Best of the Worst Spotlight: After Last Season

[@ccjuju]

"I'm having a difficult time moving that chair." "The bag is too heavy, I can't hold onto it." sounds like the player character narration from a 90s adventure game when you click the wrong things.

[@richardball5843]

“Read my lips…I…can’t…pick…that…up.”

[@charlfoo]

I can't carry anymore. I am overburdened.

[@toxicchipmunk134]

Indeed, that is what it would say.

[@BunnLilah]

I don't know how to "pick up chair"

[@dustierwand]

Collin was so shocked by this movie that he didnt even say a thing this whole episode

[@xephachi]

@@kerouac7777 rewatch the episode again you clearly missed Collin dressed up as baby bink

[@SuperCaleb360]

That explains why Collin never told Mike about his participation in Jason X

[@nengelen]

😄

[@kubli365]

@@Pocketrocket-pj1us behind one of the white letter papers

[@Tom-cw3sx]

I. iTunes vtvt buy rj r

[@Dancyrobot]

Just came back to read the description for no reason at all. Certainly not because of another RLM video that references the description made me laugh so hard I almost choked. - Krebs Gorlon

[@xtzyshuadog]

*RLM's "Impressions" video* leaving its mark on human history, 2025 seemed to be a bit scary in January but content like this will see us through perilous, trying times.

[@milkitea669]

My husband just came into the room thinking our newborns were crying. It was just the sound of Rich Evans dying of laughter.

[@jaytravis2487]

I often use BOTW videos to fall asleep to but sometimes I'll get woken up by Rich's cackling.

[@matthewmishley8457]

Rich makes it hard to watch any video he is in without headphones. Especially in public. Lots of strange looks if you try.

[@AdesteFidelis]

You guys have to adopt Rich Evans now.

[@pixadavid]

The beautiful melody of Rich Evans laughter will lull that baby to sleep

[@E-Chap]

@@jaytravis2487 Rich's laugh has woken me up many a time. Nothing better than waking up from a dead sleep in my dark room, hearing a manic cackle coming from my dimly lit laptop.

[@quadabyte8933]

It makes you think about how grounded and consistent a Neil Breen movie is.

[@RyanReenBattikh]

Breen is fucking Citizen Kane when compared to this

[@tre3961]

@@RyanReenBattikh lmfao im dead i cant breathe

[@BaronVonQuiply]

Where ARE you?

[@CrazyCrethon]

So this is 3.6 Neil Breens out of 5...not great, not horrible?

[@WontonTV]

It makes you appreciate Demon Cop and Ryan's Babe

[@SirOranginaa]

Who is back here after Morgan Freeman's beautiful reading of the video description?

[@olavisalomaa]

Me. It made me wanna watch this whole review again

[@RafaelKB]

me!

[@fantmax1]

Morgan freeman brought me here. I've never heard anyone talk so fondly of a film.

[@rykers2]

Me

[@LeoRikimaru]

I wanted to see what tripped him up. lol

[@nickfield1569]

Rich Evans is like a grizzled cop who's seen it all and no longer cares. But then suddenly a new inexplicable serial killer, in the form of the movie "After Last Season", appears and rejuvenates him

[@ammosophobia]

He *is* a Space Cop, afterall ...

[@VM-hl8ms]

"alright, this is the last case and i'm retired", he thinks to himself.

[@tristan8940]

"What's in the (VHS) box?!"

[@numbersix9468]

i like any comment that talks about Rich Evans

[@jakek1735]

Rich is John Wick, and After Last Season just killed his dog

[@THATGuy5654]

If the film ended with the scene zooming out until it's revealed that everything took place in a bizarre origami structure being built on a table by a semi-catatonic person in a mental institution, I might declare it art.

[@jaytravis2487]

I too would declare thusly.

[@Nobody-hc2bo]

I concur

[@matthewmishley8457]

💯

[@Aaron-mj9ie]

I misread your post at first and thought thet's actually how it ended for a moment there. I was like, "Brilliant!"

[@daveimus8716]

If you were around for production, you would have single handedly turned this into an award winning indie film on that premise alone.

[@AnvilPro100]

"My friend's never seen a movie and I'm independently wealthy" is the best possible backstory for this movie

[@Starving_Wolf]

After Last Season feels like a movie from an alternate dimension where something horrible has happened. Something cataclysmic, that changed the course of mankind. The event is never discussed, all mention of it forbidden, but still permeates through every scene. This movie was never meant for our world. It shouldn't be here.

[@Eightsixseven23224]

This is actually the best and most coherent film to come from this alt timeline

[@todd8398]

Was the cataclysm that Georges Melies was never born, so modern film theory never developed?

[@CyberPhoenix001]

DO NOT IMAGINE THE EVENT HAPPENING AGAIN! IT WILL CAUSE DISTRESS! THE EVENT IS IN THE PAST! 😏

[@saltech3444]

@@CyberPhoenix001 Blessed be the Regulations.

[@lucamckenn5932]

Liminal Spaces: the movie.

[@hiten_style]

Every time they cut to Colin from Canada holding his beer, I couldn't help but notice how much older he looks.

[@heatherperleberg7816]

Time passes twice as fast in Canada

[@FlymanMS]

He is already old enough to travel without his dad!

[@Artesian_Turkey]

Yeah, rough Canadian winters can age a man, ya know.

[@hermannabt8361]

Colin Cunningham is 50 years old.

[@montanarose4622]

To be fair, he is regularly frozen solid for months at a time, then thawed to film a video. He’s basically a Neanderthal.

[@vcuheel1464]

The fact that there’s a ceiling fan in the room with the “MRI machine” is hilarious.

