The Desperate Hours, Too Late For Tears, The Black Angel, Please Murder Me, The Two Mrs Carrolls, Double Indemnity, They Drive By Night, Woman In The Window, Dark Passage, The Blue Gardenia
I do like that the witch was portrayed as an attractive mature woman who was vulnerable to the dark forces that she served & powerless to alter her goddaughter's fate. I didn't like that she couldn't alter fate as witches are traditionally able to do so.
In the final scene, the carcass of Reptilicus is rotting away on a Copenhagen street. The scientist steps up, sniffs the air, and says, ". . . Something is rotten in Denmark." THE END
Vinegar Syndrome did a beautiful restoration of this film along with the awesome packaging. I'm hoping that they do Journey to the Seventh Planet next and can locate the original spider sequence.
I would replace "Tarantula" and "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" with "Forbidden Planet" and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Otherwise, a great selection!🤔😊👍
Interesting review. I'm not getting it, but I love the way you described it. I recently picked up Eight Eyes. Nice little Grindhouse movie from VS. Thinking of doing a review for it.
Vinegar Syndrome also released "Gorgo". Maybe you could review this one, too. Now I'd like to see them do a quality Blu-ray release of the third film in what I call "the 1961 kaiju trilogy", namely "Konga".
A clip from this film, with the monster destroying the city, was featured on an episode of "Gomer Pyle USMC." A guy named Ib Melchior worked on this movie. Melchior was a good friend of Bert I Gordon and Paul Blaisdell. Melchior also worked on some 1960s cartoons for Hanna-Barbera and others. When I first saw this as a kid, I called the monster, "Ridiculous." Still, this thing was a nice dragon puppet. I really enjoyed this film and review. There have been some which have suggested this film be remade. I hope not. If any classic giant monster film needs a remake, it's "Gorgo." Thanks, Cobwebs Channel!
Thank you for reviewing yet another sort-of-beloved film from my misspent youth. I think your review nailed it...this is NOT a very good movie, but somehow it is entertaining in that "cheesy old movie" way that if you're in the right mood you can put it on, grab a drink and some snacks and maybe invite some friends over, and have a good time. Some of the early scenes succeed in being creepy. (The guy getting shocked by the electric eel...not so much.) Similar movies that might be worth checking out are THE BEAST OF HOLLOW MOUNTAIN, THE BLACK SCORPION, and THE GIANT BEHEMOTH. (I don't think you've reviewed any of these...my apologies if I missed any of them somehow.)
Since Rosemary's Baby is your favorite I have to wonder if you've seen any of the two branches of the sequels the book and the movie has spawned. The 1976 made-for-TV movie called Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby starred Stephen McHattie and Patty Duke as Andrew/Andy and Rosemary with Ruth Gordon reprising her role as Minnie. In 1997 Ira Levin wrote a sequel to his novel titled Son of Rosemary. The stories in the TV movie and the sequel novel were totally different. The two novels by Ira Levin were adapted into a TV miniseries in early 2014 starring Zoe Saldaña as Rosemary. I remember watching the Patty Duke movie but it's been decades.
The greatest horror novel of all time that took place in a church is 'The Monk' by Matthew Gregory Lewis. There's been some decent films adapted from this novel, unfortunately they are not good enough to make a top 10 list.
I'm so glad a young person like you appreciated this era. I've met Anne Robinson at a con. She's in her 90s and still active very nice lady and had great stories.
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken! It may not be the best movie, but we loved Don Knotts in our house growing up and its so much fun! Also The Innocents is my favorite horror movie of all time. Legitimately scary movie from the 60s!
The New MST3K's riffing of Reptilicus disappointed me. If they had made it when they were still based in Minnesota, the Scandinavian jokes would have flown fast and furious, and there would have been great references to Lego, Niels Bohr and Carlsberg . And they totally missed the opportunity to have Tom Servo play Victor Borge!
I remember they used to use scenes from this movie in the Monkees like the "we found a mole in they yard" and they show Reptilicus. I suppose you could call it Euro-Kaiju since England did Gorgo also in the 60s. It is cheesy but it is entertaining.
I saw Reptilicus in the theater when it first came out. Even as a kid, it seemed the story was interesting, the crew finding the flesh in the drill, but the later effects seemed kinda prehistoric. The scene where Reptilicus eats the guy was pretty scary at the time to me too. Maybe this is one film they could reboot, the effects would be much better. .
I found an unknown jewel of a video compilation called 'Hollywood Dinosaurs' that included a segment on 'Reptilicus.' They stated "American International Pictures would release ANYTHING, but even they knew 'Reptilicus' was awful," and insisted on the excision of any scenes with Reptilicus flying on its tiny wings.
Actually, Reptilicus DOES have "arms". Small and stunted, the puppet's arms don't articulate, but they make an attempt in the scene where the monster stomps on the fleeing jeep.
Man I've seen that movie like 3x of course I was born in 1961 , and "Creature of the Black Lagoon" I must have seen at least 15x . My favorite movie from that time is "The Thing from Another World" , must have seen that movie 20x lol and enjoy John Carpenter's remake as well
I saw the movie on TV back in the early 70's. Never seen it since. I do remember the ending and it looked like it was set up for a sequel which, I'm assuming, didn't come about (at least for the American audience). Is the Danish version in Danish with subtitles?
Have you seen The Addiction, Modern Vampires, Blood and Donuts or Nadja @The Cobwebs Channel? Those are four great 90s Vampire movies and I think better than some of your entries. I do agree with you that Vampire in Brooklyn, Bordello of Blood, and Dracula Dead and Loving It aren't as bad as commonly (or even if their directors) thought.
Prince of Darkness really is an underrate film and very much a sleeper even among Carpenter's body of work. I think what makes it so fascinating is that it kind of flips the script on the "We found a spooky artifact" trope. Instead of the scientists going to the spiritualists for help to figure out what exactly the mystical McGuffin is, in this film it's the spiritualists who go to the scientists for help. While not quite up there with The Thing or In The Mouth of Madness, it's still a pretty good ride and does a lot with what is honestly very little.
Denmark is a great country and all single men should go there. Reptilicus is the national bird, and green acid vomit is the national dish, have it with a bottle of Tuborg beer.
I just watched my VS release yesterday! I enjoyed this more than I thought I would lol This release does contain the 95-minute Danish-language version, I’ll have to check that out!
I actually saw thiis in the cinema in The 60's. It was the 2nd movie showing with Sampson an the 7 miracles.. At my age in the 60's it was fabulous. Went to see it again in the same week...just for the b movie... Enjoyed it so much more than the main movie. The movie released here had the acid spit superimposed which wasn't originally planned.... But at my age then was horrifying... I remember flying scenes.
