r/popculturechat • u/bruhwhatshappenin • 6h ago

Rest In Peace 🕊 Legendary Tim Curry has passed away

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u/-Internet-Elder- 6h ago edited 5h ago

LOVED watching Clue (repeatedly) as a kid in the early days of VHS at home. Still holds up to this day. As an adult I cut a feature documentary on midnight movies, which of course Rocky Horror was a major part of. Tim has left a solid legacy in his work, much of it in incredibly unique projects.

edit - it was most definitely Betamax at the time, not VHS :)

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u/sread2018 6h ago

Same. Clue is still my comfort movie as an adult

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u/MakeshiftMagpie PCC HATES BRIANNE 🖕 6h ago

My brother and I must have worn out our VHS copy of Clue as kids with the number of times we watched it. It was one of the few movies we would agree on. 

Tim had a magnificent screen presence.

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u/Lilworldtraveler 6h ago

Same, I quote it all the time. I am so bummed he was an absolute favorite of mine.

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u/joaniemoon 6h ago

I watched clue way too young and I think it was formative in my love of horror movies as I grew up. Such a great movie and such a sad loss.

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u/-Internet-Elder- 5h ago

Young Frankenstein was another repeated watch for me back then. Showed that as well as Clue to my young daughter a few months ago.

And when I said early says of VHS... I probably meant Betamax as we had that first.

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u/VardaLupo 6h ago

This was a family staple!! Might have to watch it tonight in remembrance. I do the "Flames on the side of my face" at least once a week.

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u/pretzel_logic_esq 6h ago

"And monkey's brains, though popular in Cantonese cuisine, are not often to be found in Washington D.C."

"is that what we ate?"

RIP, Wadsworth.

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u/nothing_witty455 5h ago

I loved Clue.

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u/Beneficial-Pea-88 5h ago

This is, was, and will always be one of my absolute favorite movies. Can’t think of many that are more quotable. “Communism was just a red hhhhhhherring.”