Mark of the Werebeard

by | Apr 16, 2026 | Film, Fun, GlibFlick | 138 comments

Mark of the Werebeard

Holy crap, I barely got a post done this week. Work heated up into a white-hot sun this past two weeks. Also I talked to a half-dozen contractors and settled on one to redo my backyard, adding a pool and outdoor structure to Stately R.J. Manor. There will be a brass plaque in the pool bar reserving a seat for any wandering Glib who may stop by. My human wife’s birthday is coming up too, so I am prepping all the usual ceremonies you people reserve for such occasions. Because of all this, I did not get a chance to preview Mark of the Werebeard.

This means we may be in for a ride! Overall this gets good reviews, so I hope for the best. I imagine you are wondering what it is about! I pulled this off of IMDB:

A talented young barber must fight to save his town, mother, and love life from a creepy beard cult, a mad scientist, and ancient evil human-sized beards with martial arts prowess.

There you go. This gets a stunning 6.5/10 on IMDB, so it must have done something right. The director (Nathan Barbour) is also the star, and this is his one full-length film. This is the first credit for our writer (Spencer Patterson) tonight as well. Holee cow! And these two pulled off a 6.5 out of 10 on their first film effort! There are 19 reviews, so it can’t just be the director and his friends making IMDB reviews. Or can it?

So watch! Or don’t! Everything is voluntary! NEXT WEEK WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL SHOWING OF SASQUATCH SUNSET! Yes, the film that went into limbo for a year and a half is finally streaming. It’s on Pluto, which is dicey. But I will take the risk to show the film that turned hundreds of stomachs at film festivals, and so perfectly encapsulated what life as a sasquatch must be like. EVEN BETTER! This is a crossover episode with UnCivil’s Unwatched! Yes! He will review Sasquatch Sunset on Sunday! It’s a Glib Crossover! Be there or… Well, everything is voluntary so be there if you want. But it will be epic!

*STEVE SMITH insisted in announcing this in all caps.

About The Author

R.J.

R.J.

Hello. My name is R.J. I am a Tulpa with extra cheese and sour cream.

138 Comments

  1. R.J.

    If everything is voluntary we might all be discussing that M1 Garand video from the last post real soon.

    • Threedoor

      Never fired one. My dad had one but he flipped it.

    • DEG

      The Candrsenal vid?

      The M1 Garand seemed to me like a K-31 with a gas system and operating rod. I watched the Candrsenal videos on the M1 history, and saw that John Garand used the Mondragon as inspiration. I wasn’t that far off.

    • R.J.

      I’d put an M1 in my mouth now if I had it. This movie is crap.

      • rhywun

        It’s… something.

      • DEG

        Yeah. Wow.

      • rhywun

        It feels like some of the student work friends and I have participated in with my buddy who was in film school at the time.

  2. Common Tater

    “adding a pool and outdoor structure to Stately R.J. Manor”

    Classy!

    • Ted S.

      Is Mrs. RJ getting a pool boy for her birthday?

      • Common Tater

        I said classy. That’s “cabana boy”.

      • R.J.

        No more servants. She has to make do with the orphan. I am getting the orphan some pool maintenance books.

      • Threedoor

        You let your orphans learn to read?!

        How magnanimous.

      • Muzzled Woodchipper

        Those manuals are a form of pictographs. No reading necessary.

      • Threedoor

        Smart.

  3. DEG

    Also I talked to a half-dozen contractors and settled on one to redo my backyard, adding a pool and outdoor structure to Stately R.J. Manor. There will be a brass plaque in the pool bar reserving a seat for any wandering Glib who may stop by. My human wife’s birthday is coming up too, so I am prepping all the usual ceremonies you people reserve for such occasions

    Your life is going great. Happy Birthday to your wife!

    Diving in!

    • Threedoor

      Half dozen contractors.

      Jealous.

      I redid my patio two years ago. Had two guys make bids, one backed out without telling me, three contractors couldn’t be bothered to call me back.

      • R.J.

        We had:

        1 respond, with a basic idea that did not incorporate anything we wanted and discussed with him for an hour, even though we gave him and everyone else a spreadsheet of requirements and pictures.
        1 knock it out of the park, exactly what we wanted, just within the target price.
        1 respond at almost twice the price as the guy who knocked it out of the park. Ouch.
        2 ask for more time, they were busy.
        1 not ever call back.

        My standard is get three quotes when doing this stuff.

      • Threedoor

        So not bad overall.

        My project dragged on for four years before I got any return calls.

        My guess is that it wasent large enough for any of them to bother to as much open the email with my plans much less come out and look at the site. I ended up adding another slab to it and doing all the dirt work.

      • Plinker762

        There are Californians to fleece first

      • Threedoor

        Plinker, I think that is Knox Concrete’s motto, “your project is too small for us, we have Californians and taxpayers to fleece.”

      • Gustave Lytton

        Called three HVAC companies for bids, all three came out, only one sent a quote back. One did after I called. Third said they would after I called and never did. Similar with insulation quotes and chimney work. Don’t understand it.

