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skelton knaggs		#61	[-]
Oct 10 10 2:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	gorgozilla wrote: Joe Karlosi wrote: And I LOVE that makeup, no matter what others say. As presented inthe movie, it's seen just briefly enough to be very effective. I think the trashing the makeup gets from a lot of people is based on the brightly lit, closeup, B+W stills of it. On color film, in the night scenes, it looks great. I see nothing wrong with this shot. I think the makeup looks rather good here..... "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
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CreepyClassicFan		#62	[-]
Oct 10 10 4:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanagarian wrote: This was another film that had eluded me for ages,until it was shown in the early hours of the morning on CH4 !! When the dvd was released i was over the moon... The make up for the Reptile i thought was great,another Roy triumph !. If only the Reptile herself had more screen time ! .....but sometimes less is better i suppose. I can never fault Jennifer Daniel,and i only wish she had done more than this film and 'Kiss of the Vampire' for Hammer. One of my top ten favorite Hammer horror features. Ashton's makeup for this film is one of his best work. I've always thought this would make a great remake or revival, if done right.
Gorilla At Large		#63	[-]
Oct 11 10 2:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I finally saw it for the first time on TCM Friday night and I must admit I was rather disappointed. I thought the makeup was good , but the story was meandering and and a bit too talky. Not enough cobra attacks and that ending was just AWFUL and anticlimactic. It was like the writers said "F" it, I can think of anything better, so let's just have her die from the cold and we'll have the house go up in flames. Roll credits and onto the next assignment......
BoyScoutKevin	Re: The Reptile	#64	[-]
Oct 31 10 1:45 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I rather like it, if only because it is something a little different from Hammer, and it would go well with "Plague of the Zombies," which was shot about the same time, in some of the same locations, and using some of the same actors. And people have presumed that Ken Russell saw this, before he made his "Lair of the White Worm," as there are a number of similiarities between the two films. (1) The snake make-up (2) The snake dance (3) The snake music that irritates one of the characters. (a) "The Reptile," where is it played on the sitar. (b) "Lair of the White Worm," where it is played on the harmonica or mouth organ.
kinggirlfriend		#65	[-]
Nov 3 10 4:10 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I also just saw this for the first time. Someone earlier said the cover to the Anchor Bay disc scared them off, in a bad way. Me too. Except when I saw the creature in the movie it worked really well for me. Had a similar vibe as THE GORGON. They're both female monsters and the scenes where the victims are poisoned/petrified are awefully similar.
skelton knaggs		#66	[-]
Jan 15 11 4:11 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ti andrebbe di salsiccia serpente con la prima colazione contental ? "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
Rakshasa		#67	[-]
Jan 25 11 1:17 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I found this in a used bin for a few dollars the other day and decided to take it home (I'd always wanted to see it over the years but never managed to). Just watched it and I thought it was an awesome film. I loved the mystery, the setting, the characters, and yes, I loved the make-up. I have to agree with those that say the make-up looks SO much better in the film than in some of the stills where its too brightly lit (revealing its flaws). I thought she was a most scary and excellent monster. The pub owner was the best. And I thought the chap who played Anna's father was great as well. Really glad I finally caught up with this one. Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
tnt		#68	[-]
Jan 25 11 6:31 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Your Signature ...www.woodywelch.net
Rakshasa		#69	[-]
Jan 25 11 6:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Holy Mackerel, TNT! AWESOME art work! Seriously, that's her! Yeah, I really liked this flick a lot. I'm still thinking about it the next day, which is always a good sign... Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
tnt		#70	[-]
Jan 25 11 11:10 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks, Rakshasa! Your Signature ...www.woodywelch.net
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skelton knaggs		#71	[-]
Jan 26 11 1:26 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well you certainly are consistent Woody.Again lovely work.... Although I found this guy to be just as frightening as his daughter. "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
Friend of Daniel	"Something Smells Delicious!"	#72	[-]
Oct 31 11 10:37 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I just watched this for the first time in many years (thanks, TCM!) and agree it's an overall effectively creepy Hammer entry - except for that terrible ending. The makeup looks fine to me in context of the film. A better ending for me would have Anna pursue Valerie into the greenhouse (it's established earlier Franklin grows exotic flowers) and have Valerie discover by accident - flinging a flower pot at Ann's head and having it crash through a window maybe - Anna's vulnerability to cold. She could keep smashing windows as the increasingly weaker Anna creeps toward her until collapsing (with a shriek!) in a heap. I was glad they thought to rescue kitty from the house. The animal lover in me always hates when characters in a movie conveniently forget that the poor doggy or kitty is left behind in the burning mansion. I guess the rest of Anna's pets/snacks became squab and hasenpfeffer.
