The Haunting 1963 gave me nightmares as did

The Entity

sometimes a little light relief

anyone liked Rita Sue and Bob too?

♫were having a gang bang♫ loved it

I remember my parents saying they had read the book "The Haunting of Hill House", from which the film The Haunting was based on, and found it to be really scary. I haven't seen The Haunting, The Entity, or Rita, Sue or Bob Too.

As I have a box set of Preston Sturges films I got round to seeing The Great Moment. Released in 1944 but made in 1942, and starring one of Preston Sturges's regulars Joel McCrea.

Very different to Preston Sturges's comedies, this was a biopic of a 19th century Boston dentist trying to develop anesthesia. A strange film being serious but with some slapstick scenes. Paramount didn't like the film as made by Sturges and put it on the shelf for a couple of years. In the meantime he left Paramount and Paramount then edited what had been intended to be a serious film into what was released. In those days, directors were not able to release films under a pseudonym, but The Great Moment can't be regarded as an authentic Preston Sturges film.

I love hearing about the different films on here (always check them out)

have boxes of films  and give them an airing every so often

*A Taste of Honey* is it Rita Tushingham and Dora Bryan?...loved that film

Frodo, you are correct - A Taste of Honey did star Rita Tushingham (her film debut) and Dora Bryan. Apparently Hazel Blears appeared in the film when she was 5 and can be seen playing with a ball during the opening credits.

Number Seventeen (1932) 5/10

I re-resaw The Small Back Room (1949), a Powell/Pressburger film. Outstanding film about a bomb disposal expert in WW2 fighting alcoholism. Starring David Farrar and Kathleen Byron who was outstanding in a very mature film years ahead of its time. Michael Gough was good and there were a host of British actors who appeared in lesser roles, Jack Hawkins, Sid James, Leslie Banks, Cyril Cusack, Renee Asherson, Sam Kydd. Robert Morley appeared as The Minister in an uncredited role, and I also spotted Patrick Macnee.

The List of Adrian Messenger 1963 George C Scott and Kirk Douglas

it tickled me to bits at the end when they unmasked all the guest actors

the make up was so bad lol ..still enjoyed the film tho'

One of the best joke films made.

He Ran All The Way (1951) 7.5/10

The General  Buster Keaton  1926

been on sky this morning channel 212 info,no words needed

For anyone interested The General is on again Thursday morning

the music on it was so funny ,The Lady Vanishes is also on that channel

I've got a large box set of Buster Keaton films. I think he was the best of all of the silent film comedians, and it is recognised that he is also the person that stuntmen look to as their model.

My favourite Buster Keaton film is Our Hospitality (1923). The opening scenes show him leaving New York as it was in the 1830s on a train going to Kentucky. The train is an exact replica of George Stephenson's The Rocket, and for anyone who likes old steam trains, that scene is wonderful.

The Tarnished Angels (1957) 7/10

The Cabin In The Woods (2011) 6/10

Four Nights A Dreamer (Quatre nuits d'un reveur) (1971) 7.5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lAPzVojqKo

I saw Jean Renoir's La Regle de Jeu (1939) (AKA The Rules of the Game). It's regarded as one of the great films, but I can't say I particularly liked it. The film must have been one of the major influences on Robert Altman with his films. Gosford Park being the most obvious.

Although this is not a war film and no mention is made of war, it was made in the months leading up to the outbreak of war. The film was prescient of this in the way that it showed the class system at that time was on the point of breaking down. On the DVD there was also a documentary analysing the film by Pierre Oscar Levy which is essential viewing for a better understanding of the film.

Hobson's Choice  Charles Laughton, John Mills,Brenda De Banzie(forgive spelling)

I'm sure this must have been mentioned one of my all time favs

watch it over and over 

I forgive you your spelling as it's 100% correct

Hobson's Choice is a great film. The moon in the gutter scene is a classic.

If you haven't seen it before, you might watch out for The History of Mr Polly (1949). It's based on a novel by H G Wells (it's not a science fiction film). It's about a man who uses his inheritance to buy a shop. His wife nags him endessly, and he....(I won't say any more).

They were going to make a film in America with Charles Laughton but it wasn't made. Instead this film was made starring John Mills. The film isn't as well known as Hobson's Choice, but it is a charming film. It's a gentle, leisurely film. Some will find it boring, but I liked it.

Yes El Loro I have seen The History of Mr Polly quite a few times

This Happy Breed    as well they used to be on TCM, I have recorded loads of the old

films love them  and the latest as well as I have said I read about the films posted on here on wiki tells you all about the plot  so thanks

Woman In A Dressing Gown (1957) 7/10

You I Love (Ya lyublyu tebya) (2004) 4/10

I resaw The Lady Eve (1941), another Preston Sturges classic starring Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck. A very funny film.

