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Arch Stanton	Re: HAUNTED PALACE	#21	[-]
Jan 30 06 5:34 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* Pretty sure stop-motion was also used in one shot for the satellite (perhaps when it initially opens up). Would that have been Danforth, as well? I'm pretty sure the shot of it opening up is a model (for one thing, it sort of sticks at the beginning of the fan-out, I think). But a couple of the shots of it positioning itself to fire might be stop motion. Damn, now I'll have to watch it again... (By the way, I'm compiling any and all stop-motion shots -- no matter how brief -- for posterity, and I've found some odd ones. Maybe I'll start a thread if anyone's interested...but in what folder?)
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BijouBob8mm	Re: HAUNTED PALACE	#22	[-]
Jan 30 06 6:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Good question--what folder? I wonder if there would be enough interest to justify giving stop-motion its own folder?
LesDaniels	Re: HAUNTED PALACE	#23	[-]
Jan 31 06 4:12 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Just put it in "TheMen Behind the Monsters." That's where Harryhausen goes... :)
Baesenman	Re: HAUNTED PALACE	#24	[-]
Apr 1 06 1:35 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think this came from the pressbook, but I'm not sure... anyway it gives some insight into the sets of the film. Daniel Haller's sets included: The huge subterranean cavern-like "room of the Beast." One whole sound stage was set up for this room measuring 110 x 115 feet, which was 50 feet high. Dominating this huge room is a six level, wooden beamed staircase, forty feet high and consisting of six platforms levels with a total of 80 steps. It was lit by eighteen flaming torches. Opposite the grand staircase, is a stone altar, perhaps inspired by the Aztec pyramids, with steps on four sides, leading up to the sacrificial altar, where four flaming braziers light the necromantic activities performed there by the warlock Joseph Curwen. In the middle of the elevated altar, there is an eight foot deep well, which houses the monsterous beast from the other side, which Curwen uses in his perverse plans to mate humans with the old ones. The female victims are chained to the wooden cross beams before the unholy pit, as rites are read from the Necronomicon, which tells secrets of how to communicate with the dark spirits of the nether world.
Renfield	Re: HAUNTED PALACE	#25	[-]
Apr 1 06 7:48 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* Maybe but I would have felt cheated not to see anything at all. Sort of like the Curse of the Demon situation. Some were disappointed at seeing "it," while others would have been disappointed at not seeing "it." Not a big fan of The Haunted Palace, for some reason. I'll have to watch it again after seeing all this praise for it. Joe "Renfield" Meadows HORROR-WOOD Webzine http://www.horror-wood.com
Mark Hodgson	Diamonds satellite	#26	[-]
Apr 6 06 3:00 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* Pretty sure stop-motion was also used in one shot for the satellite (perhaps when it initially opens up). Would that have been Danforth, as well? If it's the one I'm thinking about, that's a live shot - if it was stop motion, it wouldn't overshoot the mark! The satellite "umbrella" opens up 360 degrees and then goes a bit too far! When the satellite starts shooting its laser beam, the model has to freeze (optically?) so as to line up with the laser beam animation. Also, the submarine explosion (erupting from the sea) has optical compositing that didn't fool a nine year old in the cinema audience, one time I saw it. "Mummy, is that a cartoon?".
Arch Stanton	Re: Diamonds satellite	#27	[-]
Apr 6 06 3:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* If it's the one I'm thinking about, that's a live shot This subject is covered in more detail in the 'Stop motion in the movies!' thread in the 'General horror and sci-fi' folder. One learned source says that just the submarine shot is stop motion.
Arch Stanton	Re: Diamonds satellite	#28	[-]
Apr 6 06 3:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Oooops! That DIAMONDS subject may not be in that thread. It may be in one of the James Bond threads (one is in the 'General horror' folder, the other in 'Off topic discussions'). I can't remember where the heck it is...
