Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Follow The Asylum on Twitter and get Mega Shark 3 GREENLIT!


Hey Everyone! I'm not off hiatus yet but I heard about this today and NEEDED to tell everyone. If you have a Twitter Account, please follow The Asylum. At least until the end of the year. If they get 3000 followers by 12/31, they will green light Mega Shark 3!!

Ho-ly shi-it!

Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus. Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus. What should Mega Shark 3 be? I suggest Mega Shark vs Squidadactyl. "By Air, By Sea, You Can't Escape It!"

Also, if you go to The Asylum's website, they are accepting movie pitches for certain genres of movies. I suggest going over there and sending them some wacky ideas.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Mr. Gable's Reality is going on Hiatus for awhile.

I've got better things to do.

Hi everyone! As bloggers, the hiatus is inevitable. There just comes a point when the water is boiling and it just starts pouring over the top and you gotta turn the burner off. (Jesus, did I get all metaphorical there?) That time is now. I had planned on going on hiatus in the summer but I kept plugging away and before I knew it October was here...and I sure as hell am NOT missing out on that shit. But the holidays are upon us (they sure don't waste any time with the holiday commercials do they?) and I need a break. I have a huge backlog of personal SHIT I need to get on. The house isn't completely ready for winter, I have some video projects that need editing, I really want to write a script, and a bunch of other things. October was a wonderful distraction but sadly I gotta get back to reality. The real reality. I wish I could just live here in my reality but that's just not possible.

Yet.

I have no idea when I'll be back. I'm sure I'll chime in here or there. Perhaps I'll just do a weekly news roundup or something. But you can still follow me on facebook and Twitter, I'm sure I'll be posting regular videos and links there for shit that I come across.

I apologize for all the new followers, please continue to follow. I'll come back harder than ever when this is over. I've already got a couple of big surprises coming and I hope that you stick around to see what they are. I think I'll take this break to get those set up so when I come back I'm not scrambling to get content. I feel like the quality of my blog has taken a drastic downturn and hopefully I can find the time to make that better.

But until then, you all have a pleasant existence and I'll see you on the other side!



Coming soon....the Bad Movie Battle Royale II, podcasts, and so much more!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The 31 Baddest Days of Halloween: 2011 Summary and Statistics Page


Another wonderous Halloween has come and gone. This year proved to be not only the most challenging experience I've ever put myself through but also one of the best. I managed to sit through 31 movies that I would have almost never had sat through otherwise. And on top of the Countdown to Insanity, I also participated in a facebook game where you get points for watching horror movies. This years theme was Slasher Movies. I didn't follow the Slasher genre as close as I had hoped that I would but after getting my ass sliced off and handed to me on a silver platter in Week 1 & 2, I just decided the hell with it and just go ahead and put a dent in the huge wall of movies that I have bought but not watched. (You can check out my journey through The Madness in Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, and Week 4.)

As I was going over the month's totals, I started jotting down a bunch of statistics. During the month of October 2011 I watched a total of 95 movies. That's a total of 8540 minutes or 142.33 hours of film. That is an average of 89 minutes a movie (my kinda movie!). There are 744 hours in the month of October and I spent 19.13% of that time watching movies or roughly 1/5 of all the available time in October was spent watching movies. That's pretty impressive considering 1/4 of it was spent sleeping, 1/3 of it was spent working or driving to work, and the rest was split between family and friends. Of all the movies I watched, I watched 53 on DVD, 3 on Bluray, 19 on VHS, 12 on Netflix Instant, 2 in the theatre, and 6 were rented from Netflix or Blockbuster.

Of all the movies I watched, the one's that blew me out of the water, one's that I absolutely can no longer live without are: Trick 'r Treat, The Hitcher, The Manitou, Mammoth, Prom Night 3, and Nailgun Massacre. Trick 'r Treat will now by my all time favorite go-to Halloween movie. The Hitcher is one that I will be watching over and over again. Rutger Hauer is god.

Then on the other side of the coin, of all the movies I watched this year, the one's I want ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH EVER AGAIN include: Zombie Nation, Diary of a Cannibal, Curse of the Zodiac (All 3 of these are Ulli Lommel, I learned something valuable this year and that is to STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM LOMMEL AS POSSIBLE), Strip Club Slasher (Such an epic MN letdown), and the Nightmare on Elm Street remake. Holy fuck did that movie continuously piss me off.

