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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jun 9, 2021 16:46:09 GMT
OK, so I decided I really like '60s, '70s, and a bit of early '80s stuff, to go along with the Romantic period, and maybe I'd even like '50s and before too. But not '90s onward. Pff, no thank you, and certainly not contemporary. So please recommended TV, Film, Music and anything else you can think of on this thread, for my delight. I know a discerning reader is thinking "Why can't you go look yourself?" but the way I see it is if you can get a man to do it for you why bother with all that effort? Please assume almost complete ignorance, apart from Jon Pertwee. Here is a smiley from a beautiful woman to encourage you: and this too! Edited to say Swampirella can ignore the above and just recommend. Edited to say please ignore the harmless silliness, I would appreciate recommendations.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jun 9, 2021 17:42:59 GMT
Maybe I cast my net too wide. so I should concentrate on being more specific. First the best of those old horror/ghost anthology films they used to make.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jun 9, 2021 17:48:47 GMT
Are Amicus films worth watching?
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Post by Shrink Proof on Jun 9, 2021 18:03:58 GMT
Not anthologies and not films in the cinema sense of the word, but the BBC series "A Ghost Story for Christmas" is worth checking out. There was one shown on TV each Christmas from 1971-78 and the original 8 have been sporadically added to with productions filmed in some of the years from 2005 to 2020. Most are dramatisations of classic ghost stories (with the majority being M R James tales), but not all. The version of Charles Dickens' "The Signalman" features a terrific, near-psychotic performance by the late Denholm Elliott as the protagonist. Many are available on YouTube ( try this link for instance) or other parts of the interweb and all are on DVD. The only exception is the version of "Oh Whistle & I'll Come To You" from 2010, which, despite starring John Hurt, is lousy.
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Post by Dr Strange on Jun 9, 2021 18:10:29 GMT
Are Amicus films worth watching? Very much so. And you can catch Jon Pertwee in The House That Dripped Blood (1971).
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Post by dem bones on Jun 9, 2021 18:12:32 GMT
Are Amicus films worth watching? I think so, especially 'Tales from the Crypt' and 'Horror Hotel' aka 'City of the Dead' though this one isn't an anthology film. Tom Baker is in Vault of Horror and Jon Pertwee's in The House That Dripped Blood so you might like those if you've not already seen. 'Asylum' has its moments. Forgotten the others.
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Post by Dr Strange on Jun 9, 2021 18:27:43 GMT
the best of those old horror/ghost anthology films they used to make. If you want to go a bit earlier, Ealing studio's Dead of Night (1945) is the classic British anthology horror film, and clearly had a huge influence on the Amicus productions.
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Post by andydecker on Jun 9, 2021 18:30:51 GMT
From Beyond the Grave is R. Chetwynd Hayes material and has aged not well.
And Now the Screaming Starts aka Fengriffen is still fun.
For the Burroughs movies like The Land that Time forgot you need to be a fan of naive 70s monster movies, though.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jun 9, 2021 18:32:58 GMT
I'm so happy that people are recommending things that I'm going to change my profile picture back to my happier one. If I can find it. Bless everyone!
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Post by helrunar on Jun 9, 2021 19:10:33 GMT
My favorite Amicus films, with comments:
Horror Hotel which was called City of the Dead in the UK--something like Devil Witches from Hell would have been colorful--co-stars FAB Patricia Jessel, Valentine Dyall, and Christopher Lee. The youngsters are played by two pretty ingenues and there's a male pop star who was never known in the US as the sort-of action lead.
Dr Terror's House of Horrors may be the most iconic Amicus of them all. I love that the title refers, in fact, to a deck of Tarot cards. All the stories are fun but my favorite scenes are in the claustrophobic railway car as the mysterious Dr Schreck (Peter Cushing) tells the fortunes, one by one, reserving a very special fate for snidely pissy art critic Christopher Lee.
After Dr Terror, my favorite Amicus is The House that Dripped Blood. Jon Pertwee's role in this is fabulous! Ingrid Pitt who is much beloved by many Vault residents because of her memorable, considerable erm talents, also appears and gets to show how well she could play humor.
I re-watched From Beyond the Grave a few months ago and as far as I am concerned, it still looks great. Peter Cushing has one of his best roles as the eccentric shopkeeper presiding over a very unusual assemblage of antiques and bric-a-brac. Marvelous guest cast as always--Margaret Leighton, Ian Carmichael, Donald Pleasence, David Warner, etc.
Torture Garden is worth seeing for "The Man who collected Poe" which could be viewed as a kind of commentary on genre collectors, from the pen of Robert Bloch who was very active in fandom back in those days.
My favorite thing about Tales from the Crypt is Ralph Richardson's performance as the sombre, unrelenting Crypt-Keeper, but this one does have a couple of effective stories, including one in which Actress Joan Collins receives a surprise visit from Santa immediately after bashing her husband's head in on Xmas Eve.
H.
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Post by Dr Strange on Jun 9, 2021 19:21:28 GMT
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Post by Knygathin on Jun 9, 2021 19:33:06 GMT
... "Oh Whistle & I'll Come To You" from 2010, which, despite starring John Hurt, is lousy. This one from 1968, on the other hand, is stellar! Has nothing of cheesiness or false notes in it. A masterpiece of supernatural realism.
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Post by andydecker on Jun 9, 2021 19:59:54 GMT
My favorite Amicus films, with comments: The House that Dripped Blood. Jon Pertwee's role in this is fabulous! Ingrid Pitt who is much beloved by many Vault residents because of her memorable, considerable erm talents, also appears and gets to show how well she could play humor. I have to confess that I really don't like this movie. But this is my narrow taste. I detest most horror comedies. Don't ask me what I think about a movie like Pete Walker's House of Long Shadows. I dearly love Ingrid Pitt. Best Carmilla ever. Not to mention best Heidi ever. But The Cloak is one of those unfunny horror comedies which give me heartburn. I find it as bad and painful as any episode of, say, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo which may be the nadir of Vincent Price's career. And I don't hate Scooby Doo. Just the contrary, I don't know how often I have seen the original series.
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Post by Swampirella on Jun 9, 2021 20:11:40 GMT
"From Beyond the Grave" is at arch*ve, "Tales From the Crypt" and "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" are on y.t, at least for now. Watch them before they get taken down!
After a few Amicus movies, you might (just might) want to try the satirical "Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible" series at dailymotion.
EDIT: Never mind about Dr. Terrible, I forgot your time frame of interest.
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Post by helrunar on Jun 9, 2021 20:21:06 GMT
Miss Scarlett,
A friend turned me on to Dr Terrible's House of Horrible a few years ago. But it's off the docket for Princess since she doesn't want anything post 1980.
My favorite stories on Dr Terrible were "And now the fearing" (especially the segment about the killer Danish modern coffee table--hilarious!) and "Lesbian Vampire Lovers of Lust" which is HYSTERICAL and includes a minor role for Honor Blackman.
The Fu Manchu parody, "Frenzy of Tongs," had some good moments but some of the humor just dragged or fell flat for this viewer.
I didn't really care for the remaining three stories.
Andreas, I totally get what you mean about bad horror comedies. Somehow "The Cloak" does work for me, but I can understand why some viewers wouldn't enjoy it. It helps of course that I am a huge fan of Jon Pertwee--he is "my Doctor."
cheers, Steve
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