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I thought Warren's Prey was absolutely awful and Bloody New Year was just as bad. I liked Satan's Slave & Terror but that's about it for me. Walker made more films that I enjoyed. Especially Frightmare, Cool It Carol and Home Before Midnight. House Of Whipcord wasn't bad either (when it was visible). |
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I thought PREY was a masterclass of low budget genius! Although I have to agree Vince,Walker was the master when it came to raw Brit shockers.
__________________ Teddy, I'm a Scotch drinker - you know that. I just have the occasional brandy when I'm not drinking. |
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"The Mummy’s Ghost" (1944) http://www.beardyfreak.com/rvmumghost.php This third sequel to the original “The Mummy” (or the 2nd sequel to the later re-boot) once again ups the pace, ups the mummy action and darkens the mood in comparison to “The Mummy’s Hand” but it’s not quite as dark, well paced or generally as good as the previous “The Mummy’s Tomb”. It’s certainly very nice to see that ‘Universal’ have used the ongoing story of Kharis in an interesting way with some pretty good continuity that truly turns these four films into an epic tale when combined. As far as the screenplay goes, the film does stop dead now and again though for lethargically staged exposition scenes and the mixture of general rampage plot and the re-incarnation idea also means the film is weighed down with more plotting and exposition in its main portion than either “Hand” or “Tomb”. The romance sub-plot is cliché and saccharine but at least this romance angle serves a purpose where the previous drippy love clichés become the bedrock of the darker elements to come. Without the sweetness the bitter would not register as well. Aside from a suitably cadaverous and menacing John Carradine, and even Lon Chaney, none of the acting here is very good though. Chaney’s Kharis is played slightly different, here the mummy seems to have more human traits in how he acts which are obviously put there to make the ‘ageless love’ aspect of the tale carry weight as we now see Kharis’ human side show through the monster he now is. That’s not to say he’s not still a full-on throttling machine though and the numerous stalk ‘n’ strangle scenes are effective enough. The film is also just as delightfully cold-blooded as “Tomb” in the way it treats returning characters, but “Ghost” is also ruthless (and again damn brave for the time) towards it’s new characters, resulting in a wonderfully surprising (if muddled in the details a bit) finale that goes against all you would expect from a film of this style and era. Overall then “The Mummy’s Ghost” is better than “The Mummy’s Hand” as far as action, pacing and plot goes, but not as good as “The Mummy’s Tomb” as far as action, pacing and plot goes. And that’s a wrap. |
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My interest in these has been resurrected (along with Kharis) and I'm going to revisit Tomb, Ghost and Curse over the next few days, via the old Universal/CIC videos. Hand can remain in the crypt for the time being. |
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The 2 double bill DVD's are very good actually if you ever fancy upgrading. |
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Watched a couple of Franco's recently Eugenie..The Story Of Her Journey Into Perversion Eugenie De Sade Really liked both of these..decent picture,sleazy as hell,Soledad Miranda,Maria Rohm...Ive bought and sold alot of jess Franco stuff,just can't seem to get along with some of it,really enjoy Bloody Moon,and Ive just picked up Devil Hunter....I do like the Jess Franco interviews tho'..really entertaining..he know's he ain't the best but he's passionate..suprised he's still alive actually the amount he smokes...... |
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What films have you seen recently? Quote:
One of my fave Brit horrors, since I saw it on video back in the 80's. I have the R1 Image dvd. Better than the overrated 2001. |
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I enjoyed Xtro too. Good fun. Knocks Inseminoid into fits.
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A Blade In The Dark Great atmosphere and tension in the horror scenes, pretty good violence (bathroom scene is nasty). Story line is kind of average. The film's let down a little by the poor dubbing into English from Italian. Good movie overall. Ghoul School ****ing terrible. Lower grade film making than Troma's but with no humour or character of it's own and an even lower budget in comparison. Just made me want to watch Troma's Class Of Nuke Em High instead (which is awesome). Even the editing and sound recording were pants. Just painfully bad. Only redeeming feature is it's honest to itslef. They must have known it was a disaster while making it, which adds a certain charm. |
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Im currently going through the MR VAMPIRE series(and rip offs) |
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