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massacre man 11-24-2007 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by missmacabre (Post 649499)
Poltergeist 3 was silly.

You're silly. :)

The award for gayest post of the year goes to...

Red1332 11-24-2007 01:58 PM

Ugh. I remember that. It wasn't even scary so much as gross (I was young at the time so watching people pull their faces off was kind of traumatizing.)

I'll be honest, I've never seen the second Poltergeist. I'm sure if I made a concerted effort to get my hands on it I could. But I've been told by many fans it's the same thing, they just moved it to a different house. Never replays on cable that I've been able to find. :(
THAT being said, hell yes, jumped the shark the second freezing cold hotel rooms came in to the script.

Here's one...Leprachaun in Da Hood. Not that it was a terrific franchise to start out with but...WOW. That was one of the few times I changed the channel even knowing it would be a bad one to watch.

Zero 11-24-2007 05:14 PM

i think leprachaun jumped the shark at the opening credits of hte first one

massacre man 11-24-2007 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero (Post 649527)
i think leprachaun jumped the shark at the opening credits of hte first one

*pictures a Leprechaun actually trying to jump a shark*

Disease 11-24-2007 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ferretchucker (Post 649497)
I really can't be asked to argue with you again Disease so why don't you stop your pathetic attempts to make my time at HDC shit.


I never asked, but 'm glad your not going to because I don't won't to, but you where posting crap.... go have some hot chocolate,

Disease 11-24-2007 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero (Post 649527)
i think leprachaun jumped the shark at the opening credits of hte first one


Leprachaun held hands with troll and they jumped the rainbow!

crabapple 11-24-2007 05:34 PM

Now, there's an image for ya.

Disease 11-24-2007 05:36 PM

they jumped it before they began...

crabapple 11-24-2007 05:52 PM

That's a happy image. I believe in that image.

ferretchucker 11-25-2007 12:45 AM

Are you saying that the leprechaun series was bad? Back 2 da hood is the best film I've ever seen. :D

Psycom5k 11-25-2007 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Zero (Post 649449)
f13 sort of embraced its cheeziness fairly early at least by 3 - but i think the big jump had to have at least been at "Jason Takes Manhattan"

I know its kinda late.... but that was just what I was thinking as I was reading this.


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The third Phantasm...BAD. We watched it anyway because we wanted ot get the entire series under our belts, but we ended up giving it the MST3K treatment.
Is that the one where the dude has the 4 barreled shotgun? Man I want one of those...

Red1332 11-26-2007 06:17 AM

As far as being horribly cheesy, Leprachaun was in there. I did sit through the first one and part of the second one. But I was a younger, less tolerant lass in those days so I didn't sit around to enjoy the special nature of "Back to Da Hood." Maybe I will in the near future.

As for that quad-barreled shotgun, I think it saw a little play in Phantasm 2 but only at the end (sorry, still hazy from turkey fog). Yes. That thing was sweet. I loved how he really didn't aim it so much as point it in a general compass direction and bodies littered down from the trees above. :D

ferretchucker 11-26-2007 07:58 AM

that NOES where his daughter appeared.

Yellow Jacket 11-26-2007 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by ferretchucker (Post 649877)
that NOES where his daughter appeared.

That was Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. And I agree with you on that one. What a piece of shit! I'll admit, Dream Child was lackluster, but it had its moments, so there was some redeemable qualities. But Freddy's Dead had nothing. Few kills, horrible dialogue, and bad characters. There were only two intriguing things in this movie: the hearing aid death was kind of neat and when mr. hearing aid (I didn't find it necessary to catch his name, since he was obviously going to die) was looking through teh map to see it said "You're fucked", then his buddies ask where they're at, and he says "Yeah, well the map says we're fucked!" That's it! And what the fuck were Roseanne and Tom Arnold doing in this movies? What's next? Oprah Winfrey in a Friday the 13th film?

