God I loved this movie as a kid. "Wolfman has nards!"Luke wrote:MONSTER SQUAD
Movie night has been awesome so far.
edit* Well lookie there. The guy who played Stephanie's Father on Everybody Loves Raymond is also Drac's pilot.
What was the last movie you've seen?
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Re: What was the last movie you've seen?
Wow that was actually kind of sweet. Very cool. I bet he could still kick my ass, lol.Luke wrote:Related:
Re: What was the last movie you've seen?
"All you sister does is sit around and let guys touch her tits".BurningDoom wrote: God I loved this movie as a kid. "Wolfman has nards!"
It's a very quotable movie from start to finish. I'm thinking about making a "Stephen King Rules" t-shirt if I can find letters small enough to fit on a shirt.
edit* Thought it, did it:
It's not perfect by any stretch, but I'm happy with it. And I made it for under five bucks so I'm happy with the price as well.
To anyone who enjoys animated movies that I have suggested in the past: Go see THE CROODS. So far I think it is the best movie, not just animated, but best movie released this year.
Re: What was the last movie you've seen?
Spine Tingler: The William Castle Story
TCM showed this last October and I’d planned on watching it, but I didn’t get around to it until now. This is only the third time they’ve shown a documentary in this timeframe and based on the subject matter, it’s probably my favorite.
Spine Tingler is the story of film producer/director William Castle. Castle is best known for the series of gimmicks he used to promote his B-movie horror films in the 50s and 60s. He had directed films prior to that, but before that they had been primarily crime and comedy B-movies*.
*Short film lesson – A B-Movie refers to the early film practice of showing two movies in succession. The first movie, the A-Movie, would be your ‘feature film’ as it were, usually consisting of a longer running time, a bigger budget and higher production values. After that they would play the second film, the B-Movie. It would usually be much shorter, perhaps around an hour, and was usually a comedy, or police crime drama. So it would sort of be like going to the theatre today to watch Lincoln and then being shown an episode of Law and Order right after.
/film lesson
The film touches on Castles early life and personal life later on, but primarily focuses on what a film like this should focus on: Castle’s drive, his films, his desire to direct an A-Movie and the gimmicks he used to get people into the seats.
Really, the gimmicks are the films primary focus and it spends time going into detail about the more memorable ones. For instance, his first horror romp Macabre is know for offering it’s movie goers an insurance policy (backed by Lloyds of London, no less) in case one of them were to die of fright.
Of course, there was no chance of that happening, but the nurse sitting out in the lobby
And the hearse parked out front…
Were nice touches, non-the-less.
Other notable gimmicks included the skeleton that would fly though the theatre during the House on Haunted Hill
And by ‘skeleton’ I mean sad, inflatable imitation. Castle was
nothing if not cheap. I also love how everyone seems so
thoroughly unimpressed by it.
And the buzzers that were put under several strategic seats in theatres that were to be activated at a certain time during The Tingler.
Percepto, AKA, We’re going to make your chair vibrate. This will either freak you out or be mildly enjoyable.
And, yes, that is Vincent Price on that movie poster. That he was able to talk Price into appearing in a movie so laughable tells you a lot about the character of one William Castle.
According to the film, they got along surprisingly well.
And indeed, what set Castle apart from other directors of his time was his personality. Castle was quite well known in a time when movie directors were not only unknown but garnered little attention, save perhaps for Alfred Hitchcock. Castle spent a lot of time promoting his films, appearing in the trailers and showing up at premieres around the country.
It was this extra effort that endeared him to his fans and made him so well known, despite the lower quality of his movies.
While Castle himself never realized his dream of directing that ever elusive A-Movie, he did finally manage to get his name attached to a big-budget A-film, if only as a producer with a small walk on role. But it’ll be the gimmicks and cheesy, but enjoyable, films that he made in the 50s and 60s that have left a larger impact. So if you enjoy those early horror, or even sci-fi, movies of yore, than Spine Tingler is something that you may wish to look further into. If nothing else, it's an interesting story about an interesting man. A man with a plan.....to make your seat vibrate.
I'm not sure, but I think that's Hitchcock's head. One sided rivalries can be fun.
Bon Appetite
TCM showed this last October and I’d planned on watching it, but I didn’t get around to it until now. This is only the third time they’ve shown a documentary in this timeframe and based on the subject matter, it’s probably my favorite.
