Ticks - Good Bad Flicks

Starting off October with the giant mutant bug movie Ticks!
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[@GoodBadFlicks]

Carlton as a gangster. That'll make anyone feel baked

[@wugglesx]

I mean... He was the only main character in the whole show to get a gun..

[@kamenanew9867]

Dude that the tick animated series intro, superb 🤙

[@suraventri2544]

Late to the party but that little tick running away with his newly acquired trophy stick is adorable and funny.

[@craigh5236]

Yeah it was

[@mrblonde609]

To this day i am amazed of how good the effects were back then for a movie with such a tight budget and even more impressed at how good the effects have aged.

[@jeffreycoogan09]

He who bites and runs away. Has the stick for another day.

[@oddeyes9413]

That thing: "Iz gotta stick! Fear meh!" Me: *pulls out tick and bug spray* Fear this! 🔫🏹

[@Siderite]

What is going on with Panic's body? Go, Carlton! Go, Carlton! Go, Carlton!

[@vineethonkan]

I loved the Tom Jones fresh prince soundtrack to his body shaking...

[@sosaboisauce2380]

It's just that he does not even know bugs are transforming him into a bug.

[@ZRTMWA]

It would be fun to meet Alfonso Ribiero in real life and tell him, "I loved you in Ticks", and act like you've never heard of Fresh Prince if he brings it up.

[@djnekroman]

I blame this movie and 'Mosquito' (and USA) for my entomophobia. That giant tick disgustingly bursting from Alfonso Ribeiro's body will forever be ingrained into my memory.

[@homelesshannah50]

Then you're a punk this movie was shit

[@leviroch]

I went the complete opposite direction. . . I studied entomology and am now a myrmecologist because of these goddamn brilliantly terrible movies lol

[@31webseries]

Hah! Love the music at the beginning! Shout out to The Tick, one of the best cartoons ever!!

[@brandonpage7087]

Agreed!!! 😁😁😁

[@arwanrhys5186]

City, It is I the Tick... Show me where it hurts.

[@wugglesx]

messed with me a lil at first till i remembered and the nostalgia hit haha.

[@YaoiHuntressEarth]

I had a feeling Carlton played Panic. The Tom Jones reference worked great there.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks! I had to put that in there, it was too perfect.

[@Andreazor]

I agree with you, the creature effects in this movie are phenomenal. All the CGI nowadays doesn't hold a candle to physical creature models and animatronics.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Andreazor CGI is great for masking things and some stuff is very impressive but overall, you can still tell when something is CGI. They just haven't perfected it yet and are way overusing it.

[@SpicySpaceCat00]

I agree CGI is used all so much. I hope the new Starwars movie will have less CGI, however I doubt it.

[@christianbrown7959]

GoodBadFlicks The one film that I think got the closest (though still inferior) to gross practical effects using CG was Peter Jackson's King Kong, in that bug attack scene. The gross, scary felling was there, a bit, but nowhere near as intense as that giant Tick in the end, or the belly mouth scene in the Thing (1982).

[@YamiKisara]

@@GoodBadFlicks to be fair the animators are well capable of making completely realistic CGI, they just usually aren't given enough time to process it, because Hollywood sucks like that. When you say you can generally tell when something's CGI (even the few years back you wrote this comment), it's only because it's something we couldn't really film (like dinosaurs or Ironman's suit or giant ticks). Nowadays whole landscapes are made via CGI and you can't tell the difference to a real one, as long as it's a city or rainforest or whatever. As for animals, well, cartoons turned into CGI movies will obviously look fake.

[@larryverner]

@@GoodBadFlicks very true. The loss of Stan Winston and Rob Bottin retiring have really hurt this type of practical effects. Btw, I'm pretty new to your channel and I would like to thank you for all this wonderful content!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Seth Green was always a solid supporting actor and it wasn't really until he started Robot Chicken that he became known beyond that Thanks!

[@wolfen26]

I have always known him from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

[@NativeTexMexican]

...who?

[@spiciestmemelord9706]

He was also in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Just a fun fact.

[@desi1790]

He was also in Can't Hardly Wait

[@bitemyshinnymetalass1569]

Chris Griffin has entered the chat

[@poontang3zizo]

Damn. Those ticks look mad scary. CGI really aint got shit on well done old school practical effects. I'll have to go hunting for this DVD.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Theres some cool stuff I didn't even put in the video. Its a blast, I think you'll enjoy it.

