan No Cut, no matter how Killer, will ever measure up to Technotronic's anthem for Mortal Kombat. Go ahead. Test its Might. That Killer Cuts cd was always playing second fiddle.
Honestly only reason I am scared of the skull is because I have art exam tomorrow when I have to draw skull standing for six hours straight ...so more of a dread 🫠💀
I wish I wasn't kidding but I literally had no reaction to all the other things that were supposed to be scary...and just as I was writing it the man just chocked his wife..ok
If it means anything, your video discussing Bee Movie was the best excuse for me to eventually watch it and the copyright strike absolutely killed the want to watch it.
This might not be your most popular series but I enjoy it greatly! I hope you’ll talk about one of the pre-Hayes code scandalous movies with “the gays” one day too
I might watch this move just to see the main characters nightgowns better 😂 Cause I sew & wanna wander around my house in some of those epic nightgowns too.
My first presidential election was in 1980. I was never more depressed or defeated than election night 1980. Turns out it was just a start of a trend. Nominal Baby Boomer I am, but I never felt like one. Much closer in temperament to GenX, but for the Flower Child Tie-Dye Bell-Bottom Harvey Wallbanger Village People cosplay I still have in my heart. Love your show.
the peacock scene reminded me of your no twitter for 30 days vid. and the part where you read us some thoughts you would otherwise have tweeted. specifically the one about only the males being "peacocks", and the females are actually "poo pussies". that sh*t killed me. i like to use that as an icebreaker (crediting you when i do).
I'm really happy you made this video, WIllie. It was a pleasure listening to you break down this quasi-remarkable horror movie, and arriving at the conclusion that the scariest thing about The Screaming Skull is the cultural climate that produced it
While watching the end of the video, I had to swap to another window for a moment, and video window went partly behind the new one. As I mentally focused on the other window, Willie leaned out from behind it and made a little gasp noise, that made me laugh and lose my concentration. 10/10 would recommend.
I really enjoy these video essays. The ones about the older films, like willie said, really gives a strange snapshot of the time, and that is interesting.
Remember that one time you said not many people were invested in you? Well I want you to know I waited more than half an hour for my crappy WiFi to load this video when it first came out.
I Love the public domain movie recaps! I honestly can't figure out why these don't do as well as other videos? Seeing Willie have an absence seizure after the husband says he wants to keep his wife around because it makes him happy and not bring her back to the mental hospital is serious comedy gold.
Kind of fitting that the only thing that stands out in an old horror movie is its hauntology. Thanks for putting out this video, Willie! It was a great watch.
i for one like someone riffing on old movies, so this is right up my alley. one tip i learned recently though: the youtuber telltale discovered that if your audience watches the video all the way to the end it boosts your algorithm massively for whatever reason. so while the thumbnail posing at the end is always a hoot, i feel like you might want to think of a way to make the wrap-up of your videos more snappy so that viewers are less likely to turn it off early. just something to consider. here for you all the same.
Willie darling, I have a favor to ask. You know the famous 1959 movie 'Father of the Bride?' Did you know there is a sequel called 'Father's Little Dividend' which is in the public domain? You would get a kick out of the 1950 family dynamic.
The best part of old horror movies is the thing they unintentionally did, but I rarely see anyone do intentionally: that particular kind of clipping when someome screams into a microphone that absolutely can't handle it. There's just this indistinct punch there that a clean scream can't matcn. For all its hokeyness, this movie had some real good clippy screams.
Great video as Always! Here's a fun fact "it's impact is so terrifying it may have an unforeseen effect" - This audio clip was used for the Morbid Angel "Destructos vs the Earth remix" Interestingly enough, this track is also incorrectly labelled on spotify as the Nevermore single.
