Half in the Bag: Top 10 Horror Movies (2024) Part 2

[@millerkarras]

I wrote & directed Oddity and while in post production I was watching old RLM videos every night while away from home working on the film. It’s so cool to see they enjoyed the film. I’m such a long time fan I would have been happy if it featured on a Best of the Worst. Coincidentally my first short in film school was about a man that kills a woman because a Magic 8 Ball told him to do so! This video has inspired me to dig up that old idea and pitch it to Blumhouse. Mike, Jay - Exec Producer credits for reminding me of that old short film from 20 years ago.

[@sheepsclothingmedia]

That's fantastic - absolutely loved Oddity, although I was lead to believe it was going to be a deadly earnest gross-out kind of bleak thing, when in fact it was a chilling E.C Comics kinda thing, which was fantastic (I think I said to a film colleague that if you get *that* about it, you're going to have a really good time with it :-) Anyway, great job, and I found that in the end, it was about family, and that's what's powerful about it 🙂

[@stephenconlon5508]

Oddity was excellent, well done.

[@jvjjjvvv9157]

Congratulations on making a film that felt so quaint. While watching it I was enjoying that it wasn't just plainly creepy, but also sort of poetic in the way that it regarded the world of what lies beyond. It reminded me a bit of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's films because of that, because of the way that they approach the hereafter with a sense of candidness and wonder. I hope that you get to make many more interesting films.

[@DakotaHawkins]

Could it be about a monkey instead? A monkey with a top hat?

[@RedLetterMedia]

I have since watched Caveat and it's also great! Movies rarely scare me and yours really do. I can probably write a book on the reasons why and how you've found that perfect sweet spot with tone and dread and frightening imagery. I look forward to more of your films. Never sell out to Jason Blumhouse. Unless it's for a huge pile of money, of course.

[@williammoore1030]

Just in time for the Halloween season.

[@RextheDragon881]

In fact they are early for the fast approaching next Halloween

[@superman5150]

Setting up the table for Thanksgiving dinner...watching them finish up their Halloween list

[@rflorian86]

finally, we can celebrate Halloween.

[@grim7747]

The intro is accurate. There's only candy corn and a pumpkin left after the first week of November.

[@andymurray5045]

Merry Christmas!

[@yellowmattereyecusta]

Mike: This is stupid (derogatory) Jay: This is stupid (complimentary)

[@cgo7395]

Cut to 6 years later and that bike is still standing in the yard in Trap.

[@slashintheattic]

This will always be an underrated comment

[@nomousego3825]

Great call back ❤

[@pancakecookiecrumbles]

sick reference

[@ChronoSonder36]

​@@slashintheattic i dont get it

[@dasjinga]

All I hear is dumpster daddy playing the sax in the night.

[@GrimJackal]

"Nothing bad happens to the cat, spoilers, that's important to know." ~ Jay, feebly trying to cover up his many crimes against cats

[@Viceroy_Sundercles_III]

“Good night, sweet cats.”

[@zaktheaussie]

There's a reason the "Hey, what are you doing to that cat?!" guy stuck with him for so long

[@autastic1]

@@Viceroy_Sundercles_III WELCOME JAY

[@sheepsclothingmedia]

"Meow let's get back on cat." "This is the purrrrrfect conversation."

[@NoriMori1992]

I'm too much of an RLM noob to get this reference 😅

[@Honehe]

I worked the research screenings for Trap and almost every single one had overwhelming feedback from the audience that the concert scenes were too long, but M.Night refused to cut them down and then would just re-test somewhere else. I guess props for being bound and determined to make sure everyone sat through your daughter's promo lol

[@doodadoodoo]

😂😂😂

[@ZachSMarsh]

Holy shit you worked those?? I was at the first one in Voorhees NJ!! Was a part of the focus group, too!

[@rockerchickomg30]

Tbh I thought the concert venue was the most interesting and engaging part of the movie. It was a neat location idk if I’ve ever seen primary commitmentship to in any other film.

[@Sainbhai12]

@@rockerchickomg30agreed the film got rough for me personally when we moved away from it

[@jl5574]

At a certain point during one of those songs I went from mildly annoyed to charmed. Like damn he really loves his daughter so much that he doesn’t care about how it affects his movie, that’s sweet.

[@Gustavo_PerezRamirez]

I'm looking forward to The Substance 2, where an aging Brad Pitt uses the substance to spawn Rich Evans.

[@stupled]

as a kuato?

[@ajrollo1437]

@@stupled More of a Fiji Mermaid scenario, I imagine.

[@gregbors8364]

@@stupledGesundheit!

[@DigiMyst]

It would be the horror version of Benjamin Button

[@micahclawrence]

Stfu and take my 💰

[@TheAtlasReview]

"...into a non-stop orgy of violence" You can practically see Jay's ears prick up

[@MasterCrumble]

To be fair, you could have stopped at orgy, and Jay would have been on board.

[@esotericVideos]

@@MasterCrumble And to be fair, you could have omitted the word ears and it would still be true.

[@danielstockley5631]

Jay: Oh no, I have a hoodie boner! Mike: You're wearing a button up shirt

[@seef4966]

The best "how did nobody see that" part of Trap is when he pushes that lady down the stairs surrounded by hundreds of people. And it didn't even accomplish anything.