[@poontang3zizo]

trachenburg I saw it. It's actually up on youtube right now. That was some disgusting special effects!! I liked 'Carlton's' first encounter with the tick. The sound is disgusting in itself and there're just enough cuts to the tick and flesh wound. So alot was filled in by my mind. The running effect was also quite creepy. I'll definitely be watching this again sometime.

[@run2thestore]

As a pre-teen in the late 90s, my cousins and I found this movie in my parents' cache of VHS tapes. Someone in my family cared enough to record it from a cable movie channel, and I thank them every day. Though we only watched it a handful of times back then, we remember it very well and still bring it up to each other every so often. Thanks for the nostalgia trip!

[@grumpyoldwizard]

Ticks are creepy. I found one that was 1/2 inch long and a grayish beige color. It looked like something from hell. The thought still gives me the creeps.

[@YamiKisara]

Buddy, hate to tell you, but when I was ten I had one like that at the back of my head during a school trip. They can grow 100x their original size. I didn't notice it because of where it was, until I felt a weird pimple (and first wanted to pinch it), then asked some roommates to check and they freaked out. Moments later a teacher extracted it and we flushed it down a toilet. Normally people find them much sooner, so I guess it's kind of surprising to see one fully blown out. Either way it's a nasty little creature!

[@tonymata8070]

YamiKisara Ok.... that’s pure nightmare fuel. 😨

[@Altair_Reader]

😵😫

[@pullahoko]

Holy shit, I never realized that the guy who played Jarvis was the same guy who was the killer Ice Cream man in .... the Ice Cream Man.

[@Chitownhomestead]

Ya Ron Howard's brother

[@tryggjohnson]

Wow the practical effects in this are actually pretty good

[@skollrum]

Panic took steroids when he was attacked. That's how he got back and why the tick grew inside him.

[@LostOneOmega]

I remember that scene. Idk why he didn't mention it.

[@futtynucker5278]

That big-ass bug splitting him in half was fucking nuts!!

[@beautifullymade6305]

My terror movie as a child. Until This day I'm completely freaked out by this movie

[@shaindarkart5412]

Ive always loved this movie, its just so creepy and makes my skin crawl..the spfx in this one are just awesome.

[@PrattlingPyre]

wire,syrup and ingenuity is what they used to call me in highschool

[@Nekucloud]

"SERIOUSLY, FUCK THESE WOODS!!!" True words spoken so hilariously!😂

[@rercvuvbnuyghuy25]

6:42 I'm dying!

[@DarkdustDragon]

Again, I feel like I need to attack the arachnid biology of this movie: -Ticks are explicitly defined as "ectoparasites", meaning they stay on the outside of their host. They can burrow their jaws into prey, but not their whole bodies, nor would that help them in any way, because... -When ticks parasitise an animal, they feed off it for days, consuming many times their original body weight in blood, and becoming so bloated they have a hard time walking thereafter. A tick that burrowed into a host and then finished feeding would be unable to get back out, effectively dooming itself. Especially these giant ticks, because they'd consume enough blood to kill their host by exsanguination. -Ticks don't have two separate fangs like spiders - they have a single tube-like proboscis, just like mosquitoes, and two extra parts they used to cement themselves to their prey. -Ticks also don't have a pupal/"pod" stage in their life cycle - eggs are laid individually, hatcy into a nymphal stage, and take on their adult form as they moult.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

DarkdustDragon Entomologist, perhaps?

[@DarkdustDragon]

GoodBadFlicks Haha, no, I just like nature facts and general. I was fascinated with spiders as a kid, but ticks still make my skin crawl. I've almost been bitten a few times in the long grass behind our house.

[@heavypantsboy9272]

I know, this is comment is old, but I wholeheartedly agree! It would have been best to weave the film around realistic ticks - there's no need for fiction, theyre creepy and disgusting enough as they are!

[@DarkdustDragon]

HeavyPantsBoy Especially since their most terrifying feature is their potential as vectors for disease.

[@andrewgwilliam4831]

But they're mutant ticks. #explainseverything

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Heh, the Tick theme seemed so fitting. Love that show. The Nest is on the short list. Probably sometime early next year.

[@slipknotboy555]

I didn't realize that was Seth Green until you mentioned it - I was like "holy shit, it is, huh!?"

[@arthas640]

Yeah hes been in the industry for a long time, since he was a teen

[@Madbandit77]

@@arthas640 Pre-teen, actually.

[@arthas640]

@@Madbandit77 even more impressive!

