The Eyebrow Cinema DVD Dumpster Dive

[@GodEmperorOfShorts]

Whatever merits Ernest goes to Camp has, or lacks, I'll always remember it for "I did it! I took the Lindbergh Baby! I am Josef Mengele!"

[@EyebrowCinema]

That line certainly stunned me haha.

[@cal4837]

love to see some non-epically-acclaimed or despised movies talked about on YT. You're one of my favorite film channels!

[@EyebrowCinema]

Thanks, Cal! It was fun to take a break from more prestigious movies and do a bit of a detour.

[@holosbachstudios9122]

2:33 running scared 6:08 ernest goes to camp 9:35 true confessions 11:40 appaloosa 14:12 the terror 16:51 battle in seattle 19:01 ernest goes to jail 21:32 nine 1/2 weeks 24:14 you better watch out 28:17 pink cadillac 31:11 superman shazam. The return of black adam 34:10 i'm gonna git you sucka 37:34 Edmond 39:48 city heat

[@YggdrasilAudio]

This is probably the most relatable shit I've seen so far this year! This is like the kind of stuff I've been wanting to do.

[@EyebrowCinema]

Thanks man. Glad you liked it :)

[@valmarsiglia]

One thing that blew my mind was finding a clip of Jim Varney pre-Ernest. Dude is a legit, stone-cold classically trained actor. Look it up, there's a clip of him online doing a soliloquy from Hamlet, full-on British accent and everything. My whole life I thought he was just some yokel who lucked out.

[@travishodge9769]

He is a full on character actor. He has multiple personalities he did. He was in a few independent horror movies in the early 80s too.

[@BigBlobProductions]

I grew up watching the Earnest movies and they will always have a special place in my heart.

[@phangkuanhoong7967]

"Like David Ayer is substantially less talented than he already is." whoa. shots fired! 😆 But yes, I agree.

[@EyebrowCinema]

I rarely got so mean in my videos but I couldn't resist that line.

[@itsjayden8002]

I will never forget the very specific feeling of watching a DVD trailer with the footage and sound bites randomly chopped up and mismatched, then years later seeing those specific scenes of the actual thing advertised and it’s like a weird low-level Mandela effect.

[@mattjsherman]

Running Scared is a B movie, but it's a really good one - a product of the mid-2000s/post-9/11 aesthetic. Visually dark and digital.

[@EyebrowCinema]

We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. Well, not the "product of the mid-2000s" part. It is very much that.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

@@EyebrowCinema The mid-2000s were a dark time for cinema, indeed. 😁

[@cheesefoodxii3091]

I agree.

[@themichaelkemp]

Can’t disagree more

[@SnapperChannel]

I figured from your Dumpster Diving LB reviews that this would end up being one big video. I like how this video puts a focus to all the movies no one else would be talking about otherwise. The use of going through old DVDs helps make the whole concept of looking through a bunch of less talked about movies makes it more interesting. Great video Dan Also, I should let you know that recently DC has brought back the Showcase shorts.

[@EyebrowCinema]

I'm glad they're back. The short cartoon which precedes a feature is a tradition worth preserving.

[@BabyDiazmusic]

As someone who was half a film bro ( Casablanca has always been one of my favs) I just wanted to add (because I am very old) Jim Varneys Ernest character first came to the public eye by doing local milk commercials. I had a video tape of a out 100 different commercials he did. The Video tapes were traded around in the 80s sorta like casserole tapes of the jerky boys made rounds prior to their cinema masterpiece

[@Fluoride_Jones]

This is such a great idea for a video! I have literally hundreds of DVDs and Blu-rays I've never watched, many of them still factory-sealed. You've inspired me to pick a bunch of them and give this a go. By the way, I have that "Ernest" DVD 3-pack, also. 😆

[@EyebrowCinema]

Lolllll a fellow Ernest haver. You'll have to let me know what you think of those films.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

@@EyebrowCinema Truth be told, I saw his first four films as a kid, because my dad liked him. I'm forty-three, and those films and that character were surprisingly popular during my childhood! Also, I just ordered "Christmas Evil" on May 27th from Vinegar Syndrome! Looking forward to that one. 👍

[@nateds7326]

If you told me that Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall played a preist and a hot headed cop, I really would've thought that De Niro would be the cop and Duvall the preist. I mean Duvall could play a good cop but De Niro as a preist just seems like an odd choice.