[@Tiramisiu]

Yes, that's was weird. how did the character thats the literal personification of evil got away with being evil, sliping through everywhere and outsmarting people and tricking the innocent? So UnrReaListiC…

[@Birdyboys]

What. He’s just some guy, he’s not Satan

[@OhItsGiggs]

The slipping behind the counter, grabbing glass bottles of oil, and putting them into a fryer while the food stand is surrounded by people was it for me. It would have been easier to just take the apron and leave like what the fuck

[@brackmibbleton1631]

The shrimp scene in substance reminded me of when Mr plinket tried to give himself a heart attack by eating a burger with sticks of butter.

[@rabd3721]

"Waitress, more butter!"

[@victorbeidiljohnsen5257]

I have never seen Jay happier than when he was talking about The Substance.

[@georgezee5173]

When I watched that movie I couldn't help thinking "if RLM are reviewing this, Jay's definitely going to LOVE it, especially with that ending" 🤣

[@raistmajere7477]

It's a very personal movie for him, since that's exactly how he spawned from Rich Evans.

[@bottlemanic]

Knew he would be a fan. I absolutely loved it myself

[@WingItMan217]

@@raistmajere7477 Rich bursts from his back on the RLM studio bathroom floor

[@victorbeidiljohnsen5257]

@@simonbrehm358 ...what?

[@Ellisite]

I love that the door still has frost damage from when they were stuck on Mt. Everest.

[@RaikenTB]

And that's despite this being a different universe too.

[@woozertoo]

@@Ellisite continuity (or laziness) matters.

[@folx2733]

​@@RustCorp I think they were never supposed to be funny

[@gatrainor3904]

We've come so far

[@keanus9871]

I love that Wish Upon is the new standard for inept, laughably bad horror

[@charlottecorday8494]

They still haven't topped it. Truth or Dare was kinda close though.

[@LumpyAdams]

Correction.. they still havent topped the Wicker Man remake.​@charlottecorday8494

[@DinerLingo]

“The Pink Opaque” is the name of a Cocteau Twins compilation album (& their first US release from 1984), so perfectly appropriate for them to call the film Shoegaze. (& for those who don’t know the album, it’s amazing.)

[@Hunrakku3]

And the 'TV show I remember that might not have existed' is one of the seasons of Channel Zero, IIRC.

[@Lotto013]

This, even though they are more dream pop, description is on point

[@Maladjester]

Went through a Cocteau Twins phase maybe ten years ago. Haven't listened in a while. Good stuff.

[@aridale]

@@Hunrakku3 Which was from a creepy pasta

[@Hunrakku3]

@@aridale Yeah, I think all the seasons of Channel Zero originated from Creepypastas... though with lots of elements changed/added.

[@Joe1245235]

The best description I've heard about "The Substance" is imagine your 60 year old and 20 year old self being roommates while only owning one car/cellphone/tv/shower and bank account. They are both "you" but at such radically different stages of life even a well adjusted person would struggle to reconcile them and the lady in this film sure as shit ain't one.

[@Jaydogg222]

Yeah that's what the first 2 acts of the film are like, but the third act is like Society mixed with basketcase written by Troma...

[@greggoat6570]

^if that description was supposed to deter me you failed

[@woozertoo]

Mike’s criticism on the diner is valid: if it doesn’t feel “lived in” it can take you out of the movie.

[@chris2522ify]

absolutely. In a movie like that the diner is a character also. They did a poor job of fleshing out the "character". Still a decent flick otherwise

[@drownthepoor]

I thought that movie was garbage to be quite honest, and I also hated A Quiet Place Day One. I loved the cat, and the cat was an excellent actor. But that movie felt like it was lacking something that the last 2 did so much better.

[@ANTIStraussian]

​@@drownthepoorwell it only showed 15 minutes of day 1 and she gets knocked unconscious. Wakes up in day two and the other survivors tell her the rules of the universe. So, A quite Place Day two?

[@TrueLegateDamar]

@@ANTIStraussian Yeah them skipping over what was the selling point of the trailers, the absolute chaos of Day One where no one knows the rules and the aliens go hogwild on millions of panicking people, really was disappointing.

[@ANTIStraussian]

@@TrueLegateDamar ironically QP2 showed more of day 1 than QPD1

[@somea2v]

After seeing Trap, I was convinced M. Night Shymalan had discovered Dexter two years ago and began writing this movie.

[@Level100Monk]

The original theory for a lot of people was it was the Dexter movie that never was, until the horrid last season put it in development hell. Enter, father and daughter.

[@thisismyname3928]

❌❌❌

[@MegaOctobot]

Yes that's what I thought Dexter combined with a scenario from a Hitman video game.

[@robertlowe6367]

The dumbest thing about Trap is that you can't just prevent 10k people from leaving an arena to try to catch one guy. They even bring up that if someone pulls the fire alarm they still won't let people leave like wtf that would be a billion dollar class action lawsuit.

[@Basshead004]

Not to mention the fact that crowded venues like that can result in a crowd crush, even when there aren't people blocking the exits

[@franklinromanowski6044]

The nazis did it

[@jamad-y7m]

It’s pretty dumb to trap 10k innocent people in with a faceless mass murderer too.

[@rileyrobin2]

@@Basshead004crowd crush is the real horror!

[@charlottecorday8494]

Any Americans paying to see a Taylor Swift-esque singer would be too dumb to know their rights let alone have the intellect to hire a lawyer.

[@jonnw]

They called 'I Saw the TV Glow' a shoegazer movie, and Pink Opaque is the name of a Cocteau Twins album.

