"Ernest Scared Stupid" mysterious movies in opening credits
 

Hi everyone, I have another question about finding a particular movie, two actually. I was wondering if any of you know the answer to these clips. At the beginning of the film, "Ernest Scared Stupid", there are clips of old "B" movies. I do not know all of them, but these are the only ones I can make out:

"Nosferatu" (1922 version)
"White Zombie"
"Phantom from Space"
"Brain from Planet Arous, the"
"Screaming Skull, the"
"Missile to the Moon"
"Hideous Sun Demon, the"
"Giant Gila Monster, the"
"Killer Shrews, the"
"Little Shop of Horrors, the" (1960 version)
"Battle Beyond the Sun"

There are two left. One is a castle on a hilltop, lightning reflects on the castle, making the outside of the windows a little visible, there are grayish clouds surrounding the castle; this clip is in black and white (dark black and white colors, not the light black and white colors as say "Nosferatu" has); maybe the castle is a mansion or palace, but it looks more like a castle than a mansion or a palace. Could this be from a Vincent Price or William Castle movie? Another is a colorized clip of a young man in space (with curly-like hair, think of Kurt Russell or Heath Ledger), in the clip he acts somewhat like a zombie, but he wears a purplish t-shirt, light green pants, a belt pack, and watch on the left of his hand; white heat seems to be reflecting on his entire body (his eyes seem not to be open, maybe he is blind or eye-less), but interestingly, there is a little black spot on the left side of his face (his left eye and the left side of his nose); a name, "Buck (something)", appears on his shirt, below the name is a skull with wart-hog like tusks, the skull seems to be sitting on top of a diamond (maybe a rock and roll logo or a motorcycle logo). In the clip featuring the young man in space, there is nothing but a black background, but on the right, there are two squares of purplish light, maybe they are purple windows. I do not know if this scene is from a space movie, but it seems appropriate, maybe from a space opera to be precise. Other possibilites include a "Mad Max" movie, a movie very similar to the "Mad Max" franchise, or any of the "Escape to L.A." movies, but since the clip looks it is from the 60's-70's, it is highly unlikely, I think at the least it is from an old space opera.

Here is something else that might help. During the ending credits, there are two credits, one is "main title footage by Sinister Cinema", and another is "additional footage by Wade Williams Inc." Interestingly, despite of this evidence, the movies referenced in the montage are not mentioned at all in the ending credits of the film, but I emailed Sinister Cinema a year back and showed them a snapshot of the two clips I am talking about, and they said that those scenes looked like they were from movies of another company, so maybe that is something.

Anyway, I hate to tell all of you this, but about one or two months ago, there was a you-tube link, which had the opening credits of "Ernest Scared Stupid", but you-tube deleted it, so the only way all of you can know what I am talking about is if you watch the movie, but maybe the clips seem to ring a bell. Does anyone have any ideas? Thank you. Any help is appreciated.

- Horrorman

P.S. The castle on the hilltop is the first scene seen in the montage, and the quick clip of the young man in space is directly after a clip of a woman screaming from a window ("the Hideous Sun Demon") and directly before a clip of the "Phantom from Space" appearing in a lumberyard (there is a short shot of Ernest appearing before the latter clip). Anyway, this is as much information as I have, but maybe any of the previous information rings a bell to anyone.

Well give us a damn link, ya dork.

"http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=35089 29"

The link is not that great, but it is the best I can do. I could also give you snapshots, but try to check out the link first.

- Horrorman

Here's the correct link- if anyone cares.

You know, instead of being insensitive about my curiosity with trying to find what movies the two clips are from, you could be helping me out; I watched the film when I was a kid, that is when it was first released in theaters, and since I saw the opening credits. I have been trying to find out what clips the movies were from ever since, and I have worked so hard with doing that, and all I have left are two movies, so give me a break. Have you ever wanted to find out a movie so bad that you would do almost anything to find out what it was? I know I have. You know; if you were trying to find out a movie so bad that it was killing you, I would not give you a hard time, so please do not give me one.

Okay- I removed the link your majesty.
Let people try and find the video on their own, because your link don't work.

You're a real work of art, ya know? Every time I try and help you bitch at me.

Well fuckin good luck.

