The Terror of Tiny Town - The Best of The Cinema Snob

Originally Aired: 3/21/2012. The Cinema Snob watches Terror in Tiny Town.

[@PapaTaurean]

I'm 6'7" The Terror of Tiny Town for me is a lack of leg room and small chairs 😔

[@Danko_Sekulic]

They mentioned this movie in MASH, and I thought it was one of those made-up terrible movies the camp would often end up with, because good films were usually reserved for top brass in cushy positions, and the concept sounded so surreal I thought to myself "Man, what was the writer smoking!", but then, 15 years later, Brad is reviewing it??? Thanks for enlightening me!

[@Chipotleadvisory]

Jed Buell is an American hero goddamnit! Also you cannot tell that some of the extras were not just children.

[@mrm.acampbell2722]

So they decided to have a western made entirely of short people but use an established western set, makes perfect sense

[@53subscribersnovideos35]

But how else would you know they're short?

[@mrm.acampbell2722]

It’s 1930’s exploitation cinema, they could’ve marketed it as such

[@handsomebrick]

Tiny Town my ass!

[@JeonardShadby505]

I would legit like to see some sort of remake of this starring Peter Dinklage and/or other actors with dwarfism which is treated like a more serious exploitation western like DJANGO UNCHAINED, where Tiny Town is now a section of Texas during the late 1800s that gets sectioned off for little people who are deemed inhuman monsters by the narrow-minded "normal" citizens of Texas. And where the 30s original was modeled like a John Wayne western movie, this remake will be modeled like a Sam Peckinpah western movie, complete with an epic shootout at the border of Tiny Town against the enormous posse of Mayor Addicus Clementine (played by Josh Brolin). When Dinklage finally gets his revenge on the fascist mayor, he shoots off both of the mayor's legs with a Winchester and says to his dying victim: "Now you get to die...knowing how we have to live. Thanks for visiting Tiny Town..." *Dinklage passes by his pony to instead hop onto the Mayor's horse.* "...hope you enjoyed your stay." Mayor Clementine: "Goddamn you, Buck Lawson, git back here n' finish me awf...ya GODDAMN COWARD!!! GIT BACK HERE, YOU TWO-AND-A-HALF-FOOT TALL MOTHERFU--" *cue GOOD BAD AND THE UGLY theme as Buck Lawson rides his horse away from the exploding wreckage*

[@1sliiver]

This needs to happen.

[@NJGuy1973]

Shut up and take my money!

[@CrazyPangolinLady]

Can Warwick Davis do an American accent? If not, he can play a jaded, tired British immigrant who went to America in hopes of a more accepting populous, only to be placed in Tiny Town.

[@Avenger85438]

Who at one point definitely rips down the demeaning "Tiny Town" sign with an Ox and sticks down a new signpost with the name _"Goliaths Fall"._

[@rionthemagnificent2971]

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY RUPEES, BOTTLECAPS, MONEY, AND GOLDS.

[@shawnconway6009]

Two things. One, that fight at the end is actually somewhat better than most fight scenes of the era, I'm half certain the villain cold cocked the hero there. Second, in the cast list one of the listings say 'the vampire.' I was half expecting this to be some kind of Dracula Vs. Billy the Kid or something. I am disappointed movie.

[@johnkirby8939]

Confused me too, then my girlfriend pointed out that old timey femme fatale characters in movies were called Vamps. Probably referred to the saloon singer the bad guy slapped.

[@donaldpetkus1637]

The Vampire in the credits refers to Nita Krebs who played the dance hall girl who gets punched (off screen) by the villain. Vampire (Or Vamp) was a common term for a sleazy female who preyed on men for their money etc.

[@Hessed3712]

Donald Petkus So....the credited her as the old timey term for gold digger. Hmmm....that is mess up and hilarious 🤣🤣.

[@loneronin6813]

Great, now that he mentioned Yojimbo I ALMOST want to see an all-little person cast of that movie as well. Well to be fair, if there was ever a director that could make such a concept dignified, it would've been Akira Kurasawa.