[@UFOtekkie]

Just a thought about "I Saw The TV Glow" - Jay mentions the main character eventually having a wife and kids, but we never see that. He says "I even got a family of my own. I love them more than anything," as he's carrying a TV into the house (with a big "Life's Good" slogan), and it's never brought up again.

[@ColonialPuppet]

Someone else pointed this out, but the fact that it's a flat screen TV feels like a good metaphor for giving up on that feeling of escape. Like the physical depth of their old tube TV literally allowed Maddy (Tara?) the space to literally escape into the TV itself. Owen also tried to literally climb into his old TV set. With a flat screen there's nowhere to go. And right after he drags the LG TV into his house, he's watching the Pink Opaque on it and commenting on how dull and cheap the show seems now. The magic died along with his hope.

[@ChronoKatie]

I love how upon finishing "The Substance" my first thought was "Perverted? Creepy? Disgusting?" Jay is gonna love this!!!

[@jvjjjvvv9157]

I had the same thought about a remarkable film called MadS. I am sure that Jay has not seen it, because otherwise it would be in his top 2 or 3 as well.

[@ReighnDrac]

It's a shame Mike didn't see the Substance because I would have loved to see more in depth talk about some of the later scenes, I hope they do a Half in the Bag for it

[@Gustavo_PerezRamirez]

I don't think he's that crazy about body horror stuff. And since the plot itself is not particularly fresh or interesting (besides the fact it's almost poetic how a younger, more beautiful version of you would treat YOU like crap) it would probably be just a "meh."

[@DualFury]

@@Gustavo_PerezRamirez right so anyway I hope we hear Mike’s take on it and not some fan’s projection agreeing with himself lol

[@johnbutler7567]

Probably more likely to get a review in 30 years with Jay and Jack than a HITB on it

[@theeternalnow6506]

I'm not a body horror guy, but I was hoping for a half in the bag for the Substance. It's batshit insane.

[@TulilaSalome]

I thought much fun. Colourful, some funny bits, the actors were all acting their all - I didn't see it as that deep either, subtext is for cowards; but hey the end, chef's kiss, so fun!

[@jackofsuit]

the funniest part of these is listening to the guys come up with better plots and scene structures on the fly

[@danielstockley5631]

From the creative minds that bought you "Space Cop"...

[@Shofixi]

It's easy to "fix" finished movie, it's hard to spot this shit in a screenplay and you don't know how filming was, if people had money for infinite reshoots or if movies would just spawn out of talking about them then you could say they are better at plotting.

[@artofsam]

They are genuinely talented when it comes to understanding story structure and how creative they can be. My favourite examples would be their ideas for Gremlins 3 and a Ghostbusters 3 which are actually brilliant.

[@SmedZeppelin]

Mike's Trap suggestions were god awful and missed the point as bad as he did.

[@jackofsuit]

@@Shofixi yeah they are just riffing, but their riffing is impressive. It's like if an engineer looks at a building and knows what might be done better.

[@MWNKA]

Thank you for reppin' The First Omen, been trying to get people to see it but it's been kind of hard to sell people on lol

[@MarnieWithSnakes]

I watched it right after I watched this vid because I was intrigued by the concept and boy howdy it is disturbing and I loved it! Some of the imagery is still sticking with me and that is a sign of great horror for me

[@siamesetwin2996]

I’m so happy you talked about “I Saw The TV Glow”

[@thehitherto5348]

38:26 - The original Speak No Evil is about 80% in English since the Danish protagonists are visiting Dutch characters.

[@theeternalnow6506]

I recently saw the original and it was really dark and uncomfortable. Incredible tension throughout. Really disturbing. It stuck with me for a while.

[@ReighnDrac]

I haven't seen the remake so I don't know if this is done in the new version as well, but I really liked in the 2022 Speak No Evil that, when the host family is speaking Dutch, we don't get subtitles, but when the Danish family is speaking Danish, we do. I love it when a movie isn't afraid to alienate their audience just a bit to make them stew a bit in their uncertainty

[@Windwalker88]

Great movie to watch "stoned"

[@theeternalnow6506]

@@ReighnDrac ah i forgot that. I'm dutch so i could understsnd them and was wondering if the subtitle creator was dutch and therefore left them out, but it was more an artistic choice. Thats nice indeed.

[@deltav864]

@@ReighnDrac I've just watched them both back to back and the remake almost feels like a fanfiction who didn't agree with the ending of the original. The remake also fails to build up that looming dread credibly; in the original when they first want to leave you completely understand why they're unsettled, I didn't feel that as much in the remake, which also lacks the cinematographic shots that back up that dread and feeling of helplessness. Some of the minute changes didn't really make sense, like the dad not finding the bunny in the beginning and not having the line: "That's very heroic of you." said to him. And the lost in translation stuff is completely absent, because they're both from English speaking countries. Even though I'm dutch and I understood them, it's not necessary because you can pick up on the passive-aggressive tone. Having the couples able to communicate with eachother without the other couple knowing what they're saying, opens the door for a disconnect between the words spoken and the expressions on their faces, which plays well with the theme of wearing a metaphorical mask during social interactions. I do recommend watching them both. First the original then the remake, just to cleanse the palet a bit of the utterly depressing end of the original.

[@Hakman78]

Diner Nepotism is the most Mid-West phrase I've ever heard.

[@Prodmullefc]

"Family owned business" is just not high minded enough.

