It's been unseasonably hot in North Texas of late. Normal late September highs are in the mid-80's Fahrenheit; we've been in the upper 90's! Fine for July - normal for July - but not so much for this time of year. Ready for the next cool front!
Never seen Carnival of Souls on any favorite or worst bad movie lists. Matter of fact, it is always listed among the best horror has to offer, so I guess different strokes for different folks.
It's a creepy fave I love watching around Halloween. The Criterion release is amazing and the movie never looked better. Highly recommended.
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I didn't even know there was a colorized version. Sounds awful to me.
it looks and feels a whole lot like a giallo to me. in the extras of the Criterion dvd the directors noted there was a scene that got lost because it was accidentally destroyed by the printers. It showed the people coming out of the water into the carnival. sounded really freaky shame what happened to it
Somewhere right now Roseanne is steaming mad that some kid in real life stole her thunder of having an eight-year-old cross-dressing child on her show's revival.
I think it's cruddy that in Texas a few years back the powers that be dispensed with the tradition of the last meal request and now just serve whatever is on the menu that night. Guess it was costing them a lot of money catering to those long lines of condemned people.
I can't but wonder if back in the day anyone ever asked for a few cans of beans so final revenge could be taken on the guards?
Me, I'd request a banana shaped like Utah. Hopefully it'd slow them down indefinitely finding that thing.
Earth is visited by a GIANT ANTIMATTER SPACE BUZZARD! Gawk at the amazingly bad bird puppet, or chuckle over the silly dialog. This is one of the greatest b-movies ever made.
Lesson Learned:
Osmosis: os·mo·sis (oz-mo'sis, os-) n., 1. When a bird eats something.
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