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Post by andydecker on Jul 4, 2020 15:48:39 GMT
That new film of Screw sounds dire. Really dire. My solution to all these endless reboots and remakes is simple but effective. I don't see them. End of. I DID see the disastrous Burton-Depp re-castration of Dark Shadows several years ago, simply so that I could bitch about how dreadful it was on the interwebs with a clear conscience. I actually thought there were some good bits in the film whenever Depp and, unfortunately, Eva Green (who I loved in Penny Dreadful, but her makeup and acting were uniformly unwatchable here) showed up on scene, which was about 90 percent of the proceedings. I felt sorry for Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Jonny Lee Miller et al being trapped in this thing. End of rant. H. While I have to acknowledge that a few episodes of The Haunting of Hill House were very well done, the conclusion was terrible. Not to mention the cliche of the "broken familiy" which here became a self-parody.
Yeah, Dark Shadows was a disappointment. On the other hand, it was a typical Burton. And I loathed his Alice in Wonderland which transformed the classic into a dreary and embaressing Dungeons & Dragons much more. Compared to that Dark Shadows was just lame. Of course I don't have anything to invest into DS. I guess a real fan wouldn't be amused.
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Post by helrunar on Jul 4, 2020 16:26:42 GMT
Some Dark Shadows fans LOVED the Burton/Depp film. Don't ask me to explain why because I really don't get it. I agree it was typical Burton. The stills I've seen from that Alice thing looked ghastly. I think he did a sequel to that, but maybe I just nightmared about that.
S.
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Post by andydecker on Jul 4, 2020 19:54:00 GMT
Some Dark Shadows fans LOVED the Burton/Depp film. Don't ask me to explain why because I really don't get it. I agree it was typical Burton. The stills I've seen from that Alice thing looked ghastly. I think he did a sequel to that, but maybe I just nightmared about that. S He only produced the sequel. I never bothered with it. When Alice got the magic sword to save the realm in Pt.1, I wanted to hurl something on the screen. I would be ashamed to create such a lame nonsense, but Burton and his writer Linda Woolverton got a nice check for this. |
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Post by fritzmaitland on Oct 17, 2021 22:51:00 GMT
The Stocking. Didn't really get it, but bags of atmos.
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Post by helrunar on Jul 27, 2022 14:30:57 GMT
Just read "The Franklyn Paragraphs" in an anthology. Superb! I need to read more from this brilliant author.
Malaise, this time in some spectacularly rundown part of Britain, was again a theme and Campbell evoked it with such physical precision that my skin crawled reading certain passages. Particularly the scene set in the lovely and charming Mrs Franklyn's house with her unfortunate Puss. Brrrrr!
Shivering here in the Florida heat,
H.
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Post by andydecker on Jul 27, 2022 16:47:20 GMT
Just read "The Franklyn Paragraphs" in an anthology. Superb! I need to read more from this brilliant author. Malaise, this time in some spectacularly rundown part of Britain, was again a theme and Campbell evoked it with such physical precision that my skin crawled reading certain passages. Particularly the scene set in the lovely and charming Mrs Franklyn's house with her unfortunate Puss. Brrrrr! Shivering here in the Florida heat, H.
If you ask me, there are many approaches for Campbell beginners. I needed some starts. You either take the chronological way or jump into his work. There are of course so many collections that it is hard to choose.
I recommend Alone with the Horrors. A collection which is avaiable for the Kindle. 37 stories from 1961 to 1991. It has a lot of classics included.
It is unbelievable and awe inspiring that Mr. Campbell is writing and publishing stories and novels for 61 years now.
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Post by helrunar on Jul 27, 2022 18:17:14 GMT
Thanks, Andreas! I will look for that anthology.
Steve
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Post by jamesdoig on Jul 27, 2022 21:30:52 GMT
Thanks, Andreas! I will look for that anthology. That's probably the best place to start, but this one is also good - a collection of RC's Lovecraftian stories, including 'The Franklyn Paragraphs'. It also includes the complete contents of The Inhabitant of the Lake, the author's first book I think, published by Arkham House back in the 60s.  |
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Post by enoch on Jul 29, 2022 15:32:02 GMT
I haven't read Demons by Daylight yet, but I can enthusiastically endorse Cold Print. It contains what is probably my favorite Campbell story, "Before the Storm." (I literally just got a chill down my back typing those words -- how's that for proof that it's a good read)? Lots of other good stories in it too, of course.
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