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#51
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by Rev. Powell - September 09, 2026, 05:30:34 PMlester: I think you can safely skip the sequels, although #2 does have a defender here.
#52
Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by M.10rda - September 09, 2026, 05:11:54 PMTwo shorts from Segundo de Chomon, which like the two shorts I reviewed above shouldn't really qualify as "bad" movies... they just aren't nearly as good as the de Chomon flick (1907's LE MAISON ENSORCELEE) which sent me down this de Chomon rabbit hole.
ANDALUSIAN SUPERSTITION (1912):
A lady declines to give money to a "gypsy" beggar and then has a nightmare about the revenge he might take upon her
which, uh, is sorta' racist? The received racism isn't clearly intentional on the director's part, though it's made clear at the end that the woman is overreacting. The realistic scenes are flat and dull; the nightmare has some interesting SFX though nothing too remarkable. The entire thing lacks the camp humor of LME. It's only 10 minutes though. 2/5
A PANICKY PICNIC aka AN INCOHERENT EXCURSION (1909):
This one has intentional comedy and more FX, but it's practically a remake of LME - w/ much less flair and polish. A group of eccentric-looking characters have a picnic in the woods, then stay in an old (haunted) house. All the stuff you'd expect does happen, only kinda' half-heartedly. LME - which excelled because it really went for it stylistically, directorially, and in terms of all technical FX - preceded this by two years! I feel like a producer told de Chomon to make another LE MAISON ENSORCELEE and he told them that it cost him five thousand francs and after a moment the producer gave de Chomon three hundred francs instead. 2/5
ANDALUSIAN SUPERSTITION (1912):
A lady declines to give money to a "gypsy" beggar and then has a nightmare about the revenge he might take upon her
which, uh, is sorta' racist? The received racism isn't clearly intentional on the director's part, though it's made clear at the end that the woman is overreacting. The realistic scenes are flat and dull; the nightmare has some interesting SFX though nothing too remarkable. The entire thing lacks the camp humor of LME. It's only 10 minutes though. 2/5A PANICKY PICNIC aka AN INCOHERENT EXCURSION (1909):
This one has intentional comedy and more FX, but it's practically a remake of LME - w/ much less flair and polish. A group of eccentric-looking characters have a picnic in the woods, then stay in an old (haunted) house. All the stuff you'd expect does happen, only kinda' half-heartedly. LME - which excelled because it really went for it stylistically, directorially, and in terms of all technical FX - preceded this by two years! I feel like a producer told de Chomon to make another LE MAISON ENSORCELEE and he told them that it cost him five thousand francs and after a moment the producer gave de Chomon three hundred francs instead. 2/5
#53
Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by zombie no.one - September 09, 2026, 04:45:07 PMQuote from: Rev. Powell on September 09, 2026, 08:09:43 AM
I had this on cassette when it came out. Didn't realize how much I missed it!
Underground is a great song and sounded different to everything else on daytime radio, at the time
remember liking another single too...cannot remember if I checked the whole album
#54
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by lester1/2jr - September 09, 2026, 03:55:27 PMThe Howling (1981) - One of those big classics I just never got around to seeing. It kind of reminded me of Altered States in that it's from the early 80's but there is still a heavy whiff of 60's and 70's going on (and also that there are people transforming into hairy beasts). In this case, the wolfy people are "The Lottery" type small town weirdies with a touch of menacing swinger energy. A reporter with the worst luck on Earth first gets stalked by a porn loving serial killer, then, for a nice vacation, meets the above people and has to deal with all that. Director Joe Dante the did the Gremlins soon after this, so you can bet there are some creature-y special effects on the menu.
Great ending. Glad I finally saw this thing, but I'm not sure about the umpteen sequels.
4.5 / 5
Great ending. Glad I finally saw this thing, but I'm not sure about the umpteen sequels.
4.5 / 5
#55
Bad Movies / Re: Ratatoing
Last post by Gabriel Knight - September 09, 2026, 10:33:09 AMAh yes, another one of Vídeo Brinquedo abominations. Not even The Asylum dared to create such monstrosities. The user reviews in IMDb are hilarious.
