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I admittedly don't watch this genre very often. As far as giant predator movies go, Nope (2022) could probably be classified as my most recent outing. *Ritual Recommends, maybe a couple for Halloween this year?* As Above, So Below (2014) Mr. Jones (2013) Underworld series (2003-2017) Soulmate (2013) Spike (2008) Bernard Rose's Frankenstein (2015)
Hmm, I'm not sure it depends on what kind of giant creature you're looking for. The Meg I think did a decent job with the whole Giant Shark Concept Them worked fairly well with giant ants.
To be fair, I think Anaconda having an actor who obviously doesn't want to be there cast as a character who doesn't want to be there is a stroke of genius.
@@mauricea.tillman4956 I don't see who he was responding to (looks like their response is gone) but I do believe they were talking about Tank Girl, which Ice T was indeed in, as opposed to Anaconda, which was indeed Ice Cube.
I was in the second grade when Anaconda came out. My dad tried to take me, but I was too scared to watch it. A few months later, he told me an anaconda had escaped from our local zoo. He spent months giving me updates about where the snake had last been seen and how much closer it was getting to our house. I told kids at school this. My dad effectively terrified at least a dozen second graders.
Lucky. I’m the same age and my parents treated the movies like Disneyland. Once a year if that. So I had to wait and see it on tv at some relatives house 🙄
I absolutely adore the first Lake Placid movies. The sequels are garbage but the first one genuinely is a good movie. The chemistry of the cast is top notch, the comedy is good and it's not too goofy unlike the sequels. I've watched it more than a dozen times, it's literally one of my favourite movies to watch
The cast was just amazing and come on, Betty White with "Murders and rapes in the city, people bomb planes, can the police stop 'em? No! But feed one little cow to a crocodile..." is one for the ages.
"Asian pacific crocodile" That's what they identifiy it as (Crocodylus porosus), the crocodile's design (as seen in the Stan Winston production photos) is that of a Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus). Yep, I'm a croc nerd. In regards to the films Betty White and Jon Voight are awesome in their respective films.
Well if you want to get technical (and why wouldn't you), whether you think that Blood Orchid film is better than the first is up for debate, but as I recall, it takes place in Southeast Asia, which means those shouldn't be anacondas. Those snakes are from South America, so these giant snakes should be pythons (probably reticulated or Burmese).
I've seen the Anaconda animatroniv in person and its truly beautiful and genuinely scary to be in the presence of it manages to capture the best that natural horror can be not to mention it is an extraordinarily impressive piece of art and machinery even without the film
That's really cool. I love animatronics, but in a way where I also find them quite unsettling. I can well imagine being fascinated and vaguely terrified if I were ever to see it in real life.
@@curvilinearcube8716 Oh man that would have been cool to go to. I grew up watching Lake Placid, mostly because I was into crocodiles, but I've recently come across Anaconda
The humour of the movie saves it from being like another terrible croc movie. The cast (of surprisingly big names) have amazing chemistry and really sell the movie
Anaconda 2: Hunt for the blood orchid was my first horror movie when I was maybe 8 years old. To this day I think it's a genuinely good movie, much better than the first
I have such fond memories of watching the lake placid movies with my mother as a young boy, we always loved watching creature features together, and still go to the theater everytime a new one manages to actually get into a theater near us
Anaconda was a childhood favourite. When it comes to these monster flicks, I think the audience age is possibly the biggest factor in how well it’s received.
I have to agree. Loved Anaconda when I was a kid. I'm 29 now and this video was kinda odd timing, because for no particular reason I wanted to watch it again a few days ago. 😄
I can’t believe you’re not getting the viewers that you used to get. The quality of your videos has always been phenomenal and your quirky accent and cute face are just the icing on top. I love these movies but I think it’s because of the heavy nostalgia factor since I was born in 1989.
You just made hundreds of memories of anaconda rush into my head like a shot of dopamine, god I loved that film, the atmosphere, the music, the characters AND THE SNAKES…….. Hell it’s summer I might wanna watch it again, hell lake placid too if I can, see y’all later I got (probably) a hundred giant animal films to watch.
“Lake Placid” is a classic. I rewatch it all the time. It’s the perfect example of a B-movie with a simple plot that is enhanced by hilarious dialogue and performances. The comedic chemistry amongst the cast is almost unheard of. Bill Pullman plays the only straight-man amongst a group of bickering adults. “He’s waving his little wang around, he’s scaring the shit outta me!”
Tbh, I think the best handling of the genre was in The X-Files episode "Quagmire". It brought back the recurring characters "Moon Unit & Freebird" and Scully's little dog bites the big one. And its the first episode where Scully and Mulder get to just talk. ...while sitting on a rock after sinking their boat in a lake.
Lake Placid was shot really well imo the 🐊 looked really good might not have had the most deepest plot but when do these type of movies really have deep plots!
As a kid, I bought a bootleg VHS tape from a flea market with a double creature feature, which were the first Anaconda and Tremors 2. I LOVED the shit out of both movies and I really liked how different in tone both are, with the dead seriousness of Anaconda contrasting with the zany tone of Tremors 2. Both are pretty special to me.
I originally watched Anaconda as a young child because I thought a movie about giant snakes would be cool. I was not prepared for the violence and regurgitation scene at the end. In short, the movie lives in my head rent free.
Everything you said about Anaconda is exactly why I love it so much. That film was my introduction into creature features and as far as my rose tinted glasses are concerned it is untouchable.
