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- 2019 After the Fall of New York - Episode 98
- 2020 Texas Gladiators - Episode 24
- A Candle for the Devil - Episode 475
- A Dangerous Place - Episode 174
- Action Jackson - Episode 392
- America 3000 - Episode 155
- American Cyborg Steel Warrior - Episode 134
- An Hour to Kill - Movie Review
- Anaconda - Episode 207
- Angelfist - Episode 28
- Arachnia - Episode 126
- Arachnoquake - Episode 184
- Arena - Episode 12
- Aspen Extreme - Episode 215
- Ator the Fighting Eagle - Episode 442
- Attack of the 50 Foot Camgirl - Episode 487
- Attack of the Crab Monsters - Episode 469
- Avalanche - Episode 311
- Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend - Episode 299
- Bad Channels - Episode 67
- Benji's Very Own Christmas Story - Episode 484
- Beyond Darkness - Episode 232
- Biggles: Adventures in Time - Episode 300
- Black X-mas - Episode 41
- Blood Beach - Episode 9
- Blood Diner - Episode 122
- Blood Games - Episode 61
- Bloodmoon - Episode 18
- Captain America - Episode 159
- Catwoman - Episode 80
- Cheerleader Camp - Episode 69
- Cherry 2000 - Episode 68
- Children of the Corn 2 The Final Sacrifice - Episode 120
- Chopping Mall - Episode 2
- Class of 1999 - Episode 19
- Cobra - Episode 192
- Cocaine Wars - Episode 342
- Cool as Ice - Episode 10
- Crash and Burn - Episode 165
- Creepozoids - Episode 307
- Critters - Episode 22
- Curse 2 The Bite - Episode 3
- Curse of the Puppet Master - Episode 359
- Cyborg 2 - Episode 89
- Cyclone - Episode 147
- Damnation Alley - Episode 47
- Dante's Peak - Episode 66
- Dark Angel: The Ascent - Episode 291
- Day the World Ended - Episode 483
- Dead Heat - Episode 164
- Deadly Dreams - Episode 72
- Deadly Eyes - Episode 258
- Deadly Sins - Episode 167
- Death Machine - Episode 186
- Death Ship - Episode 281
- Death Spa - Episode 135
- Deathstalker - Episode 131
- Deathstalker 2 - Episode 156
- Deep Blood - Episode 479
- Deep Blue Sea - Episode 58
- Deep Star Six - Episode 27
- Defcon 4 - Episode 7
- Demon Wind - Episode 464
- Demonic Toys - Episode 286
- Devil Times Five - Episode 148
- Devil's Express - Episode 490
- Devilfish - Episode 411
- DOA: Dead or Alive - Episode 93
- Doctor Mordrid - Episode 169
- Dollman - Episode 243
- Dollman - Episode 4
- Don't Open 'Til Christmas - Episode 1
- Doom - Episode 160
- Double Dragon - Episode 91
- Double Team - Episode 245
- Dr. Giggles - Episode 88
- Dracula 2000 - Episode 46
- Dune Warriors - Episode 289
- Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God - Episode 209
- Dungeons and Dragons - Episode 100
- Eliminators - Episode 399
- Endgame - Episode 459
- Endless Descent - Episode 107
- Enter the Ninja - Episode 409
- Equalizer 2000 - Episode 309
- Escape from LA - Episode 176
- Evils of the Night - Episode 488
- Exploring Daredevil - Episode 182
- Exploring Jurassic Park 3 - Episode 189
- Exploring Silent Hill - Episode 110
- Exterminators of the Year 3000 - Episode 190
- Fatal Games - Episode 101
- Fear - Episode 75
- Food of the Gods - Episode 410
- Force Five - Episode 297
- Friday the 13th part VII The New Blood - Episode 53
- Frogs - Episode 383
- Ghosthouse - Episode 213
- GI Joe The Rise of Cobra - Episode 95
- Golden Temple Amazons - Episode 462
- Gore in Venice - Episode 476
- Grizzly - Episode 172
- Gymkata - Episode 5
- Hack-O-Lantern - Episode 73
- Hackers - Episode 49
- Halloweentown - Episode 305
- Hangar 18 - Episode 440
- Happy New Year!
