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Can’t Stop the Music (1980; Nancy Walker) – Best of Dare Daniel Rerun 20

“Relax! Boogie!”

Tragically unable to stop the music, Daniel and Corky serve up two scoops of Can’t Stop the Nuts to revisit their review of this factually dubious Village People biopic.

U.S. release date: June 20, 1980

Critics scores: 22 on Rotten Tomatoes

This week’s Darer: Dan Scott

Why did Dan dare Daniel and Corky? “Because you can’t stop the music. Nobody can stop the music. You will want to stop the music so many times. But you Can’t. Stop. The Music.”

IMDB synopsis: “A pseudo autobiography of disco’s The Village People.”

This week’s referenced movies: The Shining; The Bad News Bears; Cruising; Rocky; Wildcats; Fletch; Superman; Chuck & Buck; Apocalypse Now; Coming Home; Miller’s Crossing; It Happened One Night; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Grease; Theodore Rex

Ratings: Daniel – Reverse Dare; Corky – Double Dare

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Love on a Leash (2011; Dir.: Fen Tian) – Best of Dare Daniel Rerun 19

“His name is Alvin Flang! His name is Alvin Flang!”

Pizza-faced cinderblocks Daniel and Corky get revenge on the evil pond that cursed them to become professional podcasters by revisiting their review of Fen Tian’s jaw-dropping Love on a Leash.

U.S. DVD release date: Aug. 19, 2013

Critic scores: n/a

This week’s darers: Erica Shultz and Gunnar Pearson

Why did Erica dare Daniel and Corky to watch Love on a Leash? “This movie is a triumph of ineptitude. There is no score or soundtrack, nothing makes sense, characters are color-coded, and everything is just hilariously bad. It’s a train wreck from which you can’t look away.”

Why did Gunnar dare Daniel and Corky to watch Love on a Leash? “This is the type of bad movie that you will remember until the day you die.”

IMDB synopsis: “Love takes a furry twist in this slice of romantic comedy. A young woman falls for a stray dog with a secret: by night, it becomes a man. Follow the journey of the golden retriever and the friend who gives him a home.”

This week’s referenced movies: Forbidden Kiss; Look Who’s Talking Now; Theodore Rex; Like Father, Like Son; Vice Versa; Love Actually; Psycho (1960); Fargo; Goodfellas; 1917; Teen Wolf (1985); The Room; The Social Network; The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Ratings: Daniel – Double Dare; Corky – Double Dare

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Holidate (2020; Dir.: John Whitesell) – Best of Dare Daniel Rerun 18

“Did you just compare sex with me to eating slugs?”

Daniel and Corky make a holidate to revisit their review of John Whitesell’s shallow rom-com Holidate.

Daniel’s craft beer: Moksa Brewing’s Cold Steeped – Geisha (11% ABV)

Corky’s craft beer: Imperiale Beer Project’s Sweep the Dregs West Coast IPA (7.1% ABV)

Netflix release date: Feb.  28, 2020

Critic scores: 45 on Rotten Tomatoes; 44 on Metacritic

This week’s darer: He Who Shall Not Be Named

Why did Anonymous dare Daniel and Corky to watch Holidate? “I haven’t yet listened to you suffering through the Holiday Movie but was subjected to one the other day that my 23-year-old daughter promised me was “not like all the others.” And she was right. First of all, if it’d been released to theaters, it would’ve been R-Rated. Still bad, still predictable, but there was some enjoyment in there. Could be a Christmas movie, could be an any-holiday movie.”

IMDB synopsis: “Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other’s platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.”

This week’s referenced movies: The Karate Kid; Norbit; Big Money Rustlas; Holiday Engagement; Malibu’s Most Wanted; Big Momma’s House 2; Big Momma’s House: Like Father, Like Son; ThunderStruck; Destination Wedding; Leaving Las Vegas; Christmas with the Kranks; Goodfellas; Crocodile Dundee; Valentine’s Day; New Year’s Eve; Mother’s Day; La La Land; Dirty Dancing; Crazy, Stupid, Love; The Terminator; Mallrats; Days of Heaven; The VelociPastor; Legally Blonde; Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome; Magnolia; Black Panther; Love Actually; Harold & Maude; His Girl Friday; There’s Something About Mary

Ratings: Daniel – Double Dare; Corky – Dare

Original trailer for Holidate

Will she or won’t she shit her pants?

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Mac and Me (1988; Stewart Raffill) – Best of Dare Daniel Rerun 17

“Nice teddy bear!”

Daniel and Corky courageously revisit the waking nightmare of product placement and alien body horror known as Mac and Me.

