#monsterdon Oh no! An apple!

check those 80's music beats #monsterdon

I remember the static after the shows finished!

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Wow he drives a 1975 Ford Bondo. #monsterdon

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Launching my #monsterdon thread for Fright Night, a movie that I'm told is spooky!

Monsterdon is the thing where we watch an old monster movie every week and make fun of it; it turns more into 80s horror movies for the spooky season.

Anyway, you're about to see lots of monsterdon posts by me and others; feel free to mute the hash tag if an 80s horror watch party is not your jam.

"A TOM HOLLAND FILM"

_reflexively boosts the Umbrella lip sync clip, you know the one_

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how do I NOT have DON'T AWOO in my reax folder?!

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Frog man hopping on it's butt... WHUT
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Another giant but smaller than a man bat monster?
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Finally I got a shot of those weird giant masks. And the Egyptian Halloween costume. This movie is a mood altering experience.
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@davesdogmaggie @Taweret I did not know Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins had split. My brain is 16 years out-of-date.

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Post scriptum: tonight, October 5, is the 7 year anniversary of the 2018 stage adaptation of Fright Night!

> The official stage adaptation made its debut at the Carnegie Stage in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 5, 2018.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fright_Night_(franchise)#Stage

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IMDb confirms the presence of Octaman. Also, the Christopher Lee Dracula movie used earlier in the film was the Jess Franco one that we watched almost exactly one year ago. #Monsterdon #FrightNight1985

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089175/movieconnections/#features

The third best character was the milfy mom who was nonchalant about things movie moms are normally upset about, but very concerned about nightmares and a lack of hot cocoa.

The fourth best character was the cop who decided he didn't want to deal with this shit, which is a mood.

The nominal main boy and girl were mostly there to have a nominal main boy and girl. The metalhead nerd was a little more likable, actually, even if he was annoying.

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@jsadow I can't help but associate that logic with the were-car from Futurama

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Fright Night! Thanks @Taweret and #Monsterdon for showing me an 80's classic I missed out on! It's good to remember how much I love practical effects, and how much I hate Coors beer.

I'm gonna go steal Charley's Atari 400 and play Oil's Well.

I award Fright Night 3 out of 5 exploding burning melting bloody vampires. It was simultaneously the worst and best film ever made.

The best character was the conflicted actor who decided to play his role to save the day; he was real main character.

The second best character was the Evil Bisexual Sweater Vampire who collected clocks and teenagers.

The practical effects were neat, and carefully used. The movie felt really long though and extremely cringe in parts.

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Was that Octaman? #Monsterdon #FrightNight1985

THE CREDITS SONG OMG #monsterdon

so charlie basically has to spend the rest of his life converting people to christianity so they are able to defend themselves against vampires #monsterdon

I love a zero chemistry ending

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I would never turn off Octaman!
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HOLY SHIT IT'S OCTAMAN ON THE TV

WHEN #Monsterdon NEEDED HIM MOST, OUR HERO RETURNED

That sounded like...The Boys!

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epic head vampire death, we had it all!

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I took the liberty of putting you in a diaphanous gown, I hope you don't mind

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"OH NO, MY ARMPIT!"

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@bunnyhero @Newpa_Hasai Well, I mean pop culture vamps are more liberally-defined, I just think werewolves are separate, and they're mixing their monsters up into a kind of ... mash?

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RIGHT in the SHOULDER what the FUCK dude

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How Vincent got his Faith Back
was the alternate title. #monsterdon

@gnomon The slime disintegration is just gratuitous! I love it #Monsterdon #FrightNight

BAT

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Will he explode or melt?

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"You gotta Faith...."

We miss you George

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even if he survives this night, he did alert the whole town to him being a vampire, so he'll just get finished off when some guys go to the big 5 and get a crossbow tomorrow #monsterdon

TIL every vampire dies in a different, gooey practical effect. This one has decided to melt into green goo, then turn into a creepy skeleton and shatter.

10/10, no notes.

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yeah i pretty much mostly remember the scenes on the stairs haha

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this movie is bringing it in the third act

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@moira

If this is it, please let me go

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@moira there's still time but I am not holding out a ton of hope

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It's not just like the movies because you're getting steady work here, Roddy

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Real talk: do not remove objects from a sucking chest wound.

https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/resources/learn-first-aid/chest-injury

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@Lazarou Oh yeah, they absolutely shot the money with the werewolf goo. #Monsterdon

Hand of glory?

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That scream is the same scream that man this week will make when he finds out Tilly Norwood is not a virgin

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@bunnyhero @allanb @Victorsigmoid Yabbut di they try fire tho? #HiBunny! #Monsterdon

really working the smoke machines here

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holy fuck so this is where the good parts of the movie have been hiding, huh

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dogs can be vampires? why wouldn't you go down to the pound and recruit like 100 dog servants immediately #monsterdon

@blue @JoeWynne If you do it right you use pre-wrap first (sports wrap that isn't sticky that goes under tape). Harder to do if the tape isn't going all the way around though I guess?

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There is Charley's mother, only Zuhl!
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Evil is having fun

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@diazona @floatybirb #Monsterdon There was a GREAT novelization of this movie, and then Tom Holland retold this story as Fright Night Origins with some fleshed out details because he wants to continue this series that way.

I am Peter Vincent
The Great Vampire .... killer

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Did he bite her neck or an apple? I wasn't looking at the screen, it sounded like an apple. #monsterdon

This is going to be one of those "kill the head vampire and vamp friends get turned back" deals, isn't it?

We know the rules

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Charlie tried to recruit Peter Vincent to help fight the vampire, but he won't go because he's scared and also not a real vampire hunter.

