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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 25, 2015 8:49:37 GMT -5
Has anybody seen Hausu? It's a 1977 Japanese horror movie that is OFF-THE-HOOK! There's a group of seven schoolgirls that go to a remote mansion for the holidays. And things don't go well. It sounds like a million haunted house movies but it's REALLY NUTS! Every year, in the fall, I start looking for horror movies that I've never seen in the hopes that I'll find something so good that I'll want to watch it every year for a while and then keep it in the rotation. Last year, it was the French film Eyes Without a Face (which I saw is on the TCM schedule in October!) and this year, it's Hausu. I'm not going to say anything more about Hausu because you might like it more if you're as surprised as I was. That is the most bizarre, crazy, weird movie I have ever seen. Move over Croneburg's Naked Lunch, House is official the most WTF movie I have seen to date. I can't even form an opinion of whether I liked it or not because it was just so uncanny. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 25, 2015 13:21:59 GMT -5
Mr. Sardonicus (1961) Ronald Lewis, Audrey Dalton, Oskar Homolka D-William Castle
A doctor is summoned by his ex-girlfriend to her husband, The Baron Sardonicus' castle, to cure him of a strange and frightening affliction. Sardonicus keeps his disfigurement hidden behind a mask.
Finally a William Castle film I have not seen before and that I really enjoyed. What lies behind Sardonicus' mask? Who is the mysterious person next door to the visiting doctor who loudly slurps his soup. Why doesn't Sardonicus' assistant Igor, eh..Krull, wipe the morning crust from one of his eyes? Where next will Krull place leeches upon the house maid? These and other questions made for a fine and entertaining movie. William Castle once again does an introduction and comes on at the end to let the audience vote on how the movie should end. Unfortunately the DVD did not come with a voter's card but the ending was satisfactory. My patience with this DVD collection finally paid off. I pray Tom Poston is not lurking on any other discs
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 25, 2015 13:30:26 GMT -5
Top Hat (1935) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton
Fred is hot for Ginger but she gets him mixed up with the married Horton and thinks Fred's a cad. A European playboy is determined to make Ginger his own. C'mon people, just get up there and dance
An discriminating classic movie collection must have an Astaire/Rogers collaboration. This is mine (maybe I have others-I'm not sure), The story is hokey but a couple of funny lines do exists. Everyone wears top hat and tails all day long. I guess that thrilled the depression era audience. But its the dance numbers that make the movie of course. Even I, a rock n' roller that's not big into musicals has to admit that Astaire in his prime was a fantastic. And the movie includes the all-time classic "Dancing Cheek To Cheek". That number will still be played 100 years from now.
Whenever I see and hear Edward Everett Horton I want him to read to me an Aesop's fable
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 25, 2015 14:39:33 GMT -5
Top Hat (1935) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton Fred is hot for Ginger but she gets him mixed up with the married Horton and thinks Fred's a cad. A European playboy is determined to make Ginger his own. C'mon people, just get up there and dance An discriminating classic movie collection must have an Astaire/Rogers collaboration. This is mine (maybe I have others-I'm not sure), The story is hokey but a couple of funny lines do exists. Everyone wears top hat and tails all day long. I guess that thrilled the depression era audience. But its the dance numbers that make the movie of course. Even I, a rock n' roller that's not big into musicals has to admit that Astaire in his prime was a fantastic. And the movie includes the all-time classic "Dancing Cheek To Cheek". That number will still be played 100 years from now. Whenever I see and hear Edward Everett Horton I want him to read to me an Aesop's fable Edward Everett Horton was Fractured Fairy Tales. Charles Ruggles was Aesop. Ruggles is probably most famous in Bringing Up Baby. But he's also in the obscure, much under-rated Murders in the Zoo and also the very very funny 1930s comedy classic Six of a Kind with W.C. Fields, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Alison Skipworth and Mary Boland. It's must-see if you like Burns and Allen. I've seen all the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films and my favorite is Shall We Dance. One of the super-classics of the 1930s, right up there with Duck Soup, King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein and Footlight Parade. When you see it, you'll be mad at yourself that you didn't see it sooner. I also like Follow the Fleet a lot, but it does get pretty dumb at the end. |
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Post by spoon on Oct 25, 2015 15:24:07 GMT -5
Top Hat (1935) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton Fred is hot for Ginger but she gets him mixed up with the married Horton and thinks Fred's a cad. A European playboy is determined to make Ginger his own. C'mon people, just get up there and dance An discriminating classic movie collection must have an Astaire/Rogers collaboration. This is mine (maybe I have others-I'm not sure), The story is hokey but a couple of funny lines do exists. Everyone wears top hat and tails all day long. I guess that thrilled the depression era audience. But its the dance numbers that make the movie of course. Even I, a rock n' roller that's not big into musicals has to admit that Astaire in his prime was a fantastic. And the movie includes the all-time classic "Dancing Cheek To Cheek". That number will still be played 100 years from now. Whenever I see and hear Edward Everett Horton I want him to read to me an Aesop's fable Top Hat is probably my favorite Astaire/Rogers collaboration of the ones I've seen. I love "Isn't It a Lovely Day (to Be Caught in the Rain)." It's great example of integrating a song & dance number into the plotline. |
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Post by Pharozonk on Oct 25, 2015 19:44:38 GMT -5
The Graduate (1967) This film blew my mind with how good it was. I normally hate dramas, but this one had me hooked, mainly because of how relatable it felt at times.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 25, 2015 21:25:42 GMT -5
The Graduate (1967)This film blew my mind with how good it was. I normally hate dramas, but this one had me hooked, mainly because of how relatable it felt at times. Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson |
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 25, 2015 23:06:02 GMT -5
The Graduate (1967)This film blew my mind with how good it was. I normally hate dramas, but this one had me hooked, mainly because of how relatable it felt at times. One word... plastics. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 26, 2015 10:18:53 GMT -5
I recorded Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) last night and I just started it. I've heard of it, but I never had any great desire to see it. But I was looking at the description and I saw the name of J. Carroll Naish and that got me interested. I've never seen Naish is a movie anywhere near as late as this.
