Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: Q: THE WINGED SERPENT

[@tyrantgregcagkaiju71]

There was an episode of Godzilla the Series called “Bird of Paradise”, which was a complete homage to Q: The Winged Serpent. Godzilla literally fights a giant quetzalcoatl, which the characters often refer to as “Q,” and there's a supporting character named Larry Cohen (the producer/writer/director of Q: The winged Serpent).

[@victorhernandez8723]

Tyrant Gregcag Nice homage!

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

And in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, one of the kaiju mentioned is called Quetzalcoatl (Titanus Quetzalcoatl).

[@tyrantgregcagkaiju71]

Nicholas Lienandjaja Wow! I didn’t notice that 😳! Thanks for the heads up 👍🏻!

[@MaxQuinney]

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[@tyrantgregcagkaiju71]

Max Quinney Yep, that’s the one! Thanks for the link! 👍🏻

[@aubreyackermann8432]

The human sacrifice was for the sun god. Quetzalcoatl was the god of wind, art, and a billion other things.

[@jacqueparr4175]

Does this have anything to do with Q anon?

[@brotatooflegend2927]

Also from what guys in the anime club said back in highschool it's used in hentia too

[@jacksoninskip1614]

Wait. So...they ARE unconnected?

[@aubreyackermann8432]

As far as my research has taken me, not only are they unrelated, but Quetzalcoatl is very, very old and that sun god was a fairly recent addition to the pantheon when it all collapsed.

[@gavinkailey527]

Q was also the god of war

[@MarquisSmith]

"If you're a fan of monster movies who doesn't mind gore and nudity" It's like this film was specifically made for your audience. I'm tracking down a copy ASAP.

[@warrenferguson5174]

SalfordianBlue we do truly agreed.

[@homelesshannah50]

It's on KZbin

[@nukedenclaveoilrig-remnant1136]

Why don't you just "get it for free" ;) A few MB of your storage no currency involved ;) Illegally download it

[@boskostoybox]

It's on tubi also

[@RogueT-Rex8468]

It’s here on KZbin.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

"Michael Moriarty is surprisingly good in this." Michael Moriarty is never surprisingly good. He's always good.

[@MaxQuinney]

Michael Moriarty was also the best Harry Potter. Always a great actor! No surprise here.

[@Powderedcornet1]

Agreed

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

Law& Order- Special Monsters Unit

[@meesalikeu]

bang the drum slowly was mm’s best movie

[@johanschimt3761]

@@meesalikeu pale rider I'd say

[@tatsumisaiga4374]

This isn’t a “so bad it’s good” movie it’s genuinely good. Larry Cohen never made a bad movie, he took campy or sleazy concepts and elevated them. Michael Moriarty gives a borderline Oscar-worthy performance too.

[@eduardopena5893]

"Aw shit, maybe his head just got loose and fell off." That has to be the best line ever!

[@OrangeElixir]

I love it that the jewelry store in this movie is named "Neil Diamonds".

[@TheRealNormanBates]

So what you're saying is: this movie didn't take itself too seriously? Which I could have guessed, being a Larry Cohen film.

[@skylx0812]

Diamond starred in a not too well received remake of The Jazz Singer in 80'. Moriarty's "cocaine scat" may be a jab at that.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Mime cop should have looked exited, and turned around then run in place like he's fleeing.

[@chriscraven9335]

Larry Cohen died March 2019 RIP

[@EvilNecroid]

damn

[@aquagem4066]

Yes

[@richardsanchez9190]

That whole thing about flying in like with the sun so no one sees you coming when they look up, is an actual tactic used by fighter pilots in ww1 specifically by the red baron. An ace.

[@goufr3540]

But is Q as big as a battleship.

[@mr.skerbuffalo9683]

CWDTrixie nO I SAid iT lOOkeD LiKe a BatLe ShiP

[@danmorgan3685]

Nah, more like a motor launch. Yeah, it's not so dramatic.