Someones bitchy tonight.

hee hee hee....this is one funny thread.:D

O-k, maybe this response will be better. If I am being angry, then I apologize. It is just I find it to be offensive when someone calls me a dork, even as a joke, and I thought when the replier said "here is the correct link, if anyone cares", I thought they meant "here is the correct link, if anyone cares to even look at it", but unfortunately, I misunderstood, and now realize that they meant "here is the correct link, if anyone cares that, that is the accurate link." Regarding my other thread about finding the rest of the movie clips from the Universal Horror Make-up Show, which is completely driving me insane, but I am still going at it, when the replier asked me why do I care so much to find out the movies, I thought they meant, "why do you even care?" I need to be frank, there has been lots of sarcasm and misunderstanding in my life, so do not take things so offensively. I do not mean to be mean to others, except if I know for sure if they are my enemies, it is just there have been many people in my life who have not been that kind to me, so it is not me talking, it is my past, please try to understand that. Anyway, I hate to leave this post with this spoiling note, but if all of you do not want to look at the movie after everything that has happened, that is fine, but I will try to find out them as I have always attempted to do, even if that takes me an eternity, thanks to my eternal determination for never giving up.

Horrorman

I'll tell ya, I definitely have spent time trying to find movies I saw once upon a time. I saw one just recently, "Monster from the Ocean Floor," and I haven't seen that since the early 70's, I had a dim memory of one or two images and I spent a good long time asking experts, and eventually I got hold of the movie and watched it and yes, that is indeed the movie I remember, with the cyclopean monster with the tentacles swimming around.

I know it is as if you remember watching the movie in your past, but as hard as you try, you cannot seem to recall the title, even if it is on the tip of your tongue. What gets me, though, is that I have asked almost everywhere what are the rest of the movies from the opening credits of "Ernest Scared Stupid", as well as the rest of the movies from the montage of horror clips from the Universal Horror Make-up Show, and no one seems to know the answer. It is very strange to me, but I guess these clips are from arcane movies. I know that no one has watched every film known to humanity, but if someone does not know the answer to my question, he or she can simply, "I am sorry, I just do not know", instead of just leaving me hanging. I know someone knows what clips these mysterious scenes are from, but I know it is taking a lot out of me just to find them out, even though I know I know them, and even though I know I will never give up trying to find out what they are. No one has to respond to this post, but please ask around, I would appreciate it a lot. If you want to see the clips from the opening credits of "Ernest Scared Stupid", or the montage of horror clips from the Universal Horror Make-up Show, just go to these links, and I hope they are accurate.

"Ernest Scared Stupid":

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...ideoID=3508929

(The clips I am asking about are the clip of the castle on the hillside (the first clip shown) and the clip of the young man space zombie (the clip after a shot of Ernest, being directly after a clip of a woman screaming from a window and directly before a clip of the Phantom of Space in a lumberyard)

"Universal Horror Make-up Show":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv3Uo...eature=related (4:00 to 4:47)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SbwRVXFm_Q

(The clips I am asking about are the clip of the blue headed zombie (first clip shown), cloaked figure (third clip shown), monster with claws/tentacles (two clips after the clip of the Crypt Keeper), head shaking after it raises from the ground and monster elongating a girl's jaw making her mouth look bigger (the two clips before a clip of a female vampire taking off someone's head), dark brown disembodied head seen on the ground, old woman being terrified by someone or something wearing an evil jester (?) mask, and extreme close-up shot of a woman (?) face (zooming until we see her (?) left eye); the three last clips are near the end of the sequence)

These sequences are not that long, they are briefly a minute, but if you want to answer my question, but not watch the sequences, because they may be taking up your time, or you just do not care. You can try to think about what the mysterious movies could be just by thinking about the given information, or if you want to ask around, just be as informational as you can be, I am very sure someone will eventually get them. I am very sorry my two posts annoyed the heck out of all of you it is just I am just completely lost. I will stop bothering all of you now.

Horrorman

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I always vaguely wondered where that iconic brain-fighting scene came from. I've seen it used in multiple movie/tv montages.

Me thinks you need to lay off the PCP, horrorman.

Yes, I am obsessed. So what? There is nothing wrong about trying to find out movies, if you really want to. Anyway, thanks for all your help, now I feel so much better.

Horrorman

I was wondering, is it possible that the two scenes were just created for the movies? The other clips are from actual movies, but since no one seems to know what the mysterious clips are from, they might have been made for the movie themselves.

I am sure there are many black and white movies featuring dark castles on hillsides with grayish clouds rolling around the blackish sky, and lightning reflecting on the castle, making its windows exposed, but I have checked out many movies as possible with castles on hilltops, and none of them seem to be what I am looking for. The scene looks like it is from a William Castle or Vincent Price movie, but it is definitely something in the vein of Dracula or Frankenstein. Something, however, echoes "living dead" for some strange reason, but I am not sure, it might just be a haunted castle movie.

