J Riff
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Well Im arf too the toob to garner the Croaking of Beelzebub, you betcha, based on that fine review. Just when you think you've seen 'em all....
What was the last movie you saw?
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Victoria Silverwolf
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Thanks for the comments, folks.
In recent times I have been using somebody at Internet Archive who creates double features of everything from classic Hollywood films to oddball flicks of all different kinds. This person uses the name CULTivated. Here's the stuff available:
https://archive.org/details/@cultivated
In recent times I have been using somebody at Internet Archive who creates double features of everything from classic Hollywood films to oddball flicks of all different kinds. This person uses the name CULTivated. Here's the stuff available:
https://archive.org/details/@cultivated
Cathbad
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Thanks for this!
dask
dark and stormy knight
Yeah, same here. Good information.
J Riff
The Ants are my friends..
Meanwhile, Stranglers of Bombay is on here... and it is swell.
J Riff
The Ants are my friends..
good link, but I can't find a simple list of titles, so too much clicking, since we have seen 95% of these here by the end of the VCR era... waaay back when Plan Nine played with no mention of how it was anything other than a SF movie.
Victoria Silverwolf
Vegetarian Werewolf
Yeah, I have to go through each of them one at a time to see if it contains two movies I've already seen, or something new and interesting. It's worth it for me, stuck here during slow nights, required to stare at the computer.
Deadpool 2 (Super Duper $@%!#& Cut)
They had me at the opening credits, and things only got increasingly hilarious from there.
This is one of those films I could watch a hundred times at laugh at something new every time. As far as I'm concerned, Deadpool is the crown jewel of the Marvel Universe.
They had me at the opening credits, and things only got increasingly hilarious from there.
This is one of those films I could watch a hundred times at laugh at something new every time. As far as I'm concerned, Deadpool is the crown jewel of the Marvel Universe.
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Go Go Gophers & Clutch Cargo!
But all I get is the audio. Thanks, Victoria Silverwolf. I will try using a different browser.White Zombie (1932) It has been at least a few years, since I last saw this, pretty good film. Two men want the same woman, one has just married her, but the other has her zombified before they had the chance to consummate the marriage. Now, the other guy has her, while her husband mourns her sudden death. But, as a zombie, she is just no fun. Bela Lugosi as the man with the hypnotic gaze.
The Cockeyed Miracle (1946) Frank Morgan (AKA the Wizard of Oz) has bought some property with Cecil Kellaway, which they hope to sell at a hefty profit. But FM did this, without telling his wife, who thinks the money is in the bank. Oops, FM just died, and CK is thinking he can keep all the money for himself. FM as a ghost, along with Keenan Wynn as his late father, attempt to foil CK's greed, but they are immaterial, and cannot touch anything, cannot be seen or heard by anyone, etc.
There is a scene where KW walks right through a guy, who is going the opposite direction. Very good special effects, given this was 1946! Very entertaining.
Gilda Live (1980) G. Radner's on stage performance. Not as funny as I had expected. Rosanne Rosannadanna gave a college commencement speech, near the end.
The Hand (1981) Michael Caine looses his right hand in a traffic incident, & it seems to be alive as a separate entity, similar to the one in the Evil Dead II. Oh, and it seems to attack people. But is it really supernatural, or, is this guy a psycho?
Reminds me of that Peter Lorre film, The Beast w/ 5 fingers (1946), which was also shown on TCM 4AM today. BTW, Mad Love (1935) also w/ Lorre & involving the transplant of hands, will be on Monday at 11PM.
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The Hunted (1948) Noir Alley; The ending was such that many viewers, myself included thought that it
Other than that, it was noir throughout. a detective's girlfriend was sent to prison and has now been released. She had all along claimed she was innocent, though the evidence was thorough. When she was convicted, she made death threats to both her ex boyfriend and the defense attorney. Now she is free, but this is noir, so it does not go well with her.
