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Patrick
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SEP 13, 06:53 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
There were lots more. Strange, how many of those included scantily clad women...
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But you were focusing on the monster, right? 
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Patrick
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SEP 13, 07:01 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Sage:
HAGO! 
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I watched that movie as a little kid on TV one night while my parents were out. The sequence in the film of the severed/detached alien hand crawling around the inside of the moving car gave me nightmares for weeks! 
It stars a young Frank Gorshin.
Here's the whole movie, for anyone who might be interested.
[This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 09-13-2024).]
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maryjane
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SEP 19, 09:19 AM
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maryjane
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SEP 19, 09:30 AM
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I read a book when I was very young, that I always thought would be a reasonably good horror movie.
The Space Egg. Russ Winterbotham
(first print, Jan 1962 1 year before the whole world became familiar with the name of a shooter..........and coincidently worth it, if just to read about 2 main characters named ...............Jack & Ruby.
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82-T/A [At Work]
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SEP 19, 09:56 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
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Everyone needs a little love, this monster is just misunderstood... hahah!!!
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cliffw
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SEP 21, 12:49 PM
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maryjane
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SEP 21, 01:20 PM
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Ah, these sound good: NOT
During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
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The co-eds of a Boston college campus are targeted by a mysterious killer who is creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts.
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A group of cheerleaders become the targets of an unknown killer at a remote summer camp.
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In the small town of Cherry Falls, a psychotic murderer is killing off the virgins of the local high school.
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A newly-possessed high-school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates.
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After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house
(Carrie Fisher is in one of the above..)
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Patrick
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SEP 21, 06:45 PM
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I put in a request for 11 of those movies on DVD/Blu-ray at my library. The Japanese ones look kind of interesting. I also got a few classics from the 40's and 50's. I don't even particularly enjoy "horror" movies, but I do enjoy movies with artistic cinematography.
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maryjane
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SEP 22, 11:42 AM
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"artistic cinematography", yes, that's what I look for in all those movies with skimpy dressed girls running for their lives..
"Hey, let's go skinny dippin in the lake (into the cave/up on the mountain/into the deserted factory/in to the cornfield..) tonight and see if we can find out what's killin people...and let's not tell anyone we're going and let's take the most unreliable car we can, and of course, no firearms because someone might get hurt.."
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cvxjet
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SEP 23, 03:49 PM
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I made a list of good Sci-Fi movies...Here it is;
1) The Day the Earth stood still (1951)
2) Forbidden Planet (1956)
Very obviously the basis for Star Trek (Federal ship on patrol- main characters Captain/2nd/Ship's Doctor) The ship (Cruiser C57D) was obviously the basis for the Jupiter II from Lost in Space TV show (65-68) Also, the basic story is taken from Shakespeare's "The Tempest"- And a large portion of Story lines in Star Trek are taken from Shakespeare.
3) 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (1954)
4) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
Ignore the obvious "No hollow Earth" fact- Best Jules Verne adaption (And Gertrude-the-duck steals the show) (Best Bernard Herman score) (also the lizard scene is actually
relatively correct; They are Dimetrodons, which is predecessor to mammals- they had splayed legs like lizards)
5) The Martian (2015)
Excellent movie from excellent book (Author's first book)
6) Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Great special effects
7) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
I have had a number of friends and GFs tell me this is the scariest movie they have ever seen.
8) Innerspace (1987) (Odd comedy take on "Fantastic Voyage" concept)
9) King Kong (1933 and 2005*)
The original was way ahead of it's time. The 2005 version is spectacular but most action scenes are 2-3 times as long as they should be. Naomi Watts steals the show!
10) War of the Worlds (1953)
Modernized (For 1953) telling of the HG Wells classic
11) When Worlds Collide (1951)
Spectacular- the only down side is the end scene when they ran out of money.
12) Galaxy Quest (1999) (Comedy (Star Trek Send-up) (You do not have to be into ST to enjoy it)
13) Tremors 1-4 (1990-2004)
1st is almost perfect, 2nd is OK, the 3rd is a return to the town in the 1st with all of the characters...Last is set in old west- roots of the town and characters. I actually really like the Burt Gummer (Survivalist) actor Michael Gross, who also played Michael J. Fox father in TV show Family ties- as a HIPPY! (Can't stand hippies)
14) Valley of Gwangi (1969) (Dinosaur western- With James Franciscus and Gila Golan)
15) The Rocketeer (1991) Old and odd super hero movie with a lot of neat aircraft history
16) Mysterious Island (1961) Giant Crab, Terror Bird("Renamed" a giant Chicken) and an amazing scene of a bee plus a volcanic eruption.
17) 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) (Ray Harryhausen special effects)
18) The Monolith Monsters (1957) A meteor brings a type of crystal rock that grows rapidly when wet, and pulls water out of humans
19) The Land Unknown (1957) A Helicopter crash-lands in DEEP valley in Antartica...Dinosaurs, etc (Originally planned as Big-Budget movie, but new management cut budget, so no color, and, although mat paintings and most creatures are good to great, the T-Rex was the last special-effects project, it is absolutely TERRIBLE!!) (I really like that they SEE what damaged the helo, but don't jump to conclusion about it- Good script)
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