 Thanks for checking out this movie review video. This is for the 2019 horror documentary Twisted tale the unmaking of spookies and I believe it's only available on the Blu-ray that vinegar syndrome had released for Spookies the movie I actually have a review of the movie spookies on my channel at the moment but I had been wanting to dig into the documentary they included on here because Spookies if you guys are not familiar has an insane story behind it Excuse me, and it's I just wanted to hear How other people well or how people who were involved with the film actually felt about things and and it does that pretty well With the documentary although one of the things that I don't like about the documentary that I would argue is that It doesn't touch on both sides of the story It's mainly just from the side of the people who shot the original footage for the film And then we're kind of kicked off the project and then they went and got someone else I think there may be one person who was interviewed for this who was from the second crew who finished the film up But even in that point they weren't interviewed a whole lot. So You know that I know this may not be the fault of the people who made the documentary But it's just one glaring thing that is missing from the film. It's very one-sided But that said it's still very interesting and it's still worth watching once so I'm gonna talk about it I'm not really gonna get into many spoilers with it if it's especially if people want to watch it on their own So it's directed by Glenn Basely who did films like fear of the dark the tenement Sins of the father and tales of light and dark as well as directed bit by Michael Gingold Who's done Elmer's turf the New York City locations of brain damage? I want to see that The road leads to terror the locations of last house and a few documentaries about Alice sweet Alice Which is a film that I need to see so I like The sound of these documentaries I need to check them out Like I said, it's an extra on the vinegar syndrome blu-ray Which I highly recommend this because I think that's the only way you can get Spookies is through vinegar syndromes blu-ray release and is 100% worth watching and worth owning because it's one of those kind of so bad It's good films There's an opening quote with this film which is rarely even in horror movies Has there been such a gathering of ineptitude under one title actually spookies original Originally was titled twisted souls, but that's another story and unfortunately for us. Nobody's telling it So that's just how they kind of started which gives you an idea of what to expect with the documentary of it being very negative About what happened with it mainly about the financier Who was the person who it sounds like caused all the issues with the actual film? But trying to get too involved with it when he didn't really I mean I I was gonna say he didn't really have a Right to I mean it was his money So I guess he kind of had a right to but it was a bad idea because he didn't have the Filmmaking ability that the people actually shooting the footage had so it became a mess Some of the guys involved had low-level involvement with dawn of the dead Which was interesting and also one of the guys had actually worked doing some effects on day of the dead with Tom Savini So that's pretty cool It does give you a good idea of why the practical effects in and why the creature design looks so good In the film spookies and that's one of the things that hit me when I watch the actual movie is For how messed up it is and for how unknown the film is It looks I mean it looks the practical effects look Amazingly good you would not assume that level of practical effects for a film that has kind of Been forgotten for quite some time But you know it's because all the problems the financier seemed very confused about what he wanted with the film And I think that was one of the biggest problems that kind of makes itself known within the documentary is that he kept Changing things all the time and saying what if we do this and what if we do this and just like random ideas He said no nudity in the beginning no gore and no zombies But also said that he wanted it to be just like the evil dead Which literally you can't have both like you can't have a movie like the evil dead and not have I mean You can not have nudity, but you can't have gore and you can't have zombie type things I know evil dead's more of like possession, but Zombie type things well in the end when the film goes to the second crew to finish it off They use zombies so then all of a sudden that change so the guy You know he changed his mind, but there's so many crazy things like there was at one point Where they said that he came in and was just like hey, I got great news. I can get my hands on a monkey suit They're like okay, and he's just like I think we should put it in the film It's like how like that doesn't fit like like those types of things where you just like randomly throw things out He's just like I thought it's this random thing we should put this in and everyone's just like Even supposed to react to that so yeah It's cool to get some insight into things that were supposed to happen in the film But didn't that's another thing is it's good the document or the interviews are good because you get some ideas on things on how the film was supposed to be done how Scenes that were supposed to have been shot that weren't shot were supposed to go how the whole thing was supposed to be edited together Basically, and you know as a whole be presented a film as a film So I like that aspect of it They have a good amount of detail in how some props and practical effects were made too Which I quite enjoyed you know some of the people who made those things were talking about how they achieved it The level of work that was put into it is pretty insane and it just makes you even more Sad for the people who really worked hard on the film because of how everything turned out it just went It was a messed up situation, and that's one of the main reasons to watch the documentary They go over the filming location, which is still standing and it isn't actually in bad shape. It's actually been kind of Refurbished to a degree it's been kept up pretty well So I think it was really cool for them to kind of Go over it now They kind of showed now what it's looking like But also they did this