“Go to the deepest part of the hell!”
Hey, who needs a director at the top of his game, a talented cast, a committed screenwriter and a clever special effects team when you’ve got a pot of mustard, a way with papier-mâché and a camera with a jammed mauve filter?
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Comments
Comment from Ed
Time: February 3, 2008, 11:36 am
Great job, Liz. The bit about the profanity reminds me of the Mad Magazine Exorcist parody where the Ellen Burstyn character basically asks the doctor where the (bleep) Regan got such a dirty (bleeping) mouth. Funny stuff.
Comment from Sandoz
Time: February 3, 2008, 1:42 pm
I think that screencap may be scarier than all of The Exorcist.
Comment from lyzard
Time: February 3, 2008, 3:10 pm
Actually, I was sorry afterwards I didn’t put on the blog the later one of her clutching the bedpost and looking so green-faced and goofy. That one really sums up Seytan.
Comment from lyzard
Time: February 3, 2008, 3:14 pm
I’m not sure which is funnier, the screen caps of the shock therapy or the way you described it.
Well, I’m glad I got something of the sense of that scene across, because it is just absolutely most mind-blowing. (Hey, literally! - right, Gul?) I only wish I had the capacity to include clips in the review, because it really is beyond anything that can truly be conveyed in words. I know that there are online versions of Seytan around, and I cannot recommend strongly enough that you find one and watch this for yourself.
Comment from Blake Matthews
Time: February 3, 2008, 3:27 pm
Wow, that screen cap of the fake body and the rotating head…words cannot describe that.
Comment from lyzard
Time: February 3, 2008, 4:26 pm
Watching this film is a wonderfully life-affirming experience - you come away from it feeling good about everything and everyone.
Comment from supersonic
Time: February 4, 2008, 3:23 am
huh — all I get is a busted link, yet others are reading an amusing review? Where’d it go??
Comment from lyzard
Time: February 4, 2008, 4:24 am
Uh, yeah; Santo gave me a heads-up this afternoon, at which time I wasn’t having any trouble - but now I sure am! I’m sorry, I’m not sure what this is about - I’ll look into it and see if I can sort it out.
Comment from PCachu
Time: February 4, 2008, 9:38 am
It kind of looks like your site’s been rolled back a couple months. The index page is claiming Zombi 2 as the most recent review, with the Month of the Living Dead banner and everything. The Freddy vs. Jason critique and postgame with Ken are both gone, too.
Comment from lyzard
Time: February 4, 2008, 1:04 pm
Yes, that’s what I’m getting too, but I’ve no idea why.
Comment from David Lee Ingersoll
Time: February 4, 2008, 3:10 pm
Apparently Seytan doesn’t like being mocked.
Comment from The other lizard
Time: February 4, 2008, 3:29 pm
Luckily I read this review before it mysteriously disappeared. It was marvelous, but I wonder if you could share some of those weird subtitles with us. I love stuff like that. In case anyone missed it, you can see screen caps of a badly subtitled Revenge of the Sith (”Backstroke of the West”) here:
http://www.winterson.com/2005/06/episode-iii-backstroke-of-west.html
Comment from lyzard
Time: February 4, 2008, 4:31 pm
To be fair, I was mostly mocking Tugrul Bilge. I can’t see Seytan objecting to that.
And also, the subtitles, while funny, are not up to the sublime standard of Backstroke Of The West. (”Smelly boy!”) If and when I can, though, I’ll post a few of the subtitles’ subtitles.
Comment from Elizabeth the Ferret
Time: February 4, 2008, 4:35 pm
Off topic (for the most part), but speaking of funny subtitles, my favorite was from the Hong Kong bootleg of an anime series. This one guy, when meeting this other guy for the very first time at a fighting tournament, says “It is you that I love, and I am expecting!”
Comment from lyzard
Time: February 4, 2008, 4:38 pm
At least we know what they were fighting about.
Comment from supersonic
Time: February 4, 2008, 5:18 pm
In the meantime, the LEAST you can do would be to call me up and read the review to me over the phone, no?
Comment from Tom Meade
Time: February 4, 2008, 9:59 pm
My favourite subtitling glitch is probably from Clans of Intrigue - “He has a bisexual identity!”. It’s only really funny in context, though.
Comment from The Rev. D.D.
Time: February 7, 2008, 7:40 am
I guess I haven’t seen enough movies with bad subtitles…the only one I can think of off-hand is the relatively well-known Seventh Curse one. Along with the “Herculean!” one Ms. Kingsley mentioned in her review, I howled at “Take my advice or I’ll spank you without pants!” And then thought that’d be a pretty fun thing to see. (We are talking about Maggie Cheung, after all…)
Just when I think I’m getting caught up on the bad movie ouevre in all its non-glory, another facet appears that I have to delve further into… *le sigh*
Comment from Elizabeth the Ferret
Time: February 3, 2008, 11:03 am
Heh. I’m not sure which is funnier, the screen caps of the shock therapy or the way you described it. Without your excellent wording of that, I never would have realized that bowties make wonderful snacks. (goes to out to buy some for the Not Watching the Superbowl Pary)