Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (Joe Karlosi) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:53:36 GMT

Last Saturday Night we had a very good Movie Night - and nobody nodded off!

First up was a Three Stooges short - THREE PESTS IN A MESS (1944) ... the Stooges are always a hit with this group, and this one had some Halloween moments.

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN was the first feature... how could we go wrong? The guests loved it, all laughed at Una O'Connor's zaniness, all came near tears when the monster was shunned and trying to make a friend.

ABBOTT AND...

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (Laughing Gravy) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:24:29 GMT

In 1957, after successfully supplying fledgling studio American-International Pictures with successful drive-in fodder like The Day the World Ended and It Conquered the World, Roger Corman was hired by Allied Artists to produce and direct a couplet of low-budget sci-fi features. The result, Attack of the Crab Monsters and Not of This Earth, is a pair of the most fondly-remembered and highly regarded cheesy films of the decade. Once a staple of TV...

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (PeteFitzgerald) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:39:46 GMT

Fun was had at last night's Movie Night, but it didn't quite come off as planned. Mr. 80s and Doc Mangles arrived a little early, at a quarter after ten, but said they said they couldn't stay very long, as both had to work the next day.

The snack o' the night consisted of "haystacks", which are clusters of chinese noodles and peanuts coated with a blended mixture of melted milk chocolate and butterscotch chips. Mmmmmm-mmmmmm!

We watched a few...

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (Laughing Gravy) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:20:09 GMT

This week's film... http://inthebalcony.com/FNF/

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (PeteFitzgerald) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:09:50 GMT

Well, I in fact had another Movie Night just over a month ago, but got busy with stuff just afterward for a few weeks and forgot to post here about it until now!

Because of scheduling conflicts, two of the trio who attended my last Movie Night (read about it here) back in early February (who shall now go by the nicknames "Doc Mangles" and "Linehan"),...

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (porta) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:35:15 GMT

Joe Karlosi wrote:
Last night Alyce konked out 20 minutes into NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957) and slept through the entire movie. And I chose this film especially for her because she loved witchcraft, the Occult, ghosts, demons, seances, all that type of stuff. My wife and Alyce's mom both appreciated the movie, at least. When the movie ended, our Sleeping Beauty claimed she was really angry that she missed it, and asked to see...

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (Kezilla58) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:13:52 GMT

oldmanster wrote:
While I generally like most of the people at our meetings, I've pretty much given up attending because they've lost their sensawunda. Every now and again, I might make it to a gathering, but the thrill of mutual genre satisfaction among our group has deteriorated badly.

Reed, you rascal, we've missed you too.

Kez

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (Joe Karlosi) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:22:53 GMT

Not long after I wrote my last post I tried watching THE JUNGLE CAPTIVE - a movie I enjoy, so there! - at only 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The damn thing's only 60 minutes long, but I napped 15 minutes in for over two hours, continually rewinding it to start it again & again! Now I'm back at the computer. Oh well... maybe later tonight or tomorrow!

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (HalLane) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:14:13 GMT

<< Speaking of not understanding falling asleep during NIGHT OF THE DEMON, it actually happened to me the last time I watched it alone and it took me several nights to keep re-re-starting it over <<

This is why Horror Hosts used to pop in every few minutes to keep things moving .

Sounds like you need to serve more coffee or espresso at these gatherings.

And maybe...

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (Joe Karlosi) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:53:53 GMT

Yes, Reed, I don't know what it is about Movie Nights, but they just don't always seem to go right. Over the decades I've been trying this with various people, including different groups of guys over the years who are bonafide horror/sf junkies like we are, and yet things sometimes went sour. Seems like there will be a golden period where things work out well and then we'll hit a "why even bother" stretch.

Speaking of not understanding falling asleep during...

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (oldmanster) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:15:11 GMT

For once I can empathize with you, Joe. Our Monster Kid meetings have been plagued for quite awhile by attendees who don't seem interested in watching films. They'd rather go outside to smoke and drink and chat. The other factor is that there has been a very strong push from a few guys to watch other genres -- westerns, noir -- rather than horror/sf/etc. genre. While I generally like most of the people at our meetings, I've pretty much given up attending because they've lost...

