For whatever reason I don't get TCM even though it's supposed to be a free channel, but I do get TCM ON Demand though; strange...
I've actually herd somewhere that they have aired Suspiria before as well
Yes, Suspiria was on. My first Argento movie. Quite weird and bewitching.
Psycho was on last night again. I noticed the opening credit sequence was similar to H3's (the horizontal line bit, H3's was slower). I believe it's well known that Carpenter references Hitchcock quite a bit.
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death...I shall fear NO evil...
For whatever reason I don't get TCM even though it's supposed to be a free channel, but I do get TCM ON Demand though; strange...
I've actually herd somewhere that they have aired Suspiria before as well
Yes, Suspiria was on. My first Argento movie. Quite weird and bewitching.
Psycho was on last night again. I noticed the opening credit sequence was similar to H3's (the horizontal line bit, H3's was slower). I believe it's well known that Carpenter references Hitchcock quite a bit.
Suspiria was my first true Argento movie, the first technicly being his Masters of Horror episode Jenifer (and his other one, Pelts). I loved it (Suspiria); I haven't seen many others but Opera was just as awesome.
Halloween I knew was a direct combonation of Psycho and Black Christmas more or less, but good observation on Halloween 3 (love that movie); Psycho seems like one of those movies they play evry other day though; Unfortionately I saw the remake first by accident not knowing they were almost exactly the same, so my perception on the film is kinda spoiled; I still really like it but nowhere near as much as most people do.
Post by phantastik on Oct 11, 2009 10:26:47 GMT -5
I love tcm and hdnet movies. Recently watched the Thing From Another World and the Man From Planet X. I also, caught a couple of good westerns 3:10 to Yuma and the Fastest Gun Alive. I noticed somebody making comparisons between Alien, the Thing and Forbidden Planet. Your correct both borrowed heavily. Alien though copied more including the exact exteriors and the Space Jockeys ship from Planet of the Vampires. Nice to see such knowledgeable movie fans online. I really enjoy all of the insights you guys have it makes me want to watch so many great movies again, and again.
Post by postmortem on Aug 25, 2010 11:15:54 GMT -5
Thank you for posting this. "Burnt Offerings" was one of my very favorite films--it used to play often on TV during the late 70's. The scariest moment for me was the creepy chauffeur with the big, wicked smile (the casting director on P2 was friends with him!)--his crashing the coffin into the bedroom with a dying Bette Davis. On tours, we always referred to this bedroom as "the blue room" in which Bette Davis' character died. Alas, tour guides seldom, if ever, mentioned "Phantasm." No idea why...
I loved Burgess Meredith in "Burnt Offerings." He will be "Brother" to me forever. I had the sad honor of prepping him for his funeral. I so wanted to talk with him in person, to gush about things like "Burnt Offerings." Ah, well.
On a brighter note, Dunsmuir is absolutely gorgeous, inside and out, and worth the pilgrimage up north. My first visit there was in 1983 just before I started college in the Bay Area. The lady that gave me and Mom a private tour showed us all over the (forbidden) third floor. I remember one room was filled with bees (and a nest)--scary stuff!
To me, the mansion will always be just "Dunsmuir" not "Dunsmuir-Hellman." The Hellmans were always mentioned in much detail during tours (the article says otherwise, but don't believe it). In fact, I remember a story of the Hellman's fleeing San Francisco after the great quake, and moving into Dunsmuir for the next 25 (?) years. They were also big on growing red poinsettas in the Dunsmuir Gardens for the holidays and distributing these around the Bay Area.
Forgive my skepticism, but the Hellman name only just now being added to the estate title at this time seems like a matter of financial convenience, not historic pride. After all, the Hellman name is forever linked to Wells Fargo Bank. There was a sudden change in ownership (?) of Dunsmuir this past year--I received a few startling mailings about it--and I have a feeling it was due to cost of running the estate. Perhaps the City of Oakland taking another look at the books. Ever since, they've been making changes at Dunsmuir. Not sure they're all good but hoping for the best. The old volunteer staff did a remarkable and loving job of it for the past 20 years. The tried to keep the estate running on weekends, held wonderful holiday and film festivals. I even remember how much I enjoyed Mother's Day tea parties there.
See... you got me started on my favorite mansion. There's a brick with my name engraved on it somewhere on the Dunsmuir grounds... but I'm keeping the location secret! lollol
Thank you for posting this. "Burnt Offerings" was one of my very favorite films--it used to play often on TV during the late 70's. The scariest moment for me was the creepy chauffeur with the big, wicked smile (the casting director on P2 was friends with him!)--his crashing the coffin into the bedroom with a dying Bette Davis. On tours, we always referred to this bedroom as "the blue room" in which Bette Davis' character died. Alas, tour guides seldom, if ever, mentioned "Phantasm." No idea why...
