This preshow contains lots of Pee-wee Herman Halloween late night clips and some fun horror trailers. Originally opened the Annual Virtual Halloween Marathon on October 29, 2023.
Watch the Halloween classic Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985) hosted by Joe Bob Briggs on this 1998 Broadcast of Monstervison, well it's actually Joe Bob's Summer School.
A 4th of July Summer Monstervison Double Feature Night:
You can't keep a good zombie down. MonsterVision offers skeptical viewers clear proof in the form of The Return of the Living Dead, a film that manages the tricky task of being both funny and scary. That's "living dead" as in Night of the Living Dead (NOTLD if you please) and "return" as in "not much to do with the first but it's a catchy title." We'll draw the connections between the two films after catching our collective breaths a bit.
Until then how about a plot synopsis? We heard you all panting and pleading, "Please please fill us in." So here ya go: It seems that a big shark, no wait. There's a second-rate boxer who wants a shot at the top -- darn, that's not it either. Ok, zombies. They return. Basically, we've got a couple of working class stiffs (haha, we made a pun) employed at a Kentucky medical supply house. Unknown to them, there are canisters of a toxic chemical stored nearby after a disastrous spill in Pittsburgh in the late 60s (remember NOTLD?). The canisters break open, causing some formerly deceased citizens to prowl around hissing, "More brains," like they own the darn place. Oh, did we mention the punks? Well, there are some, and punks being punks they thought a cemetery was a nice place to party. Perhaps, but not tonight... read more full transcript here!
The Retun of the Living Dead Monstervision Broadcast from archive.org:
Just Joe Bob Briggs hosting segments The Retun of the Living Dead:
Hold something back? Not us since we're really putting the "monster" into MonsterVision with a freaky big, super-nasty great white shark romping through Jaws 2. The film may be the offspring of a big-budget, almost-respectable smash hit but Jaws 2 doesn't skimp in the shocks and thrills department and we love it for that. To paraphrase Jean-Luc Godard, all you need for a movie is a hungry critter and some dumb townfolk.
When last we left sleepy seaside Amity, the town had been menaced by a predatory great white which was eventually defeated by the police chief, a grizzled sea captain and that guy from Mr. Holland's Opus. But since there's always more fish in the sea, we shouldn't be surprised to learn that the first film's shark was a sort of advance scout for bigger and meaner things. Roy Schneider is back as the police chief, still having to deal with a mayor (Murray Hamilton again) who refuses to close down the beach, apparently having slept through the first film. The shark's tougher, the chief's got bigger guns and there's a super phat, def, chillin' scene involving a helicopter. We're not being deliberately vague on the story, it's just that Jaws 2's austere string of shark attacks and the men who stop them borders on non-narrative experimental film. Hey, who says MonsterVision lacks aesthetic sensibilities?...read more full transcript here!
In The Mouth Of Madness hosted by Joe Bob Briggs on TNT ad:
Joe Bob Briggs' Hollywood Halloween TNT ad (1999):
Don't miss Joe Bob Riggs' Halloween sèance with special guests Rhonda Shear (host of USA Network's Up All Night) and Joe Flaherty (host of SCTV's Monster Chiller Theater), featuring John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness (1994). Originally aired on TNT on October 31, 1999 at 10:15 (ET/PT), commercials have been edited out.
Think you can tell the difference between fantasy and reality? Well, you won't after you sit through this nutcase of a film which is narrated by a madman in a straitjacket. Sam Neill plays the ill-fated insurance investigator who tries to locate a missing horror writer, obviously modeled on Stephen King, and winds up hopelessly insane - or is he? Directed by John Carpenter. With Jürgen Prochnow (as the writer, Sutter Cane)...read full transcript!
Halloween II is a 1981 American slasher film by John Carpenter and directed by Rick Rosenthal in his directorial debut, written and produced by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence who reprise their respective roles as Laurie Strode and Dr. Sam Loomis. It is the second installment in the Halloween film series and is a continuation sequel to Halloween (1978). Filming took place in the spring of 1981, primarily at Morningside Hospital in Los Angeles, California, on a budget of $2.5 million. It was distributed by Universal Pictures, and premiered in the United States on October 30, 1981. The film was a huge box office success, grossing over $25 million domestically alone with praise for its performances and atmosphere.
IMDb SYNOPSIS: While Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her.
Though Carpenter directed a good portion of the film and wrote the screenplay to the sequel, Carpenter realistically could not direct the entire film in time due to directing his other film in that timeframe, appointing the direction to Rosenthal. Stylistically, Halloween II reproduces certain key elements that made the original Halloween a success, such as first-person camera perspectives, and the film picks up right at the end of the cliffhanger ending of the original film and was intended (at the time) to finish the story of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. It also introduces the plot twist of Laurie Strode being the sister of Michael Myers, a feature that would form the narrative arc of the series in subsequent films after Halloween II, including Rob Zombie's remake and its sequel, but was dropped once Carpenter got involved again from the 2018-2022 film trilogy.
