![]() Jocelyn Brando (Bubba’s Mom) is the older sister of screen legend Marlon Brando. Giggles.Īlice Nunn - yes, Large Marge (Tim Burton’s Pee Wee’s Big Adventure) herself - has a bit part here. Larry Drake (Bubba) may be most notable in the mainstream as Benny in LA Law, but to genre fans, he’s Dr. in a role that mirrored his life’s troubles at the time. For me, he’s all three.Ĭharles Durning (Otis) will look familiar from various films, including The Muppet Movie, When A Stranger Calls, and Dick Tracy. But what sticks out most prominently in my mind is his patriarchal role in the underrated holiday comedy Home for the Holidays, which features Robert Downey Jr. Lane Smith is either Coach Reilly, the nemesis to Gordon Bombay in The Mighty Ducks, Walter in Pauly Shore’s classically funny Son In Law, or Jim Trotter in one of the most re-watchable films of all time, My Cousin Vinny. It’s well worth a watch and a perfect addition for the Halloween season’s holiday viewing. You even get a bit of blood in a couple of scenes which isn’t the norm for a TV film of that era. It’s a good, blood-free kill for a TV horror film. They even do a good job showing the gun in the first act (the grain silo) and then firing it (filling it) in the third act. I’m sure there are tons of parallels and unintended time-traveling allegories I could force upon the film, relating contemporary politics and pontificating my way through some pretentious history lesson. The quality of the picture is pretty good high marks for an extra impactful scene when Bubba is lynched. Shown in 4:3 on Shudder, which didn’t bother me, perhaps because of the forced Instagram aspect that has been thrust upon us for a decade now. It might be the lowest budget intro I’ve seen, with an amateur painting serving as the backdrop as we dissolve to a matching windmill. ![]() It’s a good thing I take notes when I watch a film because I liked this one so much that I totally forgot how shitty the title sequence was. Let’s dig into 1981’s DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW, directed by Frank De Felitta! As I See It ![]() An underappreciated genre gem, “Dark Night of the Scarecrow” avoids the slasher traps and benefits from veteran actors who play evil well.Ī mentally challenged man is erroneously targeted by four gung ho men.
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