Endless Ends

[Endless_Night]

Have you ever heard of The Beast Must Die?

It’s not Hammer, but Amicus (which is kind of a American Hammer) and Peter Cushing is in it. I heard that it was worth watching, but I haven’t seen it yet.

Apparently they stop the film and give you time to figure out who the werewolf is!

I need to watch this movie!

I HAVE SEEN THIS


And, yeah. You should watch it.

 

[Endless_Night]

We share that. I am a big fan of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Saw all their movies back when they were made...LOL
Then again also a fan of Bela Lugosi Boris Karloff Lon Chaney Jr. Vincent Price...you get the drift...LOL

Definitely a fan of Lugosi, Karloff, Chaney, and I adore Vincent Price!

Hammer is just my favorite movie producer, at least in classic horror.

 

[hotwords229_A]

I HAVE SEEN THIS


And, yeah. You should watch it.

<— werewolf emoji.

 

[Endless_Night]

<— werewolf emoji.

Hahahahaha! OMG.

I am dying.

D.Y.I.N.G.



You people are killing me tonight!

 

[hotoldrguy]

Thought you would like this
https://twitter.com/i/status/1422795817706999817

 

[Endless_Night]

Thought you would like this
https://twitter.com/i/status/1422795817706999817

Thank you! That was SPECTACULAR!



Also, how did I not know Vincent price narrated Thriller?


(It must be my chronic music idiocy.)

 

[Endless_Night]

Five.

That would be how many snake skins you find when cleaning out a garage.

One.

That would be how many live snakes you find when cleaning out a garage.


(I am not sure my heart can take this new lifestyle. I swear I've had a couple of snake related cardiac events these last couple of months. )

 

[Endless_Night]

Turns out there is a list of Hammer Horror films! Naturally.

Turns out I know nothing of Hammer. Probably also naturally.


They didn't move into horror until the mid 50s! In the beginning is all mysteries and some comedy. They actually did a little sci-fi horror before heading into what I think of as Hammer Horror. There are even a couple of daring (for the time) social commentaries.

AND

They've started producing films again. Starting in 2008, after a 27 year hiatus!!!




This really deserves a deep dive, but I'm too busy this week. (Do I hear a collective breath of relief? )


There are considered 50 Hammer Horror films.

I think I'm going to have to make my way through the list.

You know, for research purposes.

 

[investor2020]

A good place to start:

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/13-greatest-hammer-horror-monsters/

 

[Endless_Night]

Speaking of Hammer films, does anyone else remember this show?

https://youtu.be/hF9Wb96rHOE

I have never seen this baby!

And now I absolutely must.

A good place to start:

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/13-greatest-hammer-horror-monsters/

Ooh. There are a couple on there I don't recall! Promising.

I find it interesting the hit or miss of the films. Some I can watch over and over. And over and over. And…well, you get the drift.

There's a couple that are kind of, meh. Like the one I saw the other day. Whose title escapes me at the moment.


I've only watched it 4 or 5 times.

 

[Endless_Night]

Do it! It's hilarious and awesome.

Now I want to watch a bunch of Hammer films. I blame you!

Haha! Maybe we should track down the obscure ones, watch them concurrently, then critique.


(And I am so totally watching that episode once I get back to a reasonable streaming bandwidth!)

 

[Endless_Night]

Hammer Horror. That I don't think I've seen. First two up:

Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971).

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974).

Considering the Hyde/Jekyll movies have come up before, this seemed an obvious choice. As far as the Legend of the 7, well, it's a martial arts horror flick.

I'm just going to let that sink in for a minute….

That's right….

Martial. Arts. Horror.

 

[investor2020]

Watched "John Carpenter's Vampires" again tonight . . . parts of the closing dialogue are classic:

"If your partner is ever bitten by a vampire, never ever let him live."

And after giving his best friend/partner two days (before he turns after having been bitten) he says to him: "Wherever you go, I will find you, I will hunt you down, and I will kill you." Then they hug goodbye.

 

[Endless_Night]

Watched "John Carpenter's Vampires" again tonight . . . parts of the closing dialogue are classic:

"If your partner is ever bitten by a vampire, never ever let him live."

And after giving his best friend/partner two days (before he turns after having been bitten) he says to him: "Wherever you go, I will find you, I will hunt you down, and I will kill you." Then they hug goodbye.

I this movie!!!


* * *

I have started The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires.

 

[hotoldrguy]

An oldie but a goodie. Near Dark

https://www.imdb.com/video/vi379126041/?

 

[Endless_Night]

An oldie but a goodie. Near Dark

https://www.imdb.com/video/vi379126041/?

The older the better, when it comes to horror and mystery! I have not seen or even heard of Near Dark. Great premise. How gory?

