5 Overlooked Films Ep 14 - More Movies that deserve a Bluray

[@AndrewSnarls]

The Blood of Heroes is such a great movie that I've owned a copy on both VHS and DVD.

[@Zurkon128]

3:35 Uh...Cecil, I think you mean 1992 not 1982, unless some weird time travel shenanigans were involved.

[@christraven]

Blood of Heroes/Salute of the Jugger! YASSS! When I was living with my brother in the late 90's we loved that movie so much he incorporated it into our Gamma World sessions!

[@satelliteoflove2024]

Amen! Finally got a good VHS copy of BoH and The Hitcher recently and had a Rutger Hauer mini-marathon. That man was so important to the 80s!

[@TheRealNormanBates]

@@satelliteoflove2024 Second Sight in the UK just released *The Hitcher* on 4K!

[@originaluddite]

One of the few sports movies I enjoy. ;)

[@paulsutton9278]

It was a staple of Cinemax in the early to mid 90s. Been wishing for a decent bluray of it forever.

[@satelliteoflove2024]

@@paulsutton9278 indeed! Back in the good old days when HBO stood for “Hey, Beastmaster’s On!”

[@mondomacabromajor5731]

Meet the Applegates is a great creature comedy - the FX are brilliant!

[@CantankerousDave]

Saw Blood of Heroes on HBO quite a few times back then. Rutger Hauer said it was his favorite of the movies he did. It really is good. And I think the amateur jugger sport is still going.

[@veloxx6665]

Sooo happy somebody is talking about "Jugger: Salute of Heroes" Besides the Wasteland convention thing, which is very cool, there also is a proper sports version of Jugger that gets played all over Europe, and some teams even in the Americas and Australia. It's a fantastic sport and I can highly recommend checking if you have a local team nearby!

[@xfreak385231]

I remember watching the beginning of Meet the Applegates as a kid. And for the longest time I thought I imagined it.

[@cbreezy]

Same, I had to look it up a few years ago.

[@terrycraft6500]

Yea, I saw it when I was like 7 or 8 years old I believe. No clue what I was watching, it had been so long I started thinking I dreamt it up.... No one ever knew what I was talking about when I tried to describe it.

[@gewitterhund3164]

I remember Blood of the heroes. In Germany it was just called "The Jugger/Die Jugger". It was my first postapocalyptic movie ever and i LOVED it. Had it on VHS and watched every grain of quality out of the magnet band.

[@headcrabking9054]

It took my family ages to find a copy of Meet The Applegates after our first time watching it, the film is genuinely great, and I hope more people get to experience it! I'm so glad to see others talk about it!

[@GCarssow]

So glad to see a shout out for "Fired Up!". That movie was WAY better than I expected it to be and was extremely funny.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Yes! I love it dearly. Its one of the best comedies in a long time. My wife and I quote it pretty often.

[@dr.snakes]

Meet The Applegates. Meet The Hollowheads. Meet The Feebles. Meet The Deedles. Meet The Parents. Meet The Fockers. Meet The Black's. Meet The Brown's. Wonder if anyone ever attempted a marathon of all these movies?

[@cpdreyer]

Probably end up like Abed from Community after he binged all those Nic Cage movies. I wouldn't chance it.

[@jeffwalters7404]

Meet the Robinsons

[@WhoIsJohnCleland]

My favorite marathon is one I call TOTALLY TUBULAR...it's The Dark Backward - Meet the Hollowheads - Brazil

[@zwordsman]

Meet my insanity

[@fnord4960]

Meet the Meet 2: The Meeting.

[@bigsarge2085]

Thanks for the list, "The Blood of Heroes" is incredible!

[@FailedBard]

I saw The Blood of Heroes in the theater. I think I've only managed to see it on TV once since, and I've never seen it for sale in any format here. I'd love for it to get a proper full physical release with both versions.

[@aspendosia2985]

OMG I remember renting Salute of the Jugger back in the day on VHS from the local video shop. Here's hoping it gets the release because, well, Rutget Hauer.

