Mortal Kombat II!
Here’s a complete playthrough of Mortal Kombat II. (Just pretend it’s a movie, because I sure did.)
There are YouTube playthroughs utilizing every character; I picked Mileena because she’s way cool and has the best ending.
I’ve run a video of the first Mortal Kombat game on here before, but I’ve always found the 1993 sequel to be so much more interesting, what with its increased “gothic” flair.
This isn’t a perfect analogy, but if the first game felt like an action movie with heavy doses of Hong Kong cinema and sci-fi, Mortal Kombat II had a vibe closer to an October horror movie.
Since that playthrough with Mileena is all-business, here’s another video that simply collects every FATALITY in the game. (Which is all you’re really interested in, anyway.)
I have great memories of playing the SNES version on our old downstairs television. Late at night, the music and visuals were spooky enough to put me on guard. The game itself never scared me, but it created the right ambiance for virtually everything else to do just that.
Lord knows if that flavor will come through on a YouTube playthrough, but that’s why I’m serving this up. Enjoy!
Free-For-All Friday Thread #3!
Wow, it’s already time for another Free-For-All Friday Thread?!
This week flew!
If you haven’t been around lately, we’re now using Friday nights to chat about whatever we want in the comments. New movies, old movies, pizza toppings, vacation plans, our most beloved types of whales — it’s totally up to you!
Feel free to join in, no matter how late it gets! These threads tend to see action all through the weekend.
Here’s a little “mood music” for ya, too:
Apparently someone made a YouTube playlist of all the spooky songs me and Jay raved about during scattered episodes of The Purple Stuff Podcast. The playlist has more than 30 tracks, covering everything from creepy WWE themes to Elvira’s incredible Monsta’ Rap.
Take it from me (and Jay): There ain’t a bad song in the bunch, and this is perfect background noise for a dark, wet Friday night.
Happy Free-For-All Friday! 
More Tales from the Crypt!
Here’s a pair of Tales from the Crypt episodes. Pick your poison, and pretend you’re watching HBO on the creepy downstairs television in the mid ’90s:
Mournin’ Mess (Season 3)
The Reluctant Vampire (Season 3)
Enjoy!
Munchie!
I bet it’s gonna be pretty dead here the day after Independence Day, so I might as well put a stamp on it with a movie that none of you will watch!
Heeeeere’s Munchie!
Released in 1992, Munchie was the direct-to-video semi-sequel to 1987’s Munchies, which was a weird sort of Gremlins ripoff.
I call it a “semi-sequel” because Munchie has literally nothing at all to do with Munchies. (Honestly, Troll 2 has more to do with Troll.)
Whereas Munchies was a comedic horror movie, Munchie was straight-up family fare. Gone are the little punk monsters, replaced by one magical creature (the titular “Munchie”), who I guess was like a mix of ALF and the Great Gazoo?
(I’ve actually never seen this one, but I have seen its sequel, Munchie Strikes Back. Yes, this movie somehow spawned another one!)
Tonight’s survey:
Did you do anything fun over the extended holiday weekend?
Spill it, in the comments.
(Especially if it involved cool fireworks named after monsters.)
We unexpectedly ended up in Atlantic City. I lost at the casino and then lost worse trying to win a Bulbasaur doll from a crane machine. But we did get some really good sushi!
