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Last post by M.10rda - Today at 08:23:29 PMSTARK FEAR (1962):
Spending precious time on this misleadingly titled potboiler - which could've been more accurately called SLOW FEAR or MILD DOMESTIC ANXIETY - drove home to me that maybe it was time to end my 11-week long "Halloween" marathon of nominal "horror" movies. In short, this ain't one - at best it's a psychological thriller, but honestly you'll find more thrills in a soap opera. (Okay, maybe not a Korean soap opera.) One reason I bothered w/ this one is because it is one of the only films where 50s/60s drive-in stalwart actress Beverly Garland got to play a serious/dramatic lead role. Garland, always dependable and convincing in supporting roles or thankless damsel-in-distress parts, definitely deserved a chance to shine. Oh brother, STARK FEAR was what she got...!
In a screenplay too muddled and laborious to bother unpacking in detail, Garland's life is sent into a tailspin when her paranoid, Oedipally fixated, BPD-suffering narcissist husband throws a fit, dumps her, and disappears from their Texas oil town... leaving Beverly holding the bag for his debts and all their bills. Psycho hubby just doesn't want to be found, but poor Bev is so codependent she can't cut her losses... and her attempts to track him down get her harassed, beat up, and (offscreen, implicitly) worse.
STARK FEAR is a dark, weird movie for its vintage, set in a landscape that's less like "Peyton Place" or "Dallas" and a lot more like a Coen Bros noir like NO COUNTRY FOM or FARGO or RAISING ARIZONA... heck, Garland even gets pawed by a Jon Polito lookalike! It is a "serious" film, sort of, but it never gets quite bizarre or juicy enough to be, well, interesting. The biggest problem is that Garland is perpetually followed around by this yattering yenta who lectures her about how she needs to get her head out of her butt and empower herself... which does give voice to the viewer's own internal monologue, but in a strident and ceaseless way that just made me want to stop watching. Maybe the yenta is supposed to be Garland's enlightened conscience/alter ego?
Alas, Garland never really pulls her act together, finally just running off into the arms of another man, because it's the early 60s and that's how women solved their problems in movies back then.
2.5/5
Y'know what, I need Garland's relentlessly off-putting voice-of-reason to hector me... into picking better movies to watch!
Spending precious time on this misleadingly titled potboiler - which could've been more accurately called SLOW FEAR or MILD DOMESTIC ANXIETY - drove home to me that maybe it was time to end my 11-week long "Halloween" marathon of nominal "horror" movies. In short, this ain't one - at best it's a psychological thriller, but honestly you'll find more thrills in a soap opera. (Okay, maybe not a Korean soap opera.) One reason I bothered w/ this one is because it is one of the only films where 50s/60s drive-in stalwart actress Beverly Garland got to play a serious/dramatic lead role. Garland, always dependable and convincing in supporting roles or thankless damsel-in-distress parts, definitely deserved a chance to shine. Oh brother, STARK FEAR was what she got...!
In a screenplay too muddled and laborious to bother unpacking in detail, Garland's life is sent into a tailspin when her paranoid, Oedipally fixated, BPD-suffering narcissist husband throws a fit, dumps her, and disappears from their Texas oil town... leaving Beverly holding the bag for his debts and all their bills. Psycho hubby just doesn't want to be found, but poor Bev is so codependent she can't cut her losses... and her attempts to track him down get her harassed, beat up, and (offscreen, implicitly) worse.
STARK FEAR is a dark, weird movie for its vintage, set in a landscape that's less like "Peyton Place" or "Dallas" and a lot more like a Coen Bros noir like NO COUNTRY FOM or FARGO or RAISING ARIZONA... heck, Garland even gets pawed by a Jon Polito lookalike! It is a "serious" film, sort of, but it never gets quite bizarre or juicy enough to be, well, interesting. The biggest problem is that Garland is perpetually followed around by this yattering yenta who lectures her about how she needs to get her head out of her butt and empower herself... which does give voice to the viewer's own internal monologue, but in a strident and ceaseless way that just made me want to stop watching. Maybe the yenta is supposed to be Garland's enlightened conscience/alter ego?
Alas, Garland never really pulls her act together, finally just running off into the arms of another man, because it's the early 60s and that's how women solved their problems in movies back then.
2.5/5
Y'know what, I need Garland's relentlessly off-putting voice-of-reason to hector me... into picking better movies to watch!
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by claws - Today at 06:49:26 PMIt's quite interesting to see that many music video reactors on YouTube are now struggling to maintain clicks and views. They were incredibly popular during the pandemic, with some videos reaching 100K views or more. However, these days, many barely hit 100 views. It must be frustrating when running a YouTube channel.
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Last post by lester1/2jr - Today at 06:42:45 PMI follow the Auschwitz Memorial account on X. One thing I've noticed is that it seems like the more caucasian a prisoner looked, the more likely they were to survive. I wonder if the guards somehow separated and went easier on them?
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Last post by M.10rda - Today at 05:21:38 PMQuote from: zombie no.one on Today at 06:21:10 AMyeah I'm not that Seagal and >insert any action star< really get on too well... I know he has beef with Van Damme... It's like westside compton out there!
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https://youtu.be/JS1eTb6smNM?si=xzYkfkpUuZ0kWCNc
LOL thanks! I will errr "back that media up" ASAP and watch it... eventually!
If I hadn't posted this on here before recently (possible - I am so stressed I forget some such details lately): Seagal asserted to SNL personnel that he "would kick Arnold's ass" if they were in the same room together. Dana Carvey, who was actually friends with Arnold, decided to pass this information on to the Governator, who acted less than impressed or intimidated.
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Last post by M.10rda - Today at 05:17:21 PMAin't that the truth! 
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