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NIGHTMARE (1963) and PARANOIAC (1961) ; a back-to-back helping of Freddie Francis' HAMMER psychological movies...
Nightmare - nice crisp B&W photography by John Wilcox. As per the old adage, "...steal from the best..." Jimmy Sangster's screenplay incorporates the odd touch from Clouzot's LES DIABOLIQUES. Jennie Linden stars as a teenager afraid she will inherit her mother's madness ; this is exploited by her guardian to rid himself of a troublesome wife. Things do not go to fully to plan however and he ends up paying with his life. Best performances are given by supporting players ; Brenda Bruce as the tutor and George A. Cooper as the chauffeur. A mute (again) Clytie Jessop drifts around looking etheral and menacing in the nightmare sequences. By today's standards a fairly basic plot, but the camera moves well, the shadow play is very good (only possible with B&W!) and it's an enjoyable hour and twenty, even if there are no real surprises... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif[/img] Paranoiac stars Janette Scott and Oliver Reed. A very young Ollie goes for it with both hands in this role as a disturbed and homicidal sibling, in the story of a battle for his inheritance. Again, nice crisp B&W. A good turn by Sheila Burrell as the orphan's guardian. Second lead Alex Davion is a bit wooden however and offers little in the way of characterisation. Though dated, this one has more genuine moments of horror, some interesting sub-plots (for the time) and a very good twist ending.... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif[/img] SMUDGE [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/devil.gif[/img] |
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02-10-2005, 08:27 AM
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DANCE HALL(1950)
This one kept me awake into the early hours, primarily due to the stellar cast - professional Welshman Donald Houston, the georgous Natasha Perry and of course the pouting Diana Dors. There was the hint that Miss Perry's relationship with the American lothario was sexual which was an interesting sideline in such an early movie, and spotting the walk-on actors was fun - inter alia Harry Fowler, Dandy Nichols and Doris Hare. Well worth watching! |
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02-10-2005, 09:18 AM
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02-10-2005, 12:08 PM
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I left it cos I thought it'd be BBC 4d.... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/no.gif[/img] SMUDGE [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/devil.gif[/img] |
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03-10-2005, 09:24 AM
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What interested me most was that the film was based around the girls working at their lathes in the factory by day before hitting the town at night. We've been led to believe that between the all pull together war time films featuring "real people" and Arthur Seaton and chums coming along, working folk in films were supposed to be gormless comedy fodder who we only see going about their work like Metropolis automons who's homelife we never see as we're busy following the fortunes of the middle class main characters. Your thoughts? Also, when the flyboy and the girl go to the countryside on his motorbike I thought, "I think I know where that is. Is it Dunstable Downs?". Then I saw the gliders and was I certain. |
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04-10-2005, 12:39 AM
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 Strike you down..... sacrilege..... one of my favourite films. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img] |
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04-10-2005, 12:50 AM
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 It has more fighting than training but is in a similar vain, with a sergeant telling the recruits he's in charge of about the time he was cut off behind the lines with his men in North Africa. It's good. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif[/img] |
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04-10-2005, 02:21 AM
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08-10-2005, 09:36 AM
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08-10-2005, 02:44 PM
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The Innocents DVD looks the biz. I just bought a cheap dvd player and hope I can hack it so I can play R! stuff. In the meantime, has anyone got any opinions on Michael Winner's prequel to Turn of the Screw from 1971 called The Nightcomers and starring Marlon Brando and Stephanie Beacham? I did a review of it on my website at: www.geocities.com/bigfatpav2000/nightcomers.html I have some serious issues with the film. Am I in the minority? Peter Wyngarde also appeared in another rather good horror movie from the period called Night of the Eagle/Burn Witch Burn. This was directed by Sidney Hayers and written by Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont and Goerge Baxt (on British prints anway). Anyone remember this? Cheers. Iain |
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08-10-2005, 02:51 PM
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08-10-2005, 02:54 PM
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I actually paid to see Constantine at the UGC in Glasgow. I thought it was stylish in places but overall pretty terrible. In addition to the inept sound design the plot didn't make a lot of sense. Also there was zero chemistry between Reeves and Weisz. Terrible dialogue didn't help matters either. I did like the appearance of a white suited Satan (sorry forget the actor's name) but other than that another Keanu Reeves dud. The neds/chavs in my work thought it was great. Maybe I'm getting old. In the comic book that it's based on the titular character is a cynical, wisecracking Cockney wideboy. They should have got Jason Statham. Cheers. Iain |
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09-10-2005, 10:14 AM
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Hammer's Break in the Cirle; a routine Cold War drama with some nice location work and imported US star Forrest Tucker.
Mustery Submarine; courtesy of Mr Smudge, a naval drama built on the interesting premise of the British using a captured German Uboat but the story isn't explored to its potential. J. Lee Thompson's contrived thrriller Return from the Ashes; set in post-war Paris, a holocaust survivor returns to discover her step-daughter shacked up with her caddish husband. The husband can't gain access to his wife's millions until his young lover proposes they stage the perfect murder. |
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09-10-2005, 02:57 PM
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There was some minor controversy over the credits for NIght of the Eagle. The US print (which I haven't seen) reportedly omits George Baxt's name from the titles. In addition Richard Matheson was alleged to have belittled Baxt's contribution to the final screenplay. In an interview (which included the involvement of Sidney Hayers) in either Filmfax or Scarlet Street he was somewhat miffed at this and was quite adamant that he did a significant editing/rewriting job on the finished article. Anyone got any more info on this? BTW anyone seen the Baxt-scripted Shadow of the Cat, directed by John Gilling and a displaced Hammer production? Cheers. Iain |
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