I'm surprised there's no thread on what's possibly the worst/funniest cameo in history of cinema. We see Michael Paré driving and then boom, he's dead. WTF?
Throughout the movie I was like "did they forget his scenes? He must be in it more than that? Flashbacks?" The stupid cameo had me in hysterics and couldn't take anything else seriously. It's all downhill after that.
The movie made the origin and conclusion of his fate quite clear.
shareAre you kidding? Michael Pare is THE worst actor on the planet. I would say it went up in quality after they killed him.
shareI remember thinking the same thing. The guy is the fourth billed cast member, and he dies right at the beginning of the movie. He had a slightly bigger role than the guy who passed out on the grill and burned to death.
shareI'm a big Pare fan and a huge Carpenter fan and was pretty stoked to watch them team up. I was bummed out when Pare died 5 mins into the film.
Maybe they were going for a Drew Barrymore in scream type scenerio...but at that point in his career Pare was already regulated to b-movie schlock so i'm skeptical
Don't hunt what you can't kill!
He did have fourth billing. I expected his character to be around until at least the third act. Of course, I thought the same thing when I saw Janet Leigh (who had second billing) in PSYCHO.
Of course, at this point in the game Pare's work was in less important venues. Except for a small but pivotal part in HOPE FLOATS it was a fast track to films directed by Uwe Boll. Ah, but in the days of STREETS OF FIRE and EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS......................
He must be in it more than that?He was the fourth lead. I kept thinking he was going to reappear suddenly, later in the film, at a climactic moment, but of course it never happens.
I saw him the other week in GARGOYLES so when his name was listed in the credits I was looking forward to comparing his performance in that film. But I really couldn't compare because he is on screen for such a short time. He got fourth billing for that? He must have a good agent!
sharei'm going to dig out my old copies of Fangoria because when they covered the film there was mention of the part that Pare was playing. Off the top of my head they (maybe sandy king, cant remember)were calling it a flashy, star making, steal-the-movie part. i remember re-reading the article after seeing the movie and thinking WTF happened there then.
shareI came here for the same thing, LOL.
SPOILERS for several movies in this post:
I had never seen this. I remember when it was released back in 1995, but it was such a flop and so critically derided that I didn't bother to see it. Then, just kind of forgot it over the years, in spite of being a pretty big John Carpenter fan.
Well, because it just got released on Scream Factory blu, I finally decided to get it.
I FINALLY just watched it, and yes, I too was very surprised that Pare got fourth billing, and then barely survives the opening credits.
I remember, though, that there was this little trend going on around that time where they were doing this a lot. To hear them tell it, I'm sure most of them would have alluded to Hitchcock homages. But I remember it happening quite a bit in movies in 1995 and 1996. This would have been one,too, I guess. But I remember being shocked when top-billed Marlon Brando didn't appear onscreen until nearly half an hour into "The Island of Dr. Moreau", and then he is dead at the 43 minute mark. He literally has about 15-16 minutes of screen time in a 100 or so minute movie. There was a big shock when Steven Seagal dies in "Executive Decision" about a half hour in. And Michael Douglas was top billed on "The Ghost and the Darkness", and he doesn't arrive until almost an HOUR in, and then dies, suddenly and OFFSCREEN, after only a few minutes.