[@janvangils5560]

that is the cooling

[@KnuckleHunkybuck]

The fact that there's not any pizza in the piece of paper pantry is pretty pitiful.

[@NicK-vc1he]

I think I may have answers for your unanswered questions. In my opinion the CG animation is the key to understanding what's happening here, I have a degree in computer animation and the level I see here is precisely what will be expected of you after your 2nd year as a student in the field. I think either the director, or someone in the family was just getting their degree. I believe the student skipped the classes on green screen and why it's used, I think that's the purpose of all the paper - he is using it for blocking - a CG EMR machine was supposed to be layered on top of the paper one, the sheets of paper are put on the walls for scale and so he can recreate the walls the way he envisioned them in 3dmax or maya. In post reality hit him hard - in order to put a CGI CT scan machine (on top of the paper white one), behind a doctor (in white coat), you will have to manually edit each individual frame - which is a nightmare - and you'll also have to put a lot of work in it, not just lightly retouch a frame messed up by the green screen filter. My guess is the sheer amount of work either scared the person responsible for the animation out of the project, or the "movie" had to be pushed out the door because of the 5 mil investment. My favorite IMDB review of all time resides under this movie by the way, the title is "This movie was not released, it escaped".

[@Lface8]

You're actually giving the filmmakers too much credit. Those 3D models I'm pretty sure are from a program called "Poser." At most, they bought that program saw there were free characters for it and used that.

[@metafication]

@@Lface8 but there is an actual vfx shot when it shows the prorolis corporation

[@dadistos4538]

My friends and I have seen this movie years ago and have always thought it was just some awful money laundering scheme lol

[@vdr3846]

Makes sense.

[@pigmentpeddler5811]

I farded while read this :)

[@ZeAshTonz]

This film is like one of those AI generated images where at a glance it looks like a room filled with stuff but if you try to focus on any particular detail, you realize there are no discernible objects.

[@andrewgwilliam4831]

This!

[@MonsieurAuContraire]

The 'this is what it's like having a stroke while watching a movie' the movie.

[@angrboda45]

"You realize there are no discernible objects" might be the most terrifying sentence I've read in my life.

[@KingRidley]

There's a fuckton of pieces of paper. They're plenty discernable.

[@saltech3444]

@@angrboda45 This is the psychedelic insight. There are no permanent objects. Therefore, from the point of view of eternity, there are no objects at all.

[@GoodStarfish]

As someone who has weird semi-lucid nightmares, this feels like an honest attempt at recreating one of them

[@drpibisback7680]

It's eerily similar to the work of Kyle Edward Ball, the guy who did the recent theatrical "analog horror" film Skinamarink, and his "Bitesized Nightmares" KZbin channel. Just long, uncomfortably quiet shots of very little happening.

[@KarazolaX]

Lucid nightmares are the worst. I know exactly what you mean. Shit literally keeps me up at night not wanting to go to bed sometimes. You're just aware enough to recognize it's a dream, which makes you fearful of accidentally turning it into a nightmare, which, of course, makes you turn it into a nightmare.

[@GoodStarfish]

@@WyattMcFeelz Just woke up from a new reoccur-er. I'll spare the details but I get locked in this place and I cant wake up, or I have a "fake" wake-up and I think I'm okay for a bit, but no one in the dream will respectfully hear/help me out

[@mariecarie1]

@@GoodStarfish Uuugh, the fake wake ups in dreams are the worst. You think you’re done and eventually you may or may not figure out “nope, not out of it yet”

[@JM-vp8zc]

@@mariecarie1Serious question: how do you ever confirm that you’ve really woken up? What’s the giveaway that you’re finally back to waking consciousness? I experience TLE, so these sorts of experiences interest me. Thanks!

[@acquiredfilms5400]

Mike has always said “I want to see a movie where the scariest thing that happens is a chair moves.” Well now he got what he wanted.

[@RyanReenBattikh]

It’s like poetry, it rhymes

[@timlampasona6925]

Monkeys paw

[@frankmerker630]

Basically most of the paranormal activity movies

[@198EE4]

My guy got monkey pawed.

[@dallasdandigitalproduction393]

A24 vibes bro

[@buffalowilliam17]

“Picture a flat surface. Out of the surface, one letter rises.” “From the alphabet?” Best line in a movie ever

[@talonhammer]

@@OliviaCLTFC Wow that's incredibly accurate!

[@alexanderchernyavskiy5011]

Well maybe she thought he meant a letter as in that paper thing you send people via post. So she made sure if he meant a letter like a message or a letter from the alphabet

[@alexanderchernyavskiy5011]

There are also the LeTarr people of western Belgium. Maybe he meant one of those

[@Talon3000]

To be fair, it could've been the greek or cyrilic alphabets. It's a weird line nonetheless.

[@AsiaDanceScene]

The new rule of filmmaking: tell, don't show, oh and tell again just in case

[@xKingReyx]

I had to come back so that I can follow along with the description.

[@saulgoodman1236]

RLM is like alcohol, it delivers when I need it most and I’m probably gonna die from it

[@somerandolad]

Dying of laughter is always the preferred outcome.

[@thundercockjackson]

@@somerandolad its definitely better than liver failure!

[@joshthesandwich]

My addiction to it has alienated my family

[@nicripolas816]

Same

[@dorkydragon5055]

cheers ill drink t that!

[@nickd3375]

“How did they know where to go?” Followed the paper trail, obviously.

[@Pimsleurable]

Rich Evans is the greatest ventriloquist. He sat there the whole time whilst holding a beer, and without so much as a sip, threw his voice into that homeless man.

[@harmonysummers]

The trailer voiceover was all I needed to know this was going to be a ride.

[@deadaccount1342]

Was that a Scottish accent or just a really excited man

[@Sigillimus]

@@deadaccount1342 Yes.

