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Post by helrunar on Nov 19, 2020 21:37:04 GMT
My friends are sweet but by my standards, quite wealthy. I didn't realize this until a couple of years ago when I was visiting them with another friend. I had left the room and the friend asked "so how much did your beautiful condo cost?" The answer was around 3 quarters of a million smackers. AND THEY PAID CASH. *Mic drop*
I think the most horrifying of all Karen Black's films (and performances) was in a mid 1970s adaptation of the famous novel Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West. The film is brutal. It's still relevant today in the America of Q-Anon and post-Malibu Barbie.
H.
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Post by andydecker on Nov 20, 2020 8:40:18 GMT
My friends are sweet but by my standards, quite wealthy. I didn't realize this until a couple of years ago when I was visiting them with another friend. I had left the room and the friend asked "so how much did your beautiful condo cost?" The answer was around 3 quarters of a million smackers. AND THEY PAID CASH. *Mic drop* I think the most horrifying of all Karen Black's films (and performances) was in a mid 1970s adaptation of the famous novel Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West. The film is brutal. It's still relevant today in the America of Q-Anon and post-Malibu Barbie. H. Oh, like those people who are on those ridiculous "we buy a terrible expensive house which nobody can heat proberly" TV shows on TLC? Always thought they were a fake. I remember "Day of the Locust". It's been ages I saw that, but it left an impression. One of the few movies about Hollywood as hell I thought believable, except maybe "Barton Fink" or "Sunset Boulevard". But the former is more of an absurd take and the later is mostly sad. Karen Black is great. Watched recently "Burn Offerings" again. After the nightmare inducing hearse driver she is the best thing in the movie, and her last scene is unparalleld.
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Post by andydecker on Nov 20, 2020 8:50:16 GMT
The 2005 film House of Wax is very obviously inspired by Tourist Trap however. At first watching years ago I thought House of Wax rather poor. Except the Paris Hilton death-scene of course which was fun. I recently re-watched it and liked it a lot more. Shades of Richard Laymon, I thought.
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Post by ripper on Nov 20, 2020 12:25:12 GMT
I agree with others thoughts regarding Trilogy of Terror. I saw it when it was first broadcast on UK TV in 1975 or 1976. It's that final doll story that dominates people's memories of the film, and with good reason.
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Post by mrhappy on Nov 20, 2020 19:14:47 GMT
Yes, although the Warrens seem to have had much less involvement in investigating the Enfield case than they claimed. They apparently turned up uninvited at the house, but were not allowed in. You are 100% right about the "levitations" too. This is one of many similar photographs that were presented at the time as evidence of "paranormal activity" - You must apply insane amounts of hair spray/hair gel to pull those levitation pictures off convincingly. Bloody amateurs. Mr Happy
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Post by bluetomb on Nov 21, 2020 2:16:49 GMT
At first watching years ago I thought House of Wax rather poor. Except the Paris Hilton death-scene of course which was fun. I recently re-watched it and liked it a lot more. Shades of Richard Laymon, I thought. I thought it quite poor outside of a fun midsection chunk when I saw it years ago, but should probably give it another go. Probably still wouldn't be too fussed about the opening (I think by and large the best slasher set ups were in the 80's when almost every film had a fascinatingly off base take on even basic human interaction) but I have grown a lot more fond of wacky effects climaxes.
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Post by Swampirella on Nov 21, 2020 2:25:21 GMT
Have you seen Trilogy of Terror recently, Miss Scarlett? Two marvelous (and somewhat well-heeled) friends of mine rented a local rep theatre early last February and had a party that was focused on a screening of the original movie. The final segment was well filmed but I thought the homicidal doll was hilarious. Of course, back seeing it as a teen, I was riveted to the TV--it was pretty extreme viewing at the time. And the next day, everybody at high school was talking about it. The first two segments are wonderful showcases for Karen Black. She wears a really outrageous wig that is worthy of note in act 2, but I thought her performance in act 1 (a seldom discussed tale) was quite exceptional with a delicious payoff. I never saw any of the "Chucky" films but that seems to have redefined (and perhaps put a very final period upon) the whole killer doll shtick. cheers, Hel I just watched TofT; it was great fun! Kudos to me for bringing it up
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Post by dem bones on Nov 23, 2020 10:18:00 GMT
The Unspeakable: Milton Stone, a mortuary attendant at Tomlin's Funeral Home, lives in fear of his domineering mother discovering his terrible secret. Every Thursday night, for the past 24 weeks, he has adopted a disguise of Beatles wig, horn-rim glasses, and joke shop moustache to blend in with fellow furtive patrons of the XXX Theater. Milton had never seen a naked woman before now - not a living one - and has no idea how you go about meeting one. The girls at the funeral home are a less daunting proposition ... But, no. He must not think such terrible things!
One night, Milton's sister finds him levitating in his sleep and immediately contact the Warrens who she's seen on TV. Ed and Lorraine pay them a home visit. In less time than it takes to tell, they realise the abominable truth. Ogling porno films has destroyed the boy's resistance to the forces of darkness. Milton has been demonically possessed - and no dead woman is safe from his unnatural urges.
Was reluctant to revisit Ghost Hunters, but needn't have worried. All these years on I still cherish it among the most loved of the very worst books I ever read in my life.
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Post by helrunar on Nov 23, 2020 14:12:49 GMT
Thanks for the laugh, Kev. I wonder if the Warrens had a ghost writer. Ouch! THAT was a bad 'un. According to a friend, they're still remembered as local celebrities in Connecticut. This might amuse you: www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-warrens-occult-museum-monroe-connecticutQuote: "Looking at the Warrens' collection, one might begin to believe that Hell has a thing for dolls." cheers,Steve
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Post by dem bones on Nov 24, 2020 11:12:51 GMT
Thanks for the laugh, Kev. I wonder if the Warrens had a ghost writer. If Ray ' Live Girls' Garton is to believed, the Warrens did employ ghost writers, one of whom, him, turned supergrass to expose them as the fakest of the fake in the Stephen Jones edited Dancing with the Dark. The Unspeakable is outrageous as the title suggests. They offer not a scrap of evidence to support their allegation that poor old Milton was fiddling with corpses, we just have to take their word for it that they know these things instinctively because they're top demon hunters.
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