Death Machine - Good Bad Flicks

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[@Brightonomicon]

I had the pleasure of visiting the set at Pinewood and interview the creature fx guys. Years later I became friends with the amazing Bill Hootkins through my radio work...so sad he passed away far too soon. This was a great movie, and the creature fx guys later went on to lead the work on Farscape and many other great sci-fi to shows and movies.

[@nefariousgremlin7554]

Farscape! Love that show.

[@whyjay9959]

Two of the actors here(Martin McDougall and John Sharian) played ship captains in The Fifth Element.

[@VampiresCrypt]

this movie also has so many references to video games and pop culture of the 80ties and 90ties, a true gem !!!!

[@Nicolletta13]

Brad Dourif is absolutely bonkers in this movie and it is a thing of beauty.

[@steelmurkawitz5874]

that iggy azalea joke was classic

[@joshuaperry4112]

Ramey, Carpenter, and Ridley S. That's cute.

[@nekramaniac]

I'm a bit distracted that Brad Dourif looks like Tommy Wiseau in this movie (though Death Machine came out way before The Room)

[@Thaistickthai]

TheGirlWithTheMonsterMovieTattoos YOU ARE TEARING ME APART. oh hi mark

[@kyrozudesoya1829]

I have this on DVD but I didn't know how gimped it was. You left out Yutani randomly yelling out "Shroyuken!" in one action scene, lol. Pretty entertaining movie still despite the editing.

[@CERTAIND00M]

Kids, please don't use dirty underwear to bandage open wounds.

[@trevillyan5515]

"That Hansel, he's so hot right now" * Will Ferrell voice

[@didndido3638]

I love everything about this movie: the cast, the sets, the story, props... Cushing, Lee and Price were the old guard, I regarded Dourif, Combs and Campbell as the new generation.

[@leelalo6625]

Anything with Dourif is just gold. He is easy on the eyes as well❤. I loved this movie.

[@tisdue]

5:45 that dude trying not to laugh. so great.

[@otaking3582]

I never understand when an unrated version of a film gets almost no releases. Nightmare on Elm Street 5 and Scream both suffer from not having their gorier moments anywhere but laserdisc

[@dsandoval9396]

It does make you wonder what TF goes threw the minds of studio execs sometimes. Like I keep wondering who was the coked out asshole that thought adding that horrible POS CG scene of the monster at the end of The Thing (2011) was a great idea when it had all the potential to measure up to The Thing (1982). Like I would truly love to know who okayed those decisions so I could keep an eye out for them so I could kick them in the nuts if I ever came across them. Oh yeah, and to ask him what drugs he was on at the time to ruin what could have been an amazing movie. And then I'd kick him in the balls one more time, so hard I'd break my leg (it'd absolutely be worth it).

[@VerdeMorte]

@@dsandoval9396 That entire movie's practical effects scenes were literally thrown out after spending millions on them, not just a single scene, but ALL OF THEM. Not sure who was acting Exec at the time, but pretty sure he faced some kind of jail sentence for destroying the footage against director's wishes before the movie was altered & bombed.

[@emilya1631]

That part where he rips his underwear out from under him must be where Zoolander got it.

[@goldenboy2674]

Margot Williams you're right! Btw i love the practical effects in this movie.

[@ObsidianDragon7030]

Hey Didn't Deadpool rip his underwear off too?

[@JonathanRodriguez-nz9nw]

+Erika Hill probably xD

[@LB74]

Abe Simpson did it first.

[@IanFay]

+100 bonus points for using those awesome old Thundercats outtakes.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Ian Fay Samo-flange? :)

[@tolar9]

Just watched the director's cut here on YT in English. Great B movie.

[@dsandoval9396]

ON YT!?! Oh wow! I've only seen the US version. Of course, your comment is years old so I doubt it's still on YT but I think it's worth looking for. Even the US version was pretty damn good, I can only imagine how much better the director's version will be.

[@gaynzz6841]

Doesn't even be deserve to be called "B movie". It's way better.

[@gaynzz6841]

@@dsandoval9396 it's still on yt, I watched it literally 3 days ago lol

[@gaynzz6841]

Honestly this movie is awesome. All actors are good, effects still hold up, some cheesy sound effects here and there but I believe that was intentional, just like the callbacks to other movies like Terminator, Aliens, etc. And of course, Brad Dourif is the cherry on top.