[@deadaccount1342]

@@Sigillimus 🤣

[@London755]

@@deadaccount1342 I think it was an attempt at Werner Herzog?

[@theactualTVB]

His accent is a rough German, sounding more like Schwarzenegger.

[@claires1980]

The ceiling fan light in the MRI room is amazing

[@91PKPower]

The fact that one of the bulbs is burnt out just makes it better.

[@STEPH.ANIE.]

That and the radio clock thats just a radio and clock taped together LOL

[@eryqeryq]

MRI rooms are well known for having large flimsy rotating metal ceiling fixtures near the huge electromagnet

[@ontoverse]

The shoes randomly in shot is just the icing on the cake

[@boheyo]

@@STEPH.ANIE. WHY DID THEY BRING UP A RADIO CLOCK IF THEY HAD NO RADIO CLOCK WHY NOT JUST SAY RADIO AND OR CLOCK ASFDGDGGDFDS

[@solsticelacer]

The idea of a serial killer unknowingly chasing some people into a haunted building and then everyone having to deal with a ghost is an interesting premise.

[@gspendlove]

Hmmm...back pocket!

[@KillThad]

So kind of like a supernatural Pitch Black?

[@nothere413]

Kind of similar to that PS4 game, Until Dawn.

[@Crypted112]

@@KingThrillgore could be a good premise if executed well

[@Eisenwulf666]

that's the plot of an horror movie, almost positive about it. I mean it's a variation on the "House on the haunted hill" plot, where almost random people are invited to stay the night and a murder takes place, but they think it's a ghost.( depending on the version it can be, in the original it wasn't). Quite a good idea.

[@kurtwinter4422]

I have to applaud Tommy Wiseau for his amazing dedication to writing and production value

[@HellecticMojo]

He did pour a lot of money into it after all.

[@kaiserjoe2316]

What's line?

[@jakek1735]

Say whatever you want about The Room but at least it looked like it was made by someone who's seen what a real movie looks like at least once

[@Bacteriophagebs]

Having seen _Nukie_ in the early 2000s, I giggled every time someone said _The Room_ was the worst movie ever. Then I saw _After Last Season_ in 2016 and now I giggle when people say _Nukie_ is the worst movie ever.

[@travellingshoes5241]

@@Bacteriophagebs Thankfully there will always be something worse than than the worst you've seen.

[@mikeycrackson]

I'm glad Rich brought his granddaughter to work, it warms my heart when kids spend time with their elders

[@cbhlde]

She is not real. Like this Rich Evans, people are talking about... just a figment of our imagination! :)

[@TeksonikAudio]

Judging by the blank look that's not Rich's granddaughter that's the film's director.

[@twalt]

That's just Jay Bauman

[@cbhlde]

@@twalt Hm, and I wondered why I was so attracted to a hack fraud figure! :)

[@MunchinOnDew]

this implies Rich has had sex at least once

[@gallycat99]

My brother passed away yesterday and in dealing with the emotions, I’ve gone back to RLM videos to help distract. He was in the animation industry and loved film and he was the one who turned me to RLM. I’ve been a big fan since and even though no one will read this, I want to thank all the RLM guys for providing such wonderful and hilarious content. Last Xmas I bought him a “Dick the Birthday Boy” shirt and he laughed half-embarrassed and said, “Well I don’t know if I want to wear this in public!” His smile said it all though, he was happy. Miss you William!

[@tamalito2047]

Sorry for your loss

[@busesimsek2105]

I'm so sorry for your loss, glad to hear RLM could bring you some nice memories and possibly some smiles at this time

[@BRUXXUS]

I'm so sorry you lost your brother. Sounds like he'd be happy that you're watching something he loved to help.

[@gallycat99]

Thank you all for your kind words, I truly appreciate it 🥲

[@logansaxby7224]

We all get to be part of this crazy RLM family thanks to these guys and this wonderful community. I was also going through loss when I was turned onto RLM and I continue to go back to them to cheer me up. We all may be alone at times but at least we have things in common as humans. I hope you are healing 🖖

[@Naztash]

Based on the placement of the random white sheets of paper on other objects, I'm 90% sure the creator thought all contrasteed and blank white surfaces would work as a replacement for a green screen or markers for special effects..

[@AlfredRusselWallace]

holy crap this might actually be it

[@DarkAngelEU]

Are you saying the paper is actually a portal? D:

[@dollenrm]

That was my thought as well. Then he found out he was very very much mistaken and just... didn't fix it at all lol.

[@dallasdandigitalproduction393]

I seriously doubt the director was that competent

[@WritesMe]

Until the house.

[@GarSEEYAmashups]

I think the sheets of paper were put up as markers for all the CGI that the director thought could be put in post production, and the CGI company was like "You want us to do what now?"

[@cornbredx]

I've obsessed over guessing why the director does so many things in this movie since I first saw it in a theater- what 10 years ago now. Like, I have had dreams about them building sets for some reason. I can't stop thinking about it from time to time. They seem to have had a printer because that shot of the outside of the building is clearly a piece of paper with the name of the company written over it probably in MSPaint that they printed and then filmed the piece of paper with a camera. There is also a scene where they are supposed to be reading a newspaper and they cut to a piece of printer paper that was obviously printed off a computer with what they wanted the article to be (I think it's an article about the killer). So, I always assumed they used all the paper for the sets just because they had a bunch of printer paper lieing around for the printer they had for some reason. That was the one major purchase they made next to whatever CGI program they're using. However, given the inserted text over pieces of paper CGI they did use maybe you're right. Maybe they intended to have more CGI in the movie. I honestly never considered that given how bad the movie is overall. Maybe the director doesn't even understand how keying works haha. Can you imagine? The director wanted a CGI MRI machine so they built one out of cardboard and paper so they could CGI one in later 😄

[@AltimeterAlligator]

"I marked all the editing spots with paper. Just color it in so I can use it as a bluescreen. What's so hard about that?"