I’m such a sucker for creature feature movies that I can’t help but love these two. Excellent double feature pics! Plus you have to love they built a full size mechanical prop for the crocodile in lake placid
Welker is notably the original voice of Megatron! He also does basically every animated animal's "voice" in everything. Definitely capitalizing on a weird talent!
I think Lake Placid is woefully underrated and it's one of my all time favorites. I don't think it takes itself seriously at all. The characters are great, the script is nice and punchy and there's some genuine suspense. I do, however, think it was marketed wrong.
I grow up watching deep blue sea and jaws that put the fear of sharks in me. The best giant animal would have to Jaws, something about a seaside town being terrorised by a shark. Love the videos, looking forward to the next one.
Still here suggesting "noroi the curse" as it's genuinely one of the best found footage films i have ever seen. And yes, i think it's better then lake mungo
Just for context on the anaconda having a "voice actor", Frank Welker (who as Ryan said voices Fred Jones and Scooby Doo) has done tonnes of animal vocalisations in Hollywood. You can find behind the scenes footage of him roaring into a trash can for The Lion King. Another fun fact, the guy who voices Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen, is the one who voices the Predator and created its iconic crackling growl.
That’s why it’s fun to notice when Frank Welker contributes to a movie. I had to tell my dad he was the “voice” of the monkey in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”; you can tell when you put that part alongside Abu as they sound so identical And I always forget Optimus himself was the vocals of the Predator; mostly due to the wonderfully silent performance of the late Kevin Peter Hall in the suit
I've been playing catchup on horror I was unable to watch growing up (mental health reasons). Just wanted to say thank you for all the awesome videos! You've helped me get into the genre genuinely
I will say, that as a small child when I watched Anaconda and subsequently Anaconda HFTBO for the first time, I was absolutely enthralled with the story. I chalk it up to being so young when I watched them but in all earnestness I truly felt like the acting in both films was from a genuine place, regardless of how campy it felt. I think a huge part of the believably of the film was use of practical effects as well. The snake was given actual depth and malice in the story and I think it provided a truly spooky watching experience. I re-watch them every year in October with my friends and I will always have such a huge soft spot for those movies.
I also remember talking with the producer of Anaconda. He told me the script was shit but he saw something in the idea. And he was right is the movie was a success in the theaters
Honestly if you wanna do a review of Giant Monster movies the Sci-Fi channel back in the 90s and 2000s had you covers. Mansquito, Sabertooth, Mammoth, SS Droomtrooper, Manticore, Python, Cerberus, Dinocroc, and that's just to name a few. You could make an entire month on those films.
@@thefanwithoutaface8105 I used to watch those "Syfy Original Movies" every Saturday when they aired so I've probably seen a good chunk of them. Most are low budget trash but occasionally a genuinely decent one snuck in. I remember Sands of Oblivion, Abominable and Mega Snake were ok. Especially Abominable which was much better than I expected.
@@JillLulamoon Meh, they were fun and relatively harmless movies, Sabertooth wasn't bad, Manticore was novel with the while monster fighting soldiers in Iraq angle. Route 666 was actually a pretty decent movie, Chupacabra Dark Seas, Ginacarlo Espisito aka Gus from Breaking Bad in one of his early roles, pretty novel.
Fun Fact: In Brazilian Folk lore, there is a Giant Fire snake called Boitata, its said that the snake protects the Amazon forest of those who enter with the intention to damage it or to destroy it.
Yessssssss! I loved these two as a kid, especially Lake Placid. I have the VHS (I think, could've been DVD) for it and used to watch it all the time. Ahhh good times.
Funny thing is that in Brazilian folklore there is a giant snake that's on flames (Boitatá), and Anaconda has a moment where the giant snake is set on flames. Doubt it was on purpose but you could interpret it as the mythological aspect lol
When I was a kid, I always thought the night time scene from Anaconda (where Owen Wilson gets eaten rather than the boat captain) would’ve been a better time to reveal the snake in its full. I mean if you’re gonna capitalize on the success of jaws, you might as well try one of the elements that it did best: less is more.
Crawl (2019) doesn’t get nearly enough love, honestly. I guess it’s nothing that’s gonna rock your world, but most creature features aren’t really supposed to. It’s just a gnarly little film about a father and daughter trying to survive a storm and a shitload of hungry alligators. You get exactly what you pay for. Also, perhaps it’s not technically horror, but I’d very much like to hear Ryan’s take on the Monsterverse. Come on, Ryan. Indulge my hyperfixation!
I know video essays are kinda niche and horror more so but this channel is hands down one of the most consistently underrated in views. If you haven't covered any of the sci-fy giant octopus movies that would always be a hoot, I don't know why I remember them so much as an adult but I do.
Frank Welker also does the animal noises for basically every single thing you've ever heard for the past few decades, so not really a surprise. Bored by Lake Placid? Really? That movie's great
I remember seeing the beginning of Lake placid when I was 6 and instead of being terrified at the guy losing his bottom half I said cool and my parents instantly put me as the black sheep of the family
I have a weird affection for Anaconda because it was one of the first movies I watched when I was making that abrupt preteen pivot from "I can't stand anything scary" to "horror is the best thing ever!" I think it helped ease that transition because I genuinely love snakes. 😄
I'd be interested to see your take on Detention(2011) or Spring(2014) without spoiling both do really interesting things on the edges on horror genres.
honestly lake placid isn't great BUT the fact they made a REAL THIRTY FOOT SWIMMING CROCODILE ANIMATRONIC - and yes, it COULD ACTUALLY SWIM, there's videos of it just slithering its way through the water totally naturally until you see the *scale* of it that definitely simultaneously makes me ecstatic at awesome practical effects, and completely horrified at the idea of falling into the murky water with that thing. thank you submechanophobia subreddit for that behind the scenes info. :')
I think the 90s is 1 of the most slept on eras for movies in regards to science fiction/creature features facultiy classic star ship troopers classic These 2 movies are borderline classics imo!
