bhryun Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 I watched a movie awhile back on this station--I can't remember the name, maybe y'all can help Anyways, the movie looked to be made in the 50s or 60s, may have been black and white originally. It was centered around a teacher and her students and the setting was a sock hop. Kids started dissappearing, and evidently there was somone killing them, picking them off one by one. This ringing any bells with anyone? Thanks in advance!!! Shannon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyboop Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 I hope there are some Vincent Price fans out there. I saw a movie of his and only remember one scene. A woman looking through binoculars and nails injecting into her eyes. I was only seven or eight years old and now I am 55 so it's been awhile huh? I thought the title was Horrors of the Black Museum. Not sure,but they have not shown this movie in years,at least I have not seen it, does anyone know why? Or do I have the wrong title or just what? Help please. Thanks, bettyboop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lux0786 Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 I remember seeing that same scene when I was a kid and I actually became disturbed over it. I was very young and became obsessed with the horror of this scene and it took me a long time to get over it. More power to whoever can identify this movie but I won't revisit this thread in order to find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollywood101 Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 There's something similar in Oklahoma!, which spooked the youthful Bollywoodster, but yes, the binoculars stuff is in Horrors of the Black Museum. See http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000087F3A/002-1865777-7708826?v=glance&n=130&v=glance, which will even sell you one if you wanna relive it. As for me, whenever Jud starts inviting people to look at his dirty pitchers, I still get up and freshen my coffee in the other room. Cf http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/etext/lsf/borowitz27porejud.htm#80, an essay about violence in the works of Lynn Riggs, which mentions the spyglass (added to the plot by Oscar Hammerstein, the writer says) and keys it to footnote 80: The exhibits of Scotland Yard's Black Museum include a similar weapon, a pair of binoculars sent to a young woman in the 1940s with instructions to look through them. Had she done so, twin needles would have pierced her eyes. Fortunately, the police intercepted the delivery in time. Jonathan Goodman & Bill Waddell, THE BLACK MUSEUM: SCOTLAND YARD'S CHAMBER OF CRIME 22 (London: Harrap, 1987). As Count Floyd used to say, "Now that's scary!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lux0786 Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Here I am revisiting, like I said I wouldn't. I wanted to see if anyone felt sorry for me I remember being told by someone---maybe my big brother---that the needles were so long (if you remember, they were quite long) they would have penetrated deep enough into her skull to kill her instantly therefore sparing her any suffering. That would make the incident a fake. I don't remember if this made me feel any better or not. I probably realized that whoever designed the spyglasses would realize their mistake and make the needles not so long the next time. I was a smart kid and wasn't going to be cheated out of my suffering that easily. Ah well, The Wizard of Oz anyone? Message was edited by: lux0786 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vallo13 Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 I think they did the same thing in Vincent Price's 1971 "The Abominable Dr. Phibes" but I think the needles came out of a telephone,either way they did the trick.. vallo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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