[@KingPK]

@@cornbredx .......... ...................... ...................... ...................... THIS WAS SHOWN IN A THEATER?!

[@GarSEEYAmashups]

@@cornbredx [ Maybe the director doesn't even understand how keying works haha. ] - Exactly, I'm sure the director questioned "Why would I paint the walls green?"

[@merseyviking]

TBF, you could luma-key the paper. I doubt this is what they had in mind though!

[@powmegranate772]

Came here after Mike’s “Impressions Gameshow” just to read the video description for myself. I can’t believe I haven’t been reading these. How much comedy gold have I been missing over the past decade or more?

[@mattabshier2494]

I often use "money laundering scheme" as a joke when discussing bad movies, but in this instance I genuinely believe it to be the case. There is nothing that 5 million dollars could have conceivably went into, unless they blew it on an absurd amount of paper and cardboard; then there's the whole director choosing to operate under a fake name, and I can't imagine any other possibility.

[@Zissou42]

Most of that 5 million was for the CGI.

[@mattabshier2494]

@@Zissou42 I don't completely buy that, unless the guy was outright swindled

[@ericbalzer1535]

For a comparison the movie Moon which came out the same year (2009) also cost 5 million and is an actual good movie. I'm sure a good chunk of that went to pay Sam Rockwell but there was still enough money to pay for passable special effects.

[@harizotoh7]

A money laundering movie would be rushed and slapped together but more coherent. It has to pass as a decent film. This sounds more like the creator bragging to hype up the film and make it seem more legitimate.

[@Myrth1]

@@harizotoh7 This guy gets it. There is no actual PROOF the movie budget was 5 mil. What we've got is the "producer's" claim about it, as sort of "this is independent movie made with big budget for independent production". Never mind average indie flick can get you a fully professional production at about 2 mil range and you wouldn't be even able to tell it was cheaply made. I mean fuck, The Void was made for $ 82 500, so not even 100k. Good luck figuring that out when watching it. And The Void has an actual, elaborate hospital set, with lamps, equipment and what not.

[@dmtv996]

28:47 Rich is so wholesome that upon noticing the onset of a psychotic episode, he creates a makeshift straight jacket for himself for his friends' protection.

[@edwardhannah8507]

*Joker theme starts playing*

[@patrickglaser1560]

@Edward Hannah replace the jokers laugh with Rich Evan's

[@pelgervampireduck]

I thought "that looks like Rich is in a mental asylum". now imagine if the final episode of the whole red letter media multiverse is Rich in a padded cell wearing a straight jacket laughing and we find out Mike, Jay, Mr Plinkett, Rem Lazar, and everything we've seen were just his insane delusions, they are not real, they are his imaginary friends.

[@edwardhannah8507]

@@pelgervampireduck In my mind, Rich is secretly the Joseph Jackson of RLM. Behind the scenes he's got the belt ready if Mike and Jay don't perform well.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

Rich’s most heroic act was to shield his friends from is own psychotic break from watching pure, pure shit.

[@jbeezie2049]

This is like if someone took someone’s play through of The Sims and turned it into a movie.

[@FlymanMS]

Sims actions make more sense

[@Willothemask]

Oh my god it really is. Sims 1 too, back when it was truly chaotic

[@FlymanMS]

29:00 The image of Rich laughing like a madman with the sleeves of his shirt rolled like a straight jacket is so cinematic.

[@calmingvoice8646]

More cinematic than After Last Season.

[@TheStr0ke]

I could easily picture him in a white paper padded cell.

[@Trig242]

His flat refusal to simply accept this movie is everything

[@camdenlacy9755]

I watched that part 3 times in a row 😆

[@eskreskao]

I mean, Rich Evans is the main RLM handyman it seems. He did all the Wheels, the Plinketto board, the nice big table they're sitting at in this very video. I think he'd plan out a very adequate building.

[@FlymanMS]

Yeah and I'm sure he'd be able to make a solid nuclear reactor too if he's given proper blueprints and instructions. He's a smart guy with a thing for engineering. Heck he'd probably even be able to get hang of the clothes modeling too if given time.

[@FutureDeep]

I'm afraid all of his buildings have crippling diabetes.

[@pekinobo]

Let´s not leave out how nicely he have put all those papers in correct order as seen in this new webzone episode.

[@talonhammer]

You step into the elevator of the Richard Evans Building. You press the button for your floor. The Price is Right lose sound effect plays over the speakers. The elevator begins to descend. Too quickly. When it stops, you emerge into a lengthy corridor lined with blank VHS tapes...

[@skep2923]

@@pekinobo where can i find that?

[@welker831]

“I remember After Last Season”-Morgan Freeman

[@imjust_a]

Really glad to see Macaulay Culkin back on the show! He was a little quiet this time around, but I'm sure he was just stunned by Rich Evans' imposing presence.

[@Fortunateson69]

Grandmas ceiling fan in the MRI room made me have a full blown mike stoklasa laughing meltdown that I've yet to recover from

[@jeremyross9698]

The best part was when they cut to a shot of it and it wasn't Mike fucking around.

[@Fortunateson69]

I mean the second they turn on any rating of MRI that things coming off the ceiling in a fairly spectacular fashion oh God here I go again

[@Dr.ChrisThompson]

You can't walk in to a room with an MRI machine with any metal on you at all. No way in Hell would there ever be a freaking ceiling fan right above a MRI scanner.

[@ShovelBumX87]

The magnet is always on. You can’t bring any metal near an MRI at any time. That ceiling fan should be glued to the MRI.