[@COCOniTOOOOOO]

I can tell you why the tv show in The Substance is an aerobic show. In France there was a short period of time in the 80's when an aerobic show was a tv hit. It was called Gym Tonic. The end credit was the two female presenters taking a shower, nude. There is absolutely no doubt Coralie Fargeat saw that show growing up in France.

[@luciuswhite4502]

That's interesting! I think she singled out Jane Fonda's exercise tapes as an influence but a local/regional influence for her would make sense too.

[@markgnarz5399]

Canada had the "20 Min Workout" which had 3 fitness instructors in a circle with a rotating camera and lots of butt closeups

[@COCOniTOOOOOO]

@@luciuswhite4502 Well it's something that american can relate to, it makes sense she would talk about it during her promo tour rather than a french show nobody has heard of outside of the country. And it is probable that she used it to prepare for the movie. But I have little doubt Gym Tonic is her original inspiration.

[@undermoonstars]

That explains the aerobic show and the overly sexualize nature of Sue's chracter. Being an American, I initially thought it was heavily inspired by Jane Fonda, Richard Simmons and other fitness programs during 80's-90's lol

[@toweypat]

Are those end credits on KZbin?

[@SpongeBobaFett]

24:13 love Jay's Borat impression here. Unexpected but welcome

[@TheSentry777]

Jay, massive respect for confirming nothing bad happens to the cat. My man 👊

[@TerribleUsernameAmirite]

Hearing Mike and Jay say the word "shoegaze" has improved my life considerably.

[@ricardoburgos3212]

Lmao, timestamp ?

[@aaronj1172]

46:28

[@cf5823]

Are they referring to My Bloody Valentine (1981)?

[@chwytliwanazwa]

it feels somehow out of place, like those AI videos with Obama, Biden and Trump playing Minecraft

[@rubydown3329]

RLM is the shoegaze of film reviews

[@jared_really]

I wanted the fake out to be the husband is the helper and the real twist is the wife is the killer. Unfortunately it wasn’t a real movie, it was commercial for his daughter’s music career.

[@andrewdunn8778]

When I saw the trailer, I assumed the daughter was the killer and he was scrambling to protect her. I figured that was the "Shyamalan twist"

[@catastropheoverclock]

My protip for predicting twist endings is to try to find the moral of the story, the twist will reinforce that moral

[@RIP_Greedo]

Honestly I respect M. Night's shameless hustle here. Yeah the movie is an extended, self-financed advert for his daughter's music career. Sounds like a great dad to me! (Also underwriting his other daughter's directorial efforts with "The Watchers," which was far worse than Trap.)

[@jamad-y7m]

@@catastropheoverclock What was the moral here? Don’t try to shove your family down the audience’s throats?

[@semyonshpagatov5321]

​@@catastropheoverclocki mean, you say ideally, but it doesn't happen always, to say the least. Sometimes filmmakers kinda don't know what they're trying to do themselves, they miss the theme, they miss the idea

[@patrick_h_lauke]

my proudest moment is that i was in Toronto for a conference last year, and took lots of photos of fake FBI vehicles and stuff...turns out it was all for the filming of Trap

[@zakwan10]

Also from Toronto, it was hilarious seeing the trailer and figuring out the city in about 3 seconds and the Rogers Centre.

[@NoriMori1992]

@@zakwan10 I'm from Toronto but I didn't recognize it at all, I found out in the comments 😂 To be fair, I haven't lived there since I was a kid…

[@jaytheodan10]

Enjoyed the video 🙂I'm glad the people who made I Saw the TV Glow confirmed its about the trans experience. Without that, even when a piece of media hits people with a hammer that it is about the trans experience, people will attribute the movie to other experiences, and that would erase the movie's intention.

[@QwertyCaesar]

You should read Nevada if you're interested in I Saw The TV Glow as a specifically trans piece of media. Nevada was clearly a major inspiration for the film and is in some ways a stealth adaptation after the director was dropped from the film adaptation of the book due to "creative differences" aka book being unadaptable for mainstream audiences and them being unwilling to compromise with the producers.

[@MasterCrumble]

I just want to point out that the Candy Man actor passed a day after Mike mentioned the Bloody Mary urban legend, which it was inspired by. Damn you RLM, you did it again!

[@aliteralhorse5023]

It's good to see Jay's finally out of prison

[@KarlTheExpert]

Don't get too excited, he's only on parole. Won't last long.

[@stevengodoy6896]

@@KarlTheExpert Especially when they find where he buried Rich.

[@kubli365]

@@KarlTheExpert He wouldn't want to last long outside. Prison is like The Manhole but 24/7.

[@sheepsclothingmedia]

He was great in Romper Stomper.

[@grrreg76]

Watching the Substance had me like: "Oh, ok. So now Troma movies win Cannes!"

[@johnmitchell923]

I enjoyed it because ass and tiddys

[@luiginastro8831]

Is that a good or a bad thing?

[@meddlesque1870]

and for best screenplay at that....

[@grrreg76]

It's glorious!

[@Nebuloid1]

Watched it because of Jay. Thought it was boring and absolutely derivative, sooo many tv series have done this "cloning/dreaming/hacking gone wrong" lately... Seen this all before, and better.

[@alpha__whiskey__2856]

22:55 RLM has been so traumatized by audio corruption/issues that you can see their two main editors in this moment check their mics. I have seen them do it many times individually, but it is hilarious to me to watch Mike double check his, and then Jay notice and immediately check his own. Possibly a nervous tic to add to your RLM drinking game.

