For the uninitiated... A contingent of tropers (mostly from across America) holds regular get-togethers over the Interwebs on this site called Synchtube which lets individuals, such as ourselves, open and join in text-based chatrooms within typical web browsers (Firefox, Chrome, et. al.) that allow the chat participants to view YouTube videos in synchronization with everyone else present (without even needing to set up an account)... and we've decided to use said chatrooms to play cheeseball webvideos and feature-length movies found in the public domain which stretch all the way from letters B to Z, which everyone subsequently riffs on a la MST3K.
For over EIGHT years, everybody who gets involved mostly finds good enjoymentnote in calling out tropes that are recognized in the videos and stories and coming up with jokes to fling back at whatever's happening on the screen, many of which turn into various in-jokes and running gags (a Coven Glossary is kept and maintained for everyone's help and convenience HERE) to repeat in the chat.
We're always looking for new ways to better coordinate and expand our activities and are more than happy to welcome newcomers interested in joining our gatherings.
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Edited by SeanMurrayI on Oct 12th 2020 at 1:47:43 PM
Alright, this evening we'll be dragging out our first Troma Team Release since we somehow managed to make it through Surf Nazis Must Die months and months ago.
Hopefully, this one will be better.
I give you... Nightbeast. The Official Trailer is NSFW (but still totally amazing for other reasons), so I'll be embedding the film's opening scene here, instead.
edited 27th Apr '15 8:12:03 AM by SeanMurrayI
Nightbeast isn't an owl?
Well, owls are considered birds, not beasts.
Aesop had a fable about a bat who couldn't make up his mind if he was part of the birds, or part of the beasts, so he kept switching sides, while they were at war. When the war was over, both sides told the bat to piss off.
I'm here for our date, Rose!
Nightbeast is pretty awesome. I mean, if you like stupid, gory killer alien movies, it's manna from heaven.
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Definitely sounds like my type of movie.
Anyway, time to get the shit on the Live News cycle out of our heads... and pack 'em with some other shit, instead!
First up, we got more episodes of Legends of the Hidden Temple and Knightmare to get us in a good groove.
Then, at the top of the coming hour, we enjoy our "Manna from Heaven" in Nightbeast
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Just a quick heads-up: I have a lot of things to do for quite some time. Among them is getting schoolwork done. That and a lot of things have been on my mind. I may not be here that often until the beginning of June, when my summer vacation begins. I may come on occasion, but not too often.
No problem. Good luck, and see ya in June!
As for me, I'll only be here on Friday. Enjoy the week, everyone!
edited 27th Apr '15 6:50:43 PM by Quag15
Yeah, it's getting to be that time of year, right? Best of luck on everything you got ahead of you. We'll see ya when we see ya.
Anyway, tonight, we're going post-apocalyptic with Michael Ironside and Vanity (what a pair!) in Neon City.
Tief girl with eartude
I won't be able to make it tonight. I ended up not getting any sleep last night and I have work tomorrow.
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What's eatin' you, chief?
Is Neon City like a New-Wave version of Dark City
War is God.
I'm trying to work out a "New Wave-Liquid Sky" retort but nothing's sounding funny. Then again, it's difficult to make anything mentioning Liquid Sky funny.
Whatever Neon City turns out to be, we'll find out at the top of the coming hour, after a quick run of Cr1TiKaL vids, the world's worst CGI, and an episode of Knightmare get us in the swing of things.
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So what do we get when we combine Keanu Reeves with Rachel Weisz and... Morgan Freeman (plus a dash of Fred Ward and Brian Cox)?
A Chain Reaction.
And with a main cast like that, this thing's average IMDb viewer rating can only match that of Johnny Mnemonic. On the surface, I'd say that sounds like a hell of a treat.
Look forward to this!
Tief girl with eartude
All I can think of is...
I'll be there
Okay, we're expediting pre-show tonight, with an expected start time for tonight's feature presentation scheduled for ~7:45 PM (EDT).
First up, we'll be following Retsupurae's continued slog through Sonic 06.
Then, again, at the posted time of 7:45 PM (EDT), we got Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman in Chain Reaction.
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Well, tonight's marking the Return of the Great ORVILLE KETCHUM and the conclusion of the Sorority House Massacre Trilogy in Hard to Die (aka Sorority House Massacre 3)
The official trailer is NSFW, so to get us in the swing, let's revisit the greatest example of acting from the last movie (which, I'm sure will be just as exemplary in tonight's movie, too).
Also, to help get psyched, it would be a good idea to refamiliarize ourselves with ORVILLE KETCHUM's greatest scene from the Conclusion of 'Part 2'. It was THAT damn stupid.
And to think, the first movie in this series wasn't super trashy, but was a horror movie played straight.
But with a title like "Sorority House Massacre", it was only a matter of time...
The really definitive trait of the second film (and I'm assuming this movie, as well) is how it's acted out like it was filmed in as brief a period as the movie's complete runtime, whereas the original movie made some effort to tell a story competently. The last sequel somehow managed to flash back to the WRONG original movie! (Note: Apparently, tonight's movie flashes back to the same incorrect movie, too)
Anyway, time to make the donuts.
First up, We got Cr1TiKaL and more really, really bad CGI animation, as well as another episode of Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
Then, at the top of the coming hour, it's tonight's feature presentation, Hard to Die (aka Sorority House Massacre 3)
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Oh, Ho-Oh-HOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo...
It's Kung Fu Friday once again, and this evening we're looking forward to a hell of a leading cast featuring Lorenzo Lamas, James Lew, and Mako! Also rounding things out are Die Hard's Mr. Takagi and Charles in Charge's Mr. Powell.
I give you... Midnight Man (aka Blood for Blood)
I'd say the title Midnight Man is more original than Blood for Blood. Alternate titles are strange.
Will be missing due to babysitting. And tomorrow night, the kids will sleep over at my house, so there's no way I'm gonna show up and have a movie that he's not allowed to watch running when my nephew will probably be in the room, wanting to play.
Have fun, and I'll see you Sunday. Anyway...
Oh, Ho-Oh-HOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo...
Time to kick off Kung Fu Friday and roll out Godfrey Ho and other such insanity.
Then, at the top of the coming hour, Mako is the oldest and wisest of B-movie sages, and Lorenzo Lamas is the purest and blandest of B-movie martial arts cops in Midnight Man.
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Doug Walker interviews THE Tommy Wiseau. Worth watching (Sean can attest to that).
One can never have enough of that weirdass oddball, even when limited to a conversation on speakerphone and a cruddy photograph.
Anyway, tonight's gonna be a very special, big occasion, as we roll out none other than Highlander II: The Quickening, with Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery (and Michael Ironside as "Gen. Katana").
edited 2nd May '15 8:12:50 AM by SeanMurrayI
Aaaaand... I don't know if anyone's even reading this.
Just in case someone is, now's the time stuff is going on.
So there. http://cytu.be/r/TroperCoven
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I might arrive a couple of minutes late.
Okay, Lexx is on hold this week. Swing by now for a round of Cr1TiKaL content and another episode of Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
Then, at the top of the coming hour, Billy Cosby is DOA in Ghost Dad. How the hell Sidney Poitier, of all people, wound up directing this notorious mess, the world may never know.
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