[@jetfire851]

1:32 Someone should tell James Nguyen that this is how you film a boardroom sequence.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Doug Glassman slr pnls

[@fanfaretloudest]

And not have them applaud endlessly?! Come ONNNNN! ;)

[@BirthdaySombrero]

I've been watching your videos for two years now and I've got to say, you make some of the most informative and high quality videos I watch. I am a huge fan and you will always have my support. Keep being awesome

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Mitch Hedberg Thank you! I appreciate the support. Always glad to know the folks who have been around for years. Thanks for sticking around, it means a lot. :)

[@jeffumbach]

6:48 now I realize why this seemed familiar, it was shown as "Warbeast" on Sci-Fi Channel back in the day.

[@sunbro-ce2sq]

hearing that sick techno beat from the cyborg made me listen to nine inch nails after watching the video

[@fodxp]

This was a pretty good movie. It was on Netflix last year. Hopefully they put it back into circulation. Brad Dourif was perfect.

[@icp7201]

It's amazing how much they accomplish with the atmosphere and feel of the movie with just a USD 6.5 million budget

[@bmsquared]

"I just hope the director's cut gets an official release at some point in the near future" . . . . . 9 years later we finally get it! Well it was technically less than a decade so that counts as near don't it!

[@sirruf9618]

I watched it uncut as a kid, I loved it and still remember the underwear scene as one of the most memorable scenes I have ever seen. Yutani was awesome! Thanks for making this video

[@Viceroy11011]

Quick fun facts: David S. Goyer and Stephen Norrington worked togther on Blade. They apparently didn't like each other or rather Norrington always put Goyer down. Wonder how true that is since Brad Dourif's "Agent of Chaos" monologue is strikingly similar to Heath Ledger's Joker in "The Dark Knight", which was written by Goyer. Also, Brad Dourif was supposedly Tim Burton's first choice to play the Joker in 1989 Batman.

[@zetetick395]

5:48 The most 90s martial arts removal of patterned boxer shorts ever! Raaaaarrrrr!!

[@GetBaesEveryday]

I love your channel! It's like the complete opposite of CinemaSins. Cinema Sins shits on movies and u point out the good things! Keep it up. You will be a big hit one day I just know it.

[@vickielawson3114]

This guy notes the flubs as well but does it with a humorous tone, and he does point to the good qualities the films have.

[@SamuraiPie8111]

holy donuts

[@drstew1]

Stephan Norrington, helped to create loads of brilliant animatronics on Return to Oz 1985. Elstree film studios. ( all CGI now) I loved his vibe . Then I worked on “Split Second” with him where he created the Killer. Rutger Hauer. Was the Cop. P.S Mr Hauer had his own personal espresso machine, in his dressing room

[@bigredcap]

Always happy to see a new goodbadflicks episode has been uploaded

[@GoodBadFlicks]

bigredcap :)

[@robtheberge1928]

I remember seeing this on the self at Blockbuster. You remember Blockbuster, yes?

[@HeroicPunk]

rob theberge I had the exact same thought when seeing that box cover. Blockbuster, oh how we miss thee. :P

[@GoodBadFlicks]

rob theberge I remember them, they put all the cool mom & pop video stores out of business

[@casualsuede]

GoodBadFlicks yeah like my parents store, but people would rather have 200 copies of "a walk in the clouds" than a section dedicated to Italian giallos and another to anime.

[@SnappingTurtle801]

I miss Blockbusters. Heck, I miss going to any of the video stores on Fridays and renting movies for the weekend with family.

[@swahiliranger1022]

THIS is the most 90's movie ever made. I was actually pleasantly surprised by the scope, the script, the depth of some of the main characters and how well realized this nightmare corporate tech company building was. Of course it could've definitely benefited from some cuts and a bigger budget. Their were some sequences that were very well done with the animatronics, and whatever puppet they used was always done well within the scale of the other actors on-set. The lighting was well done and it explored some concepts I've never really seen done. It was however, a shameless "borrower" of many cliches, but it did have at least one pretty compelling villain orchestrating the whole thing. It was nice to see some acting chops on "most" of the main characters, though the ending is a bit anti-climactic. Its also two hours long and somehow doesn't feel like its two hours long *edit* I didn't realize I was clearly watching the directors cut and it is the version I would recommend watching.