[@000Mazno000]

Such a tiny, tiny detail to pick up on, you sniped these dudes lmao

[@alpha__whiskey__2856]

@000Mazno000 thank you, **tips fedora and bows**

[@RusPitman]

I didn’t expect them to talk so favourably about I saw the tv glow. Good stuff.

[@RythymBeast]

Yeah they typically have better taste than that. That movie was awful.

[@JamesonWilde]

​@@RythymBeastboooooo

[@SonOfAGunYYH]

@@RythymBeast they've praised Ari Aster movies, the Jurassic World series, and have made careers out of hating the star wars prequels, their taste is notoriously dogshit

[@RythymBeast]

​@@JamesonWildetruth hurts

[@georgemcmarrinyolfsnouzerw3949]

@@RythymBeast Aw, I'm sorry you didn't like it. What was so bad about it for you? :)

[@haunted14]

We watched Oddity last night. I'm annoyed at my husband because he figured out the twist as soon as the twin sister with her powers showed up at the house and the husband was so reluctant to let her stay. He said what was going to happen and I was like "...goddamn it, you're right." Still a gorgeous movie, very austere visually with some great liminal space looking shots. I just wonder if I would have liked it more if he hadn't guessed the story so quickly.

[@williamnoonan7380]

"Lynchian without feeling derivative" - Bravo, Jay. 10/10. No notes.

[@diddo9338]

Its David with out the repetitive. Its Keith without the familiar.

[@williamnoonan7380]

@@diddo9338 It's Keith David without David Keith.

[@Carpetf]

THE BATMAN mentioned, obviously a review must be coming up in the next HitB

[@All4Tanuki]

My Trap rewrite was thus: They should've kept the initial premise of "criminal trapped in concert while the cops close in", where we know that the main character is a criminal... but the twist is that he's not the Butcher. It then becomes his task to identify and reveal who the Butcher is so that the cops leave before he gets caught and inspected, so you'd have this cat-and-mouse game between the two crims and the law enforcement.

[@claytonreeves150]

This is exactly what I thought the movie was going to be after watching the trailer. What a disappointment.

[@rjmari]

​@@claytonreeves150 pretty much every single plot twist recommendation in this video and in the comments has been miles better than what Shyamalan did. That being said, the movie gave me tons of laughs, so I had a great time watching it.

[@djvibekiller]

That'd be even more convoluted tbh

[@samlibutti]

Also could have been interesting if you think it’s the dad the whole time, but really it’s his daughter who is the killer and he is just trying to help her get away because he loves her so much that he would protect her from anything, even consequences. Could have been a good commentary on how people enable the bad behavior and crimes of those they care about and in a way become guilty themselves by association.

[@leonardwozencroft2129]

Isn't that the plot to snake eyes?

[@OnsenDreamscapes]

The Pink Opaque is a Cocteau Twins reference, so yes shoegaze

[@simonkane]

Visual sarcasm is such a perfect term for The Substance

[@joerogers9413]

"You want to listen to my daughter's music?" Me: Not really. "What if I put it in a terrible movie?"

[@geovani60624]

Then mike comes in and says: sold

[@joerogers9413]

@geovani60624 😆

[@_NoDrinkTheBleach]

I've always said that the Nepo Baby thing doesn't bother me unless it is the parent forcing their kids upon the audience. Like I don't give a shit that Andie McDowell's daughter is in The Substance, because she's not playing the younger, hotter version of her mom. M. Night forcing the audience to listen to ten minutes of his daughter's singing is the absolute peak of awful Nepo Baby bullshit.

[@capnmnemo]

Could have been worse: ten minutes of dialogue written by Shyamalan.

[@footballdesk4417]

I admire the purity of the promo and the absolute balls to go that hard with it

[@Endocrom]

Didn't know who her mom was, I only know her as Mama/Lockne from Death Stranding

[@bishopspechulure9821]

If a nepo baby is hired because they're a nepo baby it means another actor was denied the role, it's inherently unfair

[@deathproof8732]

​@@Endocromshe was in The Nice Guys and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

[@jamesbullock7091]

First movie on the best of list: "embarrassingly stupid." Perfect way to start.

[@valonquar1]

The last 20 minutes of The Substance were a GWAR music video

[@massiveidiot6595]

The unexpected The Fugitive clips at 13:43 were edited like a mini ytp, which absolutely killed me

[@GregFurey98]

“Is this a horror film or just a disgusting drama?” may be one of my new favorite Jay quotes.

[@charno_zhyem]

Trap was absolutely deliberate. That was the Shyamalan twist! You thought you were about to see a thriller but instead you got a parody.

[@TVindustries5000]

honestly thats most of his movies. i remember watching Signs after hearing about it for years in 2012 and thought it was a great comedy cuz it made me laugh so much with how silly it would be

[@macheetah49]

@@TVindustries5000if you argument is the most annoying one about Signs: humans don’t go places that are dangerous for themselves to gather resources like? Why wouldn’t aliens? Tremendous film, get over it.

[@hackpo1015]

@@macheetah49brilliant comeback

[@____K_____989]

Miles better than Blink Twice. 😂

[@jamad-y7m]

@@macheetah49tremendous!

[@billtree52]

When he said "what are next", I clapped! I KNOW WHAT THAT IS!