#56
Bad Movies / Re: Recent Movie Purchases, pa...
Last post by Rev. Powell - September 09, 2026, 10:23:08 AM
Looking forward to checking this out this weekend. Looks bizarrely bad, and the Church of the Subgenius' Ivan Stang believes it is the worst movie ever made.
#57
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by Rev. Powell - September 09, 2026, 09:16:23 AMMOTHER OF FLIES (2026): A college girl and her father visit a witch in the woods searching for healing. Nice locations a few nifty practical effects, and a reasonably effective twist at the end, but it's mostly walking in the woods while reciting eldritch poetry. From the Adams family, a low-budget mother-father-daughter team (with some other family members in lesser roles) who've now made 4 or more horror films. Conceptually, I love the idea of the Adams family, but their movies have never really grabbed me; still, making average movies the way they make them is a triumph. 2.5/5.
#58
Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Rev. Powell - September 09, 2026, 08:09:43 AM
I had this on cassette when it came out. Didn't realize how much I missed it!
#59
Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by bob - September 09, 2026, 07:29:40 AM
#60
Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by M.10rda - September 09, 2026, 07:19:02 AMGERTIE THE DINOSAUR (1914):
This is pioneering animation (and, like ALICE above, a live-action/animated hybrid) so I feel bad putting it in the "Bad" section. I gotta' call 'em as I see 'em, though! The backstory of GERTIE is (a little) more interesting than the film itself. Made by LITTLE NEMO cartoonist Windsor McKay, it was initially 100% animation of Gertie, a gentle-natured brontosaurus who would respond to offscreen instructions from McKay, appearing live during screenings and interacting w/ the film. That's a cool performance thing that we in the Thee-AY-tur call "mediatized"........ I myself have done a bunch of mediatized performances where I create videos (usually of myself playing other characters) and then interact w/ the videos live onstage. So good for McKay, and this likely would've been fun to see McKay do in person 112 years ago.
Unfortunately, the curmudgeonly Randolph Heart (who had McKay under contract at his newspaper syndicate) found out that McKay was making unsanctioned live appearances for his own profit and shut that $#!t down, quick. Apparently making movies wasn't forbidden by McKay's contract, though, so McKay went back and shot some (dull) scenes of him demonstrating his live act for rich colleagues at a party. You totally lose the effect when McKay cuts away from Gertie to an intertitle of his instruction. 
And, honestly, Gertie herself isn't the greatest animation you've ever seen. In fact you'll see work that's just as good or better in any 100-level college animation class screening. So unless you're a student of animation - you could skip this one. 1.5/5
This is pioneering animation (and, like ALICE above, a live-action/animated hybrid) so I feel bad putting it in the "Bad" section. I gotta' call 'em as I see 'em, though! The backstory of GERTIE is (a little) more interesting than the film itself. Made by LITTLE NEMO cartoonist Windsor McKay, it was initially 100% animation of Gertie, a gentle-natured brontosaurus who would respond to offscreen instructions from McKay, appearing live during screenings and interacting w/ the film. That's a cool performance thing that we in the Thee-AY-tur call "mediatized"........ I myself have done a bunch of mediatized performances where I create videos (usually of myself playing other characters) and then interact w/ the videos live onstage. So good for McKay, and this likely would've been fun to see McKay do in person 112 years ago.
Unfortunately, the curmudgeonly Randolph Heart (who had McKay under contract at his newspaper syndicate) found out that McKay was making unsanctioned live appearances for his own profit and shut that $#!t down, quick.
Apparently making movies wasn't forbidden by McKay's contract, though, so McKay went back and shot some (dull) scenes of him demonstrating his live act for rich colleagues at a party. You totally lose the effect when McKay cuts away from Gertie to an intertitle of his instruction. And, honestly, Gertie herself isn't the greatest animation you've ever seen. In fact you'll see work that's just as good or better in any 100-level college animation class screening. So unless you're a student of animation - you could skip this one. 1.5/5