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1 Ehojbbm11bNCSU2kIXDHxQ.jpg THE MAD MONSTER (1942) George Zucco injects his gardener Glenn Strange with a wolf blood serum turning him in to a wolfman. His idea is to make an army of wolfmen to win WWII. Zucco sets up encounters with professors who scoffed at his idea and sets up the wolfman to kill them.. Poverty row horror. That being said, the sets of an old swamp are well done and atmospheric. There is also a good scene in Zucco 's lab where he imagines talking to the professors, and they appear as spectres sitting around a table. |
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Countess Dracula. 1971. In 17th century Hungary, a ageing Countess has found a way by keeping her youth by bathing in the blood of young female virgins. There has been a few films based on the story of Elizabeth Bathory who killed at least 600 young girls to bathe in their blood, but Hammer managed to do a decent bit of work on the story. Ingrid Pitt does pull of a decent portrayal as the old and youngest Countess, and has a dark side to being young again. Peter Sasdy who directed this managed to recreate some period decor with portraits of the real Countess torturing some girls as the legend dictates in the opening of the film, any film with Ingrid Pitt is always worth a watch, even though her voice was dubbed in this, you sinner Peter Sasdy. countessdracula.jpg
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Sex Drive A Teen travels to Virginia with 2 of his friends in order to meet the hot girl he's been talking to online. Along the way they encounter a lot of mishaps. James Marsden is his bullying (Stiffler like) Brother and Seth Green is a Mormon who is able to lay on the guilt trips. This was one of the latter takes on the American Pie, Teen Comedy and I remember it being better but it was one of the more decent efforts. The Abstinence Scene was incredibly funny and would have fit in on the theatrical American Pie movies. Bounty Hunter Gerard Butler is hired to track his ex-wife (Jennifer Aniston) who skipped a court appearance. After some hijinks, they end up working together to solve a Murder. Butler revels in his role and it is funny. Nanny Diaries Scarlett Johannson takes up a job as a Nanny for a demanding Laura Linney. Chris Evans has a role also. It's a enjoyable watch without the clichés at the end. |
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I was in a talk with Peter Sasdy and he mentioned about Ingrid's voice being dubbed. It was because Hammer thought that people might not be able to understand her! I don't think it was Peter that made the decision. I think Ingrid's real voice was perfect for the part. Ingrid thought the film was rather tame as well and wanted lots more blood. |
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