ferretchucker 11-26-2007 09:51 AM

or busta rhymes in a halloween movie! :D

Yellow Jacket 11-26-2007 09:53 AM

Don't forget about Tyra Banks. :D

ferretchucker 11-26-2007 11:09 AM

or laurie strode dying before the film's even got good. (It got good around the time the credits started rolling.)

massacre man 11-26-2007 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Yellow Jacket (Post 649931)
That was Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. And I agree with you on that one. What a piece of shit! I'll admit, Dream Child was lackluster, but it had its moments, so there was some redeemable qualities. But Freddy's Dead had nothing. Few kills, horrible dialogue, and bad characters. There were only two intriguing things in this movie: the hearing aid death was kind of neat and when mr. hearing aid (I didn't find it necessary to catch his name, since he was obviously going to die) was looking through teh map to see it said "You're fucked", then his buddies ask where they're at, and he says "Yeah, well the map says we're fucked!" That's it! And what the fuck were Roseanne and Tom Arnold doing in this movies? What's next? Oprah Winfrey in a Friday the 13th film?

I liked Johnny Depp's part...

Yellow Jacket 11-26-2007 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ferretchucker (Post 649981)
or laurie strode dying before the film's even got good. (It got good around the time the credits started rolling.)

Hahaha.


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Originally Posted by massacreman (Post 649981)
I liked Johnny Depp's part...

I didn't like Depp's part. I just found it stupid. Then again, that's just me.

GorePhobia 11-26-2007 11:24 AM

Definitely when all the movies went to space.

Leprechaun, Jason, Hellraiser.

Yellow Jacket 11-26-2007 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by GorePhobia (Post 650006)
Definitely when all the movies went to space.

Leprechaun, Jason, Hellraiser.

I think Leprechaun went down the shitter in the first one. I'll admit, it's a guilty pleasure. But, at the same time, when I rewatch it, I can't believe how horrible it actually is. As for Jason and Hellraiser, I thught they were okay. Kason X was kind of fun, but Hellraiser wasn't so much. A scene here and there, but that's it. Damn you space! Always fucking with our icons.

GorePhobia 11-26-2007 11:30 AM

Yeah the space sucks. Unless it's Alien, and Aliens. then it's okay.

Yellow Jacket 11-26-2007 11:32 AM

True. *Winona Ryder walks up.*

Ryder: What about the Alien movie I was in, Alien: Resurrection?

YJ: Fuck Alien: Resurrection! That movie sucked! Now go rob a clothing store and leave me the hell alone.

Which, by the way, brings me to my theory that any movie with resurrection in the title sucks. Halloween Resurrection- sucked, Alien Resurrection- sucked

GorePhobia 11-26-2007 12:21 PM

Agreed, sir.

ferretchucker 11-26-2007 01:02 PM

Can you imagine a halloween film with michael in space. They could call it

Michael Y

Yellow Jacket 11-26-2007 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ferretchucker (Post 650093)
Can you imagine a halloween film with michael in space. They could call it

Michael Y

Shhh... yopu'll give them ideas.

GorePhobia 11-26-2007 03:23 PM

2001: A Haddonfield Oddesey

Disease 12-06-2007 02:01 PM

This thread is to good to let fall away....

So lets throw in a new topic for debate...


How about Childs play, when did it jump the shark or did it?

fortunato 12-06-2007 02:28 PM

child's play definitely jumped the shark after the second one.
the third one at the military academy or whatever? c'mon. it was really bad.

crabapple 12-06-2007 02:38 PM

QUICKPOST: Now. On the other hand, if Michael Myers actually BATTLED a large Great White shark, like that zombie did in "Zombie," that would be really cool, and I would support that movie. I would totally pay to see that.

missmacabre 12-06-2007 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Disease (Post 653148)
This thread is to good to let fall away....

So lets throw in a new topic for debate...


How about Childs play, when did it jump the shark or did it?

Childs Play 2 and 3 were pretty horrible. Bride of Chucky regained my love for the series and I would see another sequel if the released one. Jennifer Tilly may have been the reason I liked the most previous two though.


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