Carpenter composed and performed the score with Alan Howarth, who had previously been involved in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), and worked with Carpenter on several projects including Escape from New York (1981), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Christine (1983), and Prince of Darkness (1987). The film's score was a variation of Carpenter compositions from Halloween, particularly the main theme's familiar piano melody played in a compound 5/4 time rhythm. The score was performed on a synthesizer organ rather as well as a piano. One reviewer for the BBC described the revised score as having "a more eerie, gothic feel."
I was not a fan of this installment when I was a kid, I hated the more synth score (I preferred the real piano sounding score from the first) and I also hated that Michael Myers carried around a lame ass scalpel instead of a knife. But after watching over the years, I now prefer the synth score over the original and feel the film was a pretty good follow up to Halloween '78.
Watch a vhsrip of Halloween II on Monstervision with Joe Bob Briggs without commercials that originally aired on TNT on October 25, 1997. Uploaded to archive.org by 22shotsofmoodzandhorror.
The video below is just the Joe Bob hosting segments with the film edited out. Joe Bob talks about the ending of A New Nightmare, which was the first film featured, that was cut out of the full video above:
Halloween III: Season of the Witch is a 1982 American science fiction horror film and the third installment in the Halloween film series. It is the first film to be written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. John Carpenter and Debra Hill, the creators of Halloween (1978) and Halloween II (1981), return as producers. Halloween III is the only entry in the series that does not feature the series antagonist, Michael Myers who died in Part II. After the film's disappointing reception and box office performance, Michael Myers was brought back six years later in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.
IMDb SYNOPSIS: Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.
Halloween III departs from the slasher genre, which the rest of the installments were a part of, and instead features a "witchcraft" theme with science fiction aspects with suspense and tension being key themes. John Carpenter and Debra Hill believed that the Halloween series could have been an anthology series of films that centered around Halloween night, with each sequel containing its own characters, setting, and storyline. Director Wallace stated there were many ideas for Halloween-themed films, some of which could have potentially created any number of their own sequels, and that Season of the Witch was meant to be the first.
Halloween III was the last Halloween film distributed by Universal Pictures until 36 years later with The Strode Trilogy which include films Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills (2021) and Halloween Ends (2022). On a budget of $2.5 million, Halloween III made a profit by grossing $14.4 million at the box office in the US, but it was also the poorest performing film in the Halloween series at the time. Most critics gave it negative reviews. Despite the reception, re-evaluation in later years has given the film new legions of fans and has established its own reputation as a stand-alone cult film.
The soundtrack was once again composed by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth, who worked together on the score for Halloween II and several other films listed above. Music remained an important element in establishing the atmosphere of Halloween III. Just as in Halloween and Halloween II, there was no symphonic score and the Halloween III score differed greatly from the familiar main theme of the original and sequel. Carpenter replaced the familiar 10/8 piano melody with an electronic theme (9/16 against a steady 4/4) played on a synthesizer with beeping tonalities. Carpenter also composed the jingle from the Silver Shamrock Halloween mask commercial, set to the tune of "London Bridge Is Falling Down", with Tommy Lee Wallace as the announcer's voice.
I hated this film too because NO MICHAEL MYERS but now as an adult it's my favorite installment in the franchise and my second favorite Halloween horror movie ever right after Trick 'r Treat (2007).
Watch the full broadcast of Halloween III on Monstervision with Joe Bob Briggs with original commercials that aired on TNT on October 26, 1996. First is The End of Summer's VHSrip.
OR watch a poorer quality vhsrip of the same broadcast uploaded by TheVHSDude:
Just the hosting segments:
The hosting segments from a different broadcast of Halloween III (the end was cut off). Joe Bob just repeats what he says in the previous videos:
A comparison of two different Halloween III Joe Bob Briggs intros from Monstervision:
I created all 3 VHS covers at the top, middle and bottom of the post:
On Halloween night October 31st 1998, Joe Bob Briggs presented the first annual dusk-to-dawn Friday The 13th marathon on Monstervision that aired on TNT from 8pm to 6am. Parts 1-3, 5 and 6 were featured, no part 4. I could only find parts 2 and 6 from the broadcast online but I included 2 bonus videos of part 4, the first one is a 12/2/97 airing of Monstervison and the second is from Darcy the Mail Girl's YouTube channel. If you didn't see this the night it aired, you didn't see it! Watch part 2, 4 and part 6 below after the hosting segment videos.
