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Stephen King's Thinner - Nostalgia Critic
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Stephen King has another case of "What the heck were you thinking" with a simple story that of course goes insanely complicated. Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Stephen King's Thinner.
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Thinner (marketed as Stephen King's Thinner) is a 1996 American body horror film directed by Tom Holland and written by Michael McDowell and Holland. The film is based on Stephen King's 1984 novel of the same name (which he wrote under the pseudonym Richard Bachman) and stars Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney, Michael Constantine, Kari Wuhrer, and Bethany Joy Lenz.
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@ChannelAwesome 10 ай бұрын
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@ImADeity 10 ай бұрын
Finally I'm early for a Stephen King video. Will you ever play the Stephen King drinking game again? That was my favorite game
@danielsantiagourtado3430 10 ай бұрын
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@deshawnedwards6412 10 ай бұрын
Review Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog or Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! Please Doug.
@TramiNguyen-oi3kp 10 ай бұрын
Can you review of Hannah Montana episodes video please?
@artsman412 10 ай бұрын
Can someone PLEASE tell me what the heck they're saying in the intro? I can't make out the words past Nostalgiaween and Channel Awesome.
@geardog24 10 ай бұрын
Calling the mafia to help take care of a supernatural threat is possibly one of the smartest moves in horror movie history.
@gavincarothers595 10 ай бұрын
But it can be/is also possibly easily one the worst decisions to do in Horror/Supernatural (Urban) Fantasy films considering that said threats from the Supernatural and Paranormal because even in reality, the Mafia normally wouldn't be able to stand against a chance the odds against them from either Beings, Creatures, or Events/Occurrences of Darkness alike, even from the least
@Zeeboklown 10 ай бұрын
@@gavincarothers595 u are taking the OPs comment WAY too seriously
@Someguy_9 10 ай бұрын
@@gavincarothers595 Depends on what you're in, I guess. Lovecraft? You're kinda screwed, that's the point. The Thing? Well, you might lose, but enough fire and you could at least contain it. Depends on the tone of the work. World of Darkness, with vampires and werewolves and other worse stuff, is pretty damn bleak. But you can often still kill the immediate threat with enough firepower. I would very much like to see more gang war vs. supernatural threat stuff, myself. Seems rich with potential for campy action/horror goodness!
@RoninRen 10 ай бұрын
Wasn't there some anthology show, where a guy at the end of the episode, is told by a mobster, that he should be more scared at being indebted to the mob, than a demon,
@ScrimpleDimple 10 ай бұрын
@@Someguy_9World of Darkness? The same one that has the weaver?
@jaysonjolin563 10 ай бұрын
I was an extra in this! In the opening credits when the cars are driving in you see the silhouette of a guy in the passenger seat of the lead car wearing a fedora - that's me! Also, in the "white man's curse" scene there are a few frames where there's only one laughing gypsy on the screen - that's my best friend.
@ChannelAwesome 10 ай бұрын
That's awesome!!
@RPMcM09 7 ай бұрын
Legend
@Styxswimmer 18 күн бұрын
I remember in 96 (I was 13) I saw the trailer and thought it looked terrifying. Then I watched it and couldn't stop laughing.
@robertbryant4669 10 ай бұрын
The best part of King's writing is the internal monologues and character introspections. Without that, his stories come across as exactly what they are -- B-movie schlock at worst, and at best Twilight Zone episodes. For example, in Thinner the main character's shift in attitude towards his wife is explained almost entirely in his head, as his constant hunger and fear prey on his mind and feed his paranoia.
@Stonecutter334 10 ай бұрын
Heartily disagree
@ahabduennschitz7670 10 ай бұрын
@@Stonecutter334Then you're heartily wrong
@lyzzlyzzy1023 10 ай бұрын
Couldn’t agree with you more heartily! ! ! Without the inner monologue …… something is off !
@BreadHart 9 ай бұрын
Then that means it was a bad adaptation because projecting that inner dialogue into a visual medium like a movie is the scriptwriter's job.
@DeRockMedia 9 ай бұрын
@@BreadHart for real, at least in The Shining you see Jack slowly going crazy, they could of done something in Thinner to show why he started turning into a jacka$$... i read the book but i was in elementary school so i dont remember much (and it was a bit advance for my brain at the time)
@georgeeastwood6930 10 ай бұрын
Fun fact: the idea for this story came to Stephen King during an annual medical checkup. After being angry at the doctor for not letting him use the bathroom before being asked to step on the scales, King was recommended to loose weight & quit smoking. When he lost a few pounds due to the doctor’s recommendation, he thought to himself: “What would happen if somebody started to loose weight & couldn’t stop?”
@BugsyFoga 10 ай бұрын
No better way to end of Nostalgiaween than with good old Stephen king time.
