If I was a vampire, I would also spend my eternal existence amassing an excellent sweater collection.

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next week - the Hunger

our first out right gay instead of just gay coded movie? with gay sex and everything?

Walk down an alley??? The thing that killed Batman’s parents? No thanks!

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What the heck is going on with the reccurring apples?

Chris Sarandon (Jerry Dandridge) developed a backstory for his vampire character that included "fruit bat" in his ancestry.

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"He'll be able to suck his way through the entire town"

I think they've already made a bunch of movies like that

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#monsterdon This Vincent Price parody is fantastic.

Best character in the film.

In fact, only character that isn't terrible.

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In interviews, Roddy McDowell said he knew the expectation was for him to act like Vincent Price, but he thought it was better to have the character be a really bad actor (thus the backwards stake in the old movie).

I think he was exactly right.

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In the 1980s, when local stations had late night horror movie hosts, it makes sense that young men would naturally have gone to these celebrities rather than the authorities to solve problems. I myself still have a restraining order from Elvira.

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I assume @Taweret hosts #monsterdon sitting in a coffin.

In conclusion:

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That metal-album-cover-ass burning vampire skeleton was AMAZING.

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having the vampires be straight really ruins the whole thing #monsterdon

he just got fired today and he's evicted already, harsh

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Ooooo, a nice gooey practical transformation scene!

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cuckoo clocks fuck. why don't people have them anymore except if they're vampires #monsterdon

80s horror practical effects, my beloved

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Why do all Vampires seem to live like rich Bisexuals and why can't I?

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The eating fruit thing was actually Sarandon's idea, literally because fruit bats exist. I love it.

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#monsterdon People in movies always make this mistake.

Just say "He murdered a woman."

Fun movie! Apart from the weird age stuff. Maybe they were seniors and had turned 18? At least it was also pretty gay about it.

Goodnight #monsterdon, and thanks to @Taweret for hosting and to @ryan for the stream! See y'all next week!

#monsterdon The lesson here is that you've got to board up your windows. Painting over them is NOT SUFFICIENT.

Yes I would like to buy the gorgeous Victorian house that used to have a vampire living in it plz

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every movie is a real estate movie and this is a movie about how the real estate agent convinced the vampire that the basement was really underground when they just blocked out the windows #monsterdon

#monsterdon This is what I worry about with vampires and other forms of undead: What if they turn back into normal humans and you're on the hook for murder?

Evil, where did you get that Raggedy Ann wig?

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#monsterdon This is quite the window to find in a random suburban home.

The age difference is freaking me out AGGGHHHHHHH

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I'll bet if Vincent Price was thrown into a real-life vampire hunt, he'd be up for it.

Now Roddy has a great sweater!

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#monsterdon Why is our main character so stupid?

And why does nobody else seem to notice?

#monsterdon If I ever go crazy, I hope my friends recruit my favorite classic actor to help me realize the error of my ways.

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The name "Peter Vincent"?
Peter - for Peter Cushing
Vincent - for Vincent Price, who was originally intended to play the part, but who turned it down, having health problems.

Once writer/director conceived of this character, "I had the story." He wrote the script in three weeks.

cc:
@floofpaldi

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Honestly the age difference never bothered me, Amy didn't for one second look like a high school girl, she wouldn't even pass for college. That woman could rent a car

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He turned to green goo AND sand? An abundance of riches!

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#monsterdon "Before I found out what a FAKE you are!"

It turns out actors don't really do all that stuff you see in the movies!

What a bunch of phonies!

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👀 Check it out
when Charley Brewster first meets Peter Vincent outside the TV studio: You've seen that same location at the start of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).

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Chris Sarandon spent many hours in makeup, and said he survived only by meditating, helping with the makeup, and putting on his own finger extensions.

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#monsterdon I want the nerdy kid to say "Well, actually there's many different traditions of vampires..."

so i went to see if _fright night_ has a sequel. it does, but the reason it doesn't have more was unexpected:

> However, before that meeting could occur, Menendez and his wife were murdered by their sons, Lyle and Erik. Not only did this stop another sequel, it also interfered with the release of Fright Night Part 2, which attained extremely limited theatrical distribution before being dumped, briefly, to home video

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fright_Night_Part_2#Future

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@Taweret
puppet
puppet
pupPET
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PUPPET
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P U P P E T
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P U P P E T

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#monsterdon You know, if you've got eternal life, you could totally just be patient and wait a few years until she's an adult.

You'd think Vampires would learn patience.

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The uses are endless...

Amanda Bearse was uncomfortable being topless in front of the crew for her upcoming scene where her shoulders and back are visible, so she covered her breasts with duct tape.

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#monsterdon And then our hero dies from stupidity. The end.

Poor Charlie. It's a pity his frontal lobe is still developing during this difficult time. #Monsterdon

"Charlie...your mother has needs...."

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Rejected for the role of "Charley":
Charlie Sheen
He looked too much like a hero and not like the guy next door.

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#monsterdon btw, it was perfectly normal for the teen hang-out burger place to be playing the news. Teens can't get enough of local news.

