The Terror (1963) REVIEW

[@Glitcher2000]

The idea of a young Jack Nicholson just does not compute.

[@computerman789]

+Glitcher2000 He looks slightly like Mark Wahlberg, or is that just me?

[@gabrieleriva651]

Glitcher2000 who worked with Boris Karloff, a man who was working in the silent era.

[@ellnats]

even so he still looks kinda creepy, like norman bates smile but permanent

[@Boonehams]

James, check out the documentary Corman's World. Nicholson talks about working on The Terror in it, along with a lot of other actors and directors giving their thoughts on Roger Corman. It's pretty good.

[@tonypellock5326]

On Vivian Kubrick’s “making of the shining” you see Jack Nicholson check mark his lines on his sides. He says he always saw Boris Karloff marking his lines like this and he’s copied him ever since. I guess this might be the film he was talking about, cool.

[@Acierer]

The witch was struck by lightning because she stepped onto holy land.

[@SoramimiKeiki]

+Acierer Right. Being a witch, she had made a pact with the devil, so makes complete sense, that she got killed by the lightning. I already got that, as I was like 8 or 9 when I watched the movie. Even my family not being religious at all.

[@prettylagoon]

Yes I just commented this as well

[@prettylagoon]

in secret, my hearts it...the secret I mean. It's got it.

[@Ojthemighty]

Even so it was kinda random and felt like a plot device to get rid of that character

[@Dim4323]

That would insaration of Highlander

[@Iamafishproductions]

The Boris Karloff scenes would later be used in the 1989 horror satire movie Transylvania Twist, ALSO made by Roger Corman. It's a bit like a low-budget Airplane! sendup of Universal horror flicks, and it's actually pretty funny in parts. In one scene, the main character wanders into a random room in the castle and Boris Karloff is doing his monologuing on the other side of the room, and they edit it together like they're having a conversation. It still makes no sense in context, but it's amazing that even in 89 Corman would not give up on that footage.

[@thecandidcounterbalance1492]

Corman once conceded, "I'm an environmentally friendly producer: I recycle."

[@HistoryUnwound]

Still a better Horror movie than "Manos": The Hands of Fate

[@maxbrandt6]

+Kaleb Levermore-Rich The Master would be most displeased by that comment!

[@Santoryu90]

+J Y The episode was good the movie itself hell no

[@Darkpara1]

+Kaleb Levermore-Rich I thought Manos was a comedy.

[@cnv1ct201]

Hey at least they got some good use of this footage in Targets

[@piplup2009]

only 2 days to make and it's watchable? i guess it is kinda possible to attempt a good film with so few days

[@puffnisse]

piplup2009 Well, it wasn't 2 days, just 2 days of Boris Karloff walking around and talking, the rest was more days.

[@theluckiesteh9058]

Jack Nicholson looks like Jim Carrey.

[@mambabajamba5621]

OMG, you're right!!! 🤣🤣🤣👍

[@kentonclarkson1449]

I never heard a "Frenchman" speak with a New Jersey accent before. This is one of those movies that if you just go with it and regard it as this Cormanesque attempt to wring every last nickle out of his investment, as well as a nugget from the past starring 2 icons of cinema, it's pretty fun. I have it on BD and watch it twice a year

[@neogenesis7706]

Got the terror and night of living dead in a package dvd at a dollar store for yes a dollar. best dollar i ever spent.

[@PictureProductStudio]

Yay! I've seen this film not so long ago and it is really good and inspiring for what it is. It is amazingly comprehensible for a movie, directed by 5 to 8 (depending on version and rumors) directors. And it is really enjoyable.

[@offspring8995]

I know this film is supposedly awful. But Jack Nicholson is always worth watching.

[@TheTrohl]

There is a horror novel about the Franklin expedition called "The Terror". They should make that into a movie.

[@Lestakeo]

+TheTrohl Dan Simmons ftw.

[@lordnorthumberland277]

Well they made a show...

[@BlazePiffington]

Wow! This is fucking awesome! This is definitely my favorite monster madness review, I have seen it so many times and it never gets old, and to have it be posted up on my bday...I couldn't be more stoked, thanks a bunch James & Mike, this is one hell of a bday treat!

[@Nickoji]

Congratz bro! Be sure to smoke a big one today. haha 😂 Yeah this review was awesome. Have you seen the full commentary vid of this movie on Cinemassacre? It was freaking hilarious. 😁

[@BlazePiffington]

+Nickoji Damn right dude, or my name ain't blaze_piffington I just killed the night of the living dead commentary, thanks for reminding me of the terror one, definitely piffington fodder for me bday candle. Much obliged for the bday wish

[@karlkarlos3545]

The best use of this footage was done in Peter Bogdanovich's "TARGETS".

[@66cuda]

Jack did when I was at a horror con in the 90's when he promoted wolf, he mentioned that he did what he could, with both directing and acting

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

So it's like*Hamlet* meets *The Phantom Menace*? What the fuck?