Spine Tingler is the story of film producer/director William Castle. Castle is best known for the series of gimmicks he used to promote his B-movie horror films in the 50s and 60s. He had directed films prior to that, but before that they had been primarily crime and comedy B-movies*.
*Short film lesson – A B-Movie refers to the early film practice of showing two movies in succession. The first movie, the A-Movie, would be your ‘feature film’ as it were, usually consisting of a longer running time, a bigger budget and higher production values. After that they would play the second film, the B-Movie. It would usually be much shorter, perhaps around an hour, and was usually a comedy, or police crime drama. So it would sort of be like going to the theatre today to watch Lincoln and then being shown an episode of Law and Order right after.
/film lesson
The film touches on Castles early life and personal life later on, but primarily focuses on what a film like this should focus on: Castle’s drive, his films, his desire to direct an A-Movie and the gimmicks he used to get people into the seats.
Really, the gimmicks are the films primary focus and it spends time going into detail about the more memorable ones. For instance, his first horror romp Macabre is know for offering it’s movie goers an insurance policy (backed by Lloyds of London, no less) in case one of them were to die of fright.
Of course, there was no chance of that happening, but the nurse sitting out in the lobby
And the hearse parked out front…
Were nice touches, non-the-less.
Other notable gimmicks included the skeleton that would fly though the theatre during the House on Haunted Hill
And by ‘skeleton’ I mean sad, inflatable imitation. Castle was
nothing if not cheap. I also love how everyone seems so
thoroughly unimpressed by it.
And the buzzers that were put under several strategic seats in theatres that were to be activated at a certain time during The Tingler.
Percepto, AKA, We’re going to make your chair vibrate. This will either freak you out or be mildly enjoyable.
And, yes, that is Vincent Price on that movie poster. That he was able to talk Price into appearing in a movie so laughable tells you a lot about the character of one William Castle.
According to the film, they got along surprisingly well.
And indeed, what set Castle apart from other directors of his time was his personality. Castle was quite well known in a time when movie directors were not only unknown but garnered little attention, save perhaps for Alfred Hitchcock. Castle spent a lot of time promoting his films, appearing in the trailers and showing up at premieres around the country.
It was this extra effort that endeared him to his fans and made him so well known, despite the lower quality of his movies.
While Castle himself never realized his dream of directing that ever elusive A-Movie, he did finally manage to get his name attached to a big-budget A-film, if only as a producer with a small walk on role. But it’ll be the gimmicks and cheesy, but enjoyable, films that he made in the 50s and 60s that have left a larger impact. So if you enjoy those early horror, or even sci-fi, movies of yore, than Spine Tingler is something that you may wish to look further into. If nothing else, it's an interesting story about an interesting man. A man with a plan.....to make your seat vibrate.
I'm not sure, but I think that's Hitchcock's head. One sided rivalries can be fun.
Bon Appetite
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I love those old horror movie posters. I just posted this classic one on my Facebook the other day:Michi wrote:
The old horror movie trailers are usuallly just as cool and over-the-top.
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Re: What was the last movie you've seen?
Robot and Frank
A cute little film but don't expect deep existential themes.
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Robot and Frank
A cute little film but don't expect deep existential themes.
Robot: "What did you just call me!?"
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Forgot about that one. Is it on Netflix?
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Watched "Indie Game: The Movie".
Was interesting to see the emotional roller-coaster these guy go through. Made me feel a lot better knowing that other people go through this, and the hell these guys go through is far worse than anything I've experienced. Usually I give up before I make any substantial progress. It kind of inspired me, and I think I'll start working on some of my older projects. I'm determined to finish at least one before I die.
I always love documentaries like this.
"Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age" was another good one I watched several years ago which motivated me a bit. I know that there was supposed to be another more modern release a few years ago featuring several guys from TechTV, but I don't think it was ever finished. I think there was some rumors about a leak, but I haven't looked it up.
Motivation... that's something I've never been able to quite figure out.
Was interesting to see the emotional roller-coaster these guy go through. Made me feel a lot better knowing that other people go through this, and the hell these guys go through is far worse than anything I've experienced. Usually I give up before I make any substantial progress. It kind of inspired me, and I think I'll start working on some of my older projects. I'm determined to finish at least one before I die.
I always love documentaries like this.
"Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age" was another good one I watched several years ago which motivated me a bit. I know that there was supposed to be another more modern release a few years ago featuring several guys from TechTV, but I don't think it was ever finished. I think there was some rumors about a leak, but I haven't looked it up.
Motivation... that's something I've never been able to quite figure out.