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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Oct 18, 2023 18:07:41 GMT
It remains one of my favourite series, which I return to time and again, thanks to the coffin-box set of DVDs of the entire series On the DVD set, where does the Barnabas Collins story start? |
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Oct 18, 2023 18:53:49 GMT
On the DVD set, where does the Barnabas Collins story start? The Barnabas story starts on Disc 24, when Willie Loomis goes hunting for treasure, but Barnabas doesn't really appear until episode 210 on Disc 25. Disc 25 also has a short introductory montage to recap the earlier episodes, as the initial DVD releases kicked off with the Barnabas storyline and skipped the earlier episodes, which weren't released until much later. |
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Oct 18, 2023 19:56:06 GMT
On the DVD set, where does the Barnabas Collins story start? The Barnabas story starts on Disc 24, when Willie Loomis goes hunting for treasure, but Barnabas doesn't really appear until episode 210 on Disc 25. Disc 25 also has a short introductory montage to recap the earlier episodes, as the initial DVD releases kicked off with the Barnabas storyline and skipped the earlier episodes, which weren't released until much later. Thanks! |
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Post by helrunar on Oct 18, 2023 20:29:30 GMT
A good starting place in my opinion would be episode 366, which is the episode that starts the storyline in which the heroine, Collinwood governess Victoria Winters, time travels back to the year 1795 to witness the events that led to Barnabas becoming cursed as a vampire.
That storyline also features the introduction of lady's maid Angelique Bouchard, played by Lara Parker, who died just last week. Angelique turns out to be a Witch of formidable powers and ambition. Lara Parker's performance in the role was vividly emotional.
According to the Dark Shadows Wiki, episode 366 is the first episode on disc 40 of the "coffin set" (I have the original stand-alone DVD sets).
It's good stuff.
Hel.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Oct 18, 2023 21:55:23 GMT
Lugosi made a series of films for Monogram, a poverty row studio, in the 1940s. The one that stands out is The Invisible GhostI agree that The Invisible Ghost is one of Lugosi's best Monograms. I also like The Devil Bat, with Lugosi playing a scientist creating perfumes, and getting annoyed that he is not being suitably rewarded for the large profits his efforts win for the company he works for. There is a sort of sequel called Devil Bat's Daughter from 1946. It's not really horror, being more psychological, and retcons the earlier film, only mentioning the Lugosi character by name. It's by Frank Wisbar, who left Germany in 1938. He made another odd little Poverty Row film called The Strangler of the Swamp, which is worth a look too it's a remake of an earlier German film of his. |
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Post by ripper on Oct 19, 2023 9:40:54 GMT
I agree that The Invisible Ghost is one of Lugosi's best Monograms. I also like The Devil Bat, with Lugosi playing a scientist creating perfumes, and getting annoyed that he is not being suitably rewarded for the large profits his efforts win for the company he works for. There is a sort of sequel called Devil Bat's Daughter from 1946. It's not really horror, being more psychological, and retcons the earlier film, only mentioning the Lugosi character by name. It's by Frank Wisbar, who left Germany in 1938. He made another odd little Poverty Row film called The Strangler of the Swamp, which is worth a look too it's a remake of an earlier German film of his. I've seen Strangler of the Swamp several times and thought for a cheapie it was well made and eerie. Interesting to hear it is a remake, so thanks for the infomation on that. As for Devil Bat's Daughter, I think I saw it once a very long time ago, so don't recall much other than wondering where is the Devil Bat? lol Another poverty row studio--PRC I think--made a film similar to Devil Bat called The Flying Serpent with George Zucco. It's not a giant bat in this one, but Quetzalcoatl. I don't think it is as good as Devil Bat, but Zucco is one of those actors who is always worth watching. |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Oct 19, 2023 11:36:10 GMT
There is a sort of sequel called Devil Bat's Daughter from 1946. It's not really horror, being more psychological, and retcons the earlier film, only mentioning the Lugosi character by name. It's by Frank Wisbar, who left Germany in 1938. He made another odd little Poverty Row film called The Strangler of the Swamp, which is worth a look too it's a remake of an earlier German film of his. I've seen Strangler of the Swamp several times and thought for a cheapie it was well made and eerie. Interesting to hear it is a remake, so thanks for the infomation on that. As for Devil Bat's Daughter, I think I saw it once a very long time ago, so don't recall much other than wondering where is the Devil Bat? lol Another poverty row studio--PRC I think--made a film similar to Devil Bat called The Flying Serpent with George Zucco. It's not a giant bat in this one, but Quetzalcoatl. I don't think it is as good as Devil Bat, but Zucco is one of those actors who is always worth watching.  Watch here with subtitles.www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uljdm0qhm6k |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Oct 19, 2023 11:40:10 GMT
Bela Lugosi's birthday tomorrow. I'll be watching one of his films, will any of you?
