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Post by dem bones on Oct 13, 2021 8:12:13 GMT
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Nov 19, 2021 16:32:12 GMT
Has anyone watched Midnight Mass in Netflix - quite an unusual vampire flick ... I watched Midnight Mass the other night and was very impressed with its originality. I liked its slow pace and the development of the various characters. I also liked the quality of the acting in it and the careful use of CGI. Very well done. I'd say it's one of the best vampire tales on TV or the Big Screen in recent years. My wife and I recently finished Midnight Mass, and we both liked it a lot. In particular, we appreciated the slow pace; in a way, I found the series oddly relaxing, or at least contemplative. As a horror fan, I'm a bit embarrassed at how long it took me to catch the vampire angle. Lots of monologues by the characters--if I were on the island, I would've kept interrupting people and asking them to get to the point--but at least they're fascinating monologues. Overall, I thought it was original and thought-provoking. The priest is a great character, and the actor who played him gave a riveting performance. I suspect the series will wind up on my "best of 2020" list. I preferred Midnight Mass to Flannagan's adaptation of Haunting of Hill House. Maybe that's because I wasn't distracted by comparing it to a beloved original (I'm a huge Shirley Jackson fan, so any adaptation of her works has a high bar to clear with me). We're two episodes into Haunting of Bly Manor, and so far it doesn't match Midnight Mass but is still enjoyable. Creepy dolls are always a plus. I'm not such a big Henry James fan, so I'm not as worried about the series living up to his work.
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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Nov 19, 2021 17:39:35 GMT
THE SYSTEM OF DOCTOR GOUDRON AND PROFESSOR PLUME, staged at the legendary Grand Guignol Theatre in Paris in 1903, was the first sensational horror play by Andre de Lorde, the prolific author who went to produce dozens more works in the vein of "medical horror-- claustrophobic, gore-splattered scenarios played out in hospitals, bizarre experiment labs, and madhouses. Here, a lunatic asylum is taken over by its inmates, resulting in scenes of terror, suspense and human butchery. This new translation of de Lorde's classic is augmented by an extensive introduction on the author's work in theatre, fiction and cinema, and also includes the bonus text of Edgar Allan Poe's original story "The System Of Dr. Tarr And Professor Fether" of 1845. 67 pages. Poe link.
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Post by andydecker on Nov 19, 2021 17:43:18 GMT
At the end I loathed The Haunting Of Hill House. Not because the supernatural aspects were not well done - they were -, but I thought the modernisation thoroghly hypocritical and message-driven, especially the train-wreck end. Bly House aka Turn of the Screw I gave up after three episodes, I think. I'd rather put Buffy in the player. At least its preaching was subtle.
I tried Midnight Mass but stopped. Again, not because it was badly made, even if it the Stephen King flavour was a bit strong. But I was not in the mood for the story. Isolated community, fanatics, and so on. Maybe later.
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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Jan 7, 2022 9:29:42 GMT
Maybe it is worth making a list of plays and writers for the Grand Guignol. Do any of the books supply any?
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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Jan 8, 2023 21:41:25 GMT
I recently discovered that according to The Times of January 5 1914, Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine spent an evening at the Grand-Guignol theatre in Paris. This was on January 4.
I was wondering what play they attended, it might possibly have been Le Successeur.
Le Successeur
Pièce en 1 acte
d’André Beury
Création le 23 décembre 1913 : Théâtre du Grand-Guignol (Paris)
Mu source doesn't give how long the play ran for. Other plays that season ran from March. The only play listed for 1914 ran from the 23/03. This is assuming my source is complete.
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