Exploring Scared Stiff - The Horror Movie with Heart

[@joaquimdantas2359]

One of the many things that I love about the horror movie culture is that loyalty that fans have over the movies. The fact that one weird forgotten movie had been redescovered and rereleased because a guy's love for a song in it shows how comited the horror fans are. It's a sense os ownership that moves us as a comunity to infuse life in works of art that are sometimes lost in the obscure past. I don't see that happening with no other genere in cinema history. Anyways... horror is pure love!

[@robertehlinger3534]

that was me!

[@joaquimdantas2359]

@@robertehlinger3534 WWWWOOOOOOWWWW!!! How awesome is that???!!!

[@GérannGerberChannel]

All because of a song, the journey to restore the film and to introduce it to a newer audience, is a fantastic story!!

[@wjhull]

God damn. I like hearing all the behind-the-scenes about the love and energy that goes into these movies, but the story about how it was resurrected and re-released was downright inspirational. It goes to show you that all it takes is one person with a little gumption to introduce your passion to a whole new generation of people. (And yes I realize the irony of saying that on a video channel that is literally one guy with some gumption introducing his passion to a whole new generation of people.)

[@doctorfeinstone6524]

If only we could get Michael Rubbo to do that with the peanut butter solution. And/or get Cecil to review it

[@Backinblackbunny009]

Some gumption.... and Jedi master levels of luck.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Yeah.

[@LnPPersonified]

Quick, everyone dig into their childhoods and pull out those old favorites. Maybe we can get a resurgence going on lost properties!

[@adampellett4917]

Many 1980s horror movies been trying to lift up the franchises like Friday the 13th, Halloween, Chucky, Hellraiser, A Nightmare on Elm Street, the Thing and many more. The 1980s are the golden era of horror entertainment. Filmmakers can reached out their own potential in budget constraints, dialogue scripts, acting, stunt work, make up effects even the actors themselves doing their stunt work even music scores to give us chills. I hope in today's standards to bring back my 80s in horror and not too much of CGI or modern stuff altogether. Great vid as always, GoodBadFlicks. KEEP IT UP! 😁

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@youisiaint]

I love this movie, I remember getting the Republic Pictures VHS release with the "too explicit for the squeamish" line by Variety. The effects were great and fairly elaborate for a lower budget film. I love the pre-CGI face that comes out of the computer and that wild "meltdown" scene at the end with the lasers. The director knew it was gonna be hokey and over-acted but he didn't care and did a damn good job with it.

[@Djarra]

My understanding is that Mark Frost reworked some of the ideas from his original scrip into 'Twin Peaks'. The concept of the lodges and some of the dream world stuff.

[@rle1111]

Djarra just curious about where you heard that rumor?

[@Djarra]

@@rle1111 Either 'The Films of David Lynch' or 'Twin Peaks backstage' a book from the 90s.

[@hudsonsirheshicks2653]

Amazing. So much work goes into these films, only to then have the negatives tossed aside for thirty years. Absolutely insane.

[@rle1111]

Thanks for the video Cecil! It was a pleasure working with you on this review. And thanks so much for the story of me getting Scared Stiff RE-released!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

No problem man, thanks for the help and additional info. :)

[@superby1]

What an amazing story! And even more amazing to know someone who enjoyed the film helped get it restored and released on Blu-ray. That's amazing.

[@RX552VBK]

When you're film lover--nothing will (can) stop you. This was a great piece.

[@akildukes7499]

Maaaaaan....I've had serious crush on Mary Page Keller since "Duet". That smile!

[@drs2328]

She actually looks way better now!Age has been good to her.

[@waynevia6976]

she looked great on supernatural. She is one of the most beautiful women in cinema.

[@KitKat-7417]

My partner and i have been fans of hers for years but lately we've just been binging her films non-stop. Crush feels like an understatement at this point. But i agree with the above comments. Age has been more than good to her and she was absolutely fabulous in Supernatural.

[@HickoryDickory86]

I was obsessed with this movie and "Beat of the Heart" when I was a kid!!! The song still randomly pops into my head ever so often. 🤗

[@Tchernobog]

I always saw this movie as being part of the HOUSE 1-4 franchise. It feels like it could have been retitled to be part of it.

[@RavenHouseMystery]

Great job on this video. I must have totally missed this film back in the day as I have no memory of it. Another classic to seek out. Thanks, Cecil.

[@guy-sinndavis3546]

Thank you sir. I just rented this off of Google play movies, just seconds after watching this video. Again, thank you. You just earned my subscription.

