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1.17 Hell House

Dean: "Most of those websites wouldn't know a ghost if it bit them in the persqueeter."

Persqueeter?

I loved this episode. It somehow managed to be creepy and hilarious at the same time. The idea of a ghost created because people believed in it (along with getting oomph from symbols on the wall that weren't Blue Oyster Cult) was fun and interesting, and a little change of pace. The different incarnations of Mordecai were all scary and well done. And the two ghostbuster nerds were perfect casting. Ed and Harry saw themselves as Dean and Sam, of course, and their perceptions of themselves didn't change even after they saw the real thing. Too funny.

Even with all this good stuff, my favorite part was the escalating practical joke war. Icing on the cake. It probably wouldn't have been appropriate in a more serious episode, but here, it just made it better. Not that this one didn't have its serious aspects. If a young woman hadn't died, it would have been pure comedy. But if a young woman hadn't died, Dean and Sam wouldn't have stayed in town.

Why would anyone go into a haunted house on a dare, ever? I know it's been said, but don't characters on television ever watch horror movies?

Bits and pieces:

-- Wyeth's Western Inn actually had the Alamo painted on the wall, and cow head door knockers made me laugh out loud. I've lived in Texas and it's not like that. Well, it's not all like that.

-- Sam in a towel. Hmmm.

-- The ghostbuster nerds were named Ed Zeddmore and Harry Spengler. Two of the original Ghostbusters characters were Winston Zeddmore and Egon Spengler.

-- This week, we went to Richardson, Texas. Dean and Sam pretended to be reporters with the Dallas Morning News.

-- I'm not one to catalog bloopers, but there's a glaring one. On the DVD, wide screen, time index 34:54, you can plainly see a camera guy on the far right. Oops.

Quotes:

Sam: "That prank stuff. It's stupid, and it always escalates."
Dean: "What's the matter, Sammy? Afraid you're going to get a little Nair in your shampoo again?"

Guy 1: "Crosses and stars and..."
Guy 2: "Pentagons..."
Guy 1: "Pentacostals..."

Guy 1: "Kinda hot. You know, in a dead sort of way."

Dean: "So much for curb appeal."

Sam: "The reverse cross has been used by satanists for centuries, but the sigil of sulphur didn't show up in San Francisco until the sixties."
Dean: "I know exactly why you never get laid."

Harry: "Maybe we should just go."
Ed: "No. Would John Edward go?"

Ed: "Sweet lord..."
Harry: "...of the rings."

Ed: "This is our ticket to the big time. Fame, money, sex. With girls. Okay? Be brave, okay? WWBD. What would Buffy do?"

Dean: "Look at that. Action figures in their original packaging. What a shock."

Dean: "I barely have any skin left on my palm."
Sam: "I'm not touching that line with a ten foot pole."

You know a show is really good when it can parody itself this well. Four out of four stars,

Billie





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