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Post by Killer Goldfish on May 26, 2023 16:56:32 GMT -5
“The Creeper” (1948) is a sub-par whodunit about some scientists and researchers returned from a trip to the West Indies where some sort of tragedy occurred. One of the scientists wants to continue their apparently dangerous experiments, while another (with a terrorized daughter) does not. People start dying and it’s a question of who – or what – is doing the killing. It wasn’t all that bad until the big reveal at the end. It kind of spoiled it for us. “The Cat Creeps” (1946) – Another average whodunit utilizing the island and everyone gathering in one creepy old house tropes. I found it on a Wikipedia list of 1940’s horror movies, but it’s really more of a mystery/thriller with some comedy thrown in to relieve the tension. Kind of meh like “The Creeper” above, but both feature black cats in prominent roles, so I gave `em a shot. One important item about THE CAT CREEPS. A man who went to see that movie fell completely in love with one of the cast, found her, wooed her, married her and they lived happily ever after. I learned about them in that doco about the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. (snif) |
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Post by Lemmy Caution on May 26, 2023 20:47:12 GMT -5
“The Creeper” (1948) is a sub-par whodunit about some scientists and researchers returned from a trip to the West Indies where some sort of tragedy occurred. One of the scientists wants to continue their apparently dangerous experiments, while another (with a terrorized daughter) does not. People start dying and it’s a question of who – or what – is doing the killing. It wasn’t all that bad until the big reveal at the end. It kind of spoiled it for us. “The Cat Creeps” (1946) – Another average whodunit utilizing the island and everyone gathering in one creepy old house tropes. I found it on a Wikipedia list of 1940’s horror movies, but it’s really more of a mystery/thriller with some comedy thrown in to relieve the tension. Kind of meh like “The Creeper” above, but both feature black cats in prominent roles, so I gave `em a shot. One important item about THE CAT CREEPS. A man who went to see that movie fell completely in love with one of the cast, found her, wooed her, married her and they lived happily ever after. I learned about them in that doco about the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. (snif) If true, this seems like the exception that proves the creepy stalker rule. |
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Post by Deeky on May 26, 2023 23:26:17 GMT -5
Terminus Crooner Johnny Hallyday is the French Mad Max in this confusing sci fi mess.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on May 27, 2023 19:32:02 GMT -5
"Blood and Gold" (2023) here last night. Eh, it gets good ratings and there's nothing that comes to mind that was wrong with it. I think I'm just not big for action/adventure movies in general. Or maybe it's today's action/adventures. I still get into older (60's/70's) ones, even though they tend to move a lot slower.
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Post by Deeky on May 27, 2023 23:21:26 GMT -5
Corbin Nash A cop turned vampire fights Corey Feldman in drag.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on May 28, 2023 0:23:07 GMT -5
Corbin Nash A cop turned vampire fights Corey Feldman in drag. Wish I could've been a fly on the wall when someone pitched that idea to the studio.  |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on May 28, 2023 0:48:25 GMT -5
“Night Monster” (1942) – This one has Lionel Atwill and Bela Lugosi top-billed, but they both play minor characters. In some ways it’s as formulaic as these other 40’s horrors I’ve been viewing, but it has a good pace and eerie atmosphere throughout. It introduces a plethora of characters, and kept me guessing through most of it, trying to figure out who done what.
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Post by Killer Goldfish on May 29, 2023 9:55:21 GMT -5
One important item about THE CAT CREEPS. A man who went to see that movie fell completely in love with one of the cast, found her, wooed her, married her and they lived happily ever after. I learned about them in that doco about the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. (snif) If true, this seems like the exception that proves the creepy stalker rule. It may happen all the time. Who can truly know? |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 1, 2023 11:07:32 GMT -5
Sensuela (1973) is a weird Finnish movie about a German pilot shot down over Laplander territory in Finland near the end of WWII. He is nursed back to health by the pretty daughter of a rich reindeer herder. He returns to Germany, then comes back to Finland for his pre-war profession as a photographer. They rekindle their flame, he whisks her away to bustling Helsinki. Things are fine until she catches him cheating on her. She leaves, ends up working odd jobs while living with a prostitute. Meets a new guy and they fall in love. Then her father arrives to check up on her. She has been writing him through all this that her and the German are getting along splendidly and intend to marry. She knows he will kill the German if he finds out different, so they arrange a fake wedding ceremony. It's fooling the father until her current beau arrives, furious and not understanding what's going on. He leaves her, her father abandons her, and she goes on a further spiral, ending up in the grasp of a cruel pimp who does weird whipping shows with her. Eventually, she ends up in a brothel. During all this, not one but both of her former flames wind up finding her at her worst. Fortunately, there is a sort of happy ending when a Laplander who's held a torch for her for years arrives to inform her that her father passed and she is the sole inheritor of his vast herd of reindeer.
