Skyflyerjen
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Thank you for sharing that! My sister is a huge King fan and she really likes Joe Hill too, I'll definitely be passing that along. The second Creepshow didn't live up to the first one, that's true. Old Chief Wood'nhead was a good story, my favorite of the trio. The Hitchhiker was simply too long... a head-scratcher when you think about it. There were no better stories to portray? And why was it so much shorter than the first one? Seeing Leslie Neilsen as a bad guy was pretty unique. Haha, I enjoyed all of the quotes you shared, because they're so good, classic! To this day, every Father's Day, my dad asks, "Where's my cake? It's Father's Day, Bedelia! I want my cake..." Reply #321. Feb 07 19, 3:31 PM |
UmberWunFayun
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And the punchline......"I GOT my cake!" Reply #322. Feb 08 19, 2:05 AM |
brm50diboll
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Reply #323. Feb 08 19, 11:15 AM |
UmberWunFayun
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Several of the actors also did Twilight Zone episodes. And Ed Harris was in another Stephen King adaptation, 'Needful Things'. I'm with you all the way, Brian, Creepshow was one of those rare perfect mixes of humour and horror, and the soundtrack was another important character, just as much as the actors, as it should be in any good horror movie. I have the film on VHS, and even though it's now obsolete, I still keep it out of nostalgia. Reply #324. Feb 08 19, 2:36 PM |
brm50diboll
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Reply #325. Feb 08 19, 3:40 PM |
UmberWunFayun
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We don't have any games consoles, but I do have a Blu-ray player. My husband The Viking does love to buy movies. I estimate we have roughly 650 DVD's and Blu-ray discs. We also stream movies online. Between us we have a small collection of VHS tapes that we can't bear to throw away, despite no longer having a VHS machine. At least three rooms in our house have walls lined with bookshelves to hold all the movies, plus of course, my hundreds of books. One day the whole thing will just sink into the ground under the weight. Reply #326. Feb 08 19, 4:26 PM |
terraorca
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I'm currently watching "The Forbidden Planet." Anyone want to chat about that movie? Reply #327. Mar 02 19, 12:16 PM |
brm50diboll
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Reply #328. Mar 02 19, 3:27 PM |
terraorca
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The Forbidden Planet 1956 Walter Pidgeon Anne Francis Leslie Nielson Warren Stevens Earl Holliman Jack Kelly Robby the Robot A thought provoking film, with interesting special effects for the time. Comparisons to The Tempest as well as man's Id, each can be seen in the movie. Then there's the whole 'life on other planets' scenario. I think the movie holds up well against the special effect laden films of today. Reply #329. Mar 03 19, 11:32 PM |
brm50diboll
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Reply #330. Mar 04 19, 12:10 AM |
terraorca
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Watched "Them" Friday evening. That was the sci-fi movie with the giant ants. They became giant, because of the nuclear testing that had been done, before the dangers of radioactivity became widely known. Reply #331. Mar 04 19, 1:05 AM |
brm50diboll
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Reply #332. Mar 04 19, 12:36 PM |
brm50diboll
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Reply #333. Mar 13 19, 10:21 PM |
UmberWunFayun
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I've just heard that they're making, or have already made, a reboot of the original Creepshow. I'll try to reserve judgement until I've seen it, but most people in my life know how I feel about 'reboots' and remakes. When I told my husband, he groaned, "Oh, god......" and immediately began trying to placate me with cute puppies on Instagram. Reply #334. Mar 14 19, 3:51 AM |
brm50diboll
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brm50diboll
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Reply #336. Mar 14 19, 5:21 AM |
UmberWunFayun
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Looks like it's going to be a TV series rather than a movie anthology. All new stories, including contributions from Stephen King and Joe Hill. The first announcement I saw had a picture of the final 'cake' from Father's Day, so I guess I thought it was going to be a straight remake, but maybe it will be worth a watch after all. Reply #337. Mar 14 19, 6:01 AM |
MiraJane
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"Children of the Damned" was on yesterday, the original one. I've always liked that movie and the sequel. I always end up feeling sorry for the children. I also always wish there had been another sequel where we get to see the children grow up and find out why they are here, where they came from, what is their purpose on Earth. Sci/Fi movies reflect the historical time period in which they are made. Tensions in the world? Fear of a nuclear holocaust? Then aliens are evil, out to destroy mankind. Things are going nicely on the planet for a coupled of years? Then the aliens are nice, here to help us. "Children of the Damned" was made in 1963. Memories of the Bay of Pigs fiasco and what caused it were fresh. The Berlin wall was still new. The war in Vietnam was getting worse. Weird children arrived with powers we didn't understand. They must be evil and must be destroyed. Reply #338. Mar 17 19, 1:34 PM |
UmberWunFayun
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'Children Of The Damned' actually WAS the sequel, the original movie was 'Village Of The Damned' in 1960, which itself was adapted from the John Wyndham novel, 'The Midwich Cuckoos', which was published in 1957. In literature classes we're taught to look for analogies and hidden or parallel meanings behind novel plots, but I think Stephen King, who was an English Lit teacher, said it best; "Sometimes a story is just a story." The original versions of both films are brilliant, whether you read stuff into them or not. Deliciously creepy, there was no need for blood and gore. Those kids were scary enough! My favourite scene is where they're taking apart the wall inside George Sanders' head. The whole concept of that wall and what it means is absolute genius. Reply #339. Mar 17 19, 2:31 PM |
brm50diboll
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Reply #340. Mar 17 19, 2:42 PM |
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