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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2019 8:04:45 GMT -5
Dracula 1979 - Frank Langella {Spoiler}{From YouTube} In the spoiler is probably the most dramatic scene in this completely stylish and romantic Dracula that Frank had done back in 1979 and it's also starred Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence and Kate Nelligan too and these played their roles impressively and done just right on the cue. I felt that Frank commanded a presence like Christopher Lee on a lesser scale and to some people on the same class as Lee. I just feel that this movie is so good that I haven't seen it in 5 years or more and felt bad not making an attempt to watch this lavish movie with great surroundings, photography, special effects, and great horror scenes that are indeed worthy to see. The ending is probably see spoiler ... {Spoiler}{Dramatic Ending} Is so unbelievable that I just felt on the edge of my own recliner as I watch this movie from my friend that loan me the DVD that he had. It was intense, dark, and powerful of the struggles of good versus evil. These two scenes set the tone and made it a winner in my book. Frank Langella is a worthy Dracula.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 18, 2019 9:17:49 GMT -5
I love the Langella Dracula, he's probably my favorite actor to wear the fangs in my mind.
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Post by shaxper on Oct 18, 2019 10:29:30 GMT -5
I really do need to watch the Langella version. I've heard so many good things and am now enticed by these spoilers!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2019 14:27:44 GMT -5
Mr. Sardonicus
This is my first time that I've seen this movie made in 1961 that I find to be so bizzare and not really my cup of tea because this William Castle movie is too simple to follow and yet at the end of this movie Krull had a hard time understanding Sir Robert Cargrave that baffled me to point of him constantly drilling him because he can't do anything with his mouth and yet he used ordinary water to restore his deformed jaw that similar to the Joker's grins - but more hideous than the Crown Prince of Crime.
Guy Rolfe who played Mr. Sardonicus is a totally unknown actor to me and I felt he did a better than average job (acting wise) and Oskar Homolka who played Krull did his part well and all the others did a notable job in this movie; but on the fright level one unexpected scene and that alone is Castle's trademark. I give this movie a B-.
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Post by shaxper on Oct 18, 2019 14:49:32 GMT -5
Mr. Sardonicus This is my first time that I've seen this movie made in 1961 that I find to be so bizzare and not really my cup of tea because this William Castle movie is too simple to follow and yet at the end of this movie Krull had a hard time understanding Sir Robert Cargrave that baffled me to point of him constantly drilling him because he can't do anything with his mouth and yet he used ordinary water to restore his deformed jaw that similar to the Joker's grins - but more hideous than the Crown Prince of Crime. Guy Rolfe who played Mr. Sardonicus is a totally unknown actor to me and I felt he did a better than average job (acting wise) and Oskar Homolka who played Krull did his part well and all the others did a notable job in this movie; but on the fright level one unexpected scene and that alone is Castle's trademark. I give this movie a B-. Trailer This is probably my favorite of the films Svengoolie introduced me to. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it as much as I did. I'd probably rank it a B though, so we aren't that far apart from one another. I think I just liked Rolfe's muted, creepy performance more than you did. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 19, 2019 5:11:30 GMT -5
I really do need to watch the Langella version. I've heard so many good things and am now enticed by these spoilers! Just make sure you get the one with the muted colors and not the technicolor theatrical version. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2019 13:40:10 GMT -5
Another Double BillBlacula (1972) Scream Blacula Scream (1973) These two movies are American blaxploitation horror films and I'm doing both together because these two films that I seen before were mediocre and I was surprised to see Blacula was on TCM last night and I watch the latter off of my friend's DVD so I can compare them the two. It's starred William Marshall as Blacula (picture below).  The 1st death of Blacula was decent and horrific; the 2nd death of Blacula was done not as good as the 1st one but downright depressing and that why I was totally disappointed in it. The 1st one is more a Dracula type movie and I was expecting that and the 2nd one involved some voodoo aspect and really made it difficult one to watch. The female lead in the 1st film was Denise Nichols and the 2nd movie was Pam Grier; both of them were good in their roles and not memorable to remember by. Both films were set in a modern setting and that's bothers me and felt that these movies more in a mode of poor man's version of Darren McGavin Night Stalker mode because the 2nd one reminded me of that. The problem is that these two movies did not do me any justice and the horror factor of these two movies were on the par better than average and the script was not at good as the Hammer Films of the 50's Blacula in my mind gets a B Minus. Scream Blacula Scream gets a C Minus. Both of them gets a C grade at it's best. I have seen these two films in the past and wanting to see them again and on my 2nd time ... I did not enjoy them as much as the 1st time. One thing in mind, that Dracula Ad 1972 is better than Scream Blacula Scream and not as good as Blacula. To give you something to chew on when you watch William Marshall as the Vampire.
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 19, 2019 22:22:07 GMT -5
I have been a little busy and not watching monster movies. I have watched a coupe of movies, but I was sidetracked by finding a bunch of Cheng Pei Pei movies on Amazon Prime streaming, so I watched Golden Swallow and The Lady Hermit, and they are both great!
