Six Degrees of a horror actor (or actress)

You know, like the Kevin Bacon game. I recently noticed that Elsa Lanchester, who was the Bride of Frankenstein (1935), starred on several episodes of a TV show called Nanny and the Professor, back in 1971. Kim Richards was on that show, on those same episodes, I think. She was just a little kid at the time, like 6 or 7 years old. And, of course, she is Kyle Richards sister, so that connects Elsa Lanchester to Halloween (1978). Kim Richards is also Paris Hilton's aunt, so I guess that connects Elsa to House of Wax (2005).

I thought that was a cool chain of connections. Anyone have any good ones that you have noticed?

Gore Films

Troma and I had a discussion recently on what qualifies a movie to be a gore film. I realize that the overall definition is a splatter film or gore film that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence.

But can movies that show only a few scenes of gore be considered a gore film? Or are they just gory? Is there even a difference? Does the gore have to be the main element of the movie for you to consider it a gore film?

Mayweather vs. McGregor



As an Irishman, I am bound by patriotism, to support McGregor, even thou he is the underdog. I can't wait for this fight - it is considered the Fight of the Century by some. I don't consider myself an aficionado of boxing, or even MMA, for that matter. McGregor talks a good game, he is a tremendous trash talker, and he didn't get to where he is without being intelligent or astute - McGregor is expected to earn $75 million from the fight. He was on beneifts, here in Ireland, before he entered the world of MMA!

With all that said, it is hard to look beyond Mayweather for the win. He is 49-0! imagine if McGregor knocks him out in the first couple of rounds?!! However unlikely that were to happen.

My brain says Mayweather, but as an Irishman, my heart says McGregor


Anyone here going to watch it? How do you think McGregor will fare?

Horror movies under 4.9/10 rating that you actually liked

I just used the IMDb advanced search of my ratings and these are what I really liked under 4.9 rating. There is quite a lot of them, and I was kinda surprised to see some of them rated really low. Anyway.

In order:

Grave Halloween (2013 TV Movie) (4.2) 8
Hell of the Living Dead (1980) (4.9) 8
Demons 6: De Profundis (1989) (4.4) 8
The Nesting (1981) (4.6) 8
Alien Zone (1978) (4.1) 8
The Corpse (1971) (4.9) 8
Scream Bloody Murder (1973) (4.7) 8
From the Dark (2014) (4.8) 8
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) (4.7) 7
13 Eerie (2013) (4.5) 7
FleshEater (1988) (4.9) 7
Mutant (1984) (4.8) 7
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009) (4.4) 7
Vampire at Midnight (1988) (4.2) 7
Spontaneous Combustion (1990) (4.5) 7
The Final Patient (2005) (4.2) 7
Night Train to Terror (1985) (3.8) 7
Hellborn (2003) (3.5) 7
Almost Human (2013) (4.6) 7
The Incredible Melting Man (1977) (3.8) 7
ATM (2012) (4.7) 7
Deep Evil (2004 TV Movie) (4.1) 7
Zombi 3 (1988) (4.9) 7
The Hearse (1980) (4.8) 7
Hangman (2015) (4.7) 7
Dream House (1998 TV Movie) (3.8) 7
Garden of the Dead (1972) (4.1) 7
Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977) (4.4) 7

That is me.

What about you? What is some horror movies under 4.9/10 rating that you really liked?

Trash Epics Satisfaction Survey

How happy are you with TrashEpics.com? What do you like about this site, and what do you hate? What bothers you about it? What pisses you off? Would you change anything? Are there any things that are unclear about it that you would like some more insight on? Are there enough features and functionality to your liking? Is there anything you'd like to see more of? And most importantly, do you consider yourself a member of the Trash Epics family, or are you a lurker who doesn't care either way? (If that's the case, we'll never know, since you wont respond!)

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As a member myself, as well as a rambling drunk, I'll answer my own questions.

Am I happy with it? Yeah. I think it looks alright, and functions pretty fluidly. I plan on changing the header soon, so it looks more sleak, but the general amount of content is maintainable to me. I'm pretty lazy, but I check the site often to see how it flows, and since we launched, I'm grateful that we've never run into serious issues. I always like to keep busy and add more stuff, even if it's bullshit, because this is a site about trash after all...

What I'd like to improve upon is number of users. If there's enough activity that I can review it all, as one man, then it probably isn't enough. I hate how IMDB2's horror board has as much activity as ours, if not more. Those fuckers don't know what they're missing here! It's hard to compete with conglomerates like Facebook and that other bullshit, but we gotta try, right?

I also wish I could have more original content. This means videos, games, books, or anything. I'd like to film some shitty videos soon, but I've been distracted on another project lately, that I'll reveal in a month or so. Hopefully.



