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Post by gothos on Jul 19, 2014 14:28:06 GMT -5
I'm another super-fan of the 1932 MUMMY. No other "mummy-film" has treated the subject of Egyptian myth with the same degree of insight or dignity, and Karloff's creepy, slow-paced performance is easily one of his best. I'm glad no one tried to revive the character, though, and that most mummy-films have followed the simpler model of the 1940s flicks-- 'cause I think the charms of the 1932 film would be hard to duplicate today.
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Post by Pharozonk on Jul 19, 2014 15:12:39 GMT -5
I finished watching the Toxic Avenger. Talk about an exploitation movie!   |
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Post by shaxper on Jul 19, 2014 15:22:12 GMT -5
I'm another super-fan of the 1932 MUMMY. No other "mummy-film" has treated the subject of Egyptian myth with the same degree of insight or dignity, and Karloff's creepy, slow-paced performance is easily one of his best. I'm glad no one tried to revive the character, though, and that most mummy-films have followed the simpler model of the 1940s flicks-- 'cause I think the charms of the 1932 film would be hard to duplicate today. While I respect the artistry and amibition of the original Mummy film, I've always preferred The Mummy's Ghost. My synopses of the (better) Mummy films from my Top 50 from the First 50 Years of Cinema Horror:    |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 19, 2014 15:35:14 GMT -5
Cesar Romero sighting!
I taped Rendezvous off TCM yesterday and I'm watching it now. It's part of the TCM World War I film festival this month. I had no idea there were so many WWI movies in the 1930s!
I've only watched about 30 minutes, and it's pretty good! William Powell and Rosalind Russell! Those are two names you can count on! It's set in Washington DC in 1917 and it seems to mostly be about code breaking and military intelligence. And Frank Reicher (most famous as the captain in King Kong) is an enemy spy!
Also playing a German spy ... Cesar Romero! Thirty years before he played the Joker! He's a double agent, hanging around in DC in uniform by day, passing on secrets to German agents in Mexico by night.
It's from 1935. One think I love about early to mid-1930s movies is that the story structure is often quite different from later films, and I sometimes have no idea where the story is going, except in a vague manner. And I'm feeling that way now.
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Post by Jesse on Jul 19, 2014 18:54:00 GMT -5
I finished watching the Toxic Avenger. Talk about an exploitation movie! The second one is okay, the third one is pretty bad, the fourth one is decent plus it has a cameo from Lemmy. While I respect the artistry and amibition of the original Mummy film, I've always preferred The Mummy's Ghost. The sequels are quite good. |
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Post by Jesse on Jul 19, 2014 18:58:15 GMT -5
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Post by shaxper on Jul 19, 2014 19:12:14 GMT -5
The Onion ran an article saying almost exactly the same thing just the other day. I'm hoping they didn't use that as source material for this.
It does make logical sense for Universal to take note of how Marvel is handling inter-continuity with its films. After all, the Monster Mash crossovers of the 1940s established the Universal monsters as occurring within the same universe, so why not exploit that?
Meanwhile, I am officially halfway through The Creature with the Atomic Brain and finding it painfully boring. Someone convince me to go back downstairs and finish it.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 19, 2014 19:17:48 GMT -5
Meanwhile, I am officially halfway through The Creature with the Atomic Brain and finding it painfully boring. Someone convince me to go back downstairs and finish it. Shax, some of them are just like that.
I had a hard time finishing Atom Age Vampire. Worst Italian movie I've ever seen!
I'm not sure if I've seen Creature with the Atomic Brain or not. I was thinking I hadn't, but then I remembered a film called The Atomic Brain that might be the same movie. I'm going to check IMDB and be right back.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 19, 2014 19:22:05 GMT -5
Are the Universal Monsters going to reside in the Abbott and Costello universe once again. I would certainly want to see Stinky with that giant lollypop,Hillary Brooks,Mr Fields the landlord ,Mr Bacciagalupe, Mike the Cop and Bingo the Chimp. They'd all be great supporting cast for the monsters
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Post by shaxper on Jul 19, 2014 19:24:19 GMT -5
Meanwhile, I am officially halfway through The Creature with the Atomic Brain and finding it painfully boring. Someone convince me to go back downstairs and finish it. Shax, some of them are just like that.
