The House In Nightmare Park

lazyeejay2003 · #1 25th March 2016, 05:01 PM

Frankie Howard starred in this very underrated comedy film. It had some truly laugh out scenes. I actually had one of the scripts for this film and it was fascinating to see that Frankie very rarely deviated from what was written. With all his oohs and aahs you would have thought it ideal but he pretty much followed the script word for word.
I'm actually gutted I sold the script as it was a piece of movie history.
Luckily I still have the film. Watch it if you haven't seen it

Inspector Abberline · #2 25th March 2016, 05:09 PM

Its a great movie,it seemed to take ages to get released on dvd.

Demdike@Cult Labs · #3 25th March 2016, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

Its a great movie,it seemed to take ages to get released on dvd.

Yeah. The Network dvd looks great and has two versions. A widescreen and in it's original cinema aspect ratio which is the one to go for in my opinion.

Inspector Abberline · #4 25th March 2016, 05:34 PM

The Pete and Dud comedy The Hound Of The Baskervilles [1977],has diabolical pan and scan,yet the dvd extra is widescreen version which is superb quality,so why bother with the other version?

Demdike@Cult Labs · #5 25th March 2016, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

The Pete and Dud comedy The Hound Of The Baskervilles [1977],has diabolical pan and scan,yet the dvd extra is widescreen version which is superb quality,so why bother with the other version?

It's because it's original cinema ratio was 4:3. The widescreen version will be more suitable to those who've never seen a film pre 1960 i suppose.

You can see on the widescreen version how much info is missing from the original aspect 4:3.

Wow! Didn't expect to get those grabs so identical.

Inspector Abberline · #6 25th March 2016, 05:46 PM

The Hound Of The Baskervilles [1977] dvd the print is just awful PQ ,I didn't realize until later there was a better widescreen version as an extra.

Demdike@Cult Labs · #7 25th March 2016, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

The Hound Of The Baskervilles [1977] dvd the print is just awful PQ ,I didn't realize until later there was a better widescreen version as an extra.

I've never seen that film. Is it worth getting?

How does it compare with HINP?

I like House because it gets every aspect right, from the comedy to the Gothic horror. In fact the film is more effective than several of Corman's Poe films in this respect.

Inspector Abberline · #8 25th March 2016, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I've never seen that film. Is it worth getting?

How does it compare with HINP?

I like House because it gets every aspect right, from the comedy to the Gothic horror. In fact the film is more effective than several of Corman's Poe films in this respect.

The Hound is as nucking futs,just off the charts mental.
The Hound Of The Baskervilles [1978]
Directed by Paul Morrissey yes he of Frankenstein and Dracula goes carry on fame,he then turned his hand to Arthur Conan Doyle's Hound Of The Baskervilles,It's pretty much the same story we all know and have watched on countless occasions,but with the added attraction of having Peter Cook as a Jewish Sherlock and Dudley Moore as a welsh Watson.The cast is really impressive,Terry Thomas,Roy Kinnear, Max Wall,Penelope Keith as a prostitute, Denholm Elliott and Kenneth Williams and the marvellous Spike Milligan.With this sort of cast no one could really expect anything but the up most silliness I mean its really silly nearly Pythonesque in its silliness.Dudley Moore is exceptional in his daftness,the welsh accent is questionable to say the least but very funny.He also plays Sherlock's mother,sort of cross between old mother Riley and Doris Stokes and Mr Spiggott a one legged man who wants to be a mail runner for Shelock. Cook seems to be on auto pilot,pretty much sleep walking through his part,Terry Thomas is also on hand to give the film abit of much needed class,considering this was his last film performance he looks and acts surprising well,certainly not showing any signs of Parkinson's disease which would finally take him away.Moore also did the musical score,which has a very silent era piano score feel to it,which suits the film down to the ground.Denholm Elliot also appears as the chihuahua loving Stapleton,I don't think ill ever forget the scene were Elliot is holding a chihuahua while it pee's over Moore's face,If you thought some of the performances in Paul Morrissey's previous films was over the top should see Joan Greenwood as Beryl Stapleton doing an impression of Linda Blair from The Exorcist . Daft one liners and stupid accents aside,its not surreal enough to be as good as The Bed Siting Room,and not funny enough to be considered a classic,but it just may be the daftest film you'll ever see...