Thanks for the laughs, and the insights as always…I was beside myself with joy for this one. As someone who has watched the MST3K episode many times, I loved watching someone else I also enjoy comment on it’s absurdity.
i am very late watching this video, but just wanted to mention, when i was three my dream was to grow up to become a caterpillar, and in my early teens years i got stuck in a tree and the only way to get out was to kind of crawl caterpillar style back towards the trunk and it felt like i was living my dream.
im watching this as im procrastinating writing a response to something and the conclusion lines up so well with what im gonna write about :) love coincidences
Why is the house devoid of furniture and decorations? Like this is supposed to be a family estate. Oh, wait did the husband sell everything off when the first wife died? How was that not scandalous?
As I recall, he got rid of most of the furniture after the re-marriage, so they could buy all new furniture and "make their own memories together" or something
If you ever are interested in listening to a narrative podcast that queer horror with hope and a gentle eldritch entity narrating your nightmares to you, There is a character named Moth with Moth as the pronouns too. Love that character
Thanks for making these. I very much enjoy your content and right now it's helping me stay sane while I apply for jobs after making the difficult decision to leave grad school for my own physical and mental health.
Every time I watch one of your videos I want to give you a big hug. Great video, the ragtime music substitute was on point. Love your sailor sweater, too!
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thanking people for giving you money and immediately suggesting they try polyamory so theyll give you more money is such a power move tbh
The whole guy is a power move made flesh.
If a stranger opened up the conversation with "when i was little i wanted to be a caterpillar" I'd want to be their friend so fast
yeah, she weirdly did hit the perfect note for bonding with a neurodivergent stranger
I am an IP lawyer, Willie, and you're doing fine. You might not be meeting UA-cam's excessively conservative standards regarding the use of others' IP, but if any of the IP owners whose works you've discussed took you to arbitration or trial, I'd be incredibly surprised if they won. That said, they might in some cases have enough of a claim to force you to trial, which would probably be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming for you.
This is weirdly comforting! Thank you!!
@ajm YOU need to start a UA-cam channel lol! Get some of that true IP law info out there!
@@haleymist09 😊
That polyamory joke was immediate gold xD
I agree with Knitcholas, the "pointy tits" to "calmed her tits" transition was flawless. Not only did I love it by itself, I also loved that for a while after you kept trying (and failing) not to show in your face how proud you are of it.
Top tier transition
29:54 😂
My parents are both still very traumatized by the normalization of child abuse in the 50s.
With that said, it is pretty cool that the stereotypical gaslighting, dismissive, unsupportive 1950s husband ended up being the villain in this movie. That feels like it was a start in the right direction.
It was actually a pretty standard trope. We literally get the term "gaslighting" from an old story where... well, it's kind of self explanitory. The idea seemed less about saying that controlling and manipulative men were bad and more supposed to be that these men were good or at least normal partners on surface and it's supposed to be shocking and unnerving that this figure you're supposed to trust and defer to is actually hurting you and you'd never know the difference until it was too late, and there would be very few people you could turn to because no one would believe you that this "wonderful" husband was doing anything wrong.
Occasionally you'd get versions where everyone else thinks the husband is bad news, but that tends to play more into classist stuff usually - he's bad news because he's from a lower social station than her so of course he's unscrupulous and crass.
Do you suppose the offer is still valid today? Like, if I were alone in my house going into cardiac arrest, and I used the last of my strength to put on The Screaming Skull and scrawl on a piece of paper "too scary :(", would they have to pay for my burial still? Or was it only in theaters?
Only one way to find out
Not according to the MST3K episode, where they tried to cash in.
Who could've guessed that the guy who beaned a peacock with an ashtray completely unprovoked was, in fact, a villain? 🤣
Mr. Muse, you honestly never miss with your content and commentary. 💖💅
"All of the skeletons in my closet wear sundresses" is one of those things that sounds like a little aesthetic cute thing to say but once you actually start thinking about the implications of that metaphor it actually starts turning REALLY dark. Also I am begging anyone who may read this who makes music to PLEASE use that as a song title.
i might use this in a poem ngl
Not me sitting here feeling genuinely called out after not realizing telling someone which insect you want to be apparently isn't a good first conversational topic 😅
I thought it was a cute conversation starter too (; w ;)
i hate small talk, tell me what insect you emotionally connect to the most
So what kind of bug would y'all be? I would be a mad hatterpillar.
