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What was the last movie you saw?
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Reminds me of The Green Slime which I watched when about 9. Had nightmares for a couple of nights after that. I watched a bit of it recently. Absolutely hilarious.
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Sounds...great
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JunkMonkey
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FRAULEIN DOKTOR 1969 --- In a battle between the two Sues, Suzy Kendall and Susan George (they look alike except the latter gets raped more and has bigger teeth while Kendall has a bigger scream) I prefer Kendall to George and this was a good showcase for her in a leading part as a German spy in WW 1--with Nigel Green as a scheming spy master. The title score by Ennio Morricone is unusually haunting and took me by surprise--especially after watching the Modesty Blaise film the night before. I expected something comedic.
But the tone becomes understandable when we get to the poison gas sequences. The scene where rats and dogs (in gas masks) are treated to poison gas by Capucine is nightmarish and cruel and does not look simulated. As a IMDB reviewer says, if it was faked, "they gave award-winning performances." Then a trench warfare scene in the final act is also a nightmare-showing the awfulness of trench combat-with a memorable image of Darth Vader-ish soldiers and horses in gas masks. It's understandable this film is not well known--it's not very pleasant and uneven but lingers in the mind. A gerrythree on IMDB said: "Fräulein Doktor is a demonstration of how, 40 years ago, the once great film industry in Western Europe could turn out movies that had broad appeal all over the world. In the late 60s, while the big Hollywood studios were on the ropes, Italy, France and England were turning out movies to fill the void left by Hollywood's decline. There were the James Bond pictures (Doctor No was a surprise hit in the USA, it was first released at the Century theater chain in NYC with a 99 cent afternoon admission price), the Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns (with A Fistful of Dollars released by a distributor that never paid the Italian producers a dime) and French crime movies that usually went to art houses, with exceptions like The Sicilian Clan. And there were European co-productions like Doctor Zhivago and, of course, Fräulein Doktor. Fräulein Doktor was good enough that some viewers still remember the movie decades later, long after it was out of circulation."
But the tone becomes understandable when we get to the poison gas sequences. The scene where rats and dogs (in gas masks) are treated to poison gas by Capucine is nightmarish and cruel and does not look simulated. As a IMDB reviewer says, if it was faked, "they gave award-winning performances." Then a trench warfare scene in the final act is also a nightmare-showing the awfulness of trench combat-with a memorable image of Darth Vader-ish soldiers and horses in gas masks. It's understandable this film is not well known--it's not very pleasant and uneven but lingers in the mind. A gerrythree on IMDB said: "Fräulein Doktor is a demonstration of how, 40 years ago, the once great film industry in Western Europe could turn out movies that had broad appeal all over the world. In the late 60s, while the big Hollywood studios were on the ropes, Italy, France and England were turning out movies to fill the void left by Hollywood's decline. There were the James Bond pictures (Doctor No was a surprise hit in the USA, it was first released at the Century theater chain in NYC with a 99 cent afternoon admission price), the Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns (with A Fistful of Dollars released by a distributor that never paid the Italian producers a dime) and French crime movies that usually went to art houses, with exceptions like The Sicilian Clan. And there were European co-productions like Doctor Zhivago and, of course, Fräulein Doktor. Fräulein Doktor was good enough that some viewers still remember the movie decades later, long after it was out of circulation."
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The Babadook 2014
Man that was creepy!
Man that was creepy!
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Curse of the Nun
Why did I bother watching this heap of poo. Seriously, one of the worst films I've seen, with the worst bit of continuity I've seen. The girl gets stabbed with a crucifix. She runs down the hall then pulls it out of her left shoulder. She cleans herself up in the bathroom and manages to put a bandage on the right shoulder.
The audio ambience was off in this film. Gunshots sounded like cap guns, the slightest tap on something hard sounded really clicky. Basically its bad, very bad. They should have made it as an all out comedy, cos no-one is gonna take this seriously!
Why did I bother watching this heap of poo. Seriously, one of the worst films I've seen, with the worst bit of continuity I've seen. The girl gets stabbed with a crucifix. She runs down the hall then pulls it out of her left shoulder. She cleans herself up in the bathroom and manages to put a bandage on the right shoulder.
The audio ambience was off in this film. Gunshots sounded like cap guns, the slightest tap on something hard sounded really clicky. Basically its bad, very bad. They should have made it as an all out comedy, cos no-one is gonna take this seriously!
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The Year of the Sex Olympics
Prescient tv drama from 1968 featuring a young Brian Cox and Leonard Rossiter. In the near future, to control overpopulation, a tyrannical government divides society into two classes - high and low drive. The low drives are distracted from copulation by a diet of pornography. In order to create a new style of tv, a couple are stranded on a scottish isle and forced to undergo trials for the amusement of the public.
When Mark Gatiss saw Big Brother for the first time he apparently cried out "Don't they know what they're doing? [...] It's The Year of the Sex Olympics! [playwright] Nigel Kneale was right!"
Can be watched at the link below:
Prescient tv drama from 1968 featuring a young Brian Cox and Leonard Rossiter. In the near future, to control overpopulation, a tyrannical government divides society into two classes - high and low drive. The low drives are distracted from copulation by a diet of pornography. In order to create a new style of tv, a couple are stranded on a scottish isle and forced to undergo trials for the amusement of the public.
