Regarding Hammer Films, one of the best of their films with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee is "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1959).
@slimfern posted:Spooky fer sure
Even now, but especially as a young'un
I think 'Dracula: Prince of Darkness' is my most memorable Hammer film
A fun couple of facts re that one....
Dracula does not speak in the film, save for a few hisses. According to Christopher Lee: "I didn't speak in that picture. The reason was very simple. I read the script and saw the dialogue! I said to Hammer, if you think I'm going to say any of these lines, you're very much mistaken.'' although Screenwriter Jimmy Sangster disputed that account "Vampires don't chat. So I didn't write him any dialogue.''
Barbara Shelley accidentally swallowed one of her fangs in one scene, and had to drink salt water to bring it back up again because of the tight shooting schedule, as well as there being no spare set of fangs.
@El Loro posted:Regarding Hammer Films, one of the best of their films with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee is "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1959).
I would have to say that the 1939 version of 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' with Basil Rathbone as Holmes, is my favourite 
I watched a classic today...'Whatever happened to Baby Jane'- Bette Davis....a brilliant actress and a brilliant film.
@slimfern posted:I would have to say that the 1939 version of 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' with Basil Rathbone as Holmes, is my favourite
I watched a classic today...'Whatever happened to Baby Jane'- Bette Davis....a brilliant actress and a brilliant film.
The BBC series "Doctors" does special episodes for Halloween. The one for 31 October 2017 "Personal Demons" had three stories, the third one was based on WHTBJ and is rather good. Starts at 17 minutes 40 seconds in this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?..._kdDEcF&index=20
@El Loro posted:The BBC series "Doctors" does special episodes for Halloween. The one for 31 October 2017 "Personal Demons" had three stories, the third one was based on WHTBJ and is rather good. Starts at 17 minutes 40 seconds in this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?..._kdDEcF&index=20
I've seen quite a few episodes of 'Doctors', my Dad has been watching it from the start 
Karen suits the part of Jane really well
Heston at the end serving steak and Al(e) pie
I dunno if it was Children of the Damned or Village of the Damned that spooked my as a kid. Something like that.
Horrors are out.
Hi slim 
@velvet donkey posted:I dunno if it was Children of the Damned or Village of the Damned that spooked my as a kid. Something like that.
Horrors are out.
Hi slim
Hi Velvet
Village of the damned was about all the children looking and acting the same
Scared me too
Attachments
@velvet donkey posted:I dunno if it was Children of the Damned or Village of the Damned that spooked my as a kid. Something like that.
Horrors are out.
Hi slim
Village of the Damned was the original and was released in 1960.
That was followed by a sequel Children of the Damned released in 1964.
Based on John Wyndham's novel "The Midwich Cuckoos". He, of course, wrote "Day of the Triffids".
@El Loro posted:Village of the Damned was the original and was released in 1960.
That was followed by a sequel Children of the Damned released in 1964.
Based on John Wyndham's novel "The Midwich Cuckoos". He, of course, wrote "Day of the Triffids".
Another good scary one
I'm the same as Velvet....I don't do horror anymore. even 'The Blob' gave me a fright
@slimfern posted:Another good scary one
I'm the same as Velvet....I don't do horror anymore. even 'The Blob' gave me a fright
I don't do horror either
"The Blob" (1958) was Steve McQueen's first leading film role though he was on record as disliking the film. Last time he was credited as Steven McQueen.
The only thing I didn't like about Steve McQueen was he insisted on being top bill.
Paul Newman in Hud was a good film. McQueen has Bullit and that was a car scene. StIll liked him though. That's it.
@velvet donkey posted:The only thing I didn't like about Steve McQueen was he insisted on being top bill.
Paul Newman in Hud was a good film. McQueen has Bullit and that was a car scene. StIll liked him though. That's it.
'The Towering Inferno' is the film I know them to both be in........but then everyone and their brother in the film industry was in it too
@slimfern posted:'The Towering Inferno' is the film I know them to both be in........but then everyone and their brother in the film industry was in it too
Correct
@slimfern posted:It was a B movie wasn't it?
Thankfully he went on to do better films
The Blob was a low budget film and was aimed for the drive-in market in the States. It was released as a B movie as part of a double bill with Paramount's "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" being the main feature though "The Blob" was popular so became the main feature.
I haven't seen either
@El Loro posted:The Blob was a low budget film and was aimed for the drive-in market in the States. It was released as a B movie as part of a double bill with Paramount's "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" being the main feature though "The Blob" was popular so became the main feature.