As a true Maine resident, Lake Placid really does so little for me. I've always kinda hated it, even though I love some of the cast members. I definitely prefer Anaconda, I feel like it is more fun to watch. I love your content, Ryan. I hope you win the championship. Keep up the glorious videos, as long as you enjoy making them. You the best. And I know we all turbo appreciate the hard work you put into each vid
As a reptile lover, I roll my eyes at these movies that try to make reptiles look like monsters and perpetuate scary stereotypes. That being said, I have a soft spot for Lake Placid. Love Betty White! Plus it's more factually accurate than Anaconda 😂 Anaconda is great for a laugh, gotta admit. They need to make more horror movies where dogs go on a killing spree, since that's more realistic than a snake... plus, Cujo is overdo for a remake ;)
Listen, Lake Placid is amazing. Amazing cast, genuinely funny, and Betty White feeding a cow to a prehistoric monster croc. And has Oliver Platt stolen more scenes? I think not.
One again recommending 'Tumbbad' to Ryan. You should definitely do Indian horrors. There's some really interesting (Not typical Bollywood ones) And also speaking of 90s horror, 'Makdi' is a 90s Indian horror classic
As someone that keeps Anacondas as pets, this movie is a large reason for that love I have for my animals. Growing up after seeing this movie as a child sort of birthed my love for the species in general. Looking back on the movie now as someone that actually works with and keeps these snakes in my home, the movie depicts the animals incredibly poorly and outright just wrong but I can't help but love the movie for nostalgic reasons regardless.
Anaconda was/is my top favorite creature feature, I owned and watched the crap out of that tape. The first movie I saw where two people of color survived the entire movie while the only white person to live only made it because he was comatose and missed the climax? I was there for that. Vought always did a great job of skeeving me out, and Danny Trejo's cameo at the beginning always pumped me up even if he was the cold open kill. The sequels though, I only ever watched once and pretty much forgot about. And Lake Placid!! I mostly remember that I watched at a drive in movie and absolutely only remembered Betty White treating the crocs like her pets, and just that was enough to give it a place in my heart.
I rewatched Lake Placid recently after Betty White's death because the clips of her from the movie were everywhere. I still have a lot of love for that goofy-ass movie.
Both Anaconda and Lake Placid are a couple of my favourite movies, both from nostalgia and just because I like how the movies execute their narratives, even if it is mostly schlock. What has been an interesting revelation for me revisiting Lake Placid this year is that this is one of the only (good) creature features I can think of that is more in the genre of comedy than horror. Sure, there is a massive crocodile snacking on people and animals in its lake, but so much of the movie is taken up by the actors being sarcastic and snarking at each other. Most "creature features" descend into a slow picking off of main cast members in situations that feel created just for someone to get eaten. In LP, however, there are only two human deaths in the movie and both are characters who don't even have names that I can recall. Hell, when you say "Lake Placid" to people, most will know that it has a crocodile and Betty White in it, and Betty White is such a delight to watch, even though she's been caring for the crocodile this whole time. Hell, at the end of the movie, where it's shown she's feeding the babies, there is no horror sting or tense music; it's a Bob Marley song. This movie is not taking itself seriously, and I think that is part of its charm. Which is a big reason why Lake Placid sequels do not work. They slide into "people screaming and getting picked off" territory, which completely misses the vibe of the first movie. (The crossover sequel was so painful to watch, and I went into it expecting it to be awful.) Edit: Just finished watching the video and I'm amused that the things I liked about Lake Placid didn't land with you at all, and that's understandable. I think I'm so burnt out by the predictable formula of creature features that I find LP's approach to be a refreshing breather rather than a detriment to the movie itself. :)
Hey man, I just wanna say I've been watching you for a couple years now, and you've done nothing but improve in confidence, delivery and writing. I hope you see the same success as before, because you're always improving, consistent and deserve it. I've found so many great movies I never would have found without watching your channel.
Awwwh yes, my childhood horror! Honestly the wasp in throat scene was burned into my mind for decades. Also, how about covering Earth VS The Spider (not the original, but the 2001 version)? Also wasnt there a movie about... giant ticks?
Lake Placid, Deep blue sea, and Anaconda caused my love of creature feature movies. Granted I was like 4 when I saw all of them and didn’t understand acting but still lol
I'm more of Deep Rising, but these two give so candid memories of my childhood when I rented them in the video store. And I'm surprised you didn't reference the over the top death from Anaconda with a wink included. Talking about creature features from the 90's, I'm going again to make the suggestion for The ghost and the darkness, a movie that terrified me as a child and I think still works today.
Please cover Komodo! It’s a 1999 horror movie based on the Komodo dragon and it’s actually got some really good actors/acting and some pretty decent special and practical effects!
I was always a bit more partial to lake placid simple because the creature effects were better. That croc puppet was monstrous and amazing. The CG snake... less so.