@ryanmorejon5813 10 ай бұрын
Agreed 👍
@jareththegoblinking3191 10 ай бұрын
Too bad. He’s done one last nostalguaween review in November before
@tboy12540 10 ай бұрын
nostalgiaween is one of the few things i look foward to. I literally said yay when I saw stephen king time. glad Doug feels better.
@gregorymelissinos6109 10 ай бұрын
@@jareththegoblinking3191 next Tuesday is halloween
@jareththegoblinking3191 10 ай бұрын
@gregorymelissinos6109 He did Hocus Pocus in November…
@koneheadcokehead4981 10 ай бұрын
Fun Fact: While in production, cowriter/director Tom Holland was stricken with Bell's Palsy, a virus that paralyzed one side of his face. The effects could have been minimized had he gotten a steroid shot immediately, but the producers insisted he keep working, so it was 36 hours before he got to a doctor. It took more than a year and a half for him to fully recover.
@tahjkuemmerle 10 ай бұрын
This was directed by Spider-Man?
@anubusx 10 ай бұрын
Same name!!!
@rickythemaddragonxiong8757 10 ай бұрын
@@tahjkuemmerle no relation to Spider-Man
@PGGreatOak 10 ай бұрын
@@tahjkuemmerleNo no, the first Child's Play and Fright Night director. 😀 He also directed Fright Night and the 1983 Psycho II sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's movie Psycho.
@anubusx 10 ай бұрын
He also directed The Langoliers.
@JOSH-lw2jv 10 ай бұрын
Fun Fact: Joe Mantegna who played Richie Ginelli in the film adaptation of *"THINNER",* was also the narrator for the audiobook of the Stephen King (Richard Bachman) novel.
@sashizakura9124 10 ай бұрын
And he's FANTASTIC at it! One of the most entertaining audiobooks in my library - and you just reminded me to listen to it again before Halloween. :D
@ashleightompkins3200 10 ай бұрын
I see him and all I can see is Rossi from Criminal Minds.
@blackfoxx86 10 ай бұрын
I have it myself. I also enjoy listening to him
@sexydictator3241 10 ай бұрын
@@ashleightompkins3200I always think of Fat Tony from The Simpsons. 😂
@georgemetcalf8763 10 ай бұрын
@@sexydictator3241 and Fit Tony, too. Who eventually became Less Fit Tony, and finally Fat Tony.
@EmiaRaine 10 ай бұрын
As far as I recall this sticks pretty closely with the book. You saw the marriage fall apart, the desperation was done well, there was more searching/building up the mystique for the old man and I remember the ending being a gutpunch with the wife sharing the pie with the daughter and the main guy deciding the eat the pie so he didn't have to live with the guilt/without his daughter. I remember it being a pretty good but weird book. Plus, it's been a couple of years since I last experienced it. King wrote it under his Richard Bachman pseudonym.
@dkupke 10 ай бұрын
The Gypsies actually kill the monster
@petetrbovich7575 10 ай бұрын
Yeah, this is actually near-word-for-word following the book. Which honestly works as just the kind of pulpy thriller King was going for on paper. I thought the "curse of the white man from town" bit was inspired - big business crime vs. ancient magic. But like most of King's work, there's no predicting how it's going to come out on film.
@dkupke 10 ай бұрын
@@petetrbovich7575 I found that part the best bit of acting in the movie. Most everyone was chewing the s every fit all it was worth but in that case they let the silence do the talking.
@BezddRed 10 ай бұрын
YES!!!! The one Stephen King movie that traumatized me because my parents let me watch it at a young age on Thanksgiving and it made me afraid of pies for a couple years. The perfect way to end Nostagiaween this year!!!
@nickelnl7111 10 ай бұрын
I am SO glad that someone else went through this exact thing. 8 year old me was terrified to eat pie
@Only_Oleanders 10 ай бұрын
When I was 9 I was sleeping at a home daycare in the living room and woke up in the middle of the night to this playing on the TV. I swore off pie right there (and then of course had some the next day).
@toongrowner1 10 ай бұрын
for me the paranoia was luckely just for month... sadly this month was in summer when my mom liked to make strawberry cake which usual is my fav. cake XD
@mayklaclarke8507 10 ай бұрын
I think we were all traumatised by Stephen King adaptation. Mine was Creep Show, the part where Leslie Neilson got chased by a dead Ted Danson and got buried in the sand. I walked in on that part when I was like 3
@curtissibanda6372 10 ай бұрын
Yeah me too and I’m 14
@d33jus 10 ай бұрын
The last Nostalgiaween for this year…. That means it’s almost time for COMMERCIALS!!!!!!!!
@sarahmcmann5253 10 ай бұрын
I can’t wait
@jordanleland6402 10 ай бұрын
COMMERCIALS!!!
