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Jordan Peele Showed Us What Obama Might Sound Like These Days

Some days it can feel like America is coming undone, to the point that it has a lot of us missing the person who used to make us feel better about everything happening in the world of politics. We’re talking of course about Key and Peele‘s Jordan Peele and his dead-on impression of Barack Obama. But don’t despair, things are looking up, since the comedian busted out his impersonation of ol’ number 44 to cheer us up.

On Late Night with Seth Meyers, Peele was on to discuss his excellent new horror film opening this weekend, Get Out, but at the end of the interview Meyers couldn’t help but ask what Peele thought Obama might currently look like in his post White House days, “with everything that’s going on.”

Peele pictured it involving watching the news even while on vacation, enjoying a little too much whiskey, and a whole lot of disbelief.

“This is some messed up stuff here!”

As you’d expect, his impression was hilarious because it felt like it might be totally accurate, though we can’t imagine the former president would so callously ask Michelle to top off his drink in such a manner because he’d been drinking. But in fairness, it must be hard for any former president to see someone else doing your old job, let alone when you don’t exactly agree with their direction for the country.

“You gone done did it now America.”

Which is exactly why we also need Keegan-Michael Key to show us what kind of anger translation a drunk Luthor would provide for a drunk Obama. No, we really need it. Right now.

What did you think of Jordan Peele’s vacationing Obama impersonation? Tell us in the comments below.

Images: NBC

RIVERDALE Recap: Chapter Five – Heart of Darkness

Editor’s Note: This recap contains spoilers for Riverdale’s fifth episode, “Heart of Darkness.” Only read on if you’ve watched (or want to be spoiled on) Riverdale’s latest episode!

At one point during the fifth episode of of Riverdale, Veronica Lodge called Cheryl Blossom’s life a “Gothic nightmare.” That about summed up the entire episode; one big Gothic nightmare. We’ve compared this show to Twin Peaks in the past, but this week Riverdale went full Crimson Peak as we glimpsed into the world of the Blossom family. We all knew it would be creepy, we just didn’t know it would be that creepy.

The bulk of the episode took place in the Blossom family mansion. Jason’s funeral was seriously messing with Cheryl’s brain. She was weird before, but this episode was a whole new level of nutso. Her family said she couldn’t even participate in the ceremony, which lead to Cheryl lashing out the only way she knew how: by inviting Veronica over for a sleepover.

Yes, a sleepover. Not a fun, girly sleepover – which is what Veronica had expected – but a strange, formal dinner party in which the Blossom parents showed their monstrous side as they poked at Cheryl’s grieving and made fun of Veronica’s incarcerated father. It was all very bizarre and sinister.

When you add in the scary grandmother who lurks like a ghost in the background, it became clear that the Blossoms are essentially cartoon characters. Riverdale‘s characters are often complex and well-rounded; in a few episodes they have managed to become rich living entities. But not the Blossoms. They are just horror movie props. Sinister to the core and seriously demented.

Cheryl ended up defying her parents, wore a white dress to Jason’s funeral, and hijacked the whole event. Madelaine Petsch was stunning and the absolute standout of the whole episode. We’re hoping that Mrs. Blossom’s line about sending Cheryl off to a “boarding school in Europe” was just an empty threat because we need Madelaine Petsch in our life each week.

Veronica also showcased what a nuanced character she is by becoming Cheryl’s only real friend. She comforted her, despite the fact that Cheryl was a cruel witch to the Lodge family in nearly every episode prior. Veronica’s sympathy and respect for Cheryl provided some real emotional weight to an otherwise silly storyline.

As strange as all the Blossom family stuff was this episode, nothing quite topped the reveal that great grandfather Blossom had murdered great grandfather Cooper over a maple syrup fortune. Cheryl’s great grandfather killed Betty’s great grandfather. Over maple syrup. Yeah.

Outside of the Gothic horror show, we watched as Archie crumbled under the pressure of his constant juggling act. Trying to be captain of the football team and a dedicated singer/songwriter proved to be too much. Both areas of his life started to suffer and Archie was forced to make a hard choice.

The episode seemed to set up Archie’s choice as football. Whenever this episode was not in the Blossom manor, it was on the football field. The fact that a new music mentor – this douchebag from New York – told Archie that he wasn’t good enough to hack it as a professional musician seemed to further cement the deal. Archie would be captain of the football team; it’s what made the most sense.