Lake Placcid is, and will always be, my favorite movie. It is far from perfect, but it has significance to me. I grew up in Maine, had a camp on a lake just like Black Lake. I loved big animals and wanted to watch horror movies, but my parents sheltered me. But my dad let me watch this movie, Lake Placcid. I was around ten, watching this movie alone in my living room because nobody would watch it with me, amazed at how real everything looked. How the woods looked like my home, the lake looked like my lake, how beautiful this creature was. It started my love for creature features and horror. Years later I watched it again, and it was far less perfect. The characters annoyed me and the action dragged, but it was like coming home. I actually bought the box set then proceeded to be extremely depressed by how much the sequel sucked ass and didn’t try. I still love this movie, it still makes me smile, and that croc! That dead moose! That half a body! I can still appreciate this movie years later because it will always be special in a way it isn’t to most people. I forced my girlfriend and brother to watch it and genuinely couldn’t understand why they hated it lol. I think I’ll watch it again tonight, try and forget life for a while. (Fun fact: As I kid I thought the sherif and crocodile hunter should date)
It's so funny because I love Lake Placid and that whole area. I go every summer and whenever I mention going up for hiking or fishing. I always get: "You mean that town with the giant gator movie about it?"
Rogue is the only real creature feature that lives rent free in my mind as I come from Aus and there's been more than a handful of disapperences in the remote regions of the Northern Territory. Another great video mate! One of the highlights of the week.
I remember watching "Anaconda" with my friends when it came out. We rooted so hard for the snake. If applauding Jon Voigt getting eaten by a snake is wrong, I don't want to be right. As it turned out, that sentiment was spot-on.
I want a lake placid remake with Troy Landry and his son playing as the hero’s trying to hunt the crocodile but always are just to late or hilariously miss their chances to get it.
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Jaws
Eight Legged Freaks
Pumpkin head
I admittedly don't watch this genre very often. As far as giant predator movies go, Nope (2022) could probably be classified as my most recent outing.
*Ritual Recommends, maybe a couple for Halloween this year?*
As Above, So Below (2014)
Mr. Jones (2013)
Underworld series (2003-2017)
Soulmate (2013)
Spike (2008)
Bernard Rose's Frankenstein (2015)
Hmm, I'm not sure it depends on what kind of giant creature you're looking for.
The Meg I think did a decent job with the whole Giant Shark Concept
Them worked fairly well with giant ants.
To be fair, I think Anaconda having an actor who obviously doesn't want to be there cast as a character who doesn't want to be there is a stroke of genius.
@@jasonblalock4429 i think that’s ice T
@@accidentalmadness1708 you are correct sir, it was indeed Ice T in Tank Girl!!😁
@@accidentalmadness1708 *ICE CUBE*
@@mauricea.tillman4956 I don't see who he was responding to (looks like their response is gone) but I do believe they were talking about Tank Girl, which Ice T was indeed in, as opposed to Anaconda, which was indeed Ice Cube.
@@brandondanforth8342 correct
The villain being regurgitated by the Anaconda still remains in my mind rent free. Especially since the body then winks
Yeah, that moment was disturbing.
@@somerandolad it was very disgusting, especially being covered in slimy stuff
Ughh
He was still alive? Just paralysed?
Yeah,saw the movie on VHS the first time and thanks to the quality he looked melted...
Watched this exact scene yesterday
I was in the second grade when Anaconda came out. My dad tried to take me, but I was too scared to watch it. A few months later, he told me an anaconda had escaped from our local zoo.
He spent months giving me updates about where the snake had last been seen and how much closer it was getting to our house. I told kids at school this. My dad effectively terrified at least a dozen second graders.
Lucky. I’m the same age and my parents treated the movies like Disneyland. Once a year if that. So I had to wait and see it on tv at some relatives house 🙄
what a fun dad you have
I absolutely adore the first Lake Placid movies. The sequels are garbage but the first one genuinely is a good movie. The chemistry of the cast is top notch, the comedy is good and it's not too goofy unlike the sequels.
I've watched it more than a dozen times, it's literally one of my favourite movies to watch
The cast was just amazing and come on, Betty White with "Murders and rapes in the city, people bomb planes, can the police stop 'em? No! But feed one little cow to a crocodile..." is one for the ages.
@@hopelessgeek3776 she had a point
@@hopelessgeek3776 the cast was absolutely amazing
Lake Placid was a great movie. No masterpiece certainly, but great for what it is.
YES! The first one so good! I watch it at least once a year. Lol
My old man actually worked on Lake Placid. He trained the cow for the helicopter air lift scene haha
That cow did perfect 👍🏼
The fact that Ryan is turning "howyever" into a verb lets me know we're not in the darkest timeline after all.
It’s “Hoy-Ever.” Not “How-Yever.” Fake Fan./s
@@ironwraith852 Finally!! I spent my entire lunch break trying to google how Ryan spelled it and couldn't find anything!
@@S...O___S... I think it’s spelled the same way it’s pronounced. Hoyever.
It rlly is streets ahead
@@googleitlol6590 deffo
"Asian pacific crocodile"
That's what they identifiy it as (Crocodylus porosus), the crocodile's design (as seen in the Stan Winston production photos) is that of a Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus).
Yep, I'm a croc nerd.
In regards to the films Betty White and Jon Voight are awesome in their respective films.
More commonly known as the saltwater crocodile, if anyone reading is wondering.
Well if you want to get technical (and why wouldn't you), whether you think that Blood Orchid film is better than the first is up for debate, but as I recall, it takes place in Southeast Asia, which means those shouldn't be anacondas. Those snakes are from South America, so these giant snakes should be pythons (probably reticulated or Burmese).