[@GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm]

This video is officially certified by the Recommending Ones & Zeros.

[@kencoakley8366]

Stuart Townsend was supposed to play Strider in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. Peter Jackson wasn't happy with Townsend's performance and replaced him with Viggo Mortensen.

[@Greeklings]

I wish more studios would take after Roger Corman: imagine a bunch of different movies/shows using the large sets from Game of Thrones for their own story. Amazing!

[@DwRockett]

24:31 wait holy crap that’s the actor for Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad

[@EyebrowCinema]

...holy shit it is. Amazing catch right there.

[@higginswalsan]

“Ho Ho Ho Hector, you’ve been quite naughty to those chicken boys! Time for your execution!”

[@cessxiii]

*Sees "cinema" in the channel name, bets an 8 pack it's a film student channel, wins 8 pack within seconds.* I owe you a cold one, Sir haha \m/

[@MarkMars-9]

I'm more of a music guy but I can't believe the cinephile you make of me! Love your videos!

[@EyebrowCinema]

That's very kind of you, Marco. Thank you :)

[@M4TCH3SM4L0N3]

I first watched Ernest goes to Jail (with my 1.5 year younger brother) when I was about 6. I don't remember whether I had been worried the first time he was going to be executed, but I know that I watched the VHS so many times that it ruined the tracking. What can I say... We 80's/90's kids were built different. I would not let my kids watch it, lol.

[@EyebrowCinema]

Ha! Nice.

[@Peter_Stevens851]

A big plus with the dvd/blue ray where the bonus features

[@EyebrowCinema]

100%. I love bonus features.

[@danielfolk5266]

I had no idea Bruce Springsteen's song was written for a movie....

[@EyebrowCinema]

It wasn't, I just thought it worked better for a title intro.

[@gavinmillar816]

I'm loving your dismal of Running Scared. Its odious. Great work!

[@artirony410]

4:47 yeah the actual premise seems really cool and almost like the inverse of Kurosawa's Stray Dog

[@unrealistic5462]

My collection is mostly dvd, flea markets and film stores are full of them and overall i like them bit more, with their cool covers and all, but i still buy blu rays sometimes though.

[@Kroggnagch]

I love the part in Black Dynamite when that boomerang breaks thru the window and cuts the guy's arm off, then Black Dynamite comes thru the door sayin "hu-HAA!! Motha f*cka, i threw that sh*t before i even came in the room!!!!" God.. i laughed so hard at that part...

[@JebeckyGranjola]

Isn't Running Scared the movie where the kid says, "John Wayne is an *F-slur!" I saw it once when it came out, and I don't think I'll ever forget that line.

[@EyebrowCinema]

It is indeed that movie.

[@MousePounder]

I enjoyed this quite a lot and am looking forward to pt. 2

[@EyebrowCinema]

I'm always delighted to see you comment and that you've enjoyed a video, Mouse. Cheers.

[@Milosh111]

That was a pretty cool concept for a video, can't wait for the second part. I've seen four of these movies. I actually enjoyed Running Scared back then, but I was younger and more tolerable to Tarantino inspired movies (although, even then I didn't care for Boondock Saints). I liked this fairytale with a twist concept, Vera Farmiga, and only two scenes I vividly remember are the hockey rink one and everything with a pair of creepy pedophiles. I guess, it's better not to revisit that movie, though... As for 9 1/2 Weeks, Pink Cadillac and Edmond (I miss Stuart Gordon), I totally agree.

[@EyebrowCinema]

The fairytale with a twist concept is an interesting idea. The end credits which present the story like a fairy tale is easily my favourite part of the movie.