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Post by ripper on Oct 19, 2023 17:45:21 GMT
Bela Lugosi's birthday tomorrow. I'll be watching one of his films, will any of you? Thanks for the tip on Bela's b-day. I have a fair few of his films, so, yes, I shall watch one in his honour. Maybe Son of Frankenstein. |
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Post by helrunar on Oct 19, 2023 23:03:28 GMT
If I were more of the "keen" sort, I'd be tempted to mount the battlements and proclaim The Raven (1935) as the Bela Lugosi mascot film for the Vault of Evil. It's quite pulpy, and features moments of almost delirious sadism (hampered somewhat by the need to cater to the "Hays" Code imposed by the Cath Church). The high point has to be Bela the Immortal gloating: "I LIKE TO TORRRRTURRRRE... POE!!!! YOU ... arrre... EVENGGGGED!"
More "I Love Lugosi" reflections to come, perhaps,
Hel.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Oct 20, 2023 10:19:46 GMT
I watched Night Fright from 1967. It starred John Agar, who was married to Shirley Temple for a time, and it was very boring. Still if you like close-ups of ladies bottoms as they gyrate in a "Sixties groove" to generic sixties instrumental music you will probably enjoy it.
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Post by ripper on Oct 20, 2023 14:34:57 GMT
I watched Night Fright from 1967. It starred John Agar, who was married to Shirley Temple for a time, and it was very boring. Still if you like close-ups of ladies bottoms as they gyrate in a "Sixties groove" to generic sixties instrumental music you will probably enjoy it. In the early 80s I would rent videos very regularly. One day I saw a display for a film called ETN-The Extra-Terrestrial Nasty in the video shop and it caught my attention. I think it said something like 'Not all ETs are friendly'--ET had been released not long before. Well, I thought it sounded interesting and was expecting a gory alien on Earth rip-off. What I got was a retitled Night Fright. Yes, it is very boring, even those jiggling rear ends can't save it. |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Oct 20, 2023 21:47:27 GMT
My Bela Lugosi birthday film was White Zombie from 1932.
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Oct 20, 2023 22:21:16 GMT
Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein is my Bela birthday film. I don't much like the comedians, though I loved them as a kid, but Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr, Glenn Strange, and Vincent Price will ease the pain.
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Oct 22, 2023 17:40:28 GMT
Last night's viewing: Vincent Price reveals four grisly tales of Southern Gothic from the haunted history of Oldfield, Tennessee in the late Jeff Burr's feature debut, From A Whisper To A Scream. I hadn't seen this since renting it on VHS in the late 80s, but Turbine Films in Germany released a fantastic deluxe blu-ray set a couple of years ago.
The film was criticised at the time - by Vincent Price, among others - for its violence and bad taste - one of the stories is about necrophilia - but it stands up very well, I thought. There's a certain EC Comics tone to a couple of the stories, and Price adds a touch of sardonic wit to his linking scenes. And there's a nice Hammer link in a cameo by Martine Bestwick as Price's niece. It also has a Tod Browning connection in Angelo Rossitto, who was in Freaks, and appears in a carnival story here.
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