Rotten Halloween Part 4
It’s that time of year again, when the leaves change color, pumpkin spice is everywhere, and a Rotten Halloween awaits. Once again, each of our panelists has chosen a film that Rotten Tomatoes scores low but that they personally admire. Those films are:
Event Horizon
Fade to Black
Vampires
Urban Legend
The Faculty
Which of these films is least rotten, and which truly deserves its bad reputation? Let’s go back to school, get freaky with aliens and demons, and – most importantly – talk about movies!
BRAD’S GOLDEN IDOLS
Best Location: TIE EH & FtoB The Event Horizon & Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Best Character: FtoB Eric Binford
Best Kill/Death/Defeat: FtoB Hopalong Cassidy kill & Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Best Score or Soundtrack: TF Marco Beltrami with original songs by various artists
Best Screenplay: TIE TF & FtoB Kevin Williamson & Vernon Zimmerman
Best Special Achievement: EH for Production Design by Joseph Bennett (with kudos also to art direction and set decoration)
Best Scene: TF What if it really happened alien conspiracy scene
Defining Moment/Attribute/MVP: Vamp James Woods MVP
Best Director: TF Robert Rodriguez
Wildcard: FtoB A Killer Time at the Movies Award
WTF: EH End credits funky sh*t song
Worst Picture: Urban Legend
Best Picture: The Faculty
Total after deductions:
Vampires: 1
The Faculty: 5
Event Horizon: 2
Urban Legend: Negative 1
Fade to Black: 5
NATHAN’S GOLDEN IDOLS
Best Location: EH The Event Horizon
Best Character: TIE Vamp & EH Jack Crow & Capt. Miller
Best Kill/Death/Defeat: TF The gang teams up on Prof. Eddie Furlong, paper cutter slicing fingers off and stabbed in the eye with Skeet pen.
Best Score or Soundtrack: TF Marco Beltrami with original songs by various artists
Best Screenplay: TF Kevin Williamson
Best Special Achievement: Vamp Practical effects
Best Scene: FtoB Dracula transition scene
Defining Moment/Attribute/MVP: TIE Vamp & TF Valeck and Stokley MVP
Best Director: EH Paul W.S. Anderson
Wildcard: UL Essence of the 90s slasher award
WTF: EH End credits funky sh*t song
Worst Picture: Fade to Black
Best Picture: The Faculty
Total after deductions:
Vampires: 3
The Faculty: 5
Event Horizon: 3
Urban Legend: 1
Fade to Black: 0
RACHAEL’S GOLDEN IDOLS
Best Location: EH The Event Horizon
Best Character: TF Zeke Tyler
Best Kill/Death/Defeat: UL Pop Rocks and drain cleaner
Best Score or Soundtrack: TF Marco Beltrami with original songs by various artists
Best Screenplay: TF Kevin Williamson
Best Special Achievement: Vamp Vamps on fire
Best Scene: TF The gang teams up on Prof. Eddie Furlong, paper cutter slicing fingers off and stabbed in the eye with Skeet pen.
Defining Moment/Attribute/MVP: FtoB Dracula transition scene Defiing Moment
Best Director: EH Paul W.S. Anderson
Wildcard: TF Worst insult award
WTF: Vamp Towing vampires into sunlight with truck winch
Worst Picture: Fade to Black
Best Picture: Event Horizon
Total after deductions:
Vampires: 1
The Faculty: 5
Event Horizon: 5
Urban Legend: 1
Fade to Black: 0
APRIL’S GOLDEN IDOLS
Best Location: TF School campus
Best Character: Vamp Montoya
Best Kill/Death/Defeat: TF Principal Drake stabbed by drama teacher with scissors
Best Score or Soundtrack: TF Marco Beltrami with original songs by various artists
Best Screenplay: FtoB Vernon Zimmerman
Best Special Achievement: EH Paul W.S. Anderson not ruining X-men
Best Scene: FtoB Chinese theatre breakdown
Defining Moment/Attribute/MVP: TF Zeke being the MVP for coming up with a drug to kill the aliens.
Best Director: Vamp John Carpenter
Wildcard: FtoB Best Tagline & Poster Award
WTF: FtoB Angry Masturbation scene
Worst Picture: Urban Legend
Best Picture: The Faculty
Total after deductions:
Vampires: 2
The Faculty: 7
Event Horizon: 1
Urban Legend: Negative 1
Fade to Black: 2