Can of Worms - Disneycember

[@ChannelAwesome]

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[@Hatominx]

@ajbookstar, Now You See Me

[@josephgonzalez818]

@Molinaaka, The suite life movie

[@KingWhoShallReturn]

The original Dragonheart! A favourite of mine despite its issues. @ActuallyRGB

[@cingingc5583]

Another swan princess movie

[@shayrose8682]

You ever see something when you're really young and then several years later as an adult you can't remember if it was real or just a really bizarre dream you had once? Yeah, that's what this movie was for me.

[@adammarquez5203]

Dude like The film FREAKED am I right

[@wyliecoyote173]

Yes I been looking for a movie or a TV show it had like 20 tape of different of Adventure I rented I didn't see all of them. Can not remember the name. It about 3 kids 1 girl 2 boy found a space ship and the got it and the been getting chased by like 2 or 3 alien the travel to one place and it had a giant kid alien that took the kids has a toy. Then another place the went is a alien zoo where the kids was one of the exhibit. I wish I remembered that movie or TV show name I went to revist my childhood. I thank it was made in the 90s because of the clothes they weared.

[@RSpracticalshooting]

​@@wyliecoyote173I remember that movie but don't know the name and it haunts me

[@wyliecoyote173]

@@RSpracticalshooting I know it was freak but I didn't finish the whole Siri. I don't remember if it's Siri movie or just a TV show. I love it but think

[@angelofsarcasm4924]

This was actually a movie? I thought it was a weird dream, or nightmare, I had as a kid.

[@jazzjoules]

Angel of Sarcasm sameeeee I thought it was only me

[@couchgrouches7667]

You're not alone

[@FoxerBoxerNaaniwa]

There are others who have had this fever dream as well?

[@ckillgore]

Same

[@joe95883]

Who came up with this, Was Disney on Drugs when this happened?

[@abigailpulliam6996]

To be super honest, I thought I hallucinated this movie as a kid.

[@GuyN0ir]

SAME

[@tpgildersleeve]

Abigail Pulliam me too! Just watching this review brought back so many confusing memories.

[@mossbresnahan3072]

Youre not alone dude

[@danielpowerlifts9663]

Dude, I really thought this movie was just a dream for the past couple years until I decided to really dive and figure out where this memory was from.

[@IGot7RevtinyArmyStayOnceBlink]

I am so happy to know I didn’t hallucinatie this because I swear I thought I was crazy lol.... I must say I miss the old Disney channel 😂.

[@thegalaxydonutshow]

I woke up in the middle of the night at 8 years old. The TVs on Disney channel. I see a creepy alien. I hide under the covers and cry. Until this day, I haven’t known the name of this movie. It’s can of worms.

[@davidhatcher7016]

XD

[@RedWolf316sega]

This is a very forgotten Disney Channel movie. And I can definitely see why.

[@danielbarron3379]

RedWolf316 its an even more forgotten book

[@Merdicano]

Yeah, I never recall this film

[@billybarnett9518]

According to Wikipedia, the script had many rewrites.

[@411314]

Actually, I'd say it's kind of ironic that people managed to forget something this weird! I actually do remember seeing an ad for it when I was little, though, even though I don't think I ever watched the film itself.

[@billybarnett9518]

+Series Of Numbers I never even heard of it, then again I didn't watch much Disney Channel as a kid, I was more into Nick and Cartoon Network.

[@izzy1221]

OH MY GOD THOSE EFFECTS. *A FAMILY PICTURE.*

[@bigtimetimmyjim6486]

You know, for kids!

[@yayaallah4166]

Those effects are just..... kid friendly!

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

You kiddin'? One of them looks like they came from a Yu-Gi-Oh! Playing card!

[@timhernandez9353]

"And if this IS the movie for you, please kindly keep your distance from me." I figuratively died laughing.

[@davidhatcher7016]

Yeh

[@keshiaanders6452]

At least it lives up to it's title.

[@verdethestarwarrior1088]

It's like watching a movie where 90% of the characters are Jar Jar Binks and the rest of them are Anakin Skywalker.