[@MrEdWeirdoShow]

True Confessions - when it was made producers had no idea who the actual dahlia killer was. But years later it turned out she was killed by a psycho doctor, who was best friend to director John Huston. The case was solved by an LA cop who was a brother to Mike Hodel, an LA radio talk show host on KPFK. The info came out years after the clueless producers made their film, and after the deaths of both Hodel and Huston.

[@Hack_The_Planet_]

Personally , I almost exclusively buy dvds, purely because I want to be able to watch my films on anything from a 20 year old DVD player/ ps2 to a ps5/Blu-ray player etc etc. as long as dvds are universally compatible with disc players I will support it! LOVE THE VIDEO!!

[@AbrasiousProductions]

I nearly busted my guts when you started criticizing the Ernest films but I appreciate how you remained respectful, so my full unmitigated rage isn't necessary here, great video👌

[@DanielshakespeareDanze1]

Running Scared honestly looks like a sick as hell explo movie. Appaloosa looks pretty fun too as a good ol' Western with a great cast. I know about The Terror because of Hollywood Boulevard riffing on it pretty funnily. Looking forward to the next one!

[@EyebrowCinema]

You may well like Running Scared. It definitely has its fans even if I'm not among them.

[@AnandVenigalla]

@@EyebrowCinema I checked the reviews for Running Scared. Strikingly, even though it’s not a hugely acclaimed film, it did have some decent reviews, including from Roger Ebert, who also praised the director’s other film The Cooler. Might give Running Scared, and The Cooler, a chance in light of this.

[@markuscriticus8278]

Saw Christmas Evil this Christmas. Wonder if anyone else found the protagonist uncomfortably relatable.

[@deckarde4919]

Stuart Townsend was originally cast as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings, iirc, before being fired as filming was about to start.

[@colonelweird]

Your mention of Paul Greengrass reminded me of his superb film Bloody Sunday, which may have been a direct inspiration for a movie about protests in Seattle, since it's about the military suppression of a protest in Derry. Greengrass is able to maintain narrative interest using his quasi-documentary style without ever indulging in predictable tropes. I re-watched it after seeing Andor - I was looking for possible inspirations for the TV show, and Bloody Sunday has many similarities to Andor's final episode.

[@Twinrehz]

Ernest goes to camp is one of those 8-10 trash-tier movies that went on repeat on broadcast TV during my childhood that really caught my attention, and those movies have stuck with me to this day; their memes, their messages (or lack thereof), and the fact that they're all bad, and I love them for it.

[@ShaneRob93]

Great video, look forward to the follow up.

[@EyebrowCinema]

Cheers, Shane. Thanks.

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

Man, this just made memories of my own DVD-collecting teen years come flooding right back! I was already almost entering young adulthood when making the transition from VHS to DVD and just getting into the R-rated stuff that I gathered at FYE or Best Buy or Suncoast Motion Picture Company - and it was awesome! I even got Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide in my mid-teens! Man how much time flew! Can't wait to see what Part Deux will bring!

[@GregDaGoblin]

Wait...did he say Ernest isn't funny???

[@paulkenny105]

Omg I love running scared!!! It truly goes in strange directions!!!

[@dogsandyoga1743]

I beg to differ on 'I'm Going To Get You Sucka' not being funny. Maybe it's a cultural thing, or an age difference (I'm 46 👴🏾). Almost anyone I know, can immediately recognize any line from it. Heck, I probably quote it a few times a month, in casual conversation 😂. I also think it was less of a parody, and more of an homage...or at least somewhere in between... But then again, I was 12 when I first saw it, so it might be my glasses nostalgia as well...

[@jorgelara-maldonado3860]

I will die on the Running Scared hill. I absolutely love that movie and sensationalized hyper kinetic violence is my jam

[@TheTocuba]

Are you gonna cover Mystic River in part 2? Love that movie

[@EyebrowCinema]

No, I watched it many, many years ago. It's excellent. One of Clint's best.