@@ashcombrink4998i would be that little bug that only drinks leaf juice and pees all the time
@@ashcombrink4998 I want to be a Katydid, but a pink one.
Regarding the caterpillar thing…back in the day it was thought that people with intellectual disabilities had interests that matched with their ‘mental age’, so if your intellectual capacity was in some way similar to a child, then you would be stuck at a younger stage and never develop adult interests.
So maybe she was trying to be kind by dredging up her memories of being a child? Meanwhile, if he was a gardener he probably wasn’t fond of caterpillars eating his plants.
The colorization is like it was a film school group project and one member of the group didn't turn their portion in and another member was happy with partial credit.
The husband was the first gaslight gatekeep girlboss
Truer words have never been said merobiba
Tbh (also thank you!!!)
I am positively in stitches 43:08 "When beating up his employee fails to cure his wife's mental illness"
"the past is a lot like a screaming skeleton in a sundress" loll great quote here
the more i (gen z/millennial) talk with my mom (gen x) about all the shit her boomer parents did that fucked her up in some way (especially when there’s additional context about how THEY were raised) i’m just like oh. it’s the generational trauma isn’t it. huh. like there’s so much shit my grandparents did to my mom that she’s still bitter about (rightfully so) and it stems directly from how they were raised and so on. thankfully my mom looked at her parents and decided she wasn’t going to do the same shit, but like. it’s hard enough to grow and change for the better. when you haven’t gotten that love and support as a child it’s even harder to break out of it because that’s all you know.
"stare the past in its big ugly skull" is a much cooler way name for one of my therapy techniques
I'm eating sourdough bread with spinach and garlic dip while watching this. I'm typing these words to please the Al Gore rhythm.
As a historian and a person whose favorite episode of MST3K is this one, I love this video. Thank you, Willie, for another hilarious and surprisingly introspective bad movie review.
24:30 That slamming sound triggered me so hard. My beautiful sweet kitty boy likes to get my attention in the morning by popping a cabinet door open and letting it fall shut. THAT is the sound.
A friend lived next to a large country estate house with peacocks, and visiting them I know you would not need to point out the peacock sound at night - they'd have been doing it ALL. THE. TIME. ... They even seem to be most vocal late afternoon to evening - so she'd have heard it for hours before going to bed
We have them wild in my neighborhood and CRAP are they annoying. But quite beautiful too. Just hanging out in trees on low branches, the males with their tails hanging down not even on display but looking perfectly arranged for a photo shoot anyway. The neighborhood comes together in freezes or bad storms to protect them. They’re descendants of a bunch that used to live on the grounds of a famous fancy restaurant up the bayou from us. They’re pretty much our neighborhood mascot.
Not only would the ppl of the 1950's seen Mickey as dangerous bc of his nerodivergence, but also, at the time, his "long hair" was seen as something only criminals would sport. Basically, if you didn't have a military hairstyle, you were seen as a hooligan. That changed in the 1960's bc the Beetles has "long hair" but were so talented, ppl learned to look past it.
It never fails to amaze me how you not only come up with something profound to say at the end of each video that makes me stop and reflect on life a little, but manage to work in what ever clown shoes piece of media you happen to be reviewing.
The way you tied the ghost skull to an allegory of the past, that we should stop fearing it and instead face it and listen to its warning was truly brilliant! Thank you for this amazing video they're always a joy to watch! :^D (I love your transitions by the way!)
"Now this is my dead wife's scream. Listen to the difference."
💯
me and my partner sleep in the same bed as a rare treat because our pillow preferences are crazy different and we both like flail around in our sleep to the point that we really should just have a bed floor if we're ever lucky enough to afford such a luxury. I have met people who would be concerned about our relationship if i told them that. such a weird horse shoe flip to perpetuating the same problem but opposite
What's a bed floor?