[@mesektet5776]

The setting of Willow really went down-hill once it got to it's post colonial period.

[@Tareltonlives]

I LIKED Willow

[@mesektet5776]

@@Tareltonlives We all liked Willow.

[@MarquisSmith]

The Best of The Cinema Snob is missing the sweet black jive-fu of Dolemite

[@daodolong]

Best way to start the day is a episode of Cinema Brad ,

[@mattr75]

Loving all these older reviews getting uploaded. I'd love to see the Geek Maggot Bingo and maybe the Hoboken Chicken Emergency and Demented Death Farm Massacre reviews.

[@Ming1975]

Don't want to offend some tall guy who would feel offended for the short guys. LOL!

[@TheKlipparn]

The first Cinema Snob episode I ever saw. Thank you for all these years!

[@SuperDarthKelly]

I remember when this originally aired, I honestly didn't realize it's been this long

[@mindlessgonzo]

This movie is as uncomfortable as a funeral.

[@blackstone777]

But at least you get a buffet and drunk at the end of a funeral. What's so bad about that?

[@Asliferollson]

Small people make you uncomfortable too?

[@user-cv7uk5xu5g]

Am I bad for wanting Snob to film a prequel, in which midgets massacre tall people and take over the city? I mean, that's some classic exploitation. Make it happen. 'Midget Massacre at Tiny Town'.

[@jamesanthony5874]

And then the Rob Zombie remake of the prequel, where he shows the cannibals had a rough childhood that led to them killing the town.

[@sheltonbrightjr.5988]

Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to the film crew (4:24 look in the glass; they're bent over 😕). But seriously love this review. Thanks for re-uploading it!

[@jb888888888]

Back in the early 1990s my local PBS station ran a weekly "bad movie" every Friday night. One time it was going to be _The Terror of Tiny Town_ and I was looking forward to it, having heard about it but never seen it. But the airing was preempted for live coverage of Congress debating sending out the military in what became Operation Desert Shield. Soon after they cancelled the series and I never got to see it.

[@Harpyr1031]

I remember first seeing this movie in a music video as a kid, I never got around to actually seeing the movie. The country singer has it playing throughout various points in the music video. The song is called Small Town Saturday Night by Hal Ketchum. I suppose it kind of fits the film.

[@zapato6071]

Hal felt ashamed and went to hiding leaving his wife and his son ash

[@thomasjenkins7506]

been waiting on this one for a very long time. one of my favorite reviews.

[@mellowyello1478]

Your joke at 10:00 is deeply underrated.

[@Thegr8MC]

Glad to see all these old reviews again! Are there any plans to upload Driller, Gayracula or the ET pornos? Those were some of my favorites.

[@Valdagast]

I would like a reupload of "the Apple".

[@planescaped]

Shock treatment, moment by moment, caligula, and the godfrey ho and the italian zombi movies are mine.

[@michaelwautraets7126]

this is a rather "short" episode >_>

[@thegamingfox8662]

As a smol bean i find this comment offensive >:(

[@michaelwautraets7126]

@@thegamingfox8662 beans are for eating, not for listening to.

[@thegamingfox8662]

@@michaelwautraets7126 HOW DARE YOU EAT MY BRETHREN

[@michaelwautraets7126]

@@@thegamingfox8662 Yes, do not worry, the eatings will come. You will be eaten, there is no escape.

[@thegamingfox8662]

@@michaelwautraets7126 you heartless monster D:

[@sheltonbrightjr.5988]

(???) Did I read that cast list corecctly?? There's a vampire in this movie??? Why????

[@jb888888888]

"Vamp" is short [no pun intended] for "vampire." It's probably the hooker that the villain decks.

[@willday9316]

Billy Curtis was in High Plains Drifter.

[@Hyreia]

Honestly, this was kind of entertaining to watch just because of the short cast. Something about their height vs the camera and their proportions made it look 'different' and not so stale.