The quick clip of the man getting white light reflected on him might just be a clip of someone from the cast and crew of "Ernest Scared Stupid", or a clip of Ernest (Jim Varney) himself, but it looks like it is from a space opera 60's movie, maybe something in the vein of "Mad Max." The background is black colored, but has a reddish purple light. The man has a normal head and body, but there is blackish texture around the right side of his eye and the tip of his nose. His eyes seem to be shut for some reason, maybe he is a blind zombie. The man has a bluish purple shirt, green pants, a black watch on his right side, a belt pack, brown curly hair (he looks like a combination between Heath Ledger and Kurt Russell), and a name "Buck ..." on his shirt, below the name, there is a logo that resembles a skull with two tusks, the skull seems to be on top of a diamond like logo, maybe a musical logo, there are two more words, but I cannot make them out. The man (maybe in his late 30's early 40's) acts like a zombie.

Here is something interesting. One of the movies featured in the opening credits is "Battle Beyond the Sun", the clips from that movie featured here are in black and white, but the original clips are in color, so maybe the castle scene is from a colorized movie, and maybe the space scene is from a black and white movie.

Here is another factoid. During the ending credits, there are two acknowledgments. One is "main title footage by Sinister Cinema" and another is "additional footage by Wade Williams Inc."; I emailed Sinister Cinema, showed them snapshots of these clips, and they did not recognize these clips, so I am thinking the two clips could be from the Wade Williams Inc. company, if that helps any.

O-k, I know these movies might be from rarely known movies, but do these movies seem familiar to anyone? I know I asked a lot, but I am very curious, and since I found out all of the other movies from the opening credits, I would like to find these out, too. I am so close. Please help, any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Horrorman

P.S. If you want to look at the sequence again, it is listed on this thread.

I still have no idea what these two clips are from, but the castle clip looks like it is from "White Zombie", maybe an unedited version of the film, and the man clip could be from "Battle Beyond the Stars", or a space opera "B" movie featuring a young man space zombie ranger. Here are the links.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...danman/Man.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...man/Castle.jpg

Please let me know if any of you know what clips these movies may be from, any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.


Horrorman

I think I've mentioned this before - though I can't find a post in this thread - but the Wade Williams thing is more than likely an Ed Wood movie. Plan 9, Bride of the Monster, Night of the Ghouls, ect.

That's because there's a thread similar to this over in Modern, authored by horrorman. Ernest threads tend to stick out in my memory. :D

I posted the thread regarding the movies from the opening credits for this film several years back, and I thought I would give it another shot.

I looked up Wade Williams Productions a few years back, not Wade Williams Inc., and it seems some of the movies from the opening credits are also from Sinister Cinema, such as:

"Missile to the Moon"
"The Hideous Sun Demon"
"The Giant Gila Monster"

"The Brain from Planet Arous", also from the opening credits, is also from Wade Williams Productions, but not from Sinister Cinema.

Anyways, I do not think the people who did the film will ever reveal the movies, why I will never know, but if there is ever going to be a special edition for the DVD, I hope they do.


Horrorman

And Jim Varney aint talkin' either! Wrong category, BTW. :rolleyes:

Jim Varney has passed, but you know, it is rather funny. I post a thread, asking one simple question, but instead of answering my question, all people do are either criticizing me for posting the question in the wrong forum, or think I am too obsessive just because I want to find out what movies two clips are from, really, it is not asking that much. It is not as if I am trying to ask something very profound, such as, "Why are there fifty states" or "is there a God", come on give me a break. :rolleyes:

Horrorman

Well, there is the possibility that nobody knows, and if you weren't able to obtain the info anywhere on the 'net, how would we? And I doubt you'll find that many enthusiasts of the Ernest series anywhere, to really get the full answer.

BTW, I thought the few I've seen were fairly funny, but would I go out of my way to see them again. NO!

There is the possibility that no one knows, but I am sure someone out there knows. It is also possible that the two clips were created just for the movie, but I doubt it, since the other clips are from actual movies. I also realize that many people who use horror.com are not Ernest fans, but since the opening credits of the film are from low budget 50's-60's horror movies, I am sure someone who uses this forum might know. Anyway, all I know, is that these movies appear in the opening credits, I saw and have all of them:

"Nosferatu"
"White Zombie"
"Phantom from Space"
"Brain from Planet Arous, the"
"Screaming Skull, the"
"Missile to the Moon"
"Hideous Sun Demon, the"
"Giant Gila Monster, the"
"Killer Shrews, the"
"Little Shop of Horrors, the"
"Battle Beyond the Sun"

And, of course the two unknown movies, but anyway, maybe I will find out the movies someday.

Horrorman