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[When a man finds himself in a hole, it is only wise he stops digging further because burying himself is likely to happen. Especially to a desperate man like Simon. He has committed a grave sin. He sold his father's house.]

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Bad Movies / Re: have I bought a bad movie ...

Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 02:00:16 PM

fairly amusing plot synopsis on the back:

When a man finds himself in a hole, it is only wise he stops digging further because burying himself is likely to happen. Especially to a desperate man like Simon. He has committed a grave sin. He sold his father's house.

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Bad Movies / Re: have I bought a bad movie ...

Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 01:50:57 PM

Congrats! That's a real get!

thanks. currently leaping round my living room Hi-5'ing myself as I type this!! (erm no hang on that's impossible...)

Just out of curiosity, does it have an age rating on it?

yes, it's an 18... although didn't notice anything in the film to warrant that? (got to admit I wasn't 100% focused on it all the way through)

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Bad Movies / Re: How many of these Dracula'...

Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 01:46:01 PM

I thought A6 must be from "The Simpsons," and I just verified it. (I would have gone with Mr. Burns as Dracula, but might have been too easy?)

A1
A2
A3
A4
A5 Count Duckula
A6 Republican Dracula from "The Simpsons"
A7 John Carradine
A8
A9 Count Chockula
A10
B1
B2
B3 Nicolas Cage
B4
B5
B6
B7
B8
B9
B10
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
C10
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
D7
D8
D9
D10
E1
E2
E3
E4
E5
E6
E7
E8 "Batman vs Dracula"
E9
E10
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5 Zhang Wei-Qiang from "Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary" (OK, not an easy one)
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10 "Castlevania: Symphony of the Night"
G1 Leslie Nielsen
G2
G3
G4
G5 Gary Oldman
G6
G7
G8 "The Count" from Captain N: the Game Master
G9
G10
H1
H2
H3
H4
H5
H6
H7 George Hamilton
H8 Klaus Kisnki
H9 Louis Jourdan
H10
I1
I2
I3
I4 Udo Kier
I5 Jack Palance
I6
I7
I8 Zandor Vorkov
I9
I10
J1
J2
J3 Christopher Lee
J4
J5
J6
J7
J8 Jim Ward
J9 Bela Lugosi
J10 Max Schreck

[HARRY NILSSON Nilsson Schmilsson]

#4

Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...

Last post by Allhallowsday - Today at 01:25:28 PM

HARRY NILSSON Nilsson Schmilsson

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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2

Last post by M.10rda - Today at 12:37:34 PM

THE BOWERY BOYS MEET THE MONSTERS (1954):
Google's AI tells me that the entire expanded Bowery/Dead End/East Side/Little Tough universe comprises 175 films      but as this comes from AI who knows if it's true  but even if AI overshot by 300% the number remains staggering. (It would appear, based on Tarantino's recent book of film "criticism", that he has seen them all, possibly repeatedly, and holds strong opinions about their varying quality... which of course he does, but really, what the heck is that guy's deal and does he ever take a break to get laid?)

I digress. I have only seen a meager three films from the canon: the o.g. ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES (obv), 1942's SPOOKS RUN WILD (where the Boys meet Bela Lugosi, so natch!), and this one... and unless I learn that they shared the screen with Bela twice, I'm happy to tap out of the cycle right here, thanks.

Okay, someone call 911 and have me referred for serious psychological problems, 'cause I went and Did The Research, and the Bowery Boys did indeed make two movies w/ Bela Lugosi, so after I watch that one, I will have seen... five BoweryVerse films, including the horror-adjacent

MASTERMINDS (1949):
.......In which Sach (Huntz Hall) eats a lot of candy, gets a toothache, and then is struck in the head by Slip (Leo Gorcey), a chain of events which reveals that Sach is prone to occasional (accurate) psychic fugue states. The Boys immediately cash in on this discovery by showcasing Sach in a circus sideshow, which naturally puts him in the crosshairs of the local mad scientist........ who is on the market for an advanced intellect to transfer into the body of his hulking hairy ubermensch, Atlas (Glenn Strange). Fortunately no surgery is required and their minds can be swapped temporarily if they wear matching collanders linked with curly tubing and the Mad flips a big switch....... 

I'd never sincerely try to tell you that any of these flicks are "Good" but MASTER MINDS is easily the best-written of the three I've seen (excepting of course ANGELS, which is a real movie), which is to say it has the best or funniest dialogue, which is to say there are actual textual jokes and clever malaprops. It also has the best performances from Hall and Gorcey, who don't seem utterly exhausted or bored at this (still fairly advanced) date in their tenure. Hall has the most to work with in MASTER MINDS, as he's actually allowed to act intelligent and erudite while in his psychic fugue states, and then later when his body is occupied by the mind of Atlas, Hall clearly is having a ball flying into berserker rages instead of having to be the perennially passive Satch. This fun also extends to monster movie stalwart Strange, a 6'4" brute who minces, prances, and preens perplexingly when possessed by the mind of Satch. (Hall as Satch doesn't behave like a broad homosexual stereotype normally but it is bizarrely funny that Strange was allowed to play Satch this way.)

3/5    If you ever hear I've watched a sixth Gorcey/Hall joint, please shoot me.

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Entertainment / Re: New! Reading Anything Thre...

Last post by M.10rda - Today at 12:09:30 PM

I tried to start watching a 1930s Russian adaptation of The Brothers Karamazov, then paused when I noticed how briskly the 90 minute film was moving through just a couple of scenes involving just a few characters. So, I finally started reading Doestoyevski's novel. I'm 100-ish pages in and it's just barely alluding to the events that open the movie.  So I'm glad I decided to read the book first.

As w/ Crime And Punishment, Doestoyevski writes like he was getting paid by the word. He never says in a dozen what he can say in 300.  But, I don't mind it. There's some funny bits so far. These characters are less up their own bums and depressing than Raskolnikov. The father reminds me a bit of Der Orange Fuhrer... less plotwise and more in general mindless demeanor.

#7

Off Topic Discussion / Re: How's the weather?

Last post by Trevor - Today at 11:37:38 AM

It started to get warm a few days ago here.

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Off Topic Discussion / Re: How's the weather?

Last post by Alex - Today at 11:27:40 AM

Almost twenty years ago we went through a period of having incredibly warm February's, which were then followed by very cold and wet summers. Happened three years in a row.

Hopefully, you aren't in for the same thing.

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Bad Movies / Re: How many of these Dracula'...

Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 11:24:32 AM

I could be fooled into thinking that photo of Gary Oldman (G5) is actually Jonny Depp...

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Bad Movies / Re: have I bought a bad movie ...

Last post by Alex - Today at 11:24:25 AM

Just out of curiosity, does it have an age rating on it?