@@ggrarl Which is one of the reasons I don't classify it as an Anaconda film or even a good film.
it would be cool if it was a hybrid of the nile and saltwater croc that would explain its size
Both are big guilty pleasures movies. The 90's had a lot of weird horror movies, but damn that was a good era.
I watch anaconda at least once a year, do have to watch lake placid again though, only seen that twice in total?
Doesn't have to be guilty pleasures - both are legit well made
@@volodymyrbilyk555 exactly.
Voight’s accent alone, is worth watching it for.
Why do you feel guilty? Weird.
I've seen the Anaconda animatroniv in person and its truly beautiful and genuinely scary to be in the presence of it manages to capture the best that natural horror can be not to mention it is an extraordinarily impressive piece of art and machinery even without the film
That's really cool. I love animatronics, but in a way where I also find them quite unsettling. I can well imagine being fascinated and vaguely terrified if I were ever to see it in real life.
Where did you see it?
@@porkchopproductions0314 it was on display for a while at a science center they had a whole exhibit on snakes
@@curvilinearcube8716 Oh man that would have been cool to go to. I grew up watching Lake Placid, mostly because I was into crocodiles, but I've recently come across Anaconda
The Faculty is one of my favorite “underrated” movies. Great cast, great adaptation of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and just fun and entertaining
Just a great 90s movie.
I loved reviewing it
Oh yes me too! Love the Faculty, will probably watch Ryan’s review of it after this.
So much better that the Kidman remake
Faculty was just a fun watch. I watched it due to Ryan's video. was worth it
I love Lake Placid for its humor, Oliver Platt, and Betty White. Anaconda was fun for its cast cheesy snake effects, and it's improper trake method.
The humour of the movie saves it from being like another terrible croc movie. The cast (of surprisingly big names) have amazing chemistry and really sell the movie
@@iusedtowrite6667 The effects also hold up surprisingly well imo.
@@iusedtowrite6667 that animatronic tho, just the icing on the cake
I will always love Lake Placid. Something so genuinely charming about the cast, they are all charismatic and likeable
Me too it’s one of my favorite comedic horror movies
Anaconda 2: Hunt for the blood orchid was my first horror movie when I was maybe 8 years old. To this day I think it's a genuinely good movie, much better than the first
I agree, Me and my sister would always rewatch that movie it’s honestly pretty good
I have such fond memories of watching the lake placid movies with my mother as a young boy, we always loved watching creature features together, and still go to the theater everytime a new one manages to actually get into a theater near us
Go check out beast then
@@SpiceofLifevariety we actually plan to go see it this weekend!
Anaconda was a childhood favourite. When it comes to these monster flicks, I think the audience age is possibly the biggest factor in how well it’s received.
I have to agree. Loved Anaconda when I was a kid. I'm 29 now and this video was kinda odd timing, because for no particular reason I wanted to watch it again a few days ago. 😄
I can’t believe you’re not getting the viewers that you used to get. The quality of your videos has always been phenomenal and your quirky accent and cute face are just the icing on top. I love these movies but I think it’s because of the heavy nostalgia factor since I was born in 1989.
I like him but his epic overuse of run-on sentences can get mentally exhausting.
Yt doesnt like horror stuff
He has a solid cult following, though.
; )
@@RiggedandReady this is true but he should be getting far more views. But I think it's the work of the algorithm 😑
It’s because he’s been running out of good material to make videos for. The topics of his videos have been very underwhelming for at least a year
Starship troopers is a masterpiece, still one of my favourite films. So cynical and yet the action is great
You just made hundreds of memories of anaconda rush into my head like a shot of dopamine, god I loved that film, the atmosphere, the music, the characters AND THE SNAKES…….. Hell it’s summer I might wanna watch it again, hell lake placid too if I can, see y’all later I got (probably) a hundred giant animal films to watch.
“Lake Placid” is a classic. I rewatch it all the time. It’s the perfect example of a B-movie with a simple plot that is enhanced by hilarious dialogue and performances. The comedic chemistry amongst the cast is almost unheard of. Bill Pullman plays the only straight-man amongst a group of bickering adults. “He’s waving his little wang around, he’s scaring the shit outta me!”
Also, there is probably one legitmately well put together giant crocodile film; Rogue (2007).
Made by the same guy who brought us Wolf Creek.
Rogue is awesome. It’s a shame that it’s always in the shadow of Lake Placid because, imo, it’s a far superior film.
YES
Black Water is also decent
Primeval is also another underrated croc film!
@@ezekielharwood4602 the effects are terrible in some scenes but overall the film is okay
Anaconda had me genuinely terrified of snakes as a kid. I remember both loving and hating that movie. it was so tense!
Tbh, I think the best handling of the genre was in The X-Files episode "Quagmire". It brought back the recurring characters "Moon Unit & Freebird" and Scully's little dog bites the big one. And its the first episode where Scully and Mulder get to just talk. ...while sitting on a rock after sinking their boat in a lake.
"The Ghost and the Darkness" from 1996 is a good movie, it's also based of real events.
He's done an excellent video on that one. :)
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Lake Placid was shot really well imo the 🐊 looked really good might not have had the most deepest plot but when do these type of movies really have deep plots!
Exactly. Like even though the plot was meh, it was nothing too crazy or unbelievable. It still had elements that grounded the movie in reality (kinda)
It's directed by Steve Miner, His films usually look pretty good,
As a kid, I bought a bootleg VHS tape from a flea market with a double creature feature, which were the first Anaconda and Tremors 2. I LOVED the shit out of both movies and I really liked how different in tone both are, with the dead seriousness of Anaconda contrasting with the zany tone of Tremors 2. Both are pretty special to me.
