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October 21st Son of Frankenstein (1939) The third installment in Universal's Frankenstein saga and the final one to star the great Karloff as the imposing monster...this time wearing a natty sheepskin cut off shirt. Cast wise this is far superior to the two previous entries even though they are in the revered bracket whilst this generally isn't, although in my opinion it should be. Basil Rathbone is excellent as Sherlo, er Baron Wolf Von Frankenstein whilst Bela Lugosi, who gives a fine performance and has a lot to do (interacts superbly with Karloff) as Ygor but Lionel Atwill almost steals the show with an eccentric turn as a police inspector with a noisy artificial arm. In fact eccentric is the word that best describes this chiller. It's probably the only time the monster has a chest X-ray for example and is certainly the only time the villagers turn out to cheer Baron Frankenstein at the end. It's not all quirkiness though, the oft used Universal horror traits are all present and correct and we even get a molten sulphur pit handily situated beneath Frankenstein's laboratory for added danger, extra chills and an inescapable finale. Last edited by Demdike@Cult Labs; 22nd October 2020 at 05:48 PM. |
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I love Lugosi as Ygor. But then again i would
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#3573
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That's being generous, one of the worst films I had seen in years, Barbara must of really needed the money. Last edited by trebor8273; 22nd October 2020 at 06:18 PM. |
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I'm with you on this one, Treb.
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#3575
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22. s-l1600 (2).jpg SLAUGHTER HIGH (1986) Good slasher with some atmospheric scenes involving the 'Jester' walking the old school halls. Nice gruesome deaths for that group of unlikable characters. 23. 516LsmW6kxL._AC_.jpg PIECES (1982) Nice and gory chainsaw mayhem. The scene in the lift is just awesome! Crazy ending scene. Don't mess with a patchwork girl, ha ha! |
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Pieces RULES. The lift scene Beyond The Gates is DIRE AF. The Void pisses all over it IMHO.
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Funnily enough, I've dug this one out as well.
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The Long Hair of Death A mother is burned as a witch and her eldest daughter is murdered after confronting the count about the reasons why. The youngest daughter, years later, marries the counts nephew and beings plotting revenge. Barbara Steele is in it, that's all I need to say. It was a great horror film. This marathon is starting to pick up now it seems. happy days
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I was going to watch it in last years October marathon, but couldn't get timing right due to work commitments
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