I loved Burgess Meredith in "Burnt Offerings." He will be "Brother" to me forever. I had the sad honor of prepping him for his funeral. I so wanted to talk with him in person, to gush about things like "Burnt Offerings." Ah, well.
On a brighter note, Dunsmuir is absolutely gorgeous, inside and out, and worth the pilgrimage up north. My first visit there was in 1983 just before I started college in the Bay Area. The lady that gave me and Mom a private tour showed us all over the (forbidden) third floor. I remember one room was filled with bees (and a nest)--scary stuff!
To me, the mansion will always be just "Dunsmuir" not "Dunsmuir-Hellman." The Hellmans were always mentioned in much detail during tours (the article says otherwise, but don't believe it). In fact, I remember a story of the Hellman's fleeing San Francisco after the great quake, and moving into Dunsmuir for the next 25 (?) years. They were also big on growing red poinsettas in the Dunsmuir Gardens for the holidays and distributing these around the Bay Area.
Forgive my skepticism, but the Hellman name only just now being added to the estate title at this time seems like a matter of financial convenience, not historic pride. After all, the Hellman name is forever linked to Wells Fargo Bank. There was a sudden change in ownership (?) of Dunsmuir this past year--I received a few startling mailings about it--and I have a feeling it was due to cost of running the estate. Perhaps the City of Oakland taking another look at the books. Ever since, they've been making changes at Dunsmuir. Not sure they're all good but hoping for the best. The old volunteer staff did a remarkable and loving job of it for the past 20 years. The tried to keep the estate running on weekends, held wonderful holiday and film festivals. I even remember how much I enjoyed Mother's Day tea parties there.
See... you got me started on my favorite mansion. There's a brick with my name engraved on it somewhere on the Dunsmuir grounds... but I'm keeping the location secret! lollol
Thank you again for posting!
Wow, as soon as you mentioned that "smiling chauffeur" that memory popped right up. You're right that guy was a freak.
I share your skepticism as well. Wells Fargo...... , that's all I needed to read as well.
Excellent reply.
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death...I shall fear NO evil...
Post by scubasteve on Aug 25, 2010 14:24:24 GMT -5
It was really ineresting reading about the house. I didn't realise that it was also used in "So I an axe murderer". I'll have to re-watch that one. As I remember, you see quite a lot of the interior as well which would be interesting as there's not much in Phantasm.
As for Burnt Offerings, that looks insane. As soon as I see the words Oliver Reed, I'm hooked. That man was a fantastic actor. Looks like I've got some weekend viewing sorted
Let me free you from this imperfect flesh, which ties you to time and space
Post by postmortem on Aug 25, 2010 18:39:09 GMT -5
The best glimpse of all the rooms in the house is "Burnt Offerings." They really covered the house thoroughly, including the outdoor pool...
The pool... Wait until you see Oliver Reed's swim in the pool with his son! SCARY!
I think Rosie O'Donnell once said this was the scariest horror film she'd ever seen. I think it's quiet atmospheric. And I adore the Music Box theme. It grows on you, kind of like a good old fashioned "Dark Shadows" episode.
Other films, like "View to a Kill," used alternate indoor locations. Not really sure that "So I an Axe Murderer" was shot inside. They built this strange treehouse on the grounds for that film. I'll have to see it again one day. There was this huge final battle up on the roof (though I think even that was a reconstruction).
Dunsmuir pops up a lot in ads--on the Burbank airport billboards, golf magazines, etc.
