Time for an evil biker gang classic! Only this time, it’s a British biker gang, so they sound all polite and look clean cut. Still, they are up to no good. Specifically, they intend to off themselves and come back from the dead to be immortal maniacs. The good news? This movie gets up to speed quickly (see what I did there) and does not let up. It’s really great.
It’s the usual questions – It’s a British horror film, so is it a Hammer film? No, but is was directed by Don Sharp, who did many other Hammer films. So it will have that similar look, feel, and vibrant color.
So what is it about? This time, we get a wonderful summary from Bonkers Ass Cinema. You can read the rest if you click the link:
Tom (Leader of the biker gang) is convinced that his psychic/medium mother (Beryl Reid) has the secret to eternal life, since their butler, Shadwell (George Sanders) hasn’t aged a day since he’s known him. Hatching the cleverest blackmail scheme ever, Tom tells his mother that if she doesn’t give him the secret, he and his gang will commit crimes (!!!). Mrs. Latham, knowing she has the losing hand in this, relents and allows Tom to enter a forbidden, locked room in the manor. There, he meets a Frog God, and learns what he has to do to come back from the dead and live forever:
- Commit suicide, embracing death 100%
- Believe with all your being that you will come back
Granted this did not turn out so well for George Sanders, who did really commit suicide later in life. He did not come back. Clearly the film’s premise is flawed. Anyway, after Tom comes back he begins an undead rampage in the most polite British fashion. Seriously, do these guys look like kindergarteners in comparison to American bikers. Still this is great fun, and a great pick for GlibFlicks. Please do enjoy this polite biker romp with the undead!
So watch! Or don’t! Everything is voluntary! If you hate it, talk about your Spring gardening. Just like a British Biker gang, there are no rules on Thursday nights!
Pimp chalice!
I did some GIFS but I was bobbling around too much.
“No, but is was directed by Don Sharp”
I like it already.
RJ, that new picture is wonderful. I certainly hope you didn’t get any wrist fur in your beverage.
Four and a half hours until I can watch.
*let sigh*
Also also, have you ever watched Your, the Hunter from the Future?
It might be right in your wheelhouse.
Edit: Yor.
Whycome 4.5 hrs?
CT:. work. Swing shift, and all that.
Do people that work swing shift lead swinging love lives?
Yes. The problem is the usual versions of it are from lampoon groups. So you have somebody snarking over it. When it does come up with no built-in snark it is available for a tenth of a second.
Shift work
George Strait & Kenny Chesney – Shiftwork
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9oK8FXdQRo
3door: The answer is simple. No.
“who did really commit suicide later in life”
Yikes!
Yes he did. After starring in a video for RATT, where he was a butler.
I met Ratt in a bathroom at the MTV awards.
Did you go round and round trying to get out the door?
I had no idea that guy had any claim to fame.
This looks interesting:
https://tubitv.com/movies/705297/drug-stories
Oooo! Adding to the list.
Wanted to see the bikes, found the trailer for those that are curious.
https://youtu.be/Qa8zcFMRwxo?si=dKbyyhyiWGgjqB39
They look like Triumphs to my untrained eye.
Me too.
I wonder if biker badness is in proportion to the size of the nation they come from?
Russian Chinese and Canadian bikers bad to the bone.
US bikers less bad.
Bikers from San Marino down right sweet.
In beer news Deschutes changed their labels again.
They won’t trick me this time. https://ibb.co/DP7nKCdV
+1 Bōsōzoku
The horns on the back of that guys bike are amazing.
I’m having trouble imagining the Canadian 1% are that bad to the bone.
I rode to the next town north of me one Halloween. It got down to -1 F. That’s as bad as I ever was, it snowed 3-4” that night and I didn’t make it back home until lat the next day.
The cannuk 1% ers have to deal with moose and brown bears on top of shorter summers. They may be Canadian polite but they have to be at least a bit tough.
Too bad. Those are their only two good beers.
I haven’t found anything I like of theirs.
Probably due in part to growing up on it, more or less. One of the few remaining brands from when I started.
Not Neph?
Georgia cops tell parents to make sure they don’t pack booze in kids’ lunches: ‘That is NOT Capri Sun’
Also how the hell is a variation of a kamikaze a lemon drop martini?
It isn’t.
Meanwhile teachers and school quacks giving kids medical grade meth.