  4. Common Tater

    Is there a problem with some robot invasion? All these checks are getting much. Not sure what issue would be since only people registered can post. Who cares if a robot reads it?

    • R.J.

      Is this happening here? I have never been asked for Captcha here. And I use janky old Brave.

      • rhywun

        Some suggest it’s a VPN thing. I don’t use one so I’ve never seen any of that here.

      • Ted S.

        There’s speculation it happens to people using certain VPNs.

        I don’t use a VPN to visit Glibs, so I wouldn’t know.

      • Furthest Blue pistoffnick (370HSSV)

        I don’t use a VPN

        Whah?!?! I bet you run your nuclear drive without shields (a la Reavers) as well.

        Me? I’m a safety guy.

  5. rhywun

    *presses play*

    • R.J.

      I apologize in advance

      • rhywun

        LOL

  6. Common Tater

    “It’s on Pluto, which is dicey.”

    Yes, Pluto sucks ass.

    • R.J.

      I am going to check daily to see if it goes down. If you so feel inclined, you might use your magic potato powers to find a streaming version other than Pluto, just in case.

      • Common Tater

        Maybe. I’ll try.

        “Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough”

        That’s some cast!

      • Common Tater

        Looks like it’s on Amazon Prime, but that’s no good. It’s a bit too new for the usual suspects.

      • R.J.

        This is a movie that was on Swiss’s wish list. I waited almost two years to find a version. It got trapped in some licensing hell, and was only available through this odd school library service.

    • rhywun

      I like Pluto for having all the good Trek series. I dislike their channel guide, it blows compared to say Roku.

      • R.J.

        Totally blows. Also I can’t see that they ever tell you a movie is about to be pulled. TUBI isn’t perfect about it either, but I usually get a month advance notice there.

      • Chafed

        And Baywatch. Why do you always leave out Baywatch?

      • rhywun

        Because Baywatch is disappointing me lately.

      • Evan from Evansville

        “Accused of Hit-and-Run After His Truck Kills Dog in Malibu”

        Huh. An actively malevolent vehicle. Wowza.

      • rhywun

        Goddammit their interface just sucks.

        I have no idea what pressing a button is going to do until it loads some shit from the beginning that I did not ask it to or whatnot.

        (Just happened again.)

  7. DEG

    Syracuse. I’ve driven past it on I-90 but never stopped. I expect I haven’t missed much.

    • rhywun

      Same. It does look like any upstate NY town so far. Could be real for all we know.

    • rhywun

      IMDb says filmed in Syracuse with a budget of $6,000.

      • R.J.

        What did they spend it on?

      • rhywun

        That abandoned-looking house in the middle of nowhere?

    • DEG

      I watched most of his Rogan interview. Honestly, I found it a bit uninteresting.

  8. rhywun

    Catchy theme. 🎶

  9. DEG

    Gollum vibes from the mom who is played by a young actress with a gray wig.

    • rhywun

      It might be tolerable without whatever is going on with that character.

  10. R.J.

    Well, this is a musical now.

    • DEG

      I’ve hit the musical part. Oh boy

      • rhywun

        Same.

        W
        T
        F

  11. Common Tater

    “There are 19 reviews, so it can’t just be the director and his friends making IMDB reviews. Or can it?”

    It can. So far the writing, acting, casting, set design, and photography, are all bad.

    • rhywun

      Theme song was the best part.

    • R.J.

      It’s just awful. I go to the box now, and feel shame.

      • DrOtto

        Meh, don’t be so hard on yourself, you provide an invaluable service to the Thursday night Glibs. They can’t all be “Evil Roy Slade”.

      • Plinker762

        I demand my money back!

  12. Aloysious

    A new cheesy GIF. Ironic, tonight is Detroit style pizza night. With extra cheese. Cheese on the salad as well.

    • Muzzled Woodchipper

      What the fuck is a Detroit style pizza? All the toppings have left like the population?

      • Spudalicious

        Pan style pizza with a shitload of cheese. Sauce is garlicky and slightly sweet, and put on top of the cheese in ribbons, so it doesn’t cover the whole thing.

      • Spudalicious

        Old Man and I make it a couple of times when I’m in NY. It was originally baked in parts pans for auto factories. It has its place. It’s not like it’s deep dish. Think a cross between focaccia and pizza.

  13. DEG

    Another LoTR ripoff with this background of the werebeard.

  14. Aloysious

    Why is a bald guy getting a haircut?

    • Chafed

      No kink shaming!

  15. Aloysious

    STEVE SMITH LIKE TESTONICS.

  16. Aloysious

    I think mom is a weresquatch.

  17. UnCivilServant

    🤔

    My half of the crossover is still Pending. Well, there is a week before it needs to be up.

    • R.J.

      I will finish my half Saturday, it’s half-written. And then let Neph know to GO FORTH AND POST!

      • R.J.

        I did get a break tonight. But I did not write. I should have.
        The lady who needed a couple of flatscreens and a chandelier installed at her house did not get all the parts delivered. So I will mount everything tomorrow. And remember my ladder tomorrow. She had no ladder and I had to stand on a chair Wednesday.

