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If It’s Michael Myers Gutting The Kid From Home Alone, I’m There

It Can’t Get Much Worse, Can It? / TK

Trade News | January 22, 2009 | Comments (22)

Well, in a time when we’re so desperate for quality horror films that My Bloody Valentine is getting not-terrible review, this may well be a breath of fresh air. I’ve got mixed feelings about Judd Apatow and the films he’s been involved in — I think that The 40 Year Old Virgin is transcendently funny, and I enjoyed Pineapple Express. I loved Knocked Up when I first saw it, but it’s not holding up as well after repeated viewings. Walk Hard sucked. So I approach his projects with a healthy dose of cautious optimism. I mean, slasher movies have nowhere to go but up, in my book.

Bill Hader is a pretty funy guy — he’s great in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and his bit part in Tropic Thunder ain’t bad either. He’s also a writer for “Saturday Night Live” which does not inspire much confidence in me.

Regardless, the two of them are apparently teaming up to make a slasher movie that is “partially Straw Dogs meets Halloween meets Home Alone meets Monster Squad.” Hader is writing.

So, OK, all of those movies are fucking awesome in their own right. But… so what are we talking about? An escaped mental patient breaks into the family home, battles some brat, turns into a werewolf, and then… rapes someone? I’m puzzled, and a little revolted.

But again. Cautious optimism. Plus, it gives me the opportunity to post this clip from one of the greatest monster movies of all time. And that is not hyperbole, folks.









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Comments

I adore you for posting that clip.

"You kicked Wolfman in the nards!"

Posted by: Julie at January 22, 2009 11:08 AM

I do not even have to watch the clip to know exactly what it is. So much awesomeness.

Loves me some Apatow, Loves me some Hader, I'm in.

McLovin were you just violating that girl!

Posted by: admin at January 22, 2009 11:11 AM

Hey now, at least my nemesis Ranylt had the decency to say that "Walk Hard" just didn't connect with her personally, respecting the inherent subjectivity of comedy.

Posted by: Jay at January 22, 2009 11:25 AM

Hey now, at least my nemesis Ranylt had the decency to say that "Walk Hard" just didn't connect with her personally, respecting the inherent subjectivity of comedy.

Posted by: Jay at January 22, 2009 11:26 AM

That's right! I'll say it twice, TK!

(crap, are the triple post goblins gonna come after me again?)

Posted by: Jay at January 22, 2009 11:27 AM

is it weird that i find bill hader kind of hot?

Posted by: ironypants at January 22, 2009 11:29 AM

I mean, I may be one of the only people who actually enjoy Club Dread... so this will probably end up working out for me.

Posted by: Colin at January 22, 2009 11:42 AM

Colin, I love Club Dread! Admittedly, it took a few viewings to really appreciate it...there's some stuff you just don't catch the first time through. Glad I'm not the only one out there with a fondness for that movie.
Oh, and ironypants, I totally feel you on Hader being kind of hot. But, I have extremely strange taste, so I don't know if you should find comfort in that or not.

Posted by: puregonzo at January 22, 2009 11:55 AM

Bill Hader is probably the best member on Saturday Night Live. The man does brilliant impressions and if they don't work they're somehow still ridiculous enough to be funny. I still laugh at his Daniel Plainview "I Drink Your Milkshake".

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at January 22, 2009 11:56 AM

Bill Hader has yet to misstep in this business (yes I do not count Hot Rod as a misstep because, I hate you all and it was funny). Watch his Dateline impression on SNL, then a clip from the real Dateline (as I inadvertently did the first time I saw it) and you'll recognize the brilliance of this man. Also: your dick, my mouth. Item Nine is the bees' knees!

Posted by: tdehr at January 22, 2009 12:08 PM

I do not even have to watch the clip to know exactly what it is. So much awesomeness.

(I swear, admin this was gonna be exactly the comment I was gonna make. Get out of my brain!!!)

Posted by: jamiepants at January 22, 2009 12:10 PM

I need to watch Monster Squad now. Thank you for bringing that clip into my life.

I also find Bill Hader pretty hot, and don't think it's weird.

Posted by: Sabrina at January 22, 2009 12:11 PM

Nards is a criminally underused word. My wife refuses to shop with me at Menards hardware stores because of that word (that and I have the maturity of a twelve-year-old in a duty-free store...heehee "duty").

I mean, who doesn't love Menards?

Posted by: branded at January 22, 2009 12:38 PM

I knew a guy in second grade named Bernard. We all called him "Burnt Nards".

Second graders are the poets of elementary education.

Posted by: stipe42 at January 22, 2009 1:39 PM

Check out the trailer for Monster Squad 2:

Www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwEAj4WLZQU&client=mv-google&gl=US&hl

Posted by: Ian at January 22, 2009 3:01 PM

Bill Hader has grown on me so much. I think he's one of the funniest guys in Hollywood. His delivery is always spot on, his impersonations are scary good, and he seems like just an all-around nice guy. I can't wait for this movie!

Posted by: Audiosuede at January 22, 2009 3:09 PM

Bill Hader had me at "MCLOVIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"I'm sorry for blocking your cock."

Posted by: Tammy at January 22, 2009 3:16 PM

Hell, I think I want to be Bill Hader. So if you're wrong I don't wanna be right.

Posted by: Jay at January 22, 2009 3:17 PM

His "Spaced" commentary was one of my favorites too, and he's got a good Michael Bay story (and good taste in women).

Posted by: Jay at January 22, 2009 3:39 PM

Hopefully the Straw Dogs namedrop indicates ridiculously over-the-top Kill Bill levels of gore.

Posted by: louveciennes at January 22, 2009 4:27 PM

"Walk Hard sucked."

You are dead to me.

Posted by: Shane at January 22, 2009 8:10 PM

walk hard blowed hard.

Posted by: Colin at January 24, 2009 7:25 PM