This was a 1973 or 1974 made-for-TV film that scared the hell out of most of us old enough to remember when it came out (like ME, lol) and it was a great example of why 1970's era TV horror ruled with an iron fist.
Sure, the monsters might look ridiculous by today's standards, but the atmosphere and the fright factor were there w\o a doubt. Here's a small clip of the opening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry1J56zjLXU
OMG! thats the movie with the fireplace and the little coconut head men!
I love that movie. I remember back 78 or 79 my Grandpop let me watch it.
That movie still scares me.
Quote from: Venomx on August 20, 2009, 01:41:30 PM
OMG! thats the movie with the fireplace and the little coconut head men!
I love that movie. I remember back 78 or 79 my Grandpop let me watch it.
That movie still scares me.
"Coconut head men", that's a great description. :cheers:
I got to see it when it premeired on ABC in 1973 or 4'. I didn't sleep well that night,
Not to mention those shag rugs they had for fur. Guess who one of those little guys who played the creatures was? Felix Silla who played Cousin IT in the 60's Addams Family show! I read about that somewhere..
Funny how now, this movie is very tame and not really scary by today's standards.
That's another person going to be at Monster Mania Con - Felix Silla! (2 more days, I can't wait)
http://www.monstermania.net/index.html
I loved thsi movie when I was a kid. It was available on VHS for awhile many years ago (it came in one of those old oversized VHS boxes). If it gets a DVD release, I will surely buy it.
Quote from: The Burgomaster on August 20, 2009, 03:06:23 PM
I loved thsi movie when I was a kid. It was available on VHS for awhile many years ago (it came in one of those old oversized VHS boxes). If it gets a DVD release, I will surely buy it.
I remember those VHS cases.
I got a georgeous DVD-R of DBAOTD at the east coast Chiller Theatre convention, about 3 years back, and it has an old commercial for "
The Vault Of Horror" on it. It's also for sale at some stands at Chiller, but I think it's one of those "you have to ask for it" deals, well worth it though.
Oh hey while I'm at it, nice to meet you, Burgomaster :cheers:
It seems that creepy movies ruled the TV roost in the 1970's:
Don't Be Afraid of The Dark
Baffled!
Crowhaven Farm
Black Noon
Sole Survivor
Duel
Something Evil
I just need someone to whisper the word "Sallllleeeeeeeeeeeee....." in my ear and watch me jump. :teddyr:
Quote from: Trevor on August 21, 2009, 01:41:26 AM
Crowhaven Farm
This is another movie I wish would get a DVD release!
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on August 20, 2009, 09:58:05 PM
Oh hey while I'm at it, nice to meet you, Burgomaster :cheers:
Pleased to meet you. And thanks for starting this discussion!
Quote from: The Burgomaster on August 21, 2009, 05:22:16 AM
Quote from: Trevor on August 21, 2009, 01:41:26 AM
Crowhaven Farm
This is another movie I wish would get a DVD release!
It's on www.amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com) as an import: I don't know where it was imported from though or if it is a genuine release.
Quote from: The Burgomaster on August 21, 2009, 05:24:05 AM
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on August 20, 2009, 09:58:05 PM
Oh hey while I'm at it, nice to meet you, Burgomaster :cheers:
Pleased to meet you. And thanks for starting this discussion!
Right on, fellow fright master :thumbup:
Another 70's TV TV movie comes to mind as well...anyone remember "Gargoyles"? I have that one on DVD as well. According to the liner notes it was Stan Winston's first makeup job, ( I believe) and Richard Moll (Bull from Night Court) was the huge gargoyle hit and killed by the truck.
The gargoyles were impressive, esp. the scene where the head gargoyle flies off into the night with the full moon behind him. I was scared by that one as a kid but also fascinated. I think I was more fascinated because they were so cool looking.
I'm pretty sure this is available from Cultra Rare Videos.com as a download, but it seems the site owner has decided to make some cash from these downloads. I burned a lot of the more interesting stuff when it was free.
You are fools for not exploiting this resource! :tongueout:
-Jimmybob
Quote from: jimmybob on August 23, 2009, 09:28:55 PM
I'm pretty sure this is available from Cultra Rare Videos.com as a download, but it seems the site owner has decided to make some cash from these downloads. I burned a lot of the more interesting stuff when it was free.