[@ariverbythesea]

WE YEARN FOR MORE, CECIL!!! (in all honesty, do it at your own pace! 😄 I think this is your best series yet!)

[@southtexasdeathride7667]

"RIDE THE BALONEY PONY!" LMAO!

[@amberwolf7093]

I NEED to see Meet the Applegates now! The cover never caught my attention but that case is a must watch! Cecil, For your next NEEDS a Blu-ray now episode how about Mister Frost (1990)? Is Jeff Goldblum the Devil

[@abegarfield7031]

I've been looking for Mr Frost for years. I'd accept it on VHS. I've had to watch it on KZbin.

[@amberwolf7093]

@@abegarfield7031 me too!! Definitely needs a Blu-ray +

[@maximusprime3459]

Meet the Applegates is totally underrated. I kinda wonder what it would be like under Tim Burton. RIP Dabney Coleman.

[@DaveWasThereMan]

Vivarium comes to mind

[@iangiovanni6555]

probably crap. just like every tim burton film besides edward scissorhands and sleepy hollow

[@anthonyclark9441]

​@@iangiovanni6555this Take is crap. No offense.

[@iangiovanni6555]

@@anthonyclark9441 you know opinions can't be " crap" right? opinions are not facts . you don't get to tell people what their opinion is , or whether or not its " crap" . if you like terrible movies more power to you . i do not.

[@davidlionheart2438]

@@iangiovanni6555 Opinions can absolutely be crap. And yours is.

[@need-to-know-]

12:27 I just can’t. 😅😂

[@otaking3582]

City Limits is one of my favorite MST3K episodes. They lampshaded the fact that two of the characters were named Bert and Ernie, the "someday this land will be ours- oh wait, it already is" quip is eerily similar to Mufasa's "everything the light touches will be yours" (especially since James Earl Jones is in this), and they made a reference to Shining Time Station!

[@cg167]

I was just going to point out that "City Limits" was on MST3K but decided to scroll because I figured another fan had already pointed it out. It sort of toes the line between good-bad and just bad, at least from I could gleam.

[@otaking3582]

@@cg167 He already pointed out it was on MST3K in the actual video.

[@mitchelltheawesome1]

Bro, the practical effects on those roaches are absolutely fantastic.

[@LeslieMorris]

Australian here. Thanks for taking the time to care. ❤

[@GoodBadFlicks]

I do my best :)

[@Eulogy10]

​@@GoodBadFlicks that Aussie must be one cool bloke ;)

[@Caine7ify]

Meet the Applegates: Eh, mantises are related to roaches, so close enough.

[@Dantegrey1]

Salute of the Jugger was one of those movies that I knew I would love, thanks to my favorite critic. I knew him so well, that I knew by the way he hated it, that I would love it. I did. I watched it three times. It had almost nothing to do with 15 year old me liking Joan Chen a lot. The final battle is really great. The music is as well.

[@michaelaldan6969]

Oh...Joan Chen...you brought back some memories there Cecil...those were my first R rated thoughts...great times

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

City Limits has basically the same premise as the 1970 movie Gas-s-s-s (directed by Roger Corman).

[@guyvizard549]

Can I just say I'm shocked that you've never done a review of "Split Second" with Rutger Hauer. The movie isn't necessarily lost gold or anything, but it's right up your alley.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

I did Split Second back when I was on Blip tv. I do plan on doing a much better update on here eventually, I love it.

[@abegarfield7031]

Split second is a brilliant satire. A friend of mine complained about every silly thing in it as if he was expecting it to be like Howard's end. This is a guy (in his 40s) that loves Terminator 2 but couldn't understand that Split second wasn't supposed to be serious.

[@guyvizard549]

@@GoodBadFlicks I figured it would be "year one" stuff for you. I almost thought I'd seen a review in the past.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

I had to go back and look and apparently it was my 26th episode all the way back in 2010.

[@tskmaster3837]

"Breaking All the Rules" is a movie I saw in the late 80s but I completely forgot the title. I thought about what I remembered and came up with a keyword search: "Canadien Amusement Park." Popped right up. Special thanks to MST3k "Zombie Nightmare" for pointing out where and how movies are Canada, eh?

