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Post by Swampirella on Apr 3, 2020 1:43:55 GMT
Was it filmed at Avebury, Miss Scarlett? I loved the serial Children of the Stones, filmed out there circa 1976. There's a pub in Avebury that has a sign on it that reads "world's only pub inside a stone circle." I keep wondering if they keep having manifestations as the punters bellow for their pints. cheers, Hel It was filmed there, according to Wikipedia. I googled that pub, it's called The Red Lion by the way. Apparently it has 4 ghosts & was featured in an episode of "Most Haunted" in 2002.
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Post by Swampirella on Apr 3, 2020 1:51:18 GMT
I gave "A Photograph" by John Bowen (1977 - Play for Today) a try; it was much more satisfying. Michael Otway, a freelance arts journalist/presenter working for BBC3, receives a mysterious photograph in the mail simply showing two young women outside a caravan. There's no note or clue to the sender; his unstable wife Gillian thinks it's proof of his infidelity & becomes obsessed with finding out who the women are. Mostly a psychological thriller with (apparently) some folk horror.
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Post by andydecker on Apr 3, 2020 7:34:02 GMT
This is very well done. A normal photo, yet there is an undertone of creepyness.
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Post by samdawson on Apr 3, 2020 9:56:49 GMT
I stayed in Avebury in 2001 and both one of the local shopkeepers and the postmistress still fondly remembered Children of the Stones being filmed there. The Stigma location was also very evident. At that time we stayed at the Red Lion as it, I think, kept one or two lodging rooms in order to maintain its status as an inn. Foot and Mouth was on so there was no problem waiting to get served, as there was, for understandable reasons, at other times. The bed was an antique and my partner, who was pregnant, had to sleep on the floor due to the archaic, overstuffed nature of the mattress. Being English I didn't notice. If you're interested in (pre)history it is the centre of an incredible treasure trove of sites, all within walking distance. The Keiller museum, by which large amounts of marmalade money went into conserving the circle, is also worth a visit.
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Post by helrunar on Apr 3, 2020 15:32:30 GMT
Thanks for those marvelous memories, Sam. Sounds like a lovely visit so long as your pregnant partner did not find sleeping on the floor too much of an inconvenience. Your comment on the mattress with the punchline "because I'm English" made me think of some of my favorite moments in film and literature (e. g. was it Peter Cushing in Horror Express who uttered that great line "Of course we're not monsters, my dear fellow--we're British!")
Miss Scarlett, I've had A Photograph on my to-view list for years. Maybe I should take advantage of the current enforced period of "physical distancing" and finally watch. Did you enjoy Freda Bamford as Mrs Vigo? She originally appeared in another TV play by the same author, Robin Redbreast, which I hope you've seen--it's brilliant. Unfortunately only survives in a somewhat scratchy kinescope, but I've watched it 3 times because it is so good.
Thanks for noting that the sort-of sequel was a good watch!
H.
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Post by Swampirella on Apr 3, 2020 17:58:27 GMT
Thanks for those marvelous memories, Sam. Sounds like a lovely visit so long as your pregnant partner did not find sleeping on the floor too much of an inconvenience. Your comment on the mattress with the punchline "because I'm English" made me think of some of my favorite moments in film and literature (e. g. was it Peter Cushing in Horror Express who uttered that great line "Of course we're not monsters, my dear fellow--we're British!") Miss Scarlett, I've had A Photograph on my to-view list for years. Maybe I should take advantage of the current enforced period of "physical distancing" and finally watch. Did you enjoy Freda Bamford as Mrs Vigo? She originally appeared in another TV play by the same author, Robin Redbreast, which I hope you've seen--it's brilliant. Unfortunately only survives in a somewhat scratchy kinescope, but I've watched it 3 times because it is so good. Thanks for noting that the sort-of sequel was a good watch! H. I did watch Robin Redbreast a year or two ago, but might watch it again since you reccomend it so highly, Steve! Of course, Mrs. Vigo was unforgettable.
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Post by samdawson on Apr 3, 2020 20:20:39 GMT
Sounds like a lovely visit so long as your pregnant partner did not find sleeping on the floor too much of an inconvenience.
Thanks for thinking of her. Part of the archaic nature of the bed and it's near bursting horse-hair mattress was that it had blankets, quilt and bolster rather than a modern duvet, so unless you wanted to be smothered to death there were plenty of bedcoverings to divest and thereby make a new bed for her on the floor. I think there was even more stuff in the chest at the bed's bottom ready for winter's draughts.
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Apr 4, 2020 13:43:22 GMT
The dialogue in BONE TOMAHAWK is much better than anything Tarantino ever came up with. (The thing about flea circuses in particular.) Very odd, very nice film. Great cast---Sean Young and Michael Paré, of all people, briefly show up! As far as cannibal westerns go, it is not quite as good as RAVENOUS, but nothing else is either. I absolutely agree on RAVENOUS. I'm fascinated by the whole concept of wendigos, and keep an eye open for them in everything (a recent favourite was an episode of GRIMM). RAVENOUS is a glorious take on the subject - I must have watched it at least half a dozen times. Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but I've decided to deal with the claustrophobia of sheltering in place by reading The Hunger, Alma Katsu's fictionalized account of the Donner Party. So far the book reminds me of Ravenous, which is a terrific--and under-appreciated--film with an outstanding cast (Robert Carlyle is mesmerizing), a one-of-a-kind soundtrack, a fiendishly clever plot, and some pitch-black humor.
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Post by jamesdoig on Apr 4, 2020 22:17:05 GMT
I gave "A Photograph" by John Bowen (1977 - Play for Today) a try; it was much more satisfying. Thanks for the tip - just watched it and thought it was excellent. There's something intrinsically creepy about grainy 1970s British television.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Apr 5, 2020 7:59:39 GMT
There's something intrinsically creepy about grainy 1970s British television life. See Scarfolk for details....
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Post by Swampirella on Apr 8, 2020 2:17:36 GMT
Somebody on social media praised this, so I'm now on Part 2 of 3 (via Youtube). One of these days I'll read the book. More info about the book/movie as well as it's "semi-sequel" The Ferryman which is now next on my to-watch list.
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Post by jamesdoig on Apr 10, 2020 11:01:50 GMT
Has anyone seen The Platform yet? What the...
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Post by Shrink Proof on Apr 10, 2020 11:42:19 GMT
Has anyone seen The Platform yet? What the... I've just read a couple of synopses of this online. I think I'll take a raincheck on it if that's OK with you, seeing as how I'm currently corralled inside one tall building, with a limited food supply and deliveries at random intervals.
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Post by samdawson on Apr 10, 2020 12:32:15 GMT
Would you recommend it (The Platform)?
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Post by jamesdoig on Apr 10, 2020 20:54:17 GMT
Would you recommend it (The Platform)? It's certainly worth a look - some great ideas and imagery (and some pretty brutal violence), but it gets carried away by its political message.
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