I rented this 1958 spookhouse flick and had a fair amount of fun watching it. It's basically about a young woman who is seeing a psychiatrist about nightmares she has about this creepy house. Her husband decides to take her from overseas to the states for a little R&R where, surprise, they move into that very same darned house she's been dreaming about. And the psychological wackiness begins as he tries to cure (or possibly kill) her!
This supposedly was the first movie shown in PsychoRama, a technique in which subliminal messages are flashed on the screen during the scary parts. Now in this movie there aren't any truly scary parts, but she's scared in them so I guess that counts.
I would recommend the movie to any monster kid who hasn't seen it simply because it's great 50s camp and not excruciatingly long (about 88 minutes). What made it even better for me is that I watched it in the garage with the lights out on my portable DVD player, which has a rectangular screen and gives the feeling of watching at a mini drive-in.
And it has some classic scenes which are brain-scratchers. I'll mention two without ruining the plot, because I'd like to know if any of those who have seen this flick were left going, 'Huh?' like I was.
When the girl is on the plane to the states with her husband she says, 'I want to know all about what you do, and meet your family.' He says, 'I have no family.' Um, wait. She married this guy not knowing what he does for a living (and we'll never know since he never goes to work during the course of the movie), and she never inquired about his family before they got hitched?
The best one, though, comes later when she wakes up in the middle the night and he's not in bed with her. After a scream session he pops back in, and when she asked where he's been he says, "I couldn't sleep so I went for a walk." The guy is wearing a suit coat, dress shirt and a tie!
Gosh, I love those 50s classics.
This supposedly was the first movie shown in PsychoRama, a technique in which subliminal messages are flashed on the screen during the scary parts. Now in this movie there aren't any truly scary parts, but she's scared in them so I guess that counts.
I would recommend the movie to any monster kid who hasn't seen it simply because it's great 50s camp and not excruciatingly long (about 88 minutes). What made it even better for me is that I watched it in the garage with the lights out on my portable DVD player, which has a rectangular screen and gives the feeling of watching at a mini drive-in.
And it has some classic scenes which are brain-scratchers. I'll mention two without ruining the plot, because I'd like to know if any of those who have seen this flick were left going, 'Huh?' like I was.
When the girl is on the plane to the states with her husband she says, 'I want to know all about what you do, and meet your family.' He says, 'I have no family.' Um, wait. She married this guy not knowing what he does for a living (and we'll never know since he never goes to work during the course of the movie), and she never inquired about his family before they got hitched?
The best one, though, comes later when she wakes up in the middle the night and he's not in bed with her. After a scream session he pops back in, and when she asked where he's been he says, "I couldn't sleep so I went for a walk." The guy is wearing a suit coat, dress shirt and a tie!
Gosh, I love those 50s classics.
