<LordLicorice> ghosthouse is fucking awful
<Daeren> and ghosthouse is apparently a tour de wtf
<LordLicorice> I mean, it's funny
<LordLicorice> with rifftrax
<LordLicorice> but it's completely fucking warped
<LordLicorice> if you take just half a step back you'll constantly ask yourself wtf is going on
<LordLicorice> because, you can make logical conclusions
<LordLicorice> but the movie doesn't connect the dots for you
<Daeren> also that they reference troll 2 and the room in the first minute or two
<LordLicorice> fuckin' ghosthouse
<LordLicorice> ahaha, yeah they do
<LordLicorice> something about the Troll 2 actor's award
<LordLicorice> for a guy's "scream of terror"
<LordLicorice> it is truly "THEY'RE EATING HER" levels of hilarious
<LordLicorice> it's all completely nonsensical
<LordLicorice> at the end, a number of core elements are just not addressed
<LordLicorice> and you can't even blame, say, excessive use of weed on the production
<LordLicorice> because usually those movies have something """"""artistic"""""" to say
<LordLicorice> or a liberal idiot point
<LordLicorice> there IS no point to ghosthouse
<LordLicorice> nothing
<LordLicorice> makes
<LordLicorice> sense
<LordLicorice> at all.
<LordLicorice> There is no single character in the entirety of the movie that makes a rational decision.
<LordLicorice> Every single action and motivation is nearly arbitrary
<LordLicorice> Hausu had a narrative
<LordLicorice> Even if that narrative was simply "There is a ghost matron that eats children"
<LordLicorice> In this? The ghost's motivation is never explained
<LordLicorice> the doll is never explained
<LordLicorice> the music is never explained
<LordLicorice> the ham radio is never explained
<LordLicorice> the future-hear-your-own-death thing is never explained
<LordLicorice> the black guy's motivation or very existence is never explained
<LordLicorice> (he's a hitchhiker with a fake rubber ghost arm that he uses to prank people, then he shows up again and gets killed)
<LordLicorice> (that is HIS ENTIRE PLOT AND CHARACTER ARC)
<LordLicorice> It's not like, The Room or Troll 2 terrible
<LordLicorice> it's not like anything else, actually
<LordLicorice> it's very surreal
<Daeren> it's a failed attempt at david lynch?
<LordLicorice> this is what happens when spacetime begins to fracture
<LordLicorice> that's what it ends up being
<LordLicorice> but not on purpose
<LordLicorice> what it TRIED to be was a straightforward ghost story
<LordLicorice> what it ENDED UP BEING is a lesson in nonsequitor
<LordLicorice> like if you look up the word in the dictionary, "See: Ghosthouse" is the only entry
<LordLicorice> because NOTHING FOLLOWS ANYTHING
<LordLicorice> also we get to hear a lot of Kevin's wonderful singing talent
<LordLicorice> and that's not a joke
<LordLicorice> he's actually got a pretty great voice
<LordLicorice> and he sings lyrics to the soundtrack they made up