Old movies
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kengrI recently got prompted to go looking for old movies.
It all started when![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fayanora made a tumblr post about polyamory that used a pic from the end of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
I'd seen that in the theatre and I wasn't impressed. We'd gone to see the other feature The Harrad Experiment.
So, I did some digging and found a copy of The Harrad Experiment. Fay and I watched it the other day. It was the first time I'd seen it since the theater showing. It actually held up fairly well. Kinda tame by modern standards. But Fay enjoyed it, especially the scene where the Casanova type tried making a move on the wife of the guy running things.
Anyway, I had been reminded of a few other old movies I wanted to track down. One of them was Nudist Colony of the Dead. I only knew of it because the theme song is a perennial favorite on the Dr. Demento show.
Well, luck was with me and I found it as well. Fay & I watched it last night. The opening sequence (the local Bible thumpers vs the residents of a nudist colony in court) was worth it all on its own. The movie is a musical and the songs are incredibly hokey. But fun.
Wonder of wonders, if you accept the premise (and allow for it being a comedy spoof of teen slasher movies) it even makes sense. Even the big reveal in the final scene. *Not* what we were expecting.
We thoroughly enjoyed it. I receommend it to anybodyy who wants so seriously *silly* horror, with a good dose of making fun of the nastier sort of fundamentalists.
It all started when
fayanora made a tumblr post about polyamory that used a pic from the end of Bob & Carol & Ted & AliceI'd seen that in the theatre and I wasn't impressed. We'd gone to see the other feature The Harrad Experiment.
So, I did some digging and found a copy of The Harrad Experiment. Fay and I watched it the other day. It was the first time I'd seen it since the theater showing. It actually held up fairly well. Kinda tame by modern standards. But Fay enjoyed it, especially the scene where the Casanova type tried making a move on the wife of the guy running things.
Anyway, I had been reminded of a few other old movies I wanted to track down. One of them was Nudist Colony of the Dead. I only knew of it because the theme song is a perennial favorite on the Dr. Demento show.
Well, luck was with me and I found it as well. Fay & I watched it last night. The opening sequence (the local Bible thumpers vs the residents of a nudist colony in court) was worth it all on its own. The movie is a musical and the songs are incredibly hokey. But fun.
Wonder of wonders, if you accept the premise (and allow for it being a comedy spoof of teen slasher movies) it even makes sense. Even the big reveal in the final scene. *Not* what we were expecting.
We thoroughly enjoyed it. I receommend it to anybodyy who wants so seriously *silly* horror, with a good dose of making fun of the nastier sort of fundamentalists.
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Date: 2015-09-06 04:05 pm (UTC)But... but... None of those are *old* movies!
Check out the recently restored and remastered nearly complete version of _Metropolis_. Or the Elmo Lincoln silent version of Tarzan. Or the Thomas Edison Studios silent version of _Frankenstein_ (with one of the dopiest Monster makeups in history).
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Date: 2015-09-06 04:11 pm (UTC)I have done older movies. We enjoyed Zombies of the Stratosphere a few weeks back.
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Date: 2015-09-06 04:53 pm (UTC)For example, it was only last night I watched Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome for the first time. _Now_ I get the MasterBlaster references one guy was making.
I admit, I love the reactions I get when I tell people I've not seen Firefly...
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Date: 2015-09-06 04:57 pm (UTC)I admit, I love the reactions I get when I tell people I've not seen Firefly...
Heathen! Infidel!
Seriously, it's not bad, and you need it to appreciate Serenity which has several *wonderful* scenes.
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Date: 2015-09-06 05:01 pm (UTC)With a young Leonard Nimoy playing an alien. :-)
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Date: 2015-09-06 06:18 pm (UTC)Also, y'know that we never see his ears in that movie. Has led to speculation... :-)
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Date: 2015-09-06 06:21 pm (UTC)I saw this serial on Saturday morning TV years before I saw any Star Trek. I didn't know who Leonard Nimoy was. Yet I noticed this guy stood out, even among the human characters.
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Date: 2015-09-07 07:08 am (UTC)