@@bookshelfhoney like a tatami mat floor
I spent the first 8 minutes thinking "how did this movie fall into the public domain? it's not that old?"
then i realized I was thinking of "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra," not this movie, which I also saw around the same time, and apparently just mixed up in my head.
I read that the separate bed thing was a real trend that waxed and waned from the 1800s or earlier through to the 50s because it was seen as healthier, particularly during pandemics, as well as a status symbol when rich people had separate bedrooms in mansions.
tucking into this like a hearty stew
in the span of human life, the 60's weren't long ago, my grandmother back then was a chemical engineer, and my grandpa was an unemployed student. when they bought their house, she wasn't allowed to be the one signing paperwork or have the house in her name.
my parents grew up the the 70's and 80's, and had family members die in sudden and violent ways. no therapy of course. i'm pretty sure my dad is traumatized from his job as a medical 1st responder, and his mother was probably abusive.
emotional repression and poorly managed anger is the name of the game. it's a shame. they did very well as parents regardless, and i try to give them grace for times they've hurt me because they didn't have all the support i have now.
I think the general audience was supposed to suspect Mickey because he's "weird" and "unstable," but honestly: I think the movie did want the audience to think the husband's behavior is "normal," and the fact that it now reads as foreshadowing that he's actually a murderer is supposed to be a shocking twist. Which makes the actual shocking twist of "skeleton in a sundress and ornate hat" a lot more shocking afterward, cause usually movies like this only have one twist. I've always had a soft spot for this weird little film!
I have come here enraged by Sia's movie because the time it sadly came to existence my autistic ass was too tired to have the anger in me so I tried to stay out of it
but now I kinda just going through it deliting all the long ignored downloaded music that had only caused me salty thought of Why couldn't she just stick to that
My point is that Willie is really calming to me right now and I am grateful for that
Wait. Should I do the Sia movie?
@@WillieMuse2 I am sorry I give you this idea it honestly wasn't my intention but I kinda wonna encourage you because I still want to have reason to be at least little angry at that movie but no pressure
@@harpeowl I’ve been considering it so maybe one day!
@@WillieMuse2that would be a great way for me to watch it without having to watch it myself, so yes please!
@@WillieMuse2 Not sure if I should consider that a gift or warning but I am grateful nonetheless Thank you
Willie, there are two main strategic advantages to skeletons that I think you've overlooked. One, since they do have no muscles or tendons moving them, their method of holding their bones together and of moving are magical in nature, possibly even demonic, and you have no way to judge how strong that force might be.
Look at Spinal from Killer Instinct, he's a cursed pirate skeketon who fights robots and aliens without being easily broken apart.
And this brings me to the second advantage: Sometimes they do break apart, and that can be an explosive method of attack, because after they fly apart, who's to say they can't magically come right back together again?
How many enemies in video games are not permanently destructible at all because they're just a pile of bones it's impossible to truly damage?
Unless you can fight whatever magic is propelling then, you might actually have no meaningful way to fight a skeleton, and you're going to get tired before it does.
Ooops, someone said Spinal. Now we have to play the Spinal song.
(We always have to play the Spinal song. All of New Killer Inst... no, all of Killer Instinct (in toto's) songs are incredible successes.)
@@Patrick-Phelan No Cut, no matter how Killer, will ever measure up to Technotronic's anthem for Mortal Kombat. Go ahead. Test its Might. That Killer Cuts cd was always playing second fiddle.
Also if Minecraft is to be believed, skeletons have bows and arrows, so that's a range attack.
It's a good day when a new Knitting with Willie comes out
21:53 Drawfee, thank you very much for bringing Willie into our lives.
Honestly only reason I am scared of the skull is because I have art exam tomorrow when I have to draw skull standing for six hours straight ...so more of a dread 🫠💀
I wish I wasn't kidding but I literally had no reaction to all the other things that were supposed to be scary...and just as I was writing it the man just chocked his wife..ok
The exam is over the skull has now no power over me
"The past is a lot like a skull in a sundress" is my new fav quote
If it means anything, your video discussing Bee Movie was the best excuse for me to eventually watch it and the copyright strike absolutely killed the want to watch it.