I haven't seen either
To be honest El, you're not missing out
I have Hitchcock's 'Spellbound' to watch this evening
@slimfern posted:To be honest El, you're not missing out
I have Hitchcock's 'Spellbound' to watch this evening
The Salvador Dali dream sequence
Gregory Peck (The Paradine Case)
Ingrid Berman (Notorious and Under Capricorn)
Leo G Carroll (The Paradine Case and North by Northwest)
and the late Norman Lloyd who died this year aged 106 (Saboteur)
Salvidor Dali in the Kelvingrove. I've heard how it got there - all forgotten 
And that is a killer painting.
@El Loro posted:The Salvador Dali dream sequence
Gregory Peck (The Paradine Case)
Ingrid Berman (Notorious and Under Capricorn)
Leo G Carroll (The Paradine Case and North by Northwest)
and the late Norman Lloyd who died this year aged 106 (Saboteur)
I enjoyed it El .......the dream made total sense once explained
The scenes jumped about a bit and quite suddenly, but enjoyed it still the same
106! ..Blimey ....well done him
I haven't yet seen 'Saboteur'.....might give it a go next
I'll never forget the Glasgow Boys Exhibition.
@velvet donkey posted:I'll never forget the Glasgow Boys Exhibition.
Some fine art work indeed
@El Loro posted:The Salvador Dali dream sequence
Gregory Peck (The Paradine Case)
Ingrid Berman (Notorious and Under Capricorn)
Leo G Carroll (The Paradine Case and North by Northwest)
and the late Norman Lloyd who died this year aged 106 (Saboteur)
Watched 'Saboteur' today......I wasn't impressed tbh.
@El Loro posted:"Foreign Correspondent" (1940) is worth watching.
I thought at first with the initial sound track it was going to be a musical
Thoroughly enjoyed it, found it quite comical in places ....''How'd you say it? like a stutter?'' (Haverstock to ffolliott)
I'd definitely watch it again...Thanks for the recommendation El
@slimfern posted:I thought at first with the initial sound track it was going to be a musical
Thoroughly enjoyed it, found it quite comical in places ....''How'd you say it? like a stutter?'' (Haverstock to ffolliott)
I'd definitely watch it again...Thanks for the recommendation El
I'm glad you enjoyed it
The final scene was added after the main filming had ended on May 29 1940. Hitchcock was visiting England and returned to the States on July 3 with the word that the Germans were expected to start bombing any day. So Ben Hecht was called in to write the scene which was filmed on July 5. Bombing started on July 10.
@El Loro posted:I'm glad you enjoyed it
The final scene was added after the main filming had ended on May 29 1940. Hitchcock was visiting England and returned to the States on July 3 with the word that the Germans were expected to start bombing any day. So Ben Hecht was called in to write the scene which was filmed on July 5. Bombing started on July 10.
Talk about cutting it fine El ...
@El Loro posted:It's a very long time since I saw Saboteur. I think the Statue of Liberty scene is the best known scene from that film.
"Foreign Correspondent" (1940) is worth watching.
Hope you don't mind me leaping in here to mention that another Hitchcock classic "The Lady Vanishes" is being shown on BBC1 tomorrow (Sunday) at 1.15pm...
@Eugene's Lair posted:Hope you don't mind me leaping in here to mention that another Hitchcock classic "The Lady Vanishes" is being shown on BBC1 tomorrow (Sunday) at 1.15pm...
Not at all Eugene ...Thanks for the heads up, I'll catch it on iplayer later on
I have the feeling I may have seen it before
@slimfern posted:Not at all Eugene ...Thanks for the heads up, I'll catch it on iplayer later on
I have the feeling I may have seen it before
It's a bit of a classic, so it's quite possible you have!
Still good fun, though.
@Eugene's Lair posted:It's a bit of a classic, so it's quite possible you have!
Still good fun, though.
Classics are made to be watched countless times
@slimfern posted:Not at all Eugene ...Thanks for the heads up, I'll catch it on iplayer later on
I have the feeling I may have seen it before
The Lady Vanishes is on BBC Two and is the Hitchcock version rather than the Elliott Gould/Cybill Shepherd remake, both versions are shown quite often on various television channels
@El Loro posted:The Lady Vanishes is on BBC Two and is the Hitchcock version rather than the Elliott Gould/Cybill Shepherd remake, both versions are shown quite often on various television channels
It is the one I have seen before....like you and Baz, on a couple of occasions at least