[@MrKiwitox]

The horrror

[@goodjobeli]

Oh god

[@malis9045]

There is a reason why we don't talk about such things

[@jstarwars360]

It’s called Transformers 2

[@verdethestarwarrior1088]

jstarwars360 Now, now, that joke was far too easy

[@theoutoftouchone77771]

"Dooommed, doooooommmmed" it sounds like he was auditioning for a role in Invader Zim

[@MaiNerys426]

At least Invader Zim would be funny not melodramatic acting. Seriously Disney Channel I'm a nerd/geek and none of the ones I've know either as a child or as adult talk like. In fact no one talks like that aside from overacting actors.

[@davidhatcher7016]

Yup

[@klimmr]

Behold. The lost Goosebumps episode...that should have remained lost.

[@troin3925]

klimmr3021 Not even Goosebumps got this silly and stupid, and Goosebumps is my favorite guilty pleasure of all time.

[@randommindz6782]

behold Goosebumps when owned by Disney

[@davidhatcher7016]

Right

[@Playmation]

No joke about opening a can of worms. Good job Doug

[@CellSpex]

This movie is so terrible, I don't think they even re-aired it after the premiere.

[@ignagrebe4538]

CellSpex Didn't Know you were a Nostalgia Critic fan

[@anormalguy9320]

Oh hey, Cell. Didn't know you watch Channel Awesome.

[@ronincruickshank4175]

CellSpex Crossover?

[@MykiiMescal]

They did in fact air it again... really late at night...

[@stinkyfrogwoman]

CellSpex They actually did, but it was at the 3 am slot.

[@captaintaco979]

You should do a full on Nostalgia Critic review, and have Walter be the kid Michael. He looks eerily like Walter.

[@j.d.t.5761]

CONSPIRACY.....

[@benjackson7872]

I’d definitely see that.

[@EionBlue]

OH THANK GOD! I wasn't just a dumb kid who couldn't understand the plot, the plot was just bad, and believe me, the Disney Channel here reran this weird abomination many times, so I had it ingrained in my memories. But yes, even as a kid I could tell that this movie was bad, nonsensical and messy as hell, and yes, the only redeeming feature of it was the alien design.

[@Cameron-yq5ug]

I could hardly remember a thing about it EXCEPT the alien design. Everything else just flew right over my head as a kid.

[@mariawhite7337]

I remember the alien he thought of was a telepathic species so it wasn't that odd to me as a kid. There is a scene with this alien where the kid puts his hand on the window and then he does all these door openings and such. So it was this alien that told him how to do it. maybe it was just me that saw that and thought that. Now how he knew before hand I don't know at all. There is no explanation for it at all. There is an explanation for the satellite dish though, that's what we used to use for like a month for satellite tv. I know because one of my aunts had one in their backyard. SO its not that odd for the time the movie was made.

[@Cameron-yq5ug]

Maria White ohhh I see that's interesting.

[@kobeanderson6718]

Thank you, I mean really lol Absolutely true

[@planescaped]

The concept of various alien factions all answering his message and all with their own agendas could be pretty cool honestly, if it were done better than this...

[@seanm9306]

I remember seeing part of this on tv and not being able to figure out what movie it was. All I knew was the alien zoo part. I forgot about it entirely for probably over ten years. Wow

[@SuperWelsh93]

Is this a future NC episode in the making?

[@tmck4138]

SuperWelsh93 I hope so

[@catguy5425]

Nope. He doesn't do full episodes about movies he's already touched on in short reviews like this.

[@SuperWelsh93]

How about Princess Diaries 2 that was in Disneycember before he did it as an NC episode.

[@shybluehope894]

I remember this! I liked this as a kid! I liked the talking dog and the part where he opened the cage. I had the cage-opening hand moments memorized when I was little and I can still remember them a little. I still find myself thinking about this sometimes. But... "Can of Worms?" I don't remember that title at all. Well, a little bit, but I don't remember that being the title to THIS movie.