Post by barongraves on Sept 27, 2011 11:13:19 GMT -5
TCM's Ocober line up this year is filled with classic horror gems. Here's the line up (as of now):
Sunday, October 2
8:00 AM - The Time Machine - 1960
Monday, October 3
5:00 PM - TCM Night At the Movies: Horror - 2011 - (Musical) 6:00 PM - Frankenstein - 1931 7:15 PM - Freaks - 1932 8:00 PM - TCM Night At the Movies: Horror - 2011 - (Musical) 9:30 PM - Dr. Jekyll and Mr, Hyde - 1932 11:15 PM - Mark of the Vampire - 1935 12:20 AM - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - 1919 1:45 AM - Nosferatu - 1922
Tuesday, October 4
3:15 AM - Phantom of the Opera - 1925
Wednesday, October 5 - Guest Programmer, John Carpenter
5:00 PM - The Thing From Another World - 1951 6:45 PM - IT!: The Terror From Beyond Space - 1958 8:00 PM - The Curse of Frankenstein - 1957
Friday, October 7
11:00 PM - She Freak - 1967
Monday, October 10
5:00 PM - The Wolf Man - 1941 6:15 PM - The Uninvited - 1944 8:00 PM - Dead of Night - 1945 10:00 PM - I walked with a Zombie - 1943 11:15 PM - Cat People - 1942 12:45 AM - The Curse of the Cat People - 1944 2:00 AM - The Devil Bat - 1940
Tuesday, October 11
3:15 AM - Dead Men Walk - 1943
Wednesday, October 12
3:00 AM - Mr. Wu - 1927 (Lon Chaney)
Saturday, October 15
6:30 AM - The Beast with Five Fingers - 1946
Monday, October 17
5:00 PM - Horror of Dracula - 1958 6:30 PM - The House On Haunted Hill - 1959 8:00 PM - The Tingler - 1959 9:30 PM - House of Wax - 1953 11:15 PM - Curse of the Demon - 1958 1:00 AM - TCM Night At the Movies: Horror - 2011 - (Musical) 2:00 AM - A Bucket of Blood - 1959
Thursday, October 20
5:00 PM - The Mask of Dimitrios - 1944 (seldom seen Peter Lorre noir)
Friday, October 21
5:00 PM - She - 1965 7:00 PM - Prehistoric Women - 1967 11:00 PM - The Gamma People - 1956 12:30 AM - The Wild, Wild Planet - 1965
Saturday, October 22
5:00 AM - The Ghoul - 1933 10.45 AM - 20 Million Miles to Earth - 1957 12:15 PM - Earth vs. the Flying Saucers - 1956 10:00 PM - Cry of the Werewolf - 1944
Monday, October 24
5:00 PM - Carnival of Souls - 1962 6:30 PM - TCM Night At the Movies: Horror - 2011 - (Musical) 7:30 PM - Dementia 13 - 1963 9:00 PM - Straight-Jacket - 1964 10:45 PM - The Pit and the Pendulum - 1961 12:15 AM - The Masque of the Red Death - 1964 2:00 AM - The Devil's Bride - 1968
Friday, October 28
7:00 PM - The Black Room - 1935 8:15 PM - The Other - 1972 10:00 PM - Dead Men Walk - 1943 11:15 PM - Motel Hell - 1980
Saturday, October 29
3:00 AM - The Two Mrs. Carrolls - (noir featuring girl from Curse of the Cat People) 6:30 AM - Doctor X - 1936 10:45 AM - Godzilla, King of the Monsters - 1956 5:00 PM - The Cat People - 1942 6:30 PM - Martin Scorsese Presents, Val Lewton... - 2007 (Documentary) 8:00 PM - The Body Snatcher - 1945 9:30 PM - Isle of the Dead - 1945 11:00 PM - Bedlam - 1946 12:30 AM - The Seventh Victim - 1943 2:00 AM - The Ghost Ship - 1943
Sunday, October 30
3:15 AM - The Leopard Man - 1943 4:30 AM - White Zombie - 1932 5:45 AM - The Devil Doll - 1936 7:15 AM - The Uninvited - 1944 1:00 PM - Them! - 1954 3:00 PM - Forbidden Planet - 1956
Monday, October 31
4:15 AM - The Reptile - 1966 5:45 AM - The Gorgon - 1964 7:15 AM - Dracula, Prince of Darkness - 1966 9:00 AM - Dracula Has Risen From the Grave - 1969 10:45 AM - The Curse of Frankenstein - 1957 12:15 PM - Frankenstein Created Woman - 1966 2:00 PM - The Mummy - 1959 3:30 PM - The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb - 1964 5:00 PM - Village of the Damned - 1960 6:30 PM - Night of the Living Dead - 1968 8:15 PM - TCM Night At the Movies: Horror - 2011 - (Musical) 9:15 PM - The Innocents - 1961 11:00 PM - The Haunting - 1963 1:00 AM - Repulsion - 1965
Post by barongraves on Sept 27, 2011 11:20:49 GMT -5
TCM's October lineup features many classic horror films. Here is the schedule so far:
Sunday, October 2
8:00 AM - The Time Machine - 1960