[@MonsterTeegs]

What if the random shots of things were actually shots of the ghost? So much rewatch value!

[@LastExile123]

Genius

[@SailorGreen]

I actually thought of that theory! 😆

[@doomtoken]

I thought for a second that they replaced Rich with a baby doll and then I realized Rich was sitting right next to it.

[@larrylaffer3246]

It's one of the children from St. Jude's I believe. When RLM gave them the check from the Nukie auction proceeds, they must've allowed one child to be with them on an episode as a little bonus.

[@noneyabusiness3843]

Which one is the doll?

[@ig-8887]

@@larrylaffer3246 it's Ethan Allen Stoklasa

[@1073waaf]

@@noneyabusiness3843 Rich Evans

[@cesarhernandez6861]

Did the skin tones match?

[@Catholicgauze]

This was one of the weirdest episodes, almost dreamlike. The whole thing felt like 15 minutes, not 40+.

[@jakedanielsen4512]

Holy shit I actually thought it was 15 minutes lol

[@benisboop]

I had exactly the same thought when they reached the discussion at the end of the video. I figured it was around 20 mins or so, and was really surpsired that I watched 40+ mins of this. Weird.

[@haggler]

It’s because, like in the movie, you cannot form a thread of what’s going on, because the movie scenes were seeing don’t appear to be telling a story or related to each other in any tangible way. Time moves very quickly when things are happening but there’s nothing actually there for your brain to focus on. Alls you are experiencing in this video is the incendiary joy of listening to Rich Evans lose his mind over the film, which is fun. Time flies when you’re having fun. Sitting watching a really boring film that makes sense feels like a long time because you’re actually processing something, even if you hate it.

[@c-puff]

That is an accurate description of the movie itself. It sounds like a slog to sit through but it FLIES by simply for how insane it is.

[@HughMansonMD]

Too accurate. When I realized I was halfway through I thought to myself "but I'm only 5 - 10 minutes in..?"

[@xtzyshuadog]

*Came for the description, which was read by Josh Robert Thompson in RLM's newest video, "Impressions", and was not disappointed in the slightest*

[@GreatistheWorld]

Had to look up when this was made because it looks like it could have been made anytime between 1978 and now. Troublingly timeless

[@mabusestestament]

If it was made in 1978 it would explain where the 5 million dollars went - the cutting edge cgi - and why there was no budget left for the rest of the movie 🍻

[@jimmymnemonic]

I'm surprised how good that little baby still looks after 30 years. And the doll to the right of him held up well too.

[@mabusestestament]

Jay?

[@josephmayfield945]

Bravo 🎉

[@TheOneAndOnlyKurtNobrain]

I just want to thank Mrs. Grimble's kindergarten class on the wonderful production design on After Last Season.

[@vespenegas261]

@Kolton You don't get it guys... Those paper sheets are actually save points

[@BillMurrayIsGod]

Director Mark Region has cited The Sixth Sense and The Exorcist as inspirations for After Last Season. The film was shot on 35mm film, and principal photography took place over five or six days in one house with fake medical equipment made from cardboard. According to Region, the film had a budget of $5 million, with $30,000 to $40,000 spent on filming and the majority of the remaining amount spent on the film's computer animated neural visualization sequences.

[@jakedanielsen4512]

Cocaine and hookers

[@lockwoodthexton]

That dude got ripped off. The UHF cgi scene was probably half as expensive, but twice as a good.

[@dallasdandigitalproduction393]

Dude. NO way!! There's no way someone spent $5m on this. I REFUSE to believe they spent even 1/5 of that on the final product

[@Belgand]

@@dallasdandigitalproduction393 Aside from being shot on film this has less production value than something made by a high school kid for a class project.

[@ILoveYou-rv3pd]

Did he also own the company that did the cgi? Is this a Producer’s situation?

[@theotherjared9824]

Damn, Jack had a major glow up recently. He looks years younger. Even got some of his hair back.

[@switchp8286]

Sir, that's just Richard Evans.

[@NuclearXpotato1100]

I'm so happy Mike and Rich won the custody battle for Baby Bink

[@CollinSchleper]

I saw his picture in the paper

[@yanno113]

I am trying to figure out why the baby doll is there. I looked up Baby Bink and it appears that the doll is a doll version of the baby from Baby’s Day Out. Why is the doll there?

[@BryceGoodson]

​@@yanno113it's the stand in doll prop from the actual movie that they bought.

[@SamGutermuth]

It’s like if David Lynch directed Total Recall, filmed at his grandmothers house and the prop department only had access to printer paper.

[@obsoletebutneat]

It's like a live-action animatic. Like sketching out the movie you want to make using actors and vague, rudimentary sets.

[@DarkAngelEU]

This is what actually makes it seem fascinating! Sure, it probably sucks, but I love these weird movies that dare to take new paths instead of doing the conventional stuff on a low budget. This dares to be new.

[@daopunk]

I don't know why, but I've listened to this episode over 20 times by now. "I can't handle this, Jay. What do I do?"

[@GenericMinority]

I remember watching this movie with some friends after I saw the RalphTheMovieMaker review and I'm so glad RLM finally watched it becuase I knew it would break Rich's brain. But the best part about this movie is the Director made a bunch of fake IMDB accounts to give the movie a higher score and reading through the fake reviews while we were watching and during the silent dream sequence my homie just got up silently and left the house for like 2 minutes and when he came back in he saw it was still going and walked right back out and texted me "NO!!"