[@artofsam]

Mike was spot on about the movie Trap the twist would’ve been so much better if it we discovered the mother was also an accomplice and we finds out because they talk about how she couldn’t go to the concert because she had to go to the hospital (maybe from an injury related to their victims defending themselves) but says something like “Thank god her father could take her instead, I tried getting a refund but I already lost the receipt…”

[@owenreynolds8718]

And Medium already did that, except the killer was dead, trying to let his wife know he could still kill with her as a ghost. If a movie's possible better ending reminds you of an even better TV show, the movie was good, right?

[@whenpiratesattack]

I get where you’re going with that but I can’t imagine anyone giving a refund for a concert anymore. Everyone so money hungry. 🤣

[@LordBruuh]

I love how long it took them to post part 2 as if this whole video wasn't already pre-recorded. They made us wait as if they were filming another season.

[@aarondavis8943]

"Shyamalan has his misses here and there." That's quite an understatement.

[@nycommittee5859]

"Diddy Party" is actually a great name for a horror movie.

[@jacobp8294]

Yk I read this comment three times. The first time I read it and thought nothing of it. The second time I started to understand. Yes, the Diddy Party. The third time is when I realized the brilliance in its simplicity. The "Diddy Party", I can see it now, but what would it be? A24 or Mubi? Would the horror be silly, sad, or sick and mad? Who would produce it and where would it land? So many questions left in the wind like sand.

[@EpicMEF]

"1000 bottles of lube enter, no bottle leaves." Got your tagline 😂

[@nunyanunya4147]

only if you have to be the one that holds the egg :(

[@CorbCorbin]

DiddyMan, DiddyMan, DiddyMa… 🧴 🧴🧴🧴🧴🧴🧴🧴🧴🧴🧴🧴🧴🧴

[@CorbCorbin]

@@jacobp8294 Come to Diddy City…

[@roman.nose.enjoyer]

Ain’t no party like a Half in the Bag party!

[@MrLucidImages]

"I Saw the TV Glow" was literally just Donnie Darko for They/Thems.

[@BE-fw1lr]

And it was great.

[@TheLongestTake]

I really liked I Saw The TV Glow

[@CatalystOfFire]

I Saw The TV Glow has to be one of my all time favorite movies just for perfectly encapsulating the feeling of being asthmatic and having no friends!

[@Luneowl]

I stopped this video to go and watch it so I wouldn’t be spoiled. When he says near the end, “I have my own family now” I didn’t believe that for one second. Felt like the character said that only because it was the expected thing to say next. No way he could have faked normalcy enough for that to happen.

[@Dazcoolman]

⁠@@LuneowlOwen is holding an unboxed TV when he says that. That’s when I knew that he was referring to television shows and not an actual family.

[@Luneowl]

@@Dazcoolman Yes, perfect observation!

[@Notsram77]

I'm so glad to see Oddity and Caveat mentioned. I'm excited to see what that director does next.

[@JonjoLyonsReviews]

I wanna go to a Rich Evans party and I'm bringing the baby oil.

[@RextheDragon881]

Look out rich has Aaaaaaaaaaaasburgers

[@woory7465]

I've been to one. Butter was used instead of baby oil.

[@cartilagehead]

I'll bring my George Foreskin Grill to celebrate Dick the Birthday Boy

[@brandonwilkinson893]

Bring it? He already has it

[@JumboBrown_PGH]

You don’t need to go to a Rich Evans party The Rich Evans Party was in your heart all along

[@zekebeckman]

I didn't expect that jumpscare, even though you just talked about it seconds before. It really got me, and now I want to see the movie.

[@antdorf0825]

I Saw The TV Glow: Almost every other shot has some kind of pride/trans flag colors Mike: This movie could be about anything

[@JonathanStrickland]

I described "Trap" to a friend of mine as the equivalent of Rebecca Black's vanity music video "Friday," but in feature film format.

[@Maladjester]

That's exactly what I was thinking of. Well spotted.

[@thisismyname3928]

💯

[@GabrielAKAFinn]

At least rebecca black got her chops the hard way (Fat Usher's couch). That shit was "daddy I want a pony" tier.

[@nolipgloss1343]

@@GabrielAKAFinn lol Veruca Salt.

[@prepaid5965]

I always like reading the description info. Whomever writes that; high five, you win.

[@Thanatos2k]

It's Mike. It's always Mike.

[@domiepotato]

what the fuck?!! when did that start???? am i gonna have to rewatch every single video just to double check the description!? i’m going to anyway :)

[@boat1280]

@@domiepotatoevery video yes lol, dude is hilarious

[@thishandleistacken]

I cant say for sure but it feels like Mike.

[@cassie7928]

Are we sure it's not Rich?

[@Chili_Rasbora]

In Trap the smartest character is "only clever if everyone else is dumb" because the smartest character is written by Shyamalan. Which really puts a cap on the overall intelligence of the world.

[@davidgregorski3005]

When I was watching it it felt like something a 12 year old wrote. So stupid.

[@realmoviefactsnotfake]

Im convinced Trap was just a vehicle for M Night to be like “See music industry; my daughter is very talented and pretty. Hire her.”

[@oatmeal-breakfast]

I Saw the TV Glow is my movie of the year. Nice to hear them talk about it! 💜

[@bravediomedes217]

The worst part of Trap is they try to pass him off as charming everyone, but he’s never charming at all. He just acts creepy and extremely suspicious the whole time.

[@meatpuppet5036]

"white male in his 30s" - Hartnett is in his 40s and looks it.

[@theeternalnow6506]

I haven't seen the movie, but his acting in the clips they're showing here looks laughably bad lol.