Only, when the time came and he was offered the captain position, he turned it down. The kid is dedicated to his craft and that craft is music. He won’t let some douchebag from New York tell him what he can and can’t do. He’s still gonna play football, but Archie’s calling is music and that’s the dream he’s gonna chase.

We also get our “shirtless Archie” quota in this episode. Kj Apa obviously worked hard for those abs, so they deserve some screen time. The dude is ripped, for sure. Even when things are dark and Gothic, Riverdale remembers that sex factor is a key selling point of the show. All these attractive people are constantly stripping their clothes off, which nobody is complaining about, we’re sure.

Elsewhere, Betty and Jughead begin to suspect that Betty’s parents might be involved in Jason’s murder. They discover that Jason and Polly (Betty’s institutionalized sister) were married and that the Cooper’s knew about it. They couldn’t very well let their daughter marry the offspring of the man who murdered their kin over maple syrup, now could they? Surely that is motivation for murder, right?

Betty’s drive to uncover the truth about Jason’s murder is now directly tied to her strained relationship with her parents. Her investigations have merged and the story of her sister’s mental collapse and Jason’s death are now one tangled web. Jughead’s proclamation that they have to go talk to Polly was this week’s second big “holy crap!” moment. The first was the whole maple syrup murder thing. Murder and maple syrup! You are too good, Riverdale.

There are a lot of storylines weaved throughout Riverdale. Keeping track of all the characters and their ties to each other can be a dizzying task. That’s the fun of the show though, trying to sort through all the wreckage and mayhem.

What did you think of Riverdale so far? Are the Blossoms the creepiest family on TV? Let us know in the comments below!

Images: The CW

How DEADWOOD Return Could Make Things Hairy for SANTA CLARITA DIET Season Two

Timothy Olyphant fans who’ve swooned over his cowboy swagger in Deadwood then Justified might be stunned to discover how deliciously goofy and full-on funny he can be in the cannibalism-centered Netflix comedy Santa Clarita Diet. The show stars Olyphant as a suburban family man struggling to adjust when his wife (the incomparable and iconic Drew Barrymore) abruptly turns undead man-eater. Created by the twisted comedic genius behind the underrated Better Off Ted Victor Fresco, Santa Clarita Diet blends horror and comedy to tell a touching and hilarious story of a happily married couple working together to overcome extraordinary–and very gory–circumstances.

During a special Netflix panel discussion held in New York City, Barrymore said it was Fresco’s focus on family that attracted her to Santa Clarita Diet, “This is a family trying to, figure out how to make their lives work. And for me this was about a marriage, and I loved Victor’s themes about behavioral consequences.” But she also dished on the more disgusting elements of the show, in particular all the gore effects. “I had to like eat and vomit and kill and, you know, we had to disembowel and there were just, everyday was a new fun activity!” Barrymore said commending, the visual effects team, “They made it look so real.”

With a grin Olyphant declared of his co-star, “You put as much blood as you want on Drew Barrymore and she is still adorable.”

The love fest continued when Nerdist sat down with Barrymore, Olyphant and Fresco to geek out over the show that is our latest obsession. While they shared praise and stories from behind the scenes, we inquired if rumors of HBO’s continued interest meant a Deadwood movie might finally be a possibility. Olyphant said he’s game as long as his schedule for a potential Santa Clarita Diet season two could be accommodated. Once he noted he’d need time to grow that mighty mustache back, Barrymore began to speculate if perhaps onscreen husband might need a facial hair makeover for the dark comedy’s second season. “I could get down with that,” Barrymore declared with a cool nod.

What do you want to see if Santa Clarita Diet gets a season two? What about a Deadwood movie? And what facial hair do we like best on Olyphant? Weigh in with comments.

Images: Netflix

THE BOB’S BURGERS MUSIC ALBUM Has Surprising Indie Cred

Since it debuted in 2011, Bob’s Burgers has quietly become one of the most music-leaning cartoons in recent memory—and it has serious indie cred to back it up. The National sang about toilets for the show, while Sleater-Kinney used the show’s universe as a setting for a 2015 music video. Also, if you stick around during the credits, you’ll often find a new, original song that probably took too much work considering many viewers have already changed the channel by that point.