- Hard Ticket to Hawaii - Episode 398
- Hardbodies - Episode 343
- Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man - Episode 102
- He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special - Episode 450
- Head of the Family - Episode 324
- Headhunter - Episode 336
- Hell of the Living Dead - Episode 239
- Hollywood High - Episode 460
- Home Sweet Home - Episode 38
- Hot Blooded - Episode 36
- House of the Dead 2 - Episode 121
- Howard the Duck - Episode 151
- I am Number Four - Episode 128
- I Come in Peace - Episode 14
- Iced - Episode 113
- Infested - Episode 218
- Island Claws - Episode 322
- Jack Frost - Episode 77
- Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman - Episode 149
- Judge Dredd - Episode 105
- Karate Cop - Episode 146
- Kazaam - Episode 391
- Kill and Kill Again - Episode 407
- Kill or Be Killed - Episode 394
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space - Episode 83
- Killer Workout - Episode 345
- Krull - Episode 119
- LA Bounty - Episode 473
- Land of Doom - Episode 406
- Legion - Episode 127
- Leprechaun in Space - Episode 97
- Lethal with special guest Obscurus Lupa - Episode 166
- Mankillers - Episode 340
- Mark of the Witch - Episode 465
- Masters of the Universe - Episode 70
- Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey - Episode 78
- Maximum Risk - Episode 201
- Mazes and Monsters - Episode 158
- Meridian - Episode 293
- Metamorphosis - Episode 241
- Mind Ripper - Episode 125
- Mindwarp - Episode 262
- Moonbase - Episode 140
- Moontrap - Episode 387
- Mortal Kombat - Episode 117
- Motel Hell - Episode 30
- My Boyfriend's Back - Episode 23
- My Boyfriend's Back - Episode 276
- My Science Project - Episode 237
- Nam Angels - Episode 350
- Neon Maniacs - Episode 204
- Never Back Down - Episode 188
- Night of the Comet - Episode 109
- Night of the Creeps - Episode 48
- Night Visitor - Episode 445
- Night Wars - Episode 334
- Nightmare Weekend - Episode 347
- Ninja III The Domination - Episode 35
- No Holds Barred - Episode 141
- Oasis of the Zombies - Episode 482
- Oblivion - Episode 62
- Omega Cop - Episode 86
- One Man's Justice - Episode 180
- Out of Control - Episode 369
- Party Line - Episode 415
- Pet Shop - Episode 374
- Peter Benchley's The Beast - Episode 317
- Phantasm - Episode 153
- Picasso Trigger - Episode 434
- Pieces - Episode 92
- Policewomen - Episode 123
- Priest - Episode 96
- Private Resort - Episode 366
- Project Metalbeast - Episode 6
- Prom - Episode 130
- Prophecy - Episode 143
- Pulse - Episode 295
- Puppet Master - Episode 196
- Puppet Master 2 - Episode 208
- Puppet Master 3 - Episode 235
- Puppet Master 4 - Episode 313
- Puppet Master 5 - Episode 330
- Puppet Master Legacy - Episode 453
- Quest for the Mighty Sword - Episode 332
- R. O. T. O. R. - Episode 433
- Rad - Episode 103
- Rats: Night of Terror - Episode 229
- Raw Force - Episode 361
- Razor Blade Smile - Episode 272
- Re-Animator - Episode 82
- Reindeer Games - Episode 115
- Retro Puppet Master - Episode 452
- Revenge of the Ninja - Episode 16
- Ring of Steel - Episode 133
- Robot Jox - Episode 52
- Robot Wars - Episode 355
- Rocktober Blood - Episode 74
- Roller Boogie - Episode 20
- Santa Claus - Episode 267
- Santa With Muscles - Episode 79
- Santa's Slay - Episode 150
- Savage Dawn - Episode 352
- Savage Harbor - Episode 491
- Scanners 2: The New Order - Episode 252
- Scanners 3: The Takeover - Episode 265
- Screamers - Episode 45
- Serpent's Lair - Episode 455
- Shark Night - Episode 94
- Sharknado - Episode 139
- She Wolves of the Wasteland - Episode 87
- Shredder - Episode 76
- Silent Rage - Episode 379
- Silk - Episode 283
- Ski School - Episode 389
- Slaughterhouse Rock - Episode 413
- Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity - Episode 424
- Snapdragon - Episode 443
- Society - Episode 32
- Solo - Episode 124
- Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-rama - Episode 106
- Sorority House Massacre - Episode 362
- Space Raiders - Episode 373
- Space Truckers - Episode 111
- Spaced Invaders - Episode 303
- Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone - Episode 386
- Spellcaster - Episode 456
- Spice World - Episode 90
- Spiders - Episode 181
- Splatter University - Episode 71
