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Any idea what Bruce Campbell is doing for AMC's Monsterfest?

post #1 of 16
10/10/04 at 10:45pm
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Yeah, I know Monsterfest sucks now. Hard. AMC too.

But I was watching Escape from Alcatraz earlier and saw a Monsterfest commercial and Bruce Campbell was in it(At least I'm pretty sure it was him). Looks like he's either hosting it or doing some kind of documentary. Hopefully a documentary or something, cause no way will I subject myself to 15 showings of Halloween III and IV just for a few snarky remarks from the chin.

Anyone heard anything about it? Checked AMCs' site, BruceCampbell.com, and imdb and couldn't find anything about it.
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post #2 of 16
10/11/04 at 6:59pm
Heh, I love your screen name....Hypnotoad...

Just checked the website, and omg really. Just a bunch of slasher flicks, Halloween, and not even teh good ones, but the ones AMC always shows, and Amityville Horror, not really a great selection, but if the Brucemaster is hosting it, then I may watch it just for that
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post #3 of 16
10/11/04 at 8:19pm
When is Monsterfest?
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post #4 of 16
10/11/04 at 8:36pm
Well, to be fair, AMC does have some decent stuff lined up for the week. They're doing all three Omen films on the 24th, a nice little Godzilla run on the 29th, and some interesting Hammer films during the week. But yes, interspersed with that are multiple showings of Scream 2 and the other crap previously mentioned.

Meanwhile, Turner Classic Movies is doing a seven film Universal horror marathon on Monday the 25th (featuring Dracula, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, and Son of Frankenstein), and then this run starting at noon on Halloween: Creature from the Black Lagoon, Wait Until Dark, The Bad Seed, Spellbound, the original House on Haunted Hill, the original The Haunting, the silent Phantom of the Opera, The Picture of Dorian Grey, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Laughton, not Cheney). All gloriously uncut and in widescreen where appropriate.

So once again, TCM over AMC in a walk.
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post #5 of 16
10/11/04 at 8:56pm
You've named some of the good oldies there. Those, I can handle. I've never seen all of The Creature from the Black Lagoon. I wouldn't mind checking that out again.

What? No mention of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes?
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post #6 of 16
10/11/04 at 9:57pm
The important thing is that AMC will be once again running PINATA: SURVIVAL ISLAND, truly an American Movie Classic!
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post #7 of 16
10/11/04 at 11:45pm
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Originally Posted by foywonder
The important thing is that AMC will be once again running PINATA: SURVIVAL ISLAND, truly an American Movie Classic!
I can't wait for the 24-hour marathon of this little gem:

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post #8 of 16
10/12/04 at 8:45am
Oh dear lord, that is scary!

Looking forward to TCM's line up, thanks for the head's up on that.

Though I never really liked Dracula, the original, rather boring really. Daughter of Dracula is better, imho.
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post #9 of 16
10/12/04 at 5:52pm
IFC on Halloween night is having an originall documentary about Mario Bava and will be showing a few of his films, including Black Sunday.
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post #10 of 16
10/12/04 at 6:26pm
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Originally Posted by Cruikshank
IFC on Halloween night is having an originall documentary about Mario Bava and will be showing a few of his films, including Black Sunday.
I'd be indebted to anyone who could tape this for me and send it, with me paying costs of course. I'm doing a college study on geographic differences in horror, and part of it deals with Bava.
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post #11 of 16
10/12/04 at 10:56pm
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Originally Posted by Charles B
I'd be indebted to anyone who could tape this for me and send it, with me paying costs of course. I'm doing a college study on geographic differences in horror, and part of it deals with Bava.
Done, Charles! I've got IFC, and a DVR to boot! Just PM me your mailing info, which movies you want, recording preference (SP or SLP) and I'll' shoot 'em out to you.
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post #12 of 16
10/16/04 at 9:10pm
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Just saw a commercials for it. Looks like Bruce is hosting a show about the top 20 scariest movies ever. Looks like it might be cool, but I just dig seeing clips from Evil Dead on television.
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post #13 of 16
10/20/04 at 1:57pm
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Originally Posted by HypnoToad
Just saw a commercials for it. Looks like Bruce is hosting a show about the top 20 scariest movies ever. Looks like it might be cool, but I just dig seeing clips from Evil Dead on television.

That is what I saw too, I'm sticking aroung for the 20 scariest movies countdown and then turning the channel. I used to be a AMC junkie but since they went the USA/Scifi Channel route and started cutting to commercials on the best fucking parts of a movie, I hardly watch it. Horror movies are edited the worst on AMC, they have the first 15-20 minutes uninterrupted to build up all the tension and atmosphere and as soon as something scary is about to happen, they hack the movie shreds like Leatherface. AMC is shit, TCM is gold, especially with their great director tributes and movie marathons.
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post #14 of 16
10/20/04 at 2:53pm
AMC is crap. they're showing the same damn movies they've been showing all year already. too bad they couldn't scrape together something even SLIGHTLY different than that. losers.

TCM is showing the same old classics as they ever show, but at least they haven't run them ad naseum all year already.

as usual, FMC is where the action is for obscure and rarely-screened oddball genre stuff.

IFC is the one to look out for, since they will have Tom Savini hosting and screening Italian Horrors usually not seen on television

Cartoon Network's Adult Swim is going to run their most monsterous cartoon re-runs, no big deal, but they got Angus Scrimm to host it... BOY!
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post #15 of 16
10/23/04 at 12:15pm
It seems to me that all they play now is westerns. So annoying...no more of the old school horror with olbigatory Christopher LEe and one of hte actors from Doctor Who....those were the days.

But really, there's been an overall decline of cable for the past couple of years...I mean sci fi used to be cool...right now they're playing red planet...which blows.

I haven't seen any horror movies yet this month. What a let down.
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post #16 of 16
10/27/04 at 1:13am
though I got to give props to AMC because they are running Phantasm II right now

"that story about me blowing up my house because it was infested with midgets"
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