The show is acutely aware of its musicality, so much so that the folks behind it are currently preparing a 112-track album featuring 107 songs from the show’s first 107 episodes, as well as cover versions of the show’s music performed by The National, Låpsley, St. Vincent, and Stephin Merritt of Magnetic Fields (via Sub Pop).

As you’d expect, the album features the show’s main voice cast—H. Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, and Kristen Schaal—as well as guest appearance from comedy figures like Aziz Ansari, Sarah Silverman, Bill Hader, Zack Galifianakis, and Fred Armisen. So basically, you couldn’t ask for a better combination of indie and comedy, especially with songs called “Lifting Up the Skirt of the Night” and “Butts, Butts, Butts.”

Beginning May 12, the album will be available digitally, as a double CD, and as a triple vinyl with a 7″ record (which contains the aforementioned cover songs). The video above features Teddy, the restaurant’s most loyal customer, looking through all the goodies, like stickers and posters and that sort of thing, that come with the vinyl edition. Check it out for yourself above, and let us know which track you’re most looking forward to hearing. For us, it’s definitely “Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex.”

Featured image: Fox

LA LA LAND Directed by David Lynch Makes More Sense Than You’d Think

There are probably no two films that outwardly seem more different than current Oscar hopeful La La Land from director Damien Chazelle, and David Lynch’s bizarre neo-noir classic Mulholland Drive. But are they really that different? Both movies are about a fascination with a kind of 1950s idea of what Hollywood is supposed to be, and at the center of both of these films is a young woman who moves west in the hopes of making her acting dreams come true in “Tinsel Town.”

Aside from the forlorn actress aspect, there’s a tragic sense of longing at the core of both movies as well. Of course, the real difference is tone — David Lynch always takes things to a really, really dark place in almost all of his films, and then adds a healthy does of surrealism on top of it. I’m not sure you can count La La Land’s ’50s MGM musical interludes as surreal, just whimsical.

Nevertheless, the good folks at CineFix have taken footage from the La La Land trailer and recut it to match the tone of one of Lynch’s movies, imagining what the movie might have been like coming from the maestro of weird. It’s amazing what slowing things down and adding a dark Angelo Badalamenti-esque synth score can do to totally change the tone of a movie. It’s crazy that just adding a different score and a few hat tricks can make such a huge difference, because now the movie genuinely feels like it really could have come from the mind of David Lynch.

Aside from references to Mulholland Drive, there are a few references to other Lynch works. You can’t do a proper Lynch tribute without at least one reference to the backwards-talking Little Man from Another Place from Twin Peaks after all. Watching this recut trailer, you’ll really wish there actually was a Lynch film starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.

What do you think of this Lynchian version of La La Land? Are you now jonesin’ for a Gosling-Stone reunion in a much, much darker film? Give us your thoughts down below in the comments.

Image: Summit Entertainment

Who Should Join DEADPOOL, DOMINO And CABLE in an X-FORCE Movie?

If reports are to be believed, writer Joe Carnahan—best known for writing and directing such action films as The Grey, Smokin’ Aces and the A-Team—is being sought after by Fox to write (and possibly direct, depending on the report) an X-Force movie for the studio. The film would essentially follow up Deadpool 2, which we know will introduce both X-Force characters Cable and Domino to the Fox mutant cinematic universe. But unlike the X-Men, X-Force has been many different things over many years, ever since the team was introduced back in 1991.

X-Force is, in many ways, an oddball concept to get a spin-off from the X-Men film series because unlike the X-Men, there is not any one iconic line-up to the team. There have been many, many incarnations of X-Force over the past twenty-five years—usually with not much tying the various teams together beyond a brand name. This is in stark contrast to the X-Men proper, who are always the students of Charles Xavier “fighting for mutant rights in a world that fears and hates them.” While the characters and team line-ups of X-Force have changed a lot over the years, the main idea of the team is usually a more militant group of mutants who are willing to do whatever needs to be done to fight for the survival of their species.

If Fox is indeed looking at Joe Carnahan, then that means they want X-Force to be a high-octane action movie, probably R-rated. Considering that gun-toting mercs like Deadpool, Cable, and Domino are all-but-confirmed for the movie, it gives us something of an idea of what Fox is after. Just like Smokin’ Aces and A- Team, it’ll probably feature a motley crew of mutants—most of which have unscrupulous morals—who have to band together to do a “dirty job,” so to speak (Something the goody-goody X-Men wouldn’t approve of—although some might get dragged into.) But which long-standing members from the comics would make sense in a Joe Carnahan X-Force movie? Let’s take a look at who will probably join up, and which characters have an Iceman’s chance in the Inferno dimension.