Meanwhile, Sweater Vampire has dressed Amy in a sexy not-quite-toga-dress and explains that she looks like someone he used to know, whose portrait is on the wall.

He takes off his short and makes out with her, which she decides to go along with; eventually he bites her and starts drinking her blood.

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Amy, get some standards gurl

Don't just give it up for any Tom, Dick, or Dracula in town

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Ok, right now I’m headcannoning that Amy is 27

Because jeezopete

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ETA: dear lordt, autocorrect, you are not helping

Ah the old "Vampire thinks you look like his old flame" routine...

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The creepiest thing about Amy waking up like that is she did not dress herself

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what if it was punky brewster in this instead of charley brewster

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I don't follow #monsterdon but I noticed someone posted y'all are are watching Fright Night, and I just wanna say to all y'all "You're so cool, Brewster"

have fun

Charlie tries to get Amy back, but Sweater Vampire threatens that if he wants to see her again he will have to bring Peter Vincent (the actor) back to his house.

The bouncers correctly try to stop Sweater Vampire from leaving the club with an underaged girl, so Sweater Vampire transforms into Monster mode and kills them, causing panic.

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High schools kids are allowed in this night club?

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DANDRIGE QUIT CREEPING ON HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS

nope nope nope nope nope

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#Monsterdon #FrightNight1985 vampires will definitely steal your girlfriend

tempting Amy with his sexiest dancing sweatshirt

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Duran-duranpire

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here he comes to suck his way across town

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Who designed this neighbourhood?!

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yea this is close enough that I think it's THEY LIVE, especially with the alley shots

amusingly, this movie is 3 years earlier, though. so I guess if there were any link, it would be that THEY LIVE (1988) sounds like FRIGHT NIGHT (1985)

the electric guitar kinda spoils it but the rest is the same vibe

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Wow, the feed is really divided. Poll time!

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Oop there's our first of two "fuck" utterances for this film to keep to its rating

That "fruitcake" epithet from Ed is getting real old, they can cut that out anytime.

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@JoeWynne Beautiful. This is officially my favorite aspect of the movie. #Monsterdon

(I was trying to turn off the slightly over-large subtitles on this disc and had to cycle through _twenty-five other languages_ after English to get to OFF. Annoying, but excellent localization work!)

Meanwhile Dandrige visibly failed to appear in Vincent's prop mirror! EGADS he is a real vampire after all

And he just spotted the shard of mirror that popped out of Vincent's prop case when Vincent dropped it in shock! The kids are rumbled!

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It would be funny if Vincent just left the movie and is last seen flying across the country.

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hello police? I met this guy named Jer and he didn't cast a reflection in my compact mirror so... hello? hello?

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The vampire guy comes down to greet them and leer at the metalhead nerd and the girlfriend, then charms the girl, proving again that he is an Evil Bisexual (TM).

Charlie then awkwardly bullies him into drinking the holy water, which he does without harm. The actor tries to convince him that was a valid test, but Charlie is not convinced.

The vampire guy vaguely threatens Charlie's friends so he backs off and pretends to be convinced that the vampire guy is not a vampire.

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Unfortunately they didn’t cast Billy Zane as the vampire

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Wait, the cross didn't work last time, why does he care?

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if he's not a vampire have him touch THIS [pixelated]

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AMY!!!

GET

OUT

OF

THIS

MOVIE!!!!!!

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Nowadays this vampire certification process would be done over Zoom

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@JoeWynne Speaking of Cassandra Peterson, I met her at #DragonCon many years ago (probably circa 2008). She was seated at a table in the vendor hall, signing autographs. I didn't get her autograph, but no one was there, so we talked for a bit. In retrospect, I should have paid for her autograph because I was just a dick by talking to her and not getting an autograph.

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Naturally, the actor decides that we should do a phone interview to prove if the vampire neighbor is a vampire or not.

After refuses crosses and holy water, which I would probably refuse anyway, but eventually gets him to agree an investigation where he drinks the holy water.

The arrive at night and Charlie is mad that the actor is not bringing his bag of stakes. Anyway, they get let into the house that is full of clocks and art and stuff.

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@ManWithPez/115324681080749103

I was 10, by the way.

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And at the time, VERY 10. Just an annoying little shitbird. #Monsterdon

That's "born again" christian. A "reborn" christian would maybe be more like a vampire or zombie.

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"Yes. This is Jerry Dandridge. How did you get this number. I JUST moved in."

"Ma Bell don't fuck around, Mr. Dandridge."

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Amy and the Metalhead Nerd go to bother the Vampire Hunter actor in his retro apartment and beg him to help. Not help like kill the vampire, but help like convince him to not think his neighbor is a vampire.

He refuses at first because he's going to Hollywood but changes his mind when Amy offers him $500.

Their plan is to go next door and prove to Charlie that the vampire is not a vampire by showing his reflection in a prop mirror.

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"these teenagers gave me $500 to break in a vampires house" sounds very Florida Man

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Amy asks if Charlie recruited the vampire actor, he says that he tried to but he wasn't interested. So they decide to form a scooby do gang and go after the vampire.

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"Suck his way throughout the entire town!"

I've seen that movie ;)

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Dude, you just had a vampire throw you around the room, so now you’re filling the whole room with candles so the vampire can burn it down next time?

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"This is just like FRIGHT NIGHT"

:blobfoxfingerguns:

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#monsterdon I couldn't light that many candles without accidentally burning my house down.

Zero chance of survival.

#monsterdon Too much hair product, and all those candles, there's going to be Barbecue!

Was this pitched using "Rear Window"?

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Did we watch that Dracula movie with Monsterdon?

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