The color filter effect was used in Frederic March's Jekyll & Hyde, but was first pioneered in the silent epic of Ben-Hur (1925) to "heal" Judah Ben-Hur's mother & sister as Jesus passes without any cut-aways. It IS one of the coolest effects on B&W film!
Thank you for showing that SHH, THE OCTOPUS transformation clip several times. It works unbelievably well--that wart on her nose appears out of nowhere.
I so love this series…thank you so much for this go-to overview❤ (though I *still* think your guest spots would be improved for the 30’s show with a stylish hat🙃…though so sweet to have your co-host on this episode!)
It's so strange. Never heard of The Devil Doll, but it's peculiar how the films it makes me think of - that comedy with Matt Damon and Kristin Wiig about people being shrunk down to conserve the planet, and Mrs Doubtfire about...you know that story - neither of which are horror films. I'm gonna have to check this out. Browning is bafflingly amazing.
I'm a bit more bullish on "The Walking Dead" than you are, largely because I love seeing Karloff play a completely sympathetic character (and he does it beautifully), and I find it a treat to see Edmund Gwenn, Kris Kringle himself, as the well-intentioned, natural-law-breaking scientist. I'd give it 3.5 stars at least. One of my favorite things about "The Devil-Doll" is that, in addition to the bravura performances given by Barrymore and Rafaella Ottiano, we get a solid supporting cast. Maureen O'Sullivan and Frank Lawton are one of those rare young couples in the horror genre who have genuine chemistry and charm in their scenes together. "The Sound of Music" may be the best-known and most popular film Anna Lee appeared in, but my favorite performance of hers is more connected to the genre: as the brave, brilliant Nell Bowen in 1946's "Bedlam," also opposite Karloff. Lee tends to play smart heroines, so she's one of my favorites. As for my favorite of this two-year cycle, I'd also have to give it to "The Devil-Doll."
I didn't get to this the day it dropped but I am so glad I saved it to lift my spirits on what is already a very Monday Monday. Loved this one, Josh! Great video!
Again a great video ,The walking dead' is one of my favourite horror movies of all time Funny, I just watched this german version of ,Baskerville'. I never heard of this before and it was a positive surprise👍 Thank you 🙋
I've seen a fair few of these. I gave up on "Sh! The Octopus" half way through because it didn't know what it wanted to be and when it tried to be funny it tried way too hard and failed. But someone convinced me to see it to the end for the effect so I did and if it was just that effect for 1 hour 10 minutes on a loop, it would be a much better movie
As stated, The Black Cat is a phenomenal film, provided you manage to find the right one. There are actually two films named that with Bela Lugosi. The one you'd be looking for is the one that does not have Basil Rathbone. That one is a comedy and is still an excellent film.
How about learning the difference between the UK and England and stop chopping and changing between them?. It's pretty damn insulting to us non-English UK citizens.
