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Ghostella's Haunted Tomb: "The Devil's Bum Bag"

In this week's horrifying tale, Bridget McManus stars as Bess, a woman who just wants to make her girlfriend's birthday the best it can be. 

But when she brings home a cursed fanny pack, Bess suddenly finds herself in a fight for her life against...The Devil's Bum Bag.

Ghostella's Haunted Tomb: "The Devil's Bum Bag"

Watch previous episodes of the series, read Stacie's blog, and check back every Wednesday for new episodes.

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  • whitetank's picture

    omg i let out a squeal

    when i found out that bridget mcmanus was gonna be in this ep! ::off to watch::

    ETA: don't know what else to say.. can't get enough of bridget mcmanus!!! :) i'd sport that fanny pack just to get me some hugs and kisses too haha.

    anyway, good job final girl! cant wait for the next ep!

    ps how cute was bridget when her character tripped and fell?! awww. and yes please to boobie cakes!

     

    Robin Jay's picture

    Bridget fell like a girl! Hahaha!

    That was damn funny. Bridget's getting hotter everyday.

     

     

    Take a look/listen at myspace (www.myspace.com/robinjayunplugged) and add me as your friend! See ya @ myspace!!!

    Ayo6000's picture

    Kappa Kappa Eat My

    Kappa Kappa Eat My Pie     Alll Hail Bridget Mcmanus!!!!!!!!!!!     

    Jenn's picture

    Anytime..

    I get to see Bridget stuff things in her pants is a good time.
    DILLIGAF's picture

    Perhaps I should STFU

    ...since I didn't (couldn't) watch the whole thing. But, what the hell was THAT?
    Xisca's picture

    Agree

    That was kind a weird... but it's nice to see Bridget in it!
    jam's picture

    what was it?

     

    it was lesbian humour staring bridget mcmanus......

    hot + funny = hell yeah

    Natazzz's picture

    Awesome

    Another great episode... 

    I always thought bum bags were evil, now I know I was right all along.

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    Anonymous's picture

    ...

    Bridget can save me from a fanny pack anyday. Ha!

    Hmm...weird...

    I can't even think straight...

    OrBabylon's picture

    Beer Bongs and taking a public poo

    OMG, I love that song! Wish the waiters at Chili's would sing that instead of the lame o Happy Birthday.

    Bridget, love that headband where did you get it?

    playthemusic814's picture

    Good stuff.

    Another hilarious installment plus Bridget. What more do you need?

    ~It means pride.~

    Kirsti's picture

    YAY more Bridget, I <3

    YAY more Bridget, I <3 Bridget...This was funny lol, the boobies cake was priceless!
    &lt;3 Bridget's picture

    Omg, rofl.

    I was not expecting Bridget on this at all. I'm so happy she was though, I laughed more then I expected to. Haha. And I agree with whitetank, I'd totally wear it to get some hugs and kisses from Bridget, hahaa. Awesome.

    Alisha's picture

    Fantastic! Haha

    That was hilarious. Stacie you rock!

    I loved it!

    Big bonus to have Bridget in it!

    I can't wait to see more

     

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    mak 23's picture

    movie star mcmanus

    bridget can make anything cool....even this

    bridget, you need your own movie

    dp_jocs's picture

    Holy crap!

    That actually scared me!!! The deep voice was kinda disturbing given that it's 12:40am in here and I'm all alone :(

    btw, Bridget was awesome! hehehe

    Wunder's picture

    That was great

    Another great reason not to buy a bum bag.

    I think the moat terrifying part was the Ghostella's break up with her girlfriend. Lesarama scares me. 

    Broadway Baby's picture

    That was swell

    OMG the end of the "ceremony" was spectacular!

    Hahaha good early morning video watching times. That was a great laugh. But poor Bridget, she broke character and actaully started acting well at one point. Tsk Tsk.

    himbrombeere's picture

    Awesome

    i love the "evil dead" camera thingy, the boob cake, bridget, the exploding fanny pack...the whole episode was just awesome.
    i'm curious. what was your inspiration for the gypsy with the bad teeth? it reminded me of the simpsons halloween special when homer bought the monkey's paw in morocco.
    Final Girl's picture

    You win...

    ...for picking up on the Evil Dead homage! The gypsy just seemed like a natural fit for the gothic yard sale, but now that you mention it, she is a little reminiscent of that Simpsons ep.

    Thanks!!

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    nimbo's picture

    That was so weird it became

    That was so weird it became awesome.

    Mmmm boob cake

    If i was the grim reaper everyone would die in freak accidents.

    filmgrrrl76's picture

    Ghostella rocks...