This is just the hosting segments of the marathon with the films edited out. Where crew members started disappearing as the night went on and Joe Bob thought Ted Turner wanted to kill him. This was edited from one full source of the marathon. Found on Vincent Dawn's YouTube channel.
Here's a slightly better quality video of just the hosting segments edited together from a few different sources by ReadNWatchAnalog:
One more segments video, quality isn't the greatest but the marathon has been captured in full from a vhs tape bought on ebay 20 years ago by Leufion:
Watch Monstervision Friday the 13th Part 2 as it aired with original commercials: The day "Miller Time!" actually saved camp counselors from being slaughtered. The video quality sucks and the audio and video go out of sync, but sync back up by the end. Video by Eric Finnerty on Vimeo.com. Read the transcript of this episode here.
BOUNUS VIDEO #1: Part IV did not air during the marathon. This is a 12/2/97 VHS recording of Monstervison with original Christmas commercials as it aired uploaded by Candy and Corpses, watch below or at Vimeo.com:
BONUS VIDEO #2: Darcy The Mail Girl's first attempt at a makeshift live stream with Joe Bob Briggs from a hotel room in Niagara Falls moments before the Coronavirus lockdown (originally streamed on Mar 13, 2020) . We do our best to discuss, drink, and dance to the epic Friday 13th IV: The Final Chapter (1984) to help keep our mind off the real world for a lil' bit. WARNING: Audio is terrible, hurts your ears!
The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin and written for the screen by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel of the same name. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran (in his final film role), Jason Miller and Linda Blair.
The first installment in the Exorcist film series follows the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother's attempt to rescue her through an exorcism conducted by a pair of Catholic priests. Mercedes McCambridge provided the voice for the possesed Regan scenes. The MPAA rated the film R for horror elements, violence, profanity and intensity.
Audience Reactions - A little glimpse of the mass hysteria that The Exorcist caused during its original theatrical premiere on December 26, 1973, including footage of the audience reactions and the incredibly long lines of people who waited hours upon hours to see the film:
I remember I first saw this as a kid and it scared me so much I never watched again for the longest time. Years later I rewatched as an adult and the hospital scene is still brutal but now I find what Regan says in the possessed scenes to be fucking hilarious. Too bad the versions below cuts out or changes the swear words and obscene scenes.
1979 VHS cover #1:
VHS style DVD cover:
TV Guide Ads:
CBS 1980 Promo #1:
CBS 1980 Promo #2:
CBS 1981 Opening Bumper:
Watch CBS Saturday Night Special Movie 5/9/81 Broadcast of The Exorcist (1973) with Original Commercials. The film premiered on the US television network CBS on February 12, 1980. This video is a rebroadcast of the film that orginally aired on May 9, 1981.
The original CBS 1980 broadcast network TV censored version was edited by Friedkin himself. He filmed a shot of the Virgin Mary statue crying blood to replace the desecrated statue image. Friedkin also delivered the demon's new, censored dialogue because he was unwilling to work with McCambridge again. The lines "Your mother sucks cocks in hell, Karras, you faithless slime!" and "Shove it up your ass, you faggot!" were redubbed as "Your mother still rots in hell" and "Shut your face, you faggot".
Several of Chris' lines were redubbed by Burstyn, replacing "Jesus Christ" with "Judas Priest" and omitting the expletive "fuck". Moments in which Regan masturbates with a crucifix and forces her mother's head into her crotch are removed, along with most of the character's profanity. There is also a brief alternative shot shortly after Merrin arrives at the MacNeil house of Regan's face morphing into the demon's white visage (theatrical versions show only the beginning of the transformation). In some network versions Regan is not masturbating but having another fit.
Two videos below by two different uploaders, one is an MP4 file and the second is DVD VOB files of the same VHS recording.
Here are just the CBS Commercial Breaks with the film edited out:
Theatrical vs. 1980 CBS TV Edit - A quick look at the original CBS airing of The Exorcist from 1980, and some very interesting alterations:
a vile homophobic slur - original unedited scene vs censored? scene comparison:
The Halloween / Trick or Treat Scene of the film. Chris walking down the sidewalk with leaves falling and trick or treaters running past as "Tubular Bells" plays, after the commercials:
Watch Joe Bob Briggs host The Exorcist (1973) on Monstervision (though technically under TNT's rebranding, Joe Bob's Hollywood Saturday Nights). Originally aired November 20, 1999 on TNT at 12:45 AM ET/PT after Joe Bob hosted a showing of Top Gun (1986). Video uploaded by The End of Summer. Read the transcript of this episode here.
Watch the full movie and segments below or at Archive.org:
OR here are just Joe Bob's segments with the movie edited out:
