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12 minutes ago, Mr. Gorman said:
There was a made-for-television movie that I wished I'd have watched years ago when it aired. It was called THIS HOUSE POSSESSED (1981-Tvm).
also "HOUSE" with WILLIAM KATT...except I have to admit, the last time I saw that movie, REAGAN WAS PRESIDENT!
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6 minutes ago, Mr. Gorman said:
THE HOUSE isn't picky! It feeds on your soul! It makes you think strange thoughts! It makes you do an occasionally diabolical thing! (Or something).
AMITYVILLE 2: THE POSSESSION is quite similar. "The House" makes brother lust after sister! Uh-oh. Very bad things!
Maybe with the BALANCE TILTED ON THE SUPREME COURT we can finally get "NOT GUILTY DUE TO MENTAL POSSESSION OR COERCION FROM A DWELLING/BUILDING/ OR EDIFICE" allowed to be used as an acceptable defense for MURDER in all 50 states..
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3 minutes ago, Mr. Gorman said:
SHUCKS! I forgot to mention something → DAN CURTIS "went to the well" with the ending of BURNT OFFERINGS. If you've seen the Dan Curtis-directed 1971 horror movie NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS you'll see Curtis used the same "unwisely going back into the house to check on something" end scene for "Burnt Offerings".
YES, THE UDNERWHLEMING end of NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS is one reason I think DAN blew his load on the end of BURNT OFFERINGS.
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11 minutes ago, Mr. Gorman said:
JENNIFER WARREN gets kiltivated in MUTANT, unfortunately.
In regards to BURNT OFFERINGS I've always assumed it was The House that made Ollie go over the edge here 'n' there. The House was preying upon him! Just like the Overlook Hotel preyed upon the already-fragile mental state of Jack Nicholson.
and God FORGIVE ME, but I'm that one jackass in the audience who raises my hand and goes "why?"
and not just people in general, but specifically why these people? You** want to spend an eternity with OLIVER REED and KAREN BLACK and BETTE DAVIS right at the a start of THE GARGOYLE stage in her career?
**(I'm asking the House.)
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1 minute ago, Mr. Gorman said:
JENNIFER WARREN gets kiltivated in MUTANT, unfortunately.
Yes, thank you, that's her name. She was absolutely terrific in NIGHT MOVES, you'd've thought from her performance and presence that if she didn't make it in films, she would on TV, but...alas...twas not to be.
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I think DONALD SUTHERLAND or ALBERT FINNEY would've been better for the part of THE FATHER in BURNT OFFERINGS than OLIVER REED....I love OLIVER REED, but he brings a certain amount of dark and stormy baggage with him to the part...the same could be said four years later with JACK NICHOLSON in THE SHINING- a story and film which are- I am sure- oft compared to BURNT OFFERINGS (more favorably than not)
I haven't read the book OFFERINGS is based on, but I think we needed some back story as to whether and why the father was in his mental state, what he did before, what their life in the city was like. etc.
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17 hours ago, Eucalpytus P. Millstone said:
Taste the Blood of Dracula holds a bittersweet, special place in my heart (right next to the left ventricle) because it was the first Hammer Film that I got to see during its theatrical release.
Although I was around during the 1960s, I, unfortunately, was cursed with a mother who thought my interest in horror films morbid and disturbing -- she even had me see a child psychologist about the matter. A real drag, she cruelly and heartlessly denied me the thrill of going to see Hammer horror films during their heyday. My father, OTOH, wasn't as neurotic and 'twas he who charitably took me to see TtBoD, companion feature: Trog (my first, and only, Herman Cohen chiller to be seen on the Silver Screen).
The ecstasy of actually watching a Hammer Horror was significantly diminished by the audience, primarily composed of "African-Americans"-- migrants from what later would be known as "South Central" (Los Angeles). The movie theatre auditorium reverberated with a constant, cacophonous roar (imagine the sound at a prize fight): the never-ending chatter of the disrespectful, unruly mob, who regarded the entertainment on screen with absolutely zero interest.
This reminds me a little of the entry for SCREAM BLACULA, SCREAM in THE GOLDEN TURKEY AWARDS....
(Can probably be found online.)
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2 hours ago, Mr. Gorman said:
I rather like MUTANT. The eerie feeling of the near-empty town is a lot of fun over the first hour. Admittedly, the movie gets more conventional as it goes on but I enjoy it to a degree.
I WAS STUNNED to see that the lady who played the town doctor in MUTANT played opposite GENE HACKMAN in NIGHT MOVES (and she was excellent!)
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5 minutes ago, Mr. Gorman said:
LEE H. MONTGOMERY was killed in MUTANT (1984) if anyone wants to check out that horror flick.
It’s SO BAD THOUGH.
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1 hour ago, CinemaInternational said:
I am reminded in a somewhat similar vein that Reeves was in a Rebel Without a Cause themed music video for Paula Abdul's 1991 hit "Rush Rush", and the 50s look seemingly worked for him.....
Oh wow, that takes me back...
“No one else has touched me so deep, so deep, so deep insiiiiide...”🎶
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so, as i do this time every year, I watched HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH.
I've watched and talked about it so many times, I feel a little like GOLDIE HAWN mentioning "MADELIENE ASHTON" at her group therapy session in DEATH BECOMES HER.
i don't think there's a thing i can say that I haven't said many times before...except the letterbox DVD comes with no extras- which is fine- but the LETTERBOXING is INTENSE, Like there were eight inches of BLACK BAR at the top and bottom, of the image, it was kind of like watching the movie through a slit that you have to put quarters into, which frankly enhances the PRURIENCE of the entire affair (no small feat that.)
This time around I was struck by how very genuinely great DAN O'HERLIHY is in this movie. He is 100% committed, and I ADORE THE NANCY PELOSI CLAP HE GIVES RIGHT BEFORE HIS CHARACTER EVAPORATES.
They absolutely lose any mooring to any semblance of reality in the film- NOT during the TEST ROOM SCENE- but when the HERO gets away and frees "the girl" AND THEY WALK BEHIND A WHEELED RACK OF HALLOWEEN MASKS BUGS BUNNY STYLE with THE ROBOT HENCHMEN UTTERLY OBLIVIOUS
I hope in the inevitable rebootmake we'll be getting in a year or two, they commit some time to solving the various gaping maw plot holes RIPPED and UNTENDED as the movie hurtles toward the- admittedly memorable- conclusion.
edit- probably not, we'll probably start things off with a 28 minute montage of THAT NIGHT IN 1982 WHEN NO ONE CAME HOME, MICHAEL BAY STYLE with HERKY JERKY editing and non sequitor pop culture.political references....that fast forward to THE WORLD OF TODAY WHERE HALLOWEEN HAS BEEN OUTLAWED....
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I watched TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA on TCM, a film I have watched and reviewed many times over the years.
I mention it here, because it is worth mentioning, that this film has AN ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS SOUNDTRACK - the entirety of which is in the clip below- and I share it whenever I can.
(I listen to it at the gym sometimes)
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Development, warrant claims actor was told gun was not loaded by propmaster. Turns out it was. With a live round.
https://www.mediaite.com/news/alec-baldwin-didnt-know-prop-gun-contained-a-live-round-warrant-says/
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12 minutes ago, LuckyDan said:
Saw Roku open for The Killers in '08
Performing their hit song ROKU LIKE A HURRICANE...
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1 hour ago, LuckyDan said:
Roku is a dessert topping.
IT'S A FLOOR WAX, YOU COW!!!!
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14 hours ago, Janet0312 said:
Now what is the ROKU Channel? I was telling my boss at work that I can't program Peacock or Tubi on my smart tv and he said to get roku. What is it?
ROKU is a brand of DiGITAL FLAT SCREEN TV (like ZENITH or....um.....whatever other companies used to make TVS), not too expensive they run between $200 and$400 mostly
With a ROKU TV, you can then download DIGITAL CHANNELS, like PEACOCK and TUBI and PLUTO (if you like commercials) and A HUNDRED OTHER OPTIONS....most people who have a ROKU TV have HULU as their way to access regular old tv (it's how I watch TCM and MSNBC and THE FOOD NETWORK and such)
I made the switch a few years back and was not sure, but I have to say, I like it better than old fashioned TV WITH CABLE...although sometimes ALL THE OPTIONS OUT THERE CAN OVERWHELM YOU.
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Also, I’m pretty sure other people have pointed this out, but it’s dumb as hell that the kid gets back in the swimming pool at the last act.
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I also have to wonder just what the hell it was that compelled Bette Davis to take this tawdry little supporting role in a haunted house film directed by a soap opera producer, working opposite two actors who by then had a pretty good reputation for being complete and utter maniacs...’?
I mean surely she wasn’t smelling Oscar number three when she read the script...