@pkmntrainermark8881 10 ай бұрын
After these messages
@claymathewselevator8121 10 ай бұрын
Have a cookie
@claymathewselevator8121 10 ай бұрын
@@pkmntrainermark8881I hear that clip 😂
@Nerdtendo6366 10 ай бұрын
Having this video released on the same day the movie released is actually pretty neat
@ChannelAwesome 10 ай бұрын
Wow....we didn't plan that. That's cool!
@jordanhunter3375 10 ай бұрын
Did an old man walk up to Doug, brush his cheek, and Whisper "Timely"?
@sboinkthelegday3892 10 ай бұрын
I kid you not, I was sleeping when this video uploaded and dreamt of a movie, with a killer who gets models when they get "too fat" (not underweight), but is still supernatural and not some deranged model enthusiast. Turns out modeling industry is like a Cabin in the Woods type of thing. And the monster was a person with a tulip for a head, hey, I never accused my subconscious of being creative, but with that it could be an ancient Dutch demon.
@Nerdtendo6366 10 ай бұрын
@@sboinkthelegday3892 that actually sounds like a great idea for a movie(at least an 80’s low budget slasher)
@HB-fq9nn 10 ай бұрын
@@jordanhunter3375Nah, I think he said “Timing!”.
@KokNoker 10 ай бұрын
The Italian mom knowing about gypsies curses is the most believable thing in the movie. Being the most European person in the movie, I'd expect her to have had to deal with them the most.
@benm5970 10 ай бұрын
This honestly seems like one of those movies that deserves a remake, I actually think this premise could make for a great body horror movie, with the kind of transformations his body goes through it could be like another David Cronenberg’s The Fly type of experience
@DeRockMedia 9 ай бұрын
for sure, and i liked this movie back in the day, little tweaks to the writing and you got a Cronenberg movie for sure
@kylemendoza8860 3 ай бұрын
Instead of more CGI. Exactly how women the remake be different?
@dannyjorde2677 10 ай бұрын
The thing is that the book is so good. Stephen King is a writer, after all, and that's what people should value him for
@hardnewstakenharder 10 ай бұрын
He's prolific and he's marketed well. That's all I'll say.
@00ammy00 10 ай бұрын
Yeah I read this book a long time ago and remember really loving it (the ending was such a punch in the gut!) but I don't remember it being as bonkers as this movie makes it seem😂. I think because in a book you can read all of Billy's thoughts (and King is especially good at that kind of thing, getting up close and personal with a character's psyche) so everything seemed a lot more reasonable from his point of view.
@adamb3455 4 ай бұрын
@00ammy00 agreed, though I think this era of King film had plenty of directors who pushed the absurdity further than King intended. I recall King building the world around Billy more believably so that it felt plausible and real to expect Billy to deal with both the mob and gypsy curses
@DB-tm4ht 10 ай бұрын
I did a book report in the 8th or 9th grade on the story. When I got to the eh "car scene," my mom just told me to say they were kissing. 🤣 God bless her!
@DeRockMedia 9 ай бұрын
XD
@DanGamingFan2846 10 ай бұрын
You can't have Nostalgia-Ween without Stephen King time. This movie had all the potential to be really good if the curse was the only supernatural element. But they just had to throw in all this crazy nonsense. At least it's entertainingly bad.
@ChannelAwesome 10 ай бұрын
Definitely has that Stephen King craziness to it. Happy Nostalgia-Ween!
@Jarod-te2bi 10 ай бұрын
@@ChannelAwesomeplease review courage the cowardly dog!
@mangomonroe 10 ай бұрын
@@Jarod-te2bidark toons
@watershipup7101 10 ай бұрын
Agreed
@insectostrich4407 10 ай бұрын
@@ChannelAwesomeSpeaking of horror adaptations with great potential. Do you think the Five Nights At Freddy’s movie will be any good?
@JYJnKumi 10 ай бұрын
I remember this film scaring me as a kid, to the point I refused to eat any type of red fruit-based pie for years. I hadn't watched it since, but now seeing you review it, I'm trynna figure out how child me thought this movie was scary.
@DarkKnightofAnime 10 ай бұрын
I think as kids we tend to get scared easily even by something that’s clearly a goofy idea but when looking back on it as adults that same thing becomes all the more hilarious in retrospect
@thedude5295 10 ай бұрын
@@DarkKnightofAnime This happened to me with an episode of the 80's Twilight Zone called Special Service. It was the inspiration for The Trueman Show, but a lot darker. Scared the crap out of me as a kid and I was checking behind things for video cameras for months after seeing it. Funny how we all live in that world today and just deal with it now. I watched it for the first time again about 30 years after I first saw it and it was one of the most corny things I've ever seen. Even given the dark turns it was played as a comedic episode most of the time. In only rare cases like The Thing can you go back and watch something you saw as a kid and still find it scary or even worth re-watching. Your memories are almost always going to make it much more epic than it was in real life.