[@JebeckyGranjola]

I've never read anything by Dennis Lehane, but I hate all of his movies! They all have actors who are irl douchebags, and I find the storylines so hokey and contrived. I think Tim Robbins character and storyline is the only good part of that movie. Also those movies, along with the Departed, are so dated to thier era/vibe that I feel like is made specifically not for me. I can't even really define it.

[@daviddenis4178]

I did the same kind of thing with my collection during the pandemic and I'm glad I did. I discovered a few gems that were just sitting there for years.

[@grantg6855]

Your channel is amazing, keep up the great work

[@EyebrowCinema]

Much appreciated, Grant.

[@HorrorMetalMaestroRedrusty66]

I do so hate elitism, and have often been the bearer of strife on groups or posts when an elitist steps in and verbally lashes some person for showing off their new DVDs or when discussing a movie holds up a DVD during the review as if they don't really OWN the movie if "It's only on DVD". As can be seen in almost every monthly update video I make, I DO indeed replace many of my favorite DVS with their bluray releases, but I am also always adding NEW DVDs to my collection. It goes without saying Bluray offers more room for better transfers and are significantly harder to damage, and are a safer bet for long term ownership. BUT one trip on google will answer the question that DVDs have a lifetime that may surprise you if cared for properly. I myself can pull out dvds I've had for 20+ years and it plays perfectly fine. I don't knock bluray, but I also don't knock DVD, many films can only be (For either availability or price) gotten on DVD. Be it that they've never had a BR release at all, or some "Boutique" got a hold of them and releases 3K copies for a world of 8 billion people and no one can afford them. My DVDs are displayed and in full view in my Blockbuster style home (lol), right along side their BR siblings, and they are just as loved and cared for. And every month I add new DVDs to my collection, maybe not as many as I use to in favor of affordable BRs, but they are still an acceptable purchase, and I do so every month for one reason or the other. So to the elitists, I could not care less what you think about my DVDs, they are lobed just fine. lmao. I Love Running Scared, just got the BR of it to go with my DVD of it (which I'm keeping because its's got a graphic novel in it). Boondock Saints and it's sequel are the bomb here in my heart as well. Those statements being said, you can now see this rant is both a praise, and an accusation. lol

[@EyebrowCinema]

Damn, my Running Scared DVD didn't come with a graphic novel. I feel like I got ripped off. Then again, I did get it for free.

[@Arctic_Willow]

I did have a pretty large dvd collection until three of the discs rotted away and I lost three good films for good. Films I haven't found on Bluray ever since. Without this disaster I would probably still buy an occasional dvd, instead I sold or gifted away them all.

[@johnstahlman9767]

loved the Ernest movies when I was a kid, but the only ones I really vividly remember are Ernest Goes to Jail and Ernest Scared Stupid, which I honestly think Ernest Scared Stupid holds up, not that it's ground breaking cinema, but like it gets so ridiculous that you can't help not to laugh.

[@GA-1st]

C'mon! You didn't chuckle just a bit at that gold chain sight gag? But I don't disagree at all with your critique of the movie. I'm glad to see you appreciate a good "B" horror film - made before the '70s! Oh, and "Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan in "Space Jam"!? I like how you so matter-of-factly inserted that little gem! I've never seen it, but "Christmas Evil" has come up before as a worthwhile character study. There must be something to it. I'll probably check that one out. BTW, which Barbara Steele movie is that near the end? Great stuff!

[@EyebrowCinema]

I would absolutely recommend Christmas Evil. What a great surprise. I will be rewatching this December. The Barbara Steele movie is Nightmare Castle.

[@captainjakemerica4579]

In The Line of Fire is amazing it's not middling

[@EyebrowCinema]

I enjoy In the Line of Fire a lot. It's not one of the Eastwoods featured here.

[@captainjakemerica4579]

@@EyebrowCinema oh the clip made me think it was yeah I agree I used to think he had no misses but I've watched some misses from Clint Eastwood like Cry Macho

[@RandallClark]

While I do have a shelf loaded with blu rays, I never scrapped my DVDs. They typically have more extra features, which blu ray releases tend to not get. Some blu rays you get lucky on though.