[@rionthemagnificent2971]

Fun fact, a lot of the little people in this movie went on to play the Munchkins in "Wizard of Oz", including members of the Lollipop Guild. Sadly a few of the actors were really perverted towards Dorothy (Judy Garland), making catcalls to her.

[@BIGhappyG33]

Why are all the little people jokes so funny!?!

[@Danko_Sekulic]

Because it's the little things inlife that we cherish the most!

[@SkolneyVikings]

Best Live Action Short Film

[@christinaflibotte6446]

I'm going to hell for laughing at this, aren't I?

[@xKynOx]

I love this movie, i wish there were more all midget movies.

[@flippyhairproduction]

That's a tall order.

[@handsomebrick]

You literally want them to make a long story short?

[@zapato6071]

@@handsomebrick i get it

[@trippjohnson7393]

This movie needs a scene where a German dwarf laughs at a camel taking a shit.

[@JB-ms4su]

12:33 - Hey Travis Crabtree!

[@ginnrollins211]

Why do have the feeling that the Child Bride review is gonna be uploaded next? Also, please reupload the Grease 2 review.

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

I agree Lucy

[@ginnrollins211]

@@EssexAggiegrad2011 Your welcome. Sigh.

[@leekalba]

"I was tying my shoe" Dude, you're wearing sandals. =p

[@DefConprime28]

Ironically this video has a short run time

[@v1de0gamr23]

That fight scene pairs surprisingly well with the 1950s version of Yakkety Sax 👍

[@donaldpetkus1637]

It seems that the stage coach is the right proportion for the actors despite the props and sets built for average size people.

[@Tigercat919]

What's that song they play at 11:40? That's the same song he used in his Caligula 2 review when he covered the hilariously graphic sword fight.

[@angrysporkgoddess8224]

Ok that one guy looked 5'2 5'2 is not a little person I'm 5'2

[@planescaped]

Some of them look like legit children wearing fake beards. All midget my ass!

[@mellowyello1478]

Boy do I have some news for you....

[@angrysporkgoddess8224]

@@mellowyello1478 can I use the it's different for chicks excuse?

[@handsomebrick]

Time Bandits is a fairly serious movie with many little people in the cast, although they are not playing normal people.

[@rozz6398]

Brian, you master thespian, you!

[@Ratciclefan]

Didn't remember this movie to be so short lol

[@thegamingfox8662]

You know...i never knew there were people shorter than me...i feel tall now

[@ExplorerDS6789]

11:36- Please help. What is the name of that tune? I know it's from the '60s Road Runner cartoons, but I can't find it anywhere.

[@heidifedor]

Still better than the climactic fight scene in Samurai Cop.

[@mathieuleader8601]

Its amazing how Jerry Maren died only just last year

[@RaphBlade7]

*The following is the opinion of a Salty SEAGULL named EARL who just shows up in my posts whenever he feels like it, so don't take anything he says too seriously!* [EARL the Salty SEAGULL:] 2:25 - "They literally have a character named the VAMPIRE played by NITA KREBS!"

[@mathieuleader8601]

this is quite the tall tale

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

*11:35* What is that music?

[@culwin]

We need 80s Dan now more than ever

[@McBanditHope]

I didn't know Magnifico made westerns.....

[@TheBattlesword]

Am I going to hell for enjoying this?

[@tanneryoung4160]

No

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

I believe critics took way more issue with the movie than the actual cast.

[@billcasey3492]

Gary Oldman won an oscar for this...

[@Mysticist]

I just want Maho Hiyajo to show up in this and blast everyone into green gelatin...

[@aaronyandell2929]

Holy shit, that saloon scene is creepy as hell.

[@numbuh0]

I saw this movie in a Hal Ketchum music video

[@SharpDesign]

Gnome and Juliet: the Premake

[@admiralswallower1882]

Brad or whoever runs this channel. I will even pay. Is there any way we can get return to sleepaway camp?