Gorilla At Large		#73	[-]
Nov 2 11 10:44 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Friend of Daniel wrote: I just watched this for the first time in many years (thanks, TCM!) and agree it's an overall effectively creepy Hammer entry - except for that terrible ending. The makeup looks fine to me in context of the film. A better ending for me would have Anna pursue Valerie into the greenhouse (it's established earlier Franklin grows exotic flowers) and have Valerie discover by accident - flinging a flower pot at Ann's head and having it crash through a window maybe - Anna's vulnerability to cold. She could keep smashing windows as the increasingly weaker Anna creeps toward her until collapsing (with a shriek!) in a heap. I was glad they thought to rescue kitty from the house. The animal lover in me always hates when characters in a movie conveniently forget that the poor doggy or kitty is left behind in the burning mansion. I guess the rest of Anna's pets/snacks became squab and hasenpfeffer. I agree - I hated the ending! I don't think it could be more lack luster and anti climatic if they tried....
CapnDunsel		#74	[-]
Nov 3 11 8:31 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	just watched this for the first time. Great backstory and shed skin shot, but it all comes too late, and I think slitted eyelids closer to the sides of the head would have been more snake-like than bulging eyes. Hurrah for
Monsterpal		#75	[-]
Nov 4 11 12:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hooray for Captain Spaulding, the India explorer! Did someone call me schnorer? Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!
Grant		#76	[-]
Nov 4 11 12:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Friend of Daniel wrote: I was glad they thought to rescue kitty from the house. The animal lover in me always hates when characters in a movie conveniently forget that the poor doggy or kitty is left behind in the burning mansion. I guess the rest of Anna's pets/snacks became squab and hasenpfeffer. It's even more true with COMEDY-dramas - the cat person in you really cringes when reading that one scene of Poe's "Hans Phaal."
Here 4 help		#77	[-]
Nov 9 11 3:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Harry Spalding of course was Bob Lippert's screenwriter (who wrote Witchcraft, Earth Dies Screaming and Curse of the Fly) and Anthony Hinds was having an in-joke at his expense. Some of the imagery is also taken from a terrible film called The Snake Woman directed by Sidney Furie in 1960 which Hinds must have seen. The much maligned ending was improvised somewhat at the last minute by John Gilling. Originally, there was an even worse one in which Anna actually bites the heroine but the bite has no effect because she has used up her venom on her father and it hasn't renewed yet. This can be found in John Burke's novellisation in The Hammer Horror Film Omnibus Volume 2.
horrorfilmx		#78	[-]
Nov 9 11 4:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Here 4 help wrote: Originally, there was an even worse one in which Anna actually bites the heroine but the bite has no effect because she has used up her venom on her father and it hasn't renewed yet. I actually kind of like that. Well executed it might have been a nice twist.
vampirelover		#79	[-]
Nov 24 11 10:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"The Reptile" remains one of my favorite Hammer Films. I will watch this one 5 times as much as the more favorite "Plague of the Zombires". The scene when Anna attacks Harry (where we see her as the snake women for the first time) is one of the best in a Hammer Film. I liked the makeup (much better than that dam "Gorgon"). As for the ending, I would have liked to have seen Anna strugling with her father as Tom breaks the glass window and Harry rescues Valerie as the house is in flames. As they leave, they see Anna viciously bit her father who falls to the floor as the burning timbers crush the both of them. Just my opinion.
Franny6422		#80	[-]
Jun 22 12 8:17 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yeah' let's hear it for Anna. With the blu-ray release of both of the Cornwall Classics' "Plague" is getting all the attention. "The Reptile" is also worthy of much praise' instead of being treated as the poorer cousin.
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