[@welcometothemetaverse2523]

As a kid, this movie was the closest I had to an acid trip.

[@Malicious_Hero]

I had a friend whos dad worked on this movie. He did all the sculptures and stuff. My friend grew up with that giant mouth portal as a permanent fixture in his bedroom.

[@achu11th]

So you are saying that it is not a younger Walter Banasiak.

[@WonderSilver]

holy shit

[@ragemonkey117]

achu11th lol i thought so 2

[@samfilmkid]

I THOUGHT IT WAS TOO!!!!!!

[@Gigasius]

achu11th Wait, he is not?! Shiiieet.

[@maximumrisk2004]

I wouldnt say I loved this movie, but somehow it burned itself into my subcuncousness when I saw it the first and only time. Since then I was trying to find this movie again and was already thinking I must have imagined it since nobody remembers this. Sadly it actually exists. Time for a rewatch.

[@LaissezFairyWriter]

The part of my childhood I choose to forget.

[@RS.831]

lol so forgotten

[@Flowerz__]

I love this movie

[@Flowerz__]

Reginald Sainte idk I just remembered enjoying it as a kid haha.

[@peterrojahn4230]

I have been waiting for this review for so long now. It did not disappoint. I remember this movie because I think it came out around a birthday I had as a kid, and it scared me. Then I found something out, it's a book. A children's book. The book was better, what a shock, but still not great. I enjoyed this movie because it was something to mock that I was afraid of. I was secretly hoping that it would be reviewed more positively, but I expected this. I was expecting, "What was that?" And I am so happy.

[@akrybion]

This should get a whole long NC review. It sounds like the perfect thing to -torture critic with- entertain us.

[@Astrithor]

I enjoyed the crap out of this insane movie. It was just a lot of fun because of how unapologetically weird it was

[@ClassyPersian053]

All it took was seeing the talking dog with the necklace to be like, "Oh yeah I HAVE seen this before."

[@oHmega14]

At the beginning I was like "Why have I never heard of this movie??", but 30 seconds later... I quickly realized why and was BEYOND thankful!

[@danielbarron3379]

Am i the only one who read this book? Or even knew that this was a book first? This was one of the best books i ever read as a kid. The cover gave us an idea of what the characters look like but the book itself gave you so much to run with your imagination

[@igetboredproductions]

I read the book in middle school and loved it. This movie got everything wrong. Everything. They took the most basic skeleton of the book's premise and made their own story and it's terrible.

[@TechnologyWitch]

From the plot description alone, it actually sounds pretty interesting. I'd like to see a movie with this plot and better execution.

[@cingingc5583]

Waiting for Wendy Wu Homecoming Warrior

[@Takokujin07]

OMG YES INSTANT CLASSIC

[@TED_Frames]

Cinging C I don’t think he’s reviewing it, according to this list: thatguywiththeglasses.wikia.com/wiki/Disneycember

[@JuliaDelbel]

Let's try to make it one of the "By Popular Demand" reviews!

[@AshBash798]

Cinging C I so hope that he does it! Wendy Wu was so good! Also, how about the Princess Protection Program?

[@Madriddler]

If he hates it, I am going to be SOOO angry

[@roderick8167]

Please do Dont Look Under The Bed and Moms Got A Date With a Vampire please

[@ashkore2468]

Roderick Hare I forgot the existence of the second one!! O-O

[@erubin100]

Seconded. I actually remember finding those two somewhat enjoyable.

[@rushmaverick1923]

To me, the movie "Don't Look Under The Bed" always felt like a Goosebumps movie that Disney bought the rights to.

[@thatjillgirl]

I don't know. I like the idea for the story. Kid sends out silly cry for help to space and receives visits from multiple aliens all trying to get different things for him/from him? Yeah, that could be good. It's everything else about the movie that doesn't work.

[@AlexOlinkiewicz]

Oh God, I actually saw this... Thing... and I have completely forgot about it, but you just had to review this and bring it back to my mind.... Thanks.