[@NJGuy1973]

OK, Snob. You need to do the one movie that Ronald Reagan later said was the only one he wished he didn't do. And here's a hint: it involved no primates.

[@sta3po]

Um, the eighth credit says "The Vampire". WTF?

[@TheTwick]

Too cheap to build them new sets.

[@Igr-tl8vh]

Rawhide - Dead Kennedys

[@devonholden6292]

Anyone else notice that this review is a little.. Shorter than most?

[@jamesanthony5874]

Almost as uncomfortable as the western Shirley Temple was in as a toddler. Almost.

[@Danko_Sekulic]

Speaking of Ralphus, when are you going to re-upload Bloodsucking Freaks?

[@basterdhayes2275]

How come they don't have miget head's?

[@SenLouie]

I guess the creators of the film were rather small minded huh?

[@juststained]

Was this filmed in "Under Water Vision" ??

[@jcawthon99]

Attack of the mutant midget cannibal cowboys!!!

[@andrewamp1]

That was a short episode, sadly.

[@piplup2009]

I miss the shot on shiteo quality

[@AaronTheBlackDragon]

What an odd movie that was...

[@julieporter7805]

Half of your attention? I saw what you did there. (Actually the authors of the Worst Movies of All Time were Harry Medved and Randy Dreyfuss.)

[@khadelsnerdo]

I would feel very uncomfortable asking a bunch of small people to be the only ones to star in thos movie if I was the maker of it.

[@handler8838]

They were small time actors this was a big break for them.

[@jamesanthony5874]

Blast it, what was that movie called. Really bad, recent, movie about a guy and his girlfriend breaking up over having a kid. Dwarfism runs in his family and she doesn't want a kid with dwarfism. The movies twist is that she was just having a gut reaction, but he really /is/ bigoted against short people. Anyone remember the name? Pretty sure Brad reviewed it.

[@JimmyJohn89808]

You're thinking of Tiptoes, that's the name.

[@xkumanekox]

I feel really bad for for laughing at this.

[@deedeearmstrong1133]

😄😂😜😝😛😀

[@gordobonnett1153]

Was this a documentary

[@Tareltonlives]

This is a great episode. Didn't MST3k turn this one down for being too bad?

[@JSmithBlog]

I think you're thinking of "Child Bride", but it wouldn't surprise me if they turned this one down, too.

[@SuperDevolution]

Child Bride was the one where the cast said they needed a shower after watching it. Kevin Murphy asked Mike Nelson not to mention the title during the interview for fear that people would track it down and watch it. Even Frank Conniff, whose job was to screen the movies for potential selections, called it the worst film he had screened for the show.

[@kloudstrife5960]

One person disliked this video why did it not measure up to your standards ? 😂 ..ok I'm done .

[@mamacindyrogofsky495]

I'm a child of all ages and I don't approve... Lol

[@oldhatAN]

I have seen this movie. I don't know what all the fuss is about. Other than the gimmicky casting, it's just a mediocre, generic studio Western like hundreds of others that were made during that period. If not for the gimmick, it would be long forgotten like the rest.

[@NJGuy1973]

In short, it was the product of a genius.

[@weirdkitty07]

Wow, this sounds truly dreadful,. but somehow mean spirited and funny, but in way that makes you feel icky so you need a shower. Ha. But did some of them end up in The Wizard of Oz?

[@robrophside3691]

Yes, most them really did appear in Wizard of Oz. Even the guy who played the mayor of Munchkinland played the chef in this movie.

[@adrienfourniercom]

I don't get the concept. Why a movie with only tiny people? He's that a kind of 30's voyeurism?

[@handsomebrick]

it was worth a shot

[@Romanticoutlaw]

boy, this is uncomfortable

[@Asliferollson]

Romantic Outlaw little people make you uncomfortable too?

[@robertromero9488]

This movie is very racist. I didn't see 1 black actor or actress