(In fact, you could easily remove her character from the story and frankly it would help things)
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Having just rewatched BURNT OFFERINGS, I ask “Am I the only one who feels as if there needed to be more explanation or backstory or even a hint of motive as to just *why* it is that the house wants to feed off of the people?”
I mean it’s clear that that’s what’s happening, there’s no ambiguity there, but “why?” is what I find myself asking repeatedly...
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INT- JOAN BENNETT'S DRESSING ROOM, DARK SHADOWS STUDIO
a 4:00 pm taping is going on downstairs and the second floor is thusly DESERTED.
TIGHT SHOT: A rack of CHARTREUSE AND PAISLEY PRINT FROCKS, from behind which a gray trail of smoke drifts upward.
MEDIUM SHOT: BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK:
We see DAVID HENNESEY (sp?) and DENISE NICKERSON, still in their costumes from the day's shoot; DAVID is lighting A CIGARETTE.
DENISE: "Where'd you get it, David?"
DAVID takes a puff and erupts in a fit of coughing as he passes to DENISE.
DAVID: [between coughs] "I dunno, someone's purse in the make-up room."
DENISE takes a deep drag and blows a perfect smoke ring as DAVID stifles the last of his coughs.
DENISE: [with concern] "Not Grayson's I hope?"
DAVID: "Oh no no, I wouldn't dare. I think it was Louis's...He won't mind. "
DENISE is passing the cigarette back to DAVID when suddenly, THE CHARTEUSE CURTAIN is DRAMATICALLY parted and THERE STANDS GRAYSON HALL, IN WARDROBE AS MAGDA.
THE CHILDREN ARE SEIZED IN INSTANT, ICY TERROR.
GRAYSON: (calmly) "I heard my name."
HER EYES dart to THE CIGARETTE HANGING LIMPLY IN DAVID'S HAND. She SNATCHES IT, sternly examines, and rolls her eyes.
GRAYSON: "Jesus Christ, children."
She drops the cigarette on the carpet and STAMPS OUT IT, then reaches behind her wig to produce one of her own, which she hands to DENISE.
GRAYSON: "Unfiltereds'll get you there quicker."
And with that, Grayson exits the room.
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10 hours ago, Eucalpytus P. Millstone said:
First, thanks for the "Head's up!" about Night Monster. I also have Peacock. Oddly, I wasn't able to find it lumped in with Peacock's collection of Universal monster movies. I wound up instead watching Curse of the Fly, the finale in The Fly "trilogy." Directed by the estimable Don Sharp and produced in England, it is an entertaining programmer that offers a modicum of chills and earnest performances by a dependable cast helmed by Brian Donlevy. Among the supporting cast: Yvette Rees in Oriental drag, remarkably resembling Katherine Hepburn in Dragon Seed and Burt Kwouk, an actual Oriental.
Properly beginning the way all movies should begin, IMO, with a nubile damsel (lovely Carole Gray) in bra and panties, the remaining 82 minutes don't quite provide the same pulse-quickening thrill. The scantily clad lass is escaping (in slow motion!) from a mental institution and is picked up by Martin Delambre (George Baker), scion of the famous/infamous family of scientists who experimented with teleportation. Seeing the slender babe in her scanties seems not to have an effect on Marty. However, his hormones perk up after she puts on a rather dowdy dress that he steals for her.
"Hey! Not bad!" he exclaims. Oh, those crazy Delambres!
Science-Fiction fans hip about the misadventures of The Delambre clan know what to expect henceforth. Peacock offers a jolly good presentation with a, comparatively, minimum of ads.
NIGHT MONSTER is kinda hidden on Peacock (same for DOCTOR
CYCLOPS and THE HAMMER FILMS)You can go to the magnifying glass icon and enter the title, or you can go to “all movies A-Z“ and scroll through till you get to the N’s...They also have a “Halloween hub.“
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2 hours ago, AndreaDoria said:
He's got a little of that Robert Taylor perfection going on. I would say [KEANU REEVES is] probably the most classically handsome actor around today and that can offset a lot of meh.
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I Just Watched...
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I was a Freshman in HIGH SCHOOL the year that album came out and I was in BIOLOGY and I wish I could say that I did not have that song in my head FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THAT YEAR...
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOhhH, I'm in a FUNKY WAY....."
(i kinda wish there had been a remix with JUST THE SPOOKY FALSETTO CHOIR singing "Viiiibe-o-logy...." a capella)