[@jwnj9716]

Christmas Evil definitely surprised me. Wasn't expecting it to go in that direction.

[@EyebrowCinema]

Without question the gem of part one of the dumpster dive.

[@aadityabhattacharya]

This is quite a fun video, really loved it.

[@EyebrowCinema]

Thank you! I had fun making something a little more casual in the writing.

[@AbrasiousProductions]

hey do you mind if I make a video about the same concept but with VHS tapes? I'll credit you rightfully

[@YggdrasilAudio]

Yeeaah baby! Love me some DVD:s!

[@middleofnowhereradio]

Ernest Goes to Camp is one of the greatest films of all time! This is from a staunch Kubrick fan.

[@ClassActJack]

i need you to review every ernest movie now

[@EyebrowCinema]

Not sure I have it in me to endure Ernest Goes to Africa.

[@laughingBun]

Running scared is great bad way to start the video

[@stupendoushorrendous8258]

Lmao wild to see Edmond here. That movie sorta traumatized me when I was like 14.

[@stickybeak1418]

It might just be your accent, but it sounded like you were saying apologia instead of appaloosa?

[@sparroni]

To me, it sounded like he made it rhyme with 'Fallujah.' Which is way off.

[@captainjakemerica4579]

Now I want to watch pink Cadillac

[@leaf3827]

Great video, could do with more like this.

[@donnylurch4207]

If you want to take a deep dive into Ernest Town, look up Ernest Roulette by Guaranteed Video on youtube. Neil Cicierega and friends review every Ernest movie one-by-one, and Jack Packard of RLM guest stars for the episode on Ernest Scared Stupid.

[@migrantson]

Dude. IGGYS is HILARIOUS if you grew up in the hood during the 70s/80s - thx for the entertaining video tho

[@EyebrowCinema]

My pleasure, man. Glad you liked it.

[@LynnHermione]

omg I watched Edmond at my city's film festival AGES ago! It was way too weird, and put off my school friend from festival films altogether. The short that came before, "Medianeras", was miles better.

[@spaceodds1985]

Nine and Half Weeks was the headlined movie in its day, but honestly I found this film to be dull. Nice montage’s and soundtrack, and Mickey Rourke never looked better than he did here, but after 75 minutes I was looking at my watch.

[@EyebrowCinema]

Yeah, that sums it up pretty well.

[@stephennootens916]

To be fair most Hollywood erotic films back in the eighties and really still are just slightly more stylish bigger budget softcore movies. That's what they are made to slick and trashy and some people love that kind of thing.

[@eddiedingle767]

What was the worst Eastwood movie in the collection?

[@theantithesis1]

You should watch Running Scared starring Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines.

[@itmustbelove08]

I gonna get you Sucka didn’t make you laugh because it’s not for you.

[@davidqualls1766]

I'm so sorry, APPALOOSA'S action sequences do NOT "quickly fizzle" they accurately represent what true gunfights are like...over in seconds with a few shots. Ed Harris apparently decided to present this action in a concise and realistic manner as did the novel this film was based on.

[@dannyd464]

I still buy DVDs 📀

[@flapjackbickle645]

I'm only halfway through your video, but I have to say I think you went too easy on De Niro in True Confessions. That was one of his many 1980s "staring into space" performances: appallingly miscast and no conviction. Strange to think this is the same actor who was incredibly vivid in The King Of Comedy around the same time.

[@EyebrowCinema]

You may well be right. It's a very sleepy performance.

[@plaidchuck]

But then he was also great in Midnight Run. There were a lot of garbage scripts in the 80s.

[@hairsstandonend]

So glad you brought up Black Dynamite, I was thinking to myself this just looks like an awful version of it!