Wineries are struggling. Gotta start them young.
“The road to Roswell” and “Complete National Parks”
Checks out, green googly eyed alien is planing an invasion.
Are you one of those disclosure people?
I don’t know.
Reading my shelf is futile. The lower half of books belong to the human who calls herself my wife.
First they came for our women.
Then they create hybrid babies to get a foothold on our world.
All those people you see in Vegas who somehow never get up from slot machines, yet inhale endless drink specials? That’s us. Worry about the Lizard People who were always here, even before humans. Me? I need drink specials, silly bets and economic freedom.
I want the economic freedom, too.
So those chain smoking little old Korean ladies that were trying to teach my wife how to play video poker at the golden nugget were your people?
They were friendly and helpful.
Tricky.
Most likely. If they are drinking Mai Tais, definitely.
These guys make an appearance?
No, but they loved video nasties and were clearly inspired by this one.
I think these guys are in the sequel.
https://youtu.be/py7QltGSJaQ?si=TeWcppoizTYqWmGB
I was once at a party with those guys. Rat Scabies kept stealing my drinks.
Rustlin’ drinks is a hangin’ offense in these parts…
I did that the first time I got drunk.
I’m still ashamed of my behavior.
Starting:
Immediate reaction: this soundtrack is dope!
It is. Everything about this movie is great. I wish i had played it years ago.
The funeral song is awful hippy shit, though.
Ok I forgot that part. Jump over it.
Travel dates! I am heading to the NorthEast soon.
Blobfest is one thing I am definitely attending: https://thecolonialtheatre.com/blobfest/
And a yet to be fully finalized trip up as far as North Carolina from May 30th to June 12th. Meeting anyone along the way for lunch would be great.
Where in NC are you going?
Don’t know all the details yet. I should gave a full list of stops negotiated by end of March.
Not much into beer drinking but Asheville is pretty big for beer for the region. Nice hikes around it.
The city itself was always on track to being the Portland/Seattle of the south and very well may be unbearable now
Outer banks or Wilmington is nice.
Wilmington water should be ok then the OBX will be cold
Over my many visits to the OBX I’ve gone on dolphin tours, seen lighthouses, went to the wright brothers site, went looking for bear in the alligator wildlife refuge (there is some group that will try to do a tour for the elusive red wolf)
One of my favorite states. I congratulate Tonio on his upcoming move and will miss his editorial hat wearing.
I lived there a number of times, as an SF person it’s in the cards. The east and west sides of the state are both wonderful. The Raleigh area is nice. Durham less so, and don’t even think about “Fayette-nam.”
I remember playing with this as a kid: Moon Blob
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX3NYEQJclk
Even bought a new batch out of nostalgia last year. It’s been used as alien saliva and slime in sci fi movies.
My original batch of moon blob spent many years inside a Sesame Street thermos in my parents’ freezer.
In Phoenixville, I recommend “Bistro on Bridge” across the street from Colonial Theater. Decent craft beer selection and good food.
Thats gonna put you fairly close to me.
From ded thred. Lutnick supported HRC in 2016, long long after her true nature had been revealed. The guy has a history of poor decision making. He also stole cantor Fitzgerald from cantor’s widow.
He also canceled the salaries of employees killed in 911 immediately, leaving families SOL.
A peach.
I forgot about that. bill Reilly was going off on him then if I remember. Health insurance, too.
Mixed. He did that as he felt the firm couldn’t survive paying for no work.
He later paid the families a portion of the firm’s profits. He also hired kids from the same families. That arguably was more beneficial.
I would have paid them out for the rest of the month and what vacation/PTO time is owed them.
Now if I die the guy that’s working with me gets paid what he is owed and he’ll have to deal with my wife cause I’m out and the business will be up for sale or fail completely.
And loves tariffs, ’cause the other people pay them.
Columnist Cal Thomas informed us in today’s column that tariff refunds are due the countries that paid them. Thomas was critical of OMB in the column but apparently has bought the nonsense that tariffs are.paid by the exporting country and not by the U.S. importer.
Trade wars are basically a contest of people hitting themselves on the head with hammers.
Tribes in the Pacific northwest would have potlaches, which were contests to see who could give away the most stuff. When the competition was really fierce, people would pack their house full of goods then set it all on fire to prove how rich they were.