Follow me Quietly (1949) Very short, at just about 1 hour. A homicidal maniac who calls himself the JUDGE goes about killing people whom he judges as deserving of death. -Duh! Despite all the evidence gathered, the cops cannot identify the culprit. Then somebody decides to dress a faceless dummy as the guy, and soon they identify him, but now they must catch him. Intense chase sequence. Very well done.
Night Monster (1942) Lugosi & Atwill in supporting roles, though having top billing. L is the creepy butler to a man who was apparently paralyzed after Atwill & two other surgeons operated on him when he was involved in a traffic accident. So the guy invites all 3 surgeons to his home (obviously to kill them) but strangely, all three come. Large footprints are found outside the mansion near the bodies of those murdered outside; though some are killed inside. The only one with a possible motive is the paralytic guy, but nobody suspects him.
was just inconsistent with noir.
Follow me Quietly (1949) Very short, at just about 1 hour. A homicidal maniac who calls himself the JUDGE goes about killing people whom he judges as deserving of death. -Duh! Despite all the evidence gathered, the cops cannot identify the culprit. Then somebody decides to dress a faceless dummy as the guy, and soon they identify him, but now they must catch him. Intense chase sequence. Very well done.
Night Monster (1942) Lugosi & Atwill in supporting roles, though having top billing. L is the creepy butler to a man who was apparently paralyzed after Atwill & two other surgeons operated on him when he was involved in a traffic accident. So the guy invites all 3 surgeons to his home (obviously to kill them) but strangely, all three come. Large footprints are found outside the mansion near the bodies of those murdered outside; though some are killed inside. The only one with a possible motive is the paralytic guy, but nobody suspects him.
The guy was not paralyzed but had lost all 4 limbs except for stubs. But the 3 physicians would well know this, though they go along with the ruse supposedly because he felt that his condition was disgusting, & preferred to be thought paralyzed. So there is this Indian guru guy, who conjures these artificial legs for the guy, with large feet.
dask
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The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1939) My Halloween selection this year and I doubt I could have done better. Rathbone and Bruce in top form with a stellar supporting cast. Almost as good as the book with sets I suspect couldn't be improved upon even with today's technology. And as he did in The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes Rathbone reveals a mastery of disguise Lon Chaney, Sr. would admire.
Cathbad
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Fright Night (1985)
Yes, it's a bit of a silly movie. But I just finished watching it again, and marveled at how excellent, given the year (1985), the Special Effects were!
Yes, it's a bit of a silly movie. But I just finished watching it again, and marveled at how excellent, given the year (1985), the Special Effects were!
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I think I saw The Hound of the B, the Rathbone version; I think TCM or AMC ran the whole series a few years ago. But the only version I can recall is the HAMMER one.
Dr. J & Mr. Hyde (Fredric March vers.) Then the final 10 minutes of the Spencer Tracy version. March's Hyde was, in my opinion, far more grotesque than Tracy's. But, I am more familiar with Tracy than March; so it might not be surprising that I could see Tracy (Jeckyl) underneath the Hyde make-up, but not so with March. I still have the John Barrymore version on the DVR, but three in a row becomes tedious.
Island of Lost Souls (1932) Capt. Bligh (Charles Laughton) as Dr. Moreau; Lugosi as the Sayer of the Law; which was a supporting role, and though Karger said that Lugosi liked the role, L still had very little time on camera. I read the novel a few years ago, but recall next to no details. This film was banned in the Midwest, as too extreme or some such thing. I watched these in the PiP, so, I was hardly paying full attention to them.
Operation Eichmann (1961) Werner Klemperer whose family escaped from Germany around the time when AH came to power portrayed German Officers / Nazis. Col. Klink he is not. Eichmann as depicted here is worse than ruthless. He regards his victims as vermin; unworthy of dignity, compassion, etc.
The only more extreme depiction of Nazi brutality in that time of films, was John Carradine as
Hitler's Madman (1943) Reinhard Heydrich. But unlike that film, much of this one was Eichmann's post WWII activities, evading capture, etc. Also, his struggle to regain prominence in the NAZI Party in hiding. He insisted on being in charge, but nobody regarded him as anything but an annoyance.