[@kostajovanovic3711]

A now no one has to watch Ralph's video anymore

[@jakedanielsen4512]

@@kostajovanovic3711 Explain Ralph controversy

[@kostajovanovic3711]

@@jakedanielsen4512 what controversy

[@schifoso5591]

@@jakedanielsen4512 what ralph

[@beerosaurusrex]

From IMDB: "Mark Region is a real estate business manager in Tewkesbury, Massachusetts. He watched lots of movies, wrote screenplays and made short films as a hobby for years until his breakthrough in 2009 when he directed the feature film After Last Season." Did he just take all the paper from his real estate office?

[@emgeejay]

When I used to have weekly bad movie nights, we couldn't finish this one. The emptiness genuinely unsettled and disturbed us, like it was a movie made by a goddam ghost (EDIT: I am shocked to learn the movie is actually about a ghost)

[@nickkiller-0710]

Yeah I always thought it was somewhat unsettling because of how empty it is it's like the movie equivalent of a liminal place

[@RyanReenBattikh]

I can’t imagine seeing this without any sort of accompanying information or context- that honestly does seem like a fucking living nightmare because this movie is disturbingly stark- like cinema as an art form has never been stretched so far from anything resembling a narrative or any degree of visual stimulation - to quote Jay, “this is borderline experimental”

[@RyanReenBattikh]

@@nickkiller-0710 literally thought “is this a movie from the backrooms?”

[@sharpen193]

so skinamarink if it wasn't intentional

[@rafetizer]

I was just thinking those sets look like a vague location you'd see in a nightmare. The lighting is odd, the objects are just shapes, and of course the things you can actually tell are supposed to be something just look off.

[@ffandbffan]

Can’t believe they remembered the life support aquarium but during the pantry riffing no one made the obvious callback to the Pepperoni Pizza Pie Peephole.

[@thewanderingtomato7674]

I thought about the Pepperoni Pizza Pie Peephole instantly as well!

[@AJordan44-]

The life support aquarium BotW is a billion time funnier than the pepperoni pizza a pie peephole. The only funny thing about that joke was that they made the website with the peephole

[@fleckmylife]

"The film is filled with 90's album covers" may be my favorite RLM joke ever.

[@SpawnRevenge92]

It's so apt, lol

[@primernetpl]

16:03 'Corporation' by Prorolis is the soundtrack of my teenage years

[@Linkous12]

Looks like Jandek album covers.

[@I-Ren-Zero]

just need a hour cut of various 90s album cover mock ups from this madness.

[@Theoppositesex]

You have been called upon to make it. Don't forget to include Local H, Stabbing Westward, Bullet LaVolta, and Mudhoney.

[@jimberglund6979]

The random pieces of paper taped onto the walls and props of the RLM set while they're discussing the movie is just...perfection.

[@lzrzmnhff]

At 1:16, Rich Evans gives us "Rorshark," which, granted, is no "Folding Chable," or "Gun Chunks," but is still an excellent Rich Evansism, and he gave it to us right away too.

[@DraikSith]

The sets and the bizarre camerawork are actually pretty unsettling in that liminal space way the kids love so much nowadays so maybe this guy was just ahead of his time. Also, the slow zoom-in at 28:47 of Rich Evans laughing maniacally with his arms tucked into his sleeves like a straitjacket is pure cinematic genius.

[@deadNightwatchman]

I was looking for a comment like that. It really does look like some liminal space thing!

[@johnn.7849]

Ah, I see. This is a sort of proto-Pool Rooms: The Movie

[@voltinator]

The reason why it is unsettling is because the movie is about regular people trapped in hell and the audience sees the phony world that the devil has constructed to keep them unaware of the illusion while he stalks them. Seeing these people casually talk about events and items that have no actual substance informs us that they are under a spell. Even the movie's title acronymn is ALS, which is Lou Gehigs disease. A disease that breaks a person's functions down little by little.

[@bafflemint8442]

It's so weird because when you watch the film there is a LOT of small talk about time and space, where things are in relation to each other, whether going through a town is the same as going to it, while the actual geography actively refuses to make sense. It's not just that there's a grandma house ceiling fan in the background of the MRI room, the director cuts in a close-up to make sure that you can't possibly ignore it even if you want to! It feels impossible that it could be by accident and yet everyone who worked on the film insists it was unintentional.

[@noisepuppet]

@@johnn.7849 needs more CGI water

[@sbushido5547]

Rich desperately pleading for Jay to either help him understand or give him permission to leave was amazing.

[@AdvocatusDiaboliFin]

"Unique!" - Rich Evans "It's a mystery." - Mike "Oh my God it's over!" - Jay

[@Noirtwilight]

Ever since I saw the DVD was on the Plinketto board, I jumped out of my seat and wished for you guys to watch it. I am so happy you are dedicating a whole Spotlight episode to this. 🙏🏻

[@Sonikman103]

I’m still waiting for the who killed captain alex spotlight ever since it came on the plinketto too, however this movie is still a gold mine.

[@uvaldopalomares8416]

Seriously. This movie was such an oddity. I remember when it came out it was a topic of discussion throughout Austin film circles. A lot of people were saying it was a money laundering scheme. So strange

[@cornbredx]

YES! Me too. This movie is wild! It's worse than Plan 9 from Outer Space and The Room combined, and so incompetent you cant believe someone made this for real. It is my opinion- if this movie was made sincerely (which there is debate on)- there is no movie worse than this one. And to top it off it was released in movie theaters!

[@86pp73]

@@Sonikman103 I really hope they give it a watch at some point. It's such a fun U-movie, and it'll be a breath of fresh air in comparison to all the usual trash they watch.

[@lolavicious7783]

@@Sonikman103 they had SHE on it once, I’ve been waiting for that one. It might have actually had somewhat of a budget but it’s so fucked up and weird.

[@ezelizer]

The pice of paper pizzeria pantry is now part of my vernacular. Jay laughing for those two minutes was sublime.

