Plague of the Zombies

Can we just give Hammer the award for best consistent use of avatar pics and be done with it?

I ::love::::love::::love::::love::::love::::love:::: love::::love:: Ingrid.

I guess this is the wrong place for this post. I'm sooo impetuous!

It's all good. I realized that Barbara Steele really doesn't have anything to do with Hammer. So, had to change it to Ingrid. Next time it'll be Peter Cushing. ::cool::

Lee, Steele, Pitt and Cushing. Yeah, you do the pic thing real reaaal good.

Oh, and the last pre 70's flick I watched was The Leopard Man.

Time of Their Lives
How has this Abbott and Costello masterpiece avoided my radar...

El Baron Del Terror (The Brainiac)
This was a fun cheese fest.

The Invisible Man last week on Svengoolie!::stick out tongue::

El Ataúd Del Vampiro (The Vampire's Coffin)
A nice campy film. If you don't mind reading subtitles. ::smile::

I recorded that! Anxious to watch it again if I ever get the chance. One of my favorite Claude Rains films. ::smile::

I've been binging on a lot of vintage horror lately...

House of Horrors
The title is misleading, as it had very little to do with houses besides setting. The focus was more on a struggling artist and the monstrous man he saved who ended up killing off critics who didn't speak nice of his new friend. Considering I try to sell art for a little spending money, this movie spoke to me. I really liked it. Rondo Hatton and Martin Kosleck were marvelous. And for us HDCians, Kosleck's character has a pet cat, who fortunately survives! ::wink::

City Of The Dead, 1960, Christopher Lee.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968). A little back story....
First saw this in early 1972 (?) on CREATURE FEATURES out of Oakland CA and there was a big thunderstorm which knocked out the power a couple of times, so missed a lot. Thought it was OK, but not much more.
By August of 1975, had read a detailed article in THE FILM JOURNAL as well as the "Fearbook" in FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND #109 when it finally arrived on Panama Canal Zone Monster Movies. Had a couple of friends over and we watched away, not knowing we would get the uncut version (A few months later, a little Phillipines nudity caused quite the stir). To be honest, we 13 year olds were amazed at how bleak the whole thing was and certain scenes (""The Last Supper" and Karen's playing with Garden implements) really scared the hell out of us. Not to mention the incredibly downbeat conclusion...
I had the disease and caught it everytime it was on TV and was able to find the paperback (reading it when I should have been reading DEATH OF A SALESMAN), the Soundtrack (pretty good) and naturally it was the first VHS I got when I knew I would get a VCR for Xmas. Twenty years or so after that Xmas (1985), wife and I started going to Conventions where we met a lot of the surviving cast and crew...Bill Hinzman, Russ Streiner, John Russo, Kyra Schon, "Chilly" Billy Cardille, George Kosana, George Romero, Judith O'Dea and Charles Craig. ALL of them were nice as could be, making me a bigger fan, if possible.
So, after watching it for probably the 55th time since that night when I was 10, still think, for the money and resources they did not have, this is one badass film and still my favorite film ever. *****

Speaking of being an artist and House of Horrors, have you ever seen Xanadu? Very cool film.

It's one of a kind. I think it's the most effective horror soundtrack, bar none. And they used royalty free trippy music from the library. ::big grin::

Can't say I have. After looking it up I can say it doesn't really sound like my thing. ::big grin::

LOL! It's actual pretty cool fun. The music is really good, it's trippy, with some nifty special effects. But ya, it's also silly with a poor narrative about a struggling graphic artist who doesn't want to do the art work business gives him to do. But it's got some heart. Mostly watched by people really high.

Might have to try it sometime anyway. ::wink::

THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1932). Great adaptation of the classic Richard Connel short story with many of the actors/set pieces from KING KONG being used. Definitely worth catching. ****1/2

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The Raven (1963)

My sister asked me if I had any Vincent Price movies. ::big grin::

I haven't seen this movie since I was a teen... can't remember exactly... maybe 10th grade? The school library actually had it so I borrowed The Raven and another vintage horror. I think it was another Poe story (except it actually stuck to the material) about a house?

My memory is crap, but The Raven was just as cheesy and fun as I remember. Nice to see Boris in a more charming role, despite being a villain.

Favorite part; *guy is evaporated into jam* Welp, time for bed.


