Die Laughing

This movie is lots of fun. The music makes it a great movie viewing experience.

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Die Laughing

This is one of those not-so-great movies technically, but is fun to watch every few years. The music *is* good (if you are receptive to Robby Benson, 1970's folkish material. The characters are interesting. The story is same-old, so watch it for the occasional scenes that will tickle your funny bone and charm their way into your subconscious. Watch it with your favorite SO, and soon you too will be repeating lines like, "Ya gotta KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!" and "Pinsky!? Pinsky!? What Pinsky? Where Pinsky? ..... 'Minsky'!!!!" and of course, "Doing, doing, doing.."

This movie is lots of fun. The music makes it a great movie viewing experience.

I love this movie so much! I first saw it in 1983, when I was 15. There aren't many movies that have both incredibly scary parts (I was young & sensitive!), as well as scenes that are so funny I just roll on the floor, cuz I can't stop laughing.I love the part when Pinsky is talking to Amy with Pizza in his mouth. He's scared because he heard something, & he's afraid the bad guys are coming to get him. He just sounds so funny, I start laughing just thinking about it! The occasional corpse freaks me out, but since I've seen it a hundred billion times, I can handle it. I don't want to write a spoiler, so I'll just say that one of my favorite parts is when Pinsky discovers... a man who's not feeling too well in his cab, & his reaction. Oh my god! I love the "Doing, doing, doing"! The music is great, the cast is great, it's one of my All-Time Favorites. This movie inspired a life-long crush on Robby Benson. Pinsky, Pinsky, Pinsky!

Of course not a masterpiece, but it really is an oddball dark comedy and pretty ballsy for a teen heartthrob to make at the height of his popularity. I mean a big gag during the credits roll involves a mass murder! Soonafter a great gag involves a corpse!I saw it repeatedly at the theater as a kid & found the goofy monkey humor, sinister plot, sunny music, and weird jokes(villain doesn't like to be touched, "doing doing doing") irresistible. Seriously! If Will Ferrell made this exact same flick now it would be a monster! I've viewed it every few years since and it never fails to amuse and confound me. I'm puzzled why it hasn't come out on DVD. Robby should have stuck to comedy.