Piracy sounds like an appropriate next move
If I had any artistic ability I would be making fan art of Willie the trident-wielding skeleton slayer.
This might not be your most popular series but I enjoy it greatly! I hope you’ll talk about one of the pre-Hayes code scandalous movies with “the gays” one day too
Thank you for bringing The Screaming Skull into my life, Willie.
I might watch this move just to see the main characters nightgowns better 😂 Cause I sew & wanna wander around my house in some of those epic nightgowns too.
Babe wake up a new willie muse video just dropped
i feel like the endcard posing has gotten better and more entertaining to watch over time! glad to have been sticking around for all this time!
I giggled every time the skull showed up. Willie you're adorable in the sailor sweater ❤
My first presidential election was in 1980. I was never more depressed or defeated than election night 1980.
Turns out it was just a start of a trend. Nominal Baby Boomer I am, but I never felt like one. Much closer in temperament to GenX, but for the Flower Child Tie-Dye Bell-Bottom Harvey Wallbanger Village People cosplay I still have in my heart.
Love your show.
the peacock scene reminded me of your no twitter for 30 days vid. and the part where you read us some thoughts you would otherwise have tweeted. specifically the one about only the males being "peacocks", and the females are actually "poo pussies".
that sh*t killed me. i like to use that as an icebreaker (crediting you when i do).
"Still, pointy or not, Jenny's tits were calmed by her husband's explanaton..." this is one of the most sentences ever.
I'm really happy you made this video, WIllie. It was a pleasure listening to you break down this quasi-remarkable horror movie, and arriving at the conclusion that the scariest thing about The Screaming Skull is the cultural climate that produced it
While watching the end of the video, I had to swap to another window for a moment, and video window went partly behind the new one. As I mentally focused on the other window, Willie leaned out from behind it and made a little gasp noise, that made me laugh and lose my concentration.
10/10 would recommend.
I really enjoy these video essays. The ones about the older films, like willie said, really gives a strange snapshot of the time, and that is interesting.
8:49 I'm still wondering more about the pants
Remember that one time you said not many people were invested in you? Well I want you to know I waited more than half an hour for my crappy WiFi to load this video when it first came out.
I Love the public domain movie recaps! I honestly can't figure out why these don't do as well as other videos? Seeing Willie have an absence seizure after the husband says he wants to keep his wife around because it makes him happy and not bring her back to the mental hospital is serious comedy gold.
You and this series bring joy to my heart
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BAD MOVIES IM SO HAPPY YOU FOUND IT
Kind of fitting that the only thing that stands out in an old horror movie is its hauntology.
Thanks for putting out this video, Willie! It was a great watch.
Name idea for the end section: "Willie's Dramatic Musings". 🤣
I love your silliness. The Screaming Skull is like a Rebecca and House on Haunted Hill (1959, also in public domain...) hybrid! 🧡💜
Omg i love House on Haunted Hill! The remake is also so fun
@@shortinsomniac76 I agree! It got some bad reviews but I enjoyed both versions thoroughly!
I will now have to refer to the past as a skeleton in a sundress and confuse friends and family for decades to come
i for one like someone riffing on old movies, so this is right up my alley. one tip i learned recently though: the youtuber telltale discovered that if your audience watches the video all the way to the end it boosts your algorithm massively for whatever reason. so while the thumbnail posing at the end is always a hoot, i feel like you might want to think of a way to make the wrap-up of your videos more snappy so that viewers are less likely to turn it off early. just something to consider. here for you all the same.
Willie darling, I have a favor to ask. You know the famous 1959 movie 'Father of the Bride?' Did you know there is a sequel called 'Father's Little Dividend' which is in the public domain? You would get a kick out of the 1950 family dynamic.