So, that was the storyline. This thing plodded along really extending scenes that could have been much shorter. But, the Lapland scenes look genuine. They even show the grisly mouth-to-balls castration method used on reindeer. The ultra-wtf moment comes when the father uses that same method on the unfaithful German right in front of all the (fake) wedding guests! The only other reason for watching this are the fugly clothing styles, interiors, and dancing of the mod early-70's Finnish youth. Sorry. I know that was a mouthful, but I saved you the 90 minutes I wasted watching it.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 4, 2023 12:38:48 GMT -5
The Brainwashing of My Dad (2015) was my first full movie watch using the new Smartbox. Does a nice job of explaining the rise of right wing bullshit artists and how they turned formerly non-political people into raving, fearful idiots repeating their lies and propaganda.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 7, 2023 11:40:49 GMT -5
“The Monster and the Girl” (1941) – This one had me going. It’s only an hour long, and the first half-hour is a courtroom/organized crime drama. After a guy is wrongly executed for murder, George Zucco steps in as a scientist who transplants the guy’s brain into a great ape’s body. The rest of the show is the ape going around killing the gangsters who had the guy framed for murder. I don’t know my 40’s character actors well enough to name any of the gangsters, but they are a seriously seedy lot and it’s a joy to watch them get their due at the hands of the “Mangler Murderer”. There’s even a cool little “Benji” like pooch who helps the ape hide from authorities. It was a gripping watch even before the sci-fi elements were introduced, and this was one of the better 1940’s horrors I’ve been watching since last month.
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Post by Deeky on Jun 7, 2023 16:27:42 GMT -5
I don’t know my 40’s character actors well enough to name any of the gangsters, but they are a seriously seedy lot and it’s a joy to watch them get their due at the hands of the “Mangler Murderer”. Oh, Joseph Calleia is in that. He's one of my tough guy faves of that era! |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 7, 2023 18:46:01 GMT -5
I don’t know my 40’s character actors well enough to name any of the gangsters, but they are a seriously seedy lot and it’s a joy to watch them get their due at the hands of the “Mangler Murderer”. Oh, Joseph Calleia is in that. He's one of my tough guy faves of that era! You should check it out! I mean, I did kind of spoil the plot writing about it, but it's worth it for the slimy thug characters alone. I can't recall watching so many sneers and sidelong glances in one movie. Badass gorilla suit, too. |
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Post by Deeky on Jun 7, 2023 18:59:51 GMT -5
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 7, 2023 19:04:38 GMT -5
Saw the new "The Boogeyman" movie in the theater yesterday. I liked it! It deals with some similar themes of loss and grief as the excellent "The Outsider" TV miniseries (also by Stephen King), and hits on all those childhood fears of creepy basements, eerie sounds and voices, things under beds and in closets, etc.
I'd put about a point lower than the current IMDb aggregate ratings, which is still good for a horror movie. |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 7, 2023 19:18:30 GMT -5
Ya better if you know what's good for yuz. Catch my drift?
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 10, 2023 17:10:46 GMT -5
Shadow of the Cat (1961) – House cat goes on vengeful rampage against the murderous in-laws who plotted to kill it’s mistress. Solid gothic vibe throughout. Was entertaining when the cat was dispatching smarmy characters, but dragged a bit otherwise. Way overblown soundtrack at times, too. Great fun if you want to drive your own cat mad with meows coming from your TV.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 14, 2023 10:11:48 GMT -5
“Weird Woman” (1944) – This is an Inner Sanctum Mystery based on the Fritz Leiber novel Conjure Wife. I’ve seen the better known version “Burn Witch Burn!” (1962) aka “Night of the Eagle”, and there’s even a third version called “Witches Brew” (1980) which I have yet to catch. The story contrasts the modern, rational beliefs of a sociology professor (played by Lon Chaney Jr.) versus the primitive, superstitious beliefs of his beautiful wife.
While it is shot on a budget compared to the 1962 version, I liked some of the aspects of this one better than the later, more familiar one. I ought to mention that both movies get deservedly high marks on the IMDb and are worth checking out.
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Post by Deeky on Jun 17, 2023 23:20:47 GMT -5
Fast X Jason Mamoa vs. Vin Diesel and a bunch of bonkers stunts.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 20, 2023 10:01:11 GMT -5
Beware Spooks! (1939) is a comedy/crime/drama about a bumbling policeman who constantly screws things up. But the finale is set in an old fashioned amusement park spook house and I was giddy with delight seeing how they did things back in the day.
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