Classic Horror Film Board

Shadow of Evil (1964)

feeds@yuku.com (Dave Sindelar) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:18:47 GMT

Shadow of Evil (1964) aka Banco a Bangkok pour OSS 117
#3069
Viewing Date: 10-2-2009
Posting Date: 1-8-2009
Directed by Andre Hunebelle
Featuring Kerwin Mathews, Robert Hossein, Pier Angeli
Country: France / Italy
What it is: Spyghetti

A secret agent is sent to Thailand to investigate outbreaks of plague which are tied to the distribution of a certain type of inoculation.

This isn't a particularly good example of the Spyghetti genre,...

Innerspace (1987)

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Acula) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:14:38 GMT

This is one that I haven't seen in years... my memory is that it was a fun and entertaining film, but for whatever reason I don't feel particularly compelled to seek it out again.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093260/

Lt. Tuck Pendelton, an American pilot, takes part in an experiment where he is miniaturised inside a submarine-like craft and is...

Gritty Gritty or Greasy Greasy?

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Acula) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:00:30 GMT

There was a typical grade school taunt progression (or what we called a "joan") that would go like this, and I'm sure it's something that most people here have heard at some point. In general, it goes a little something like this:

Person A: You stink
Person B: Your momma
Person A: Your daddy
Person B: Your gritty-gritty grandma

Now, that is what I always heard... but I've talked to other people in...

Sir Christopher Lee rocks the opera house as Charlemagne

feeds@yuku.com (The Doctor) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:44:00 GMT

I've known Sir Christopher to be a relative to Charlemagne, as well as musically inclined, but here is an interesting creative combination. Could it lead to a tour?

http://gammasquad.uproxx.com/2010/01/saruman-the-white-makes-a-metal-concept-album

Sample the power-metal sweetness of Saruman!

Nightmares involving classic monsters

feeds@yuku.com (strangenstein) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:32:12 GMT

Hi all,

Just wondering if you ever had nightmares as a kid involving any classic monsters? While all the monsters scared me as a small fry, the only one I dreamed about was Kharis. Here's the set-up:

When I was a kid, the closet door in my sister's bedroom wouldn't close properly. You could close the door but 5 seconds, 5 minutes or sometimes 5 hours later you'd hear a "click" as it came unlatched, then a soft creaking as it slowly opened about 4...

The SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO Primer!

feeds@yuku.com (Hachigatsu) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:43:26 GMT

Please check out my latest blog entry on the birth and rebirth of SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO!
http://augustragone.blogspot.com/2010/01/space-battleship-yamato-lives-classic.html

WARBIRDS (2008)

feeds@yuku.com (BijouBob8mm) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:45:50 GMT

I'm hearing this pulp-style adventure in which American troops in World War II encounter prehistoric beasts is a fun little film. Anyone here seen it and care to comment? It's aired on the Sci-Fi Channel (although I don't think this was one of their own productions) and got a DVD release from Anchor Bay.

Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Acula) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:01:42 GMT

Apparently coming:

http://www.chipandco.com/?p=5543

Jimmy Olson on LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT

feeds@yuku.com (Terry Pace) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:23:45 GMT

I wasn't sure whether to post this under "TV Terrors" or under this "VCR/Tivo Alert" thread, but Anita and I were very pleasantly surprised to see television's former Jimmy Olsen, Jack Larson, as a guest star on last night's episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. I('m especially amazed that the credit (a major guest appearance) hasn't even appeared on his IMDB page as of this afternoon.)

It was really terrific (and...

James Best's Autobiography, BEST IN HOLLYWOOD: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BEAUTIFUL

feeds@yuku.com (Terry Pace) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:10:40 GMT

My friend James Best's recently released autobiography, BearManor Media's BEST IN HOLLYWOOD: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BEAUTIFUL (co-written with another pal, author and entertainment historian Jim Clark, founder of the ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW RERUN WATCHERS CLUB), includes a chapter on THE KILLER SHREWS and another chapter on Jimmie's appearances on THE TWILIGHT ZONE and the two Hitchcock shows, ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS and THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR.