- Split Second - Episode 26
- Spring Break - Episode 326
- Star Crystal - Episode 320
- Star Slammer - Episode 376
- State of Emergency - Episode 228
- Stay Alive - Episode 57
- Steel Dawn - Episode 198
- Stone Cold - Episode 42
- Street Fighter - Episode 116
- Stryker - Episode 338
- Subspecies - Episode 225
- Suburban Commando - Episode 81
- Super Mario Bros - Episode 50
- Supervan - Episode 29
- Surf Nazis Must Die - Episode 60
- Sweet Revenge - Episode 104
- Teenage Caveman - Episode 84
- Teenage Mother - Episode 477
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 The Secret of the Ooze - Episode 118
- Terror at Red Wolf Inn - Episode 171
- The Amazing Transparent Man - Episode 478
- The Apple - Episiode 112
- The Barbarians - Episode 421
- The Bees - Episode 367
- The Blade Master - Episode 203
- The Blob - Episode 51
- The Boogens - Episode 11
- The Brain Eaters - Episode 470
- The Crater Lake Monster - Episode 315
- The Crazies - Episode 33
- The Devastator - Episode 270
- The Devil's Rain - Episode 136
- The Dungeonmaster - Episode 448
- The Fantastic Four - Episode 25
- The Fly 2 - Episode 144
- The Guyver - Episode 54
- The Happening - Episode 59
- The Haunting of Morella - Episode 250
- The Hidden - Episode 43
- The Host - Episode 161
- The Human Centipede - Episode 85
- The Incredible Melting Man - Episode 108
- The Kiss - Episode 63
- The Last Chase - Episode 17
- The Master Episode 1 - Episode 416
- The Master Episode 2 - Out of Time Step - Episode 425
- The Master Episode 3 - State of the Union - Episode 427
- The Master Episode 4 - Hostages - Episode 430
- The Master Episode 5 - High Rollers - Episode 436
- The Master Episode 6 - Fat Tuesday - Episode 467
- The Master Episode 7 - Juggernaut - Episode 474
- The Master Episode 8 - The Good the Bad and the Priceless - Episode 492
- The Muthers - Episode 370
- The Nest - Episode 194
- The Nesting - Episode 423
- The Other Hell - Episode 64
- The Power - Episode 396
- The Prowler - Episode 31
- The Puppet Masters - Episode 224
- The Return - Episode 381
- The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine - Episode 472
- The Sisterhood - Episode 278
- The Story of Ricky - Episode 13
- The Stuff - Episode 8
- The Time Guardian - Episode 157
- The Wicker Man - Episode 99
- The Wraith - Episode 137
- Thriller (redux)
- Thriller - Episode 15
- Ticks - Episode 142
- Timerider - Episode 37
- Timewalker - Episode 318
- To All a Good Night - Episode 39
- Top 10 Best and Worst Films of 2011
- Top 10 Bloodiest Foreign Horror Films
- Top 20 My Favorite Bad Movie Taglines
- Toy Soldiers - Episode 447
- Trancers - Episode 254
- Trancers 2 - Episode 274
- Trapped - Episode 260
- Traxx with Special Guest Obscurus Lupa - Episode 132
- Trick or Treat - Episode 34
- Trick or Treats - Episode 256
- Turkey Shoot - Episode 55
- Uninvited with Special Guest intro song by Psychostick - Episode 168
- Universal Soldier: The Return - Episode 264
- Up from the Depths - Episode 279
- Vampire Hookers - Episode 439
- Vendetta - Episode 429
- Waxwork - Episode 65
- We Wish You a Turtle Christmas - Episode 114
- Werewolves on Wheels - Episode 44
- Wheels of Fire - Episode 247
- White Ghost - Episode 329
- Witchery - Episode 222
- Without Warning - Episode 21
- Wrong Turn - Episode 56
- You Better Watch Out - Episode 40
- Zombie Lake - Episode 480
- ►Reviews (171)
- 10 Cloverfield Lane - Movie Review
- 12 Feet Deep - Movie Review
- 2 Jennifer - Movie Review
- 20 Plus Questions with Good Bad Flicks
- 2019 After the Fall of New York - Episode 98
- 2020 Good Bad End of Year Update
- 31 - Movie Review
- 40 Years of Rocky the Birth of a Classic - Documentary Review
- 400 Days - Movie Review
- 47 Meters Down - Movie Review
- 5 Forgotten TV Shows
- 5 Forgotten TV Shows - Part 2
- 5 Forgotten TV Shows - Part 3: Horror TV for Halloween
- 5 Forgotten TV Shows - Part 4: Sci-Fi Shows
- 5 Forgotten TV Shows - Part 5: Animated Shows
- 5 Forgotten TV Shows Part 10 - More Horror for Halloween
- 5 Forgotten TV Shows Part 11 - Notoriously Bad Shows Cancelled Almost Immediately
- 5 Forgotten TV Shows Part 12 - MTV's Experimental 90s Programming
- 5 Forgotten TV Shows Part 13 - The First Year of FOX
- 5 Forgotten TV Shows Part 14 - Sitcoms in SPACE!