[@wstine79]

I would love to see a Blu-ray copy of Joe's Apartment. My favorite Cockroach movie.

[@matthewg666]

Warner Archive released that on blu-ray in January. Rather bare bones (a few animated shorts unrelated to the movie), bur the picture looka great.

[@Code7Unltd]

The best there was for that movie was a stream. It was on several AVOD sites a while back.

[@hurgenflerg2133]

Salute of the Jugger is one of my favorite sports movies. It's right up there with Rollerball, Death Race 2000, Raging Bull, and Slap Shot.

[@travisshallenberger9486]

Blood of Heroes is one of my favorite post-apoc movies. I recorded it on VHS years ago. I mean, Rutger Hauer. What more do you need? That Sarah Roemer is someone I'm not familiar with, but she seems interesting. She's got kind of a Cate Blanchett look to her. A movie I would love to see you cover is Series 7: The Contenders. It's about a reality TV show where people stalk and kill each other and before you make any judgments, it's from 2001, before everyone had done this idea and reality shows were just catching on. It's VERY low budget, but the way it's shot just makes it look more believable as a reality show. Give it a look if you haven't.

[@TheGuyInTheCheapSeats]

It was a good movie that was way ahead of the curve.

[@anonimonn9775]

Damn, i remember watching Salute of The Jugger on tv in the 90's just once but i didn't see the beginning so i never knew the title, so for me it was: "The movie with the guy from Split Second and the asian girl were they play a game in the future", for many years... Yep, life before the internet had it's charm.

[@ariverbythesea]

If I were to ever start my own Blu-Ray label, it would focus on obscure, forgotten, and/or culturally significan 20th century films from lesser known countries like in Africa, Southeast Asia, South/Central America, and Eastern Europe.

[@megatronjenkins2473]

The Bone Snatcher!!!!! SHUT UP AND TAKE MY ENERGON 🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌

[@moviesbye9294]

You would go bankrupt very fast!

[@Campbellzilla]

Cecil: "A satirical black comedy isn't the way to get people to your cause" Dr. Strangelove and They Live: *exists*

[@GoodBadFlicks]

The full line was "A black comedy about giant sentient insects might not be the film that gets people on board with your cause". I was pointing out how the giant bugs not the satire may not work for some people.

[@Campbellzilla]

@@GoodBadFlicks But aren't bugs symbolic of corruption and rot? Worked for Blue Velvet and it's a recurring motif in the underrated darkly comic anthology horror comic Ice Cream Man.

[@everfreebrumby8385]

As an Australian myself I can confirm that Cecil did indeed pronounce ‘Coober Pedy’ correctly. 🇦🇺

[@maximusprime3459]

Breaking All the Rules was one of those movies that played on one of the local syndicated channels on the weekends ALL. THE. TIME. I must've seen it a dozen times over the years. Seems like whoever owned it just loved putting it on the schedule to fill the timeslot.

[@1kylecurry]

"Meet the Applegate's" is surprisingly underrated with decent SFX. "City Limits", the best way to watch is on MST3K as always. I vaguely remember "Asylum", "Blood of Heroes"... Rutger Hauler hell yeah & Joan Chen 😉. The actor in the last movie looks like Melanie Griffith.

[@douglasbyram6802]

Thank you for sharing these, I watched Breaking All The Rules on YT right after I watched this and it’s a charming film with good humor and a nice slice of the 80s

[@GoodBadFlicks]

You are welcome!

[@EyeInTheSky982]

That post-credit ending though. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@robdielemans9189]

I might've seen meet the Applegates and absolutely have seen salute of the jugger. Always great content. thanks!

[@lowlygrinder2977]

Aw man, these are all movies I watched as a kid, they had have a huge impression on me. Back then movie like these felt so real to me, sometimes to the point of freaking me out. I loved Dunn in Tropical Heat.

[@darnellleake405]

I loved Meet the Applegates as a kid. It's something that was totally gone from my memory until now.