[@TyRiders2]

CARLTON??

[@WesHale]

(Psychostick plays....) GOOOOOOOOOOOOD! BAAAAAAAAAAAAD! TICKS!

[@timeshark8727]

_"Is that toxic waste or kale juice?"_ ... are they not the same thing? *er... yes.*

[@strikeralvares4372]

The ultimate horror movie boss CARLTICK !

[@ptbunz2501]

I remember this end scene scared the fuck out of me as I kid. I never knew what it was until now.

[@KarlBunker]

It's clear from the scenes included in this video that this flick was filmed for 3D. I hope it was shown that way in its theatrical release.

[@NoMoreNever]

I don`t think I gave this movie the credit it was due when I first watched it. Looking at those effects again now I can only say its awesome! CGI doesn`t hold a candle to practical effects in my opinion.

[@TheMadAfrican1]

This fucking movie scared the shit out of me as a little kid. I had such bad nightmares it was awesome.

[@saloz9483]

I saw this movie as a kid and again recently and the effects are really freaking good. Also my god the character Alfonso plays is just depressing. His dog dies, get attack by a tick, gets beat up then dies and is ripped apart by the tick inside.

[@tonious35]

This movie is like having a Seth Green rookie card. Sell it now and you make a shit-tonne of money

[@GoodBadFlicks]

tonious35 the phone lines are going berserk!

[@homelesshannah50]

Shit is the best word I can think of to describe this very large turd

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks! Ami Dolenz was so hot, I had the biggest crush on her back then.

[@OcpCommunications]

Excellent job reviewing the first horror movie I ever saw. The shot of the tick with a syringe in it's back has been permanently imbedded in my memories ever since.

[@GTdba]

This movie was the bane of my childhood. Saw the Hamster scene when I was 6, right in the middle of the night and in complete darkness... that pod was sooo disgusting! Nowadays I still find ticks absolutely revolting.

[@Geospasmic]

Those ticks are really well done. I love bugs.

[@Glaswalker1001]

That cast! Those effects! So great!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Mosquito is awesome! Another good giant bug movie

[@CGB_Crash]

This is the best movie about a forest full of giant bugs that get stoned from a shack full of burning weed ever made.

[@WriterPlaysMTG]

Love the usage of the tick cartoon theme

[@MatthewBissonnette88]

This movie ticked me off, no pun intended.

[@oddeyes9413]

GBF: Who is the Mastermind behind this mega pot farm? *points out hamster* Me: I knew it. It could be none other than the notorious DOCTOR HAMSTERVEIL!

[@Schnipah]

Also, Sir is the pot-farming terminator!

[@Vednier]

Just a random comment - ticks is NOT bugs or insects, its specialized subclass of spiders (arachnids).

[@SketchBookShortFilms]

In all honesty, that would be my reaction too.

[@brandonpage7087]

Many thumbs up for using The Tick theme!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 I loved that cartoon, growing up!!!

[@mongrel1989]

You just gave me the craziest flashback to watching this and "Mosquito" in the same day as a kid! I didn't want to go outside for a week!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks! The ticks burrowing under the skin got me. So creepy.

[@jonnybarnard8578]

I saw this when I was very young and all I could remember was that there were ticks and Clint Howard. Turns out it was pretty easy to find lol

[@NativeTexMexican]

Idk why tf Im watching this... The only thing I hate more than spiders are ticks.

[@TheHamsterMaster]

The super-mega-ultra tick is super-mega-ultra awesome.

[@gmanley1]

You know what ticks me off, bugs.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Well, I guess we all knew it was coming. Carlton from "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" has finally gone down hill. :P

[@GoodBadFlicks]

EmilyGreene1984 he was trying to branch out! heh

[@homelesshannah50]

More like over the hill!! Seriously he looks FORTY trying to play a damn teenager.

[@williamcrowe2576]

I would guess that they changed the title back to "Ticks" so that creature feature fans wouldn't confuse it with the movie that starred Amy Jo Johnson.

[@BlackVulcan22]

I was watching ur channel with ear buds in a library, and when this came on, and the intro tune from the Saturday morning Tick cartoon played, I legit lol'd. Havent heard that in over a decade at least. Well played, sir.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Eight Legged Freaks should be sometime next year (which is closer than it sounds!)

[@davidvitan3590]

For a million dollars this movie is absolutely mind blowing

[@zetetick395]

Clint Howard always rocks whatever he's in, I just finished watching _Ice Cream Man_ (1995) here on YT and he was great fun in that movie!