[@69productions69]

I found this channel three days ago best thing ever

[@gabe6550]

Very good review! This movie looks awesome and very funny! I have to watch it! I'm from Germany, and this is one of the rare cases, that a violent movie was in my country released uncut, but not in the U.S. Mostly it is the other way around. Many violent action- and horror-movies are only released cut in Germany, because the uncut versions were indexed or even seized. Our authorities are not really tolerant to movies. :( But thank God for the internet! :D And for Austria, our also german-speaking neighbour country, which doesn't have that problem! We import the most uncut DVDs from there. PS: Sorry for my bad English. I'm still learning.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

jay666KJ I'm with you, Manhunt is awesome

[@GoodBadFlicks]

gabe6550 Thanks! I was shocked to find the german version was the uncut one. Usually its the other way around

[@vickielawson3114]

Your English is fine.

[@MrJakeKale]

I saw this movie once, in the 90s at a friends house, then completely forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me!

[@icanusernamebetterthanyou3853]

If you consider requests, I have a few: Carnosaur Videodrome Trancers (and sequels) The Slumber Party Massacre A Nightmare on Elm Street Series Sequels Proteus (1995) Hercules in New York One-Eyed Monster

[@VerdeMorte]

How about Mind Hunters for being Saw before the movie was even a concept?

[@orhowilearnedtostopworryin9682]

Brad Dourif is awesome, I'll have to check this one out, I'll hope for a directors cut and try and wait for that though.

[@gaynzz6841]

It's here. and it's on YT

[@CorbCorbin]

DANTE RULES Brad Dourif!!! Dante does RULE

[@funguy398]

This scene with ripped child arm in the bloody sink haunt me for years. Great movie

[@randomcommenter100]

Hey I'm from the near future, and have travelled to this month of 2015 to tell you that you'll soon have millions of subscribers :).

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Louis Haumont thank you kind traveler! I hope you are from this dimension and not some alternate Sliders dimension. I really could use those millions of subs :)

[@drewgoin8849]

Umm...bad news. Your number of subscribers came up short. AND...there's a killer plague.

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

Loved the Aliens reference.

[@DobbytheFREEelf701]

"GET. ON. MY. LEVEL." Comedy gold. Couldn't stop laughing on that part

[@GoodBadFlicks]

metallifreak27ify thanks! :)

[@Tigerfire75]

Fun fact the Dante character was suppose to have a completely different look but the director and producer were too scared of Brad. Also I don't think he was acting or given any lines. He made up his role as he went along.

[@madame-moon]

Where did you get this information? Would love to see behind the scenes material and interviews. Does that exist?

[@FiftyShadesOfDave6603]

Update for those who don't know, this was released on blu ray in Germany. It's a 3 Disc Limited edition, 1 x Blu ray, 1 x Dvd, 1 x CD soundtrack. It is the directors cut, with English audio and German audio. Worth getting if you can find it, but unfortunately extremely limited.

[@vickielawson3114]

That bearded guy clearly thought he was Orson Welles.

[@Havoc800]

Yes! You finally got to this movie. Awesome movie in my opinion. I hope you do Moontrap and Dark side of the Moon next.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Havoc800 Thanks! Moontrap should be later this year

[@TheBaronVSP]

Carpenter, Ridley, Raimi....subtle referencing from the writers.

[@owenfitzgerald8944]

I thought the War Beast looked like something built on Scrapheap Challenge.

[@TheBreadcrab]

7:58 "Holy Donuts!" I fucking lost it at that part. It's a shame there was never a proper director's cut release, but if there ever is, I'll definitely check it out.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Michael Urban Shout Factory needs to get on this

[@vickielawson3114]

5:48 - When the guy is pulling his underwear from his pants, I’m surprised you didn’t make a Zoolander joke.

[@eldueno6593]

very late, but this video is how i found your channel! absolutely love this movie, the names are fun references for the horror authors and the story i found very engaging and filled with tension. I know most people don't recommend piracy, but i acquired the full director's cut and the movie as a whole is amazing fun. Would love for it to get an official release, and keep making great videos

[@romantrigorin2039]

'So that's where I left the Eeeeeeee!' God damn it. That had me laughing like a dumbass for a solid ten minutes.

[@EmergencyChannel]

Hootkins played Porkins in Star Wars and was also a great character actor. He passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2005, I believe.