Just watched    Tara ROAD  2008   on BBC2.Andie MacDowell

I have the book by Maeve Binchy so I wanted to compare

they made it a bit sloppy(to romantic) but I have enjoyed it

Some good films on here I've looked the latest ones up

I resaw Dead of Night (1945) which was excellent. The definitive British portmanteau film consisting of 5 separate stories encased in the 6th story.

The 5 separate stories were:

Hearse Driver directed by Basil Dearden which was quite good

Christmas Party directed by Alberto Cavalcanti which again was quite good.

The Haunted Mirror directed by Robert Hamer was very effective and had quite a suspenseful ending.

Golfing Story directed by Charles Crichton. This was the semi-humerous story which featured Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne who were well known in the late 30s and 40s in their films, the most famous being The Lady Vanishes.

The Ventriloquist's Dummy directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. This starred Michael Redgrave and is justifiably the most famous story in this film.

The linking 6th story was directed by Basil Dearden and was very good, particularly the climax of the film which was very clever.

An Ealing classic (they didn't only make comedies).

http://www.britishhorrorfilms....ightofthedemon.shtml

Just read about your film    Dead of Night  sounds good going to try and find it online this one is good too.

          Night of The Demon   Dana Andrews Peggy Cummins  1957    

Jackassfan read about You I Love(lya lyublyu tebaya)

you only gave it 4 out of ten ,but finding readups on foreign films is a bit difficult ,do you have to watch them online?

The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo was on film 4 (the swedish version that is )

but the one you mentioned above sounds the type of film I would enjoy

I do watch a lot of films online but You I Love(lya lyublyu tebaya) was a rental from lovefilm.com

Swedish version of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is very good and far better than the american remake 

This Can't Happen Here (Sant hander inte har) (1950) 7/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6kzMDSKU08

A Gang Story (Les Lyonnais) (2011) 6/10

I've seen that a few times and is one of the classics. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur who also directed some of the classic Val Lewton horror films of the early 40s such as the original Cat People (1942).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042276/

Born Yesterday 1950 version think this is far better than the remake in 1993

in fact the only remake of a film I have enjoyed is Tom Cruise

in War Of The Worlds only my opinion tho

I saw "My Stepmother is an Alien" (1988) which stars Dan Aykroyd and Kim Basinger which is silly but fun after a hard week's work and are not looking for anything intellectual.

Dark Shadows (2012) 5/10

It Rains On Our Love (Det regnar pa var kärlek) (1946) 7/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_hzs_rhAqA

Days Of 36 (Meres tou '36) (1972) 7/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1077368/

jackassfan  Dark Shadows       That is a must     Johnny Depp Tim Burton you gave it a

low scoring ,still a winner for me Iv'e seen most of the films that Tim Burton has directed....thanks ,can I ask how you did that (  not putting the www.dot etc )

yet still getting thro'?

Frodo, rather than copy the link straight into your reply, type out what you want to say including the name of the film. Then use your pointer to highlight the name of the film. If you look at the row of icons at the top of the Post Reply box, the 14th icon which looks like 2 links in a chain (Insert/Edit Link) is available (before you lighlight some text, it's not). Click on that icon. Paste the address of the link into the first line (Link URL). Leave the target line as open in a new window. The title line is optional and most of us leave it blank. The class line is a bit of a mystery as to what it does and I just ignore it. Then click insert and you come back to the Post Reply box. You should now see that the highlighted text is hyperlinked. (to get rid of a link, position your pointer on to the text with the link, then click on the Unlink icon which is the one after the Insert icon.

Tim Burton is an interesting director. The frustrating thing I find about him is that he has the potential to make a genuine masterpiece, a film which will be remembered in hundreds of years time, but he is so wrapped up in the world of Hollywood and commercialism that I doubt if he will. I'm not saying his films aren't good, it's just that they could be great.

Thankyou El Loro

I will try that maybe have a few practice runs when it's quiet ,kind of you to reply 

The best Tim Burton films are Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and Big Fish

Did not like Batman, Batman Returns, Mars Attacks and Sweeney Todd

It Happened In Broad Daylight (Es geschah am hellichten Tag) (1958) 9/10

Tsuma Yo Bara No Yo Ni (1935) 7.5/10

The Inheritors (Die Siebtelbauern) (1998) 7/10

Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) 5/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080120/

The Warriors 1979 going to watch it again to-night

no-one seems to like Tim Burton's    Alice in Wonderland  

I loved it thought it was one of his best films ,but thats the point good to agree to disagree    night  

Teddy Bear (2012) 8/10

http://www.putlocker.com/file/6D42F05D30A30F6D#