Who Won’t Make the Cut

Ok, let’s get the bad news out of the way first. Despite having been a member in several versions of the team in the comics, and being the marquee mutant at Fox, Hugh Jackman will almost certainly not be back as Wolverine. He’s made his feelings very known about his desire to really retire from the role with the upcoming Logan. And although he might be lured back someday (you have to retire before you have a comeback), it’s not going to be for a team-up movie where he has to share the spotlight with so many other characters. Well, unless Marvel Studios and Fox make a deal and Logan can show up in an Avengers movie, then maybe. But I wouldn’t hold my breath for that. So sadly, no Wolverine.

Also not showing up in all probability are longtime X-Force members Cannonball and Wolfsbane. The reason being, both characters are scheduled to appear in The New Mutants movie which is scheduled to start going before the cameras soon from director Josh Boone, so that leaves them off the table for the X-Force movie. Same goes for other former New Mutants who became X-Force members like Sunspot. The original concept of X-Force in the comics was Cable taking the leftover New Mutants from Xavier’s School and forging the kids into a paramilitary unit, but with the New Mutants just being introduced with their own movie soon, I doubt they are going with that iteration of the team.

Who Should Make the Cut:

Last year’s X-Men: Apocalypse wasn’t a home run on the level of X-Men: Days of Future Past, and it introduced probably too many mutants for its own good. Among those mutants were Archangel (Ben Hardy) and Psylocke (Olivia Munn), who didn’t have a lot to do except pose and have a few action beats to sell in the trailers. But both characters have long histories with X-Force in the comics, and need a movie where they can shine (and actually have a story arc).

Ryan Reynolds and Olivia Munn are buddies, and spent a lot of time training together during production of their last X-films. Hopefully Reynolds will do his friend Munn a favor and help her redeem that role. I’d bet that both Munn and Hardy also have contracts for further X-Men films—if I were Fox, I’d draft them both for an X-Force movie ASAP.

Another longtime X-Force member in the comics is the Native-American mutant Warpath. Warpath has already been used in the dark, now-erased future in Days of Future Past, played by actor Boo Boo Stewart. Aside from some action scenes, he didn’t have much to do in the film. So why not use him on the team for which he’s primarily known? I’m sure the actor would jump at the chance.

And although he’s primarily known as a lead character in the X-Men comics, if I were Fox I’d use Colossus after the excellent version of the character we saw in the first Deadpool movie. The character was previously a member of X-Force in the comics—albeit only briefly (it seems almost every mutant had to do time as a member of X-Force for at least a year). You need to have one goody-goody hero to contrast all the mercenaries and sociopaths on the team. And if Colossus comes along, so should Negasonic Teenage Warhead, because these two together are great.

Whoever ends up joining Ryan Reynolds’s Deadpool (and whoever plays Cable and Domino) in X-Force, there really is no shortage of characters from the comics to pull from. Who would have ever thought that Negasonic would be in a movie, much less a fan favorite? The possibilities for a kick ass X-Force movie are endless. And if I may be so bold, I’d love to somehow see Doop from the X-Statix make it into the movie (X-Statix began as X-Force after all.) Look, I just really want to see Doop in a movie. Make it happen Carnahan and Fox!

 

Which characters from the comics would you like to see join Deadpool and company in an X-Force film? Let us know down below in the comments.

Images: Marvel Comics / Twentieth Century Fox

Is Star-Lord’s [SPOILER] the [SPOILER] of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2?

Last summer at Comic-Con, director James Gunn wasted no time in announcing that Kurt Russell is not only playing Star-Lord’s dad in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, but woudn’t be J’son of Spartax. Because why be an emperor when you could be an entire freakin’ planet? While we’re eager to see Russell as Ego the Living Planet, some new hints have cast some doubt on how the reunion between father and son will play out in the sequel. Today’s Nerdist News is holding a dance off as we come up with a new theory about Star-Lord’s dad!

Fair warning: there are potential spoilers ahead for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. You’ve been warned!