[@SchokoIadenonkel]

I remember I watched this movie to see Carlton getting killed by mutant ticks, was not disappointed.

[@MrSleepy677]

Funny to see a pre-robot chicken Seth Green in this type of film.

[@fuckoffannoyingutube]

that was my first r-rated horror movie. must have seen it in 94 or 95 as a wee lad. scared the living shit out of me. thanks for the video, man. I've been wondering what the name of the movie was ever since turns out in German it's called C2- Killerinsect

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Clint Howard says that when he meets fans, they often ask him to say the Infested line

[@radioblueheart]

Also, thanks again for your exhaustive research on this one. I had no idea how they did the running tick effects. I thought that they were remote controlled or something. Once again, well made practical effects trump CGI any day! I made a friend of mine watch this once and he almost threw up!

[@WilAdams]

Flame Thrower, great minds think alike.

[@Mafon2]

Each time I go in woods, I bring back a tick with me. Didn't catch any disease yet!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

awww damn that would have been perfect for when they were rushing the cabin

[@cinthiamunoz3195]

I used to watch this on space it totally creeped me out. But it was such a guilty pleasure. The monstruous tick ar the end who came out of Panick's body was awesome!!!!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Very much looking forward to it

[@marshmallowarkleseizure3742]

2:40...yep...a good backpacker/overnight prepper would always have had a diy wrist mounted flame thrower to confront any mutant zombies or GIGANTIC TICKS they might have encountered near the abandoned nuclear reactor camp site...but do these idiots do that? no... that's what you call really poor planning and not being ready for any contingency regardless of how remote

[@Kurtsg10]

This movie scared the hell out of me when I ran into it ta Blockbuster and then when I watched it on the Sci-Fi Channel (before it became Syfy). The movie has really impressive practical effects for its budget. Astoundingly the dvd and blu ray are now going for over $100.

[@Nekucloud]

This movie is funny!😂

[@fortkavanagh]

Fucking goddamn do I love this movie, I only saw it once on the Syfy channel but God damn it last in an incredible impression on me and I've been looking for this movie for years!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

its well worth it

[@xombi8mybaby]

I Love seeing all these movies I watched and loved as a kid on here! you should do "the willies" with Sean Astin next

[@ripoutyourprejudice]

Damn those creature effects are a treat, it's movies like this that remind me why CGI feels so empty and artificial compared to the handmade stuff.

[@Blackhawk19892]

Only a million dollars? That's impressive as hell. Presumably the cast was paid peanuts to get such solid special effects and an after shoot out of that. And I thought Dredd did an amazing job with its meager budget....

[@CREATERpl]

Wow - so many familiar faces! Love it!

[@v1per187]

This movie scared the hell out of me as a kid.

[@Rasheedamcclintock77]

Oh damn why couldn't his Panic attack be at the Disco!!! Aaaahahaaaha!!

[@BigZapfer]

SPOOOOOON! - Thanks for digging up all the gems mate, keep them coming ;p

[@eval_is_evil]

Wait,Carlton? Oh man Uncle Phil is gonna be pissed.

[@RenMartin2210]

I used to watch this as a kid all the time.

[@ASRGRetro]

I loved that you used the theme to the TV show The Tick in the beginning

[@rouenrobinson]

My sister and I love this movie.

[@vic137]

This film gave me nightmares for about a month when i was a kid

[@rolandmendozain]

Don't be confused with the tick that blue suited guy lol Carlton that goof ball

[@LumpyAdams]

Wow, completely forgot about this movie. Now that I remember, this is one of the most disgusting films I've ever seen, and I have a pretty strong stomach.

[@1ntoTheAbyss]

Watching it in my blu ray looked it up to see comments about it because i like this film.

[@wrathfang]

love this movie

[@smashrhythm]

One of my faves thanks for the great vid

[@wugglesx]

gerbils, mice and rats are involved in so many movies especially horror.

[@shadowman2192]

"The Tick" theme song was a great touch, another kick-ass review Cecil.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@futtynucker5278]

I remember watching this as a kid! Good shit.

[@killerfrank8974]

Such a creepy concept done well. Seriously, seeing those ticks crawling still gives me the sensation that they're crawling on me! Yikes

[@dr.krieger5847]

That beginning song is awesome

[@bloodrunsclear]

Was that the Tick theme song? XD

[@ajpod770]

bloodrunsclear - Yes.