Jimmie devotes a...

the Day of the Triffids-1963

feeds@yuku.com (count wimpula) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:25:11 GMT

borrowed this script from the VHS box because it decribes the film better than i could... stay inside and lock the doors for the Day of the Triffids is coming!! for reasons unexplained by science,hundreds of metorites begin to fall to earth,and blind those who witness the phenomenon.the few who retain their sight are horrified to encounter dandelion like fluff known as triffids.these triffids multiply and grow into large man-eating plants that begin to march on civilzation,destroying everyone...

"Quick Reply" problems

feeds@yuku.com (Grant) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:06:49 GMT

There seems to be a kind Murphy's Law where I don't find out I need to sign in again until I've made a longish post in "Quick Reply," and then of course I go back to find the post is gone and has to be started over. I know nothing about how a website works, so this is a very uneducated question, but isn't there any way these can be saved during the signing in?

JENNIFER JONES TONIGHT 1/7

feeds@yuku.com (Tor havin fun) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:56:16 GMT

Turner Classics is all Jennifer Jones tonight, starting at 8 eastern, 5 Pacific, in between for the guys in Chicago and Louisville.

the guy in the suit

feeds@yuku.com (Tor havin fun) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:20:19 GMT

THEM!1954 the atomic age unleashes natures hordes!!

feeds@yuku.com (count wimpula) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:36:32 GMT

this film really scared me as a child. the frighful noises the giant ants send out were very scary!great special effects for its day! the opening scene with the dazed little girl in shock from her encouter with Them,is quite haunting-begins in the new mexico desert..features james whitmore as the daunting policeman,james arness (of gunsmoke & the thing)- as the FBI Agent,and edmund gwenn (from beast from 20,000fathoms)as the entomologist & his beautiful daughter Joan Weldon, trying to...

SARAH JANE ANDVENTURES

feeds@yuku.com (SparkieGojira) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:33:53 GMT

Does Ms. Smith deserve a thread of her own? I've belatedly gotten into this CBBC (The first C stands for children.) spin off of DOCTOR WHO, and all I can say is.... WOW!

It's mind boggling that SJA shares so many of the conventions of utter crap-made-for-kids like MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS or.... gulp.... BIG BAD BEETLE BORGS, but still manages to be an absolutely outstanding program for any age group. I only just finished watching season one, and with no shame confess I...

Baron of Arizona (V Price) on TCM Jan 7th 10:30 AM

feeds@yuku.com (horrorfan2003) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:35:27 GMT

Vincent Price in a Western.
Didn't Samuel Fuller direct this?

David N

Primal Impulse (1975)

feeds@yuku.com (Dave Sindelar) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:41:28 GMT

Primal Impulse (1975) aka Le orme
#3068
Viewing Date: 10-1-2009
Posting Date: 1-7-2010
Directed by Luigi Bazzoni and Mario Fanelli
Featuring Florinda Bolkan, Peter McEnery, Lila Kedrova
Country: Italy
What it is: Bizarre arty horror / science fiction movie

A woman discovers that she has lost two days of her life. She investigates the reasons for the memory loss, with her only clues being a torn-up postcard of a Hotel and recurring memories of a...

Faerie Tale Theatre

feeds@yuku.com (Southern Beau) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:07:26 GMT

Episodes of this entertaining series available for view. Includes genre favorites Klaus Kinski, Vincent Price, and Christopher Lee.

"Faerie Tale Theatre" episodes

Hitchcock's "Unlocked Window" and Psycho connection? [SPOILER]

feeds@yuku.com (Dalek) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:04:31 GMT

Just watched the infamous 1965 episode of the Hitchock Hour episode entitled "An Unlocked Window" on Hulu. IMDB claims the house used is the original Psycho house (which was also my impression as I watched it.) Then when the finale [SPOILER] reveals the killer (who preys on nurses) is in fact hiding in drag as one of the two nurses trapped in the old house, I immediately wondered if the use of the same house was an inside-joke/homage to Psycho, which also involved transvestism as a...