The credits are very interesting. I'm sort of liking this already. This movie has a reputation of being really bad. Really really bad. Even worse than some of the movies I've mentioned lately, like The Swarm and Empire of the Ants. Maybe even Manos the Hands of Fate bad?
In addition to Naish, it also has Lon Chaney Jr., Russ Tamblyn and Angelo Rossitto. If I had known Angelo Rossitto was in this, I would have been on the lookout to see it sooner. Love that guy.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 26, 2015 14:59:00 GMT -5
13 Ghosts (1960) Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner, Margaret Hamilton, Donald Woods D-William Castle
Professor Woods gets a haunted mansion bequeathed to him and his family from a dead uncle who collected ghosts
A "scary" movie made for the pre-teen audience. Not a comedy, per se, but definitely for the younger crowd. Lots of floating objects and spooky voices. Castle is back again to introduce his film with a new gimmick-Illusion-O. Audience members were handed a pair of visors with both red or blue plastic film. During the black and white movie a message would flash, put your visors on. Look thru the blue if you believe in ghosts, red if you don't. The movie would change to a blue tint with ghosts showing up in red. Depending on which color film you peered thru, you'd see them or won't. Whoopee
A minor movie for the minors
That ends my Castle collection. Tingler gets top rating. Homicidal and Mr. Sardonicas were both fine film fare. Strait-Jacket, 13 Frightened Girls and 13 Ghosts were middling. Anything with Tom Poston is the pits
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 26, 2015 16:33:21 GMT -5
I recorded Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) last night and I just started it. I've heard of it, but I never had any great desire to see it. But I was looking at the description and I saw the name of J. Carroll Naish and that got me interested. I've never seen Naish is a movie anywhere near as late as this. The credits are very interesting. I'm sort of liking this already. This movie has a reputation of being really bad. Really really bad. Even worse than some of the movies I've mentioned lately, like The Swarm and Empire of the Ants. Maybe even Manos the Hands of Fate bad? In addition to Naish, it also has Lon Chaney Jr., Russ Tamblyn and Angelo Rossitto. If I had known Angelo Rossitto was in this, I would have been on the lookout to see it sooner. Love that guy. Not nearly as bad as Manos the Hands of Fate! I kind of like Dracula vs. Frankenstein, and I felt like I was laughing with it instead of at it (most of the time). Oh, yeah, you can easily start tearing it apart for any number of artistic sins, but it was never boring and I found it highly entertaining. So it's more like Frogs than Monster-a-Go-Go. (If that doesn't make any sense, you need to watch more low-budget genre films. Or not.) |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 27, 2015 16:24:05 GMT -5
Kill Bill Vol 1 (2003) D-Quentin Tarantino Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica Fox, Darryl Hannah
4 years ago Uma was betrayed by the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad led by Bill in which she was a member. At Uma's wedding, the entire wedding party was wiped out leaving Uma clinging to life and her unborn baby dead. Now Uma's recovered and seeking revenge one viper at a time
Love Kill Bill. Quentin is just a big fanboy at heart with 1970's chop-socky flicks and classic Japanese samurai fare. He gets a great lineup of actors for this movie, evocative soundtracks and dizzying camera angles. At this stage of his career, I think this represents Tarantino's peak.
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Post by berkley on Oct 27, 2015 17:37:27 GMT -5
I'm a big Tarantino fan and totally agree that Kill Bill is one of his best. It's a sign of how good he is that he can make me enjoy movies starring actors I actively dislike, such as Bruce Willis, John Travolta, and here Uma Thurman.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 28, 2015 11:40:10 GMT -5
Garden Of Evil (1954) Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark, Hugh Marlowe, Cameron Mitchell, Rita Moreno
Western in Mexico. Susan Hayward's man is trapped in a mine shaft cave-in deep in Indian territory. She offers mucho dinero to a group of men to help her rescue them. Among the group is a quiet man (Cooper), a gambler (Widmark), a hot head (Mitchell) and a Mexican. It is also the Moon Of The White Man, a time of year when the Apache will kill any white people they find
Pretty decent western with a great cast. Rita Moreno gets to sing a brief song in the cantina. Cooper is beginning to show his age here. The pace is brisk, the location shots are great and its all in Technicolor
. Nothing to find fault with on this one
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 28, 2015 14:34:57 GMT -5
Kill Bill Vol 1 (2003) D-Quentin Tarantino Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica Fox, Darryl Hannah 4 years ago Uma was betrayed by the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad led by Bill in which she was a member. At Uma's wedding, the entire wedding party was wiped out leaving Uma clinging to life and her unborn baby dead. Now Uma's recovered and seeking revenge one viper at a time Love Kill Bill. Quentin is just a big fanboy at heart with 1970's chop-socky flicks and classic Japanese samurai fare. He gets a great lineup of actors for this movie, evocative soundtracks and dizzying camera angles. At this stage of his career, I think this represents Tarantino's peak. I remember seeing the trailer for Kill Bill and thinking that Quentin had decided to make a movie just for me! For me, it's the best movie after 1975. There's just no contest. Well, maybe Blade Runner would make it a contest. But Kill Bill would win. |
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