Tariffs are kind of like that.
Tariffs are ultimately the responsibility of the importer but the exporter can prepay them.
Which brings up another question, who gets tariffs refunds? The importer (or exporter) who paid them or the broker who actually submitted the check to CBP? FedEx is filing for the tariffs they gave to CBP on behalf of receiver (or sender).
Queued up for later viewing. Thanks RJ!
Just got back from walking Peabody, and as I was delighted to learn earlier, ESPN’s got a couple of NHL games on. (First one just ended; no spoilers from me.) EDM and LA, now. (Go Edmonton. Huh. Or just root for Gretzky, who played for both (and others).)
Well. Work certainly went quickly. I’ll give it that. The lottery snafu was bizarre and unpleasant in many ways, though thankfully I’m in Carmel and everyone’s friendly. (With strangers in an everyday transaction, at least.)
My Voca Rehab dude and I briefly talked today, and he had some good finds to share. I’ll admit, I haven’t done too much looking or applying since I’m getting used to the new makeshift work and schedule. I’m halfway through my week, and I hope to get some time in with The Boys on Sunday, along with sending those apps in.
‘Twill be something when I bound outta this halfway-h̵o̵u̵s̵e̵ gig.
Thanks for these, R.J., and all the best to Tonio with the move and more!
Oooh, from this morning!
Ownbestenemy: Regarding Cuba…their territorial waters…dont take your speed boat into their waters.
SDF-7: I think we’d all agree with that — except maybe Evan… he’d find it rude.
I haven’t parsed this yet, but I think it’s cute. I don’t think I consider too many things to be rude… 🙂 I wonder if this another Evanism in the GlibCrew. )Speaking of, an Evan’s gonna be 39 in a couple months.)
I think it went over my head anyway
As someone explained in a later comment…
HAHAHA! Well, *that’s* a strange one. (High five to you. Thanks.)
Well, I would consider it rude to misspell my name, I s’pose.
Half way to 78! Cool.
Dad’s 76. So I’m literally half his age. Huh. And he was my age when they had me.
Disney keeps screwing with their plans. I dont care for Disney, but Mrs OBE watches Hulu, I watch ESPN…and now they have updated some nonsense but its near impossible to see what plan I actually have. Fuck Disney.
My cable company spams me constantly with notices that I supposedly get all that shit like Disney and Hulu for free except it’s complete bullshit because I am on a building-discount account.
The only reason they know who I am is because I had to create a personal account in order to receive a cable box from them. That account is not eligible for any of that shit. Which is fine by me because I don’t want any of it.
To both y’all: Word. Sports is by far the trickiest one, as cable, Netflix, Prime, HBO… and many more, all scheme and negotiate about *how* they can each control x% of, but still wanting to draw y# of viewers.
It’s already far too tricky, and something may break. Most likely, IMO, is to get a subscription for each sport, with teams also getting their own to show all their games. (I get Marquee Sports on an extra channel for Cubs games. Spectrum.) This is obviously how shit already is, but there must be a way to refine it, streamline it to find that x and y#.
Worst shit: I’m locally blacked out for Cubs games. Hence Marquee.
HA! Watching hockey on ESPN, and they showed their ESPN + MLB.tv connection. I’ve never had a TV or cable in my own place. I’m not excited about how to make those decisions in the future.
I used to have MLB.tv and would watch on my tablet, etc in Korea. Didn’t blacked out for *that* shit. (Well. I absolutely did, but I was the one blacking myself out. (Dammit. No, I didn’t pull a minstrel, nor a Castreau. Watching live World Series games or the Superbowl at ridiculous hours was a fantastic part of ex-pat culture.))
Oh, it’s really late for y’all. Reminded, in a jovial way, of the Doorman in Seinfeld.
“Yeah. It’s really late out there in your world. Not in mine. We D̵o̵o̵r̵m̵a̵n̵ second -shifters look after our own kind.”
(I miss the 1st shift. I strongly approve of having Sun, Mon, Wed off. Hrm.)
kind of thematically adjacent to tonight’s movie choice. Testaments cover of Seek and Destroy.
AP: “Viral phenomenon in Argentina has young people identifying themselves as animals”
“BUENOS AIRES (AP) — On a recent Sunday, a Buenos Aires plaza transformed into a makeshift wilderness for an unusual group of teenagers.