- 5 Forgotten TV Shows Part 15 - Goofy 90s Shows
- 5 Forgotten TV Shows Part 6 - Christmas Specials
- 5 Forgotten TV Shows Part 7 - TV Shows Based on Comic Books
- 5 Forgotten TV Shows Part 8 - TV Shows Based on Movies
- 5 Forgotten TV Shows Part 9 - The First Year of UPN
- 5 Years After the Fall - Movie Review
- A Candle for the Devil - Episode 475
- A Dangerous Place - Episode 174
- A Dark Song - Movie Review
- Accidental Exorcist - Movie Review
- Action Jackson - Episode 392
- Alien: Covenant - Movie Review
- Alien: Covenant - SPOILER FILLED FOLLOW UP REVIEW VIDEO
- All Things Must Pass - Movie Review
- Allegiant - Movie Review
- Amelia 2.0 - Movie Review
- America 3000 - Episode 155
- American Cyborg Steel Warrior - Episode 134
- American Mummy - Movie Review
- American Ultra Review - Unscripted
- Anaconda - Episode 207
- Annabelle: Creation - Movie Review
- Anonymous Killers - Movie Review
- Ant-Man Review - Cecil Unscripted
- April 2018 Good Bad Flicks Channel Update
- April 2018 Q&A
- Arachnia - Episode 126
- Arachnoquake - Episode 184
- Arrival - Movie Review
- Aspen Extreme - Episode 215
- Atomic Blonde - Movie Review
- Ator the Fighting Eagle - Episode 442
- Attack of the 50 Foot Camgirl - Episode 487
- Attack of the Crab Monsters - Episode 469
- Avalanche - Episode 311
- Baby Driver - Movie Review
- Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend - Episode 299
- Batman v Superman: The Ultimate Cut - Movie Review
- Batman vs Superman - Movie Review
- Beacon Point - Movie Review
- Beast with a Gun - The Ferocious Legacy Featurette
- Benji's Very Own Christmas Story - Episode 484
- Best and Worst Films of 2018
- Beyond Darkness - Episode 232
- Beyond the Bridge - Movie Review
- Beyond the Gates - Movie Review
- Beyond the Grave - Movie Review
- Biggles: Adventures in Time - Episode 300
- Blair Witch - Movie Review
- Blocked - No Episode This Week
- Blood & Gourd - Short Animated Music Video
- Blood Diner - Episode 122
- Blood Games - Episode 61
- Bone Tomahawk - Movie Review
- Boo! A Madea Halloween - Movie Review
- Camp Death III in 2D - Movie Review
- Captain America - Episode 159
- Captain America: Civil War - Movie Review
- Cecil Recommends - Netflix Instant Movies Volume 1
- Cecil Recommends - Netflix Instant Movies Volume 2
- Cecil Recommends - Netflix Instant Movies Volume 3
- Cecil Recommends - Netflix Instant Movies Volume 4
- Cecil Recommends - Netflix Instant Movies Volume 5
- Cecil Recommends - Netflix Instant Movies Volume 7
- Cecil Recommends - Netflix Instant Movies Volume 8
- Cecil Recommends - Originals vs Remakes
- Cecil Recommends - Remakes vs Originals - Good Bad Flicks
- Cecil Recommends – Netflix Instant Movies Volume 6
- Cecil's Stamp of Approval
- Cecil's Top 10 Favorite Movies of 2010
- Cell - Movie Review
- Cheerleader Camp - Episode 69
- Cherry 2000 - Episode 68
- Children of the Corn 2 The Final Sacrifice - Episode 120
- Circus Kane - Movie Review
- Clonus vs The Island - Good Bad Flicks
- Clowntergeist - Movie Review
- Cobra - Episode 192
- Cocaine Wars - Episode 342
- Cold Fear Part 1 - Good Bad Games
- Cold Fear Part 2 - Good Bad Games
- Collide - Movie Review
- Cotton String - Movie Review
- Crash and Burn - Episode 165
- Creepozoids - Episode 307
- Criminal - Movie Review
- Crimson Peak - Movie Review
- Curse of the Puppet Master - Episode 359
- Cyborg 2 - Episode 89
- Cyclone - Episode 147
- Damnation Alley - Episode 47
- Dante's Peak - Episode 66
- Dark Angel: The Ascent - Episode 291
- Day the World Ended - Episode 483
- Dead Heat - Episode 164
- Deadly Dreams - Episode 72
- Deadly Eyes - Episode 258
- Deadly Sins - Episode 167
- Deadpool - Movie Review
- Dean Koontz Books Deserve Better Movie Adaptations
- Death Machine - Episode 186
- Death Ship - Episode 281
- Death Spa - Episode 135
- Deathstalker - Episode 131
- Deathstalker 2 - Episode 156
- Deep Blood - Episode 479
- Demon Wind - Episode 464
- Demonic Toys - Episode 286
- Devil Times Five - Episode 148
- Devil's Express - Episode 490
- Devilfish - Episode 411
- Disaster Report - Good Bad Games
- Doctor Mordrid - Episode 169
- Doctor Strange - Movie Review
- Dollman - Episode 243
- Don't Breathe - Movie Review
- Doom - Episode 160
- Double Dragon - Episode 91
- Double Team - Episode 245
- Dr. Giggles - Episode 88
- Dracula 2000 - Episode 46
- Dude Where's My Job? - Cecil Unscripted - Good Bad Flicks
- Dune Warriors - Episode 289
- Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God - Episode 209
- Dungeons and Dragons - Episode 100
- Eliminators - Episode 399
- Empire Pictures Box Set - Review
- Endgame - Episode 459