[@cassandragoddess539]

IM SO GLAD YOURE DOING DISNEY CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIES!! So far I’ve seen (and loved while growing up) all but this one - and my god this is so weird!

[@unfabgirl]

I'll admit, this is exactly how I pictured your viewing of this going. I love this movie the way a lot of people love The Room. It is just so baffling, but somehow keeps you hooked until the end just because of how weird it is.

[@nicholaswiberly3825]

I only remember seeing this at a relatives house once. It was about one o' clock in the morning and THIS thing aired. That orange-coral-eyeball-alien-agent will FOREVER haunt me.

[@nolanbarnes9236]

LOL What you described at the beginning about flipping through channels and coming across this and thinking WTF. That's exactly what happened to me in 2008 when I saw that talking slime. I also had no idea about it until this video.

[@PIXPromosMore]

You're SO Reviewing this for the next Nostalgiaween, aren't you?

[@MrDj232]

Either I didn't watch this or I repressed all memory of it. Thank God for that.

[@HurricaneDDragon]

Even though I spent a third of my childhood watching Disney Channel... I never saw this.

[@Connor_Tyler]

Oh my god, I _Remember_ this one! I only saw it, like, once, but it just lodged in my memory like an aircraft carrier sunk just off shore. I thought I just imagined it, and filed it away in the list of movies/tv shows I probably imagined at some point.

[@ethansloan]

I remember when I was a kid this movie just showed up on tv. No promotion or premier, they just dropped it. I didn't even think it was a DCOM; I thought it was just something they had the rights to air. And yeah, I also remember it confusing the hell out of me at the time. And that they didn't show it often. And for good reason. Keep up the good work, Doug.

[@giovanniorellana2200]

Let's all hop into a can of worms everybody....too easy?

[@omegafoxxtrot7248]

Let's not open that can of worms just yet.

[@troymclame1743]

At least it wasn't a pun

[@kevin4061]

Too easy would be saying how unCANny it is.

[@omegafoxxtrot7248]

I'm leaving before you people get too savage and turn CANnibalistic.

[@greenmanatee3368]

I love it when Doug’s angrily confused by weirdasss movies/shows that make no sense

[@TheDarkKRoo]

I thought this was a fever dream I had.

[@theladyfausta]

Oh. My. GOD! I've been looking for this movie for YEARS!! My babysitter accidentally put it on one day at her house for me, thinking it was 101 Dalmatians live action. I'd never seen it so I kept waiting for the dogs to come and they never did. I was so confused but I NEVER forgot this film!!!

[@crazyXninjaXfishy]

Why Critic? Why did you have to bring back one of my supressed memories?!

[@timothypierce5303]

I realize that Doug has watched countless movies, and a lot of times they start to blur together, but how could he not notice (or if he did, mention) the little kid is the same one who had to answer the riddles from Are You Afraid of the Dark? That acting certainly sticks in my head.

[@ventusthekey5187]

I remember catching the last maybe 30-40 minutes of this movie when I was a kid and just being absolutely confused.

[@titenstudios2081]

I don't think even deadpool's brain can heal from this.

[@thealchemist51]

Why do I feel this could be a future nostalgia critic episode?

[@benjackson7872]

Because it has all the material to be one. This looks so off the rails.

[@Illuminationsfromtheattic]

Holy cow, this is an adaptation of a novel I used to love! As I recall, it was actually a pretty decent YA sci-fi novel. This doesn't look like an entirely faithful adaptation, but I might have to check it out.

[@Mitzi_DelverVRC]

He *obviously* died from the lightning strike and the rest of the movie is his brain going through it's death throes.

[@shaneattwell2222]

Boy, L. Ron Hubbard's early draft of the Scientologist origin story was weirder than I expected.

[@jakewestbrook3214]

what a rare joy to see something almost break doug.

[@Jcreed]

I thought this was a nightmare i had, i forgot it was a real movie

[@grunsoul50]

Can of Worms is Disney Channel's interpretation of Hell

[@TheCreepypro]

best to leave this can of worms unopened

[@AvatarSmurf]

TheCreepypro Aw man! Why didn't he close with that?