5:58 what's crazier is Frank Welker was also the voice of the original Megatron. Voice Actors are on a whole different level of range
The whole underwater cave scenes in the second anaconda movie was legit amazing and tense
I originally watched Anaconda as a young child because I thought a movie about giant snakes would be cool. I was not prepared for the violence and regurgitation scene at the end. In short, the movie lives in my head rent free.
Everything you said about Anaconda is exactly why I love it so much. That film was my introduction into creature features and as far as my rose tinted glasses are concerned it is untouchable.
I’m such a sucker for creature feature movies that I can’t help but love these two. Excellent double feature pics!
Plus you have to love they built a full size mechanical prop for the crocodile in lake placid
Welker is notably the original voice of Megatron! He also does basically every animated animal's "voice" in everything. Definitely capitalizing on a weird talent!
He also gave the voice for the female killer alien Sil from Species
He was also the sharp teeth in the land before time
Deep blue sea and anaconda were some of my favorite movies when I was a kid, I used to watch them with my grandma all the time lol
I think Lake Placid is woefully underrated and it's one of my all time favorites. I don't think it takes itself seriously at all. The characters are great, the script is nice and punchy and there's some genuine suspense. I do, however, think it was marketed wrong.
Amen. It's genuinely just a solit entertaining movie. The comedy still holds up and the cast have brilliant chemistry
I grow up watching deep blue sea and jaws that put the fear of sharks in me. The best giant animal would have to Jaws, something about a seaside town being terrorised by a shark. Love the videos, looking forward to the next one.
Still here suggesting "noroi the curse" as it's genuinely one of the best found footage films i have ever seen. And yes, i think it's better then lake mungo
Just for context on the anaconda having a "voice actor", Frank Welker (who as Ryan said voices Fred Jones and Scooby Doo) has done tonnes of animal vocalisations in Hollywood. You can find behind the scenes footage of him roaring into a trash can for The Lion King. Another fun fact, the guy who voices Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen, is the one who voices the Predator and created its iconic crackling growl.
That’s why it’s fun to notice when Frank Welker contributes to a movie. I had to tell my dad he was the “voice” of the monkey in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”; you can tell when you put that part alongside Abu as they sound so identical
And I always forget Optimus himself was the vocals of the Predator; mostly due to the wonderfully silent performance of the late Kevin Peter Hall in the suit
I've been playing catchup on horror I was unable to watch growing up (mental health reasons). Just wanted to say thank you for all the awesome videos! You've helped me get into the genre genuinely
I will say, that as a small child when I watched Anaconda and subsequently Anaconda HFTBO for the first time, I was absolutely enthralled with the story. I chalk it up to being so young when I watched them but in all earnestness I truly felt like the acting in both films was from a genuine place, regardless of how campy it felt. I think a huge part of the believably of the film was use of practical effects as well. The snake was given actual depth and malice in the story and I think it provided a truly spooky watching experience. I re-watch them every year in October with my friends and I will always have such a huge soft spot for those movies.
I really like the 1997 creature feature The Relic, it's pretty much exactly what I look for when I watch these types of movies.
Remember Gargantua.
I also remember talking with the producer of Anaconda. He told me the script was shit but he saw something in the idea. And he was right is the movie was a success in the theaters
I’d kill for coverage of blood orchid. My instinct was that movie was actually the best or only decent anaconda movie
Man, Oliver Platt is one of my favorite actors of the 90's and I don't think he gets nearly enough credit!! Thank you for another great video, sir.
Honestly if you wanna do a review of Giant Monster movies the Sci-Fi channel back in the 90s and 2000s had you covers. Mansquito, Sabertooth, Mammoth, SS Droomtrooper, Manticore, Python, Cerberus, Dinocroc, and that's just to name a few. You could make an entire month on those films.
Is it sad I've seen all of those except for Cerberus?
@@JillLulamoon Not really, I've seen all of them.
@@thefanwithoutaface8105 I used to watch those "Syfy Original Movies" every Saturday when they aired so I've probably seen a good chunk of them.
Most are low budget trash but occasionally a genuinely decent one snuck in. I remember Sands of Oblivion, Abominable and Mega Snake were ok. Especially Abominable which was much better than I expected.
@@JillLulamoon Meh, they were fun and relatively harmless movies, Sabertooth wasn't bad, Manticore was novel with the while monster fighting soldiers in Iraq angle. Route 666 was actually a pretty decent movie, Chupacabra Dark Seas, Ginacarlo Espisito aka Gus from Breaking Bad in one of his early roles, pretty novel.
Fun Fact: In Brazilian Folk lore, there is a Giant Fire snake called Boitata, its said that the snake protects the Amazon forest of those who enter with the intention to damage it or to destroy it.
Sounds like he's been sleeping on the job for awhile now with all the deforestation going on in south America
These are two of my FAVOURITE monster horrors! Love the campiness of them both
Yessssssss! I loved these two as a kid, especially Lake Placid. I have the VHS (I think, could've been DVD) for it and used to watch it all the time. Ahhh good times.
Respectfully, I completely disagree on Lake Placid, it's still one of my favourite movies! I pretend there are no sequels though
Funny thing is that in Brazilian folklore there is a giant snake that's on flames (Boitatá), and Anaconda has a moment where the giant snake is set on flames. Doubt it was on purpose but you could interpret it as the mythological aspect lol
When I was a kid, I always thought the night time scene from Anaconda (where Owen Wilson gets eaten rather than the boat captain) would’ve been a better time to reveal the snake in its full. I mean if you’re gonna capitalize on the success of jaws, you might as well try one of the elements that it did best: less is more.