[@BottomBunkArt]

Watching your videos often makes me want to see the movies you detail in them. This was no exception. Bravo, sir! Bravo!

[@dereknight861]

This is definitely an underdog tale that one Ross Scott would describe in a nutshell as “Rescued from Extinction”

[@Drforrester31]

I just finished watching this and found it quite entertaining. It moves slowly but it's just under 85 minutes long so you don't really have enough time to get bored. You can tell while watching the movie that all involved were trying really hard to make a good movie, and it pays off in some solid atmosphere and good if a bit tiring jump scares

[@meganhussey972]

Great vid! I live in Florida and love the indie film scene here. Mary Page Keller also appeared in the sitcom Open House, where she played a Realtor. It would have been funny if she had tried to sell this haunted house in the show--"Um, this is a beautiful mansion and everything, but the icemaker on the fridge doesn't work and there's a small evil spirit in the attic!":)

[@TheRazorTongue]

It's always great to find a highly sought after song.

[@avidwriter2882]

While this is not my style of movie and I'd never watch it. I do love to hear about old movies that were lost getting found and restored. Just because I don't like it doesn't mean it doesn't matter. I hope more lost movies and music gets found and restored.

[@edwarddore7617]

Companies like Arrow, Shout Factory, and a bunch of others restore quite a few movies, many very obscure.

[@BloodylocksBathory]

I wonder if the pigeon scenes were inspired by Robert E. Howard' Pigeons From Hell, which has similar themes with a plantation and a curse.

[@euansmith3699]

You beat me to that comment by 1 year :D

[@thebloodandtheglory]

Rad, never seen the movie but PFH is one of my favorite horror stories. I’ll check it out.

[@steveward6099]

Literally was thinking the exact same thing. Also an awesome pulp era horror story.

[@kriskauf3980]

That was adapted into a very good episode of Thriller (the Boris Karloff one.)

[@furwerksstudio3714]

Thank you this series, I love finding about the behind the scenes of horror movies.

[@celticdragon4966]

18:21 looks a lot like the scene from The Beyond when the contractor sees the guy who was killed in the basement and falls off the ladder....

[@matthewwolfstein2359]

First a new episode of The DVD Shelf Movie Reviews drops, and now a new Exploring video from GoodBadFlicks? Best Monday ever ^.^

[@johngetbent]

Thanks for the indirect recommendation, just went and checked out some of there stuff and its quite good. KZbin comment sections aren't always terrible

[@antiquityvarmintwesleyhoag2909]

Funny to see you here commenting on this video xD. This is Antiquity Varmint speaking.

[@theonlyguiltymaninshawshan7909]

Nice exploration here, Cecil. I always appreciate the fact you give these efforts, and the passionate creators behind them, their just due. A couple of '80's comedies I've re-watched recently--Three O'Clock High and Better Off Dead--were crafted by a couple of passionate and creative directors, and their soundtracks (and supporting casts) are superb. Would love to see you explore one or both.

[@JasonHauser125]

You have the best researched reviews (?) of films on the internet. Not a review really, just a slice of cinema history with an amazing amount of detail you dig up. I don't know how you do it.

[@Switcher1972]

A dedicated labor of love from a fan - which finally pays. That's why fans are so essential for genre movies. Fabulous tale of restauration, probably more interesting than the movie itself.

[@averycummings3537]

A truly fascinating story about the making of the movie. I’ll have to check it out sometime soon.

[@rle1111]

Avery Cummings did you ever see it?

[@paulhaigh3952]

The best Exploring video yet.

[@adamhenry6793]

Fun!

[@TheNinjaMarmot]

So much info and heart. Much appreciated. Heard of the movie, but don't remember seeing it.

[@usedfuzzbox]

I barely know this film, I think I recall the cover of the video, but never saw it. However, this was a super interesting dive into the history and the production of the movie. Super interesting, really enjoyed this episode :D

[@NoMoreNever]

Excellent video as always!

[@KardboardKenny]

i'd like to thank you, Cecil, for being the only channel on the interwebs w/o a game of thrones freakout vid series.

[@WaverBoy]

I now remember the video box for this back in the day but had forgotten all about it until I watched your video! Now I gotta buy the Arrow Blu and watch it for the first time ever - I’m a huge ‘80s horror junkie and this looks right up my alley!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@vindurza]

This films still so obscure it lacks a Wikipedia page

[@FoeApple]

You deserve more subscribers. So many more

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thank you!

[@jonknight4616]

Great story leading up to its restoration.

[@mcnultyssobercompanion6372]

Excellent work as always. Well done.