Hollywood Gothique		#29	[-]
Feb 9 08 2:53 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ted Newsom wrote: What does seem deliberate is the similarity between the ominous four-note PALACE theme and the four-note theme in DUNE. But then, how many combinations of notes are there in the world? Well, let's see...there are twelve notes in the chromatic scale, so if there are four notes in the theme, the mathematical formula for variations would yield 12 x 12 x12 x12. That gives us 20,736 possible variations on a theme containing four notes. Of course, 1/12 of those would be the same theme played in different keys, so we might say that there are 1,728 different four-note themes possible. Cinefantastique Online: The Review of Horror, Fantasy, & Science Fiction Films
Dr Acula		#30	[-]
Nov 22 09 9:46 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Just watched this one for the first time - amazing! Moody, well lit, well acted, foxy Debra Paget was given more acting to do than in most films I've seen with her, Vincent was given a meaty part and handled both sides with aplum, the Lonster was on hand and was exactly what the part needed... it was weird, it was fun, a great gothic horror! I wonder if the film has a reputation as not being so good because it's not very true to either Lovecraft or Poe, but is a mix between the two? Even if it was supposed to be a complete break with Poe, to me it's got part of a Lovecraft-style plot, with the characters are much more Poe-like. A few questions: 1) The DVD made the faces of everybody possessed seem very, very green... but the trailer included on the DVD made the same shots more like normal flesh color, a more subtle use of the green. Which look was really intended for the film, the obvious greens of the remastered films, or the more subtle greens of the trailer? 2) Did Francis Ford Coppola really work on the dialog of this film? 3) When the doctor and Debra Paget were coming back into town, they said to the angry mob they were coming back to specifically talk to Elijah Cook's character, who just happened to lying dead in front of their carriage. Now, was it ever established exactly WHY they were going to talk to him, or was it just a convenience to show another character dead? Last Edited By: Dr Acula Nov 22 09 1:22 PM. Edited 1 times.
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telegonus		#31	[-]
Nov 22 09 12:15 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I enjoyed The Haunted Palace, too. It's one of the best Corman horrors, and it's rather ironic that the Lovecraft story was used, and used well. Vincent Price gives a non-hammy performance, unusual for him at this stage of his career. Overall, the movie plays it straight, and the supporting players are excellent.
Adolf Kitler		#32	[-]
Nov 22 09 1:15 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have this one on dvd but haven't taken the time to watch it yet. I guess I'll bump it up for my next movie night since y'all seem to like it. http://allstarchampionshipbelts.webs.com/
Koukol 5		#33	[-]
Nov 22 09 3:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think Vinney gives us a very hammy performance when he's green.
Amentep		#34	[-]
Nov 22 09 5:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Dr Acula wrote: 2) Did Francis Ford Coppola really work on the dialog of this film? Roger Corman says he did on the extra with the DVD I have. Really enjoyed this film, personally. Even though it plays kinda loose with the Lovecraft story, it plays as a neat little slice of Lovecrataina
dr gogol	Re: THE HAUNTED PALACE	#35	[-]
Nov 23 09 3:00 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Cathie Merchant!!!! http://www.angelfire.com/film/rdsquires/Merchant.htm
Dr Acula		#36	[-]
Nov 23 09 3:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	dr gogol wrote: Cathie Merchant!!!! http://www.angelfire.com/film/rdsquires/Merchant.htm I had no idea who she was, but she had a great presence! Thanks for the linkage!
dr gogol	Re: THE HAUNTED PALACE	#37	[-]
Nov 23 09 3:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The lovely Ms. Merchant is worthy of Hammer Glamour status! Yes, I know she never appeared in a Hammer film, I just mean she meets the criteria!
Dr Acula		#38	[-]
Dec 3 09 8:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	QUESTION: There are two pictures in the CD of Haunted Palace music that features something that doesn't appear in the film. The pictures in question have the Lonster and the first "victim" (the blond lady) posing with a giant prop head that looks a little like Boris Karloff. Was this a prop that was intended for use when Boris was going to play the part that the Lonster played, or something else? The liner notes by Mr. Ted Newsom doesn't indicate where they are from.
TomWeaver999		#39	[-]
Jun 30 10 11:31 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm having trouble remembering the scene depicted on the poster but maybe I've only ever seen edited prints: http://cgi.ebay.com/HAUNT...in_0&hash=item519338a0e3
Ted Newsom		#40	[-]
Jul 1 10 12:23 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Don't trust anything that Newsom guy writes. He's a screwball. Are you talking about that odd, pale mask? You got me on that. It doesn't look like anything I'd put in a movie. Maybe it was just something laying around to play with while they were taking stills.
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