[@ScreamingScallop]

A battleship that's just smart enough to fly "in line with the sun" AH HA HA HA HA HA HOO HOO HOO HAAAAaa oh boy that's dumb

[@mariellataleon294]

CWDTrixie i

[@jannisschaefer5776]

CWDTrixie Good question

[@Gooberslot]

Men in the 80s had to spy on women because they didn't have the internet.

[@theonlychickensama8353]

Gooberslot didn't they have paper porn? Also porn mags

[@mactony4]

@@theonlychickensama8353 Playboy and their great articles, that's what everyone was looking forward to.

[@gowithgroove]

Exactly my thought!

[@arthas640]

as much as people complain about sex addiction and porn addiction, access to porn actual has a major reduction in the number of sex based crimes in an area.

[@ShimaS-0079]

@@arthas640any info to back that up. I would really like to know

[@geardog24]

14:56 "Shaft and Mime Cop" Sounds like something Adult Swim would make.

[@2949revan]

Kind of makes me want to start a patreon to make this a thing.

[@menslady125eif2590]

@@Erik_J_Q I'd watch it!

[@Belgand]

This summer watch out for "Mime Shaft". It's a lot less scarring than "Strip Mime".

[@thecopperowl8386]

I would pay to see that movie.

[@thishandleisntavailable42069]

I was sold at "Stop-motion Flying Monster".

[@umachan9286]

Awesome. I remember seeing this in the old neighborhood video shop. "It's name is Quetzalcoatl. But you'll only be able to call it Q before it kills you!" was the tagline. Finally rented it when I was old enough and thought it was a decent flick. Glad to hear it was a success as well.

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

Ahh American movies. All about killing the monster first and pretty much screwing the lore of it much less preserving something of the monster and showing it as a sympathetic creature. Kinda feel jealous of Kong. . Likely a cultural thing. The US like many Western Nations are heavily Christians and they have a thing against any and all things related to snakes. Although I will give it this much credit I do like the interpreation. Its a solid looking monster. Just needed more feathers.

[@SkullDixon]

Detective John Shaft and Kwai Chang Caine is basically what a Heroes for Hire (Luke Cage and Iron Fist) show would be, except the detectives part.

[@henrykujawa4427]

HOW ON EARTH did this not cross my mind while watching the film last year?

[@mnightshade107]

Sweet christmas your right 👉

[@Dynaman21]

That would have kicked ass as a show…

[@The_PokeSaurus]

6:12 Did this movie predict the 2019 Godzilla film? And considering the fact the monster is killed by simple weapons and had one egg that survived at the end, it might as well have predicted the 1998 Godzilla too.

[@anythingbuthistory]

Bullets are the answer in every 80s movies

[@HarperStl]

Except when lasers are involved - then lasers become the answer.

[@yoyoyeah9083]

what if you have no bullets?

[@symbiotegod2069]

@@yoyoyeah9083 then you make a flamethrower with a lighter and hairspray.

[@yoyoyeah9083]

Symbiote God pfff your technic is outdated just use a match and a cup of creamers

[@symbiotegod2069]

@@yoyoyeah9083 hey my technic is a classic. Everyone loves the classics.

[@gaillewis5472]

I'm so glad I no longer have to explain to my family why I'm screaming behind closed doors, and I certainly don't care what the neighbors think anymore. Gumby's uncle. My God.

[@nickdirienzo2849]

Micheal Moriarty always delivers a great performance, he's one of my favorite actors.

[@psychoabattoirhorror]

Saw this in the 80s on HBO and was instantly a fan. This film rocks

[@lordinquisitor6233]

Humanoids from the deep please, it’s the 70s shadow over innsmoth

[@justindenney-hall5875]

Thank you thomas.

[@jakeen229]

My main! 40k or Fantasy?

[@lordinquisitor6233]

Serious Thought both

[@jasonsantos3037]

Humanoids from the deep I like that movie best b-movie from the 80

[@brianmcmanus4690]

One of my favorite monster movies EVER. Sleek, retro, modern, silly, scary and funny all at the same time, as well as the best use of the Chrysler Building in ANY movie EVER. Cheers!

[@varanid9]

This reminded me of Kolchak: the Night Stalker in atmosphere.