- Endless Descent - Episode 107
- Enter the Ninja - Episode 409
- Episode 976-EVIL - Episode 335
- Equalizer 2000 - Episode 309
- Escape from LA - Episode 176
- Every Reference in Silent Hill
- Every Reference in The Cabin in the Woods
- Evil Bong 666 - Movie Review
- Evils of the Night - Episode 488
- Exploring 2019 After the Fall of New York - Episode 356
- Exploring 30 Days of Night - Episode 268
- Exploring A Boy and His Dog - Episode 238
- Exploring Alice's Restaurant - Episode 212
- Exploring All the Boys Love Mandy Lane - Episode 183
- Exploring Ben - Episode 363
- Exploring Better Watch Out - Episode 390
- Exploring Black Christmas - Episode 175
- Exploring Black Sheep - Episode 353
- Exploring Blade - Episode 248
- Exploring Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows - Episode 138
- Exploring BMX Bandits - Episode 319
- Exploring Book of Love - Episode 333
- Exploring Cat's Eye - Episode 471
- Exploring Chernobyl Diaries - Episode 129
- Exploring Chosen Survivors - Episode 463
- Exploring Class of 1999 - Episode 397
- Exploring Crawlspace - Episode 444
- Exploring Daylight - Episode 273
- Exploring Dead Space - Episode 486
- Exploring Demolition Man - Episode 227
- Exploring Demonstone - Episode 328
- Exploring Disturbing Behavior - Episode 287
- Exploring Doctor Mordrid - Episode 466
- Exploring Dog Soldiers - Episode 393
- Exploring Dolemite - Episode 382
- Exploring Don't Open till Christmas - Episode 419
- Exploring Dredd - Episode 177
- Exploring Drive Angry - Episode 261
- Exploring Empire Records (feat. This Exists) - Episode 206
- Exploring Escape Plan - Episode 380
- Exploring Event Horizon - Episode 197
- Exploring Eyes of Laura Mars - Episode 365
- Exploring Faith - Episode 449
- Exploring Final Exam - Episode 346
- Exploring Flinch - Episode 420
- Exploring Forbidden World - Episode 431
- Exploring Foxbat - Episode 377
- Exploring Frozen - Episode 266
- Exploring Galaxina - Episode 458
- Exploring Galaxy of Terror - Episode 388
- Exploring Ganja and Hess - Episode 323
- Exploring Ghostbusters 2 - Episode 219
- Exploring Ghostkeeper - Episode 354
- Exploring Ghoulies - Episode 489
- Exploring GI Joe: Retaliation - Episode 210
- Exploring Grabbers - Episode 290
- Exploring Graduation Day - Episode 325
- Exploring Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Episode 152
- Exploring Halloween 3: Season of the Witch - Episode 145
- Exploring Happy Birthday to Me - Episode 468
- Exploring Highway to Hell - Episode 454
- Exploring Hocus Pocus - Episode 385
- Exploring Hulk - Episode 280
- Exploring I Sell the Dead - Episode 339
- Exploring In the Mouth of Madness - Episode 178
- Exploring Invaders from Mars - Episode 412
- Exploring John Carpenter's Christine - Episode 271
- Exploring Knock Knock - Episode 435
- Exploring Knowing - Episode 193
- Exploring Late Phases - Episode 257
- Exploring Letters from the Big Man - Episode 321
- Exploring Leviathan - Episode 187
- Exploring Lifeforce - Episode 223
- Exploring Logan's Run - Episode 405
- Exploring Mad Max - Episode 185
- Exploring Man of Steel - Episode 163
- Exploring Man's Best Friend - Episode 408
- Exploring Maniac Cop - Episode 306
- Exploring Maniac Cop 2 - Episode 316
- Exploring Masters of the Universe - Episode 485
- Exploring Meatballs - Episode 301
- Exploring Monsters - Episode 246
- Exploring Moon - Episode 240
- Exploring Mortal Kombat - Episode 371
- Exploring Mosquito - Episode 211
- Exploring Moving Violations - Episode 461
- Exploring My Chauffeur - Episode 331
- Exploring Nightfall - Episode 432
- Exploring Nothing but Trouble - Episode 349
- Exploring Oculus - Episode 384
- Exploring Other Halves - Episode 426
- Exploring Pandorum - Episode 205
- Exploring Poison Ivy - Episode 422
- Exploring Police Academy - Episode 351
- Exploring Prehysteria - Episode 378
- Exploring Prince of Darkness - Episode 221
- Exploring Push - Episode 292
- Exploring Rare Exports - Episode 216
- Exploring Razorback - Episode 414
- Exploring Reindeer Games - Episode 312
- Exploring Retribution - Episode 344
- Exploring Revenge of the Ninja - Episode 437
- Exploring Roar - Episode 314
- Exploring Run Lola Run - Episode 298
- Exploring Running Scared (1986) - Episode 441
- Exploring Running Scared - Episode 263
- Exploring Scarecrows - Episode 395
- Exploring Scared Stiff - Episode 368
- Exploring Scream - Episode 451
- Exploring Shoot 'em Up - Episode 285
- Exploring Silent Hill - Episode 110
- Exploring Silent Night, Deadly Night - Episode 217
- Exploring Sinister - Episode 199
- Exploring Sleepaway Camp - Episode 179