[@brettbaerhold40]

That's just so badass. It gives me hope about other forgotten titles! Especially Rumpelstiltskin! :D

[@xscore9795]

C., you're the best. I love your videos, they are so relaxed yet superior to the norm. Great job, man.

[@erichr1539]

Never heard of this one. Pigeons? There is nothing less scary than a pigeon. Makes me want to check it out more. Haha. Thanks for the video Cecil. No one gets more details on a film than you. Amazed every time.

[@archduke11]

Great story about a film's revival :)

[@charleselmore4707]

Well done. Some of your best work

[@JoeDredd2012]

13:16 I'm actually a big fan of ''The Terror Within'' its very underrated did you ever see it Cecil? Wonderful job Cecil.

[@OfficialBobbyCanipeJr]

Your channel has quickly became one of my favorite channels! Thanks so much for the amazing content. I hope one day I’m able to pump out videos as awesome as yours!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thank you so much!

[@OfficialBobbyCanipeJr]

Thank you!

[@kevinclark8356]

I got the blu-ray for a few weeks ago, it's a fun film.

[@kurtstallings]

Made my morning to see this posted!

[@MandleRoss]

Probably the best of all the Good Bad Flicks videos I've seen so far, and that's saying something!

[@AubreyTheKing]

A obscure classic horror movie worth watching! Great Review, GBF! Keep it up!!

[@MilStdNZ]

How do this videos only have 177k views and 313k subs? Absolute goldmine of film knowledge.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks! I wonder that myself sometimes but oh well.

[@MilStdNZ]

@@GoodBadFlicks I’d strongly encourage you to drive engagement like subscriptions, likes, and comments to work the algorithm in your favour at the beginning of your videos. It’ll make a world of difference.

[@Puncherjoe1]

Oh, wow, I've been looking for this film for a long time Thank you

[@captassassin5680]

“Ominous Pigeons” Cecil, did you just come up with the coolest Edgar Allen Poe tribute band name EVER? I think you did!

[@allendavid4660]

It was a raven...

[@publicserviceannouncements2103]

Raven, Poe hated filthy pigeons

[@JakeBacaner]

I am Dan Bacaner’s SON! ❤

[@CrowaX]

Nice video. I like the in-deph angle you do on the hidden gems.

[@markbaumbargt3430]

This genre goes way back. Look up any of the versions of Robert E. Howard's story about "Pigeons from Hell" to see/read a great Southern gothic.

[@GérannGerberChannel]

Wow!! Incredible story on how the re-release of the film came together!!

[@jwnj9716]

Exploring Deep Rising.

[@ethanluce4451]

Jw Nj Up

[@Nesty9]

I love those stories where a movie seemed to be forgoten and resurface with a new life

[@dereknight861]

Nesty Ross Scott would definitely award this movie “Rescued from Extinction”

[@parisgreen4600]

Wow, Andrew Stevens looks great in the newer video segments. So many celebs try too hard to stay looking 25. He looks like a grownup.

[@glitterandthorns]

Good Bad Flicks is easily my favourite channel. I binge it like Netflix.

[@DonaldSimsProduction]

This is the result of some SERIOUS research!

[@Clay3613]

I own this movie on LaserDisc and the Japanese release of Phantom Of The Mall.

[@shainewhite2781]

Note to self: Do Not Direct A Movie inside a supposed haunted house, because bad things happen. Ever seen Poltergeist 1982?

[@MrUseless247]

Was the property haunt? I thought them using real skeletons was the cause of the "curse."

[@brandonpage7087]

Yes, it allegedly was, & real skeletons were also used on this film.

[@shainewhite2781]

It's about time I see one of these videos!! Thought I would never see you again, man!!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

I was only gone a week!

[@rockinchimp]

Arrow Video have re-released so many great films on Blu-ray and out of all the films I own, their releases as a whole are my favourite.

[@eveecco]

From this video alone this film gives me Frightmare vibes. Now that’s a film I’d love to see explored on here!

[@viljamtheninja]

"The pigeons made a mess, everywhere they, uh... went." 10/10.

[@gg-er1vv]

looks like your audience is growing. awesome work dude. and all you new peeps, check out the back catalogue, hours of fun.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@FallenWolf64]

Just got off of work and found out that you dropped a video. My life is completed now.

[@sillybilly4710]

FAllEn OnE I hope you get your life figured out someday.

[@sillybilly4710]

@@FallenWolf64 Chill man, there was no malice in my comment. I was just making a joke because you presumably accidentally typed "complicated" instead of "complete" so I said hopefully you get your life figured out, like less complicated. Relax.

[@FallenWolf64]

@@sillybilly4710 My bad there's a lot of trolls on here and I automatically assume the worst.