[@JuanRamirez-xh3kc]

I think this film is great and had no problem understanding it as it went along for instance the witch was struck by lightning after realizing her entire scheme was based on a lie that backfired on her and as the soldier was forcing her to enter holy ground she cries out "I cannot enter God's house , I have a pact with another!" , backstabbed by Satan maybe that was the Terror, LOL! Witches , ghosts, Gothic castle hauntings and madness it's a classic.

[@NIGHTFACTORfilms]

Camp Cult is my favorite monster madness year

[@zombipl0x]

I guess you could say that the production process of this movie must have been a TERROR?

[@MrBB81]

Why is the Zombies ate my Neighbors- Live stream- not working? This is the second time I've seen it posted. I really want to see this one!

[@snakes3425]

We have a witch who wants revenge on a baron who killed her son. But her son killed the Baron, and the son now thinks he's the Baron and say the Servant killed the son, but the son is the baron so that means the servant killed the baron. Dark Helmet: Everybody got that

[@KRobinson-ko1ne]

So who killed the wife?

[@Lukkern]

Could you review a horror movie called: Dead Snow (2009)? its a noewegian horror movie, that would be fynny to see here! its actually pretty good! my opinion though

[@Axewhipe]

+gamingofscandinavia Or Troll Hunter

[@Lukkern]

Axewhipe yeah... That aint exactly a horror movie though... Its a thriller/action movie...

[@brandonduet7771]

Snakker du norsk?

[@Axewhipe]

Haha, Okay thanks for explaining this movie I had a hard time understanding what was going on. That makes more sense that it was a mismatch because some of it felt random.

[@apcreed]

George Lucas must have been inspired to write The Phantom Menace by this convoluted mess.

[@ilcool90]

Go away

[@SteveJonesGamingGWO]

Cool story bruh

[@apcreed]

Piss off

[@apcreed]

The Encyclopedia of Pop Culture Star Wars or as assholes call it A New Hope

[@amphiskioj4512]

this still outgrims the entirety of the black metal oeuvre

[@jamesmorrison2595]

I will download it illegally!

[@terraformthesun2896]

I remember my mom had this movie on VHS when I was a kid. When I watched it, it made no sense. I thought maybe I wasn't smart enough yet to understand it, but as an adult it still makes no sense.

[@naranara1690]

Maybe this movie was a 1960s horror shitpost. Corman was just super ahead of his time.

[@dougdoesall]

I always liked it, in that B movie weirdo oh-my-god-what-am-I-relative-to-humanity kind of way that always drives me to watch the weirdest movies known to mankind. They are such a precious relief from everything else life has to serve up.

[@aminhabil5494]

Can you do a review on basket case for holloween?

[@hektorwins5671]

Jim Varney's ghost ate my cat.

[@odobot97]

can you do evil dead 2013!

[@batrocious3831]

I LOVE CINEMASSACRE MONSTER MADNESS!

[@rebelyell1983x]

James: WATCH "Vault of Horror" anthology movie 1973!

[@jamesl.anderson1384]

2:30

[@jamesl.anderson1384]

0:03

[@cheezmunky1]

Not sure how I feel about these public domain movie reviews. Seems like some of them could've been compiled into one video. I do like the stories though of how these old movies were churned out really fast and cheap to make a quick buck.

[@Qiu2225]

Dat pun at the end was TERRORfying.

[@GeneSavage]

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who watched "The Terror" with high hopes and, at the end, could only say: LOL, WAT? I've gone through it twice, and I think the next time I get the itch, I'll get a root canal instead.

[@brucefritzges8759]

Just about no redeeming features. Actors, time and sets wasted. Corman has made many enjoyable low budget movies. This was not one of them.

[@RockNRolla1212]

can anyone help me remember an old, sort of horror movie? all I can remember is the devil kidnaps this one dude's girlfriend. he he has this hot rod type car he takes into hell to get her back. I want to say there's a cop who is hunting him down) the cop is a demon or something). Anyway I remember I really enjoyed it and all these movies James has been posting jarred(sp) my memory a bit and that movie popped in there. anyway, thanks in advance.

[@englundisgod]

+RockNRollaCA LA Highway to Hell?

[@RockNRolla1212]

+englundisgod that's it!

[@bernebelmont1857]

Oh hey the part with the eyeless guy was used in Silent Night Deadly Night 3

[@bigkj2.027]

Looking forward to watching and critiquing the movie

[@AngryGrape1337]

Makes sense, Jack Nicholson was Gen X's Boris Karloff.

[@FrosticFalcon922]

Jack "HERE'S JOHNNY" Nicholson.

[@davidcampos1463]

Ah, yes the plot is the thing. No one looks for entertainment any more. They only look for the trash left behind by entertainers, of long ago.

[@Daniel_Martin98]

What happened to cinemassacres commentary of this movie?

[@JonGee420]

Stickfigure Theater....liquid television

[@MrAlman8]

A horror flick filmed within 2 days, writing the script as they went along, and it involved 10 M night shamalama ding dongs. Man that's a challenge. Also out shamaloning shamalon, before he was born, Now that's a twist.