@danielanderson8322 10 ай бұрын
There's something about body horror that always kinda freaked me out, so I guess there's that at play
@DeRockMedia 9 ай бұрын
ya, this movie was creepy when i was a kid along with many others that as an adult now, seems a bit silly... i feel like as kids, we are always on a bad shroom trip when it comes to horror, something as silly as Killer Klowns from Outer Space terrified me when i was little, but is hilarous as an adult
@overlydramaticpanda 4 ай бұрын
It's pretty simple. As children, our tolerance for horror is naturally a lot smaller purely because we haven't actually been exposed to many things yet and as a species, we tend to have a certain degree of inherent fear of the unknown and/or unfamiliar as a residual survival instinct. As you grow up and experience more, you become more familiar with certain ideas and images and you also begin thinking more critically too - I don't mean "thinking critically" as in thinking that something is bad but more in terms of simply questioning the truth of what you're seeing even if it's purely on a subconscious level. As a kid watching this movie, if you've never seen an actor in a fatsuit before (or even if you have but don't understand how they work), you could probably be convinced fairly easily that you're actually seeing a fat guy become thinner over a short period of time, and also the idea of losing weight and not being able to stop seems fairly plausible to a young mind that has a very limited knowledge of a concept like moderation or even how dieting works, or knowledge that the average human body just...can't work that way. Your mind subconsciously goes to the "I know this specific thing I'm watching isn't real but all of this could really happen" place. As an adult, there's generally a lot less that can make your mind go to that place because you've gained the ability to "see behind the curtain", as it were.
@DreFromMaine8472 10 ай бұрын
Also, Stephen King's character in this is called Mr. Bangor. I remember getting a kick out of that when I first saw this thing a long time ago, because Bangor, Maine is where he has his famous house and I also happen to live in that area. And as I sometimes like telling people, I've met and talked to Mr. King a few times in the last thirty years or so. A lot of us around here have, its not a big deal to us. Anyway, thanks for reviewing this POS movie for another Nostalgia-Ween! EDIT: I just remembered, he also camoed in Sleepwalkers and The Langoliers as well!
@Jordan3DS 10 ай бұрын
What'd you guys talk about?
@DreFromMaine8472 3 ай бұрын
@@Jordan3DS Not really about anything specific, he worked out at the Y in the 90s and I saw and talked to him a bit there. That was before the accident that nearly took his life. I also once attended a live reading he did at the old Auditorium of parts from one of his books, I forget which one. But the coolest thing was he and I went to the same showing of the 2000 movie American Psycho at a second run theater in the area. That was after his accident, he was walking with a cane but looked all right otherwise. I was a bit starstuck that time, I can tell you!
@donaldporr9682 10 ай бұрын
I love this adaptation of the book. It was actually more faithful then a lot of others.
@Spiralredd 10 ай бұрын
Ironically the 2002 remake of Carrie the one that nobody remembers was actually the closest to the book than the original or the 2013 version.
@claytonrios1 10 ай бұрын
It wouldn't be Nostalgiaween without some Stephen King time!
@ChannelAwesome 10 ай бұрын
We can't skip tradition
@NarwhalEntertainment 10 ай бұрын
@@ChannelAwesome The maffia boss was Joe Montagna, and not ONE Fat Tony joke?
@eddieolshefski6467 10 ай бұрын
@@ChannelAwesomeHear hear!
@luislovera2351 10 ай бұрын
What month is m night shaylam
@eddieolshefski6467 10 ай бұрын
@@luislovera2351 They already had a M. Night Shaymalan Month. Years back.
@MsGigglesluv 10 ай бұрын
It’s been five years without this type of Stephen King insanity. Welcome home and happy Halloween
@Spiralredd 10 ай бұрын
I want him to do the 2013 remake of Carrie
@MsGigglesluv 10 ай бұрын
@@Spiralredd I want him to do Cujo. I’ve been wanting it for two years since ever since I watched Major Payne
@Spiralredd 10 ай бұрын
@@MsGigglesluv never seen that
@borochifox 10 ай бұрын
I read the book version. I don't remember it perfectly but I think him killing his wife with the curse made a little more sense in the book? It is a Stephen King book after all so I remember his internal dialogue suggesting he became a lot more deranged as the curse business dragged on.
@tanandalynch9441 10 ай бұрын
The book probably also described the marriage falling apart in more detail than what we get
@titusmccarthy 10 ай бұрын
I remember this book. It was "as writing as Richard Bachman" and had the line "You're beginning to sound like something out of a Stephen King novel". CRINGE.
@DeRockMedia 9 ай бұрын
i remember reading the book too as a kid but not too well...someone else commented that there was more internal dialogue that explained his paranoia, i guess when i was a kid i just accepted him becoming more of a crazy ahole
@koneheadcokehead4981 10 ай бұрын
Another Fun Fact: Originally the crew planned to do a more gruesome FX makeup which would have had Billy Halleck's flesh dangling off of his protruding jaw and cheekbones. Partway into filming they decided that this look was too horrific.