    • R.J.

      I can’t wait to see your thoughts on it. I compared it to Caveman with Ringo Starr, another movie about a primitive culture with limited dialogue and massive amounts of feces.

      • UnCivilServant

        Never saw that.

        I’m going to be honest, Limited or Absent dialog isn’t my favorite.

  18. DEG

    that won’t barricade that door at all.

  19. DEG

    The faux girlfriend/cult member is kinda cute.

    • DEG

      and now she has a melted hand.

    • R.J.

      It’s Stockholm syndrome, DEG! Snap out of it!

    • rhywun

      She was probably the one with the best acting ability. Our hero was a distant second despite his rakish hair and ever-present grin.

      Everyone else could not act themselves out of paper bag.

  20. Common Tater

    *taps out*

    • R.J.

      Good move. Next week will be a stellar show of sasquatch sex, drugs and feces.

      • DEG

        I got about 15 minutes left. I’m going to finish it. Sunk cost fallacy.

      • R.J.

        *Plays Taps

      • DEG

        And now I get ‘Murica style car advertisements in Spanish.

  21. rhywun

    I hope our hero feeds that mustache guy to one of the beards. JFC that guy is obnoxious.

    • rhywun

      And we’re in a video game now.

      OK then.

      • R.J.

        Your avatar appropriately reflects your actual shock at this movie.

  22. DEG

    She got her hand back….

  23. DEG

    All done.

    That was…. something.

    I’m heading to bed. Thanks RJ!

    • R.J.

      Sometimes we need a new yardstick to measure the worth of films. And we got one tonight.

      • rhywun

        We sure did.

      • R.J.

        Previously “Return to Blood Fart Lake” was the yardstick with which to measure bad films.

  24. DrOtto

    From the dead thread, I want to order the 99 tax protest tips campaign book, but they want to charge me sales tax, that just seems wrong.

  25. Evan from Evansville

    Well. I laid down at 7 and intended to nap before getting food for dinner w leftovers for lunch tomorrow. That was a pretty good plan. Well. I just woke up. So that didn’t work. At least I didn’t order the food and ‘forget’ to pick it up. That would’ve been bad.

    *looks through cupboard* Well. A couple granola bars and some PopTarts’ll have to do… No gas stn hot dog as a backup, which is likely good.

  26. rhywun

    Ugh gross and muggy already. Can we have a spring this year pls thx?

    • Threedoor

      Humidity sucks.

      • rhywun

        It is a fact of life in the eastern USA. But the older I get the less I wanna deal.

        On the bright side the winter static electricity is gone so now I can wear my rubber sandals and touch stuff again.

      • Plinker762

        That is part of what kept me in eastern WA instead of returning to NH.

    • Plinker762

      It’s going to snow tonight in Rapid City South Dakota.

      • rhywun

        80s today going back to 30s by Monday. 😃

    • Ted S.

      It’s supposed to be in the 50s next week.

  27. Evan from Evansville

    I just wanna keep shouting “the Samsquamch” from Trailer Park Boys.

  28. Brochettaward

    After a day of being accused of looking at sleeping women getting raped by their husbands, I think I’m going to go First myself to sleep.

    • Gender Traitor

      Good morning, Sean, U, and Ted’S.!

      • Gender Traitor

        How’s it going today?

      • UnCivilServant

        I’m muddling along, unclear as to what I’m up to. There was so little traffic on the road that I began to wonder if it wasn’t saturday and I’d slept through Friday.

        I’m sad that I’ve now wasted eighteen years at the state, but since it’s my anniversary datate, I’ve gotten a week of personal leave reloaded into my accruals. (it resets to one week each year, so unused personal time is lost). I’m going to get $3,600 in my next paycheck for sticking around so long and having a degree. ($3,000 longevity payment, $600 higher education differential) Then it’s all going to be taken back in taxes.

        I’m trying not to be bummed out.

      • Ted S.

        Apparently he’s made it to his cube. 🙂

      • Gender Traitor

        Please try to focus on the time off you now have available and however much of the extra pay you can hold back from the greedy maw of government.

      • UnCivilServant

        Counting the new personal leave… I’m at three weeks accrued.

    • Sean

      Eating crawfish?

      • UnCivilServant

        No. I have to go out of my way to acquire those. So I generally don’t bother.

    • Ted S.

      Looking to see if you planned appropriately for breakfast? 😉

      • UnCivilServant

        The plan is the same as any other office day. Stop by the store on my way to the office and get a salad.

        In fact, it’s time to hit the road.

        Talk to you guys when I’m at the cube.

  29. Tres Cool

    suh’ fam
    yo whats goody

  30. rhywun

    I hope these fags get the chair.

  31. Not Adahn

    *lifts cofefe*

    • R.J.

      This is my favorite new thing. Thank you!

      • Sean

        Looking further, this appears to be #fakenews.

        Darn.

      • UnCivilServant

        Just a disappointing morning all around.

      • Common Tater

        “Just a disappointing morning all around.”

        And no links!