Join senior editor, and Nova corps reject, Dan Casey as he digs for the truth about Star-Lord’s dad in the toy aisle of a local store. Don’t judge! Some of our best information comes from toys. In this case, Comic Book Movie came across an interesting description of an action figure two-pack of Ego and Star-Lord. “Roguish and unpredictable, Ego and Star-Lord share many of the same qualities as father and son. But when it comes to defending the galaxy as each sees fit, their approaches unquestionably differ.”

“Unquestionably differ”? That sounds like the seeds of conflict being sown to us! Non-comic book fans may not realize it, but Ego has almost always been more of a cosmic villain than a sympathetic sentient planet with an unexplained goatee. If Ego is the real villain of this film, then it would definitely paint the relationship between father and son in a brand new light. Ego may not even be truly evil in the MCU, but that description has us thinking that he may take a more lethal approach to “defending the galaxy,” which his son will naturally object to.

How do you think the relationship between Ego and Star-Lord will play out in the sequel? Let’s discuss in the comment section below!

Puck Soup #39: Will Leitch

Dave and Greg welcome Will Leitch of Sports On Earth and the New Republic (and the founder of Deadspin) to talk about the St. Louis Blues, how baseball and hockey are constantly trying to court fans that don’t like them, Barstool Sports and the changing digital sports media landscape, and Will’s Oscar picks. That, plus the Auston Matthews vs. Patrik Laine debate goes nuclear; the downside of the “Miracle On Ice”; previewing the NHL trade deadline; and musical tribute to the sad, ignored Ryan Johansen; a Blackhawks fans marries a Wild fan on the ice but betrays his team; and listener mail that takes us through pizza dipping, hockey documentaries and Ilya Bryzgalov on the seven new exoplanets.

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R2-D2 with a Real Voice in STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE is Brilliant and Hilarious

Nobody in the history of cinema has ever done more with only beeps and boops, some shaking and head twisting, and a comic foil to react with incredulity, than the resourceful little R2-D2. The most important droid in Star Wars history has always managed to convey so much with so little, that with nary an intelligible word we’ve always known exactly what he meant to say.

But maybe the galaxy far, far away would have been even better if, instead of communicating via bleeps and blorps, he actually spoke with a delightful British accent so we knew what he was actually thinking at all times. At least that’s what this new video posits.

This video, from the YouTube channel Auralnauts, is arguably the best thing you’ll see this week, having taken all of Artoo’s scenes from A New Hope and dubbed his technical-sounding robot jargon with an intelligent, but vulnerable, human voice, and the results are way better than you would think.

At first it sounds like they are doing a living parody of Family Guy‘s own parody of the franchise, and that alone is hilarious, but instead of just making this something absurd they gave Artoo a whole personality, one that isn’t nearly as difficult or annoying as C-3PO makes him out to be when he translates his beeps for us in the film. Instead of seeming like a funny jerk, R2-D2 keeps all of his independence because of his commitment to his task, but with more confusion than sarcasm for his traveling partner’s actions.

R2-D2 isn’t a pain in the ass, he’s just trying to do his best and be helpful, and at times he’s just naively hoping to get by, like when he tries to deliver Leia’s message without alerting Luke to what is really going on.

There’s so much to like here, especially when he fills painful silences with inappropriate remarks. They also didn’t overdo the prequel jokes, but when they did they were great (like when Artoo talks about missing his rocket boosters that he inexplicably doesn’t have anymore. Also, his listing of all of the ways in which Obi-Wan should remember him is exactly what we think about now when we re-watch all the movies.)

But despite all of the great, funny, smart dialogue given to him here, our favorite moment is when he fakes a stomach ailment in the Death Star to get to the (continuously) stupid stormtroopers to let him go to “maintenance.” It makes that scene even less believable, but boy is it much funnier.

We always knew R2-D2 was smart and brave, but it’s nice to know he was just as aware as us of some of the silliness of the people around him.

What was your favorite line here? Beep and boop and use your rocket boosters to tell us in the comments below.

Images: Lucasfilm

Schlock & Awe: PSYCHOMANIA

One of my favorite things about the Blu-ray world is that stuff comes out from a long time ago that I’ve never even heard of, much less seen. One company that has consistently put out old movies that are new to me is Arrow Video, the British company which specializes in giving love to highly obscure genre fare. Today’s entry finds us in the weirdly familiar realm of a horror-biker movie mashup (much like the utterly ridiculous Werewolves on Wheels) with a British movie about zombified bikers wreaking havoc on a small town, and to a surprisingly groovy rock score. This, friends, is 1973’s Psychomania.