[@Lishadra]

The rival pizza joint to the Pepperoni Pizza Pie Peephole

[@oneinathousand2156]

When they started babbling about that, I knew that this would be the movie that broke the guys.

[@razorhog8]

I don't know what it is but 0:21 just shows how these guys have been friends for so long and always will be. The classic Rich Evans laugh, Jay chuckling to himself, and Mike pouring a beer with a smile on his face (0:37) that's just so pure and seems to say I'm glad we're all here. Much love, hack frauds.

[@brittnar]

Ya love to see it

[@gunzandbroses]

I love the part when Sarah is all like "I've never been TO it, butvive been THROUGH it" CLASSIC sarah

[@charlottecorday8494]

That's SO Sarah!

[@Khamurai]

TOTAL Sarah thing to say

[@danielschindler6700]

I love how Rich immediately turns to Jay for help understanding what TF is going on in the film.

[@DeflatingAtheism]

When even your Art Film friend can't help you.

[@AndyAtHome]

Jay is his emotional support weirdo.

[@RyanReenBattikh]

its utter desperation and horror in his voice

[@robopoet]

1:02

[@LilyoftheLake14]

Now you gotta do "The Time Machine (I Bought at a Garage Sale)" It's the only other "movie" (that I'm aware of) which is as clinically insane, and comes the closest to the mood/tone/vibe of "After Last Season."

[@bookplate]

They'll HAAAATE that one, good idea.

[@mistertagomago7974]

i wanna look it up but need the date.

[@drpibisback7680]

​​@@mistertagomago7974I Googled the sucker, turns out the title is actually "The Time Machine (I _Found_ at a _Yardsale),"_ which may be why you had difficulty searching for it.

[@jeffolsen7566]

Ugh . I'm glad we're giving bad movies ideas. Thank you. I haven't watched yet but I will! It better be terrible lol

[@WontonTV]

After watching this I'm so sad they didn't land on this in the Jack Quaid Plinketto episode. I feel like this movie would have melted any guest's mind. This makes Demon Cop look like cinema.

[@DeflatingAtheism]

I still think Robot in the Family is the worst movie ever made. It seems like an unrelenting assault on the senses.

[@ainteasya]

@DeflatingAtheism yeah that episode is like a fucking fever dream on Adderall.

[@executioner_ecgbert884]

Take ya fuggin pills!

[@Bacteriophagebs]

@@DeflatingAtheism I've seen both _Robot in the Family_ and _After Last Season._ Also _Nukie_ and _Rollergator._ _Robot in the Family_ is worse than _Nukie_ because it's basically a more annoying _Nukie._ _Rollergator_ is marginally better than _Nukie_ because it's annoying like _Robot in the Family,_ but lacks the level of stupidity in _Nukie_ and _Robot._ _Robot in the Family_ is like the worst parts of _Rollergator_ and _Nukie_ combined. _After Last Season_ is worse than all three of them. Combined.

[@bschrdr07]

It's extremely rare to come across the cinematic equivalent of a language isolate.

[@37Kilo2]

As a New Englander, I can tell you that we all have 3 pieces of paper taped to the siding of our homes. We've done it for hundreds of years, so we've become really good at keeping them attached all winter long, not "2 days" according to Mike. Also, books are not allowed in the living room. It's punishable by death, if the police were to discover it in the living room. It's a very serious offense.

[@solanceDarkMOW]

As a Bostonian by birth, I can confirm this. Though I am disappointed you neglected to mention that cardboard is not an acceptable substitute for paper and comes with jail time

[@kayfimt7769]

The piece of paper pantry segment is one of the funniest things this show has ever done.

[@maw9406]

you could even say it broke new ground

[@piggy201]

The first Rich Evans laugh spooked my cat thoroughly

[@Soyboy10]

Our dogs just didn’t understand started barking

[@PoeInTheDitch]

The low-angle shot in the MRI room showing...the ceiling fan. Amazing.

[@nerfherder1398]

The drunk doll had the most salient points throughout this whole review. Pretty hilarious, too. Can they please become a regularly occurring guest?!

[@MrHendrix17]

Wait, that wasn't Macaulay Culkin?

[@megapizzadragon2397]

It's a baby Bink prop from Baby's Day Out

[@Jake-gj2xd]

His name is Mike and hes on pretty regularly

[@ttanizawa901]

I dunno, he talked too much.

[@nerfherder1398]

@@Jake-gj2xd no, no, the OTHER drunk!

[@murracol03]

Jay: "Is this written by AI?" Mike: "No, its written by MRI." This has to be the best joke of year so far.

[@86pp73]

Rich completely ignoring it is the best bit of subtle revenge I've seen yet

[@DeflatingAtheism]

We're probably six months away from being able to instruct AI, “Make me a dime-store version of Dead Ringers set in New England” and it will shit out something ten times better than After Last Season.

[@stefanmarinkovic1229]

@@DeflatingAtheism yeah but ten times zero is still zero, checkmate

[@theyurireviewer]

I love how Rich encases his arms in his sleeves, like a preemptive straight jacket to contain the madness he witnesses daily

[@TwentyNineJP]

The way the ghost describes his existence (especially the part about basically being able to imagine having arms and doing things with them) sounds a bit like the experience of amputees. Maybe the idea is that a ghost is someone whose whole body is amputated?

[@selekos]

I don't know who you are, but your comment destroyed me. I have nosebleed from laughter m8.

[@facejobby]

Your last line killed me. I can't function now

[@mrpurple11]

Makes sense.

[@TheMarc388]

The Baby’s Day Out doll holding a beer throughout the video killed me.