Monday, October 3
5:00 PM - TCM Night At the Movies: Horror - 2011 - (Musical) 6:00 PM - Frankenstein - 1931 7:15 PM - Freaks - 1932 8:00 PM - TCM Night At the Movies: Horror - 2011 - (Musical) 9:30 PM - Dr. Jekyll and Mr, Hyde - 1932 11:15 PM - Mark of the Vampire - 1935 12:20 AM - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - 1919 1:45 AM - Nosferatu - 1922
Tuesday, October 4
3:15 AM - Phantom of the Opera - 1925
Wednesday, October 5 - Guest Programmer, John Carpenter
5:00 PM - The Thing From Another World - 1951 6:45 PM - IT!: The Terror From Beyond Space - 1958 8:00 PM - The Curse of Frankenstein - 1957
Friday, October 7
11:00 PM - She Freak - 1967
Monday, October 10
5:00 PM - The Wolf Man - 1941 6:15 PM - The Uninvited - 1944 8:00 PM - Dead of Night - 1945 10:00 PM - I walked with a Zombie - 1943 11:15 PM - Cat People - 1942 12:45 AM - The Curse of the Cat People - 1944 2:00 AM - The Devil Bat - 1940
Tuesday, October 11
3:15 AM - Dead Men Walk - 1943
Wednesday, October 12
3:00 AM - Mr. Wu - 1927 (Lon Chaney)
Saturday, October 15
6:30 AM - The Beast with Five Fingers - 1946
Monday, October 17
5:00 PM - Horror of Dracula - 1958 6:30 PM - The House On Haunted Hill - 1959 8:00 PM - The Tingler - 1959 9:30 PM - House of Wax - 1953 11:15 PM - Curse of the Demon - 1958 1:00 AM - TCM Night At the Movies: Horror - 2011 - (Musical) 2:00 AM - A Bucket of Blood - 1959
Thursday, October 20
5:00 PM - The Mask of Dimitrios - 1944 (seldom seen Peter Lorre noir)
Friday, October 21
5:00 PM - She - 1965 7:00 PM - Prehistoric Women - 1967 11:00 PM - The Gamma People - 1956 12:30 AM - The Wild, Wild Planet - 1965
Saturday, October 22
5:00 AM - The Ghoul - 1933 10.45 AM - 20 Million Miles to Earth - 1957 12:15 PM - Earth vs. the Flying Saucers - 1956 10:00 PM - Cry of the Werewolf - 1944
Monday, October 24
5:00 PM - Carnival of Souls - 1962 6:30 PM - TCM Night At the Movies: Horror - 2011 - (Musical) 7:30 PM - Dementia 13 - 1963 9:00 PM - Straight-Jacket - 1964 10:45 PM - The Pit and the Pendulum - 1961 12:15 AM - The Masque of the Red Death - 1964 2:00 AM - The Devil's Bride - 1968
Friday, October 28
7:00 PM - The Black Room - 1935 8:15 PM - The Other - 1972 10:00 PM - Dead Men Walk - 1943 11:15 PM - Motel Hell - 1980
Saturday, October 29
3:00 AM - The Two Mrs. Carrolls - (noir featuring girl from Curse of the Cat People) 6:30 AM - Doctor X - 1936 10:45 AM - Godzilla, King of the Monsters - 1956 5:00 PM - The Cat People - 1942 6:30 PM - Martin Scorsese Presents, Val Lewton... - 2007 (Documentary) 8:00 PM - The Body Snatcher - 1945 9:30 PM - Isle of the Dead - 1945 11:00 PM - Bedlam - 1946 12:30 AM - The Seventh Victim - 1943 2:00 AM - The Ghost Ship - 1943
Sunday, October 30
3:15 AM - The Leopard Man - 1943 4:30 AM - White Zombie - 1932 5:45 AM - The Devil Doll - 1936 7:15 AM - The Uninvited - 1944 1:00 PM - Them! - 1954 3:00 PM - Forbidden Planet - 1956
Monday, October 31
4:15 AM - The Reptile - 1966 5:45 AM - The Gorgon - 1964 7:15 AM - Dracula, Prince of Darkness - 1966 9:00 AM - Dracula Has Risen From the Grave - 1969 10:45 AM - The Curse of Frankenstein - 1957 12:15 PM - Frankenstein Created Woman - 1966 2:00 PM - The Mummy - 1959 3:30 PM - The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb - 1964 5:00 PM - Village of the Damned - 1960 6:30 PM - Night of the Living Dead - 1968 8:15 PM - TCM Night At the Movies: Horror - 2011 - (Musical) 9:15 PM - The Innocents - 1961 11:00 PM - The Haunting - 1963 1:00 AM - Repulsion - 1965
Kitty: You guys still here?
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secret007: What I read was Lionsgate confirms SAW: Legacy will be released October 27, 2017. Filming begins September 12, 2016. James Wan is executive producer. Directors are Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig. The story will take place 7 years later.
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