Silver Bullet (1985)
Beware ActionBabyz it’s a full moon tonight and in the immortal words of some unfunny robot, “Halloween is just around the corner.” Lucky for you the the HorrorBoyz are here and they’re closing out another amazing Octooky with SILVER BULLET. A lot of ABZ mainstays intersect in this episode; Don Coscarelli, Stephen King, Gary Busey, Dino De Laurentiis, not to mention werewolves, eyepatches, pork dinners and headshots of townies who don’t like rubbers. Holy jumped-up baldheaded Jesus palomino this is a good episode!!!
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Hell yeah
Dear God, just listened to this one for the first time, WHY IS EVERYBODY MAD AT ME? Amazing!! Love you guys…kisses
Classic Stangerbot episode.
Loved this movie as a kid
Enjoyed the nostalgic wrestling talk.
I’d love to hear you cover some of the weirder Stephen King mini series, like The Langoliers. Maybe next horror boys or whatever.
That was my intro to Bronson Pinchot and man did he nail that role. Cool plot, but the Fx really bring it down
Good wrestling content
When are they going to do a scanner darkly?
Blocked
I may be a little late the party, but the Rodgers penned ep of Lower Deck (Ep 9) is fantastic. Made me realize First Contact would be a great ST movie for them to review since they've already done WoK.
Hmm what's that? Sounds like my main squeeze. . .
Sort of a love letter to Private Justice
First time legally at a pub with my dad, he gave me a big dad talk about not having my back to any doors. During our first beer we saw a guy get a bottle to the head, I turned to my dad who just smiled and nodded. Guy had blood coming from his face and my dad reacted like he saved me a few bucks on a car part.
Glad to hear I’m not the only one with a friend that calls you to vent but bails the moment you reciprocate. Also, crash test dummies still fuckin stuck in my head from last week
There is a lot of buzz around this Scanners thing?. Not a fan of horror but sounds amazing.
It’s mind-blowing.
What's next ?
Really hope they can do Chinatown or the Two Jakes before I forget everything from the Big Goodbye
Chinatown could be for Maylester along with The Usual Suspects for a sexual predator director theme.
Outland (1981) is on Starz. The movie where Sean Connery thinks his wife smells good.
That is a cracking claustrophobic thriller.
Rodger's lost wallet story is classic dad behavior. I briefly lost my wallet as a teen when we were travelling in Europe, and twenty years later my dad grills me whenever I visit and I'm wearing pants or shorts that he deems to have "loose pockets" (or god forbid, gym shorts with NO pockets). I feel like unless I switch over to wearing cargo pants full time, he will keep haranguing me about this.
I fell in the water fountain at the mall after my Uncle Dutch told me not to try to balance walk up there, so he brought it up every single time I saw him. He's dead now though lmao
That “Homicide: Life on the Street” episode was unforgettable. Vincent D’Onofrio played the man who was pushed off a subway platform and got twisted at the waist. The episode is called “Subway.” You can watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qhplAN8ie2w
Amazing show
I rented this on Vudu and they credited Evertt McGill as Preacher/Werewolf. It was one of those things that makes you go EEENNN, ZZZZZZZTTT
I remember that Tierney story on the Seinfeld DVDs, they all saw him steal a knife from set and Jerry confronted him and he tried to play it off like a goof 😂
He also played a security guard in that episode of The Simpsons where Bart gets caught stealing. Wouldn't you know it... he was also a difficult maniac during that role too!
"Once.... there was this daaaaaaad who.... got so drunk he just fell off the toilet and wheeeeeeen his sons found out ... he .... had .... a terminal brain tumor.... they wondered whether he'd already had it, when they were laughing at him twoooooooo weeeeeeeeks agooooooooo"
If Gary Busey hadn’t got the traumatic brain injury does anyone else think he’d have won an Oscar? He’s fucking great, such a natural creative force. 🤯
Second time asking, sorry to be redundant: What other forms of transportation does Stanger find terrifying? Do Lime scooters, taxis, and city busses spook him? I thought some angry junkie was gonna stab me on the bus once, that was kinda scary.
Angry junkies that might stab you are pretty much standard for buses in my experience...You ever got a night bus on a Friday or Saturday, one of those that are the last to run? They’re like being in the shared dream of Francis Bacon, Hieronymus Bosch, and Quentin Tarantino! 😅
Silver Bullet fun fact - the director’s kid killed a bunch of people: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Isla_Vista_killings
Yup, that’s a fucked up story. He must be pretty out-there to actually get away with an insanity plea. 😳
🎵 Onceeeeee.... there was this kiiiiiid who.... got into an accident and couldn’t come to school but.... wheeeeeeen he finally came back.... his.... uncle.... gave him a silver bullet wheeeeeeeelchair.... he said that it was from wheeeeeen the wolf-man had gotten soooooooomeeeeee.... naaaaaaaaaaards..... 🎵 🎵 Haim Haim Haim Haim, Haim Haim Haim Haim 🎵
oh yeah that's from that bit that they did
Stephen King is a Happy Days character.
Potsie got really dark after he started drinking...
I am so fucking happy they are finally doing this movie. I fucking love this movie.
Private justice for Scanners guy
Do Videodrome, OK I will check in next week
dumb sequel idea that would actually work: Silver Mullet
Every full moon a group of people turn into a Def Leppard covers band?
The José Canseco bat from TMNT is sad it didn’t make the list with wonder boy and peacemaker.
3 ninjasvember is next remember when
Speaking of actors improvising kissing their child co-stars. Clint Eastwood apparently improvised this kiss and line. https://youtu.be/jWZ3EHjUx_E
Never seen it, but looking that up she must’ve been 11-ish when filming! 😱 Kirsten Dunst at least knew she was kissing Brad Pitt in “Interview...”!
Fuckinglovethis movie they use the police ....... radios well in this movie
i'd rather have them do 'dead ringers' for psychosexualseptember next year
The tools in that are nightmare fuel.
I think the first time I heard of this movie was when lich king sampled part of it in a song.
I like the new permanent theme song!
I sincerely hope I am never noticed unless I’m posting about a dumb fantasy book or some shit.
You scanned her!
Does anyone remember the name of that 1981 Cronenberg movie with Michael Ironside?
Stanger coming strong out of the gates! Rename the pod "ActionStang and his two friends".
More south jersey trivia. Jersey is still full service everywhere although we will let someone pump it if they insist. Unfortunately I know this because I’ve been a gas pumper for the last 15 years. Great job to rip through ABZ episodes.
Thank you for your service. Plus the gas here is relatively cheap.
Nice subtle Van Halen “Everybody Wants Some!!” reference from Stanger in the stockings talk 🤘🏻
Impressed he went almost word for word on that
In South Jersey we have a lot of train tracks running through dirt bike & atv trails. Every few years someone gets hit
Do you guys have a Health and Safety Department?!?! 😂
Do scammers.
Y’all watched this and made lemonade in your pants
What even is Scanners?
The church dream is a true horror moment, and the whole thing is peak addict Stephen King, though would’ve been better as a short story.
Fingers crossed that the Crash Test Dummies bit makes a (lengthy) appearance in this episode.
Onceeeeeee... there was this guuuuuuuy whoooooo... couldn’t get the Action Boyz to watch Scaaaaanneeeers...
This ain’t Scanners
Goodbye!