This is super eerie! Husband and me were chatting about these two films lately. I'm a huge fan of Lake Placid and he loves Anaconda!
Crawl (2019) doesn’t get nearly enough love, honestly. I guess it’s nothing that’s gonna rock your world, but most creature features aren’t really supposed to. It’s just a gnarly little film about a father and daughter trying to survive a storm and a shitload of hungry alligators. You get exactly what you pay for.
Also, perhaps it’s not technically horror, but I’d very much like to hear Ryan’s take on the Monsterverse. Come on, Ryan. Indulge my hyperfixation!
I know video essays are kinda niche and horror more so but this channel is hands down one of the most consistently underrated in views. If you haven't covered any of the sci-fy giant octopus movies that would always be a hoot, I don't know why I remember them so much as an adult but I do.
Frank Welker also does the animal noises for basically every single thing you've ever heard for the past few decades, so not really a surprise.
Bored by Lake Placid? Really? That movie's great
Man I literally had lake placid on VHS when I was a kid then my mom bought it on blue ray years later. Great monster movie
I remember seeing the beginning of Lake placid when I was 6 and instead of being terrified at the guy losing his bottom half I said cool and my parents instantly put me as the black sheep of the family
I freaked out when you mentioned Deep Rising, I was hoping you’d say that but I didn’t really think so….it’s like my favorite movie
You know it’s gonna be a good day when Ryan drops a video 🙌🏻
I have a weird affection for Anaconda because it was one of the first movies I watched when I was making that abrupt preteen pivot from "I can't stand anything scary" to "horror is the best thing ever!" I think it helped ease that transition because I genuinely love snakes. 😄
I'd be interested to see your take on Detention(2011) or Spring(2014) without spoiling both do really interesting things on the edges on horror genres.
"I do not get the viewership anymore to consider further alcohol poisoning" - best pull quote ever
I think it's a bit disingenuous to theorize the Ice Cube's vulnerable performance was caused by anything other than his acting decisions.
honestly lake placid isn't great BUT the fact they made a REAL THIRTY FOOT SWIMMING CROCODILE ANIMATRONIC - and yes, it COULD ACTUALLY SWIM, there's videos of it just slithering its way through the water totally naturally until you see the *scale* of it that definitely simultaneously makes me ecstatic at awesome practical effects, and completely horrified at the idea of falling into the murky water with that thing. thank you submechanophobia subreddit for that behind the scenes info. :')
i hope this video does incredibly well just so we can see that sequel video about the crossover, i think that would be quite funny, humorous even
There is no better timing of your favourite TH-camr posting while you feel too anxious to sleep 🥰
I think the 90s is 1 of the most slept on eras for movies in regards to science fiction/creature features facultiy classic star ship troopers classic These 2 movies are borderline classics imo!
I remember always being too scared as a kid to watch Anaconda. Now that I'm a seasoned horror-loving adult I just might have to revisit it myself.
Ryan, long time viewer. I love this episode. I laughed when I needed a laugh. Thanks man. 😊
As a true Maine resident, Lake Placid really does so little for me. I've always kinda hated it, even though I love some of the cast members. I definitely prefer Anaconda, I feel like it is more fun to watch. I love your content, Ryan. I hope you win the championship. Keep up the glorious videos, as long as you enjoy making them. You the best. And I know we all turbo appreciate the hard work you put into each vid
As a reptile lover, I roll my eyes at these movies that try to make reptiles look like monsters and perpetuate scary stereotypes. That being said, I have a soft spot for Lake Placid. Love Betty White! Plus it's more factually accurate than Anaconda 😂 Anaconda is great for a laugh, gotta admit. They need to make more horror movies where dogs go on a killing spree, since that's more realistic than a snake... plus, Cujo is overdo for a remake ;)
Anaconda genuinely terrified me growing up
Another movie "ghost and the darkness".. I had lion themed nightmares for several months
Listen, Lake Placid is amazing. Amazing cast, genuinely funny, and Betty White feeding a cow to a prehistoric monster croc. And has Oliver Platt stolen more scenes? I think not.
Always love your reviews!! You should do House from the 70s… it’s a trip and a half and the backstory is great
Lake Placid was spooky. Didnt it have that underwater shadow scene?
Edit: Bloodsurf had the scene I'm thinking of.
I remember seeing Lake Placid and seeing Danny DeVito in the audience. I asked him afterwards what he thought of the movie. His answer was “uhhhhh…”
One again recommending 'Tumbbad' to Ryan. You should definitely do Indian horrors. There's some really interesting (Not typical Bollywood ones)
And also speaking of 90s horror, 'Makdi' is a 90s Indian horror classic
Tremors is somewhat of a 90s creature feature that is fantastic and one of my favorite horror films.
As someone that keeps Anacondas as pets, this movie is a large reason for that love I have for my animals. Growing up after seeing this movie as a child sort of birthed my love for the species in general.
Looking back on the movie now as someone that actually works with and keeps these snakes in my home, the movie depicts the animals incredibly poorly and outright just wrong but I can't help but love the movie for nostalgic reasons regardless.
Anaconda was/is my top favorite creature feature, I owned and watched the crap out of that tape. The first movie I saw where two people of color survived the entire movie while the only white person to live only made it because he was comatose and missed the climax? I was there for that. Vought always did a great job of skeeving me out, and Danny Trejo's cameo at the beginning always pumped me up even if he was the cold open kill.