[@GreenThingonTV]

Jay, they already made a series of horror movies based on Mouse Trap, they're called Final Destination.

[@johntoldme]

SAW

[@nighttray1489]

It’s crazy how much of Trap is just a concert film his daughter.

[@stackspace]

Very funny you guys edited in the M Night scenes when saying "everyone has to be a moron." This is the content I come here for

[@milksweet6038]

Honestly just so fucking happy they even talked about I Saw The Tv Glow.

[@NotLuigi]

Did they edit Shyamalan's daughter's face in the movie? She looks like she has an instagram filter on her face the entire time

[@myhatelect]

Its a lot of makeup

[@Bassquake76]

What I thought. She looks really weird.

[@RIP_Greedo]

I think they tried to make her look much younger. The actress/singer is 28. I got the impression they were trying to portray Lady Raven as maybe 20? Or maybe she's just got that uncanny look idk.

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

I also noticed the weirdly synthetic looking flesh

[@tonyjrdeets]

I heard they applied her foundation with a shotgun, You know to get it in her poor's

[@valeriemcdonald440]

You guys kind of sold me on Trap. It looks like dumb fun

[@Jhordanshmu]

Go in with the right mindset and you'll have fun for sure

[@thisismyname3928]

👆🏳‍🌈

[@thisismyname3928]

@@Jhordanshmu 🚫

[@ecbrown6151]

The music numbers are overly long and tedious

[@valeriemcdonald440]

@ecbrown6151 And you talked me out of it

[@lets3]

I heard Rich Evans is being considered for the US Secretary of Health because he knows so much about AAAAAAAIIIIIIDDDDS!!!

[@RextheDragon881]

Ive heard that they might pass on him as hes over qualified

[@KarlTheExpert]

Sorry but no, we don‘t want overqualified overachievers who don’t even have brainworms in our government.

[@danielbarrero2815]

he’s got more qualifications than Rfk jr 😂

[@KarlTheExpert]

​@@danielbarrero2815Not enough brainworms tho.

[@charlottecorday8494]

Wow, they sure like hiring men for that position!

[@spideyjdf1979]

Mike forgetting the ending and then completely missing the point of I saw the tv glow is so funny lol

[@Leckaine]

I never saw nor have interest in it, but would you be willing to tell me what the ending and point of it is? I'm curious since you mentioned it.

[@tomatowarfare849]

Jay: "This is best movie I have ever seen." Well that is a fricking scary notion.

[@Lucky_Drive]

I loved how intentionally ambiguous the setting was in The Substance. I couldn't place the decade. It was like a mash ofr 70s, 80s, 90s.

[@flosa3747]

with smartphones

[@cameronwebb5621]

It's extremely obvious it takes place in modern day.

[@yaboi3339]

​@@flosa3747 is there ever even a smartphone in the movie ? the only phone usage i can think of is the guy writing his number down on a physical piece of paper , and elisabeth making multiple phone calls from a landline

[@yaboi3339]

​@@cameronwebb5621i dont think there was anything to suggest it took place at any point other than modern day , but i dont think anything happened in the movie that would actually nail it down in any time period past the 70s

[@flosa3747]

@@yaboi3339 there is, i dont remeber the scene but it stood out because as the OP said, the movie is very obtuse about the time setting with all kinds of gimmicks of the different eras

[@chrissherman01]

Thanks guys needed this today

[@donventura2116]

I liked how Trap just uses the Friday 13th method and completely ignores the impossibility of some feats. Like the limo escape into the crowd is identical to Jason only being seen walking but somehow appearing ahead of characters running away from him. It doesn't matter how he escaped the limo. It only matters that it happened and the chase continues, the plot pushes onward and will not stop to answer your questions, so sit back and have fun.

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

Well sit back, at least

[@poppanaattori89]

It's a lot easier to make some feats plausible despite their impossibility if you are dealing with a supernatural force of evil instead of a not-so-clever family man, though.

[@samlibutti]

Exactly. Too often people seem to for some reason watch movies as a way to enjoy perfect realism. Sometimes movies are just fun and for entertainment and you’re not meant to analyze it to figure out if it is a realistic fully grounded display before you can enjoy it. M. Night is one of the most misunderstood filmmakers out there, his movies are all just extended twilight zone episodes, where you’re not meant to have a full explanation that makes sense, it’s just “this is the world this story takes place in, deal with it and enjoy the ride”

[@sheepsclothingmedia]

@@samlibutti Yes, but terrifyingly, for a long time old Knight-y seemed to be operating under the delusion that he's a top-shelf A-level filmmaker, and not a genre hack-type filmmaker. It was only after his true colors came out with Lady In The Water (which is literally about critics not understanding genius(!) and The Happening (which is weaponized Ebola presented as film - only a hemorrhagic fever outbreak would be more interesting) that it became incredibly obvious. Yes, you can deal with it and "enjoy" the ride, but I don't think *he* thinks that. I think he thinks he's very very clever indeed, and making art. And... he ain't. That said, he's more successful than I am, so it's probably just rampant jealously on my part, or taste, or something... I mean, I couldn't get through his last two films, so...

[@NoriMori1992]

@@samlibutti Nice try.

[@chandlercoiner3339]

1:01:50 Jay actually didn't understand the movie here. Without spoiling anything, Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley ARE the same person. Demi Moore's consciousness switches bodies every 7 days. The interesting part of the movie is how she begins to resent the other half of herself every time she is in the other body, and what that ultimately results in.