[@michaelmtv]

I think I remember watching this way back in the day once on the SciFi Channel

[@OpenMawProductions]

Ridley, Raimi, and Carpenter, eh?

[@whisperingwillow8271]

Weyland Yutani too!

[@gaynzz6841]

some of the scenes also look like similar to jurassic park (even the "war beast" itself looks like a t-rex)

[@JerryD9000]

My man, as much as l love the exploring series. These GoodBad flicks episodes are phenomenal. Going through your backlog recently has my girlfriend on a kick to rewatch or see these types of l movies. I've been a happy feller.

[@JerryD9000]

Oh also .... 7:30 🤣🤣

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks! She sounds like a keeper :)

[@JerryD9000]

@@GoodBadFlicks she is for sure. I kinda wish there were a streaming service for all of these movies with that particular...."charm" that you highlight well. Im finding some of it really inconvenient to see.

[@dd2forreal833]

I love this movie

[@Indigodelta383]

the holly donut got a good chuckle out of me

[@paulgillie5868]

Great review as always. I love this movie. Grew up on it and a huge fan since I was 14 (year it was released) I still own the ex-rental vhs and have it dvd. Still waiting for a ultimate directors edition that's not aimed at the German Market. They don't make epic movies like this anymore. Grungy,kool cyber punk movies.

[@_krejci_]

for those of you that don't know Brad Dourif is the voice of Chucky

[@destrond69]

somebody get Screamfactory on the phone asap

[@jasoncanby2525]

Either them or vestron

[@mavericktitan7874]

What I remember most from this film was how the Death Machine was completely immune to every caliber of bullet under the sun, but the cyborg guy could hurt it with his clumsy punches.

[@farthuffington6466]

The ecoterrorist dudes have a bunch of really charming interaction / characterization scenes.

[@wopjohn]

1:00 Porkins!!

[@antonalberts9230]

Man, this is one of my favourite Sci-fi spoofs. I love it so much!

[@retro_wanderluster9962]

Awesome movie. I go the Taiwan Laserdisc signed by Richard Brake (showed on my channel) as well as the movie poster. I haven't gotten Brad to sign it yet.

[@TUkrLad]

Exploring Watchmen!!

[@BankzZ89]

Captain Possible Yes!

[@Madbandit77]

I would rather Sucker Punch, but why not? The 215-minute cut is the best version.

[@clairvoyantPastry]

Roy Phillips I would cry tears of pure joy if he did a video on Sucker Punch. Watchmen does sound great too though :D

[@GoodBadFlicks]

clairvoyantPastry I'll most likely do both in time

[@TUkrLad]

GoodBadFlicks We will be waiting

[@LorinaDante]

Great review! This is one of my favorite films, it's always nice to hear people talk about it. Fun fact: you think the US dvd release is bad? A French dub was released on VHS in Canada, and it somehow managed to be ten times as worse. I bought a copy of it for fun a few years ago, and pretty much every scene that isn't an action scene is missing! Dante doesn't even get an introduction with Cale; he just randomly shows up and kills Ridley. It's the weirdest thing. Read that Hardware was one of your personal faves, i hope to see you talk about it soon! I first heard about it because Death Machine kept getting compared to it, and laughed a lot when i recognized Hootkins as the gross neighboor, haha.

[@jimbailey9362]

That shark joke always gets me XD awesome video as always

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Jimmy Bailey thanks!

[@ESpr0ducti0n]

I have the same name as Brad Dourif's character, and I am completely fine with that.

[@apochsdotnet]

One of the first movies I owned on DVD back when the players were moderately affordable and only single layer (yes, I'm talking predating the Matrix DVD release). Such a great film. Wish I still have it :(

[@HORRIOR1]

The uncut version of the movie in English is actually available on KZbin.

[@ediesedgwick4462]

Yep. All two hours and two minutes of it. And its fantastic!

[@gaynzz6841]

Yes!

[@TheNorthernwolfman]

Thank you for doing this film justice, I have always liked this movie and thought it deserved positive credit. I love Yutani's reference to Street Fighter when he is firing his gun at the Warbeast. Arrrrukin!!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

TheNorthernwolfman thanks!

[@morphman86]

A joint made of other joints. The underwear ripper. The Sharkbot. Remember, this was 1994, WAAAAAY ahead of Pineapple Express, Zoolander and Roboshark!