When Mark Gatiss saw Big Brother for the first time he apparently cried out "Don't they know what they're doing? [...] It's The Year of the Sex Olympics! [playwright] Nigel Kneale was right!"
Can be watched at the link below:
Another random yet synchronized movie pairing.
CHICAGO CONFIDENTIAL 1957 --Union boss is framed for murder by mobsters and the DA has to clue in that he has the wrong guy. Builds suspense as it goes.
Then I watched another movie set in Chicago, CODE OF SILENCE 1985. This was an Orion made film like ROBOCOP, and like that film, it has the future of law enforcement--a robot tank--which according to the credits was an actual police-designed instrument. As Chuck Norris movies go, it's quite good. His limited range is used well.
CHICAGO CONFIDENTIAL 1957 --Union boss is framed for murder by mobsters and the DA has to clue in that he has the wrong guy. Builds suspense as it goes.
Then I watched another movie set in Chicago, CODE OF SILENCE 1985. This was an Orion made film like ROBOCOP, and like that film, it has the future of law enforcement--a robot tank--which according to the credits was an actual police-designed instrument. As Chuck Norris movies go, it's quite good. His limited range is used well.
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INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978) I saw the original film several years ago, & other than a very general comparison, I cannot make. I cannot say which I prefer, but both are great, or should I say, 'disturbing'?
The story is that alien extraterrestrial plants are copying the physical forms, and most psychological characteristics of humans, minus their emotions. Strange flowers are growing on other plats, and eventually become pods in which the reproductions form & grow. Leonard Nimoy portrays one such emotionless pod person, who, being a prominent psychiatrist is in a position to take advantage of the few remaining humans who naively trust him.
The story is that alien extraterrestrial plants are copying the physical forms, and most psychological characteristics of humans, minus their emotions. Strange flowers are growing on other plats, and eventually become pods in which the reproductions form & grow. Leonard Nimoy portrays one such emotionless pod person, who, being a prominent psychiatrist is in a position to take advantage of the few remaining humans who naively trust him.
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Another NOIR ALLEY film,
TIGHT SPOT (1955) I almost forgot about this one! The story is about police attempting to both convince a frightened witness Sherry Conley (Ginger Rogers) to testify against the mob boss Benjamin Costain (Lorne Greene), and keep her alive and well enough to do so.
DA Lloyd Hallett (Edward G. Robinson, 1st time I ever saw him smoking anything other than a big cigar!? a cigarette just seems odd!) & Vince Striker (Brian Keith) have tricked the mob by not taking her to the city jail, but to a hotel instead, where she takes advantage of the situation and orders expensive meals, etc., but she insists she will not testify.
Two days until the trial, and mob boss is not happy that her location remains unknown. but he has bought / bribed some police, and expects to eliminate the witness very soon.
Tense drama, & best of all, this one is new to me!
TIGHT SPOT (1955) I almost forgot about this one! The story is about police attempting to both convince a frightened witness Sherry Conley (Ginger Rogers) to testify against the mob boss Benjamin Costain (Lorne Greene), and keep her alive and well enough to do so.
DA Lloyd Hallett (Edward G. Robinson, 1st time I ever saw him smoking anything other than a big cigar!? a cigarette just seems odd!) & Vince Striker (Brian Keith) have tricked the mob by not taking her to the city jail, but to a hotel instead, where she takes advantage of the situation and orders expensive meals, etc., but she insists she will not testify.
Two days until the trial, and mob boss is not happy that her location remains unknown. but he has bought / bribed some police, and expects to eliminate the witness very soon.
Tense drama, & best of all, this one is new to me!
lol Vince Striker.
What a name.
I saw Keith in Chicago Confidential-also taking on the mob.
The ending of the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers came as quite a surprise but I remebber the opening best.
"If it's a caper, eat it."
What a name.
I saw Keith in Chicago Confidential-also taking on the mob.
The ending of the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers came as quite a surprise but I remebber the opening best.
"If it's a caper, eat it."
My 3-year-old grandson loved it. Also Bumblebee.
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The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire 2002
Matt Frewer (Max Headroom) plays Sherlock Holmes in this non Conan Doyle story about, well, a vampire. At first I thought it was a horror we were watching but of course, it isn't. A bit cheesy but, despite the fake posh voice, Frewer looks the part, even though he dons the clichéd Deerstalker.
Matt Frewer (Max Headroom) plays Sherlock Holmes in this non Conan Doyle story about, well, a vampire. At first I thought it was a horror we were watching but of course, it isn't. A bit cheesy but, despite the fake posh voice, Frewer looks the part, even though he dons the clichéd Deerstalker.
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Tails will star in the sequel, which will be in theaters in 2022 (he appeared in the end of the first movie).
THE DOUBLE MAN 1967 I wanted to check it out again---an interesting serious spy movie with Yul Brynner and the Austrian Tyrol as a backdrop (later used in Assignment K and On Her Majesty's Secret Service). There's a special effects shot in this which is really impressive--not to give it away but this sort of thing wasn't easy to do until the CGI age. How ever they did it in 1967, it was very convincing.
Did he?! I missed that!
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