I had a hard time finishing Atom Age Vampire. Worst Italian movie I've ever seen!
I'm not sure if I've seen Creature with the Atomic Brain or not. I was thinking I hadn't, but then I remembered a film called The Atomic Brain that might be the same movie. I'm going to check IMDB and be right back.
Sorry, it's Creature with the ATOM Brain. Different film. I would have given up by now, but it's from the Sam Katzman collection, and I've really liked every other film in that set thus far, so I keep hoping for a pay-off. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 19, 2014 19:26:00 GMT -5
The Atomic Brain is also known as Monstrosity and was featured on MST3K. It's not the same as Creature with the Atom Brain, which I've never seen.
I used to have The Atomic Brain on VHS, which I got from Sinister Cinema. I found it to be very bad, but also fun and easy to watch. The scientist puts a cat's brain into a young woman's body at one point, and that is hysterical. That subplot is taken care of fairly early on, and it's all that I remember of the plot. Enjoyable in the way Monster-A-Go-Go or Bride of the Monster is enjoyable, which means it appeals to those with very specific tastes.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 19, 2014 19:29:52 GMT -5
Sounds a lot like The Brain that Wouldn't Die, another MST3K classic.
I love that MST3K is on Netflix now, but some of those are so hit and miss that I largely end up going back to watch the ones I've already seen and enjoyed. Any suggestions for ones I should check out?
I keep watching A Touch of Satan. I never saw it when MST3K originally aired, but I now find it absolutely hysterical.
Pod People is another favorite of mine all the way.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 19, 2014 19:51:29 GMT -5
My favorite is Manos, the Hands of Fate, which I used to have on VHS without any MST3K commentary.
Another one I really love is ... one of the Godzilla episodes. I think it's Godzilla vs. Megalon. (Is that the one with the goofy robot, I think it's called Jet Jaguar.) I had missed Godzilla vs. Megalon despite being such a huge fan of Godzilla since the 1970s, so I think the MST3K version was the first time I saw it. That's a good one.
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Post by mrc1214 on Jul 19, 2014 20:26:12 GMT -5
Sounds a lot like The Brain that Wouldn't Die, another MST3K classic. I love that MST3K is on Netflix now, but some of those are so hit and miss that I largely end up going back to watch the ones I've already seen and enjoyed. Any suggestions for ones I should check out? I keep watching A Touch of Satan. I never saw it when MST3K originally aired, but I now find it absolutely hysterical. Pod People is another favorite of mine all the way. The Final Sacrifice is the best one I've seen. That's where I got my avatar of the great Zap Rowsdower from. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 19, 2014 21:26:43 GMT -5
Has anybody seen A Countess from Hong Kong?
Since I saw A Woman of Paris a few weeks ago, Countess is the only feature film directed by Charlie Chaplin that I've never seen. It's supposed to be really bad, but I occasionally hear people say that it doesn't deserve its bad reputation.
My mother saw it when it first came out. She says it might be the first film she saw after I was born. I think she went because she loves both Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren, and when we were talking about it, she didn't remember that it was directed by Charlie Chaplin. She was surprised that it's a famously bad film. She enjoyed it, and she doesn't remember ever hearing that it was a bad movie.
I found it on YouTube and I think I'm going to watch it over the next few days. maybe later tonight. I also found a short documentary (15 minutes) about Countess from Hong Kong and it was very interesting. I did not know Tippi Hedren and Margaret Rutherford are in the movie. The critics were savage when it came out in 1967. It probably looked very dated next to Bonnie and Clyde and The Dirty Dozen.
The weirdest thing? I was born in 1964 and Countess came out in 1967. I can't believe my mom went three years without going to the movies just because she had a baby. My mom loves to go the movies! |
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