[@rusalexander1757]

Dude, I love both Blood of Heroes and Breaking All the Rules. Underrated flicks for sure

[@paultapner2769]

One film we'd all love to have on physical media: The Final Sacrifice. But chance would be a fine thing. One film that's never come to physical media: Inchon. The 1982 Korean War movie produced by the Moonies. Winner of worst picture at the Razzies that year, it's only out there via a cable channel broadcast that has been uploaded to you tube. I don't know if anyone would actually want to own it though.

[@cactoidpinata]

I loved Meet the Applegates. We had a VHS recording from HBO or something when I was a kid, but we've misplaced it. You know what movie I can't believe doesn't have a 2K or 4K release? Grandma's Boy. It's not overlooked or forgottenf, but it doesn't have a BD release. I would actually be really excited if Happy Madison would just put out an entire set, including Netflix exclusives. You've probably already covered this one, because I think you've at least reviewed it before, but I think Fright Night Part 2 is another good candidate.

[@MRC_5000]

damn... i really love all the additional information you give me with each video! now i want to stay the night in a former opal mine...

[@GoodBadFlicks]

I like to be an all purpose entertainer/informer

[@jamiepalmer6452]

Great video Cecil! I was so happy to see you talk about Asylum on here. I didn't think anyone knew/cared about that movie. I was able to stream it awhile ago I think on Tubi or Amazon Prime so hopefully it will end up there again. Keep up the great work!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@philipmorris4843]

Seen Meet The Applegates and Breaking All The Rules quite a few times on cable years ago. They were on a lot at the time

[@AvatarAtma]

I love this idea for a list! Hadn’t heard of most of these. Here’s a couple I’d like to see: 1) Home for the Holidays. Made-for-TV proto-slasher from the 70s. Stars a young Sally Field 2) The Night God Screamed. I remember liking this a lot, though it’s been awhile. Great title though. 3) Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural. Really spooky effort from the 70s. It has a dvd release, which is better than nothin’.

[@penbucket]

So That’s what Breaking All The Rules is about! Grew up seeing that cover in the video store but never watched it. Looks like I would have loved it! Or at least loved Her.

[@jakubsosnowski1925]

Blood of the Heroes is a banger, so unique, and consistently entertaining, but the most impressive part was the prosthetics/makeup. The gruesomeness of metal plates and scars, adds a realism to the brutal reality of not only post-apo world, but a brutal game set in it. And personally it always reminded me of warhammer40k, and their approach to ancient-technology that is used to patch up people

[@Taipan108]

Salute of the Jugger is an excellent movie. It was one of my favourites growing up. I’d love a Blu-ray of the international version.

[@CthulhusDream]

Meet the Applegates is one of my favorite movies of all time! I watched it a million times on vhs as a kid

[@abraxix]

I stll have my vhs copy of blood of heroes...Mad max meets monday night football :P with a great cast Delroy Lindo, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rutger Hauer and Joan Chen

[@DGoodhart]

Terrific video! The Blood of Heroes is a huge favorite and I’m kinda sorta surprised that it’s not available in some sort of swanky Blu-Ray too- this has Arrow Video written all over it. Another one that is begging for a Blu-Ray package is Chained Heat, the Citizen Kane of Women in Prison films.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@MidKnighToker]

I never even heard of The Blood of Heroes which is rare for me to not know a wonderful Ruger horror film as such. About a year ago maybe longer it came out with the 1080i download and I now have it as part of my collection. The unique storyline and plot are a lost art of the 80s and 90s

[@cpdreyer]

Gonna make a spiritual sequel to The Blood of the Heroes called Salute of the Juggalos with Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope playing it totally straight on their way to Oscar wins. Please nobody steal this can't miss award magnet blockbuster.

[@joey_dangerously]

I've seen Meet the Applegates many times. It used to come on TV a lot when I was younger.

[@lerm2866]

Scorpion is slowly releasing those 80’s New World Pictures titles; they’ve done Bad Manners and Stand Alone so yes- Breaking All The Rules is due!!