@thedude5295 10 ай бұрын
I'll bet. I lost over 30 lbs last winter. I only probably had about 10 to 15 lbs of fat to burn, and then it was going after my muscles. After I lost 20 lbs without trying I started eating about 6,000 calories a day and was still losing weight. By then I was drinking about 2 to 3 gallons of water a day and I'd wake up about 10 times per night to pee. I found out I was going through Diabetic Ketoacidosis when I finally broke down and went to the doctor when I was sure I was going to die. I pretty much looked like the Crypt Keeper at that point. The worst part of all of it was losing my entire ass, and being old enough where the skin didn't tighten up to match it and was just kind of sagging off the bones. I couldn't even sit anymore. All I could think about was this movie when it was going on, but I didn't remember bumping into any gypsies and pissing one off. Probably Covid side-effects, since I went from perfectly healthy and physically fit to having a non-working pancreas after my white blood cells got bored and decided to destroy my internal organs. I've put about 15lbs back on since then and look a lot better now, but my brother told me I looked like I had AIDS.
@merriquelynn866 10 ай бұрын
@@thedude5295 I’m sorry that happened. I hope you keep getting better and better. That’s really rough.
@georgeeastwood6930 10 ай бұрын
Another Fact: the production of the movie got delayed due to the AIDS epidemic, when seeing someone loose weight uncontrollably would’ve hit too close to home.
@merriquelynn866 10 ай бұрын
@@georgeeastwood6930 Thank you for that fact. My mom took care of her friends when no one else would. She had to watch a lot of terrible things that they had to go through so I can see that hitting way too close to home.
@georgeeastwood6930 10 ай бұрын
@@merriquelynn866 I’m so sorry. Also, in both versions of the story, Billy suspects he has cancer with the rapid weight loss. He sees multiple doctors about it to get a diagnosis, but none of them have an answer.
@wstine79 10 ай бұрын
I still love this crazy film since high school. The Gypsy Man was rather creepy, Joe Mantegna was hilarious, and story was like a dark comedy at times.
@lordmavbmp 10 ай бұрын
I saw this as a kid on tv somewhere and would love catching it. I miss the days of finding old great movies halfway through them and hustling to make sure you see the full movie next time. this was my 1st Stephen king movie.
@dolphincrescent54 10 ай бұрын
I missed these bad King adaptations, thank you Doug!
@ChannelAwesome 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!!
@03bgood 10 ай бұрын
I wanna see a movie where some bully makes fun of a fat kid gets cursed and keeps getting fatter and fatter! Would really make a great Goosebumps episode!
@ninjabluefyre3815 10 ай бұрын
There was a Goosebumps episode that kinda did both.
@cocobutter3175 10 ай бұрын
My dad and I loved horror, and watched so many horror movies together. This is on the list of the ones we watched together, that has always stood out in my mind as one of my favorites that I thought was underrated. I don't hear it brought up often. The scene that stuck with me was the acid on the forehead scene. I'd always practice balancing cups of water on my forehead to see if I could get them off without spilling it on me. I was, like, 7 or 8.
@koneheadcokehead4981 10 ай бұрын
Another Fun Fact: At his thinnest, Billy Halleck weighed 120 pounds which was a challenge for the FX crew, as actor Robert John Burke weighed 160 pounds at the time of production.
@petrosinella 9 ай бұрын
Where's Christian Bale when you need him? 😂
@DeRockMedia 9 ай бұрын
In HS i weighed 118 at 5' 11"... i got a lot of "you need to eat more" my whole childhood....luckily now as a 38 year old adult, im at 160-165 muscle while still shredded...spend a lot of time at the gym and now ppl are impressed by how lean and athletic i look vs a skeleton, I still cant add fat even when i try (used to be on an ice cream diet lol, got up to 180 but i dont like losing my core so im trying to stick to 170 lean) that said...this movie really hit me when he lost the weight, i didnt want to look deathly skinny anymore and be made fun of...i even read the book as a kid in elementary school
@tristanmccann6838 10 ай бұрын
Thank God Tom Holland quit directing and decided to just be Spider-Man.
@stevensmokes5476 2 ай бұрын
Wrong Holland
@alexbones95 10 ай бұрын
Hope there’s 1 more nostalgia-ween this year I love this series
@RedF0XDelta 10 ай бұрын
One thing I think is super underrated is your skits with the sponsors. You don’t HAVE to go through the extra work of making them funny, but you do, and that’s awesome. Super great work as always Doug.
@allosanthrwpos542 10 ай бұрын
One of my favourite horror movies as a kid, I rewatched it so much , I was terrified by the practical effects back then , and that rooster seemed so scary, they gouged his eyes out as well 😱 It was considered gore for me, so much nostalgia it’s so campy but I love it !
