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kneeteartap.marvelmasterwor...		#161	[-]
Aug 4 12 1:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	His daughter , Kute , played one of the schoolgirls in the film. Kneeteartap
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Ted Newsom		#162	[-]
Aug 9 12 10:11 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	CreepingBride wrote: I love this line from Ted's review: "Doto's tome is undoubtedly the best book on REPTILICUS ever written, and no one needs to write another." I read this as: "And really, no one should ever feel the need to ever write a book about this movie, so let's all agree to to let this one be the last one." Ya think...?
Patron Zero		#163	[-]
Aug 21 12 4:35 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Curious little story here about Reptilicus if I may ? Growing up in the Midwest we had a local TV fright theater-movie host, Sammy Terry (a wordplay on cemetery) in the 1960s up to the mid 1980s. Each Friday night he'd dust off a couple of 'lost' classic monster flicks and between reels drop some jokes and other in-character commentary in his own charming inimitable style, he was a regular fixture and one much beloved by all ages. The local drive-in theaters were in the mid- late 1960 movie monster groove with the rubber monster flicks riding the wave of foreign creature invasions, to include Reptilicus to name one. It has never been explained as said feature was playing as the b-movie at the drive-ins, Sammy Terry broadcast Reptilicus on his show, much to my complete surprise and delight as well as the delight of the many other local children who also could not get our parents to pony-up for a night of danish monster cinema ! Last Edited By: Patron Zero Aug 21 12 4:38 AM. Edited 1 times.
CucamongaDan		#164	[-]
Aug 21 12 8:40 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm not surprised it was on TV then as much as I am surprised that theater owners were getting people to pay to see it. There is a thread that never ends. Yes, it goes on and on my friends. Some people started it not knowing that a tree can walk, And they'll keep posting forever about a movie they can mock...
Charles Thaxton		#165	[-]
Aug 25 12 6:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	CucamongaDan wrote: I'm not surprised it was on TV then as much as I am surprised that theater owners were getting people to pay to see it. I recall feeling so cheated when I saw this as a kid in our local "STATE THEATER"....the poster looked so awesome.
count yorga1		#166	[-]
Mar 1 13 10:58 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I live quite close by where the miniature city of Copenhagen where built. Maybe these photos and info have been posted before, if so I apologize. In the picture below on the right is Palmehaven ( The Palmgarden) this is where the Kaj Koed 1:43 sets stood. Saga studio rented the building during the shoot. In 1966 it was torned down to make way for a supermarked. The adress is Jægersborg Alle 4 Charlottenlund, Copenhagen if you want to check it out on googlemaps. Later on Ive been told that the set stood for many years at the townmuseum of Copenhagen. The budget for the set was 50.000 danish crowns (about $8740 in todays US$) which was considered a vast amount of money spent for a danish production of this size.According to danish film database, two monsters were built by architect Orla Hoyer, one smaller about 1 metre, and a second that mostly consisted of the head and half its body, big enough to fit two persons inside, maneuvering the beast. The film was a huge embarrassment and financial disaster for Saga studio and for years to come anyone who mentioned it had to buy what we in Denmark call "kvajebajere" were you have to buy beers to everyone present if you screw up. The final photo is of the location of Saga studio on Annettevej 19.To my knowledge Journey to the seventh planet was shot in the building to the left where the white car is parked. In 1964-1965 it moved its location and shared premises with Palladium studios. I tried to include the danish pressbook but its in pdf format and I could not upload it.
Monsterpal		#167	[-]
Mar 1 13 5:53 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks, Jorgen! These are great. Dirch Passer would be proud. Sorry to hear you can't upload the pressbook.
count yorga1		#168	[-]
Mar 2 13 6:44 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks Monsterpal! glad you liked it. Shame about the pressbook, I will try if I can save it in another format than pdf /Jorgen
Monsterpal		#169	[-]
Mar 2 13 3:51 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm sure a lot of people on the board would be delighed to see it.
