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I've been meaning to watch some Hammer mummy flicks for a while now, thanks for reminding me.
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Them! (my favorite of the giant creatures movies of the 50s)
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THE ATOMIC BRAIN (AKA MONSTROSITY) -1964. Have to give the Filmmakers a "A" for effort here, they ran out of money and it took a few years to finish up. A rich old lady wants to have her Brain transferred into a new body, so various Guinea Pigs are experimented on, by Dr Frank, no less. Three new Housekeepers are hired and who will be the one chosen. Decent premise, but low budget truly hurts and there are some great ideas that are never realized (ie, a battle between two failed experiments-would have helped so much. At first, it plays out like THE CREEPING TERROR with narration (by Bradford Dillman, who went on to many films) for the first 15 minutes or so. Truly loony and for me, the best performance is by the Black Cat owned by Actress Judy Bamber, **
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Carnival of Souls
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The Fearless Vampire Killers
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SECRET OF THE BLUE ROOM (1933). Early Universal Whodunit has a few eye raising moments (particularly Lionel Atwill offering Gloria Stuart Birthday sentiments::shocked::) and a decent cast-Onslow Stevens is almost unrecognizable. There's an awful lot of padding and pretty easy to guess the wrap-up . Still worth a watch. **1/2
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Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
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IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA (1955).Standard Monster story with radiation being a probable cause with about as much narration/stock footage as THE DEADLY MANTIS. Kenneth Tobey and Faith Domergue good here, but in this MeToo age, I've noticed how darn HANDSY Ken . While the movie really isn't all that great, the Social effects by Ray Harryhausen certainly are. Especially the Monster's first visit to San Francisco::cool:::. **1/2 |
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Watching The Ghost of Frankenstein right now
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THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD (1957). A lot of similarities to JAWS here-nighttime swim is actually pretty scary-and although it's not really that good, it's entertaining, at least, with a pretty cool monster. **1/2
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Plague of the Zombies
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If its the zombie I'm thinking of with the white eyes, ya thats a creepy ass zombie...
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IT! THE TERROR BEYOND SPACE (1958). While it's a Standard Guy in a Monster suit (albeit pretty ferocious), the movie itself is pretty good with some creepy parts. I have heard IT! was a inspiration for ALIEN, but amazing to see how much was recycled for the 1979 film and even ALIENS used parts of IT! ***
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October 28th.
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SATAN IN HIGH HEELS (1961). A discontented Burlesque dancer connives money from her drug addicted ex-Husband and heads to the Big Apple for fame and fortune. So what that she basically (and there really is no other way I can put this::embarrassment::) shits on anybody who might try to help her? She's gonna be a Star!-one way or the other. Extremely lurid, in fact, You say it is SHOWGIRLS way before SHOWGIRLS. Meg Myles, an extremely voluptuous Pin Up model from the mid-late 50's isn't bad here, although the camera seems to make her look older than she was at the time (late20's-very early 30's). She chews the scenery well and does a couple of songs- in real life, Meg did a few Torch Music recordings, appeared in COOGAN'S BLUFF and many Soap operas /Off Broadway plays. Also of interest for Me, is Grayson Hall (nominated a couple of years for Best Supporting Actress in NIGHT OF THE IGUANA and TV's DARK SHADOWS) and Del Tenny as a Piano player. Del also helped with Direction and later filmed cult classics HORROR OF PARTY BEACH, CURSE OF THE LIVING CORPSE and I EAT YOUR SKIN. Finally, I don't think k I've seen a movie where there is so much smoking::shocked::. **1/2 |
Monster From A Prehistoric Planet (1967) in Japan it was originally released as Gappa: The Triphibian Monster, fun lil movie, i enjoyed it.
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FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED! (1969). >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SPOILERS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peter Cushing is excellent here, although the Baron is a true Son of a Bitch in FMBD. Trying once again to prove his theories, he finds a collaborator has gone mad and with the aid of a Young couple He is blackmailing, attempts smuggle him out of the asylum and the normal SNAFU'S begin. Good support by Freddie Jones, Simon Ward and lovely Veronica Carlson, , who is so vulnerable here. The unneeded scene where Frankenstein rapes her just increases the pity. From what I've heard, news came from higher up that the picture needed more sex (??????) and Peter, Veronica and Director Terence Fisher absolutely HATED filming this. It comes midway through the story, but was filmed towards shooting's end and there is no change in Her demeanor. Or else She and her boyfriend have had so much degradation from working with Frankenstein, that this is just one more cross to bear. One of the better FRANK films with a pretty good cast, although Thorley Walter's "Comic relief" is anything but. **** |
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I've got 4 "ape horror" movies I'm gonna watch ending with king kong for the finale...
first one is The Monster Walks (1932) The Monster Walks had some racial moments in it that are a bit cringey especially when they push that black kid and when they say the black kid is related to the ape where as the script made him say in a stupid voice that the ape does in fact look like one of his relatives, yaaaa... I do enjoy when the ape chokes out the villain dude. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...932_poster.jpg |
Next movie I saw was The Gorilla (1939) with a good performance from Bela, being the most stylish actor in this movie.
They talk about Bela "he gives me the creeps" which to me felt like they were just making fun of him for having a Hungarian accent which only later they make fun of his accent straight to his face... It had some funny moments in it especially when the woman tries running out the door and the cat comes screaming in hahaha also those 3 stooges lookin dudes, and bela lugosi's aikido skills are funny as hell.. "why dont you look for the gorilla in der?!" https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...939-poster.jpg |
The Ape (1940)
I don't own a copy of ape man or I would have added it to this watch list, as I hate watching full movies on youtube, I watch movies on a tv, every other way bores me. This one the ape seems more tough than the previous movies, as its a circus ape escaped. Than you have good ol' grandpa lookin' boris karloff coming at us as a evil scheming scientist who gets involved with the ape, and well yah shit happens... https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/...0Ng@@._V1_.jpg |
ending my lil marathon with the king himself
King Kong (1933) https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....seoBL._AC_.jpg |
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October 31st.
Happy Halloween! House of Wax (1953) https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rS-3jyL_W...v3r1o1_500.gif The Invisible Man,1933 https://iv1.lisimg.com/image/9482007...screenshot.jpg |
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BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT (1943). Kind of a reboot of THE HUMAN MONSTER, this is more delightful Monogram nonsense where Bela Lugosi (who else) leads a Double life as a Professor by day and using a Soup Kitchen as a front for Criminal activities. As usual, a lot of (probably unintentional) of humorous moments , such as a poster for THE CORPSE VANISHES on the street, more secret doors than You could imagine with one having a map of Australia , which people have to duck to go "Down Under" it. ***
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