Hans Cummings (he/him)The movie that inspired many SFX artists' careers: Jason and the Argonauts. Even today, the skeleton sequence looks amazing. Ray Harryhausen truly was a master of his craft.
The Return of the Living Dead scared the ever-loving shit out of me as a child. I had nightmares about Tar Man.
Now, it's one of my favorite horror comedies of all time.
The John Huston/Humphrey Bogart classic The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a #film I own, but have yet to actually watch. I do know that it's the origin of the often-misquoted "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges."
Many of John Candy's films were not critically acclaimed, but gosh, I did love watching almost all of his #movies. Many of them are still "stop and watch" when channel surfing.
Uncle Buck is one of my favorites. The TV show, lacking Candy's presence was... forgettable.
Silver Streak was the first Richard Pryor/Gene Wilder movie I saw, and still my favorite of the four films they did together (only four!). They were a great duo and the train crashing through the station always stuck with me.
An American Werewolf in London remains one of the best werewolf films out there. It's funny, clever, and the werewolf transformation still looks amazing (no CGI; it was ALL practical effects!)! Rick Baker is a master craftsman.
John Boorman's Authurian fantasy classic, Excalibur, was one of the first fantasy films I remember watching and remains my favorite screen depiction of Arthurian myth.
It's bloody, brutal, raw, and endlessly compelling.
Give your kids nightmares for Christmas! Not only is this a bad movie, but the animatronics are CREEPY AF.
I recommend the MST3K version. I doubt the un-riffed one is as watchable or entertaining.
I have no doubt the cast & crew believed in what they were doing, but the end result is... not good.
There was a brief time at the turn of the century (damn, that makes me feel old) when The Lord of the Rings almost edged out original Star Wars trilogy as my favorite films of all time. It's still right up there, intertwined with them.
I'd read The Hobbit, but never actually read The Lord of the Rings until the films were in production. I found Fellowship... challenging... until they reached Moria.
Another two-fer today! These two films were some of Clint Eastwood's earliest comedic outings, and I think most people will agree Ruth Gordon stole every scene she was in.
"Right turn, Clyde."