[@FallenWolf64]

@@sillybilly4710 i also corrected it thanks for pointing out my mistake.

[@jrichardmarshall]

Fantastic video

[@dakritic]

This was a great video. Well done.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@drewwar9344]

Keep up the good work Cecil

[@filmtalk2678]

Damn, just about everything a director doesn't want to happen happened, that sucks.

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodUnclePete]

Another great video from Cecil! Thank you, dude! Hope you checked out the new Amon Amarth!

[@adamhenry6793]

Amon?

[@adamhenry6793]

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[@lightningmanmatthew]

If the video came out today, then how come it says your comment was posted 3 days ago

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodUnclePete]

@@lightningmanmatthew Patron release

[@weeman1357]

Another excellent video about a film I had never heard of! Keep up the great work.

[@richmcgee434]

"Pigeon wrangler" is one hell of a thing to have on your resume.

[@gogetavsvegito]

10:14 that scene has haunted me my whole life. Not in a scary way, but i remember being idk maybe 4-5 and waking up from a nap and saw my dad watching tv and as i looked at the screen that scene played. I never did find out where it was from until now. So thanks :)

[@matthewwilson440]

what a great ep of gbf

[@Sandvink]

This is a made by a true movielover. I like the old movies and people who pay homage to them. There of course not all perfect but some are perfect through their inperfections. 😃

[@asmodeusdan]

I fucking love these stories, especially those with happy ending like this one! Good work Cecil!

[@erikhawkke4861]

The power of music!

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

Still haven't seen Blood Simple, I need to rectify that 7:53 aka act like a Florida Man.

[@Djarra]

Blood simple is okay, although I watched it once with my mum whose comment was "This is the same as that thing in snow, just in the desert" and basically she is right, 'Fargo' and 'Blood Simple' are extremely similar.

[@Madbandit77]

@@Djarra I thought No Country For Old Men was "Fargo In The Desert", but "Simple" does have elements that would be later echoed on "Fargo".

[@edwarddore7617]

Blood simple is a very good movie, quite intense, especially for a first movie.

[@Austin_Soares]

19:14 That's the power of music for ya!

[@Restless_Hermit80]

Yeah music is a powerful thing.

[@RomeJordon919entertainment]

Fans keeping old films alive and well!

[@HigHrvatski]

Scared Stiff? Sounds like a horror porn parody.

[@TheORIGINALBrentTheGent]

Also sounds Like a Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Motion Picture for PARAMOUNT Pictures in 1953, !

[@BloodylocksBathory]

There is an anthology book involving horror and sex called Scared Stiff. ;)

[@e4unow421]

Scared Stiffy

[@lonchaneyslover7635]

My favorite channel ever!

[@athenscityriders8470]

14:48 το πετρινο φυλακτο. Greek edition of the movie!!!!

[@georgeikonomakos7334]

ηταν η εποχη που οι τιτλοι των ταινιων ηταν οτι ναναι!!!

[@shanethompson3199]

Love this movie and the song.

[@blahlbinoa]

Oh shit! If I knew it was in Pittsburgh, I could of picked up for them.

[@johnthesavage381]

I thought this was going to be about the Japanese Scared Stiff, also from 1987. Happy surprise.

[@L1701]

It wasn't Japanese, it was from Hong Kong.

[@marcelmoreau2733]

I thought it would be a porn parody.

[@theshape3988]

These videos are incredible

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thank you!

[@Cameroo]

Pigeons? And old plantation? Sounds a little like Robert E Howard's Pigeons From Hell.

[@antiquityvarmintwesleyhoag2909]

Are you that guy who loves Bernie Wrightson we did talked about before on the telegram?

[@Gripen1974]

Yeah and that story also have voodoo in it.

[@otterwithagun1982]

"Pigeon wrangler". I am happy hearing that.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

I just turned 41. Didnt really feel old until I saw that commercial for "Wheres Capn Crunch?" then I felt super old.

[@Blood4Baphomet]

New vid from Cecil. Life is good. 👏

[@bakumeekbakumeek3738]

Usually when things don't turn out the way you want to on set, it usually turns into a great cult movie. Thanks for the background info. 😀

[@GoodBadFlicks]

You are welcome :)

[@euansmith3699]

I presume that the "sinister pigeons" were a reference to Robert E Howard's "Pigeons from Hell"; which formed the basis of an episode of "Boris Karloff's Thriller" TV Series.

[@TygerFox]

Another excellent video. You should make a video on haunted sets. But be careful not to attract bad stuff.

[@regenerations67]

your videos inspire me