kneeteartap.marvelmasterwor...		#170	[-]
Mar 3 13 1:09 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	gorgozilla wrote: Uchujin65 wrote: Reptilicus and Yongary are really quite similar, both being foreign kaiju films with some very, very strange elements that no Japanese filmmaker would even think of putting in a film. MGM should have made REPTILICUS, rather than KONGA, the other half of their Midnite Movies double- feature DVD with YONGARY. Both of them are foreign giant monster movies from countries that don't usually make such films.They both have the same weird atmosphere of obscurity about them that makes them most suitable for late-night viewing. And both of them are among my favorite monster movies from childhood. KONGA seems more like a mad scientist movie than a giant monster film, since the ape only becomes huge at the end and its rampage is short. Here's my slimcase cover (and spine) design for a hypothetical DVD: Gorg , Send your idea and package design to The Garr Group. They just might put it out ! Kneeteartap
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vampirelover		#171	[-]
Mar 3 13 11:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Reptilicus is a guilty pleasure of mine. I saw it in the theatre on a Saturday triple bill with Mothra and some western when I was about 12 or so. It is so goofy and serious it became one of those movies that is just fun to sit back and watch. The women were attractice, Anne Smyner in particular. (Accidentally found a tasteful nude of her in a Playboy paperback in the late 60's.). Always though the beach scene with the brunette in the 1 piece blue swimsuit and the one doing her makeup were quite attractive.
Monsterpal		#172	[-]
Mar 3 13 4:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks again for the production shots, Jorgen, and welcome to the CHFB!
count yorga1		#173	[-]
Mar 11 13 4:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks again Monsterpal, glad to be onboard!
Zombie Dad		#174	[-]
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Rick		#175	[-]
Mar 16 13 4:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Nice one, ZD! That slimy ol' beast has never looked better. If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to. Dorothy Parker
Zombie Dad		#176	[-]
Mar 16 13 9:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks a lot, Rick. ZD Zombie Dad's Online Art Store www.zazzle.com/zombiedad
CucamongaDan		#177	[-]
Mar 17 13 12:19 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think I like him better in denim than khaki. That's right before the clock tower falls, isn't it? I visualized the tower falling just as I scrolled down to the picture. The victim was buried upright in a hollow tree trunk.
skelton knaggs		#178	[-]
Mar 17 13 10:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	count yorga1 wrote: I live quite close by where the miniature city of Copenhagen where built. Maybe these photos and info have been posted before, if so I apologize. In the picture below on the right is Palmehaven ( The Palmgarden) this is where the Kaj Koed 1:43 sets stood. Saga studio rented the building during the shoot. In 1966 it was torned down to make way for a supermarked. The adress is Jægersborg Alle 4 Charlottenlund, Copenhagen if you want to check it out on googlemaps. Later on Ive been told that the set stood for many years at the townmuseum of Copenhagen. The budget for the set was 50.000 danish crowns (about $8740 in todays US$) which was considered a vast amount of money spent for a danish production of this size.According to danish film database, two monsters were built by architect Orla Hoyer, one smaller about 1 metre, and a second that mostly consisted of the head and half its body, big enough to fit two persons inside, maneuvering the beast. The film was a huge embarrassment and financial disaster for Saga studio and for years to come anyone who mentioned it had to buy what we in Denmark call "kvajebajere" were you have to buy beers to everyone present if you screw up. The final photo is of the location of Saga studio on Annettevej 19.To my knowledge Journey to the seventh planet was shot in the building to the left where the white car is parked. In 1964-1965 it moved its location and shared premises with Palladium studios. I tried to include the danish pressbook but its in pdf format and I could not upload it. Thankx count yorga1 for these location shots and the behind the scenes.... It's stuff like this that makes CHFB that much more of an interesting place....Keep up the good work! "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
Monsterpal		#179	[-]
Mar 18 13 7:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hard to believe all the sets for JOURNEY TO THE 7TH PLANET were in that one building, until you think about how cramped those sets were.
count yorga1		#180	[-]
Apr 1 13 4:47 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thank you Skelton Knaggs, glad you liked it Last Edited By: count yorga1 Apr 1 13 4:50 AM. Edited 1 times.
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