Sometimes I write short movie reviews but it's usually only for movies I enjoy, even if they're bad. My motto is, a movie can be bad but it should never be boring. Bad movies can be very entertaining.
That's the case for the 1981 horror movie, The Pit.
Instead of writing a standard review however, I decided to write a song that I think succinctly describes the plot of the film.
All you need to know is that in the movie, there's a young boy named Jamie who discovers a large pit in some nearby woods that contains some troglodytes. Jamie, for some reason, calls them "tra-la-logs". This odd name reminded me of the theme song of a children's show I used to watch when I was a kid, called The Banana Splits. Its theme song was The Tra La La Song.
The Tra-La-Log Song
(Sung to the melody of The Banana Splits theme song)
Lyrics by Movie Vigilante
Tra-la-log la-la-la-log
Tra-la-log la-la-la-log
Tra-la-log la-la-la-log
Tra-la-log la-la-la-log
One tra-la-log two tra-la-log three tra-la-log four
Down in the pit along with many more
Horrible and hungry with spooky eyes that glow
They wait for little Jamie to send some food below
No need for it to be well-done
They'll eat raw meat or anyone
The feeding frenzy has just begun
Tra-la-log la-la-la-log
Tra-la-log la-la-la-log
Tra-la-log la-la-la-log
Tra-la-log la-la-la-log
Four tra-la-log three tra-la-log two tra-la-log one
With Jamie's help they climb out and now you'll need a gun
Strangely this all happens in case you aren't aware
When Jamie takes advice from his talking teddy bear
Tra-la-log la-la-la-log
Tra-la-log la-la-la-log
Tra-la-log la-la-la-log
Tra-la-log la-la-la-log
Just imagine that instead of the trogs at the bottom of the pit, it was The Banana Splits hungrily devouring the poor unsuspecting souls lured by Jamie. You know Drooper would totally eat anyone that fell into the pit. He looks like he would have a serious case of the munchies. I would absolutely watch a horror movie called The Banana Split Pit.