[@JenMistress]

Got them all saved, 5 movies for me to check out whenever I have the time. Thank you for this.

[@DabionFreedom]

I have definitely heard of The Salute of the Jugger. but never seen it. I will try & track down the dvd. the others, sound & look awesome. :)

[@coreycleven8414]

I've been trying to remember the name to Meet The Applegates for years. I'm sure it's not nearly as good as I remember, but I still couldn't be happier right now.

[@Anson120]

The scene on "meet the Apple gates where the egg flops on the floor ,and the dude squashes it freaked me out. Camille Cooper is really dreamy too. Wa wa wi wa indeed.

[@coolnegative]

Phoenix the Warrior, Prayer of the Rollerboys, Wired to Kill, Waxworks 2, House 2, The Experts, Freaked.....

[@1MrBryn]

Shoutout to Craig R. Baxley as one of the great stuntman turned directors

[@ohsocinematic8909]

Blood of Heroes DESPERATELY needs a remaster. I’m surprised with all that talent in front of and behind the camera it has been overlooked!

[@MD_Chaos]

It’s funny you bring up kite when talking David ellis, cause recently they just announced they’re doing a remaster of the original OVA in all 3 of it’s cuts. Which is kind of a huge deal, since that ova has a pretty interesting influence on certain things like Kill Bill. I’ve heard of city limits before, not any of the others. I’m surprised asylum didn’t get a blu ray given how recent of a film it is.

[@zakattakful]

looooooooooooooooooooove this channel so much ❤ thanks so much for the consistent gold

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thank you! You are very welcome! :)

[@KyleMcintoshMAC316]

I love Meet the Applegates! I saw it when it hit VHS when I was kid. City Limits to me almost sounds like the New Zealand TV series The Tribe before it was thought of

[@rutherfordappraisal258]

The guy in the white t-shirt and yellow hard hat giving us the least enthusiastic axe chop on film at 0:20.

[@Paul77ozee]

Rutger Hauer and Joan Chen also starred in a movie called Wedlock which was made in 1991.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Yes! I saw it as "Deadlock" and its a really great film.

[@bootz8775]

Thank you so much for bringing up Meet the Applegates! That was one of the first movies i saw on t.v. where i realised i didnt really like mainstrean movies as much as the weird and unknown. Makes me also think of Welcome to Planet Earth/Alien Avengers. I believe that opal mine also pops up in Priscilla Queen of the Dessert. Thank you for another video! Always love learning more about the stuff i love

[@anthonyclark9441]

Meet The Applegates is a Movie that I don't think gets enough love. I love that damn Movie

[@UnwrittenSpade]

Cecil, you bringing up FIRED UP just shows me again how amazing you are! NO ONE talks about that film and along with take me home tonight and hot tub Time Machine it’s on my alltime fav list. I freaking love fired up

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Yes! One of the best comedies not just of the 2000s but one of my personal favorites. So funny and quotable. :)

[@UnwrittenSpade]

@@GoodBadFlicks couldn’t agree more

[@rogerswab2131]

My friends and I saw Blood of Heroes when we were 17. Of course, being 17 and stupid, we immediately came up with our own version and went to try it out in the back yard. We lasted 5 minutes before the littlest guy got supplexed and broke both his collar bones.

[@MandleRoss]

I remember Meet the Applegates as the start of a short wave of films with totally bizarre premises. There was one I saw called Life on the Edge, about people living on the edge of a cliff that was the literal edge of reality. I have never seen it since.

[@JohnZoni]

I remember Breaking All The Rules - saw it a bunch on HBO. Thanks for the flashback!

[@ionpal9568]

Had this on while working on something. The baloney pony bit caught me completely off-guard.

[@TerryParr]

I would've said that I wanted the aerobics-centric Heavenly Bodies (1984) on Blu Ray.... but Fun City Editions is finally releasing it on Blu Ray this year!

[@iDEATH]

I love Blood of Heroes. I need to watch it again, but I remember it being surprisingly good. Not too shocking, given that cast, though, and I'd completely forgotten D'Onofrio is in it!

