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CULT OF THE COBRA (1955). Decent Universal with lots of future TV actors witnessing a "secret" ceremony and of course, one of them does what he shouldn't and the result is a curse put on the rest of the group. ***
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le Carre film adaptations
The Looking Glass War (1969)
https://s31.postimg.org/rjg9p9dtn/Lo...s_War_1969.jpg Not as good The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) but a decent watch. >>: B |
Brides of Dracula
Even though it's not Christopher Lee as Dracula, I still love this movie. |
THE LAND UNKNOWN (1957). Although I've always had a fondness for Dinosaurs meeting humans, this is hard going and it doesn't help that budget was too small to at least have decent dinos liven up the script. **
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le Carre film adaptations
The Deadly Affair (1966)
https://s32.postimg.org/hiosp7iet/TDA.jpg Directed by Sidney Lument & starring James Mason; The Deadly Affair was based on le Carré's first novel Call for the Dead (1961). It was more like a detective drama/thriller than an espionage tale. >>: B |
Curse of the Werewolf (Hammer, 1961)
Another of my favorite Hammer movies 6/30: Paranoiac (Hammer, 1963) Another favorite Hammer film |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
6/10 http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV...82,268_AL_.jpg Description: "An insane hunter arranges for a ship to be wrecked on an island where he can indulge in some sort of hunting and killing of the passengers." Overall, this film struck me as much too melancholy. One would expect this theme to produce an exciting film, but the thrills were few are far between. Also, the actors didn't seem to connect. They were strangers blown together in plot, of course, but the film devoted a lot of time to dialogue without evoking genuine emotion or accessible personalities. There's a very humorous shot, were the camera slides down a line from a balcony to a closeup of the evil Zaroff (Leslie Banks). The closeup is fine, it just takes a slow bumpy ride to get there. But there are also wonderful shots of the leads, Joel McCrea and Fey Rey, running throw the jungle; including a POV shot through the brush. Made me wonder if they were possibly the first of their kind. A fine choice if you're looking for a simple interesting story with a slow delivery. |
The Evil of Frankenstein
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'The Undead' (1957)
-Alison Hayes, Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland Plot: IMDB Two psychical researchers procure the services of a lady of the night and send her back in time under hypnosis. She finds herself in the body of a past existence - a woman in medieval times waiting to be beheaded as a witch. By avoiding this fate she unwittingly starts to alter history. Phantom's Review: Roger Corman does Shakespeare or at least a reasonable facsimile .Like all of Corman's early films, this is low-budget, borderline acting, bad FX and lots of laughs . Alison Hayes (Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman) is absolutely gorgeous as an evil witch , but all the "Thee's" and "Thou's" in the dialogue get on your nerves after a while. Not the worst movie ever made, but hardly a classic. |
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Rosemary's Baby 10/10
An absolute classic and a legend. Love it. |
Bullitt (1968)
https://s31.postimg.org/tqbsaykgb/Bullitt.jpg Lately noticed that I haven't actually seen much of Steve McQueen's films so far. Only The Blob, Papillon and The Great Escape, I guess. So started to check out some of his other major films. Can't imagine anyone else other than Daniel Craig for a biopic about him. >>: A |
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I wouldn't recommend the touted The Sand Pebbles, but i'd like to see Bullitt, The Cincinnati Kid and The Thomas Crown Affair. Here's a nifty trailer for Cincinnati, with some card tricks. http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi140705817 |
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Masque of the Red Death (1964)
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TARZAN AND HIS MATE (1934). Sequel to the original with Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O"sullivan yodeling their way through various adventures. Was surprised at how violent and racist this was, but even more so by the sexuality in here (probably right before The Code). Maureen wears probably the skimpiest, most revealing outfit in early films and even some nudity-think it's a body double-!!!!!!!
A couple of old favorites are in here...Forrester Harvey (the Innkeeper in THE INVISIBLE MAN) and Paul Cavanaugh, who was in a few of the Universal Sherlock Holmes films, most notably THE SCARLET CLAW. PC usually played gruff, yet genteel types, but he's a pure Son of a Bitch in here. *** |
The Killer Shrews
Marvelous! A+ The Brain that Wouldn’t Die The original Re-Animator, and quite good. Terror Creatures From the Grave Had good effect build up, but with very little pay off. Story was entertaining though. Attack of the Giant Leeches Not bad. Not good, but not bad. The Ghost I see Barbara Steele! I bet you a dollar she’s the adultering wife who kills her husband. *cash register sound* My first actual complaint about this though is how she wants to get away from her crippled husband, saying she hates him and would even kill him if her lover didn’t do it himself. But she says this immediately AFTER stopping her husband from killing himself!! What the hell is your game, woman?! Rest of the flick was great though, I recommend it if you like a murder mystery with a touch Scooby-Doo. Pillow of Death It had a great story and set up, and I just love the title. I didn't really care for the end though. I thought the twist could've been better. Arsenic and Old Lace If you've never seen this movie, you need to remedy that immediately. Invisible Agent Despite a good story line, I wasn't too invested with this one... Boring characters maybe. They certainly were no Claude Rains. The Masque of the Red Death Enjoyable. The personifications of death, plague, etc were my favorite part. Captive Wild Woman I liked it enough to watch it after having already seen it, but I'd really like to watch the film where a guy was made into a gorilla again. |
What a Carve Up (1961)
Carry on Regulars, Sid James and Kenneth Conors ham their way through this Old dark house comedy. Worth watching for the two leads. |
CURSE OF THE LIVING CORPSE (1962). Made by the same guy who did the loony and wretched HORROR OF PARTY BEACH. This is pretty bad all around, but has some decent atmosphere that is all but caved in by HORRIBLE comedy relief. Believe this was Roy Scheider's first film and he's quite hammy, almost on a Vincent Price level. Only other name in here is Candace Hilligoss from CARNIVAL OF SOULS. Kind of gruesome for the time-almost FRIDAY,THE 13th-ish and some pretty enticing near nudity (at least as much as they could show back then) from the director's Hot real life Wife! **1/2
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The Birds. Not only is this a terrifically entertaining movie, but I was reminded of the beautiful women who make up the three main female characters. Tippi Hendren, Suzanne Pleshette and Jessica Tandy are all so elegantly gorgeous!
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Lots of Tarzan movies via NETFLIX...getting into the later part of the series and sort of silly, especially when involving WW2/Nazis. Still lots of fun with cool action sequences and lines ("Now Tarzan Make War!").
TARZAN FINDS A SON! (1939) ***1/2 TARZAN TRIUMPHS (1943) *** TARZAN'S DESERT MYSTERY (1943) **1/2 |
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Has an excellent twist at the end! 10/10 |
The Raven
Murders in the Rue Morgue A Lugosi/Poe double feature. |
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Your AC problems have gone on too long! Tonight, I believe you will be in a nice cool apartment watching that double feature!
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The Pit and the Pendulum
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