- Exploring Snow White and the Huntsman - Episode 234
- Exploring Snowpiercer - Episode 251
- Exploring Soldier - Episode 233
- Exploring Sole Survivor - Episode 358
- Exploring Spawn - Episode 195
- Exploring Species - Episode 417
- Exploring Stake Land - Episode 244
- Exploring Stigma - Episode 400
- Exploring Strange Invaders - Episode 435
- Exploring Super Fly - Episode 360
- Exploring Swordfish - Episode 284
- Exploring Tank Girl - Episode 173
- Exploring Terminal Island - Episode 337
- Exploring Terrorvision - Episode 375
- Exploring Texas Chainsaw - Episode 162
- Exploring The Black Hole - Episode 401
- Exploring The Blair Witch Project - Episode 253
- Exploring The Blob - Episode 438
- Exploring The Boogens - Episode 403
- Exploring The Craft - Episode 202
- Exploring The Crazies (2010) - Episode 277
- Exploring The Crow: City of Angels - Episode 200
- Exploring The Crush - Episode 294
- Exploring The Dead - Episode 236
- Exploring The Dead 2 - Episode 357
- Exploring The Editor - Episode 364
- Exploring The Evil Dead - Episode 226
- Exploring The Final Terror - Episode 310
- Exploring The Guardian - Episode 282
- Exploring The Hidden - Episode 402
- Exploring The Houses October Built - Episode 302
- Exploring The Houses October Built 2: Hellbent - Episode 348
- Exploring The Incredible Melting Man - Episode 457
- Exploring The Last Dragon - Episode 231
- Exploring The Last Starfighter - Episode 230
- Exploring The Legend of Zelda CD-i - Episode 418
- Exploring The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane - Episode 327
- Exploring The Lost Boys - Episode 446
- Exploring The Mask - Episode 308
- Exploring The Mummy - Episode 288
- Exploring The Pit - Episode 372
- Exploring The Prowler - Episode 296
- Exploring The Relic - Episode 191
- Exploring The Stepfather - Episode 275
- Exploring The Stuff - Episode 269
- Exploring The Thing - Episode 259
- Exploring The Thing from Another World - Episode 481
- Exploring The Velvet Vampire - Episode 404
- Exploring They Live - Episode 154
- Exploring TMNT - Episode 170
- Exploring Trip with the Teacher - Episode 341
- Exploring Troll Hunter - Episode 242
- Exploring Tucker & Dale vs Evil - Episode 255
- Exploring Tuff Turf - Episode 428
- Exploring UHF - Episode 214
- Exploring Waterworld - Episode 220
- Exploring We are still here - Episode 249
- Exploring Willard - Episode 304
- Exterminators of the Year 3000 - Episode 190
- Fantastic Four Review - Unscripted
- Fatal Games - Episode 101
- Fear - Episode 75
- First Man on Mars - Movie Review
- Food of the Gods - Episode 410
- Force Five - Episode 297
- Friday the 13th 2012
- Friday the 13th 2012 Outtakes
- Friday the 13th part VII The New Blood - Episode 53
- Frogs - Episode 383
- GAOMON PD1220 Art Tablet Unboxing and Review
- Gerald's Game - Movie Review
- Get Out - Movie Review
- Ghostbusters Afterlife Movie Review
- Ghosthouse - Episode 213
- GI Joe The Rise of Cobra - Episode 95
- Girls Guns and Blood - Movie Review
- Gods of Egypt - Movie Review
- Golden Axe Beast Rider - Good Bad Games
- Golden Temple Amazons - Episode 462
- Good Bad Flicks Channel Update
- Good Bad Flicks Channel Update
- Good Bad Flicks joins The Escapist!
- GoodBadFlicks - Help the Channel
- Goodness From 2018
- Gore in Venice - Episode 476
- Green Room - Movie Review
- Grizzly - Episode 172
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - Movie Review
- Hack-O-Lantern - Episode 73
- Hackers - Episode 49
- Halloweentown - Episode 305
- Hangar 18 - Episode 440
- Happy Death Day - Movie Review
- Hard Ticket to Hawaii - Episode 398
- Hardbodies - Episode 343
- Hardcore Henry - Movie Review
- Hardware Problem Update
- Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man - Episode 102
- He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special - Episode 450
- Head of the Family - Episode 324
- Headhunter - Episode 336
- Hell of the Living Dead - Episode 239
- Help Support the Show with Patreon!
- Hidden - Movie Review
- Hitman: Agent 47 - Movie Review
- Hollywood High - Episode 460
- Home Sweet Home - Episode 38
- House of the Dead 2 - Episode 121
- Howard the Duck - Episode 151
- I am Number Four - Episode 128
- Iced - Episode 113
- In Search of Darkness - Horror Documentary Update
- In Search of Darkness - Horror Documentary Update 2
- In Search of Darkness 2 - Good Bad Flicks Special Edition Announcement
- In Search of Darkness Teaser Trailer
- In Search of Documentary Series UPDATE Plus New Teaser Trailer
- Independence Day: Resurgence - Movie Review
- Infested - Episode 218
- Infinity Chamber (formerly Somnio) is finally getting released!