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (Joe Karlosi) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:39:54 GMT

Thing is, we're always mingling even when we're not doing Movie Nights! Yeah, we get together pretty often. Especially just to go out to dinner and BS -- and one of the social things they enjoy doing most is (drumroll...) going to the movie theater to see the latest new horror pictures!

But yeah, I know they both really like the wife and myself, and enjoy getting together with us.

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (GhostofChaneysLiver) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:25:55 GMT

Joe Karlosi wrote:
Movie Nights are rarely right. Either people fall asleep, or go to the bathroom, or everyone can't agree on the same titles, or talk and miss a vital moment that they're not really interested in anyway, you name it. Believe me, I'm not pushing our two guests into this every week; they genuinely love coming to the house and doing the movie thing. You can tell, and they like movies a lot and are...

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (Joe Karlosi) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:08:11 GMT

Last night Alyce konked out 20 minutes into NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957) and slept through the entire movie. And I chose this film especially for her because she loved witchcraft, the Occult, ghosts, demons, seances, all that type of stuff. My wife and Alyce's mom both appreciated the movie, at least. When the movie ended, our Sleeping Beauty claimed she was really angry that she missed it, and asked to see it again at another time. Please don't patronize me and do me any favors, my dear...

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (MikeTheMook) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:05:01 GMT

I may have recently made someone into a Hammer fan, if not a complete convert. Last weekend we watched CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, and to my surprise my friends liked it very much, so that went well! But I've had many similar experiences like you Joe, where the evening viewing goes flat.

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (Joe Karlosi) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:55:57 GMT

I hadn't commented on our most recent Movie Night because it was rather disappointing.

I showed the Karloff & Lugosi version of THE RAVEN (1935). I mean, THE BLACK CAT had gone over okay, so what the hell. THE RAVEN is only around 60 minutes long, but after a half hour, our friend Alyce fell asleep, and at the end of the movie, mom (who stayed awake though I sensed her fidgeting throughout) had to fill her daughter in on what happened at the nod-off point (which was...

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (Laughing Gravy) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:19:40 GMT

They liked it, although the "snide comments-o-meter" was in high gear. And thank you. I like it too, but mainly because I saw it in the theatre around 1964 or so and the scene in which the Creature smashes through the glass doors at the end to get at the humans made me pee my pants.

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (Joe Karlosi) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:09:52 GMT

Mr. Gravy, I'm glad you're starting to regularly write about your Friday Night Frights and all the details, including how the films are going over with your audience. I usually pop over to the Balcony to see what your next schedule will include, but I'm enjoying reading the aftermath here too.

We have to part ways on THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US though; I like it, and it's my personal favorite of the trilogy. I guess a lot of that comes from seeing it on TV during the...

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (Laughing Gravy) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:51:14 GMT

If Universal ever had a worst movie-monster-franchise idea than sticking Ygor's brain into the Frankenstein Monster and giving it dialog to speak that sounded like Bela Lugosi, it was stuffing the Gill Man into a padded pair of pajamas and having him hobnob with goats in Sausalito, California. That was last night's movie, THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US (1956).

An expedition returns to the Black Lagoon (or thereabouts) and captures the Creature; mad scientist Jeff Morrow (who...

Re: MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (Laughing Gravy) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:32:57 GMT

Last night's In The Balcony show was a thriller in more ways than one, although a bit adult-heavy. Six so-called "grownups" and only 2 kids this week as we kicked off our 24th year of Friday movie parties - on Saturdays for a while, since Kid Gravy plays HS football...

As always, we began the fun with an animated...

MOVIE NIGHTS!!

feeds@yuku.com (Joe Karlosi) — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 06:02:13 GMT

Let's keep this thread updated!

I thought it might be cool to have a "Movie Nights" thread where members may talk about get-togethers they've hosted or have attended at some of their friends' or relatives' homes.

I've always had fairly frequent Movie Nights with friends, but I'm trying to make them more regular if I can.

Friday, 4/21/06:
I had three...