@magallanesagustin4952 10 ай бұрын
Thinner is a guilty pleasure of mine. It's campy as hell but at least is a fun watch. Jow Mantegna was the best thing about the movie. I loved the book, too.
@zachsutton6195 10 ай бұрын
Watched this for the first time this year and it was hysterical 😂one of my new favorite guilty pleasures
@andre1999o 10 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Joe Mantegna also narrated the audiobook.
@AubreyTheKing 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for another year of NostalgiaWeen, Critic! And happy to see you back to your old studio again too! Looking forward to what's to come!
@Markimark151 10 ай бұрын
This movie probably inspired Shamalayan’s weird movies like Devil and The Happening, since they kind of share the tropes of Stephen King movies!
@brocksampson3405 10 ай бұрын
Yay! You did a review on a Stephen King film. Regardless if anyone likes or dislikes the film. I had a good time with it. The review of the film was definitely a good time. It's not the best but it's not the worst ether. I love it when you do Stephon King time. Especially if it's Nostalgia-ween.
@RPMcM09 7 ай бұрын
I love this movie so much!!! Watched it when I was a child. Talked about it with my best friend over the ending for hours!
@justanotherchannelonyoutub126 10 ай бұрын
Always nice to see NC review a Stephen Queen movie at the end of Nostalgiaween.
@MRNentertainment7122 10 ай бұрын
Yeah, she's one of the queens of horror 🤨🤨🤨🤨
@theanimeunderworld8338 10 ай бұрын
the plot of a man wasting to nothing is similar to the myth of Demeter cursing a king to always to be hungry But then King took acid and made additions
@setsers1 10 ай бұрын
Stephen QUEEN?!
@MRNentertainment7122 10 ай бұрын
@@setsers1 Yeah 🤨🤨
@RussBrownie42 10 ай бұрын
It's Stephen KING. GET IT RIGHT.
@darkwarrior32 10 ай бұрын
What happened to chubby Doug? I'd like that thumbnail back please..
@tristanhartup4936 10 ай бұрын
Suggestions for next year's Nostalgiaween: - The Goosebumps movies - Top 13 Halloween Commercials (Since you did a Top 12 Christmas Commercials years ago, I figured you should do one for Halloween commercials. Why top 13? *Evil laugh* ) - Saw - The Dark Tower (for Stephen King time) - Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 (I mean, seriously! You missed two opportunities to do it both last year and the year before when Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends were released! Get on it!)
@dancreary3340 10 ай бұрын
I love this movie because of how ridiculous it is, not in spite of it. His daughter running out of the room crying when he was eating and laughing maniacally will ALWAYS be comedy gold.
@frozenaorta 10 ай бұрын
The fact of the matter is: This movie is entertaining. It's certainly not a great movie, but all that matters in film is that the audience has a good time. And I've always had a good time watching this, dating back to the 90s. The ending with Montegna taking revenge on the gypsies is just so satisfying.
@Jarod-te2bi 10 ай бұрын
20:44 I literally burst into laughter when I heard that line 😂😂😂
@AshParth560 10 ай бұрын
Can't have a NostalgiaWeen without something Stephen King. 🧐
@ChannelAwesome 10 ай бұрын
It's tradition and would feel weird without it
@finnkedinn 10 ай бұрын
There's a great Greek myth with a similar theme about a man called Erysichthon, who offends the goddess Demeter and is cursed with a never-fulfilling and ever-growing hunger. There are many versions of it, but in my favourite one he even sells his own daughter as a slave to get more food, and when his hunger gets to the ultimate point of despair, he ends up literally eating himself to death until nothing remains. Imagine the kind of Cronenberg-ish body horror THAT would be like if adapted to a good movie!
@Spectra651 10 ай бұрын
Funny you should mention that, because Stephen King wrote a short story that more-or-less plays out that way called "Survivor Type." A surgeon is shipwrecked on a small island--a glorified sand barge, really--and as the weeks go by his body slowly wastes away, and he's consumed by an all-encompassing hunger. Eventually he winds up breaking his ankle and has to amputate his own foot, and he's so desperate for food by that point that, rather than letting it go to waste... Well, I think you can take it from there. That's only how it *starts,* though, and by the end he's still sitting there on that island, having gone stark raving mad, everything gone below the knees, laughing as he chews off his own fingers. It would've been pretty amazing if King had just combined the end of that story with 'Thinner' and given us one helluva gruesome body-horror flick.
@arealconservative8712 10 ай бұрын
Aww... I'm sad you changed the thumbnail. The "fat critic" in the old one was just hilarious.
@user-cm7rl4fl3z 9 ай бұрын
It's amazing that, after over a decade, Doug still hasn't run out of hilarious Stephen King material.