EDIT:

THE JOKER WAS IN THIS?!
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I keep forgetting Jack Nicholsen was once young... ::shocked::

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The Pit and the Pendulum

Barbara Steele is in this little flick. Always think of Repo when I see her name in the credits. ::wink::

This was so delightfully creepy. Much closer to Poe's tale than the last one. And at least this wasn't a comedy (not that I hated The Raven, but... c'mon guys). I only have one problem with it. We get to know every character, if only a little bit. Even the maid had a few lines. We see a male servant every once in a while, always entering a room at the end of a scene, but we never hear a word or get to know him at all. And he's the guy we gotta root for at the very end of the movie in the climatic fight scene. It was a bit distracting just trying to cheer and not even knowing what name to encourage on (creds say it was 'Maximilian').

Roi, have you seen "The Terror"? It's Jack Nicholson's first movie.....with Boris Karloff!!!!

Get'em, Max!

That is strange. Wonder if the endearing Max scenes got left on the penduluming floor.

And I saw The Raven last when I was a teen... nothing to do with the poem.

La Bambola di Satana aka The Doll Of Satan (1969)

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I think I have! It's one of the movies in my 4 collections of 50 classic horror/sci-fi movies. I'll have to watch it (again?) to be sure. I don't think it was Jack's first though. He was briefly in 1960's 'Little Shop of Horrors'.

::big grin::

Such is a problem with so many movies that are 'based on', both old and new. Course one must ask, did the poem give them much to go on?

You're right! I forgot about "Little Shop"!

The Invisible Man

I still can't get over how glorious Claude's performance is.
Absolutely chilling, delightfully fiendish. And that laugh... ::EEK!::
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This IS a wonderful film...Claude really brings it home.
Check carefully and you will see quick cameos by Dwight Frye and John Carradine!

The film really hasn't aged at all. It's still edgy; and the FX are sharp.

The Tingler

The Body Snatcher-1945.

Never get rid of me. Never get rid of me. Never get rid of me...

Holy hell, do I love that movie.

Watched Rosemary's Baby last night. After so many repeated viewings you'd think I might be a little tired of this classic.

No, no I'm not.

Saw that at Goodwill during my last horror buying binge but I left it behind. I really should at least watch it sometime considering it's a classic, but I just don't feel it's my type of horror...

You'd love it! The baby turns into a werewolf and stuff.

Finding that hard to believe, Sculpt. ::big grin::

That would make a great movie though. Or werewolf children. Not teens though, everyone's had enough of that twilight shit.

Hahaha!! Sculpt, SPOILER ALERT for Christ sake!!!

CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE-My favorite of all the Lewtons, probably tied with THE BODY SNATCHER (Nice to see the love for that on the Forum ). Good performances (especially Ann Carter and the scary Elizabeth Russell) and awesome atmosphere. ****1/2

I watched Rosemary's Baby for the first time ever recently. All these years I've heard Rosemary's Baby, Rosemary's Baby! You gotta see it! I'm like, ugh what is so great about this movie??! And then I watched it & ::shocked:: . I instantly loved it. I've been venturing into more of these kinds of films lately, you know Satan & all that jazz. I've heard there's a sequel & that it sucked, but I still kinda wanna see it.

So happy you finally watched and loved it! The atmosphere, the slow building tension, God I love it! The music is really perfect for the film as well, and the performances ( Farrow, Gordon, Cassavettes, Evans, etc) are unforgettable. Seriously, I love Rosemary's Baby so much, it thrills me to hear you are now a fan.
My advice about the sequel is to avoid it. If you heard its crap, you heard right. IMHO, of course

ya, in the sequel they go get the baby's eyes fixed. They think it has a heart murmer, but it doesn't. All hell breaks loose.

GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (1942)- While the writing is on the wall, this still is a fun little flick with a lot of cool actors, especially Bela Lugosi. Also, You gotta love that line "What Good is a Brain without Eyes To See?!?"...think I may use that at work and social functions! At any rate, I enjoy this much more than SON OF FRANKENSTEIN. ***

Blood Feast

" The Citizen Kane of gore pictures " - Chip Sutphin

Calling Dr. Death

Lon plays victim to a killer he has no control over again. Poor bae just can't get a break. ::big grin::
Great movie though. I wish I had recorded it. ::mad::

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968). While it still is ambivalent at best at what's happening, still an absolute masterpiece with sets, shots and special effects that still ring true. The second section is pretty dull, but "The Dawn of Man" and when Keir Dullea approaches Jupiter are outstanding.
Watching this with a more watchful eye, noticed a lot of things that are part of our lives today, such as Microwave Ovens, SKYPE, overdependence on computers (Maybe a virus that makes HAL malfunction?) and calling cards to name a few. *****