"Dogs of the Week" Movie Reviews Part 12 (1982) - Sneak Previews with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel

[@Emmathelady]

9:59 Wow! This is practically the story of what happened to the Batgirl movie, this year!

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

"I'm sure your mom is listening this program thinking "And my son went to college to learn anylize this?" ". Great Siskel line

[@karaoconnoraliasraidra]

2:16-2:24- All the other kids with the pumped-up skin, you better run, better run…

[@goregrindisthebestgenre]

6:20 Love Roger laughing hysterically during Gene’s summary of Senior Snatch (great title 😐).

[@karaoconnoraliasraidra]

9:29-9:36 Gene- (jokes about dousing people with hot water) Sparky the Wonder Dog- 0_0

[@Conquerkingfitness]

A lot of these DOGS OF THE WEEK are origins of QUENTIN TARANTINO films

[@creepyskulldini581]

And the FUNNY thing is that THESE GUYS were known to give HIS films GOOD reviews! .. irony of irony.

[@kdohertygizbur]

What examples

[@Emmathelady]

9:59 Warner Brother’s Batgirl

[@roxanneshuster8308]

So BASICALLY, it seems that THESE guys did NOT appreciate SEX and VIOLENCE in movies.

[@kdohertygizbur]

Totally disagree with that comment, gratuitous sex and violence, yes, but they gave positive reviews to other movies of the like

[@ertznay3142]

I'm surprised the MPAA allowed a movie under the title 'Senior Snatch' to be released.

[@errolbourgeois8230]

I liked Visiting Hours(I would give it a 75% rating).But I agree with Gene that the violence is over the top and cruel 😢 😔 😞.

[@dannywilde6988]

Weird to think that Siskel and Ebert were actually reviewing pornos in the early '80s.

[@ianfindly3257]

I think THAT STOPED when they changed into 'At the Movies, their NEXT show, which was a little more mainstream and widely telecast (being shown on NETWORK tv)

[@whyyyyou]

Totally agree with Gene on VISITING HOURS 9:12. The only good thing about the film is the awesome trailer showing the lights in the front of a hospital going out leaving the remaining lights to form a gigantic skull. It's like they marketed the film that way because Michael Ironside looks like Jack Nicholson & they wanted to deceive unsuspecting theatre goers into thinking that the film was going to about Jack Torrance in a haunted hospital. 5 stars for the trailer, 0 stars for the film.

[@teejaye6226]

Love these segments! Some of my fave slashers are on these Dogs

[@crystalshaw8744]

Thankfully I have never heard of these "dogs" of the week...lmbo

[@JohnLouisBishop84]

Aww, yes..."The Grim Reaper," aka Joe D'Amato's "Antropophagus." Along with "Visiting Hours," a genuine Video Nasty.

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

The grim reaper is Antropophagus? If that's right, it surprises me that Ebert didn't mention the two most disgusting scenes of the movie.....

[@neilevans8204]

The Beast Within. I liked it!

[@jimmyl324]

I love Visting Hours. Have it on Blu-ray .

[@Wildcock23]

Same here!

[@errolbourgeois8230]

I love Visiting Hours .The performances are good ,and actors carry the movie.

[@roxanneshuster8308]

So BASICALLY, it seems that THESE guys did NOT appreciate SEX and VIOLENCE in movies.

[@jimmyl324]

@@roxanneshuster8308 pretty much.

[@ianfindly3257]

What I remember most about Visiting Hours was that image of the hospital building with the giant skull formed out of illuminated windows which was featured in all the advertising (poster, adds, Tv commercial, video packaging, etcetera). I've also seen the flick, and it ain't bad, no. There are some pretty suspenseful and horrifying scenes, and Michael Ironside makes for a pretty creepy and disturbing killer.

[@RobertWF42]

"Gary Busey, remember him?" Still a relevant question 40 years later. ;-)

[@gregoravich2256]

Fighting Back is a very good film!

