adapted from the novel mary ann by alex karmel , the film violated a number of hollywood conventions and taboos by showing an on-screen rape and brief nudity .

the film featured a musical score by aaron copland and was filmed on location in new york city , which was rare at the time .

director jack garfein was married to carroll baker when the movie was filmed .

the director of photography , eugen schüfftan , was a noted german cinematographer and inventor of the schüfftan process , who won the academy award for best cinematography the following year for the hustler .

referred to as " a lost indie classic " , the film was screened at the ifc center in new york in 2007 , and was released on dvd by mgm through their limited edition series in december 2011 in celebration of the film 's 50th anniversary .

in october 2016 , the criterion collection announced a re-release of the film slated for january 2017 , marking the film 's debut on blu-ray .

something wild ( 1961 film )

theatrical trailer for the 1961 drama something wild starring carroll baker and ralph meeker .
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something wild was a 1961 independent rape and revenge film , starring carroll baker and ralph meeker and directed by jack garfein , who was baker ' s husband at the time .
the film debuted on december 23 , 1961 , and received an uneven critical response . jonas mekas wrote in film quarterly that the film was the
most interesting american film of the quarter ; it may become the most underestimated film of the year .
sadly , after its initial failure , garfein never directed another film . our loss . but we do have this film , available all over now , and something wild is a treasure .
was a mostly - unwelcome shock . schufftan , who won an oscar® for 1961 ' s
during their 14 - year marriage , the actress carroll baker and the writer , director , and acting teacher jack garfein produced two children and one film . the film , 1961 ' s
something wild ,
was independently financed and released through united artists , primarily on the strength of ms . baker ' s marquee value .
accompanied only by aaron copland ' s score , rape victim mary ann ( carroll baker ) has wandered to the manhattan bridge , where she meets mechanic mike ( ralph meeker ) , in director jack garfein ' s something wild , 1961 . >
rape victim mary ann ( carroll baker ) , who still hasn ' t told anyone , hops the train at kingsbridge , in the bronx , gets woozy and bails at 103rd in upper manhattan , in director jack garfein ' s something wild , 1961 .
the extras : no extras for something wild ( too bad we couldn ' t get a short interview or commentary track with miss baker ) .
rape victim mary ann ( carroll baker ) , who still hasn ' t told anyone , hops the train at kingsbridge , in the bronx , gets woozy and bails at 103rd in upper manhattan , in director jack garfein ' s something wild , 1961 . >
something wild is a 1961 independent sexual abuse drama film directed by jack garfein and starring carroll baker , ralph meeker and mildred dunnock . the film follows a young new york city college student ( baker ) who , after being brutally raped , is taken in and held captive by a mechanic ( meeker ) who witnessed her suicide attempt on the manhattan bridge .
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ann ( carroll baker ) , brought home by a cop after fainting on the train , the day after she ' s been raped , finds mother ( mildred dunnock ) , who still doesn ' t know , fraught with her own concerns , in something wild , 1961 . >
garfein directed two other films . one was the 1961 independent film , something wild , which starred baker as a young rape victim held captive by the man who rescued her from suicide . the film includes an aaron copland score . it was panned by many u . s . critics , even though he was hailed as an american ingmar bergman . his documentary the journey back chronicles his return to auschwitz .
the movie received an uneven critical response . jonas mekas wrote in film quarterly that the film was the
most interesting american film of the quarter ; it may become the most underestimated film of the year .
something wild
remains a unique cinematic curio and an object lesson in what a potential black hole for good intentions and stimulating collaboration that american independent feature filmmaking remains .
“something wild ? ” oh , how i would have preferred that original manic pixie dream girl from 1986 , melanie griffith , who drives that awesome car and teaches jeff daniels how to enjoy life .
in 2007 , the film was screened at new york ' s ifc center , billed as a
lost indie film classic .
the honest energies of ms . baker , mr . meeker , mildred dunnock as mary ann ' s mother , and future edith bunker jean stapleton in a memorably bizarre cameo , gives
something wild
a few other saving graces . when mary ann embarks on one of those ubiquitous ' 60s movie - city wanders , á la catherine denueuve ' s in
repulsion ,
julie christie in
billy liar
and rod steiger ' s in
the pawnbroker ,
for a contemporary new york audience
something wild
becomes something fascinating .
the score for the 1961 film was by the distinguished american composer aaron copland , who in 1964 re - used some of its themes in his symphonic work
music for a great city .
the original film score , taken from private session recordings preserved by the director , was released on cd in 2003 .
the score for the 1961 film was by the distinguished american composer aaron copland , who in 1964 re - used some of its themes in his symphonic work
music for a great city .
the original film score , taken from private session recordings preserved by the director , was released on cd in 2003 .
why did i watch this 1961 movie ? because kim morgan’s excellent blog , sunset gun , told me it’s a masterpiece . she makes several important points that seem pretty plausible :
one of the most striking elements of something wild , jack garfein’s psychologically complex examination of trauma and attachment , is the 1960s new york city its distressed characters inhabit . shot by eugen schüfftan , an oscar - winning german cinema…
jack garfein had made his debut as film director with end as a man ( 1957 ) . he formed a company , prometheus productions , with his wife carroll baker . it obtained film rights to mary ann the first novel of alex karmel , published in 1958 . karmel and garfein wrote the script , and united artists agreed to finance . it was originally called something wild in the city .
championed it , writing that the movie was the
most interesting american film of the quarter ; it may become the most underestimated film of the year .
what a powerful and disturbing and mysterious film . [ spoilers abound below . ]