U.S. theatrical release date: August 12, 1988

Domestic box office: $6.4 million (production budget: $13 million)

Critic scores: 7 on Rotten Tomatoes

This week’s Darer: Liam

Why did Liam dare Daniel and Corky to watch Mac and Me?  “Actor Paul Rudd has a running bit on Conan O’Brien where he plays a scene from Mac and Me instead of one from the film he’s there to promote.  Being a lover of bad movies, the clip definitely spoke to me, but unfortunately, it is the one and only highlight of the film.”

IMDB synopsis: “An alien trying to escape from NASA is befriended by a wheelchair-bound boy.”

This week’s referenced movies: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; Mannequin 2: On the Move; Young Guns; Can’t Buy Me Love; the Star Wars movie franchise; Nosferatu; Pan’s Labyrinth; The Green Mile; Lord of the Rings movie franchise; In the Mouth of Madness; The Blues Brothers; Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; They Live; Paper Moon; The Piano; Duel; The Shining; Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; Screwball; Ishtar; Ghostbusters; Exorcist II: The Heretic; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Men in Black; The Silence of the Lambs; Better Off Dead; Grease; Sleepaway Camp; JFK; Rawhead Rex; China Salesman; Amadeus

Ratings for Mac and Me: Daniel – Dare; Corky – Double Dare

The infamous wheelchair over the cliff scene

Full McDonald’s dance scene

The original ending where Eric gets shot vs. The theatrical cut

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Old Fashioned – Best of Dare Daniel Rerun 16

“Hey there, Stress Boy.”

Reformed frat boys Daniel and Corky continue their Best of Dare Daniel series by revisiting Rik Swartzwelder’s Old Fashioned.

U.S. theatrical release date: Feb. 6, 2015

Domestic box office: $1.9 million (production budget: $600,000)

Critics scores: 17 on Rotten Tomatoes; 29 on Metacritic

This week’s darer: Rachael Legg

Rachael’s dare: “Old Fashioned was filmed in my hometown, and so when I was 15, I became an extra in the film. But when I watched it for the first time at the premiere, I knew that I had been a part of something terrible.  After watching Old Fashioned, I have concluded that Swartzwelder made this movie because he really wanted to write himself as a good Christian man, and then forced an entire cast of actors to comment on his godliness for 115 minutes. Good luck.”

IMDB synopsis: “A reformed frat boy opens an antique store in a college town and falls for the free-spirited girl who moves into the apartment above his shop. In time, this unlikely pair fall into a traditional courtship.”

This week’s referenced movies: Dancin’: It’s On!; Jaws 3-D; Orca; God’s Not Dead; God’s Not Dead 2; Theodore Rex; Cosmic Sin; Deadly Attraction; Warcraft; Psycho; Meet John Doe; Diner; Sleepless in Seattle; Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas; Little Shop of Horrors; Let the Right One In; The Exorcist; Fifty Shades of Grey; 365 Days

Ratings: Daniel – Double Dare; Corky – Double Dare

Old Fashioned trailer

Clay’s theory

Swartzwelder speaks

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Collision Course (1989; Lewis Teague) – Best of Dare Daniel Rerun 15

“I’m on your ass!”

Daniel and Corky turbocharge their memories to revisit their review of Jay Leno and Noriyuki “Pat” Morita in the racist buddy-cop comedy Collision Course.

U.S. theatrical release date: n/a (debuted on HBO in 1992)

Critic scores: n/a (32 Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes)

Box office performance: n/a

This week’s Darer: Darcey Self

Why did Darcey dare Daniel and Corky to watch Collision Course?  “Sooo, I was flipping through Hulu and this little gem popped up, starring the hilarious comedy duo of Jay Leno and Pat Morita. I mean how can you resist.”

IMDB synopsis: “A Japanese investigator (Morita) and a Detroit cop (Leno) team up to track down a stolen prototype turbocharger.”

This week’s referenced movies: Theodore Rex; The Karate Kid; The Lost Boys; Police Academy movies; Grudge Match; Beverly Hills Cop; Revolution; Ghostbusters; Godzilla movies; 8 Mile; Mac and Me; Renaissance Man; Trading Places; Can’t Stop the Music; Kung Pow: Enter the Fist; The Cloverfield Paradox; Running Scared; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 

Ratings for Collision Course: Daniel – Double Dare; Corky – Double Dare

Original theatrical trailer

Morita jump kicks a speeding car

Pat Morita loses Best Supporting Actor to Haing S. Ngor

The Lost Boys Sax Man on the beach

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Jaws: The Revenge – Best of Dare Daniel Rerun 14

It’s another tickly day in paradise as Daniel and Corky revisit their review of Jaws: The Revenge.

U.S. theatrical release: July 17, 1987

Domestic box office: $20 million (production budget: $23 million)

Critics scores: 0 on Rotten Tomatoes; 15 on Metacritic

This week’s darer: Dean Longenecker

Dean’s dare: “Jaws 3D is happy this movie exists. God awful movie. I’m embarrassed that a Great White Shark can’t just enjoy the Bahamas without being accused of stalking. Can anyone say profiling?”