And finally, the greatest statistic of them all, averaging out to 8 kills per movie, (Alone in the Dark having the highest at 40 and Sideshow having the lowest with 0) the grand total of deaths I witnessed this October is:


WWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I made my goal of seeing over 500 deaths. And then my second goal of 750! God bless America.

And now, for your retro-viewing pleasure, I present to you The 13 Baddest Days of Halloween 2011: Countdown to Insanity. Enjoy!


Thank you everyone who followed along all month. It was a pleasure destroying myself for you. Why? Because I'm fucking hardcore, that's why! Also, thanks to everyone who is reading this now and who is checking out the countdown long after it's over with.

And there's nothing to worry about. The lady in the parking lot of the Sanitarium was very willing to give up her vehicle the day I escap....err uh....the day they let me go.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

THE MADNESS: HACK AND SLASH Week 4


Incest Death Squad
75 minutes
IMDb Rating: 6.5/10
Gable's Rating: 8/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: nudity, character trips and falls, final girl is guy, lloyd kaufman
Total Killcount: 7
Review: I give it a 8/10 because this movie was an awesome fun exploitations slasher romp!

Incest Death Squad 2
70 minutes
IMDb Rating: 2.4/10
Gable's Rating: 4/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: nudity, lloyd kaufman,
Total Killcount: 5
Review: I give it a 4/10 because this one wasn't near as awesome as the first one. it's ok.

Maniac Cop
85 minutes
IMDb Rating: 5.8/10
Gable's Rating: 10/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: character trips and falls, bruce campbell/tom atkins/ larry cohen, killer's face is obscured
Total Killcount: 8
Review: I give it a 10/10 because this movie is amazing! great kills, great story, awesome action.

Maniac Cop 2
90 minutes
IMDb Rating: 5.4/10
Gable's Rating: 10/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: nudity, killer's face obscured
Total Killcount: 24
Review: I give it a 10/10 because this movie is way better than 1. This movie is fucking awesome.

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
85 minutes
IMDb Rating: 4.4/10
Gable's Rating: 7/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: Someone says "it's going to be ok", character trips and falls
Total Killcount: 15
Review: I give it a 7/10 because this movie is ok, not bad, not nearly as good as the first two.

Larva
96 minutes
IMDb Rating: 4.3/10
Gable's Rating: 6/10
Bonus Points: Character trips and falls
Total Killcount: 11
Review: I give it a 6/10 because even though this movie sucks, it's still got a lot of cool kills.

City of the Living Dead
93 minutes
IMDb Rating: 6.1/10
Gable's Rating: 8/10
Bonus Points: Foreign movie (italian), character trips and falls.
Total Killcount: 7
Review: I give it a 8/10 because this movie is gory as shit. cool story too.

The Walking Dead: Season 2 Episodes 1 & 2
approx 70 minutes
IMDb Rating: 8.8/10
Gable's Rating: 8/10
Bonus Points: none
Total Killcount: I didn't count
Review: I give it a 8/10 because the zombies are awesome and the story is pretty cool.

The Mutilator
86 minutes
IMDb Rating: 4.7/10
Gable's Rating: 7/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: nudity, character trips and falls, someone says I'll be right back
Total Killcount: 10
Review: I give it a 7/10 because of the really awesome innovative kills.

Screamers
93 minutes
IMDb Rating: 4.2/10
Gable's Rating: 6/10
Bonus Points: Foreign (italy), character trips and falls.
Total Killcount: 12
Review: I give it a 6/10 because the fishmen are awesome. Loved this movie.

Halloween 2 (Rob Zombie)
105 minutes
IMDb Rating: 4.8/10
Gable's Rating: 3/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: Takes place on Halloween, Killers face obscured, nudity, character trips and falls.
Total Killcount: 18
Review: I give it a 3/10 because this movie sucked. The kills were cool but fucking Laurie Strode just screamed and cried ANNOYINGLY for 105 minutes. So happy she was shot at the end.