[@nobodyinparticular9640]

I thought Chucky was the killer doll, uh

[@bryal7811]

26:38 It should be noted that the piece of paper "taped" to the pantry doorway is in fact, a piece of paper with a black paperclip hanging on a nail (or tack!) that was already hammered into the door. (It's where Grandma had the "In god we trust" sign) The fact this scene alone uses a paperclip instead of tape MUST be intentional, only adding to the intricacy of the movie.

[@AbsentMinded619]

The mystery of the hidden lore of After Last Season goes deeper

[@MrEnKaye]

Watching the boys slowly sink into paper madness...best birthday gift ever! 🎉

[@ratatoskrnuts6354]

Happy birthday bud

[@wompwomp9946]

happy birthday, dude

[@Ash-bk2dj]

Happy birthday 🎉

[@MrEnKaye]

Aww, thanks guys! 😁

[@ashig88]

From the moment I first watched RLM I knew they were actually what I was looking for. I scoured youtube for movie review content and never quiet found what I was looking for. Then, when Stuckmann name dropped them on one of his videos, I gave RLM a go. I've been hooked ever since and watch everything they create. I felt a bit bad about getting something that I loved so much for absulotely free. So, i'm going to thier patroen and giving them as much cash I can afford. The same I throw at Netflix or Amazon or any other crap i'm paying for. I'm also referring them as much as possible. So if you see a spike in views from The Netherlands, then that was me yo! . You guys are awesome, thanks!

[@Topplethepyramid]

Wait, I thought I was the only Dutch guy who watches RLM!

[@pinkimietz3243]

@@Topplethepyramid No, you're just the only Dutch guy in the universe. 🙄

[@NeepNeepPohn]

I think the most interesting thing about the director was that he made dozens of fake IMDB accounts to give his movie a higher score and wrote literal essays on how great his movie was

[@kip_c]

you know you're in for some TRULY horrid when it's just these three trapped in a room together

[@RyanReenBattikh]

And their emotional support dummy, which always has a beer even after Mike fucked up that Rick Baker original one of a kind Gremlins 2 The New Batch crowd shot background Gremlin, a bold choice on Baby Bink’s part

[@drugsnbeer]

The paper pizzeria pantry sequence is about the hardest I have ever laughed at RLM material. So good

[@cudgle1633]

For me it's the extended discussion of accidentally impregnanting Dom Deluise's fat folds in the Skateboard Kid episode

[@drugsnbeer]

@@cudgle1633lol, that was great, too. Any time they can get Mike to break is gold

[@SenisterDenister]

Reminds me of "Pepperoni Pizza Pie Peephole" that they even registered a domain for.

[@ML-762]

This makes Breen and Wiseau look like Kurosawa and Kubrick

[@JBCultRecaps]

You guys always drop a video right at the best times. Thank you for all you do.

[@billn2348]

@@somerandolad he's going for Avengers Infinity War Chris Evans. People will be terrified next year when he shaves to be Avengers Endgame Chris Evans.

[@juanarkantos]

Same here, always brings me down to earth

[@thriftriffs7526]

Red Letter Media helps with my anxiety and depression

[@iampotsataja]

@@billn2348 the one from the end of the movie you mean?

[@bearlyhardley]

I love how after the gremlin incident, Mike is sitting as far from the priceless movie prop as possible

[@RobinSteiner]

Michael Scott making a movie and dressing every set with paper would actually be a very funny gag.

[@alexpollock6932]

This looks like a movie that David Lynch would legitimately enjoy

[@MrCecil]

"Loved it! Great movie, champ!"

[@aarondavis8943]

It's Eraserhead but much whiter and less gooey.

[@elizabayroff7106]

Yeah its Rabbits except the Rabbits are human

[@switchp8286]

the shot of the ceiling fan reminded me of twin peaks lmao

[@daver12591]

@@MrCecil That's short for "champion"

[@claudeclaude1981]

I had to come back here after the last video and Morgan Freeman's beautiful reading of the video description. I had to read again the last line.

[@PerkolatorTheTerminator]

We are ALL eagerly awaiting the Rich Eviano fashion line!!! Also, pretty sure the “FBI” on the “impressive FBI jacket” was haphazardly applied yellow tape lol.

[@crawmason]

Im glad to hear rich's laugh once more

[@kennypitts4829]

"This is beyond a normal level of incompetence." Rich, well said.

[@arthurr739]

"This is beyond the normal level of incompetence" ~ Rich Evans

[@viva2archive]

According to IMDB, this was shot on 35mm film in 2009?! It takes a special kind of skill to make the film transfer look this craptastic.

[@Lord_Horker]

You see a bad movie; I see a potent non-addictive sleep medication

[@dallasdandigitalproduction393]

Thanks everyone for this episode!. Watching this experimental horror art film makes me feel alot less ashamed about my own student films.

[@Xpulsesamples]

A new series where Rich Evans is tasked with almost certainly disastrous projects would be incredible.

[@MableM1985]

When I woke up this morning, I didn’t know that today was the day when my favorite KZbinrs would review my favorite bad movie. Thank you!!! After Last Season is a film created by someone who only saw one media before - Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace- while half-asleep and didn’t know it was satirical when they tried to copy its technical capabilities.

[@deadNightwatchman]

"Blood? Blood. Blood. And bits of sick."

[@dolosevensix]

*Dr. Sanchez Finger Guns*

[@MableM1985]

@@bdekraker Agreed! It is perfection!

[@CKT1138]

The Pizza Pantry rant Mike did caused Jay to laugh louder and harder than I've ever seen before lol

[@JustBlakeIt]

This is literally incomprehensible. Like im sure the movie is, but I have no idea what I just listened to these men talk about for 45 minutes. Ive watched this like 5 times.

[@WingItMan217]

It’s like the movie absorbs them and they become part of the hive mind