Your knitting videos made me start knitting a sweater
Peacocks live in my neighborhood, and I speak from experience: they scream. A lot. For no particular reason.
The best part of old horror movies is the thing they unintentionally did, but I rarely see anyone do intentionally: that particular kind of clipping when someome screams into a microphone that absolutely can't handle it. There's just this indistinct punch there that a clean scream can't matcn.
For all its hokeyness, this movie had some real good clippy screams.
My thoughts about skeletons are forever changed with the idea that I am just a skeleton in meat armor.
"They're slowly being drained of their essence" 😂😂 that's what I'm going to think of now
Great video as Always! Here's a fun fact
"it's impact is so terrifying it may have an unforeseen effect" - This audio clip was used for the Morbid Angel "Destructos vs the Earth remix"
Interestingly enough, this track is also incorrectly labelled on spotify as the Nevermore single.
I will never tire of videos like this honestly
UA-cam, thank you very much for bringing Willie into our lives.
Your 50s lady voice is everything
I come for the silliness, and stay for the social/philosophical commentary and also the silliness
Willie, I was drinking water when you started talking about polyamory... It was a close call 😂
Thanks for the laughs, and the insights as always…I was beside myself with joy for this one. As someone who has watched the MST3K episode many times, I loved watching someone else I also enjoy comment on it’s absurdity.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏bless you
I genuinely think you're getting better at this.
i am very late watching this video, but just wanted to mention, when i was three my dream was to grow up to become a caterpillar, and in my early teens years i got stuck in a tree and the only way to get out was to kind of crawl caterpillar style back towards the trunk and it felt like i was living my dream.
40:28 The way he slaps her awake!! I'd be running for hills if my partner EVER did that. Slap me later, wakeup-time is sacred.
Lol I was in the bathroom when you start gasping. Was like, what is going on?? 😂
Love the sailor suit sweater. You got dem skillz.
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im watching this as im procrastinating writing a response to something and the conclusion lines up so well with what im gonna write about :) love coincidences
I love mustache Willie and eyepatch Willie and want to see more of them!
But Willie how will I keep my children from dancing to that new fangled jazz music if I can't use forbid?
Why is the house devoid of furniture and decorations? Like this is supposed to be a family estate. Oh, wait did the husband sell everything off when the first wife died? How was that not scandalous?
As I recall, he got rid of most of the furniture after the re-marriage, so they could buy all new furniture and "make their own memories together" or something
The suspense at the end! Will Willie finish before the battery dies???
Oh I'm so ready to listen to this for an hour /gen
The bug I wanted to be when I was a child was a moth. I still wanna be a moth
If you ever are interested in listening to a narrative podcast that queer horror with hope and a gentle eldritch entity narrating your nightmares to you, There is a character named Moth with Moth as the pronouns too. Love that character
I was more of a ladybug, myself
"I forBID YOU TO TALK ABOUT IT" Sir... no.
Hey Willie! I love having your videos on while I crochet so thanks for being someone I can craft with :)
Thank YOU for the support!!! It means a lot!
thank you for this amazing hour of content
I FORBID IT!!! I cracked 😭😂
@ 52:49 This scene along with the music and abrupt editing made me laugh to tears
Like, I would legit watch you review public domain movies exclussively. This was great!
43:33 - That is the funniest laugh I’ve ever heard come from Willie’s mouth 😆
SCREAMING SKULL
More old movie reviews please!
Thanks for making these. I very much enjoy your content and right now it's helping me stay sane while I apply for jobs after making the difficult decision to leave grad school for my own physical and mental health.
Love your content, Willy. Please keep up the amazing work!
Willie this is a beautiful sweater. OK finishing watching the video now
Every time I watch one of your videos I want to give you a big hug. Great video, the ragtime music substitute was on point. Love your sailor sweater, too!
Long time viewer first time commenter but this video deserves more views so I hope this helps the algorithm 😅
I AM THE SCREAMING SKULL