Permalink Reply by The Baron on September 24, 2021 at 5:08pm
I find it flows a little better, because it doean't have the intrusive scenes with Raymond Burr and the army guys.
"Just curious, have you ever seen the original Japanese version of this, Godzilla (1984)?"
I have not. Is it significantly different?
Permalink Reply by Jeff of Earth-J on September 24, 2021 at 7:12pm
It's already in our cart. Thanks!
You know, I generally like sequels that come out decades after the originals.
Permalink Reply by Jeff of Earth-J on September 25, 2021 at 12:16pm
THE SCREAMING SKULL (1958, b&w): Back to Tracy's list. This movie starts with a warning and an assurance that the producers will pay the burial expenses for anyone who dies of fright while watching the movie. Let me assure anyone reading this post: it's not that scary. But it is moody in a low key kind of way, like Carnival of Souls. A couple of newlyweds move into the mansion inherited by the groom's first wife, who died accidentally on the premises. the gardener is Mickey, who was devoted to the first wife and grew up on the estate with her, the son of the original garner. Mickey is lame in one leg, mentally slow, and the prime suspect when the "ghost" of the first wife begins terrorizing wife #2. There is a painting of wife #1 still hanging in the house, and it reminds wife #2 of her own mother. the only other two characters are the local pastor and his wife, friends of the family. There are a couple of twists toward the end, making for an enjoyable B-flick that perhaps takes itself a bit too seriously.
I've only ever seen the MST3K version of this. I must see that my opinion of this episode has improved since I wrote this. It's grown into one of my favorite episodes tp re-watch.
Oh, I didn't know MST3K spoofed this one. I see from your post it was one of the later ones.
Permalink Reply by Jeff of Earth-J on September 26, 2021 at 10:17am
ATRAGON: This is it: the last of the non-Godzilla Toho movies to introduce a kaiju later featured in Destroy All Monsters which i have not seen. another thing to cross off my "bucket list"! I expected to enjoy this movie, but I didn't expect to enjoy it quite as much as I did, despite it being quite different from what i had expected. I expected it to by a typical Toho kaiju movie, but what it is instead is a Toho tokusatsu movie with a kaiju in it. In this case, the ancient Mu empire plots to reclaim the surface world. Good stuff!
Permalink Reply by doc photo on September 27, 2021 at 10:10am
Blood of Dracula as seen on Svengoolie. This film was part of American International's "Teenage" monster series. Supposedly the title was intended to be I Was A Teenage Vampire which would have been a better fit since there is very little blood and no Dracula in the movie. The other teenage monster films have a certain entertainment value, Blood of Dracula however is downright awful.
THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS: This movie looks quite familiar to both Tracy and me. Was it an MST3K? I suspect we saw it last year when we binged 30 or so MST3Ks we recorded. I have the Amazing Colossal Episode Guide, but the problem with that is 1) it's incomplete, and 2) there no index (!). Lines such as, "There's a flag on the Moon. Who planted it?" are hard to forget. At 53 minutes, I hesitate to call it a "movie" in the first place. that's more like an episode of a TV show without commercials. But it does star Tor Johnson, which bespeaks of the quality of the film.
TOR! TOR! (from Josh Alan's sadly unproduced musical on the life and movies of Ed Wood)
Tor! Tor!
Hear the crowd roar
Super Swedish Dinosaur
He's paid to be mean
Lobotomized eyes
Of a 400 pound Mr. Clean
A very bad dream
I eat Swedish meatballs
And wrestle my foes to the floor
What a sight!
What a smell!
He's a vision of hell
Atomic Age thespian
Wrestling zombie dumbbell
More! More!
Nordic Viking man of war
It's hard to be mean
Make everyone scream
And scare 'em again
I have to pretend
For big silver screen
I come from behind
Swedish Frankenstein
It's time to be fed
My enemy's head
It bobbles off spine
I am Tor!
Mighty Tor!
Permalink Reply by The Baron on September 27, 2021 at 10:24am
The Beast of Yucca Flats was Show 621, it should be in the episode guide. Coleman Francis makes Ed Wood look like John Ford.
Ah, got it.
Yeah, that entry pretty much sums up the movie.
Permalink Reply by Richard Willis on September 27, 2021 at 11:02pm
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (seldom mentioned as starring Michael Landon) was referenced in the novel It by Stephen King. Some of the many real and imaginary horrors the entity who called itself Pennywise sent against its victims were (unstated) takeoffs on the Universal monsters. The werewolf one sported the high school jacket Landon wore in his movie.
doc photo said:
STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER: Inspired by The Autobiography of Mr. Spock, I have decided to watch a couple of relevant movies. This one doesn't usually rate very highly in fan polls I have seen, but there are some parts of it I like very much. (I certainly like it more than fan favorite Stark Trek IV: "The One with the Whales.") 14 years pass between Star Trek: The Motion Picture (one of my personal favorites) and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, whereas Star Trek II through V take place in the relatively compressed timeframe of three years (2285-2287). One non-Spock-related thing that V has in common with TMP is that they are both beginnings. Most of DC's second Star Trek series fit in continuity between V & VI.