always wanted to see this found it free on amazon. slow and boring. what a dud. but Tim Robbins performance was good.

scared the piss out of me when I first saw it

I loved the movie but probably haven't seen it in 20+ years.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Big fan of this movie, although I haven’t seen it in 10-15 years.

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the scene where the chick fucks the reptile on the dance floor was beyond the limits of good taste.

i could see how it would be scary back when it came out. But now i dont know if it stands the test of time. a lot of movies are like that.

one thing the movie made me respect is the US Postal service.

I had a chance a long time ago to take a job with the USPS. Now looking back I should have. Job is pretty straight forward, you do it for life, and you get a pension when you retire. And if you started at 18 you retire at 48 which is amazing these days. Maybe only steady job left in America.

It’s a good Rush song on the Permanent Waves lp record.

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Elections have consequences.

Great movie. Up there with Angel Heart for late 80s/early 90s thrillers. A thinking man's horror film

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i remember lisa bonet's controversy for doing "angel heart". i thought the twist was interesting but remember the movie being a little slow paced. "jacob's ladder" was like a 2-hour nightmare, visually astounding.

"the serpent and the rainbow" reminded me a bit of "angel heart". voodoo seemed a pretty popular plot device at the time.

It's a better Huey Lewis song.

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tim robbins is a hoser

I thought Jacob's Ladder was an excellent movie.

The Serpent and The Rainbow legitimately freaked me out. Very good movie, but...goddamn.

I like how all of these movies have "real" protagonists. Not some chiseled wall of muscle and grit, but for the most part every day dudes. Flawed and fallible.

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all of them are kind of noir-ish, and noir films typically had an everyday joe type as the protagonist. so it makes sense.

I remember seeing Angel Heart with my team in high school while we were on a spring trip to St. Louis. I loved the movie. I thought it was only kind of scary but then again, Lisa Bonet nude probably kept my attention through the fear.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Plus I don't think Arnold Schwarzenegger would've worked too well in Mickey Rourke's role, although he might've been an excellent Louis Cyphre....I'll be back--for your soul!

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I can now see Arnold playing with a hard boiled egg now.

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