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Title: Stop-motion "Hansel & Gretel"? And an octopus on the shore? Post by: filmfestivalbob on April 14, 2009, 01:36:56 AM I recall going to a matinee showing of a stop-motion "Hansel & Gretel", one of the many weekend-matinee movies shown in the NY area when heavily advertised on TV (and it got me to go, obviously.) Any info on that one?
Also, I have a nightmare memory of being very spooked by some movie on TV :question: :question: where a guy gets pulled under the water from the shoreline by a giant squid or octopus. That was MY "Jaws" fear of approaching the shoreline for many years..... Title: Re: Stop-motion "Hansel & Gretel"? And an octopus on the shore? Post by: princess dragonmom on April 14, 2009, 06:56:38 AM The 2nd one sounds like "The Raft" a Stephen King story from Creepshow 2.
Title: Re: Stop-motion "Hansel & Gretel"? And an octopus on the shore? Post by: Andrew on April 14, 2009, 08:06:16 AM When did you see the octopus movie? It could be "Tentacles" (1977). The other possibility, if it was an old B&W film, and if the octopus was HUGE, is "It Came from Beneath the Sea" (1955).
Title: Re: Stop-motion "Hansel & Gretel"? And an octopus on the shore? Post by: akiratubo on April 14, 2009, 10:21:32 AM It Came From Beneath the Sea is my guess for the second one. Another possibility is "Equinox". There's a brief bit of an evil squid monster that pulls down a house with a man inside.
Third pic down is the squid monster: http://www.stomptokyo.com/badmoviereport/reviews/E/equinox.html Title: Re: Stop-motion "Hansel & Gretel"? And an octopus on the shore? Post by: RCMerchant on April 14, 2009, 05:19:16 PM The octopus could also possibly be Harryhausens version of the MYSTERIOUS ISLAND....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Isvd4WvtM What year was the HANSEL and GRETEL film? Imdb has a puppet toon type made in 1954... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0193995/combined Title: Re: Stop-motion "Hansel & Gretel"? And an octopus on the shore? Post by: filmfestivalbob on April 15, 2009, 01:03:59 AM The octopus was an old film...maybe "It Came From Beneath The Sea". I saw it on TV when I was a kid in the early 70s. So that might be the one, though I think it might've been more obscure. Definitely not "Mysterious Island" or anything similiarly large budget.
The Hansel & Gretel a George Pal puppetoon? Possibly. Title: Re: Stop-motion "Hansel & Gretel"? And an octopus on the shore? Post by: RCMerchant on April 15, 2009, 04:48:24 PM The octopus was an old film...maybe "It Came From Beneath The Sea". I saw it on TV when I was a kid in the early 70s. So that might be the one, though I think it might've been more obscure. Definitely not "Mysterious Island" or anything similiarly large budget. The Hansel & Gretel a George Pal puppetoon? Possibly. Here'a a TV short promoting the film... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brPHKejPAvg ...and a clip from the film itself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1PFb_RkgTU From what I gather at imdb...it was re-released to matinee showings numerous times. |