[@bigboss6274]

It's coming to Blu Ray via Scorpion releasing I believe too

[@errolbourgeois8230]

Fighing Back is bad movie . The movie is the poster child for vigilantes

[@gregoravich2256]

@@errolbourgeois8230 , well I like vigilantes! Moreover, I like vigilante films!

[@errolbourgeois8230]

@@gregoravich2256 Fighting Back portrays itself as a movie about a man who wants to protect his neighborhood like a Bronson or a Norris. But, in this movie the people he goes after turns this movie a vigilante. When it is all and done ,you have dead or injured people and replacements waiting on the sidelines to take their place. An never ending cycle.

[@roxanneshuster8308]

So BASICALLY, it seems that THESE guys did NOT appreciate SEX and VIOLENCE in movies.

[@JohnnyStanwyck]

I really like "Blonde Ambition." It's corny, but a lot of fun. Great cast as well. Played in XXX, X and R-Rated versions at the same time in NYC.

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Singing in the Rain and Deep Throat?! Hahaha. What a combo? Who the hell watches fuck flicks for a story and plot? Haha

[@CR41489]

I remember “The Beast Within” was heavily promoted as a new great horror film. It was awful and even distributed by MGM which of course is a highly known film company. As far as “The Beach Girls,” at least it had an incredibly sexy woman in it who’s name is Jeanna Tomasina. I remember how awesome she was in 1982. Terrible film but she was lovely in the film.

[@creepyskulldini581]

Oh go fuck yourself! .. . The Beast Within is an awesome SICK movie! And it was actually distributed by United Artists (a smaller distributer) not MGM.

[@austinwillcut4919]

@@wadezane10 What sucked about it? It's not that bad, it's not great either.

[@Wildcock23]

Yeah “The Beast Within” was pretty lame... I’ve tried to watch it several times but just can’t get into it

[@kailewis6520]

@@creepyskulldini581 it’s crap 😂😂😂 me and my mates watched it we was laughing remind me of the scary movie horror parody it was AWFUL

[@pheonix5597]

@@creepyskulldini581 UA was actually a SUBDIVISION of MGM, or that's what it eventually BECAME anyway, which dealt in less major mainstream fare (independent films, foreign films, and horror films like this Beast Within).

[@tfronauer]

“loony pervert” lol good stuff, Rog

[@mooville32]

Fighting Back wasn't THAT bad but Ebert saying, "Something tells me that any big city neighborhood where the street gangs are integrated may not have that many problems," made me laugh my ass off. Maybe during dogs of the week was the few times these guys truly laughed together.

[@UnknownName5050]

That’s so true Hollywood is so sh*t lol

[@XenIsWhen]

"Gross Things That Are Ugly" would have been a much better title than, "The Beast Within".

[@reneedennis2011]

Visiting Hours actually has some good points about domestic violence and is well-made, but Gene is right about the sick stuff.

[@errolbourgeois8230]

The sick stuff did not bother me and the performances carry me to the end.

[@roxanneshuster8308]

So BASICALLY, it seems that THESE guys did NOT appreciate SEX and VIOLENCE in movies.

[@CaptainSpalding72]

I implore everyone to look up the bloopers for these two... very funny. Very dirty.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Those were outtakes.

[@jessecoffey4737]

*Senior Snatch* . . . sounds like a slasher movie set in a retirement center, doesn't it?

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Sounds more like a porn movie that appeals to those over 60.

[@ChillerKiller88]

Visiting Hours is definitely not as sick as they claim, most of the deaths don’t show much blood and gore. Actually the goriest scene involves the killer injuring himself, but besides that it’s rather tame compared to other slashers from that time. The movie itself is more of a character study on the killer, definitely worth a watch if you enjoy slasher films or character studies.

[@genejordan6248]

so geez... visiting hours was so TAME, even for early 80's.... they REALLY had a vendetta against nearly all slashers that truly failed.

[@lionelraoul]

The bar was set so low that you have to be underground to fail.

[@ChillerKiller88]

Gene jordan I hate that they only focused on the violence of slasher films and not about the actual story, Visiting Hours has a lot going on for it yet they bash it for violence that’s not as graphic as they claim.

