Battle of the epic battles!
03-28-2009, 06:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-28-2009, 06:47 PM by Dr. Briggs.)
If there is something than can make any horror-comedy comedic, it is an epic, usually very bloody and horrifically campy final showdown!
I have included several examples on my poll, though not nearly all of them (I just realized I forgot Lionel vs. the Dead Alive zombies!). Out of these, which tops your list? What are some awesome ones you can think of?
The ones on the poll = SPOILERS!!!!!:
Lefty Enright vs. Leatherface family (TCM2) - The mad local bible-quoting sheriff traces the cannibal sawyer family including the feral Leatherface, the uber-totally insane Chop-Top, the BBQ-obsessed Cook, and the 130-year-old Granpa to their underground lair and begins his own chainsaw massacre, resulting in atabletop duel with Leatherface!
Sheriff vs. Belial Bradley (Basket Case 3: The Progeny) - After seriously pissing him off (As it is easy to do) throughout the film, the local sheriff is assaulted by the mutated midget Belial Bradley... Wielding a big-ol robot-walker suit o_O
Time Warriors vs. Waxworks (Waxwork) - The villain's plan actually comes to fruition when he awakens his army of living Waxworks, only to be confronted by a motley crew of battle-ready old guys, including his wheelchair-bound nemesis, played by Patrick MacNee!
Mark Loftmore vs. Scarabus (Waxwork 2) - The protagonist and antagonist battle across time and space, represented by a deluge of low-quality movie parodies.
Ash vs. The Evil Dead (Army of Darkness) - After chopping through several zombies with a car-mounted windmill, Ash faces his rotting evil-twin: Chaos ensues
Jeff Reinhart vs. Jigsaw (Saw III) - The oddly-philosophical slasher falls to a fat guy with a powersaw, who ends up getting the shaft, continuing on to the sequel in a major-bummer way
Monster Man vs. his own truck (Monster Man) - The two friends we have followed get the jump on their stalker in his own truck, running over him constantly from dusk till dawn... And he still comes back to life, smashed and smeared into the dirt, taunting our long-gone heroes
Jonathan Parker vs. Horace Pinker (Shocker) - The villain, now made of electricity, is trapped in a television set, where he is switched into several embarrassing channels
Jason Voorhees vs. The FBI (Well, not really final...) (Jason goes to hell: The Final Friday) - After being seemingly invincible for 8 movies, Jason is easily blown up by the FBI in the first 10 minutes
Other - I have already mentioned the climax of DEAD ALIVE, I also nominate the "big-hero-guy" battling through hordes of puppets (Knocking most of them aside with the greatest of ease) In PUPPET MASTER II, as well as a lone-zombie cop filling a room full of old guys with a seemingly endless supply of machine-gun bullets in DEAD HEAT
I have included several examples on my poll, though not nearly all of them (I just realized I forgot Lionel vs. the Dead Alive zombies!). Out of these, which tops your list? What are some awesome ones you can think of?
The ones on the poll = SPOILERS!!!!!:
Lefty Enright vs. Leatherface family (TCM2) - The mad local bible-quoting sheriff traces the cannibal sawyer family including the feral Leatherface, the uber-totally insane Chop-Top, the BBQ-obsessed Cook, and the 130-year-old Granpa to their underground lair and begins his own chainsaw massacre, resulting in atabletop duel with Leatherface!
Sheriff vs. Belial Bradley (Basket Case 3: The Progeny) - After seriously pissing him off (As it is easy to do) throughout the film, the local sheriff is assaulted by the mutated midget Belial Bradley... Wielding a big-ol robot-walker suit o_O
Time Warriors vs. Waxworks (Waxwork) - The villain's plan actually comes to fruition when he awakens his army of living Waxworks, only to be confronted by a motley crew of battle-ready old guys, including his wheelchair-bound nemesis, played by Patrick MacNee!
Mark Loftmore vs. Scarabus (Waxwork 2) - The protagonist and antagonist battle across time and space, represented by a deluge of low-quality movie parodies.
Ash vs. The Evil Dead (Army of Darkness) - After chopping through several zombies with a car-mounted windmill, Ash faces his rotting evil-twin: Chaos ensues
Jeff Reinhart vs. Jigsaw (Saw III) - The oddly-philosophical slasher falls to a fat guy with a powersaw, who ends up getting the shaft, continuing on to the sequel in a major-bummer way
Monster Man vs. his own truck (Monster Man) - The two friends we have followed get the jump on their stalker in his own truck, running over him constantly from dusk till dawn... And he still comes back to life, smashed and smeared into the dirt, taunting our long-gone heroes
Jonathan Parker vs. Horace Pinker (Shocker) - The villain, now made of electricity, is trapped in a television set, where he is switched into several embarrassing channels
Jason Voorhees vs. The FBI (Well, not really final...) (Jason goes to hell: The Final Friday) - After being seemingly invincible for 8 movies, Jason is easily blown up by the FBI in the first 10 minutes
Other - I have already mentioned the climax of DEAD ALIVE, I also nominate the "big-hero-guy" battling through hordes of puppets (Knocking most of them aside with the greatest of ease) In PUPPET MASTER II, as well as a lone-zombie cop filling a room full of old guys with a seemingly endless supply of machine-gun bullets in DEAD HEAT
âThe Fright Night remake is a film which taps into the audienceâs deepest rooted fears, such as those of vampires throwing motorcycles at them. I dread the thought of a vampire throwing a refrigerator or a deskjet printer or... Iâd better stop before I give myself nightmaresâ
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