You are fools for not exploiting this resource! :tongueout:
-Jimmybob
Nah my DVD-R is fine. It's pristine and clear and only cost me 5 bucks. But if the movie is only avaliable in dowload-for-cash format, it's better than nothing.
There was supposed to be a remake from Ang Lee, but I guess the prospect of doing a Hulk movie was a stronger calling, as well as a better paycheck!
Funny question - would anyone here be scared if somebody played a prank on you and put those little men (replicas) by your bed and woke up in the middle of the night ... you hear whispers "kill him, kill him, kill him" ... ???
I would have a heart attack! No joke. I never want that to happen to me. EVER lol. That movie still creeps me out.
Fact - this IS the movie that made me afraid of the dark!
Quote from: Venomx on August 23, 2009, 10:49:31 PM
Funny question - would anyone here be scared if somebody played a prank on you and put those little men (replicas) by your bed and woke up in the middle of the night ... you hear whispers "kill him, kill him, kill him" ... ???
I would have a heart attack! No joke. I never want that to happen to me. EVER lol. That movie still creeps me out.
Fact - this IS the movie that made me afraid of the dark!
Good question: I think I'd be scared, and then severely pi**ed at the person who did it.
And yeah man, I was scared of the dark for a long time after this. I was only 8 when I saw it.
Pranks?
I got one for ya': a bit off topic, but when I was around 8, my friend and his sister were doing homework at the living room table at his house. His mother was there with us.
His 2 older brothers and their 2 friends (brothers too) took a mannequin head and stuck it on a pole, and raised it up to the window. His mother jumped up and screamed like she was being murdered, and went into the other room and got a Remington .870 12g and pointed it at the window. Luckily she didn't shoot.
The guys hauled ass out of there and later got punished when they admitted to it. Good times!
:bluesad:
Uh oh............they're remaking it!!! :thumbdown:
www.imdb.com/title/tt1270761 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270761)
Uh oh............they're remaking it!!!
A remake, perfect. We all saw that coming a mile away. :lookingup:
I hope the directors from the Super Mario Bros movie doesn't remake it. :bouncegiggle: :twirl: :bouncegiggle:
Quote from: Venomx on August 25, 2009, 08:19:11 PM
I hope the directors from the Super Mario Bros movie doesn't remake it. :bouncegiggle: :twirl: :bouncegiggle:
Or Uwe Boll..... :buggedout: :buggedout: :buggedout:
Trailer for the remake
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=106085776
I watched this yesterday and I was a little disappointed. :bluesad:
Maybe I needed to be younger.
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on August 20, 2009, 01:17:52 PM
This was a 1973 or 1974 made-for-TV film that scared the hell out of most of us old enough to remember when it came out (like ME, lol) and it was a great example of why 1970's era TV horror ruled with an iron fist.
Sure, the monsters might look ridiculous by today's standards, but the atmosphere and the fright factor were there w\o a doubt. Here's a small clip of the opening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry1J56zjLXU
Link is dead. Do to Youtube allowing themselves to be pushed around. Will look for the trailer.
I remember this movie. Another movie that realy really really creeps me out is the orginal Exorcist. Especially the crab walk. :bluesad:
Later,
John
Quote from: Doggett on August 04, 2010, 08:16:14 AM
I watched this yesterday and I was a little disappointed. :bluesad:
Maybe I needed to be younger.
We've talked about this movie quite a bit here... I own it on DVD and it
is disappointing (I'd expect especially if you had no childhood memory of how it had thrilled and chilled, something I do have) but I'm older now and little holds up as well as when I saw it the first time, or, say, over 35 years ago! Nonetheless, it's a good one, still.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TpWSNT5QhE
Good to see that my thread is still pumping some fairly fresh blood,with the last reply being the 5th of August 2010! I have seen the trailer for the remake and
I'm one of those people whose feelings are starting to sink.
I don't know what it is..I just am stuck in that classic mode. Yeah the films are corny by today's standards, but it's that "back in the day" feeling that makes me like the original films more than the projected remakes. They were better days for me as well (and most of us from that time) and that may also be a factor.