[@veegar9265]

Well it's not SPECTACULARLY GORY, no, but some of the kill scenes ARE pretty SICK and DISTURBING (like, for example, when the killer cuts a patients oxygen hose and takes pictures of her while she's dying). Splashing and spraying blood ain't EVERYTHING to a horror flick after all.

[@pheonix5597]

What do you mean "for early 80s"?

[@moserbite2159]

@@pheonix5597 Yeah, presumably this numbskull has never seen a Friday the 13th movie, Evil Dead, Faces of Death, The Thing, or any movie made by George Romero, Lucio Fulki, Sam Peckinpah, or Hershel Gordon Lewis.

[@monte68x]

Does anyone know if "The Senior Snatch" (originally released in 3-D as "The Surfer Girls" in 1978) has ever been released on any home video format?

[@twikirobot6897]

"The Beast Within" rules !!!!! 8/10

[@ericisaac5998]

R.I.P Sean Connery even though Wrong is Right Sucks! #LEGEND

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Connery made some real turds throughout his career. More than the good ones. Charismatic as hell, but turds galore.

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Haha. I LOVE The Beast Within...

[@steveprice2718]

I loved The Beast Within. All of the principal actors are dead now except for Ronny Cox.

[@steveprice2718]

I LOVE THE BEAST WITHIN!!! MY GUILTY PLEASURE 🙂😜💞

[@johnbogg7395]

The Beast Within is dope!! Watched that all the time when I was teen!

[@CaptainSpalding72]

I love it. Even as a kid, I watched it without knowing the boys hated it, knowing they hated it.

[@roxanneshuster8308]

So BASICALLY, it seems that THESE guys did NOT appreciate SEX and VIOLENCE in movies.

[@rosario508]

I’m going to start a band and call it The Looney Perverts.

[@lerm2866]

The Beach Girls is dumb fun with some of the most gorgeous women of the eighties!

[@ReverendBenzo]

I read The Beast Within years before I saw the movie. The book was kind of sleazy but had a good story and I liked it. The movie, however, was DUMB and corny.

[@omnivorousbiped2447]

"Senior Snatch" is a good title though.

[@joycesmith5141]

Feather and drum and coconut garbage

[@jimmyl324]

Beast within is good

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Senior Snatch? hahahahaha

[@carlcleary3179]

Fighting back wasn't bad.

[@groalerable]

where did you get all these?

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Love The beast within....

[@RobertWF42]

Senior Snatch lol

[@derekp308]

"The Beast Within"-Oh come on, it was a refreshing departure from the slasher films and had some great make up effects. "Blonde Ambition"-Madonna will use that title for one of her tours. "The Grim Reaper"-Roger, your lucky you didn't see the uncut version. "Beach Girls"-Seen it a few times on cable. "Senior Snatch"-Sounds like a bunch of nonsense. "Fighting Back"-How not to use a guy whose not made for movies for a "Death Wish" ripoff. "Wrong is Right"-James Bond can't save this movie. "Visiting Hours"-Good cast, bad movie. "Barbarosa"-Gary Busy had been in some bad movies, but this isn't one of them, Willie Nelson was a better actor than you think, Roger hated this movie, but Gene liked it. Roger must have been in a bad mood when he saw this.

[@jessecoffey4737]

Actually, Roger's Dog award for *Barbarosa* wasn't applied to the film itself, which Roger really wanted to see but didn't, but to the distributor (Universal) for pulling it out of distribution.

[@williamhowe1]

Arf!

[@jacktorrance2633]

These guys seemed to not pay attention to detail quite often, especially for a movie they disliked. The Beast within wasn't a "Locust" it was a giant Cicada that impregnated his mother. That was the reason he had his metamorphosis during his 17th summer. Even worse, Siskel thought the Terminator and Reese came through a portal from a different planet, even though it's explained thoroughly that they're from the future on Earth!!!

[@reneedennis2011]

The Beach Girls WAS silly.

[@CaptainSpalding72]

And boring trash

[@reneedennis2011]

@@CaptainSpalding72 Yup.

[@chrishoward3733]

Fart noise