[@zakbednar4939]

If you end up giving a negative review of Ernest Scared Stupid... So help me, I will cry in my pascetti

[@guruuu6609]

Keep Uploading man U are great👍👍👍

[@kingchuckfinley]

Ernest scared stupid is Goated though

[@ptjcinema]

😃😃👍🏾

[@danielmallory4687]

im going to get you sucka is definitely Black culture The og death being a duel pun the pun only being funny if you understand and met a guy who spent ever extra Doller on jewrly.

[@PhantomCooper]

Running Scared is deff up there for worst movies I've ever seen, great way to start off the list LOL

[@videovasco7]

Wasn't expecting to hear from you: "My Dvd's are in a closet gathering dust"... hehehe. While I can agree with much about "Running Scared" and while I haven't seen it in forever, I think it's quite good. The kinetic experience is quite cool. A real "None stop action" - That Mamet one, I saw it recently and didn't like it at all. The only one from David M. I don't like.

[@chrismolina3197]

I've got 1000+ dvds

[@flapjackbickle645]

Totally agree with you about "Edmond"- very undervalued film, Macy is brilliant. Definitely disagree with you on "Christmas Evil"- cheap, tacky, badly performed trash in my opinion. You like the hideous 80s lighting in "Nine and a Half Weeks"? Bizarre! By the way, if you think "Sucka" is a bad spoof, what about "Silence Of The Hams"? One of the worst films ever made.

[@spacecop9500]

Really fun video idea

[@EyebrowCinema]

Thanks, Space Cop :)

[@spacecop9500]

@@EyebrowCinema Looking forward to Part 2!

[@cheesefoodxii3091]

Any film that survives the coming holocaust will transcend. It might just be Earnest lol

[@rohanmarkjay]

I get the feeling you are not too enamoured by Adrian Lynn. While I think his later works was not that good as his earlier works in the 1980s which were extremely good. However in the 1990s lost his mojo and has not recovered in since. He is a directory that only shined in one decade only the 1980s. I still think he is a solid film maker especially in the 1980s. I thought Flashdance and 9 1/2 weeks (Kim Basinger was hot great casting choice by Adrian Lynn) were very made entertaining movies well acted and directed with a good solid and intelligent scripts both analysing love and sexual relationships between a man and woman well you might call it slease I call it good film making and both movies were beatifully shot. I do agree though his later movies like indecent proposal and later on were rubbish. He should have probably retired in 1990 because his creative and good form were clearly lost after 1990.

[@EyebrowCinema]

I don't dislike Lyne. If nothing else he was a really solid craftsman and I especially love Jacob's Ladder.

[@darnbricks]

Well, I guess I'll have to be the critic's critic here. If you can't even bother to look up how certain movie titles and directors' names are pronounced, how can you pretend to have an opinion about them that's somewhat well-researched? *Lyne. *Appaloosa. *Unsubscribed.

[@unscenegamers]

is this a joke?

[@EyebrowCinema]

Adrian Lyne wanted his last name pronounced correctly than he should have spelt it "Line".

[@DalisK82]

"It doesn't help the gang the heroes are fighting against are a literal white supremacist group which doesn't really jell with the light comedy the film seems to be going for" - yeah, imagine if films like the blues brothers or blazing saddles incorporated nazis and klansmen in their comedic output, this would make these films utterly unwatchable and instantly unfunny, glad that didn't happen.

[@EyebrowCinema]

Ha. I'd argue different styles of comedy bring different standards. Blazing Saddles is openly a satire of racism, that's where the comedy comes from. In Pink Cadillac the bad guys serve little more than a plot device. Blues Brothers is a better comparison given it less essential (and the movie is also a chase movie to an extent) but that movie also stars and was made by legitimate comedians more apt at finding laughs in the material.

[@DalisK82]

@@EyebrowCinema I think it also comes down to filmmaker's experiences, seems like the director and screenwriter only had 3 movies in their entire careers and Clint Eastwood is not an actor/director easily associated with a genre with a distinct non-comedic screen prescense whereas both John Landis and Mel Brooks are no strangers to comedy.

[@smoothkaos7099]

canadian accent annoying