[@VicHD]

who told Doug to open this "can of worms"??

[@tarenpineset9278]

As much as I watched Disney channel growing up I've never heard of this one.

[@theentangledwiggler-man2344]

4 days in and Doug's already breaking down. This is gonna be a great disneycember.

[@amberhancock2039]

I remember liking this a bit as a kid. I thought the second half was random fun with a lot of potential

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

Which I kind of think is the problem, a problem a lot of Disney movies have. They waste the first half the movie building up the standard teen/kid drama and THEN get to the plot. I remember wishing stuff like Hocus Pocus wouldn't waste so much time about how much the kids school life, home life etc sucked. This movie wasted way to much time with the standard nerd in school tropes before getting to the aliens and other crazy idea's. Idea's that are better than most the movies in Hollywood these days. Aliens coming to earth to get movie rights? Genius.

[@Odinsday]

A movie this strange is full of potential.

[@wrexvincent]

Because explaining any of it would be opening up a CAN OF WOOOOOOORMS

[@stephenmarco2927]

Oh my god. I thought I dreamt this film up. It does exist. By God. Even my child brain thought this was too stupid to be real.

[@Jesses001]

Well I mean, it is called Can of Worms. Self aware and all that.

[@Merdicano]

Jesse Sisolack No coincidence

[@reneesenzatimore5775]

Have you ever heard the phrase "pointing out your problems doesn't make them go away?"

[@ryangallagher9723]

@@Merdicano "Opening a can of worms" is a common phrase. It means to attempt to examine and/or solve a problem, only to inadvertently complicate it and cause more trouble. That's kind of the plot of the movie. I don't think it has any relation to the film's quality.

[@ryangallagher9723]

@@sydneyhamilton2575 You know when you say a joke that you think is really funny, but nobody reacts to it, so you repeat yourself in a desperate attempt to get a laugh only to realize that no one cares? That's kind of what you're doing.

[@DylanCorkern]

I am so glad to find out this movie was real, saw it as a sleep-deprived kid and thought I made this fever dream of a movie up for years.

[@bboythekidstudios]

I remember seeing the cover for the VHS box of this movie as a child and it scared the bejesus out of me.

[@ilovegarradors]

....I don't remember this movie, the title doesn't even sound familiar but all those monsters sure as hell look familiar. Maybe I saw this movie as a kid.....and then mentally blocked it out due to trauma.

[@J377YF1SH]

Oh christ I’m getting flashbacks of those effects holy crap I must have seen this when I was a kid and its all coming back

[@sarahbishop7007]

Dude I remember seeing this movie at a friends house, I was staying the night and we fell asleep with the tv on I wake up to the part with the weird slime creature scene and immediately go so scared. I literally buried my entire face under the pillow and screamed for her to turn it off good to know I didn’t imagine this

[@traysutherland8491]

The Walter joke killed me I didn't expect it

[@Sh0tgunJust1ce]

I lost it when you mentioned a dog voiced by Malcolm McDowell.

[@cisnt9244]

Edit: none of your comments make sense now.

[@oystersoup3434]

I do too, it nurtured my phobia of gagging and vomiting. I blocked it out of my memory for a long time.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

I remember the book.

[@rawrdino7046]

kaytikat -ty5 isn't that cartoon network

[@TheCreativiTeamposts]

kaytikat -ty5 it was called How To Eat Fried Worms and it wasn’t Disney Channel

[@RomrotMechanikos]

That wasn't a Disney movie you fucking squeeb

[@annabunovsky5628]

Wait, so this special had a human looking kid who might have alien origins having to get his all-human friends back from other aliens who want to put them in a zoo???? STEVEN NO!!!!!!!

[@Ijustwatchthevids]

I think I blocked this movie out of my memory. I don't remember watching it, but the clips are giving me serious déjà vu.

