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The Moidart
Warden of the North
      
Date Joined Mar 2008
Total Posts : 12
| Posted 3/18/2008 10:22 PM (GMT -4) |   | As I sit watching "Shogun Assassin" for the millionth time I wonder if anyone else has a movie that they can watch over and over again that is always as good as the first time. S.A. is it for me. If you have not seen it I highly recommend it.As long as you're not too squeamish.(high body count, lots o' blood). I've been known to play the movie with no sound during parties(much to my girlfriend's chagrin). Samurai, a killer (literally) babycart, a child narator, and the Masters of Death! Who could ask for anything more? Please tell me I'm not alone  | | Back to Top | | |
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darkbow
Rabbit lord
Date Joined Oct 2005
Total Posts : 1586
| Posted 3/19/2008 1:21 AM (GMT -4) | | | | |
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Thirdy Lopez
Adept
Date Joined Jul 2007
Total Posts : 802
| Posted 3/19/2008 3:39 AM (GMT -4) | | I must have seen Gleaming the Cube (Christian Slater) a hundred times when I was a kid.
Aurelio Rico Lopez III aka "Thirdy" has had fiction featured in COLD FLESH (Hellbound Books), THE BLACKEST DEATH I, II, and III (Black Death Books), SPORTY SPEC: GAMES OF THE FANTASTIC (Raven Electrick Ink), STAR-SPANGLED ZOMBIE (Maniac Press), RAW MEAT (Sideshow Press), SHADOW BOX (Brimstone Press), TRIP THE LIGHT HORRIFIC (RAGE machine Books), DEAD MEN (AND WOMEN) WALKING (Bards and Sages), and THE BOOK OF SHADOWS VOL. I (Brimstone Press). His poems have appeared in Mythic Delirium, Star*Line, Dark Animus, Goblin Fruit, Scifaikuest, Electric Velocipede, Sybil's Garage, The Horror Express, Down In the Cellar, and elsewhere. | | Back to Top | | |
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Kane
Neophyte
Date Joined Jan 2005
Total Posts : 57
| Posted 3/19/2008 2:48 PM (GMT -4) | | One of my favorite childhood memories was watching "Shock Theater" on Saturday nights. You know, one of the locally produced late night horror programs that most local markets had before the advent of cable and infomercials. It introduced me to the classic Universal monsters. And those are my constants.
I never get tired of seeing Karloff as The Monster, or Chaney as the tormented Lawerence Talbot, and of course Bela as the immortal Count Dracula. Over the years I've bought first VHS and Beta tapes. Only to have those replaced with DVDs.
In my life I've seen them remade and reimaged, but those classic originals are still the ones I turn to when its 3:00AM and I can't sleep.
You say God's spark has kindled my eye, As the sun-rise reddens the east; Into your beards I roar the lie- 'Tis the gleam of the stalking beast. Robert E. Howard | | Back to Top | | |
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PaulMc
Adept
Date Joined May 2005
Total Posts : 990
| Posted 3/20/2008 2:33 PM (GMT -4) | | H.P. Lovesauce said...The Moidart said...As I sit watching for the millionth time I wonder if anyone else has a movie that they can watch over and over again that is always as good as the first time. S.A. is it for me. If you have not seen it I highly recommend it.As long as you're not too squeamish.(high body count, lots o' blood). I've been known to play the movie with no sound during parties(much to my girlfriend's chagrin). Samurai, a killer (literally) babycart, a child narator, and the Masters of Death! Who could ask for anything more? Please tell me I'm not alone VIEW IMAGE Oh my god, yes! With the spinning chainmail ninja-chicks and the Whistling Tiger Cut? Man. Apparently for the North American market they took 3 "Lone Wolf and Cub" movies and cut away the non-suck parts to make one movie. For me, Big Trouble in Little China gets awesomer each time I see it.
Yeah, Big Trouble is great.
I've seen some of the Lone Wolf and Cub movies and they are something else!