@astrowolvez 10 ай бұрын
Got a vibe of “WE MADE YOUUUU!!!” With the judge’s wife 😂
@bulb9970 10 ай бұрын
Aw I missed the fat thumbnail
@Faygris 10 ай бұрын
I always liked Thinner. It's one of the most satisfying revenge stories I've seen 🤩
@bazzfromthebackground3696 10 ай бұрын
"...Shingles" was a clever bit.
@AnimationNation2004 10 ай бұрын
I hope he does The Green Mile at some point. That is one of King’s best stories and one of the best of the King movies
@andrewhudson7108 10 ай бұрын
Anything Frank Darabont + Stephen King is gold. Actually almost anything Darabont is gold. It’s been too long since he’s gotten something off the ground.
@AnimationNation2004 10 ай бұрын
@@andrewhudson7108 In my opinion, as good as Hearts In Atlantis is, Darabont should’ve been the director instead of working on The Majestic.
@angrytheclown801 10 ай бұрын
Not really suitable for Nostalgiaween, but it deserves to be a video with Shawshank right after, or before. Two amazing prison movies.
@SukiNoKoe 10 ай бұрын
The only Stephen King movie I have watched tbh 😂
@SukiNoKoe 10 ай бұрын
The only Stephen King movie I have watched tbh 😂
@jaqjynx 10 ай бұрын
I’ve been guessing this film every Nostalgia-ween for years. Now it’s finally here and I don’t know how to deal *sniff*
@danielsantiagourtado3430 10 ай бұрын
This nostalgia-ween has been Amazing! 🎃🎃🎃🖤🖤🖤🧡🧡
@mattfinish2196 10 ай бұрын
This was an awesome review!! This brings back the feel of the old nostalgia critic videos. Faster, more jokes and energy. Keep it up!
@ryanmorejon5813 10 ай бұрын
What a fantastic way to end Nostalgiaween with a Stephen King review the best thing that he ever reviews on Nostalgiaween 🎃🖤❤️🔪👹🔥😈
@koneheadcokehead4981 10 ай бұрын
I really enjoy when a Stephen King movie gets so insane in the second half it almost feels like it isn't the same movie and this was one of those times
@rodimus444 10 ай бұрын
The fact that the affects back then looked WAAAY better than the special affects we have now, is quite frankly astonishing. I CANNOT SANCTION THIS BAFOONERY
@merriquelynn866 10 ай бұрын
That’s the beauty of practical effects. They made all the difference. I mean, even altering them in post makes for a better semi-digital product. But nothing will ever beat hands on work and real life lighting and texture. The practical effects of The Blob remake hold up to this day. I wish I could go to Blob Fest.
@PapitoDiablo 8 ай бұрын
After having watched a marathon of Malcolm in the Middle I can’t express how excited I am to see Commandant Spangler grew his hands back. Nice touch with the Francis prank quip.
@theanimeunderworld8338 10 ай бұрын
I am sad this is the last nostalgiaween episode of the year But I am looking forward to December for Christmas
@walkerlocker6126 10 ай бұрын
I caught this on TV when I was a kid and it scared the crap out of me. So, I'd say it works as a horror/thriller for children. It stuck with me enough that I've never watched it since, yet I never forgot about it. You gotta give King this: he's memorable
@koneheadcokehead4981 10 ай бұрын
This honestly just makes me more hyped and more happy for what we will get in Christmas
@klimmr 10 ай бұрын
Probably A Christmas Story Christmas.
@sweetsourpork111 10 ай бұрын
Fatter
@mrcritical6751 10 ай бұрын
@@sweetsourpork111isn’t that just The Santa Clause?
@jeffjones2463 10 ай бұрын
Fun Facts: the "random spy" was Tom Holland's son Josh, who would go on to star in Peter Engel's USA High. The daughter was One Tree Hill's Bethany Joy Lenz.
@putz5872 10 ай бұрын
It’s funny how I get more nostalgic about The Critic than anything he reviews.
@richardtheactor 10 ай бұрын
Something about the joke at the end tickles my funny bone in the darkest way. Feel better soon, Critic. We love ya.
@humanice2 10 ай бұрын
I love this movie, ever since renting it as a kid Robert Burke is absolutely great in the movie
@MforMovesets 10 ай бұрын
It would probably be quite tasteless these days, but that whole concept turned to the extreme with him downright becoming a living skeleton might turn out to be a really creepy movie.
@Mirada66 10 ай бұрын
Bring back the old thumbnail!
@johnhammock8602 10 ай бұрын
Just starting the video and hate to say been away for too long. Like the Pennywise laugh at the end of the intro. Good choice with that jackolantern suit and bringing Halloween nostalgia to us. Thanks for many years of content.
