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robertg		#61	[-]
Sep 13 10 1:03 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	<<I still remember the anticipation the day Bill Warren & I were driving somewhere in southern Karloffornia , some decades ago, to see VOODOO MAN for the first time.>> I'm curious as to where VOODOO MAN was playing that day. Was it The New Beverly, perhaps?
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dcwillis9		#62	[-]
Sep 13 10 10:58 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	robertg wrote: <<I still remember the anticipation the day Bill Warren & I were driving somewhere in southern Karloffornia , some decades ago, to see VOODOO MAN for the first time.>> I'm curious as to where VOODOO MAN was playing that day. Was it The New Beverly, perhaps? I don't think that it was at an actual theatre. I seem to recall it was in a clubhouse of some kind, outside L.A. proper. Of course, it was worth a little traveling.... It was... VOODOO MAN.
Wich2		#63	[-]
Sep 13 10 6:00 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ramboona never fails!
Rick		#64	[-]
Sep 13 10 6:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	And a belated welcome to Don Willis. Love your books, Don, glad to see you on the board.
Wich2		#65	[-]
Sep 13 10 6:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ditto, Don.
dcwillis9		#66	[-]
Sep 14 10 1:37 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Rick wrote: And a belated welcome to Don Willis. Love your books, Don, glad to see you on the board. Thanks, Rick & Wich2. I'm blushing. Ramboona is the bomb.
Joe Karlosi		#67	[-]
Oct 27 10 5:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have revised my list since re-watching VOODOO MAN. It's grown higher, thanks in part to the pretty nice-looking DVD from Rifftrax. Last Edited By: Joe Karlosi Mar 11 12 3:11 PM. Edited 1 times.
FRANNY		#68	[-]
Nov 18 10 2:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Let's hear it for "Voodoo Man!"
dcwillis9		#69	[-]
Nov 30 10 1:49 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	FRANNY wrote: Let's hear it for "Voodoo Man!" Yeah, yeah--"Buna never fails!" Oops--that's "Revolt of the Zombies"
bela lugosi		#70	[-]
Mar 5 11 6:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I haven't seen RETURN OF THE APE MAN, unfortunately, so I'll take a stab at the remaining 8 40's Monogram's in order of how I enjoy them: VOODOO MAN BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT BLACK DRAGONS THE CORPSE VANISHES SPOOKS RUN WILD INVISIBLE GHOST THE APE MAN GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE Though I will admit the last 2 are pretty much tied in that I really don't like them much. I enjoy all the others a lot!
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leiheng93		#71	[-]
Mar 13 11 10:10 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I totally agree with the sayings above. Good talk!
sdtom.miklosrozsa		#72	[-]
Mar 22 11 1:53 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	http://sdtom.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/black-dragons/ My thoughts on this Lugosi film. I will add two music clips at a later date. Tom
nocturna73		#73	[-]
Apr 6 11 9:17 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	1. The Corpse Vanishes 2. The Ape Man 3. Black Dragons 4. Invisible Ghost 5. Spooks Run Wild 6. Bowery at Midnight Have not seen Voodoo Man (Really, really want to, though. Doesn't that one have John Carradine as well?), Return of the Ape Man (this and Voodoo Man I haven't seen in any cheap box sets of public domain stuff yet) or Ghosts on the Loose (isn't this also East End Kids/ Bowery Boys like Spooks Run Wild? I noticed a lot of people didn't like Ghosts... how could there be that drastic of a difference if it's both Bowery Boys comedies? Just curious.)
dcwillis9		#74	[-]
Apr 7 11 11:36 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	nocturna73 wrote: 1. The Corpse Vanishes 2. The Ape Man 3. Black Dragons 4. Invisible Ghost 5. Spooks Run Wild 6. Bowery at Midnight Have not seen Voodoo Man (Really, really want to, though. Doesn't that one have John Carradine as well?), Return of the Ape Man (this and Voodoo Man I haven't seen in any cheap box sets of public domain stuff yet) or Ghosts on the Loose (isn't this also East End Kids/ Bowery Boys like Spooks Run Wild? I noticed a lot of people didn't like Ghosts... how could there be that drastic of a difference if it's both Bowery Boys comedies? Just curious.) Well, it's not like night & day, more like morning & midmorning. But Spooks RW, for me, is a nice (cheap) horror spoof, with Lugosi quasi-memorable in a monster/vampire role. (In fact, I think he's called The Monster.) It could have been anyone as the gangster in Ghosts, & the spook elements are minimal there.... Again, it's not like Gone with the Wind vs. Plan 9....