Charley's mother is played by Dorothy Fielding, who had a very brief but important part in Jaws as the young lady who kicked off the beach panic.

Well, I mean, the shark had a lot to do with it, but you take my meaning.

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the real estate talk means this is a real vampire movie

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Yeeesss, love an ending credits song that talks about the movie.

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if you cut out all the parts that sucked and included only the practical effects sequences, that movie was pretty good #monsterdon

#monsterdon Obviously, someone was going to break through that window.

But why did the newel post explode?

I am going to keep harping on it because it is still not cool that Amy is supposed to be 15 in this movie

CREEPY MONSTER CHOMP

welp so long Amy, you had a weird run

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lol, "this shit is real and I'm fucking off!"

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Oh no! It's the titty synth again. #Monsterdon

this vampire has pretty good sweater game.

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A special "life mask" used for Planet of the Apes is seen in Roddy McDowell's character's office.

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My parents picked me and my brother up from a pool party. I didn't think I was going to get to see Fright Night. Me and my brother had been holy terrors that summer. But naw! Ma came through and took us to opening night! Theater packed with college kids. It was raucous and a complete blast and still my favorite theater experience.

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Charlie drinking in the vampire in a totally heterosexual way
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also is the vampire supposed to look exactly like an older charlie? what is going on with the way everyone looks #monsterdon

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I've got to get one of those TVs that only ever gives you plot-relevant information.

@sean @Taweret The moral is, when you buy a suburban house for your new vampire lair, don't let your live-in handyman do a lazy job in the basement and just PAINT the windows black. BOARD THOSE WINDOWS UP! Or better, get a house with a REAL basement and no windows at all. #Monsterdon #FrightNight1985

And that counts as actual teen sex, so Bingo

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Another #Monsterdon is in the can!

Thanks to @Taweret for hosting!

Tonight's feature, #FrightNight, from 1985, is the epitome of a vampire movie set in the 1980s, and included,

"Well, now we just have to explain all the bodies."

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You know, instead of messing with all those Windows, Charley could just install Linux

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The practical effects are the best part of this film

that and the coded gay/bi stuff of course.

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more goo!

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dang, that was gnarly and better executed than everything else in the movie to date.

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The original library ghost from Ghostbusters was "too scary" for the desired rating, so when visual effects producer from that movie, Richard Edlund, shifted over to Fright Night, he used that ghost for the dying vampire bat.

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what is the caliber on that fuckin pea shooter #monsterdon

#monsterdon Where is this taking place?

There's a weird mix of ages.

Dadula

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My introduction to Chris Sarandon was Dog Day Afternoon. Still with us at 83. #monsterdon

Oh thank god, I thought they were going to violate the law that requires tacky synth music in 80s movies. #monsterdon

Wow, that was a lot of fun. Much more wholesome and Chris Columbusy than I expected. Bring on more of the 80s horror! Thanks, @Taweret for lining up the October #Monsterdon.

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Back to back Sarandons? STFU!

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@trixter @Taweret @ryan NOT GAY ENOUGH

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We have so many questions about the basement window breaking scene:
- why so many windows in the basement
- why would he buy a house with so many windows in the basement
- how is it sun comes into all of them regardless of angle

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OCTAMAN 🎉 🎉 🎉

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Answer to the second #FrightNight1985 poll

Roddy McDowall based his reactions on
The Lion from The Wizard of Oz

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cheap fuckin nickelodeon goo thralls these days #monsterdon

@allanb @Victorsigmoid traditionally vampires could also turn into wolves #monsterdon

yeah the wolf transformation is all quality practical sfx, good job team

never getting that out of the rug tho'

sorry

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#monsterdon Your fate is sealed and you become a creature of the night forever once vampire bites you in the should-blade.

where's a Belmont when you need them #monsterdon

just how long is this alley

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I've seen too many American Movies to ever walk down an American alley....

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[drinks holy water] + "mm delicious" reaction = absolutely a vampire

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are candles... vampire resistant?

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vampire's puttin the moves on your mom, Charlie

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#monsterdon Why is this guy so dumb?

yeah, i'm pretty sure the logical thing to do if you're a homicide detective is take your witness to the possible killer's house and let him know the witness lives next door

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Fun fact, bringing a kid with you means you don't need a warrant...?? #monsterdon

Seriously, Charlie is pretty pervy.

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You ever take a bath in a round wooden tub with your prince charming who was turned into a bear?
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@moira @trixter @Taweret @ryan But that scene where Jerry Dandridge drapes his arms over his, um, carpenter, and holds him close and they smile at each other, on the stairs? Iconic! (it was a very short scene, but yummy) #FrightNight1985 #Monsterdon

Anyway, this concludes my #monsterdon film for Fright Night.

I'll decide later if I loved it or hated it, but whatever my reaction was, it was guaranteed to be extreme. Maybe a superposition of adoration and hate. Who can say?

Thanks to @Taweret for hosting and to all who have enjoyed the vampires and the snark!

@neia her new vampiric hair arrived from the frizzy hair dimension. #monsterdon

I'm seeing so many posts about the vampires sweater and NO ONE seems to have posted a picture of it? :(

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