And it looks like I'll be busy Halloween night and probably won't be able to watch a horror movie marathon this year. The last three or four years, I watched a Val Lewton film, one film from the Ray Milland Terrible Trilogy (X - The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, The Thing with Two Heads, and Frogs) and Eyes without a Face. I like my Halloween tradition, so I'm going to watch these films, but I'll be spreading them out over the last two weeks of October.
I'll start with The Body Snatcher tonight. I'll watch The Thing With Two Heads next weekend. And I'll watch Eyes Without a Face on Halloween evening.
And I'll probably sneak one or two more horror movies into my schedule here and there. There's lots of short ones to watch just before bed time!
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 20, 2019 5:18:38 GMT -5
I really do need to watch the Langella version. I've heard so many good things and am now enticed by these spoilers! I just noticed it on Starz on demand so it's easy viewing too! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2019 6:57:46 GMT -5
Revenge of the Creature
To me, it is not as good as the Creature of the Black Lagoon and it was another tragic love story involving the Creature and Helen (played by Lori Nelson) Dobson. It's has its moments and I do loved the underwater scenes at the aquarium and along the beach that I consider this scene starring John Ager impressive.
This scene should not be missed by all viewers!
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Of the supporting actors ... two stand out, they are Charles Cane who played the Police Captain and Grandon Rhodes who played Jackson Foster. They did their parts exceedling well and their mannerisms made it very real to me. To all Clint Eastwood Fans he had a role as a Lab Technician discussing things with John (Professor Ferguson) Ager about rats and its amuses me.
His role was his screen (voice only) debut ... another debut of Eastwood was a Jet Pilot in Tarantula in 1955. Both Tarantula and the Revenge of the Creature came out in 1955.
It has great scenes people running out of Marineland of Florida of where most of the shooting took place and that was exceptional, done in class, and nice shots of the Creature itself. This movie gets a solid B and that's the best I can give it while the Creature of the Black Lagoon gets an A. Simple movie to follow, good pacing, and entertaining too.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 20, 2019 7:17:36 GMT -5
El Espinazo del Diablo  Directed by Guillermo del Toro 2001, Sony Pictures I could probably do an entire scary movie marathon consisting entirely of del Toro films and be perfectly content(infact I though of doing just that). His films are just that damn good, but probably my favorite is El Espinazo del Diablo(The Devil's Backbone). With probably the best ghost effect ever put on film(the drowned boy's hair appears to float as a ghost) the film can be viewed entirely for its abundant creepiness but it's more than that as it tells an equally powerful and poignant story of an ophan boy trying to survive during the Spanish Civil War.
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Post by shaxper on Oct 20, 2019 7:39:46 GMT -5
El Espinazo del Diablo Directed by Guillermo del Toro 2001, Sony Pictures I could probably do an entire scary movie marathon consisting entirely of del Toro films and be perfectly content(infact I though of doing just that). His films are just that damn good, but probably my favorite is El Espinazo del Diablo(The Devil's Backbone). With probably the best ghost effect ever put on film(the drowned boy's hair appears to float as a ghost) the film can be viewed entirely for its abundant creepiness but it's more than that as it tells an equally powerful and poignant story of an ophan boy trying to survive during the Spanish Civil War.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 20, 2019 7:49:30 GMT -5
El Espinazo del Diablo Directed by Guillermo del Toro 2001, Sony Pictures I could probably do an entire scary movie marathon consisting entirely of del Toro films and be perfectly content(infact I though of doing just that). His films are just that damn good, but probably my favorite is El Espinazo del Diablo(The Devil's Backbone). With probably the best ghost effect ever put on film(the drowned boy's hair appears to float as a ghost) the film can be viewed entirely for its abundant creepiness but it's more than that as it tells an equally powerful and poignant story of an ophan boy trying to survive during the Spanish Civil War.
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I never thought I'd live to see a Mignola movie poster 😮 He's done a few others as well, mostly for del Toro's films, but my favorite was for a limited theatrical re-release of the Bride of Frankenstein from a few years back:  |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 20, 2019 8:04:25 GMT -5
I'm going to squeeze in a double feature today, there's a 10 am showing of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark playing near me that I'm going to check out.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 20, 2019 11:22:46 GMT -5
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark  2019, CBS I don't know why it took me so long to go see this, I was a huge fan of the books growing up and with del Torro on board it's definitely right up my alley, and now that I've seen it I'm sure it'll be a favorite of mine for a long time to come. For those not familiar with the books they were a collection of the kinds of folklore and urban myths you'd tell around a campfire at night or by the light of a lone flashlight in a dark basement with friends. They were schlock sure, but just plausible enough to really get you to believe and the film version captured that feeling perfectly telling three of my favorites from the original collection wrapped in a framing narrative of a group of teens fighting the ghost of a tortured soul who is inflicting the horrors upon the children through a cursed book that comes true. At times it's slightly paint by the numbers including a plucky teen aged trio, period nostalgia(it's set in small town usa during the 60's) takes place on halloween and features a haunted house and cursed objects...but together they make a fantastic genre stew that was fun to see.
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