[@Shoulderpads-mcgee]

For a long time I believed this was a film I imagined up in a fever dream or something. All I could remember was the snot looking alien and really vague memories of the zoo stuff. This film really is a can of worms

[@carlyreid9502]

I don't even remember this one at all! I think DC must have stopped airing it to pretend like they never made it!

[@El_Komal_Z]

I’ve always had this movie stuck in my head probably from the creepy alien puppets. I could never put a name to this movie until today so thanks for that lol

[@versacetamagotchi]

Michael looks, sounds, and kinda acts like Walter lmao Edit: I commented this before watching the full video and getting to the part where Critic says the same thing lmao

[@2RG_]

KenshiOrigami that's his brother, he confirmed it a few episodes back.

[@Fodimin]

Isn't that slug looking thing what Scooby Doo turned into in the second movie?

[@90srapfan37]

Fodimin I knew it looked familiar

[@monsterfro712]

The resemblance to Walter Banasiak is uncanny holy shit!

[@servingstfuhm6287]

There is actually a good theory on this movie. There was suppose to be a sequel but was dropped due to several other movies getting better ratings. The plot was going to example everything except for several other factors. The kids got appeared in the films were hired for other films and the budget ended up being double the estimated amount.

[@trumangraham2602]

That green alien looks scarily like Photoshop Flowey.

[@InoMercy]

This review drove it home that this might be a tough Disney-cember. I probably watched all or most of the movies Doug is gonna look at, but it's been so long since I've seen them I barely remember them. There are a few I definitely remember liking and not liking, but then there's stuff like this. I remember watching it, but I don't remember what actually happened in it. Except that Malcolm Mcdowell voiced the dog. You don't forget some shit like that.

[@emmabowland2805]

InoMercy I remember absolutely hating this one, and always being scared of it growing up. It had so much of an impact on me that it gave me nightmares and couldn't watch it alone.

[@Tytoalba777]

Isn't this the plot to Jupiter Ascending?

[@1983horizons1]

I remember when this one came out. Halloweentown and Zenon were popular major so there was a lot of publicity and anticipation for this one. I remember liking the aliens and the third act of the movie (in a Douglas Adams sort of way), but I couldn't remember the rest of the plot at all. It never had as many re-airings (if any) as the other other Disney Channel Original movies which were replayed ad nauseam those first few years.

[@jackdanielsinthelionsden1887]

"This makes yellow submarine look sober" -Nostalgia Critic from I don't know how many years ago

[@daltonwilliams1723]

Dank memes Luke felix the cat

[@emberx1155]

You know its gon be good when the first words out of Doughs mouth are "where do i start" 👀

[@nasholston5112]

I've never even heard of this movie. So childhood not ruined

[@aleitooo]

From how your describing it, this sounds like the perfect movie to get drunk/high to.

[@welcometothemetaverse2523]

Alex Moore I would recommend acid. I normally wouldn't. But...it would benefit.

[@jurajbury995]

"He wants to be taken to the another galaxy." if i can, i totaly do it!

[@ZeroFighter]

I remember when this aired. I remember thinking it was great, but after a year of it never appearing on TV, or even being alluded to, I forgot everything about it other than the name. When I talked about it with other people, I could never tell them what it was about because I just couldn't remember anything that happened in the movie, but for some stupid reason, I remembered all of those hand gestures with that device that opened the doors and operated the space ship.

[@Blackiecomics]

We aren't even a WEEK in and I already feel bad for Doug.

[@keavenmurphy1565]

I loved this movie! I was just telling my wife it was one of my favorite Disney special

[@bartkatastroof6150]

I love disneycember, I always have something to look forward to

[@silentguy123]

I don't want nitpick... well, actually I do... That's not a *satellite* , it's a *satellite dish*

[@Outatime1995]

I really want to see a Nostalgic critic of this after watching the review

[@boxertaco5876]

Holy fuck I thought I dreamt about this movie. This movie gave me so many nightmares I guess I pushed it back. Great I'm going to need to go back to therapy.

[@duskjohnson8195]

Just watch how to train your dragon, it will fix it all.