Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam is a 1985 American science fiction comedy film starring Jim Varney. It was written and directed by John Cherry. It is the first film to feature the Ernest P. Worrell character, but it has a slightly darker tone than his later films. It was shot in Fall Creek Falls State Park, Boxwell Scout Reservation, and Nashville, Tennessee.
https://archive.org/details/dr.-otto-and-the-legend-of-the-gloom-beam-with-intro
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Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 243d
I was wondering if that Ernest P Worrell character came from something before all those random holiday movies about him
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 243d
they did. If I remember correctly he started doing some commercials for a roofing company, then a natural gas company, and finally the character was so popular he went to Hollywood.
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 169d
This isn't even Ernest's original appearance. He did local ads in Tennessee, and the character just got super popular.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 4 pts · 243d
The video doesn't play on Archive.org for me but the description reminds me of something I saw in the 90s and haven't been able to find again ever since.
It was a film about a man who has a nightmare about a mechanical hand and the hand gets loose, cuts him, and attacks his friend. He awakens from the dream to an earthquake and a shattered mirror gives him the same exact cut and he learns over the phone that his friend from the dream has also died in real life.
If anybody figures out what thats from, let me know.
verdantbanana@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 242d
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TslqIrV4Rus&pp=ygU0RHIuIE90dG8gYW5kIHRoZSBsZWdlbmQgb2YgdGhlIEdsb29tIEJlYW0gd2l0aCBpbnRybw%3D%3D
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 1 pts · 242d
Ah, a YT link to the Dr. Otto movie! Nice!
blargbluuk@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 243d
I don't know what it is but this sounds like The Hand mixed with Dreamscape to me
ieure@retro.social · 1 pts · 243d
@FiniteBanjo @verdantbanana I don't recognize it, but Reddit r/tipofmytongue would figure it out.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 3 pts · 243d
I talk to enough asshole robots here, thanks.
verdantbanana@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 243d
https://archive.org/details/dr.-otto-and-the-legend-of-the-gloom-beam-with-intro
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TslqIrV4Rus&pp=ygU0RHIuIE90dG8gYW5kIHRoZSBsZWdlbmQgb2YgdGhlIEdsb29tIEJlYW0gd2l0aCBpbnRybw%3D%3D
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VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 242d
Woah! I've never heard of this one, and I thought I was an Ernest fan!
There's something so charming about the early Cherry Ernest movies. I'll have to give this a watch!
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 243d
Billy Boogie is my favorite character of his, ever. the nostalgia I get from this video really makes me miss the early 80s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zuP5nbT68g