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1)"The Smiling Ghost" (1941)
-Wayne Morris Plot: IMDB Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a month to break the curse. But Lucky becomes a target of what appears to be the ghost of one of the former fiances. Phantom's Review: Light hearted mystery suspense film, done in the style of Bob Hope's "Ghost Breakers". Decent little film if you can get past the heavily racist humor provided by the hero's sidekick. It's an okay film, nothing great but I've seen far worse. 2) "Creature From The Black Lagoon" Classic from beginning to end. I love this movie. 
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06-11-2011, 06:34 AM
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 Reading Rayne's Poe book over the last two days made me want to pop this in again last night. Such a nice little film. Very enjoyable despite minor flaws in it's story execution. And, one of the rare moments when Price gets outshined by someone in the same frame, this time by Rathbone in the final story segment. More people need to see this. * * * ½
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06-12-2011, 02:08 PM
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"The Cosmic Monster" (AKA "The Strange World Of Planet X"1958)
-Forrest Tucker Plot: IMDB At a small, rural British lab, monomaniac Dr. Laird and his staff create ultra-intense magnetic fields. Inexplicably, the apparatus seems to be affecting distant objects, and to be drawing "extra power" from...somewhere. One night, after a "freak" storm, strange and deadly things start happening in Bryerly Woods, and a strange man from "a long way off" appears in the district...concerned about Laird's pulling down disaster from the skies. Phantom's Review: Dull little Sci-Fi film. Too much talk, too little action. The monster FX are just extreme close ups of insects. Not worth the effort
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06-12-2011, 06:54 PM
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Hey now- I thought the part where they show the giant bug munching on the guy's face, complete with sickening crunch crunch sound effects was pretty amazing for the time!
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06-12-2011, 09:17 PM
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 Six reels of joy...indeed! With a touching climax and an ending which gurantees to bring a heart-warming smile to your face.
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06-15-2011, 04:26 AM
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Strait Jacket is such a fantastic film. Ahead of it's time and Joan Crawford gives the best performance of her career IMO.
Fighting severe fever over the past few days and decided to distract myself by popping in Casino Royale (Peter Sellers/David Niven) late last night. Fell asleep at around the 1 hour mark. Reason I posted is - anyone who has seen the film, did you see the reference to The Cabinet of Dr Caligari in it (the Mata Bond training intro)? The whole film is in itself a parody of other films, not necessarily only Bond films. Hoping to complete it tonight.
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06-15-2011, 05:59 AM
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It's been a while, and I don't remember that part.
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06-16-2011, 10:50 AM
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The Snorkel (1958)
 Oh, she didn't need to report to the police at the end...damn!:D >>: B+
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06-16-2011, 05:02 PM
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Beast From Haunted Cave
Its a little slow and the story isnt developed enough but i enjoyed it.
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