- Intruders - Movie Review
- Island Claws - Episode 322
- IT - Movie Review
- It Follows - Cecil Unscripted - Good Bad Flicks
- Jack Frost - Episode 77
- Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman - Episode 149
- Jeruzalem - Movie Review
- Jigsaw - Movie Review
- John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs - Movie Review
- John Wick: Chapter 2 - Movie Review
- July 2015 Q&A - Cecil Unscripted
- June 2019 Update
- Justice League - Movie Review
- Karate Cop - Episode 146
- Kate - Movie Review
- Kazaam - Episode 391
- Keanu - Movie Review
- Kill and Kill Again - Episode 407
- Kill or Be Killed - Episode 394
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space - Episode 83
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space 2 UPDATE
- Killer Workout - Episode 345
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle - Movie Review
- Knock Knock Review
- Krampus - Movie Review with guest Nyx Fears
- Krull - Episode 119
- LA Bounty - Episode 473
- Land of Doom - Episode 406
- Leatherface - Movie Review (SPOILERS)
- Legion - Episode 127
- Leprechaun in Space - Episode 97
- Lethal with special guest Obscurus Lupa - Episode 166
- Lights Out - Movie Review
- Logan - Movie Review
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I wanted to give a huge thanks to Eric for doing the “50” for the intro. Thanks so much! I really appreciate it.
Half-life 2 maybe taking some influence from the super mario movie just blew my mind.
I know, it’s crazy right? I almost couldn’t believe it myself but there it is.
It’s an interesting question regarding why this movie wasn’t as liked as it almost certainly should have been. You had a massively popular character that almost everyone was either familiar with having played the game, or familiar with having had kids that played the game.
I honestly think the reason it wasn’t as popular as it should have been was because one hadn’t become the other quite yet.
So maybe the movie was released before its time. I would say that if it were released now, all of the kids who were Mario addicts that now have kids that may be playing something with Mario in it (god knows there’s a TON of Mario games out there now) would BOTH probably enjoy the game.
I remember watching this movie in the theater and being pretty confused. I was a kid of 9 at the time so some of the smaller references (Hopper’s hands, his “s’s,” etc) went above my head, but I caught things like the walls and the obvious references like having Toad be a character.
The good thing about a 9 year old watching this movie? The adult references ALSO went over my head. Like a lot of entertainment at the time (Ren & Stimpy, for instance), there were obvious things for the kids and there were more adult jokes and references that most kids won’t get or, possibly, don’t care about. I recognized the stripped in SMB, but paid no attention to it because strippers are in a ton of movies, but how many movie have Mario in it? I had my priorities in order.
But my parents didn’t play Mario. My dad liked Duck Hunt and trying to get Robbie the Robot to play Gyromite with him. That must have not been too successful, because I don’t remember ever seeing Robbie outside his box. My mom looked at the Nintendo not as an entertainment possibility for her, but what it really was: an electronic godsend of a baby-sitter.
So the movie adaptation of Mario was made with adults in mind, but released at a time when adults weren’t the biggest base of fans. They probably brought their kids to it because, hey, it’s what their kids are playing right now, right? But then the kids aren’t the target audience and the parents probably couldn’t care less about the movie or the references.
I remember being driven home after seeing the movie. I thought Yoshi was cool and that it was fun to see the brothers in real life. When we got home, my brother and I pretended to be Mario and Luigi, and then promptly fought over who got to be whom. But my dad just said the movie was stupid.
He had played Mario, but to a limited extent, and I think he may be a pretty great sampling of what most adults thought of the movie.
So yes, I think the real culprit is the time it was released. The young impressionable children heard about how bad the movie was, then they grew up either never giving it a chance or never giving it ANOTHER chance. This is probably one of the more rare examples of a movie that gets BETTER when you get older because you recognize more things and get more of the humor. Most movies from your childhood was way better back when you didn’t see EVERYTHING. Batman (1989) was an AMAZING movie to a 5 year old (the first movie I ever saw in a theater and the moment when I realized I fucking LOVED movies) but to me now as an adult, I have big problems with it. Mainly the fact that Bruce Wayne is an idiot, and Vicki Vale may be the worst human being ever.
I mean, Batman saved your life multiple times and you STILL try to take a picture of Batman’s face? And you can’t give Bruce Wayne some privacy with his personal life? You have to stalk him like some psycho girlfriend, use you resources at the newspaper to dig up his painful past and constantly guilt him?
Awful.
Sorry about that, got a little off course at the end. 😉
That’s a really good point. While now the folks watching the movie are people who grew up with Mario, back then the majority of the theater goers were still kids. The parents that brought them, for the most part, weren’t really into video games. So, while if the movie was released now it would appeal to both audiences because the parents grew up with games and most likely, they are introducing them to their kids.
It simply was ahead of it’s time but unfortunately, there are still some people who refuse to go back and give it another view. I know there are a couple of movies I hated as a child but went back to watch when I got older and enjoyed. I hated it because I didn’t understand it. I also was much more impatient back then whereas now, I don’t mind a slow moving story as long as it is interesting and eventually goes somewhere.