    I really enjoyed last week's episode and loved this one.  Thanks Final Girl for bringing trash "cinema" to AE.
    frosti3000's picture

    Wow, loved this- first one

    Wow, loved this- first one i've seen but it really impressed me! everone else has said it as well but yeah Bridget was brilliant, me fave bit was bridget making the cake- haha genius!

    Ness's picture

    quite good!

    Wow, I wasn't expecting to enjoy this web series, hence why I didnt watch the 1st one, but seeing Bridget in it made me watch it (Proof that lesbians will watch anything with a hot lesbian in, even if it's awful!) and I was surprised to say I enjoyed it! I love the obvious piss take off horror films (like running into a room and not outside, bridget tripping etc). Will go back and watch the 1st one.
    michellesandiego's picture

    Gostella Rocks!

    But I was really disappointed to see one of the usual AE babes was going to be in the second ep. Nothing against Bridget or any of the other usual AE suspects, but I am a little over saturated with them at this point and was really looking forward to the chance to discover some new talent.

     

    Flame on, but let me reiterate, Bridget is great, so is Jill.

     

    And Ms. Ponder, you are amazing. If you ever need a place to stay for Comic-Con, I have plenty of room. (was that weird? I think that was weird, oh well). J

    Final Girl's picture

    gotcha

    I understand what you're saying about using the AE gang, and I assure you, (for better or worse) this series isn't going to be one big AE in-joke. In all honesty, Bridget is a friend of mine- as we all know, she's incredibly talented and I'd been dying to work with her on something...and voila! She rocked so hard I may have to use her again sometime, if the experience didn't scar her too badly.

    And thanks for the kind words! It's good to know that I'd have somewhere to drunkenly collapse after a day of SDCCing! :D

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    michellesandiego's picture

    swoon

    Stop being so cool already! Ok, so glad to know you got where I was coming from (and she did really kick ass). So about my place: minutes to Down Town, freeway close, big screen t.v., high speed internet and full cable... I’m just saying.

     

    And please oh please, I must know how you rate one of my favorite horror films, Near Dark 1987.

    Final Girl's picture

    Near Dark

    Heh. I run a Film Club on my blog (basically, I pick a movie, whoever wants to play along watches the movie and we all write about it on the same day, linking to each other blah blah blah) and one of the most recent picks was Near Dark. Here's my review! The short of it: it's good.

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    michellesandiego's picture

    Sweet

    Read it. Grinned the whole time. Love that movie. Actually on my way to Oklahoma in a few hours. Gotta find the little town of Fix and take a picture. Thanks for directing me to your blog, really a fun place to look around. How cool that you just reviewed Near Dark!
    Living_Loud's picture

    Fanny packs...

    ...have a totally different meaning in the UK :P I laughed hysterically and re-watched the 'explosion' scene again and again *still chuckling*

    MOAR I SAY!!! MOAAARRR!!!

    Mongoose's picture

    uhhhh

    that was pretty much the closest thing to GENIUS
    Xenite29's picture

    WOW!!!

    Bridget can do ANYTHING!! LOL Love her :-)

     

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    Anonymous's picture

    I gotta say...

    Using real people was a huge improvement over the Barbies (especially when one of them is Bridget McManus, of course).

    Very funny. I can tell it's only going to get better and better.

    MSJ's picture

    OMG! This show is hilarious.

    OMG! This show is hilarious. I'm so gonna keep watching:D
    Anonymous's picture

    Bridget vs EVIL FANNY PACK

     

    bridget putting the cake batter in the oven with the same bowl that she mixed it it was too funny

     

    does anyone else have that song stuck in your head now? lol

    emongi07's picture

    WOW!!!

    Wow!!! That was interesting. its almost so bad that its good. Bridget was amazing. Her fall was awesome and the episode had everything a popular horror film needs. Supernatural happenings, deaths, someone running into an enclosed space rather than going outside, and an explosion!

     

     

    *~SHE'S NOT A DOG SHE'S A MAGICAL UNICORN!!!~*

    tarrabbit's picture

    > question for stacie

    so on your blog, you posted...

    This piece of crap, direct-to-VHS slasher is from the heady days of the early '90s, when films like these were a staple of USA's Up All Nightand CGI still wasn't de rigeur in horror. You know, the glory days of junk!

    is it your plan to continue that idea of low grade trash tv or are you looking to update and reinvigorate it for the expectations of the audience today?

    Final Girl's picture

    a little from Column A...

