Halloween Movies 🎃

[Erestor Arcamen]

Don't forget "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane"

I’ve seen that one, fabulous!

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Tonight’s

 

[Deimos]

Tonight’s

I recognized Michael Gwynn... he played Hermes in Jason and the Argonauts...going from human sized to [Olympian] god sized

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Tonight is this “masterpiece”

 

[Fingon_Findekáno]

I'm sure someone here has at least seen the psychological horror film, The Bad Seed (1956). I remember when Svengoolie played it last year, he actually gave several content warnings because of how disturbing some of its scenes were. Indeed, it was an intense movie...

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

It looks familiar but I’m not sure if I’ve seen it. Added to my watchlist though!

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

An adaptation of a stage play. The ending was changed for the film.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Something a little more modern tonight

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Tonight is a double feature

 

[Deimos]

Tonight is this “masterpiece”

"Brain paralyzing"???!!!

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

"Brain paralyzing"???!!!

Actually, it didn’t take much brainpower to watch this movie at all. But quite enjoyable

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

To continue the Vincent Price kick tonight

 

[Fingon_Findekáno]

Tonight Svengoolie was showing 1966's Munster, Go Home!. What a delight to watch! I enjoy the original The Munsters series quite a bit, and this movie fit right in with the humor and feel of the show. In addition, I've always been so used to seeing them in black-and-white, so it was a surprise to see what they actually looked like in color! 😂

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

This is tonight’s feature, by Roger Corman

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Tonight’s a repeat, one of my other favorites

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

George Romero cited it as an influence.

 

[Deimos]

Tonight’s a repeat, one of my other favorites

I think I bought it a year or two ago...still haven't watched it (No reason, just....haven't watched it yet)

Another unwatched one sitting in my stack of DVDs and BDs:
The Phantom Carriage (1921) [Criterion Collection]
Go HERE to read about it.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Is it a metaphor as (most of us) have five fingers, are we not all beasts then?

 

[Deimos]

Is it a metaphor as (most of us) have five fingers, are we not all beasts then?

The screenplay, written by Curt Siodmak, was loosely adapted from a 1919 short story of the same name by W.F. Harvey.
I have it on my bookshelves in an anthology of "scary stories." And "loosely adapted" is the operative phrase here.
The short story is solidly supernatural; the movie (from my reading about it) is a "psychological horror story."
I do know I slept with the light on for several nights after reading the story.
It's one of those stories that I can only reread after at least a year has passed.