[@JoeDredd2012]

2:45 WHOA!! I haven't seen that flick in years. 6:34 Yep another film from my childhood I always enjoyed especially the baddass theme music too R.I.P Rutger. Another wonderful job Cecil👍👍

[@gg-er1vv]

I remember the embossed VHS cover of salute of the jugger, so cool

[@Crazy_Borg]

Why does the name Carolyn Dunn rings a bell? She's from Tropical Heat! Man, i loved that show. Rutger Hauer's Jugger is a pretty well known movie here in Germany, mainly because it was put on the index for 25 years (1990 - 2015). So having an uncut version on VHS in the 90s was something special.

[@Ashrudel]

I have a vague memory of kid me walking in on my Grandfather watching Meet the Applegates. Not sure what scene I saw, but the Bug transformation scared the hell out of kid me.

[@Arinesart]

I've always read that Ellis died part way through filming. One of my favorite directors and a hell of 2nd unit director.

[@RavenHouseMystery]

Great job on the video, Cecil. I remember most of these titles, though whether or not I saw the film is hard to say. It is a great list to check out, especially "Blood Of The Heroes", which I might remember once I start watching it. 😉

[@CourtneyGruenholz]

I saw the mst3k episode of City Limits and of course hilarious! Surprisingly, I have seen Meet The Applegates. A girl I knew when I was between at least 7-8 years old was either watching it on HBO or her parents had rented it along with Mannequin Too: On The Move because we watched it the same day. That needs to be on Blu-Ray or DVD and I would buy it!

[@cpl.barbarusc4814]

Meet the Applegates was the one of many films I shouldn't have watched as a kid.😂 The transformation scenes really caught me off guard and since some of my family members really don't like roaches, I won't usually recommend them as a must watch film.

[@timberry4709]

That last scene reminds me of Kim Cattrall's scene in "Porky's" where we learn how Miss Honeywell got the nickname 'Lassie'.

[@thejimmyp]

I remember renting Meet the Applegates when it hit VHS and I had no idea what I was getting myself into. When they reveal the family are praying mantis', it freaked me out. I turned it off and returned it. I rented it a few months later and enjoyed it.

[@theblocksays]

OMG now I want to see RLM feature that Applegates on "Beast of the Worst" just for that scene of them doing it over the PA system you played at the end, to hear Rich Evans laughing at it in real time LMAO.

[@ClaireRedfieldKennedy-ld2lx]

I give 'Meet the Applegates' a chance per your recommendation. I remember seeing it at the video store thinking it looked horrible. It was clearly about a "perfect" family who were really aliens, monsters, or mutants. I think showing the antennas on the box cover hurt it. I've seen plenty of good horror comedies about monsters living as "perfect" or "normal" Americans but they could always pass for human.

[@damedan9389]

Dabney Coleman is that dude. ❤😊

[@CantankerousDave]

RIP.

[@DeliveryServiceFan06]

He was great in Cloak and Dagger.

[@StelyDn]

Cecil, you said "June 20 1982", at 3:39.

[@crazynut5694]

Breaking the Rules was my favorite as a kid. I can't wait for you to find Morgan Stuart coming home

[@YokRzeznic]

Yees you said Coober Pedy right! If you look at 6:52 you see Max Fairchild, who was in Mad Max and The Road Warrior in small parts. It also has other Mad Max alumni Hugh Keays-Byrne, Richard Norton and Guy Norris.

[@Kaveeteh]

Meet the Applegates. Holy Hell I remember this movie! That's a flash from the past I wasn't expecting!

[@RobinsTaste]

Interesting that you mention City Limits! I had it on VHS not to long ago...buuuut sadly it was busted and didnt work. So I never had a chance to see it for real.

[@TheOtaku031284]

I loved Breaking all the Rules as a teen, had a massive crush on Debbie and her 80s punkish look even though it was the late 90s the first time I saw it.

[@joetrone99]

Breaking All The Rules is one of my favorite 80s comedies. I use to have the vhs but sold all of mine a few years ago. I ended buying dvd at a con that was a vhs rip lol.