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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jul 8, 2021 17:21:24 GMT
This was suggested by helrunar posting on another thread. We choose a year and we then name horror/ghost stories or films that came out in that year. We say what the year reminds us of, and perhaps what memories we have. People could also name favourite years for horror too.
It doesn't just have to be horror though. Favourite books/films too. Maybe ones that you found life changing or that became favourites.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jul 8, 2021 17:22:14 GMT
To start off here is helrunar and what 1966 reminds him of: To me, 1966 means: Debut of Dark Shadows, my all time favorite TV show (it was a daytime Gothic horror serial and it had my name all over it) Year One of Satan in Rosemary's Baby Release of Revolver, one of the best LPs ever from the Beatles Valley of the Dolls by Miss Jacqueline Midcult Susann published ... because Broadway doesn't go for booze and dope, baby, and Everybody knows how bitchy fags can be (lots of asterisks from ProBoards on that last line, I predict) Now I'm the one in danger of being put in the Iron Maiden or whatever we have here for a "timeout"... cheers, H. What does 1966 mean to you?
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jul 8, 2021 17:45:48 GMT
Unfortunatly I can't think of anything from 1966.
Except it's mentioned by annoying English football commentators every time England play a match.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Jul 8, 2021 18:23:35 GMT
What does 1966 mean to you? 1966 was when the decks were cleared of a load of crap, thereby creating the (head)space for the explosions of the late 60s/early 70s. The advance guard of the new world started showing itself then, too (e.g., the release of "Revolver")... The old black and white world of "Danger Man" became the Technicolor of "The Prisoner".
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Post by ripper on Jul 8, 2021 20:38:30 GMT
1966? Sorry, but for me it is actually World Cup win, with that iconic footage of Nobby Stiles dancing. My parents and I were on a coach returning from holiday when the final was played, with all the men gathered around a transistor radio listening to the commentary.
As previously said, the dawning of what would turn out to be the hippy explosion.
The Aberfan disaster, which killed so many. Star Trek and Batman TV series began. Hammer's Dracula, Prince of Darkness was released. Also, Thunderball and A Man for all Seasons. Think this was when Adam Adamant was thawed out, and lots of mini-skirts!
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jul 8, 2021 20:41:19 GMT
I have a skirt that shows a flash of ankle, but that's as far as it goes.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jul 8, 2021 20:42:33 GMT
The disaster was so sad.
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Post by dem bones on Jul 8, 2021 21:06:24 GMT
Dracula, Prince of Darkness was released. Also The Plague of the Zombies, Island of Terror, The Deadly Bees and Carry on ScreamingTV. Mystery & Imagination. Top 'The Saint' episode, The Convenient MonsterSome nice books. Charles Birkin, Where Terror Stalked/ My Name is Death Bryan A. Netherwood (ed.) - Medley Macabre H. Van Thal - 7th Pan Book of Horror Stories R. Aickman - Fontana Great Ghost Stories 2 & 3 P. Haining - Where Nightmares Are/ Summoned from the Tomb/ The Craft of Terror Mothers of Invention - 'Freak Out' released R. Dean Taylor's 'There's a Ghost in My House' recorded Mothers of Invention - 'Absolutely Free' recorded 'Velvet Underground & Nico' recorded Wealdstone won the Amateur Cup for first & only time.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jul 8, 2021 21:14:46 GMT
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jul 8, 2021 21:22:58 GMT
Goodnight everyone.
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Post by helrunar on Jul 8, 2021 22:52:44 GMT
Adam Adamant Lives is awesome! I just watched a bunch of them again earlier this year. Zoinks!
H.
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Post by helrunar on Jul 8, 2021 23:00:37 GMT
One of my favorite 1966 Hammer films is The Witches, released in the US under the title The Devil's Own which is identical with the Norah Lofts source novel (which I didn't care for, but others enjoyed--there's a thread about it on here; at least one). I periodically have to re-watch High Priestess Stephanie Bax, played brilliantly by Kay Walsh (a dancer and company member with Noƫl Coward's crew back in the 1940s), striding ritualistically around the room incanting frenziedly: "Evocata! Evocata!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p9ZswK0GR0It's interesting that Kay's costume involves a Horned God with TRIPLE Horns... intriguing! H.
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Post by ripper on Jul 9, 2021 9:00:07 GMT
I have a skirt that shows a flash of ankle, but that's as far as it goes. For a genteel Victorian lady, that's rather daring, Princess. I hope you have the smelling salts ready in case your maiden aunts see you wearing it.
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Post by ripper on Jul 9, 2021 9:15:13 GMT
One of my favorite 1966 Hammer films is The Witches, released in the US under the title The Devil's Own which is identical with the Norah Lofts source novel (which I didn't care for, but others enjoyed--there's a thread about it on here; at least one). I periodically have to re-watch High Priestess Stephanie Bax, played brilliantly by Kay Walsh (a dancer and company member with Noƫl Coward's crew back in the 1940s), striding ritualistically around the room incanting frenziedly: "Evocata! Evocata!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p9ZswK0GR0It's interesting that Kay's costume involves a Horned God with TRIPLE Horns... intriguing! H. It seems to be rarely screened compared to their others. I've seen it only once when about 11 so don't remember that much about it. Also in '66... The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery with Frankie Howard, future On the Buses star Reg Varney, Dora Bryan and Travolta wannabe Arthur Mullard--who also has a connection to On the Buses. Three iconic films about Swinging 60s Britain, Alfie, Blow Up and Georgie Girl.
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Post by Michael Connolly on Jul 9, 2021 12:43:14 GMT
I have a skirt that shows a flash of ankle, but that's as far as it goes.
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