So I had a problem when covering my 6,500th Post- too much content!
I had to talk about the Film's Plot to summarize it (as much as you can).
That left no room to talk much about how random and bonkers the Cast for this thing is.
Pick the most oddball people you could to be in a 1998 Film made in Los Angeles and see how many ended up in...
For instance...
Bud Cort (from Bates Motel) as a Shop Owner who has clothes stolen, but keeps the high heels.
Taylor Negron plays a Cop in the Street, while Andrew McCarthy plays a Cop in the Cemetery.
Other Cops include Conrad Brooks- naturally-, Character Actor Mark Boone Junior (aka the guy Batman says 'Where are they?!? to), Wings' Steven Weber and Leif Garrett!
Let's throw in Rick(y) Schroder too, since it's the same year that he joined NYPD Blue. I guess he transferred.
One big missed opportunity- YET ANOTHER Cop is played by Brent Hinkley, who played Conrad Brooks in Ed Wood. So, of course, he doesn't interact with the *actual* Conrad Brooks.
The Funeral Scene brings us Twin Peaks' Carel Struycken and....
*As noted in the Review, the Film uses the Music from Psycho, which makes getting the lady from The Birds extra funny to me.*
Another famous 'That guy!' shows up in the form of Will Patton (most recently the good Cop in Halloween Kills and The Forever Purge)
The Family he targets from said Funeral includes the aforementioned Actress, John Ritter and Sandra Bernhard, who gets an abrupt off-screen death.
Throughout the Film, we get some young Talent appearing here to do basically nothing...
River and Joaquin's Sisters Summer & Rain play Bartenders, while the latter also subs in for a role that they somehow didn't/forgot to fill.
Tara Reid is seen briefly in a Nightclub. Insert Joke Here.
Christina Ricci- in her I'M AN ADULT NOW phase- is a young Prostitute.
As far as more respected, older Actors, we have a few to note...
Besides Ron Perlman (who served as my Stinger), we have Eartha Kitt.
We also have Karen Black (who works alongside Dana Gould) at the Carnival.
Last, but certainly not least in terms of historical importance, we have Vampira.
She...just kind of sits in the Lobby reminding me of Carolyn Jones in Eaten Alive.
I'm glad she got a part in Ed Wood's 'last Film,' but could she possibly do something?
Oh and here's a fun one- Johnathan Taylor Thomas (aka the middle Son on Home Improvement) is the kid (alongside Rain Phoenix) who finds Tippi's body when it lands.
I can see why he turned down being in the Show's finale if he had juicy roles like this.
Anyone NOT in this Film?!?
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