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!
The Making of ID4!
Happy 4th of July!
Here’s The Making of Independence Day, which seemed wildly appropriate given the holiday:
This made-for-TV doc basically acted as an infomercial for ID4, complete with Jeff Goldblum as the host.
Still love this movie. (I even love the ridiculous sequel!)
Commercials from 1995!
Here are assorted TV commercials that aired on TNT back in 1995. Little bit of everything in this collection:
According to the uploader, these ads were all shown late at night during movies like Child’s Play and Night of the Living Dead. In that context, they all become so much cooler.
Enjoy!
Amazing Stories: Mummy Daddy.
Happy holiday weekend! (Assuming you live in a place where it is one.)
Tonight’s video is Mummy Daddy, a 1985 first-season episode of Amazing Stories. (God bless NBC for streaming this show!)
The official synopsis, per NBC: A hospital bound daddy-to-be, mummified for his role in a horror film, hobbles and grunts his way through a small Southern town steeped in the eerie legend of Egyptian mummy Ra Amin Ka.
If you’re new to Amazing Stories, think of it as a less-dreary Tales from the Darkside with increased production values… sometimes to its credit, and sometimes to its detriment. I can’t say that I remember watching this particular episode as a kid, but it sure sounds good.
(And even if it isn’t, any chance to see the Amazing Stories opening sequence isn’t to be missed.)