cool thing where they were showing like different rooms of it as it looks now and then showing Scenes like stills of scenes that were shot in the that exact location So it was cool to kind of like see it as it is now and get your bearings as to okay That's where this happened within the film and that and it was in this room that this happened in the film So that was pretty cool. I enjoyed that There are some stories told about strange happenings on the shooting location I wasn't big into that, but I know some people are really like ooh I want to know if there was you know if it was actually haunted or something like that So I don't you know, that's not my realm. I don't really care about stuff like that except for the show cursed films on On shutter because they go a little bit further than that. It's it's way more interestingly done But they do talk about Briefly some some things that happen on the set which some people may find very interesting. So that's good There's some interesting stories about people screwing around on the set. That's another thing You know people just having fun messing around pulling pranks being silly. I enjoyed that it kept things a little bit light It was a good way to kind of offset all the anger in the film Because there are some people interviewed who some people interviewed were kind of like Sucky things happened. It kind of is what it is and it seemed like they're kind of over it But then there were other people who were just still pissed still pissed to this day and one of the people Even I think at one point she said I hope about the financier I hope he's rotting in hell or something like that or like he can go to hell. It was I mean, it's intense But I mean, I guess I understand to a degree That the anger because it kind of seems like it Potentially destroyed some people's careers after that film because a bunch of people involved with it. We're looking at it as This could be a nice jumping-off point if this is successful for a further career in the film industry So for it to have gone as poorly as it did Not good Apparently the financier would show up on set and suggest all sorts of wacky stuff to throw into the film Like I was talking about the whole monkey suit thing, but also that's where the fart sequence came from with the mud people That was his idea. He was big into fart jokes apparently So it was he insisted that that be in there now. I think it's funny in the film. I think that's one of the things that Didn't work if they wanted to be a more serious film Which initially they did but it works now as a so bad. It's good film. So I'm glad it's in there But I understand the frustration with it having been in there in the first place You can already talked about the hostility you can tell with the people being interviewed not all of them But some it's talked about at length how the spookies finished Product screwed many people out of the future industry opportunities. Yeah, that's a sad part like I was talking about That's really sad to realize there's some really hard-working talented people and they just Could have gone somewhere and didn't because of this messed up opportunity Overall, I say it's worth watching for the information But it kind of needs to be cut down because it's about it's like an hour and 40 minute runtime and it seems like it kind of Rehashes some of the same stuff and it could have could definitely be cut down Especially for a film like this now that said I did have a few problems with it technically There were some audio issues especially like certain people sounded different I don't know if they're using different audio equipment with the interviews or what but one person in particular Their their audio did not sound good with their interview. It was kind of um a little bit Gravily As they were talking and it just the quality was not very good also The transitions to move to the next clip of an interview are not handled well as at all It's one of those things where you know if you're if you're talking to a person you should be looking for kind of like a clean break Or you should Cut away to like some footage of the film and then come back. So it's like a A fresh point to pick up with the interview But they didn't do that a lot of times what they did is if they wanted to skip portions of the interview They would just keep it on the person and then you would just kind of see like A dissolve of the of the um Of the scene into the next one and so you're seeing like Two of the person as one of them dissolves out and the other one comes in like it It was bad and and and this is this came out in 2019. So like it's easier to not do that So yeah, some technical stuff. It's not the best-looking documentary. You can tell it's very low budget um, so you know The compelling thing is is the stories that are told on this. It's it's not the execution of the documentary itself I wish it was executed better, but It is what it is. That's what we got. I'm happy enough with that. I will say that So those are my feelings on twisted tale the unmaking of spookies If anyone else has seen this, I'd love for you to make some comments down here about it. Give me your opinions, but Also, if you just want to talk about spookies you can do that on here You can do that on the review video of the film But uh, yeah, so I'm gonna have to go ahead and rate this out of five stars with half stars in play I'm gonna just I'm gonna do a two and a half star on this, you know, it's not terrible But it's not the greatest and I I pretty much feel in the middle on it. So that's where I'm putting it anyway Uh, thanks for checking this out. Do me a quick favor though. Hit that subscribe button That is the best way to repay me if you have enjoyed any video I've ever done because I'm not making money doing this or anything So, um, I get paid in motivation and what motivates me is when people subscribe to the channel Because a lot of my views come from people who aren't subscribed and it would help me out a lot if you were subscribed when you're watching Um, it doesn't cost you anything. It's like literally painless So if you do me that favor that'd be great and if you are going to hit that notification bell because Then you'll know whenever I'm putting up new reviews or unboxings or doing the live stream But regardless, I do appreciate you taking the time to watch this and until next time keep it brutal