[@kneau]

Jay has seen Being John Malkovich. Pretty sure he does, "understand the movie here."

[@SpiritRoot]

Thematically they are the same character but functionally they are different characters.

[@baishihua]

Like Jekyll and Hyde, same consciousness with different personalities, that's why Demi Moore's character couldn't stop because she enjoys being Sue too much despite things went out of whack.

[@chandler7493]

​@@SpiritRoot That would make sense if that was all that Jay was saying, but Jay thought that Demi Moore was literally experience a 7-day nap every other week and had no experience inside Sue when that's clearly not what's happening.

[@Pimploaf_YTP]

@@chandler7493 it's hard to say if that was his actual thought or just the easy way of explaining it to Mike without being overly technical.

[@Awes0meBaker]

I didn't know you guys did Horror reviews. Love it!

[@filmfangirls9163]

The Substance stayed with me more than any horror film I've seen this year.

[@theeternalnow6506]

I've seen the Substance, but to me Blink Twice stuck with me more. Zoe Kravitz really directed the shit out of this movie. It has a really great way of building tension and once its revealed what's going on it really hit me like a brick. I thought it was really disturbing, especially in light of all the diddy revelations. It's the only movie I've seen that had a trigger warning, and I'm not one for trigger warnings at all, but this shit actually triggered me. It felt very real and not just "something she made up" or thought "this would make a good movie". This felt true to life, so to speak. Very good movie, but really disturbing.

[@TreewwwyYzzerdd]

It was exactly what I thought it would be. A critique of the male gaze with over the top “gore” which only serves to overshadow the entire message of the movie.

[@filmfangirls9163]

@jamiefugazi6974 I definitely enjoyed The First Omen!! That was a fun ride.

[@filmfangirls9163]

@@theeternalnow6506 I've been meaning to see that one!!

[@filmfangirls9163]

@@TreewwwyYzzerdd interesting cuz I went in expecting just that and got way more but it's all a matter of perspective!

[@XenomorphLV426]

Rich Evans ❤

[@TheBeag]

Love him

[@trevor_pruett]

Slayer!

[@playedout148]

RIP?

[@luiginastro8831]

Rest in peperoni

[@Draqua]

Dick the Birthday Boy

[@carn5haun343]

I literally can't wait until The Batman finally drops in 2029, hopefully then we can get a video on it

[@sluglife9785]

Interesting that you describe I Saw the TV Glow as 'shoegazey', because The Pink Opaque was the name of a Cocteau Twins compilation album.

[@FlyingGerman]

Amazing editing! Love how M. Night Shyamalan turns his head right when Jay talks about morons.

[@KingpinFox]

The Pig director taking on a Quiet Place "prequel" really reminds me of when Mike Flanagan did a Ouija prequel. Literally no one gave a shit about a prequel to Ouija and then this great director comes in an elevates the material.

[@Bruester]

Only difference (but it's major) is that people actually like the Quiet Place movies to begin with

[@KingpinFox]

@Bruester True. Literally no one liked the first Ouija 😂

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

I forgot there was even a second one

[@keiskay]

​@Bruester they liked the first one.

[@DoctorBatmanMD]

@@Bruesterthat’s debatable

[@ReinBelmont]

18:53 Last straw should've been called "Too Many Cooks"

[@antzpantz]

10th Anniversary of "Too Many Cooks"! It takes a lot to make a stew!

[@senatorsparky]

I must have missed Smarf in that movie

[@HorseJoint]

I’m going to an Interview soon. So thanks for uploading this out of no where👍🏾

[@jacobg2662]

Good luck with your interview 😎

[@MIKE_FROM_DETROIT]

Good luck😊

[@CaerEsthar]

Watched both Oddity and The Substance tonight. Both are fantastic.

[@ScoobWRX04]

The Substance reminds me of the older movies like "Society", "Street Trash" and any Troma film.......which is why I loved The Substance.

[@cryptidrecording]

As the biggest Trap defender… that film is the best comedy I’ve seen in a decade

[@michaelcookfilm]

Agreed once you accept and see that it’s not really meant to be full blown horror it really comes together, a rewatch really helped me to see clearly what it was intended to be.

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

it honestly feels more thriller than horror, even if it is super ridiculous, and an obvious Hitchcock imitation

[@djvibekiller]

It's annoying to see people call it an "unintentional comedy" when it's pretty clearly trying to be funny

[@TheHonorableRyu]

Many people who disliked Trap seem to think it's a dumb movie that thinks it's so smart. But I thought it was pretty obvious that it's purposely silly and exaggerated for entertainment value.

[@Goldarlives]

Shyamalan is naturally pretty funny. I feel like the humor in his movies is overlooked.

[@danielbarrero2815]

I really needed this! Thank you ❤

[@simpsthreedee3818]

A silver lining to end a horrible week. Thanks RLM

[@say10sedso56]

Lol, simp is a little on the nose but still a fitting alias to go by. Did you make a cry video to post online too?

[@jokerz7936]

What happened this week?

[@simpsthreedee3818]

@@jokerz7936 Oh, I stubbed my toe and it smarts real bad.

[@briandouglaswilson2974]

Boo hoo! Boo hoo!

[@la_arana_discoteca]

13:30 I love it when Mike starts writing fix-it fanfiction in the middle of a movie review.

[@IamPinhead]

The bodies have a shared consciousness in The Substance. Them acting as individuals serves the metaphor of Sue and Sparkles as opposing and self destructive parts of a whole.