@superby1 10 ай бұрын
I was hoping for either Thinner or Secret Window. So glad it was one of them. My friends and I had so much fun watching this movie randomly on video one day. Brings back a lot of happy memories.
@DreFromMaine8472 10 ай бұрын
I actually really like Secret Window!
@superby1 10 ай бұрын
@@DreFromMaine8472 me too! It’s one of my favorite King adaptations. It’s also something ld like to see for Nostalgia-ween be it as reassessing a forgotten adaptation or finding some fun in the flaws
@MC-jj9zd 3 ай бұрын
I may not have been a fan of the movie, but its still pretty cool knowing some of the movie was filmed in my home town and around the area! I remember seeing the whole carnival set up as i would drive on the bridge. Its cool!
@Spiralredd 10 ай бұрын
Do the 2013 remake of Carrie
@Rocketman1292 10 ай бұрын
Ok, next Nostalgiaween, definitely do Over The Garden Wall! It's now become a fall classic I look forward to every year and Doug has seen it before, it's perfect for review!
@freedomkirax1020a 10 ай бұрын
WAIT A FREAKING SECOND!!!! Did YT took down the video because of the previous Thumbnail?!?!?!? Because the current one wasnt the one I saw when I watched the video...😢
@lpk675 10 ай бұрын
2:19 Huh, I didn't know Tom Holland was already in the film business only 4 months after he was born.
@hassmann2000 10 ай бұрын
I literally laughed out loud on this. Well done.
@travisdelafuente1150 10 ай бұрын
I'm surprised you haven't reviewed this at all but not surprised that Nostalgiaween 2023 ends with a good old Stephen King review! 😁
@Stonecutter334 10 ай бұрын
Thinner is a fantastic movie. Super underrated.
@ArrowsmithBA3 10 ай бұрын
So if the cake is a lie... there's shingles in the pie?... (Sorry if that's too far... plz don't sue) Thank you for continuing to provide excellent content despite your recent hardships. Glad to see you back in action in time for Nostagliaween. Looking forward to your Christmas shenanigans. Hoping to see your take on "Olive the Other Reindeer" someday...
@jacobdrolet4262 10 ай бұрын
Perfect way to end nostalgia-ween with a Stephen King classic movie the Thinner more bonkers than anything out there so far,I kind of enjoy the thinner movie one of my Stephen king movie ever.
@Slicedude2004 10 ай бұрын
That pie scene is one of the hardest laughs I’ve ever had watching a Nostalgia Critic episode.
@basch07 10 ай бұрын
Is it just me, or did the thumbnail for this video change?
@gigim.9742 10 ай бұрын
Absolutely bonkers movie. The commentary had me rolling! Side note: Phat-Suit Critic on the thumbnail looks like someone made him in The Sims and turned the chonk slider up to max 😂
@spacejam8765 10 ай бұрын
Really wished that he would have reviewed Rose Red for this year. Hopefully next year.
@johnnysparkle 10 ай бұрын
Dino De Laurentis was planning to produce the film, with Sam Raimi directing, after completing Maximum Overdrive (another Stephen King adaptation). But they ended up committed to Evil Dead 2.
@koneheadcokehead4981 10 ай бұрын
You know it's a awesome video when the NC reviews a Stephen King Movie!
@Sparrows1121 9 ай бұрын
There's a funny scene in Disney's Quack Pack at Season 1 Episode 31. Where Donald is so worried about their nephews that he randomly tries to force them on a excessive diet. Probably my favorite joke on that.
@tommyadams8576 10 ай бұрын
I actually liked the book. I think it's probably the best of the "Bachman" King novels.
@ssjenforcer191191191 10 ай бұрын
The book is FANTASTIC. The movie changes a lot of stuff, and the mafia character is way better in the book--ditto for the ending. It's way darker.
@LangThoughts 10 ай бұрын
This movie is an accurate portrayal of trying to lose weight with Peanut-Butter Ąydes
@Pershath08 10 ай бұрын
I’d love to see your take on King’s Quicksilver Highway. It was like a bad episode of Goosebumps.
@ShadowSonic2 10 ай бұрын
For a second I thought you meant Silver Bullet, heh
@whitepenny64able 10 ай бұрын
I actually love this movie.
@rado3880 10 ай бұрын
Same here
@joshjohnson6891 10 ай бұрын
"You gotta give it to this pie" ah now we see where M Night Shymalan gets most of his stupid ideas from.
@TramiNguyen-oi3kp 10 ай бұрын
I love this Halloween live-action movie!
@chasetemple1518 10 ай бұрын
Next year on Nostalgiaween... • October 2nd: Hubie Halloween (2020) • October 9th: Graveyard Shift (1990) (Stephen King Time) • October 16th: Hereditary (2018) • October 23rd: Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005) • October 30th: Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey (2023)
@jamesmoyner7499 10 ай бұрын
STEPHEN KING TIME!