The Fly (1958) o.k., I admit it. My favorite part is when David Hedison's wife removes his covering, and sees his fly head. Either that or the "Help me!" part. Reminds me of a FAR SIDE cartoon. The wife is walking into the room, talking about a dinner party with some other family, and she notices her husband's condition. She says "What!? you're still a fly?"
It does seem silly to be critiquing a film 60 years after its 1st release, but
Mad Love (1935) Colin Clive "It's alive! It's alive!" as Steven Orlac, a pianist whose hands are crushed in an accident. Edward Brophy as Rollo the Knife Thrower, who has a date with the guillotine, & whose hands are transplanted onto Clive's wrists-- but everyone tells him that the genius surgeon Dr. Gogol (Peter Lorre) had saved his hands, rather than transplanting someone else's. Clive is frustrated when he cannot immediately resume his piano playing. But, even more so, when he finds himself throwing knives as an expert.
Lorre is mad about Clive's wife,
BTW, a year or so ago, they actually did transplant hands onto an 8 year old boy, but they had to use a drug to prevent rejection. The drug weakens immune system.
Dr. J & Mr. Hyde (Fredric March vers.) Then the final 10 minutes of the Spencer Tracy version. March's Hyde was, in my opinion, far more grotesque than Tracy's. But, I am more familiar with Tracy than March; so it might not be surprising that I could see Tracy (Jeckyl) underneath the Hyde make-up, but not so with March. I still have the John Barrymore version on the DVR, but three in a row becomes tedious.
Island of Lost Souls (1932) Capt. Bligh (Charles Laughton) as Dr. Moreau; Lugosi as the Sayer of the Law; which was a supporting role, and though Karger said that Lugosi liked the role, L still had very little time on camera. I read the novel a few years ago, but recall next to no details. This film was banned in the Midwest, as too extreme or some such thing. I watched these in the PiP, so, I was hardly paying full attention to them.
Operation Eichmann (1961) Werner Klemperer whose family escaped from Germany around the time when AH came to power portrayed German Officers / Nazis. Col. Klink he is not. Eichmann as depicted here is worse than ruthless. He regards his victims as vermin; unworthy of dignity, compassion, etc.
The only more extreme depiction of Nazi brutality in that time of films, was John Carradine as Hitler's Madman (1943) Reinhard Heydrich. But unlike that film, much of this one was Eichmann's post WWII activities, evading capture, etc. Also, his struggle to regain prominence in the NAZI Party in hiding. He insisted on being in charge, but nobody regarded him as anything but an annoyance.
The Fly (1958) o.k., I admit it. My favorite part is when David Hedison's wife removes his covering, and sees his fly head.
Either that or the "Help me!" part. Reminds me of a FAR SIDE cartoon. The wife is walking into the room, talking about a dinner party with some other family, and she notices her husband's condition. She says "What!? you're still a fly?" It does seem silly to be critiquing a film 60 years after its 1st release, but
If the guy wanted to destroy himself, why not use the disintegration chamber? O.k., he might have already destroyed it. I do not recall.
Mad Love (1935) Colin Clive "It's alive! It's alive!" as Steven Orlac, a pianist whose hands are crushed in an accident. Edward Brophy as Rollo the Knife Thrower, who has a date with the guillotine, & whose hands are transplanted onto Clive's wrists-- but everyone tells him that the genius surgeon Dr. Gogol (Peter Lorre) had saved his hands, rather than transplanting someone else's. Clive is frustrated when he cannot immediately resume his piano playing. But, even more so, when he finds himself throwing knives as an expert.
Lorre is mad about Clive's wife,
and has obtained a wax figure of her from the theater where she performed. He adores it as though it were her. he tries to drive Clive mad, so he can claim his wife for his own. But Lorre is the lunatic!
BTW, a year or so ago, they actually did transplant hands onto an 8 year old boy, but they had to use a drug to prevent rejection. The drug weakens immune system.
Victoria Silverwolf
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Nice reviews. The Frederic March version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is my favorite of the many films made from that classic story. Island of Lost Souls and Mad Love are both great, too.