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on August 12, 2010, 12:55:25 PM
Good to see that my thread is still pumping some fairly fresh blood,with the last reply being the 5th of August 2010! I have seen the trailer for the remake and
I'm one of those people whose feelings are starting to sink.
I don't know what it is..I just am stuck in that classic mode. Yeah the films are corny by today's standards, but it's that "back in the day" feeling that makes me like the original films more than the projected remakes. They were better days for me as well (and most of us from that time) and that may also be a factor.
Or maybe you want to see what happen next... The original story never actually ended and we want closure.
I own a VHS of the movie and I'll be really excited when our little one turns 3 or 4 so I could have her watch the movie... Although she is watching Care Bears movie 1 and 2 and Harry Potter 1 and 2 and she is almost 2 years old... [although that is all she wants to watch] :)
I do like the idea that the remake is going to be Rated R its seems hopeful.
Quote from: Skull on August 12, 2010, 01:13:29 PM
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on August 12, 2010, 12:55:25 PM
Good to see that my thread is still pumping some fairly fresh blood,with the last reply being the 5th of August 2010! I have seen the trailer for the remake and
I'm one of those people whose feelings are starting to sink.
I don't know what it is..I just am stuck in that classic mode. Yeah the films are corny by today's standards, but it's that "back in the day" feeling that makes me like the original films more than the projected remakes. They were better days for me as well (and most of us from that time) and that may also be a factor.
Quote from: Skull on August 12, 2010, 01:13:29 PMOr maybe you want to see what happen next... The original story never actually ended and we want closure.
I do like the idea that the remake is going to be Rated R its seems hopeful.
That could also be true, Skull. The actual story didn't end, but you did hear Sally's voice as she was among them and now one of them. Did Alex stay in the house afterward?
Was the handyman (Mr. Harris) pursued and killed by the creatures for 'telling' on them?
When I was little, I thought the creatures took Sally and turned her into one of them using some kind of "monster machine." I had images of them pulling a lever and shooting Sally with some ray that made her one of the little men. Funny how your mind works when you're little.
The remake looks like it could be good but I don't see why they made the little men look like skinned dogs?
-Jimmybob
Quote from: jimmybob on August 13, 2010, 11:10:55 AM
The remake looks like it could be good but I don't see why they made the little men look like skinned dogs?
-Jimmybob
Yeah, what is it with skinned hounds these days? They're everywhere. The
Resident Evilseries, The Shivering Isles expansion pack to
Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion and so on. Strange..
Quote from: jimmybob on August 13, 2010, 11:10:55 AM
The remake looks like it could be good but I don't see why they made the little men look like skinned dogs?
-Jimmybob
(http://www.terrycruikshank.com/images/catalog-images/dbaotdfull.jpg)
Because these guys are not spooky looking anymore... Maybe it's because they look like Alf.
(http://www.backtotheeighties.net/images/alf21.jpg)
Quote from: Skull on August 13, 2010, 01:12:35 PM
Quote from: jimmybob on August 13, 2010, 11:10:55 AM
The remake looks like it could be good but I don't see why they made the little men look like skinned dogs?
-Jimmybob
(http://www.terrycruikshank.com/images/catalog-images/dbaotdfull.jpg)
Because these guys are not spooky looking anymore... Maybe it's because they look like Alf.
(http://www.backtotheeighties.net/images/alf21.jpg)
Some strange looking little guys, that's for sure.
With the shape of the head and the ears, and that downturned frown, that thing looks like Moe Howard-just put a sugar bowl haircut on him, LOL maybe a better title would be
Don't Be Afraid Of The Stooge. :tongueout:
I've not seen the original. Sadly, a bit before my time. Still, I've always heard amazing things about the film. Maybe I'll see about "obtaining" a copy soon.
As for the remake, I'm looking forward to it. Guillermo Del Toro is producing it. For those who saw "The Orphanage", thats a great thing. Guillermo takes a big role in the production of films he's involved in. I have a feeling this remake will be superb, atmospheric, and creepy. I'm looking forward to it.