[@spindalis79]

Indeed it is a mishmash. James says the woman is turned into a hawk, but quite clearly from the large head and long swept back pointed wings it is a falcon. In the scene where the guy gets his eyes pecked out, it is a hawk, and looks like a Red-tailed Hawk (or a similar buteo).

[@Dizzy206]

WTF is this mess?! I couldn't follow at all haha.

[@LynetteTheMadScientist]

No mention of the connection with Basil Karlo who was an actor in a film called The Terror in DC comics and would later become known as the Batman villain Clayface?

[@AmityvilleFan]

I liked this. Right at the end there were unnecessary complications, but aside that this was a decent movie, with a stunning ending.

[@jgghughes]

I dont know if you have ever reviewed or even watched "Incredible Invasion". it is a 1971 mexican movie with BORIS KARLOFF who plays a professor who invented a death ray so a group of aliens come to earth to destroyd it. the movie is a mess but it got Karloff.

[@SteveJonesGamingGWO]

what was the terror? the dead!

[@prettylagoon]

The lightnin' didn't come outta Nowhere like Gregg Araki. It was God... (you forgot to mention the highly effective score!)

[@Skywalker-zu7od]

I love you James, but the way you pronounce written and button as wridden and buddon drives me crazy, and don't even get me started on bury and review. Just had to get that off my chest, keep up the great work! I have really enjoyed monster madness!

[@superastral1]

any chance you are making the cinemassacre movie?

[@SB-hc1nt]

Sandra Knight is beautiful in this.It's campy, yes at least Karloff is in it.

[@LivingZombieJew]

Damn, I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who totally didn't get the plot twists, especially the one "Big Eric Reveal".

[@schizoidboy]

I wonder if anyone reminds him of the movie "Head" which featured the Monkees, he was the writer for it and even pops in there at some point. As the title of the movie suggests it is like the movie is a prolonged episode of the Monkees tripping out on something (possibly the bag of weed they were all smoking while writing the script.);)

[@RhiannonKrausz]

So in the end it was directed by Hideo Kojima ?

[@davidodell9641]

yeah i found the terror on DVD it came with 50 movies twelve disc I bought it at . Walmart for like ten bucks

[@ChodeTheToad]

[@blurryvision84]

I enyoyed the Terror, I might have fallen asleep during it but not bad.

[@junk5501]

Jack Nicholson looks more like Jim Carrey in Dumb & Dumber To.

[@batman-gu7pm]

Wow jack nicole's son sounds really different in this lol

[@jennm.4736]

I believe the film had five directors total. No wonder it was so convoluted and hard to follow.

[@mullaoslo]

Is it me or is this an old review... Feel like i saw this years ago... How can i remembe some of the coments if this is new

[@AngeliqueStP]

Sooo..... 'Ladyhawke'?

[@quester09]

a Roger Corman joint

[@FatherHussain]

Amazing review, glad to be subscribed

[@SupesMe]

Wow 😮 I actually want to see this now

[@GreatBeyond74]

this video made me have to poop

[@aftrthejake6843]

Holy hell I can't believe you reviewed this!

[@varanid9]

Yes, among us cultists, this movie is well known for its Jack Nicholson. Who would have thunk it, that Nicholson had once acted along side Boris Karloff? Always liked the creepy atmosphere of this film, but, you explain why I never fully understood it. As a horror flick, though, it works.

[@snicksandstones]

among us

[@pizzalovingtrashpanda8604]

The plot of this movie gives me anxiety....

[@SuperHDJ_]

needs a Sequel

[@vanessaayala431]

Do a review of the Goonies 2 for nes and famicom

[@kyle1789]

Does anyone know the movie that James reviewed about the monster that's inside the human body and it feeds on terror, but you can limit its size by screaming? I can't remember its title.

[@WiseYuri]

it's The Tingler, if i remember correctly.

[@the_peefster]

Picked it up on vhs today

[@JohnnyCasey]

yeye

[@mattypenta]

Oh no, I've gone cross-eyed...

[@gagehahn1462]

THE INTRO MUSIC IS IN DARK CASTLE XD

[@BimmyJames]

Damn got here pretty early

[@Grimosaur]

under 301 club how tough are ya?

[@PuffyCraftOfficial]

So tough that the 301 club doesn't exist anymore.

[@Grimosaur]

+PuffyCraft ssssshhhhhh

[@Ulfiction]

Never seen this one!

[@jonryder7269]

gosh i love this film.

[@theafterparty_]

Second

[@ohmymilton229]

I never seen a young jack nicholson ? :o

[@microcassettes]

Why was that a question?

[@ohmymilton229]

+Dr. Dryadma it wasn't a question I'm just confused because I never seen a young jack fam

[@microcassettes]

OhMyMilton Still, that doesn't merit it as a question.

[@ohmymilton229]

doesnt maaaaaatteeer anymoreeeee

[@EmperorQuinking]

On the next james and mike mondays play Ty 3 the tasmainian tiger or maybe Zoids FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLAY ZOIDS BATTL LEGENDS ITS AMAZING ITS AWESOME PLEASE PLAY IT PLEASE