TomWeaver999		#75	[-]
Jan 23 12 4:29 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Gary Rhodes just e-mailed to tell me that in the next issue of FILMFAX, he'll have an interview with 94-year-old Gerald Schnitzer, a Monogram screenwriter/assistant director/etc. who talks about Lugosi, BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT, CORPSE VANISHES, the Bowery Boys and more. !! Too cool.
thehorrorboy		#76	[-]
Jan 23 12 5:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A Monogram survivor???? YESSSS!!!! This one issue of FILMFAX may just make up for a lot of mediocrity on their part!
thehorrorboy		#77	[-]
Feb 8 12 4:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, I read the interview. Wasn't bad, but didn't really tell me much that I didn't already know. Was Lugosi too polite to discuss his opinion of the scripts with their writer?
MYST0		#78	[-]
Feb 15 12 1:01 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have just re-watched them all and here is where I stand on this issue: 1. RETURN OF THE APE MAN 2. VOODOO MAN 3. SPOOKS RUN WILD 4. INVISIBLE GHOST 5. APE MAN 5. CORPSE VANISHES 6. BLACK DRAGONS 7. BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT 8. GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE 9. BEN HUR…Oops, sorry, I always mistake that for a Monogram. I want to put VOODOO MAN at #3 and SPOOKS RUN WILD at #2, but I just can’t do it. APE MAN and CORPSE VANISHES should really be a tie, as I like them equally. I put those two in alphabetical order. Hey tom, When do we get the final tally?? I think this question should be put to all the Presidential hopefuls this year, as it would greatly influence on how I would vote. I would not trust anyone who did not put VOODOO MAN in his or her top 5.
bela lugosi		#79	[-]
Feb 16 12 7:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	MYST0 wrote: I have just re-watched them all and here is where I stand on this issue: 1. RETURN OF THE APE MAN 2. VOODOO MAN 3. SPOOKS RUN WILD 4. INVISIBLE GHOST 5. APE MAN 5. CORPSE VANISHES 6. BLACK DRAGONS 7. BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT 8. GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE 9. BEN HUR…Oops, sorry, I always mistake that for a Monogram. I want to put VOODOO MAN at #3 and SPOOKS RUN WILD at #2, but I just can’t do it. APE MAN and CORPSE VANISHES should really be a tie, as I like them equally. I put those two in alphabetical order. Hey tom, When do we get the final tally?? I think this question should be put to all the Presidential hopefuls this year, as it would greatly influence on how I would vote. I would not trust anyone who did not put VOODOO MAN in his or her top 5. First, re-watching them all is a great time! Good for you! Second...that last line?? I think if any of them even knew what the question was even all about might go a long way with me!
atkalu		#80	[-]
Feb 16 12 8:29 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT VOODOO MAN CORPSE VANISHES RETURN OF THE APE MAN APE MAN INVISIBLE GHOST Haven't seen GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE, SPOOKS RUN WILD, or BLACK DRAGONS yet as I am taking my time since there are no new Lugosi releases on the horizon. Just saw BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT for the first time two months ago and it is definitely my favorite of the Monograms. In fact, only that and VOODOO MAN are decent. I have a hard time with the others. In fact, I really can't see all the love for THE INVISIBLE GHOST. The plot of having him go murderous when he sees his old wife come out of the shed every night is clearly the dumbest of the dumb. I just can't accept that. I can accept blood transfusions, cavemen frozen in ice coming back to life and a serum turning him into an ape man, but not THE INVISIBLE GHOST.
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