The sequels though, I only ever watched once and pretty much forgot about.
And Lake Placid!! I mostly remember that I watched at a drive in movie and absolutely only remembered Betty White treating the crocs like her pets, and just that was enough to give it a place in my heart.
6:00 You forgot to mention that Frank Welker also voiced Megatron and Soundwave.
I rewatched Lake Placid recently after Betty White's death because the clips of her from the movie were everywhere. I still have a lot of love for that goofy-ass movie.
Both Anaconda and Lake Placid are a couple of my favourite movies, both from nostalgia and just because I like how the movies execute their narratives, even if it is mostly schlock. What has been an interesting revelation for me revisiting Lake Placid this year is that this is one of the only (good) creature features I can think of that is more in the genre of comedy than horror. Sure, there is a massive crocodile snacking on people and animals in its lake, but so much of the movie is taken up by the actors being sarcastic and snarking at each other. Most "creature features" descend into a slow picking off of main cast members in situations that feel created just for someone to get eaten. In LP, however, there are only two human deaths in the movie and both are characters who don't even have names that I can recall. Hell, when you say "Lake Placid" to people, most will know that it has a crocodile and Betty White in it, and Betty White is such a delight to watch, even though she's been caring for the crocodile this whole time. Hell, at the end of the movie, where it's shown she's feeding the babies, there is no horror sting or tense music; it's a Bob Marley song. This movie is not taking itself seriously, and I think that is part of its charm.
Which is a big reason why Lake Placid sequels do not work. They slide into "people screaming and getting picked off" territory, which completely misses the vibe of the first movie. (The crossover sequel was so painful to watch, and I went into it expecting it to be awful.)
Edit: Just finished watching the video and I'm amused that the things I liked about Lake Placid didn't land with you at all, and that's understandable. I think I'm so burnt out by the predictable formula of creature features that I find LP's approach to be a refreshing breather rather than a detriment to the movie itself. :)
Hey man, I just wanna say I've been watching you for a couple years now, and you've done nothing but improve in confidence, delivery and writing.
I hope you see the same success as before, because you're always improving, consistent and deserve it. I've found so many great movies I never would have found without watching your channel.
Awwwh yes, my childhood horror! Honestly the wasp in throat scene was burned into my mind for decades.
Also, how about covering Earth VS The Spider (not the original, but the 2001 version)?
Also wasnt there a movie about... giant ticks?
Lake Placid, Deep blue sea, and Anaconda caused my love of creature feature movies. Granted I was like 4 when I saw all of them and didn’t understand acting but still lol
I'm more of Deep Rising, but these two give so candid memories of my childhood when I rented them in the video store. And I'm surprised you didn't reference the over the top death from Anaconda with a wink included.
Talking about creature features from the 90's, I'm going again to make the suggestion for The ghost and the darkness, a movie that terrified me as a child and I think still works today.
Please cover Komodo! It’s a 1999 horror movie based on the Komodo dragon and it’s actually got some really good actors/acting and some pretty decent special and practical effects!
I unironically love Lake Placid. It's a truly fun monster movie with effects that have aged well.
god I have no idea what Jon Voight was doing in Anaconda but it was absolutely brilliant.
Anaconda is one of my biggest guilty pleasures, I need a 4k release asap!
I was always a bit more partial to lake placid simple because the creature effects were better. That croc puppet was monstrous and amazing. The CG snake... less so.
The evil part in me wants this video to do crazy well, just for Ryan to cover the other films 🤣
Lake Placcid is, and will always be, my favorite movie. It is far from perfect, but it has significance to me. I grew up in Maine, had a camp on a lake just like Black Lake. I loved big animals and wanted to watch horror movies, but my parents sheltered me. But my dad let me watch this movie, Lake Placcid.
I was around ten, watching this movie alone in my living room because nobody would watch it with me, amazed at how real everything looked. How the woods looked like my home, the lake looked like my lake, how beautiful this creature was. It started my love for creature features and horror.
Years later I watched it again, and it was far less perfect. The characters annoyed me and the action dragged, but it was like coming home. I actually bought the box set then proceeded to be extremely depressed by how much the sequel sucked ass and didn’t try.
I still love this movie, it still makes me smile, and that croc! That dead moose! That half a body! I can still appreciate this movie years later because it will always be special in a way it isn’t to most people. I forced my girlfriend and brother to watch it and genuinely couldn’t understand why they hated it lol.
I think I’ll watch it again tonight, try and forget life for a while.
(Fun fact: As I kid I thought the sherif and crocodile hunter should date)
It's so funny because I love Lake Placid and that whole area. I go every summer and whenever I mention going up for hiking or fishing. I always get: "You mean that town with the giant gator movie about it?"
Rogue is the only real creature feature that lives rent free in my mind as I come from Aus and there's been more than a handful of disapperences in the remote regions of the Northern Territory. Another great video mate! One of the highlights of the week.
I remember watching "Anaconda" with my friends when it came out. We rooted so hard for the snake.
If applauding Jon Voigt getting eaten by a snake is wrong, I don't want to be right. As it turned out, that sentiment was spot-on.
1981's Possession with Sam Neil is a very underrated film
I want a lake placid remake with Troy Landry and his son playing as the hero’s trying to hunt the crocodile but always are just to late or hilariously miss their chances to get it.
Lake Placid is one of the movies where I'll stop and watch it any time I scroll passed it. I never seek to watch it; but I never hesitate to.
I used to rent both of these on VHS over and over again as a kid! I love these movies dearly.