I really like the Zaoitchi movies that I've seen, too. I like Itchi because even though he is a blind hero, he still isn't terribly noble - he enjoys drinking, women and gambling--he even cheats at gambling, in fact.
-- Paul McNamee
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Kane
Neophyte
Date Joined Jan 2005
Total Posts : 57
| Posted 3/20/2008 3:13 PM (GMT -4) | |
PaulMc said...
I think Karloff's Im-ho-tep (The Mummy) is one of the greatest evil performances of that era.
I am still waiting for Island of Lost Souls to arrive on DVD. Laughton's performance as Doctor Moreau still exudes disturbing sadism to this day.
I you ever get the chance, watch "The Black Cat", with Karloff and Lugosi. Karloff exudes suave evil in that film.
I was lucky to get a copy of "Island of Lost Souls" when it ran on TCM a couple of months ago. and your correct. Laughton did an excellent job.
You say God's spark has kindled my eye, As the sun-rise reddens the east; Into your beards I roar the lie- 'Tis the gleam of the stalking beast. Robert E. Howard | | Back to Top | | |
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RHFay
Sage
Date Joined Nov 2007
Total Posts : 1576
| Posted 3/21/2008 1:31 PM (GMT -4) | | |
Hmm, some movies I have watched over and over without getting tired of them. eh? let's se...
Gojira - I'm a sucker for the giant monster movies, but the original Gojira (aka Godzilla) stands out as a dark and atmospheric metaphor for the destruction caused by atmoic weapons.
Them - again, I'm a sucker for the giant monster movies, and this one is played so seriously that it's worth watching for the acting alone. The giant ants may not be that effective compared to today's effects, but the story more than makes up for the dated effects.
The Wolf Man - again, the movie is so atmospheric, and Lon Chaney , Jr. plays the Wolfman with such a great combination of pathos and beastliness - you are truly sorry that he's suffering this curse, but you wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley on the night of the full moon!
I'm sure there are more, but these are a good sampling of movies that I can watch repeatedly and not get bored with them.
"I'm going to do what the warriors of old did. I'm going to recite poetry!"
Richard H. Fay - Azure Lion Productions
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H.P. Lovesauce
Necronomicondiment
Date Joined Jul 2007
Total Posts : 575
| Posted 3/21/2008 5:36 PM (GMT -4) | |
Kane said...
T A Markitan said...I'll probably get hailed with rotten tomatoes for this, but . . . Sword and the Sorcerer. I think I know that movie line for line.
No tomatoes here. Funny thing, without that sword this is one of the best sword and sorcery films made. It even beats out, imo, Conan The Barbarian.
And apropos to the occasion, when the erstwhile Matt Houston was crucified, he pulled his frikkin' hand free with nothing more than sheer, mustachioed machismo and the strength in his oiled bicep. He effectively de-crucified himself, unlike some people we could name. 
Yes, props to James Stewart, and from Old Hollywood I'll mention Bringing Up Baby as well.
Thunderball is also home to my favorite Bond innuendo-line ever.
Blade Runner had the original voiceover version, the 1992 Director's Cut, and the No Really This Is The Real Final Director's Cut that came out last November. | | Back to Top | | |
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Dark Agnes
Lady Barbarian
Date Joined Mar 2008
Total Posts : 20
| Posted 3/22/2008 11:49 AM (GMT -4) | | | Some of my all time favorite films are,
My Fair Lady
Cutthroat Island
Cutter's Way
Invasion of the Body Snatchers(70's remake)
When Harry Met Sally
The Bedroom Window
Dune(Sci-fi Channel Version)
Casablanca
Paint Your Wagon
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erazmus
Master
Date Joined Jul 2005
Total Posts : 4475
| Posted 3/22/2008 3:31 PM (GMT -4) | | | | |
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erazmus
Master
Date Joined Jul 2005
Total Posts : 4475
| Posted 3/22/2008 3:33 PM (GMT -4) | | | |
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