[@christopherjames617]

I remember being a kid and sneaking downstairs to watch tv in the middle of the night. I remember watching this film twice at like 1am. I was about 8?

[@nagromowen5209]

Another classic.. Another older classic that is similar (I need to watch again) is "Hardware" starring Dylan McDermott.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Morgan Hanson Hardware is an all time favorite of mine.

[@arkayoarkayo4739]

The narrator showing the audience Grover. 😅

[@wildside316]

"I'm sick of your filth, Portman"😀.

[@murdermusprime7065]

This is one of my favorites.

[@TrixiLovesYou]

From what I've seen so far, this movie looks strangely competent.

[@dianacarbonate]

I had no idea there was a good cut of this movie in existence!! I just have the VHS that I bought because of Brad Dourif! It is so severely flawed, but there is so much to love, which honestly surprised me (I've seen almost all of Brad's 90's movies, and WOW). I have GOT to find me that director's cut. We could always sense that the movie was so close to being good, but it looked like it got edited by a Death Machine. This explains so much. PS I met Brad at a Con and he is a total sweetheart. My Favorite Actor!!

[@mihirlavande]

The rogue cyborg was actually playing the starting kicks of Black Sabbath's Iron Man.

[@TheBitingIrish]

The goddamn joint tree

[@HorroRviXenKate]

Wish Stephen Norrington would come back to directing , I love Blade & The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , think all the feuding with Sean Connery on the set off TLOEG put him off directing a movie again,such a shame cos he is very talented ..BLADE is easily in my top 5 fav vampire flicks , btw gr8 vid as per =)

[@GoodBadFlicks]

***** Thanks! Yeah, he got hosed after LoEG. He is a good director, I hope he comes back as well

[@bonggzilla]

the first movie where the german cut is longer than all other cuts lol

[@aaronslater470]

I loved this movie! The loser guy who gets transformed into a cybernetic super soldier goes in so hard when he jumps the death machine in the elevator and takes it on in hand to hand combat when he ran out of ammunition.

[@Anophathalm]

You're right, the old german DVD had only German audio but you can get a 3-Disc Collector's Edition by now (DVD, Blu-Ray & Soundtrack) by Turbine Media which has the original american audio along with a new cover artwork. By the way, in the UK there was also a Director's Cut Release on DVD as we speak ;)

[@robertsimpson2133]

Great film seen it when I was much younger, still holds it own today.

[@vickielawson3114]

2:27 - “It even has his name spray painted on there.” Um, no it doesn’t. That’s clearly painted with a brush, not a spray can.

[@-iIIiiiiiIiiiiIIIiiIi-]

Seven years later.

[@James_Bee]

I'm from the FAR OUT future, man.

[@stlouisrocker100]

I actually just watched this movie this morning. I honestly didn't mind the German dubbing, cause we still got some awesome action.

[@SnappingTurtle801]

I confess I enjoyed this movie a lot the first time I seen it way back when.

[@DarkDistorsionhero]

Fun Fact: Richard Brake is the actual Night's King at Game of Thrones

[@joshmarland6185]

I just found this channel today.. Amazing work, my friend.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Josh Marland Thanks!

[@gagecrawley6223]

My first watch of your channel was the review for Phantasm. and after that I started looking for more. And let me just say, I am a huge fan.

[@SahilPawar95]

This review was frickin hilarious !

[@calvcoolidge]

Yea he's on fire on this one

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

Young Rachel Weisz, Brad Douriff ,one of the most under-celebrated actors off all time(except by genre fans) and the always amazing Richard Brake FTW I loved this movie

[@mikezbr]

"more like the aarp" awesome dry sarcasm! I love your humor, keep it up!

[@Geddiz]

Just letting interesting parties know that Death Machine did indeed get a 3-Disc (Blu-Ray, DVD and soundtrack CD) collectors edition release not too long after this video was released. It's the 2 hour long version with proper wide-screen and cleaned up visuals. It seems to have been produced and sold primarily in Germany but has an English audio track, and isn't too difficult to get a hold of over the internet. The distributor commissioned some great front cover art for it as well. It's kinda expensive, but that's just how these things tend to roll. I jumped it because this has turned into one of my all-time favourite movies, waiting for it to turn in the mail!

[@gaynzz6841]

It's on YT even (and still not deleted as of 05/31/2024)