One thing I will say that I enjoy is the monthly challenges. I didn't participate on any from the old boards, besides the October Challenge, but they provide a theme to unite us for a whole month, and I'd like to improve those experiences in any way I can (perhaps styling the site to cater to the challenge with backgrounds, images, etc?) What's the next challenge gonna be? Anybody want to host something for September?

Before you answer any of these questions, drink a beer or two, and then ramble on about it. Get drunk with your ol' pal Renzo Capetto and ramble about anything. I don't give a fuck. 😎

C. Thomas Howell as a serial killer

I'm sitting here watching Criminal Minds reruns on Ion, may the Lord forgive me. Anyway, it reminded me of some episodes from years ago, when C. Thomas Howell played a serial killer. The episodes were in seasons 4 and 5, and one in season 9... I don't know if I ever saw that one. Anyway, as a fan of The Hitcher (1986), I remember it was pretty interesting to see him play the killer, not the good guy. I thought he did a pretty good job, too. He tried to play it for laughs a LITTLE, but was mostly serious about it.

Here, this shows the episodes he was in:
https://criminalminds.wikia.com/wiki/C._Thomas_Howell

Alligator (1980)

A pretty good creature feature.

Although not well known in the public conscious these days it is as far as I can tell pretty well regarded amongst genre fans.

I like that the backstory of the alligator and its gigantic growth sounds plausible enough, eating the hormone injected bodies of test animals illegally discarded in the sewer.

Robert Forster is good on the role, does he remind anyone else of Charles Bronson?

Is anyone a fan of those ABC Horror Movie of the Week ?

I recently started to watch these and I really like them. They came came on the ABC network, from 1969 to 1976 and were usually 75 minutes or about in length. They produced many other genres too but I am just dealing with the horror genre here. There were many commercial successful ones like Bad Ronald, Trilogy of Terror, The Night Stalker, Duel, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (original) but they had a lot of overlooked gems too. Here are all that I have seen as of yet, ranked from best to worst imo:

Duel
The Longest Night
The Norliss Tapes
Scream, Pretty Peggy
The Night Stalker
The Dead Don't Die
A Taste of Evil
When Michael Calls
Black Noon
Where Have All the People Gone
Daughter of the Mind
Killdozer
Dead of Night
She Waits
Satan's Triangle
Gargoyles
Trilogy of Terror
The Night Strangler
Crowhaven Farm
Revenge!
Satan's School for Girls
Night Terror
Cry Panic
The Astronaut
The California Kid
Night of Terror
Haunts of the Very Rich
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
The House That Would Not Die
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
A Cold Night's Death
Crawlspace
Home for the Holidays
The Devil's Daughter (1973)
The Screaming Woman
All the Kind Strangers
How Awful About Allan
Something Evil
You'll Never See Me Again
Bad Ronald
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)
The People
Night Slaves
The Victim

What do you think of these ABC Horror Movie of the Week ?

Which ones have you seen ?

What are your favorites?

Producers ruining movies

So Martin Scorsese will be producing The Joker's origin story movie, which will be a part of the current DC cinematic universe (which they're just kind of winging it, at this point). Normally, I'd be thrilled, because Scorsese is the man. I watched The Wolf of Wall Street again not long ago, and that 3-hour movie still captivated me. Scorsese has always made gritty crime/dramas better than anyone else, but DC movies lately have all sucked the big one.

David Ayer was supposed to make Suicide Squad bad-ass. He had a great track record beforehand, and this movie comes along and shows you how much a producer actually knows. Nothing. They turned that movie into a piece of shit, and Robert Tapert turned Evil Dead season 2's finale into a nonsensical piece of shit. The Crow: City of Angels would have been a better movie if the Weinsteins didn't aim to rip-off the original film so much, and let the sequel stand on its own. They've had a reputation of fucking up movies, though. They also messed up Hellraiser 4 and probably plenty of other things.

These goddamn producers think they know everything, don't they? 😡

It's like the scene in Ed Wood where the guy finances his movie, but only if they cast his son or whatever to play the lead. And also, it needs to end with a big explosion...

Here's a classic example of producer-rape that turned Stimpson J. Cat's epic cartoon into a shambling mess of incoherency when producer Ren Hoek demanded multiple changes, and removed 90% of the film:

TV Episode? Movie? I dunno... Help me!

All I remember is this: It took place in either Arctic or Antarctic. There was a female Eskimo who claimed she was actually a white male soldier, but didn't seem the least bit upset or confused. I seem to recall that he/she was in a prison cell. I know that someone asked him/her if they knew where ••• (••• being the soldier's rank/name) was, and he/she responded "I'm •••." It was an odd plot point, as it seemed to have absolutely nothing to do with the story.
It seems like it might have been an episode of The Outer Limits (90's series), but I didn't see anything that fit. Pretty sure it wasn't a movie. I know I saw it on TV.

I know it's not much to go on, but it's been driving me nuts for years. Mainly because I really want to know if the gender switch/confusion had any relevance to the story.