I am not a gory girl. That might sound odd since I love Hammer Horror, but that's somehow different. Super camp, maybe? I'm not sure.

Pretty much any Carpenter is amazing and holds up. I'm a fan.

*chest bump*

You know, I still have not seen Escape From New York. I'm not entirely sure it's my kind of movie so I've been putting it off. I will remedy that in the next month and give you my opinion.

Prepare yourself.

 

[Endless_Night]

Whaaaaaaaaaat? Oh honey, you gotta see it. You will dig it. Honestly, it's more sci-fi camp than anything else. And Kurt Russell is fantastic. Great cast too. Harry Dead Stanton, Lee Van Cleef, Adrianne Barbeau, Ernest Bourgnine, Isaac Hayes.. But yes, see it and report back.

Oh, I will!

*wiggles eyebrows*

 

[Endless_Night]

Welp. I was planning to watch Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, but I'm having one of those family-is-killing-me days. So I opted for some super light horror.

Haunted Honeymoon (1986).

(I had not realized previously that Dom DeLuise is, to all purposes, playing off the Rebecca Femm character from The Old Dark House (1932)!


* * *

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires. I can see why the critics were underwhelmed. The plot was on the sketchy side, but Peter Cushing was awesome. There were even a couple of interracial romances!

Not the best, but I wouldn't have missed it for anything.

Cushing, vampires, martial arts.

Booyah.

 

[hotoldrguy]

The older the better, when it comes to horror and mystery! I have not seen or even heard of Near Dark. Great premise. How gory?

I am not a gory girl. That might sound odd since I love Hammer Horror, but that's somehow different. Super camp, maybe? I'm not sure.



*chest bump*

You know, I still have not seen Escape From New York. I'm not entirely sure it's my kind of movie so I've been putting it off. I will remedy that in the next month and give you my opinion.

Prepare yourself.

some gore It has Lance Hendrickson and Bill Paxton in it. It was made in the 80's

 

[hotoldrguy]

Oh, I will!

*wiggles eyebrows*

The sequel "Escape from LA' is cool too.

 

[Endless_Night]

I have now started Murder by Death (1976). I expect to make about twenty minutes, tops, before I pass right out.

(it's been a looooooong day. I really am going to have to quite answering the phone. )

They're making more Exorcist movies. Could be interesting. The mom from the original is in it but not Linda Blair. It's gonna be a trilogy, so I have a feeling she might be in one of the next ones. Or show up at the end of the first one like Luke Skywalker.

Linda Blair grew up to be gorgeous. She also rescues dogs. Kind-heartedness is fucking sexy. I just watched her in Hell Night and in a couple episodes of Supernatural. ❤❤

I've never seen the Exorcist movies. I do recall their being talk of the vomiting/head turning completely around scene.

some gore It has Lance Hendrickson and Bill Paxton in it. It was made in the 80's

I am a fan of both! Sounds like it's worth a peek. I can always cover my ears and close my eyes in a pinch.

 

[Endless_Night]

The first Exorcist is an absolute classic. To me its not so much SCARY so much as it is an interesting story. William Friedkin was a lunatic director on this movie. And damn I have to watch it again. Exorcist 2 was completely bizarre. That was directed by John Boorman, who did Deliverance, Excalibur, and the cult classic Zardoz.

I hope you are sitting down.

I have never seen Excalibur.

Yup. That's right. I do have it, however, and plan to view, you know, at some point.

Deliverance, I've seen bits and pieces. Not really my kind of movie.

Zardoz, you ask? That I have seen. A couple of years back, in fact. That is one bizarre movie! And what is with that weird flat delivery of some of the characters' speeches?

 

[investor2020]

Have never seen Zardoz, but given this one review, I just might have to dedicate a slow, rainy afternoon or a late sleepless night to view it :

"You have to hand it to John Boorman. When he's brilliant, he's brilliant (Point Blank, Deliverance) but when he's terrible, he's really terrible. A fascinating reminder of what cinematic science fiction used to be like before Star Wars, this risible hodge-podge of literary allusions, highbrow porn, sci-fi staples, half-baked intellectualism and a real desire to do something revelatory misses the mark by a hundred miles but has elements – its badness being one of them – that make it strangely compelling"

 

[hotoldrguy]

For those unfamiliar with Zardoz? Let me show you how it starts. It has to be seen to be believed.

https://youtu.be/he613E96E3E

WHOA! Penis bad?

 

[hotwords229_A]

For those unfamiliar with Zardoz? Let me show you how it starts. It has to be seen to be believed.

https://youtu.be/he613E96E3E

When the head first spits out the rifles, are those a bunch of penises shooting out of the left side of his mouth?!!!

Hilarious!