On the other hand, like you said, some movies don’t age well. You go back and look at the first Tim Burton Batman vs Batman Begins and you see how hokey it was. Keaton did a great job but the movie felt like they wanted to be serious but still ended up campy. (I still say Batman Returns is way better than Batman) Vicki Vale was terrible. I wanted The Joker to drop her off a building.
The Agony Booth did a good covering of Batman Returns recently. I had never considered that Batman killed a LOT of people through these two movies, even though his one rule was that he wouldn’t kill anyone.
Funny how flexible that rule is when you go for irony when you set a guy dressed as the devil on fire. 😉
For a guy who isn’t supposed to kill anyone…he kills everyone!
I do find it funny how even Tim Burton says his Batman movies are nowhere near as good as the Nolan ones.
You rock for making this review! This movie has way too few defenders. When I was a kid, I never had a console so I had no problem with this not being “true to the movie” (a notion you have successfully debunked here) and I loved it. People took this movie way to seriously. Hoskins was great and it’s really sad to see awesome actors diss their memorable performances just because the movie turned out to have been unpopular. Hopper is also very memorable. The behind the scenes story about the troubled production was very informative and makes me appreciate the movie even more. It always looked like a Blade Runnerish movie and now I know why! Thanks again!
Thanks! I just wanted to give this movie a fair shake. So many people scream about how horrible it is, etc, etc. Its nowhere near a bad movie. Glad you enjoyed it!
This is one of my favorite episodes because it shows how just because something isn’t what you want (at the time) doesn’t mean it’s bad. Although I haven’t yet re-watched this flick, it’s on my radar.
I was still a kid when this came out and I can’t say I was disappointed (like with TMNT 3) I was simply confused and didn’t have the intellect for the subtleness of the source material or adult themes.
So let’s say they went in the direction of pure fantasy and had Danny Devito stomping on toads, kicking turtles around and killing plants…better movie? Like that wouldn’t have gotten old in about 20 minutes and then it’s a wait for Mario to dump Koopa in lava and save the princess. I think that movie would have easily gotten just as panned and forgotten as well.
Do you think if this movie concept of Mario would have been released in the late 90’s/early 2000’s more people would have appreciated it?
Exactly. I actually like a movie that is unexpected. I really think that if the movie was the “Danny Devito jumping on things” it would have been watched, disliked, and forgotten. This, for all its troubles in production, became something else. It’s a movie with a pretty dedicated fanbase and people are still talking about it. There are some successful movies that don’t even have that.
The 20th anniversary screening is coming up and John Leguizamo is going to be there. I know he disliked his time working on the film, aside from his time sexing up the lovely Samantha Mathis, but I wonder if he will talk about anything he did like with the film. If he went back and showed it to his kids for example.
I don’t know. It seems that the general public is quick to bash things these days. Everything sucks and even things that are very good, people still will find things about it that the claim “sucks”. People seem to have forgotten how to just enjoy something. So, I think if it came out it the 2000s it most likely would have been attacked even harder than it was in the 90s.
i have visit the webside and it is indide awesome
Lena’s blue outfit reminds me of Elizabeth’s second outfit from Bioshock Infinite
dont hate me for liking house of the dead
I always wished they made SMB The Movie into a game based on the movie based on the game. But this movie game would fall more in line with the movie (maybe an adventure based RPG).
I would be so up for that. Considering they made the Street Fighter Movie the game based on the movie, making a SMB game based on the movie would have been cool. Although I think NIN went about as far as they wanted with the license, which is why they are super controlling with them now. I would have rather had the SMB movie game over the CDi Zeldas lol.
I would have liked a Japanese fantasy meets New York kitsch version:
Nicholas Turturro (Mario), John Turturro (Luigi), Ron Perlman (Bowser),
Mira Sorvino (Princess Daisy), Danny Woodburn (Toad), and Paul Sorvino
(King).
Director (Jay Dubin), Screenwriters (Larry Hama and Ann
Nocenti), Director of Photography (Hiro Narita), Production Design (Eiko
Ishioka and Wayne White), Music (Angelo Badalamenti), Creature Design
(Screaming Mad George and the Chiodo Bros), and Action Design (Keita
Amemiya and Jeff Imada).
If they ever do it again I still think their best bet is to do it animated.
I was a 10-year-old boy back in 1993 when Super Mario Brothers came out in theaters. Of course, I had the NES, the SNES, and handful of Super Mario Bros. games. And OF COURSE I went to the theaters and watched it. Looking back at it now, 22 years later, it still holds up well. It’s been so long since I’ve seen this film that I should track it down and watch it again.
There is a bluray (and it looks great) but its region 2 only. 🙁
better review than the gaming historien
So sad to see this was hit with a copyright strike, tried to show it to a friend to support my argument in defense of this movie. Hopefully YouTube will come to their senses at some point and allow movie reviews. I appreciate all of your awesome content, cheers.
Copyright claim shut down the video? For shame, youtubes. For shame.
What happened to this episode? I love this one!