# Jack Chick's Dark Dungeons-The Movie!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916 "2014-05-21T12:57:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/1 "2014-05-21T12:57:25Z")
[Our favorite Jack Chick tract](http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.ASP) has been turned into [a movie!](http://www.aintitcool.com/node/67392) Finally, the _EVIL_ that is “rollplaying” will be exposed for all the world to see. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/2 "2014-05-21T13:06:56Z")
Kinda missed their window for this type of thing by like 30 years, didn’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/3 "2014-05-21T13:15:35Z")
Meh. I liked it better on the old days when Tom Hanks was stabbing homeless guys in an ally. Everyone ended up at a nice vineyard for a wine tasting and some gaming at the end. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/4 "2014-05-21T14:01:17Z")
**R-P-G! R-P-G! R-P-G!** vBulletin doesn’t allow me to shout without including some lowercase. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/5 "2014-05-21T14:20:02Z")
Please tell me Kevin Sorbo is in it! ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/6 "2014-05-21T14:29:58Z")
Lots of luck with distributing and advertising–unless he means for it to be shown only in churches. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/7 "2014-05-21T14:32:18Z")
Boy, did he roll a low initiative. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/8 "2014-05-21T14:38:50Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Lots of luck with distributing and advertising–unless he means for it to be shown only in churches. Jack Chick didn’t make this movie-a bunch of gamers bought the rights for this tract via a Kickstarter campaign. It’s a low budget work of love like the _Gamers_ movies, and will be sold online and at conventions. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/9 "2014-05-21T14:53:13Z")
No way BIG GAMING lets this see the light of day. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/10 "2014-05-21T15:01:46Z")
Wait…Cthulhu is real? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/11 "2014-05-21T15:15:42Z")
Would somebody please tell me what in heck Cthulu is?! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/12 "2014-05-21T15:25:07Z")
There is a thing called wikipedia. > **[Cthulhu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu)** > > Cthulhu is a cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was first introduced in his short story "The Call of Cthulhu", published by the American pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928. Considered a Great Old One within the pantheon of Lovecraftian cosmic entities, this creature has since been featured in numerous popular culture references. Lovecraft depicts it as a gigantic entity worshipped by cultists, in the shape of a green octopus, dragon, and a caricature of human form. The Lovecraf In... ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/13 "2014-05-21T15:30:18Z")
My favorite shot is the rolling dice and blood splashing. Truly inspired cinematography! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/14 "2014-05-21T15:39:02Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Would somebody please tell me what in heck Cthulu is?! :rolleyes: Cthulu is all that is holy, the one, the great, he who must be worshiped. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/15 "2014-05-21T15:47:42Z")
Yay. Lots of money wasted on an ironic pseudo-joke. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/16 "2014-05-21T15:49:43Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > Yay. Lots of money wasted on an ironic pseudo-joke. Did you watch the trailer? Maybe we have different definitions of “lots”. And while agree with you on the definition of “wasted”, I’m sure others would disagree on that. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/17 "2014-05-21T16:01:06Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Kinda missed their window for this type of thing by like 30 years, didn’t they? The window for most of the stuff Chick rants about was 400 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/18 "2014-05-21T16:41:09Z")
So why did Chick agree to sell the rights? Presumably he knows who the buyers are, and it looks really bad for him to be accepting any amount of money from those he considers Satanists. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/19 "2014-05-21T16:46:37Z")
Evidently [they didn’t pay anything for the rights](http://darkdungeonsthemovie.com/). The only stipulation was that the movie had to include the message “Story based on “Dark Dungeons” by Jack T. Chick, LLC© 1984.” > [@](#): > > How much money did Dark Dungeons the movie pay Jack Chick for the rights? > > Jack Chick granted JR Ralls the right to make a movie based upon the Dark Dungeons comic book free of charge and without any request for a percentage of the film’s gross or net. There is no direct financial relationship between the film and Chick Publications, Inc. I wonder if Chick actually knew who they were. The producers take care to say it will be faithful to the comic and isn’t a parody or satire. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/20 "2014-05-21T16:50:28Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I wonder if Chick actually knew who they were. The producers take care to say it will be faithful to the comic and isn’t a parody or satire. Fully realizing of course that the source material is already considered to be over the top by most who have seen it. You couldn’t make a mockery of it and have it come out any funnier. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916.md?page=2)