Hibi Posted November 13 Share Posted November 13 BERSERK! is on tonight at 11pm. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
CinemaInternational Posted November 13 Share Posted November 13 Poor Joan. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Hibi Posted November 13 Author Share Posted November 13 I LOVE how the exclamation point is part of the title! Worse was to come with TROG. At least BERSERK! is campily entertaining. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SansFin Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 "There are no bad movies, only bad viewers." 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 Oh yeah, Berserk! Co-starring Ty Hardin. (...talk about berserk) 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites
kingrat Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 It's always fun when you can use the ad formula like "Joan Crawford IS Berserk!" 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Hibi Posted November 14 Author Share Posted November 14 I love how there is always a dark shadow under Joan's jawline in her trailer scenes......... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DougieB Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 On 11/14/2020 at 1:45 AM, Hibi said: I love how there is always a dark shadow under Joan's jawline in her trailer scenes......... That and 10 pounds of necklace to distract the eye were apparently her beauty regimen at that point in her life. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 GAWD! Those brows make her look like EUGENE LEVY in drag! Sepiatone 3 Link to post Share on other sites
MovieCollectorOH Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 1 hour ago, DougieB said: That and 10 pounds of necklace to distract the eye were apparently her beauty regimen at that point in her life. I wonder who was the poor owner of the donor chandelier. There must be a story behind that. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Janet0312 Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 Gee. I thought she kept her figure. At least she had that going for her. Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 Actually, Joan in her later years has always reminded me of an aunt I had who lived in San Bernardino. Although, I don't recall if Aunt Bess also had a thing against wire coathangers. (...saaay, maybe I should ring up my cousin Judy and find out...haven't talked to her for YEARS now...oh wait, I think I've heard she died a while back too...guess I'll never know the answer to this then, huh) Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 1 hour ago, Janet0312 said: Gee. I thought she kept her figure. At least she had that going for her. Btw here Janet, with your (and Sepia's) "laugh" emoji response to my first comment in this thread, it appears you caught my reference to Ty Hardin and word "berserk" here, eh?! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Vautrin Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 I was clicking between this flick and Newsmax for some comic relief. The idea of guys trying to make it with Joan was......a little off putting. I'm sure Miss Joan liked the ego stroke that idea gave her. And I would have replaced Ty Hardin with Try Harder. I wonder if the Rolling Stones were influenced by that scene of a spike right through someone's head. A funny line from a review by Leslie Halliwell--"Grisly and unattractive thriller with an ageing star in a series of unsuitably abbreviated costumes." Actually Joan didn't look too back from the front, but when she was in profile, yikes. I did like the sharp suits that the London detective wore, so it wasn't a total waste of time. Link to post Share on other sites
Allhallowsday Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 On 11/13/2020 at 4:13 PM, Hibi said: BERSERK! is on tonight at 11pm. I advised my brother to watch last night and he responded "What? That's terrible!" And I said EXACTLY. Link to post Share on other sites
sewhite2000 Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 24 minutes ago, Vautrin said: I wonder if the Rolling Stones were influenced by that scene of a spike right through someone's head 😄 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Janet0312 Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 8 hours ago, Dargo said: Btw here Janet, with your (and Sepia's) "laugh" emoji response to my first comment in this thread, it appears you caught my reference to Ty Hardin and word "berserk" here, eh?! That's right. So what? Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 2 hours ago, Janet0312 said: That's right. So what? Just thought you might have known about Ty's later-in-life and post-Hollywood career berserk little escapades in Prescott AZ. And thus perhaps the reason for your earlier laugh emoji response to my first post in this thread. (...that's all) Link to post Share on other sites
DougieB Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 19 hours ago, Janet0312 said: Gee. I thought she kept her figure. At least she had that going for her. She did. She fought the good fight. And, to be honest, the picture I posted was one she commissioned sometime in the following decade. And when age and vanity finally collided after she saw an unflattering candid shot in the newspaper, she withdrew from public life. Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 9 hours ago, Dargo said: Just thought you might have known about Ty's later-in-life and post-Hollywood career berserk little escapades in Prescott AZ. And thus perhaps the reason for your earlier laugh emoji response to my first post in this thread. (...that's all) Actually, I didn't know about Ty's AZ "escapades" until the '88 movie BETRAYED came out and although the producers claimed it was based on another group's activities, the reviewer in the Detroit Free Press mentioned the group in the movie seemed(to him) to be similar too, to Ty's group of haters. Sepiatone Link to post Share on other sites
midwestan Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 21 hours ago, Dargo said: Just thought you might have known about Ty's later-in-life and post-Hollywood career berserk little escapades in Prescott AZ. And thus perhaps the reason for your earlier laugh emoji response to my first post in this thread. (...that's all) Hokey Smokes, Bullwinkle! You learn the craziest things about people on IMDB. Sad...😧 Still, I like to watch "Berserk!". It's a guilty pleasure of mine, just like "Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill" is. Link to post Share on other sites
Hibi Posted November 16 Author Share Posted November 16 On 11/15/2020 at 8:51 AM, DougieB said: She did. She fought the good fight. And, to be honest, the picture I posted was one she commissioned sometime in the following decade. And when age and vanity finally collided after she saw an unflattering candid shot in the newspaper, she withdrew from public life. The picture you refer to was taken at some party for Roz Russell where Joan was drunk (as usual). It's probably on the web somewhere. Roz didnt look good either (due to the steroids she was taking). When it made the papers, Joan said something like if that's how I look I won't be seen again.... Link to post Share on other sites
Hibi Posted November 16 Author Share Posted November 16 22 hours ago, Sepiatone said: Actually, I didn't know about Ty's AZ "escapades" until the '88 movie BETRAYED came out and although the producers claimed it was based on another group's activities, the reviewer in the Detroit Free Press mentioned the group in the movie seemed(to him) to be similar too, to Ty's group of haters. Sepiatone Ty would fit right in today..... Link to post Share on other sites
txfilmfan Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 1 minute ago, Hibi said: The picture you refer to was taken at some party for Roz Russell where Joan was drunk (as usual). It's probably on the web somewhere. Roz didnt look good either (due to the steroids she was taking). When it made the papers, Joan said something like if that's how I look I won't be seen again.... There were several photos taken, as Crawford was the hostess for a party honoring Russell at the Rainbow Room. There's also grainy video footage from the event. This photo is the one most people post when they talk about Joan's reaction to the press coverage the next day. Link to post Share on other sites
Hibi Posted November 16 Author Share Posted November 16 If you excise the often boring circus acts, the film is probably an hr or so long. What's never explained in the film SPOILER Is how Judy Geeson managed those first 2 murders when she was off in boarding school. I do like the deus ex machina ending though. Joan seems exceptionally nasty to Diana Dors in their scenes. I suspect there was a bit of jealousy going on there. Link to post Share on other sites
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