IMDB synopsis: “Chief Brody’s widow believes that her family is deliberately being targeted by another shark in search of revenge.”

This week’s referenced movies: Ghostbusters; Speed 2: Cruise Control; The Trip; The Italian Job (1969); Cosmic Sin; Megaforce; The Taking of Pelham One Two Three; Hannah and Her Sisters; 1941; Leonard Part 6; Moonrise Kingdom; The Princess Switch: Switched Again; The Great Waldo Pepper; The Wedding Planner; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; Fantastic Four (2015); Dangerous Men; Deadly Attraction; Dancin’: It’s On!

Ratings: Daniel – Double Dare; Corky – Double Dare

Original trailer for Jaws: The Revenge

The first attack

The final attack

“You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!”

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Rawhead Rex (1986; George Pavlou) – Best of Dare Daniel Rerun 13

“Get upstairs, fuckface! I can’t keep God waiting!”

Daniel and Corky emerge from the ground to revisit their first Scare Daniel review: the slop-dog 1986 monster movie Rawhead Rex.

U.S. theatrical release date: April 17, 1987

Critics scores: 25 on Rotten Tomatoes

This week’s Darer: Matthew Dougherty

Why did Matthew dare Daniel and Corky to watch this movie? “Just terrible B horror movie. Bad effects, terrible plot, monster mask is incredibly fake.”

IMDB synopsis: “Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex’s cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it.”

This week’s referenced movies: Underworld (1985); Underworld (2003); Hellraiser; Clifford; Ready to Rumble; Heartbeeps; Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; The Exorcist; King Kong; The Amazing Spider-Man 2; Don’t Look Now; Back to the Future; Dracula; Pulp Fiction; X-Men

Ratings: Daniel – Dare; Corky – Reverse Dare

Original theatrical trailer for Rawhead Rex

Rawhead attacks!

“He IS GOD!”

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Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987; Lee Harry) – Best of Dare Daniel Rerun 12

Daniel and Corky make your day Garbage Day by revisiting their review of the glorified clip show Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2.

U.S. theatrical release date: April 10, 1987

Domestic box office: $154,000 (production budget: $100,000)

Critic scores: 25 on Rotten Tomatoes

IMDB synopsis: “The now-adult Ricky talks to a psychiatrist about how he became a murderer after his brother, Billy, died, which leads back to Mother Superior.”

This week’s referenced movies: Body Heat; Cutthroat Island; Ultraviolet; Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome; The Great Muppet Caper; the Fifty Shades trilogy; Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas; Hardcore; Angus; Silent Night (2012); Sleepaway Camp; An American Werewolf in Paris; The Room; Rocky III; Cool as Ice; Braveheart; Top Secret!; The Great Train Robbery (1903); The Snowman; Mac and Me

Ratings: Daniel – Reverse Dare; Corky – Double Dare

Original theatrical trailer

“Garbage day” murder

More of Ricky’s rampage

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Cool as Ice (1991; David Kellogg) – Best of Dare Daniel Rerun 11

“I’m gonna go across the street and, uh, schling a schlong.”

Daniel and Corky put on their formal parachute pants to revisit their wildly popular review of Vanilla Ice in the wildly unpopular Cool as Ice.

U.S. theatrical release date: October 18, 1991

Domestic box office: $1.2 million (production budget: $6 million)

Critic scores: 7 on Rotten Tomatoes

This week’s Darer: Heather Smith

Why did Heather S. dare Daniel and Corky to watch Cool as Ice?  “Because you need to drop that zero and get with a hero.  But this one might be too awful for any human consumption.  The whole movie is a cringe-fest, it’s like trying to watch The Office‘s Michael Scott attempt to lead a diversity workshop.  If you choose this movie, I cannot be legally held responsible if you roll your eyes so hard in your head that they get stuck.  You have been warned.”

IMDB synopsis: “A rap-oriented remake of The Wild One (1953), with heavy emphasis on the fact that Vanilla Ice has assumed the Marlon Brando role.”

This week’s referenced movies: The Ridiculous 6; Schindler’s List; Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze; xXx; The Fast and the Furious franchise; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Grease; Down by Law; A Christmas Story 2; Seabiscuit; Enter the Dragon; Bad Boys; Fifty Shades of Grey movie franchise; Having a Wild Weekend; Crossroads; Elvis movies; Say Anything; Bio-Dome; The Island of Dr. Moreau

Ratings for Cool as Ice: Daniel – Double Dare; Corky – Double Dare

Original theatrical trailer for Cool as Ice

“Drop that zero and get with the hero.”

John “Johnny” Van Owen motorcycle montage

“Ninja Rap” scene from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

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