    Interesting question. The simple answer, I suppose, is "it depends". Of course, that doesn't really answer anything. :)

    Sorry if this is boring, but here's my process, to an extent: I generally begin by thinking in terms of subgenre. Do I want to make a gothic vampire movie? A slasher flick? A ghost story? Once I figure that out, I decide what year the film was "made" in; sometimes subgenres have a particular time period closely associated with them, but even if they don't, the year will determine a lot of factors in the film, from pace to camera angles and just about everything in between.

    Saying that "Bum Bag" is from 1992 absolutely had to do with the cheesiness- the late '80s/early '90s were a bit of a low point for horror. Theatrical releases were a bit lame and direct-to-VHS was coming into its own, and a supernatural slasher flick from 1992 is probably going to be pretty trashy.

    Will they ALL be trashy? I don't know, honestly. Maybe not to the extent this one is- next week's episode, for example, is very different. It's still fun, but it's a bit more serious than "Bum Bag".  It's a another type of horror film from a another era, and it's got an extremely different feel than this one. And the episode after that is different yet again, etc.

    That said, keep in mind that these are the types of movies a horror host would show late at night- the stuff on Elvira's Movie Macabre, for example, was generally B-grade at best. Ghostella is about 10 rungs further down the ladder!

    I have no idea if that answered your question at all, or if it was simply an elaborate way of saying "it depends"...because ultimately, that's all I've got. My plan is a little of both- I love low grade horror as much as I love high grade horror, for all sorts of reasons.  I'm equal opportunitywhen it comes to scary movies!

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    Anonymous's picture

    haha... bridget is so

    haha...

    bridget is so funny.

    she should definately do more acting, she's really good at it! she made me laugh throughout the whole thing.

    Crank Heart's picture

    That...

    Kicked so much ass. Great acting all around, the song rocked, awesome creativeness, and I loved the pull out shot from the street! Can't wait for more.  

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    Luckyducksters's picture

    I LOVE

    BRIDGET!!
    LauraLovesYou's picture

    Even more hilarious than the first.

    Birdget was great in this, it kinda reminded me of the first time she was on "We're Getting Nowhere" and she was Heather trying to find her way to the go-sees. All the Bridget scenes were great. The girl in the bandana was hilarious as well, the part where she climbs over the couch and just hides is hilarious, also the part where she is telling the fanny pack girl to snap out of it. Ghostella was funnier this week, I can't wait to see what's going to happen with Jen. 
    HotHandle's picture

    Raindrops keep fallin' on my head...

    is exactly what the beginning of that song sounded like.  B.J. Thomas would be proud.

    Ghostella, hope you get Jen back.

    And Bridget, you are lovely and amazing as always.  "I'm having waaaaay too much fun..."

     

    pumice's picture

    Was I the only one who

    Was I the only one who cringed when Bridget put the cake in the oven while it was still in the mixing bowl....

    This show rocks my socks. It keeps getting funnier and funnier.

     

    I don't want to doubt you
    Know everything about you
    I don't want to sit
    Across the table from you
    Wishing I could run.....

    -Cake, and what I live my life by.

    Chilaxing's picture

    INGENIUS

    The cake mixture was still in the mixing bowl when she put it in the oven, it totally caught my attention.

     

    I laughed at the cheesiness of the plot :-) that's a good thing by the way. Come on a freaking cursed fanny pack?! That was just ingenius. And they totally rejoiced at the end forgetting about their dead friends hahahaha.

    Jenn's picture

    WOW. That was...

    WOW.

    That was...

    ...special.

     

    I guess I'm just not used to B movies. I mean, that what these are supposed to be, right? Parody B movies? I'm inexperienced, lol.

    whitelabcoat's picture

    Another fabulous episode

    "The Devil's Bum Bag" = Best. Title. Ever.

    As a fan of both 'curse of the [insert object purchased from mysterious stranger]' and 'psycho ruins a special day' movies, I loved seeing these sub-genres combined so brilliantly here. And with a song too!

    Plus, you made Bridget McManus a final girl! (sort of).

    Thanks for doing these - I didn't realise a weekly shot of B-grade Lesbian Horror was what was missing in my life ... until now.

    You rock.

     

    Katrina's picture

    Hah. :)

    I don't think i was supposed to laugh as much as I did. That was fantastic. I loveeeeeeed it. Not to mention Bridget.... Mhm.
    Anonymous's picture

    death by fanny pack

    Poking fun at the fanny pack. lol. 

    But DIY horror/thrillers are fun. You just have to keep an open mind.

     

     

    SlayreDrakon's picture

    Amazing!

    It's ironic that I watched evil dead for the first time last Saturday, and then watched this. I'd rather watch this.

    Poor Ghostella! Hilarious!

    Was Bridget's fall on purpose?

     

     

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