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Professor Fendash Gorp		#81	[-]
Apr 21 09 7:24 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Or turned him into Frankenfurter from ROCKY HORROR SHOW. Altho Cushing was so good he might have made it work! "You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead."
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Tumak		#82	[-]
Apr 21 09 11:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Are you gonna tackle this one, Ted, or should I?
Ted Newsom		#83	[-]
Apr 22 09 12:11 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Do yer best, Tumie. I gotcher back.
Tumak		#84	[-]
Apr 22 09 3:10 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts
DrRavna		#85	[-]
Apr 22 09 6:16 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	OMG! That's just brillant. Now there's something strange over at the Frankenstein place!
lencandraw		#86	[-]
Apr 22 09 11:06 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	So, so wrong!
BijouBob8mm		#87	[-]
Apr 22 09 11:53 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I had briefly toyed with taking that shot of Cushing holding the arteries between his teeth and do a mock PSA about the benefits of flossing, but that Rocky Horror mock-up pretty much took the wind out of my sails.
Monsterpal		#88	[-]
Apr 22 09 5:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Too bad, Bob. I'd still like to see that.
skelton knaggs		#89	[-]
Apr 22 09 5:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Peter certainly makes for a fine dandy ! "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
The Drunken Severed Head		#90	[-]
May 8 09 3:43 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	What a great segue--I want to post about a dandy interview Shane Briant gave me in connection with the release of his fine new novel, Worst Nightmares! My interview begins at this blog post, and my review of the book can be found here. His book, a psychological thriller with horror elements, is a real page-turner; it's suspenseful, has some deeply chilling, horrifying scenes and features some interesting, memorable characters. http://universalmonsterarmy.com/blog/
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Wich2		#91	[-]
May 8 09 12:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	(Max, a worthy note - but you hadda stretch like Eel O'Brien to make it!)
The Drunken Severed Head		#92	[-]
May 8 09 9:55 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, he was the co-star of FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL... http://universalmonsterarmy.com/blog/
skelton knaggs		#93	[-]
May 9 09 2:30 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Drunken Severed Head wrote: Well, he was the co-star of FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL... Yea??? Well he also co-stared in Terence Fisher's last movie too! "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
Ted Newsom		#94	[-]
May 9 09 11:49 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	So, so wrong! So, so true!!!
Kinescope Korner		#95	[-]
May 10 09 11:19 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Peeknocker2 wrote: I watched the Anolis disc of this film last night. Good transfer and the censored bits that were edited back in fitted in seemlessly. I'd never seen this film before and was enjoying it until the monster arrived, and then the film went nowhere, and then it was all over before I knew it. Likewise, the script was relatively strong until the arrival of the monster (David Prowsein a laughable and decidely unhorrific body suit), and then it relapsed into all the standard cliches, with a noticeable absence of suspense or plot. It was as if both the director and screenwriter lost interest in the project about half way through, as there is no especial use made of the asylum or the revelation that Frankenstein is still alive. Nor is the lack of morality and near-homicidal tendencies of the doctor in his obsessive pursuit of his experiments ever fully explored, as in one or otherof the previous films. The film ends abruptly and inconclusively with a semi-comical assertion that the mad doctor will simply go on with his mad experiments. All in all, the film is a disappointment, as I was somwhat led to believe by several online reviews that it was a sort of classy farewall by both Cushing and Fisher to the series. At least I got it on sale via Amazon.de along with some better films available from Germany. I have the Japanese laserdisc to this and was wondering if this is still considered the final uncut version?
Grant		#96	[-]
May 10 09 12:34 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Drunken Severed Head wrote: What a great segue--I want to post about a dandy interview Shane Briant gave me in connection with the release of his fine new novel, Worst Nightmares! My interview begins at this blog post, and my review of the book can be found here. His book, a psychological thriller with horror elements, is a real page-turner; it's suspenseful, has some deeply chilling, horrifying scenes and features some interesting, memorable characters. That's very interesting to hear. To me, thanks to the Dan Curtis version, Shane Briant is THE Dorian Gray. (No offense to Hurd Hatfield, who I think was very good also.)
dobrien		#97	[-]
May 11 09 1:52 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Kinescope Korner wrote: I have the Japanese laserdisc to this and was wondering if this is still considered the final uncut version? I believe it's the complete version, with the extra frames (20?) of extended throat slashing missing from even the German release. I've heard that the Japanese LD is a murky full-frame transfer but in terms of rarity it looks set to remain a coveted collector's item.
Kinescope Korner		#98	[-]
May 11 09 1:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	dobrien wrote: Kinescope Korner wrote: I have the Japanese laserdisc to this and was wondering if this is still considered the final uncut version? I believe it's the complete version, with the extra frames (20?) of extended throat slashing missing from even the German release. I've heard that the Japanese LD is a murky full-frame transfer but in terms of rarity it looks set to remain a coveted collector's item. It is dark and muddy. Hopefully a new transfer will pop up someday!
dobrien		#99	[-]
May 12 09 3:22 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Kinescope Korner wrote: dobrien wrote: Kinescope Korner wrote: I have the Japanese laserdisc to this and was wondering if this is still considered the final uncut version? I believe it's the complete version, with the extra frames (20?) of extended throat slashing missing from even the German release. I've heard that the Japanese LD is a murky full-frame transfer but in terms of rarity it looks set to remain a coveted collector's item. It is dark and muddy. Hopefully a new transfer will pop up someday! Don't hold your breath. Most DVD releases are taken from the R-rated US version of the film, even the Japanese disc. The reissued UK disc restores some footage and the German disc restores most footage. I assume that the uncut Japanese LD was taken from the same master as the VHS release. The Japanese DVD distributor opted to use Paramount's edited US master, so I guess they didn't know about the cuts or didn't consider them significant or felt that restoring the material from an inferior source would be too time consuming/costly/distracting for viewers. I think the German DVD distributor restored their release with material from a 35mm print.
Kinescope Korner		#100	[-]
May 12 09 8:23 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	paleoguy wrote: Put me down as a fan of this one, too. I met Dave Prowse recently and we talked at some length about his work at Hammer and FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL in particular. Honestly, he just went on and on about it and his adoration for Peter Cushing. His eyes practically danced as he spoke of their long friendship. Although he'd never worked with Christopher Lee, he had wonderful things to say about him, too. I think he was delighted to talk about a different aspect of his career besides STAR WARS. For whatever it's worth, in my opinion, I think Dave's performance here is among the most touching, and frightening, Frankenstein Monsters since Boris Karloff. And, like Joe, I think the Monster suit is very cool. Martin My wife and I met Dave some years ago (and I met Peter in the 70's) and we talked about how dear a man Peter Cushing was. In fact, I understand, Peter jumping on Dave's back was an on the spot ablib and they kept filming!! Dave said it really didn't hit him until after the scene was shot!
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