ElCid Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Begining at 2PM ET, there will be SciFi. These will not be high quality, but will be amusing. 2:00 - The Black Scorpion 3:45 - The Killer Shrews 5:00 - Beast From Haunted Cave 6:15 - The Reptile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Thanks for the heads up! WIsh I didnt have so much to do today. Killer Shrews is terrible, but I dont think I've seen the other ones. I'll see if I can record some for later as I only work a half day today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 In most cases, when it comes to Sci-fi, and if we're talking "classic" or '50's-'60's Sci-fi, "high quality" isn't nearly all that much fun to watch! It was the cheezyness of those flicks back then that held most of their appeal. Sepiatone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Monster-wise, the pick of the litter is "The Black Scorpion" (1957), IMHO. Great stop-motion animation of the title creature(s) by Willis O'Brien of "King Kong" (1933) fame. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Now that I think of it, I think I've seen that one too (or at least some monster flick with Mara Corday in it)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElCid Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Now that I think of it, I think I've seen that one too (or at least some monster flick with Mara Corday in it)... Tarantula or The Giant Claw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Tarantula or The Giant Claw. LOL!!! Now I'm confused. Guess I'd better check it out, just in case........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Hibi--Corday was in both movies TheCid named, and "The Black Scorpion". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Monster-wise, the pick of the litter is "The Black Scorpion" (1957), IMHO. Great stop-motion animation of the title creature(s) by Willis O'Brien of "King Kong" (1933) fame. Great one here! Many cool BUG sequences! Maltin says "Them!" superior, but I beg to disagree "Pete Peterson and Willis O'Brien, the special effects technician who helped pioneer the use of stop-motion animation in fantasy adventures like The Lost World (1925) and King Kong (1933), were hired to create the title monster as well as some other cave dwellers including an inchworm with claws and a gargantuan spider. Without a doubt, these are the film's true stars and the sequence where a passenger train is attacked by The Black Scorpion is particularly gruesome with scores of screaming victims being stung and devoured. Equally impressive is the scorpions' lair in which the chiaroscuro lighting and set design create a unique fantasy world inhabited by Peterson and O'Brien's wicked creatures... ...it was true that the producers of The Black Scorpion ran out of money during the filming, well before the final sequence where the title monster invades Mexico City. As a result, Peterson and O'Brien were forced to use a traveling matte in all the crowd scenes where the scorpion appears with live people but the effect is still superior to what you see in most giant bug movies..." http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/68930/Black-Scorpion-The/articles.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElCid Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Great one here! Many cool BUG sequences! Maltin says "Them!" superior, but I beg to disagree "Pete Peterson and Willis O'Brien, the special effects technician who helped pioneer the use of stop-motion animation in fantasy adventures like The Lost World (1925) and King Kong (1933), were hired to create the title monster as well as some other cave dwellers including an inchworm with claws and a gargantuan spider. Without a doubt, these are the film's true stars and the sequence where a passenger train is attacked by The Black Scorpion is particularly gruesome with scores of screaming victims being stung and devoured. Equally impressive is the scorpions' lair in which the chiaroscuro lighting and set design create a unique fantasy world inhabited by Peterson and O'Brien's wicked creatures... ...it was true that the producers of The Black Scorpion ran out of money during the filming, well before the final sequence where the title monster invades Mexico City. As a result, Peterson and O'Brien were forced to use a traveling matte in all the crowd scenes where the scorpion appears with live people but the effect is still superior to what you see in most giant bug movies..." http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/68930/Black-Scorpion-The/articles.html And Playboy in 1958. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 The Beast From Haunted Cave (1959) is the one film I was hoping to see, but alas... I had to work. I managed to catch the last 15-20 min of The Black Scorpion (1957) though. I'd really like to see these two back on the playlist soon, but films such as these aren't usually rotated often. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Of these four movies, The Reptile (1966) was my favorite (and the lone one of the four that I had seen before) as I feel it is one of the better Hammer horror films of the 1960s. And I like the fact that it gave one of that company's mainstays, Michael Ripper, a larger role than usual. I will admit, though, that when "Captain Spalding" was mentioned during the course of this movie, the "Hooray For Captain Spaulding" song from Animal Crackers (1930) started going through my head. Not exactly a horror movie tune! The Black Scorpion (1957) was a close second. On the plus side, with Willis O'Brien involved, it had the type of special effects that were not being done in other 1950s movies. And it had Richard Denning whom I enjoy seeing (and hearing on old-time radio programs). On the minus side, though, the plot and the sound effects were just a little too reminiscent of Them! (1954) and I feel that the latter is the better of the two movies. The Killer Shrews (1959) was my least favorite of the four. There's cheesy. And then there's too cheesy. And this one crossed that border for me. Maybe if it was called The Taming of the Killer Shrews and had a plot to fit the title? On a side note to fans of Whose Line Is It Anyway, clips from both The Black Scorpion and Beast from Haunted Cave (1959) were used in episodes of that television show for its "Film Dub" game. Recognizing that fact is a sign that I may have overwatched that show over the years! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Still going strong this Saturday morning... I notice that Queen of Outer Space (1958) and Forbidden Planet (1956) share the same astronaut costumes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Whose Line Is It Anyway meets The Black Scorpion (1957) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnkq-T0aW18&list=RDVEZYbzMK9Tk&index=16 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Thanks for the heads up! WIsh I didnt have so much to do today. Killer Shrews is terrible, but I dont think I've seen the other ones. I'll see if I can record some for later as I only work a half day today! If Festus had only sung something I think you would have liked it more, Hibi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Whose Line Is It Anyway meets The Black Scorpion (1957) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnkq-T0aW18&list=RDVEZYbzMK9Tk&index=16 While watching "The Black Scorpion" I kept thinking how much Richard Denning looked like he could be Robert Young's blond brother and Mara Corday could be Ava Gardner's sister. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 While watching "The Black Scorpion" I kept thinking how much Richard Denning looked like he could be Robert Young's blond brother and Mara Corday could be Ava Gardner's sister. Exactly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movie Collector OH Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 If Festus had only sung something I think you would have liked it more, Hibi? They sure did a lot of drinking. One thing I have noticed is that the liquor cabinet as the centerpiece of the room has been replaced by the home entertainment center, which has been replaced by the wide-screen TV too big to fit in an entertainment center. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceSaliano Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 All have played on TCM previously. How about INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN; I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN; TARGET EARTH; BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA; FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER; SHE DEVIL; CAPE CANAVERAL MONSTERS; MONSTER OF PIEDRAS BLANCAS, et al. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceSaliano Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 The print of THE WASP WOMAN shown on 6/11 was the same edited print shown previously. The complete version is available on youtube (or at least it was). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 It figures. I forgot about this after I arrived home and by the time I remembered Scorpion (The film I most wanted to see) had ended. I peeked in on the rest, which were dreadful and I didn't watch (I'd seen Shrews before so didn't waste time on that one). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet0312 Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I enjoyed The Black Scorpion and I wouldn't mind putting up in that nice hacienda the guys were invited to. I hope it comes on again some Saturday. I'd love to see it again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Hopefully it'll pop up again. Unsure if I've seen it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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