Sofía, wearing a lifelike beagle mask, ran across the grass on all fours. Nearby, 15-year-old Aguara leapt through the air, clearing an obstacle course while imitating the precise movements of a Belgian breed dog. Others dressed as cats and foxes perched in the branches of trees, keeping their distance from curious onlookers.
It was the latest gathering of “therians,” individuals who say they identify mentally, spiritually or psychologically with non-human animals. The trend has taken over Argentine social media over the past few months, gaining traction on platforms like TikTok, where the hashtag #therian has surpassed 2 million posts, with Argentina leading all other Latin American countries in engagement.”
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“Engagement.” Yup-huh. Hrmsickle. *throws hands up* Yep. Humanity, the world is officially fucked as ‘we’ happily, proudly, create our own Skynet… DESPITE WARNINGS! (Gotta give him credit. Terminator and T2 are *remarkably* prescient.) Our li’l Alexandria is so easy to and close to burning down. Oh. And “with engagment.”
https://apnews.com/article/argentina-teenagers-identifying-as-animals-therians-tiktok-54d158c4842f6515e31d83a260cdf31f
“Aguara, who claims to identify as a Belgian Malinois and counts her age as the equivalent of two years and two months in dog years, says she’s a lot like any other teenager.
“I wake up like a normal person and live my life like a normal person,” she said. “I simply have moments when I like being a dog.”’
Fuck. I simply have many moments.
Furries gone wild!
“Others dressed as cats and foxes perched in the branches of trees”
but always sure to be home in time for din-din.
Now that the tranny fad is dying out.
But now they’ll have to add a “furry” color to the flag.
Mock and shame them. Mock and shame anyone who abets them.
Make Shame real again.
It might be kinda cute if they were, say, six years old. 🙄
Possible unpopular opinion (around here): Jerry Maquire is shockingly good. (Act III just began.)
No snark, but a compliment: It’s ‘True Lies,’ but focused on the romance part. (And no explosions. Or spycraft. And no goddamn sexy Jamie Lee Curtis, for that matter. Another in my Top 10, likely Top 5. Gooding Jr. adds much comedic value, tho no one is on Bill Paxton’s level, in that one. DAMN.)
Woah, woah. True Lies is in my Top 5. Not Jerry. (Seinfeld, yes, though, for TV.)
Thinking Foxglove for Anya. Planted on her grave. Digitalis. That poor girl.
AGNTSA.
https://midhudsonnews.com/2026/02/26/bird-flu-orange-county/
There are too many Orange counties.
All named after OMB, too.
Good morning to all you non Epstein connected people’s.
🍕👶🤷🏼♀️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2BUEzdjfpY
🎶🎶
Good morning, Sean, Ted’S., and Roat!
Morning.
Good morning, U! How are you today?
Got a doctor’s appointment. Hope to get the shoulder mending.
Good luck! Hope it’s something simple (that doesn’t require surgery!) 🦾
🤞
I blame Trump and Netanyahu.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/afghanistan/airstrikes-hit-afghan-capital-kabul-hours-afghanistan-attacks-pakistan-rcna260882
Which Muslim country is the tool of (((them)))?
All of them. It’s the Jewish mind-control space lasers.
suh’ fam
yo whats goody
Mornin’ all
Good morning, Beau and homey!
Morning GT, and the rest of the crew.
Good morning, JI! How’s it going?
Mornin’ All
Morning.
<a href="https://x.com/SecDuffy/status/2026820131981029487" title="Idiots in
carstrucks” target=”_blank”>Idiots incarstruckswtf
Interesting that the top comments seem to be about flubbing 80 tons for 80k lbs (40 tons).
Good morning.
Good morning! Reason has something interesting for a change. Out in Cali they have a new tax on real estate transfers. To help the homeless, they are charging over 5% tax on multimillion dollar property transfers.
Billions to our coffers for the houseless (their new term)! Huzzah!!
Guess what didn’t happen…
Sales are down 50%.
Nobody is building new retail or residential properties.
A bit confusing from the article, because it initially sounded like it was a tax on single family residences over $5 million. But then they talk about apartment and retail construction. So I guess any property?
At any rate, blocking new construction with a punitive tax seems to be a great way to solve housing shortages….
https://x.com/i/status/2027360836894032166