Directed by Hammer Films alum (guys, I swear I didn’t pick this movie because of its Hammer connection, despite all the million Hammer movies I’ve reviewed in this column) Don Sharp, Psychomania is the rare biker-horror film that manages to be legitimately creepy, due in no small part to his direction, the cinematography of Ted Moore (who also did seven of the first nine James Bond movies), and a Gothic-acid-rock-funk score by John Cameron. This is a super low-budget picture, but it ends up being very effective thanks to the mixture of heavy action, moody guitar music, and dreamy visuals.

In a relatively small English village, there’s the blight of a gang of motorcycle hooligans who call themselves the Living Dead. They delight in causing ruckus everywhere they go and hanging out in a real creepy cemetery. Their leader is Tom (Nicky Henson) who seems to have a death wish. Turns out, he kind of does. His mother (Beryl Reid) and the family butler Shadwell (George Sanders) have a secret that could give Tom what he’s always wanted.

Shadwell, it seems, has remained nearly the same age for all of Tom’s life, and he and Tom’s mother partake in communing with the dead when hired by rich, sad people. But Tom knows it’s more than just a trick; his father has disappeared years earlier and he thinks it has something to do with a strange room in the mansion. Tom wants to see for himself and spends a night in the nightmarish room which has no exit. Tom emerges from the room, having survived its terrible, devil-powered strangeness, and is given the secret of life after death.

Turns out the secret is this: given the right incantations, a person can come back from the dead—and be indestructible to boot—as long as when they commit suicide, they fully believe they are going to come back. Tom proves this by careening his motorbike off of a bridge. The gang “convinces” Tom’s mother to let them bury Tom their way (which, creepily enough, is sitting upright on his motorcycle). One of the gang even sings a folky funeral song. But, of course, he isn’t dead, not really.

Naturally, as you’d expect, Tom doesn’t stay dead; he gets up and marauds some more. He’s pretty arrogant about it and gets all kinds of witnesses before he murders people. The rest of the Living Dead gang get angry, because someone’s using Tom’s jacket and bike to cause mischief, even finding his empty grave. However, when they find out it IS in fact Tom, most of them are super stoked about it, and want to partake in his method of staying young, dead, and impervious forever. All except Tom’s girlfriend Abby (Mary Larkin), who is way too nice a person to be hanging out with these thugs anyway.

All of Tom’s gang successfully commit suicide, and all of them except one dumb guy who didn’t really believe comes back. Since they cannot be killed by normal means, it’s going to be a pretty sucky time for the people in the town, and for Abby since Tom doggedly wants her to kill herself and she is very clearly like “nah dawg.” Tom’s mother and the rather amoral Shadwell are most displeased about what Tom and the other’s are doing, and—even though she wanted him to be alive like her forever—the two decide to take it upon themselves to reverse the curse.

I rather enjoyed this movie, mostly due to the sheer weird-assitude of it all. Because the movie’s so inexpensive, there’s not a ton in the way of special effects or monsters or anything like that, but what we do get are biker thugs in very distinctive get-ups which have a definite macabre sensibility to them—especially with the weird helmets and visors. Sharp does a great job of setting the mood for the eeriness without relying on anything fancier than slow-motion photography and mist-filled expanses.

I also really want to give another mention to John Cameron’s excellent and suitably unsettling score, which brilliantly mixes driving rock chords with old-school ghost story music. It’s propulsive and hard-edged but also fits nicely into the more hallucinatory imagery. I could see people at the time dropping acid or sparking up a doobie to listen to this score and have some gnarly dreams.

While never actually very scary, Psychomania is supremely moody and effective for what it is, and I couldn’t help but enjoy myself while watching, never fully sure what was going to happen next. Yes, this was George Sanders’ final film before committing suicide (his note famously proclaimed “Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.”) and that really casts a strange morbid pall over everything, it oddly fits with the janky tone of the picture. And, hell, it’s called Psychomania, so you’d expect a bit of that kookiness to be more than skin deep.

Images: Arrow Video

Kyle Anderson is the Associate Editor for Nerdist. He writes the weekly look at weird or obscure films in Schlock & Awe. Follow him on Twitter!