The Furby Rises Again

It took years to stamp out the unspeakable evil of the holiday must-haves from the past: Teddy Ruxpin, Chatty Cathy, and of course, Furby 1.0. But this season we have seen the reemergence of the last of these three horrors, the one-time champion of toy store marathon hunting season: the new and improved Furby.

The tag line alone (A Mind Of Its Own!) is enough to make any Terminator fan run for the mountains and start stockpiling weapons, but the eyes... my GOD THE EYES. Watching you intently. Waiting for you to make a mistake. Recording your every move for rogue government agencies operating off the grid! No, wait, not that last one.

The point here is that this abomination ended up on one of the three lists I had to send to the North Pole this weekend, and I doubt that delightful, white-bearded rogue will be willing to cart this robotic minion of Satan around in his toy sack. Therefore, it falls to me to find this hellish thing and bring it into my home.

My wish for your families this season is for health, happiness, and lots of rare and delightful pop culture finds, but the significance of the much maligned Furby makes me frightened for us all. Children want it. We remember it fondly for some reason (I suspect our memories have been tampered with ) and soon we will all have one.

Someone call John Connor.

First Look: The Host 2

I wasn't even aware they were making a sequel to The Host (which we named our fifth favorite sea monster movie of all time). Judging by the footage below, it looks like it's ready to go (and it also looks awesome and intense).

First Look: Silent Night

I didn't know they were doing a semi-remake of "Silent Night Deadly Night."

After watching this trailer, I wish I still didn't know.

The Exorcist Sitcom

Two of my favorite things mashed up together into one amazing video - a "trailer" for The Exorcist done as an '80s sitcom!



I actually saw this retweeted by the director, William Friedkin. I love it when artists have a sense of humor about their works.

Happy Halloween!

First Look: Evil Dead (NSFW)

So the red band teaser trailer for Evil Dead came out yesterday. It's got plenty of blood, guts, and gore. And then some.

First Look: Carrie

So they released the teaser to the Carrie remake.

I know it's commonplace here at Culture Brats to turn our noses up at remakes, but I'm cautiously optimistic about this one. First, it's got Hit-Girl as Carrie and Julianne Moore as her mother. Plus, it's directed by Kimberly Peirce, who also did Boys Don't Cry.



What do you think?

First Look: Mockingbird Lane

Way back in 2010 we told you that NBC was working with Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) to reboot the old TV classic The Munsters. And after eons of development, they're ready to air the one-hour pilot on October 26th to see if this show has any legs. They've released the first look at the show so here we go:



The cast is filled with people that I love: Eddie Izzard, Portia de Rossi, and Cheyenne Jackson! Jerry O'Connell, yeah he's ok. Butch Patrick, the original Eddie Munster, is listed on IMDB as having a credit so that's kind of fun. The kid playing little Eddie looks like a little Eddie Munster so that's cool.

Here's my problem with what I know of this reboot right now: it's kind of being billed as a dramedy. The whole point of the original was that it was silly because the Munsters thought THEY were normal, and the "normal" people in the world were weird. It was light-hearted and sweet and it was about a kind, loving family who were treated poorly because they were different. And this preview looked... I dunno, like Eddie Izzard's gonna eat the neighbors or something. And his makeup is terrible. And did Grandpa Sam make Herman Munster for his daughter Lily? That's the spin on the reboot and that doesn't sound right.

Anyway, what are your thoughts on this? Will you check out Mockingbird Lane?

Manimal To Return?

I'm not gonna lie, I'm mostly writing this article so I can share this epic photo:

Ok, here's the actual story: do any of you remember a simply terrible '80s television show called Manimal? The basic premise of the show is that there's a shapeshifting guy who uses his animal skills to help the police solve crimes. Seriously. It didn't even last a season it was so bad. And this from a decade the produced Airwolf.

Even the intro is epic. Check it out:

Awesome right? So you can totally see why Sony pictures just optioned the rights to make a live action/CGI movie. I mean, they've already done a Smurfs film, they're working on an ALF film, so why not hit the triple crown with (wildcat noise) Manimal?

(Kill me now.)

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First Look: Texas Chainsaw 3D

No longer a massacre?

A Heathers TV Show Would Be (Corn) Nuts

Were you a fan of Heathers? Like me, do you think Heathers is one of the greatest high school movies of all time?

Prepare to be horrified.

Bravo, the station responsible for unleashing a horde of housewives upon an unsuspecting public, is working on a modernized Heathers television show in which Veronica Sawyer's daughter finds herself in the crosshairs of a teenage mean girl circle known as The Ashleys.

No, really!

Bravo execs, if you're reading this, please don't go through with this. Leave it alone. Remake Jawbreaker instead. It's similar. Plus, I don't think anyone actually liked that movie.

But if you must go through with the Heathers remake, PLEASE cast Shannen Doherty as the mom of the head Ashley. I can't be the only one wishing to see her in something other than those damn Education Connection commercials.

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