[@NineWhile9]

I saw a Rerun of that on METv recently. I also noticed both Tubi tv the app and Commet tv a channel play almost everything Brandon's Reviewed

[@BrianRPaterson]

Mee too. It had the vibe of the episode with Eric Estrada as a willing sacrifice of a Mexican chest-ripping demon.

[@Burori1]

I'm glad you reviewed this movie. First time I ever read about it was in the late 90's, in a magazine, where they were talking about a number of the most memorable monsters in cinema. And Q was in there. Yeah. I know. Guess there's a following in Bulgaria.

[@hude7360]

R.I.P Larry Cohen. You definitely made your mark in entertainment.

[@allsportnj]

R.I.P. Larry Cohen. :(

[@williamhiers1280]

Brandon, your review sold me on this flick. I got the DVD off of eBay (with Larry Cogen's audio commentary) and wasn't disappointed! That's two movies your reviews have made me get the DVD for (the other being Lifeforce). Also, the reason the curator calls the first skinning a "suicide" is because the victim would've had to have been willing.

[@dashzilla9358]

Boy, Lucoa sure was slim back in the 80's. I don't know what happened, but I love the change.

[@Rexy-op3bi]

Lol XD

[@KianaK0423]

She got thicc? I never thought I'd use that term.

[@cinnermacgonnan8584]

That; or she started ageing backwards somehow.

[@nine_tails137]

Might explain why Shota is so scared of her? LOL!

[@gregormcscrungus9727]

She had a bit of a rough reaction to the banishment

[@mousetreehouse6833]

I remember when this came out, and was impressed with all the positive reviews it got; very unusual for a horror movie. Morriarty then went on to co-star in the original " Law & Order". I never felt the same about the show after he left.

[@tylerskiss]

Is that Moe from The Stuff!? The Larry Cohen Cinematic Universe!!

[@williamhiers1280]

Yes it is!

[@bromodragone8405]

Michael Moriarty and Larry Cohen are good friend.

[@h.plovecat4307]

Da shtuff

[@lexxer84]

Brandon, I'm so thankful for you and your channel. Being a creep, I have sooooo many of these movies on my amazon and shudder watch lists, and with you I am saving time and sanity. And you make them so much better! How am I just finding you now?! Keep up the great work! But Ralph Bakshi's Wizards and Tales from the Crypt Demon Night are all time favs of mine.

[@anthonyhudak9363]

6:15 The twist is that this is part of Legendary's Monsterverse

[@nine_tails137]

Quite the slogan there: "Its name is Quetzalcoatl... just call it "Q"... That's all you'll have time to say before it tears you apart!"

[@chrish5018]

Moriarty and Carradine were awesome in this movie.

[@anonyarena]

at 14:21, that miniature of the Statue Of Liberty actually WAS on that building in NYC for over one hundred years. I've seen it several times. It used to be on a building near the Lincoln Center area back in the old days. If you search for a web page called "Forgotten New York Little Liberty" you can read the history of that unique statue, and the reason for it.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

This would almost make a good episode of "Night Stalker". Just replace one of the cops with Kolcheck and you got it. :)

[@IhadToputAnameinHereSomewhere]

i'm 4 years late but man what i wouldn't give for Brandon to do a special series just on the entire Kolchak run.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

@@IhadToputAnameinHereSomewhere Hey, it started with two movies so he could start there and keep his theme of doing movies.

[@brutefarce1593]

Thanks, Brandon, you're always very entertaining. Q and Halloween III are two of my faves; great to hear your take on these dusty gems.

[@ethanwebster2501]

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!! How can you not review that movie!!

[@victorhernandez8723]

Ethan Webster I would like to see him riff that awful and stupid movie!

[@Dinosaurianationazation]

It’s stupid because it’s a parody you idiot.

[@NoNamenoonehere]

I have a theory about why no one could see the monster at first,it possible at first the monster was still growing and was not actually that big,but as it grew it started eating larger and larger prey until it got too big and started eating people.

[@genesismultiverse4896]

*16:43* that guy: tis but a scratch Main character: A SCRATCH?!

[@Manda1771]

I would totally watch the shit out of Shaft and Mime Cop. lol

[@สมใจมุกยงค์-ฟ2ฐ]

Cjcuf

[@donaldlang1871]

Man I love this movie, it always makes me sad when people don't know what this is!

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

To be honest, he *was* so likable, when he first started talking about whoever taught him piano I genuinely thought they were establishing some kind of ancient South American Indigenous spirit that stuck around long enough to get into Jazz. I'm watching this right after your review of The Stuff. Was it a common Cohen thing to establish likable puckish rogues and then suddenly have them drop a racism bomb to make us question our faith in humanity?

[@paulpouliot9355]

Q is one of my favorite movies. My dad and I saw it when it came out and we had gotten such a kick out of it. I've always been a fan of stop motion animation. Q rules!!!

[@starlabradshaw2969]

I feel like Mike Moriarty was an underutilized talent. His acting style is more modern than his time, like...people didn't really "get it" back then but I swear he'd be in every single Cohen Brothers film these days...y'know what I mean? I dunno. I just love the guy.

[@sirtalkalotdoolittle]

I thought he was crazy to leave Law and Order and then I saw his other work. I think he was crazy to take that job. The man can act.

[@dfsengineer]

Went to a big screen showing of Q last night at the Revue in Cinema here in Toronto. Excellent print. And a great time was had by all.

[@NineWhile9]

I watch your Videos all the time especially when I'm feeling Down and depressed thank you for making so many great videos and making me laugh

[@KRhetor]

I own the Blu-Ray of I, The Jury. It's pretty sleazy and violent, but otherwise comes off like a routine TV pilot. It also features a full-frontally nude Barbara Carrera. I think you know by now whether or not you want to see it.

[@henrykujawa4427]

Larry Cohen wrote that film and was actually fired about a week INTO production. He complained money wasn't forthcoming, the fly-by-night producers countered by claiming HE was going over-budget. "Q" was finished before "I, THE JURY" was. Those producers were sued by somebody and the film fell into the hands of somebody else before release. Sheesh. Cohen said he felt he needed to "update" things, but, despite lots of violence, profanity, nudity, sex AND Barbara Carrera NAKED... it's still not even half as good as the 1953 film with Biff Elliot, Margaret Sheridan, Preston Foster, Alan Reed, and Peggie Castle, which actually followed the novel! That is my FAVORITE Mike Hammer movie ever made, and is finally getting an official release on Blu-Ray, with a bonus version in 3-D, and an audio commentary by Max Allan Collins. People diss Elliot as an actor, but in my eyes, NOBODY captured the real essense and personality of Mike Hammer as perfectly as he did. If the sleazeball producer from England hadn't been such an idiot, the 2 follow-ups would have had the SAME cast & crew involved.

[@hippieskye8794]

05:46, Actually the main god in Aztec belife was Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of the Sun and War who they offten gave sacrifices too to prevent Huitzilopochtli from being killed by his Sister

[@mellow9384]

It's a flying battleship

[@mr.skerbuffalo9683]

Gondranian __ neh, flying train :>

[@firesnake2475]

digging submarine?

[@mikepointer5067]

OMG BRANDON YOU'RE THE GREATEST

[@anonmalocaris9149]

You forgot the "Decapitation!" joke at 2:11

[@kaijucifer3544]

Dario.JCC 18 I think his joke worked better without that.

[@dabunnyman9133]

14:43 How could he miss the Mime-Shaft joke?

[@dlee827]

Oddly enough, Michael Moriarty actually is a jazz pianist and has lived in Canada for some years where he does gigs.

[@MissGreenAgain]

At least Richard Roundtree lasted longer onscreen in this movie than in "City Heat".

[@AROBASPARK]

I really forgot all about Jimmy. It was fun to watch him as he broke 30 years of tropes in Monster Movies.

[@silverduck07]

The external shots of the Gozer building from Ghostbusters were in San Antonio.

[@theslaughteredlamb79]

The guy going around sacrificing folks, is that Charlie's landlord in It's Always Sunny?

[@bartholomewfargo]

I'm pretty sure it is.

[@freddiewilliams3589]

So thats where he got his snake meat sandwiches.

[@dfsengineer]

"I had to run again! I RAN TWICE IN ONE DAY!" Jimmy's the best.

[@Pugiron]

I watched this movie many times on late-night cable as a kid.

[@MusicalSeizureGuy]

The guy doing the sacrifice towards the end is a landlord in The Always Sunny series! Took me a few tries to recognize him! Wow, awesome to see that, I’m a big fan of that show. Thanks and keep rocking!

[@ShadowsHeat]

Love the design of this monster, would be cool to see it on the Monsterverse

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

I like it to but I'm known as the feathered serpent and brightly colored. Like the birds named after me. Now if they added more featheres and perhaps lose perhaps the front arms Okay I could go with it. It would have me look like a Wyrm but it will fit my image of being the Feathered serpent better. Oh and I have to be a good guy. READ MY LORE!!.

[@SomethingAboutSashimi]

Canonically Titanus Quetzalcoatl is a real monsterverse entry, so yeah

[@michaelbagnulo8117]

There's a funny story about the premiere of this movie. It's produced by Sam Arkoff, head of American-International Pictures and a high-output purveyor of cheapo trash flicks. After the screening, film critic Rex Reed came up to Arkoff and said ""Sam!" What a surprise! Right in the middle of all that schlock, a great Method performance by Michael Moriarty!" According to legend, the famously unabashed Arkoff blushed and said, "The schlock was my idea."

[@lokenecummings47]

I think the nobody looks up thing was a play on the way to tell a tourist from a New Yorker is only tourists look up at the buildings.

[@jamesoblivion]

4:28 The jewelry store is called Neil Diamonds. 😂

[@sirxanderj.williamsesq.4457]

Fun Fact This Is The First Time Michael Moriarty Was In New York He Was In The Original LAW & ORDER As Executive Assistant District Attorney Benjamin "Ben" Stone And He And Paul Sorvino Were Both In LAW & ORDER

[@alx-cc9gl]

For some reason the 'head fall off' joke at 2:28 really made me crack up.

[@peterwyetzner5276]

David Carradine's boss is played by Malachy McCourt, Frank McCourt's brother. In "Angela's Ashes", he was a little boy.

[@Artemisthemp]

I don't know how the eye protectors the lady ad 03:35 was using but how did see the monster and more important why did she scream before the monster even attacked her?

[@dabunnyman9133]

Larry Cohen came up with some great ideas for films. The films themselves were less than great, but still interesting and kind of fun.

[@Matkaizer08]

So a flying serpent like creature named Q is in this movie? I guess times were hard on Discord since season 8 of MLP

[@spookyspacecuck2233]

That comment just made my day

[@fatloser7244]

Ummm,....did you mean Quetzalcoatl?

[@barbertalesansboys2098]

Fat Loser yeah, Q is probably short for quetzalcoatl

[@arthas640]

@@spookyspacecuck2233 you should see the true story that the channel "Crowne Prince" posted called "Trolled by John De Lancie", it perfectly encapsulates how that man operates

[@brotatooflegend2927]

It's before he met sal joe and murr

[@timberry4709]

09:15 - - The woman behind the less-than-enthusiastic personal trainer... Is that Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher) from Star Trek: The Next Generation?

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

"...comes outta nowhere..." Sorry for double post, but as a huge fan, I feel the need to *criticize* with nothing but love. Obviously, the guy making the sacrifices was identifying himself as the boss in charge of the diamond heist, calling the guy who nicked the diamonds "betrayer" and all. I also wanted to call this out because that's the kind of "casually clever" B movie stuff I love. Cheaper productions will just throw something like that in there, like the Hard Ticket super snake with tumor strength. ;p

[@Derek_Smallshorts]

I am the Plumed Serpent... I crawl and I fly!

[@michaelbarlow9619]

Larry Cohen sweet! That means you’ll get to review the Stuff!

[@kelnhide]

I'd watch that series, Shaft and Mime Cop

[@curbozer5006]

With Shaft in black face?

[@tobyjamison6801]

This movies was so awesome when I was a kid ...... On our black and white tv 😅😎

[@eddiequist]

The reason there was not a lot of Q at the beginning of the film was that it was not ever supposed to be revealed until the fight on the building top (for budgetary reasons). For those scenes, the animated creature was created. The puppet was animated by Randy Cook (he won an Oscar for the creation of Gollum. After seeing the puppet the producers loved it so much they wanted more of it. All the earlier scenes involve the creature shots from Q's POV. So what the filmmakers did was they used those POV shots as background plates and inserted the creature in them.

[@VeganJustToAnnoyYou]

ty for this.I've never heard of this film before watching this.

[@Malo-Hombre71]

The lunch stealing construction coworkers and the cop trying to finish his beer before the monster shootout were funny random scenes.

[@Charon.1]

Please do the original 1960 Time Machine movie! One of my all-time favorites :)

[@TheJonnyxv]

Thank you for doing this video without making any cheap jokes about how David Carradine died. I’ve been a fan of him my whole life and I hate that he’s usually only remembered by one horrible mistake.

[@MrJohndoakes]

David Allen, the stop-motion effects guy from this movie, also did the great late-'60s, early-'70s film "Equinox", which started out as a student film.

[@curbozer5006]

Wow!...that movie was the best patch work student effort in history!...it is both creepy, gross and fun!

[@thriddoctor]

Hope you do Lair of the White Worm some day.

[@Neville60001]

Bare footsie up the ying yang, you mean (great shots of Catherine Oxenberg's feet at the climax of the film.)

[@thriddoctor]

How did you know i had a foot fetish!?

[@madj.7379]

When you said "honkey", I spewed beer all over my TV... Caught me off guard with that one... Haven't heard it said in years... And I'm an American... Living in the deep south.... 🤣

[@neonnwave1]

Oh, you gotta check out The Stuff. Also, yes, some men do take birth control..... but not for the reasons you think. Some birth control pills contain estrogen, which can be used to increase sperm development. However, using said estrogen might also stop facial hair growth, grow breasts and shrink the testicles.

[@MattHawes]

4:30 "Neil Diamonds"! LOL! What a pun!

[@zzzombie888]

Great review I just found your channel and I like what I see.

[@stillhuntre55]

You and Dark Corners are my two fave review channels on KZbin; and you love Michael Moriarty's character in this and Dark Corners *despised* his character. Now I HAVE to watch this film!

[@Rgoid]

Q combines stop motion effects and blood effects. That alone makes it interesting.

[@tc-2000]

Love this review, and a shot from Troll as a bonus - that would be a great film to review!

[@kelpengineer5303]

Nice how they’re walking through a museum talking about Aztec rituals and the exhibits are all northwest coastal First Nations.

[@emaarredondo-librarian]

At least the museum guy remarks that. Phew.

[@jamaalcrawford8585]

Loved this movie as a child. It deserves a remake.

[@jerryhensley6255]

iWatch Cisco and Ebert review on this when I was a kid. So I had to run out and watch I love this movie

[@hankmessaros1835]

I always saw this in the video store as a kid but never rented it for some reason. Gonna have to check it out online or tv, great job

[@anomalotheriataurus8806]

One Of My Favorite Movies On Your Channel!

[@RightURKen7]

6:35 What movie is that still from. I hoped it would be in the credits at the end but didn't see a Candy Clark movie there.

[@kingtanichi]

The Man Who Fell to Earth (Nicolas Roeg, 1976)

[@flukeman022]

Think the killer had to put the sacrificed skin on himself to change into the monster. 16:15 If the monster died then who was the man with the knife at 16:25? Were there two of them?

[@jonwashburn7999]

I really enjoyed this as a teenager.

[@Mechagator]

This was going through my mind the other day! Thanks Brandon!

[@BlackAdam1231]

I remember it being in art house theaters in Atlanta, and when it aired on cable