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[Endless_Night]

Okay. So, There is this old movie. Not too old. It's color. A horror movie.

I remember little except the monster sucked the bones out of its victims, leaving the body, errr, sack(?) empty. As I recall, the action was set in a city and the monster looked sort of like a vacuum cleaner.

Ring any bells, anyone?

 

[hotwords229_A]

Okay. So, There is this old movie. Not too old. It's color. A horror movie.

I remember little except the monster sucked the bones out of its victims, leaving the body, errr, sack(?) empty. As I recall, the action was set in a city and the monster looked sort of like a vacuum cleaner.

Ring any bells, anyone?

It sounds like @Lord Pmann ‘s nightmare—getting his bone sucked out by a vacuum cleaner and just leaving his sack.

Or it could be Island of Terror, I’m not sure.

 

[investor2020]

Enny, I think you are carrying the horror element a bit too far when you include in your birthday month a martini that has leeches mixed in it !! Well, to each their own, I guess. Anyway, have a happy birthday when that day occurs this month!

You might even watch this as you enjoy another one of those martinis:

 

[Endless_Night]

Or it could be Island of Terror, I’m not sure.

I watched the trailer and I think this might be the one!

*squeal of excitement*

For some reason I thought it was in a city, but this is one of those things I saw on Saturday reruns as a child so my memory is hazy.

Scared the bejesus out of me though.


The vacuum was suspect for months!

 

[Endless_Night]

You might even watch this as you enjoy another one of those martinis:

Ooooh. I don't think I've seen this . . . .

 

[Endless_Night]

Oh, and a basket of gluten free treats arrived today. Mostly in the nature of dark chocolate.

My friends know me so well.

Next up, Island of Terror (1966).

I hope this is the right one!

*bounces*

 

[Apisto42]

Dark chocolate is the best.

 

[Endless_Night]

Island of Terror was -

Even better than expected!!~

1) Research gone wrong.
2) Hammer like production.
3) Bone-sucking vacuum creatures.
4) Reproduction by binary fission.
5) Peter Cushing!
6) Questionable science.

What more could one want?

Notes:

-Until panic set in the people were surprisingly open minded and willing to work together. That would never happen in real life.
-The female lead was remarkably helpless. Even more useless than usual. Honestly, I would have fed her to the silicates.

I mean, I, too, would be pretty useless, but it's a bad look for the feminine gender.

 

[hotwords229_A]

You had me at “bone-sucking vacuum creatures”!

 

[Endless_Night]

You had me at “bone-sucking vacuum creatures”!

If I understand you correctly - and it's entirely possible I do not as I never catch these things correctly the first time -

Not that kind of, errr, bone.

 

[Endless_Night]

What happened to beauty marks and hats? I feel like they went out about the same time. Like, the fifties? Sixties?

 

[investor2020]

Interesting background to that, Enny:

Beauty marks, historically called mouches (French for "flies"), were fashionable beauty patches used in European and Spanish colonial courts to hide blemishes or send secret flirtatious messages, with placement conveying meaning (cheek for flirt, near lip for discreet). Hats became popular during eras like the 18th century and Edwardian period, often featuring large styles to draw attention to the face, making these faux beauty spots (hearts, moons) part of a glamorous, sometimes coded, fashion statement, a trend seen today in unique hat designs and makeup.

Speaking for myself, I still have a hat . . . but never tried a beauty mark to send a flirtatious message.