Are you sure we’re not the same person? That’s a perfect description of my experience of this film, too.
I made the mistake of watching Jurassic World; Fallen Kingdom.
Never has a film been more aptly named. Avoid.
I watched the phenomenal Spanish horror Vèronica. The kind of premise that makes you skip over it on Netflix and choose something else. But all the award laurels on the front - and the fact that it was not American - made me put it on just in case.
Glad I did. No spoilers, no review. Just watch it.
pH
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The Mummy's Ghost (1944) L. Chaney Jr. as the Mummy, , George Zucco as Andoheb & John Carradine as Yousef Bey; of horror genre; Barton MacLane of the crime genre, as Inspector Walgreen (not Walgreens) . Fairly standard mummy film, except that a woman turns out to be the reincarnated though they did not use that word) princess, who was cursed for her forbidden love.
Night of the Living Dead (1968) After this viewing, or, rather, during it, it occurred to me that the use of the term "those things" when referring to the title characters seems odd. If you see a bunch of people attacking you and others, you might call them homicidal maniacs or cannibalistic homicidal maniacs. But to call them 'Things"? Speaking of Things, my nephews went out as Thing 1 & Thing 2 for Halloween. My sister should bring pictures of them, next week. As I recall, even the radio & TV broadcasts called them things.
Oh, one more thing, or thought: the zombies that is these zombies used tools! I do not know if any derivative living dead films had that feature.
Night of the Living Dead (1968) After this viewing, or, rather, during it, it occurred to me that the use of the term "those things" when referring to the title characters seems odd. If you see a bunch of people attacking you and others, you might call them homicidal maniacs or cannibalistic homicidal maniacs. But to call them 'Things"? Speaking of Things, my nephews went out as Thing 1 & Thing 2 for Halloween. My sister should bring pictures of them, next week. As I recall, even the radio & TV broadcasts called them things.
Oh, one more thing, or thought: the zombies that is these zombies used tools! I do not know if any derivative living dead films had that feature.
The little girl in the basement or cellar killed her mother with a gardening tool! TWD's dead are just mindless eating machines.
TWD's dead are just mindless eating machines.
I finally watched the Mummy 1932 and the Mummy's Hand, want to get to the rest of the series soon (I have seen Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy).
As for Night of the Living Dead,
Johnny: Hey, come on, Barb. Church was this morning. I mean, prayin's for church.
Barbara: I haven't seen you in church lately.
Johnny: Well, there's not much sense in my going to church. Do you remember one time when we were small, we were out here? It was from right over there, I jumped out at you from behind the tree, and Grandpa got all excited, and he shook his fist at me and said, "Boy, you'll be damned to Hell!" Remember that? Right over there.
I watched THE RAVEN and THE COMEDY OF TERRORS.
Both are a nice change of pace from the serious side--the comic antics between Vincent Price and Peter Lorre are especially amusing.
"That woman sir, was my wife."
"Left you huh?"
The latter film was a personal project of screenwriter Richard Matheson and I have to admit, it does have enduring laugh out loud moments for me.
"I am afraid madam he has made his final crossing to that Stygian shore."
"What?"
"He's dead."
As for Night of the Living Dead,
Johnny: Hey, come on, Barb. Church was this morning. I mean, prayin's for church.
Barbara: I haven't seen you in church lately.
Johnny: Well, there's not much sense in my going to church. Do you remember one time when we were small, we were out here? It was from right over there, I jumped out at you from behind the tree, and Grandpa got all excited, and he shook his fist at me and said, "Boy, you'll be damned to Hell!" Remember that? Right over there.
I watched THE RAVEN and THE COMEDY OF TERRORS.
Both are a nice change of pace from the serious side--the comic antics between Vincent Price and Peter Lorre are especially amusing.
"That woman sir, was my wife."
"Left you huh?"
The latter film was a personal project of screenwriter Richard Matheson and I have to admit, it does have enduring laugh out loud moments for me.
"I am afraid madam he has made his final crossing to that Stygian shore."
"What?"
"He's dead."
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