The Hitcher
97 minutes
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
Gable's Rating: 10/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: Rutger hauer, final girl is a guy, has a chance to kill the villain and hesitates
Total Killcount: 2 (there's more, I was just too into the movie to count)
Review: I give it a 10/10 because this movie was a huge surprise. Really good, fast paced, full on action, lots of suspense, scary thrill ride. I recommend you ALL see this as soon as possible.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (orig)
83 minutes
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Gable's Rating: 7/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: killers face obscured, character trips and falls.
Total Killcount: 5 (maybe more)
Review: I give it a 7/10 because even though this movie is classic, I've never thought it was the greatest slasher ever.

The Devonsville Terror
82 minutes
IMDb Rating: 4.2/10
Gable's Rating: 6/10
Bonus Points: nudity
Total Killcount: 9
Review: I give it a 6/10 because it's a cool little witch movie/

The Dentist
92 minutes
IMDb Rating: 4.8/10
Gable's Rating: 6/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: nudity, ken foree
Total Killcount: 5
Review: I give it a 6/10 because it's a killer dentist. Fuck yes!

Halloween III: Season of the Witch
98 minutes
IMDb Rating: 3.9/10
Gable's Rating: 6/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: takes place on halloween, tom atkins
Total Killcount: 7
Review: I give it a 6/10 because it's not a michael myers halloween but its got tom atkins. And a plot to kill kids with halloween masks. fuck yeah!

Zombie Island Massacre
95 minutes
IMDb Rating: 2.6/10
Gable's Rating: 2/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: nudity, character says I'll be right back, lloyd kaufman/troma movie
Total Killcount: 7
Review: I give it a 2/10 because there aren't any zombies and barely any massacreing. It was a slasher movie with a dumb title.

The Dentist 2
100 minutes
IMDb Rating: 3.7/10
Gable's Rating: 6/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: nudity
Total Killcount: 6
Review: I give it a 6/10 because killer dentist returns! WOOO!! Love these movies

Paranormal Activity 2
91 minutes
IMDb Rating: 5.8/10
Gable's Rating: 10/10
Bonus Points: none
Total Killcount: 2
Review: I give it a 10/10 because these movies scare the shit out of me.

Blood Hook
85 minutes
IMDb Rating: 3.5/10
Gable's Rating: 8/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: character trips and falls, nudity, character says I'll be right back
Total Killcount: 5
Review: I give it a 8/10 because I'm from Minnesota and this movie had to have been made here. That was awesome.

Motorhome Massacre
88 minutes
IMDb Rating: 3.1/10
Gable's Rating: 6/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: nudity, killer's face obscured, someone says I'll be right back
Total Killcount: 8
Review: I give it a 6/10 because although this movie is terrible, the badness made it better.

Slaughter High
90 minutes
IMDb Rating: 4.4/10
Gable's Rating: 8/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: takes place on april fools day, nudity, killer's face obscured
Total Killcount: 10
Review: I give it a 8/10 because the ending was awesome. Didn't see that coming. Cool kills, love the set up story. The nerd character is amazing.

Razorback
95 minutes
IMDb Rating: 5.7/10
Gable's Rating: 10/10
Bonus Points: One character says "it'll be ok", and the final girl is a guy
Total Killcount: 4
Review: I give it a 10/10 because this is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's just so well done.

The Offspring (aka From a Whisper to a Scream)
99 minutes
IMDb Rating: 5.6/10
Gable's Rating: 6/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER ANTHOLOGY: Vincent Price, nudity, character trips and falls
Total Killcount: 4
Review: I give it a 6/10 because it was an ok movie. nothing I need to see again anytime soon.

The Wizard of Gore (orig)
95 minutes
IMDb Rating: 5.3/10
Gable's Rating: 8/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: none
Total Killcount: 5
Review: I give it a 8/10 because the gore is amazing. Must see!

Children of the Corn (orig)
92 minutes
IMDb Rating: 5.3/10
Gable's Rating: 7/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: character trips and falls, someone says I'll be right back
Total Killcount: 18
Review: I give it a 7/10 because its a pretty good Stephen King movie. I liked it.

Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
92 minutes
IMDb Rating: 3.8/10
Gable's Rating: 8/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: Final girl is a guy, character slips and falls
Total Killcount: 8
Review: I give it a 8/10 because this movie is ridiculous, the kills are overthetop and funny as hell.

Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
92 minutes
IMDb Rating: 3.4/10
Gable's Rating: 10/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: character trips and falls, charleze theron has a brief appearance
Total Killcount: 12
Review: I give it a 10/10 because this movie is fucking awesome. The monster at the end, the general badness. Must see this! Children of the Corn...in the hood!

Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
85 minutes
IMDb Rating: 3.8/10
Gable's Rating: 4/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: Sequel 4 or higher, character slips and falls, naomi watts stars, someone says i'll be right back
Total Killcount: 4
Review: I give it a 4/10 because this movie's pace was too slow. Couple cool kills but not much to care about.

Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
83 minutes
IMDb Rating: 3.7/10
Gable's Rating: 2/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: Sequel 4 or higher, character slips and falls, eva mendez dies
Total Killcount: 8
Review: I give it a 2/10 because every character is hateable. Did not like this movie. Fred Williamson and David Carradine couldn't save it.

Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
82 minutes
IMDb Rating: 3.3/10
Gable's Rating: 3/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: Stacy Keach dies, sequel 4 or higher, takes place on halloween, character trips and falls.
Total Killcount: 5
Review: I give it a 3/10 because of Isaac. I liked him. The rest of the movie felt like a made for SyFy sequel.

Pumpkinhead
86 minutes
IMDb Rating: 6.0/10
Gable's Rating: 10/10
Bonus Points: Character trips and falls, Lance Henrikson dies
Total Killcount: 9
Review: I give it a 10/10 because this movie is one of my favorites. It's great on the surface and its deep.

Leprechaun
86 minutes
IMDb Rating: 6.0/10
Gable's Rating: 6/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: Jennifer Anniston, I'll be right back
Total Killcount: 4
Review: I give it a 6/10 because it's fucking Warwick Davis as Leprechaun! Great movie.

Hellbound: Hellraiser 2
97 minutes
IMDb Rating: 6.2/10
Gable's Rating: 10/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: nudity, I'll be right back, character slips and falls
Total Killcount: 4
Review: I give it a 10/10 because Hellraiser 2 is awesome. My favorite in the series.

Demon Knight
92 minutes
IMDb Rating: 6.4/10
Gable's Rating: 10/10
Bonus Points: character slips and falls, thomas haden church
Total Killcount: 6
Review: I give it a 10/10 because this movie is perfect. I love it from front to back.

Paranormal Activity 3
84 minutes
IMDb Rating: 6.4/10
Gable's Rating: 10/10
Bonus Points: none
Total Killcount: 2
Review: I give it a 10/10 because all of these movies scare the shit out of me.

The Killer Shrews
69 minutes
IMDb Rating: 3.4/10
Gable's Rating: 6/10
Bonus Points: Character trips and falls
Total Killcount: 3
Review: I give it a 6/10 because this movie is so far bad it's amazing.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose
119 minutes
IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Gable's Rating: 8/10
Bonus Points: none.
Total Killcount: 1
Review: I give it a 8/10 because this movie is very good, just not scary. mostly a court drama.

Inside (2007)
83 minutes
IMDb Rating: 7.0/10
Gable's Rating: 10/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: character trips and falls, misses out on the double tap, takes place on xmas eve, character says I'll be right back, foreign movie (french) auto triple bonus.
Total Killcount: 6
Review: I give it a 10/10 because this movie is BRUTAL. Amazingly brutal. Must see!

Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
85 minutes
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
Gable's Rating: 10/10
Bonus Points: none
Total Killcount: didn't count, kids movie
Review: I give it a 10/10 because I saw this shit in theatres! Great movie.

Eyes of a Stranger
84 minutes
IMDb Rating: 5.3/10
Gable's Rating: 7/10
Bonus Points: SLASHER MOVIE: nudity
Total Killcount: 6
Review: I give it a 7/10 because this was a surprisingly good slasher flick. I liked it.

PODCASTS

(I listened to a lot of these to and from work)

THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER! PODCAST

Razorback - 32
Killer Klowns From Outer Space - 33
Demon Knight - 31
Sleepaway Camp - 29
Hobo With a Shotgun - 39
Bloodrayne - 23
Dagon - 39
Space Truckers - 29
House of the Dead - 38
Dawn of the Dead - 33
Cube Zero - 29
Slither - 26
Doomsday - 40
The Thing - 34
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 36
Orca - 21
Doom - 26
The Monster Squad - 29
The Host - 26

Total minutes: 593 or 9.88 hours