something wild was an independent film , financed by garfein and baker themselves . they had some heavy - hitters on board . saul bass did the opening credits sequence , a jarring and flashy urban collage , throwing us into the over - stimulated atmosphere of urban life , the elevated trains plunging into tunnels repeatedly , a clear sexualization of the landscape .
multitalented artist , he is the author of two both politically and artistically challenging films that did not spare hollywood’s conservatism and led to censorship . in the strange one ( 1957 ) , he tackled the question of racism in america . as a jewish holocaust survivor , he was deeply shocked by the segregation at his arrival in the us and he fought for the right for african - american actors to be featured in the film . the strange one was also censored by the motion picture production code for general “homosexual overtones” , and “excessive brutality and suggestive sequences [ that ] tend to arouse disrespect for lawful authority” . in his second film , something wild ( 1961 ) , derived from alex karmel’s novel mary ann , he similarly tackled the studios’ conventions by formally depicting rape . the film , starring garfein’s then wife carroll baker , was later described by garfein as a metaphor for his spiritual journey . the film also raises questions of race and class in america . something wild features an original score by aaron copland , the title sequence by saul bass , and the photography by eugen schüfftan .
also , for credit sequence completists ,
something wild
contains perhaps the rarest and arguably one of the best title sequences from frequent alfred hitchcock and otto preminger collaborator saul bass . a tightly constructed mesh of urban images , intersecting lines , cutting tempo and motion , bass ' s titles set up the film better than the story ultimately acquits itself .
the blu - ray something wild arrives from criterion with artwork created using a still from the film , when mary ann has a panic attack on a train . although the scene is one of the film ' s more memorable moments , it doesn ' t work nearly as well as a still image as it does in the film itself , and as a piece of imagery , it ' s a bit boring . the one - disc release comes in criterion ' s standard transparent scanavo blu - ray case , and inside there is a fold out booklet featuring an essay on the film by critic sheila o ' malley .
warner archives has brought it out in a limited edition dvd ( sold on amazon ) , and i can’t put it more plainly : seek out this extraordinary film . while comparisons can be made with other films , most obviously with roman polanski’s repulsion , those comparisons post - date the film’s release , showing something wild ‘s pioneering spirit . while watching it , i got impressionistic flashes from literature or fairy tales . bluebeard’s castle . hansel and gretl . sleeping beauty . all of those terrifying stories of entrapment , and lost innocence . of love being interchangeable from jealousy and a desire to control . of helplessness . something wild is one of the most understanding , harrowing , and insightful portrayals of rape’s aftermath that i have ever seen in cinema .
something wild ( 1961 ) has nothing to do with the similarly titled well - known 1986 jonathan demme film . in fact before the list of criterion new releases arrived , i frankly confess that i had never even heard of it . how can anyone now claim to have an encyclopedia knowledge of cinema that may have been possible in the limited - release era of the mid - twentieth century , but unlikely today even with secondary sources that the internet now provides ? however , this particular film is a real discovery and criterion again deserve full credit not just for their usual excellent restoration quality but making available again an estimable work of the past that has become unjustly neglected over the years .
conclusion although the quality of criterion ' s releases has never flagged , the opening of new libraries to licensing deals has led to some higher - profile releases as of late , including dr . strangelove , blood simple , and punch - drunk love . there ' s nothing wrong with that - - for my money , blood simple ranks among the best blu - ray releases by any label in 2016 - - but something wild is a refreshingly undiscovered gem . bursting with relevant sociopolitical commentary and incredibly powerful thanks to carroll baker ' s stunning lead performance , this is a film that deserves to be rediscovered . on the strength of the film alone , much less the small but strong supplemental package , something wild enters the dvdtalk collector ' s series .
the film broke boundaries by showing a rape and portraying its emotional aftermath for the protagonist .
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in september 2010 , a tribute to garfein was presented in los angeles at the ucla film and television archive at the billy wilder theater which featured screenings of the two feature films he directed , 1957 ' s
the strange one
and 1961 ' s
something wild ,
which stars his ex - wife carroll baker , as well as the documentary
a journey back
in which he returned to his childhood home and revisited auschwitz . a similar event is scheduled for march 20 & 21 , 2011 at the film forum in new york city hosted by foster hirch , another at the bfi in london , hosted clyde jeavons , and in tel - aviv , jerusalem , and haifa .
to say this film is less objectionable than the others of its era is , in the end , not to give it many accolades at all . i stick with my earlier position : rape should not be depicted onscreen , as it leads to ( at best ) such a deeply conflicted portrayal as something wild and ( at worst ) an awkwardly titillating depiction of female pain and debasement .
the film was never released on dvd or home video . it was shown at new york ' s ifc center in early 2007 , billed as a
lost indie film classic .
i had not seen or even heard of jack garfein’s something wild before criterion announced its release . i think my experience will apply to many viewers since the film was essentially dropped from circulation shortly after its initial , disappointing theatrical run . a screening would pop up here and there , but for the most part the film has not been seen in decades . it’s a shame , since the film is a masterpiece of claustrophobia and ambiguity , but thankfully we can all watch it whenever we want now . i think most viewers will be as shocked and pleasantly surprised as i was .
an enjoyably
arty
headscratcher , something wild didn ' t do a thing back in 1961 for mainstream critics who attacked it for its deliberately open - ended dramatics and its intense method sensibilities . based on the novel , mary ann , by alex karmel , something wild was an indie effort by screenwriter and director jack garfein and his big , reluctant hollywood star carroll baker to break away from the glossy ,
safe
mainstream fare that was being offered to the baby doll sensation . both members of the famed actors studio , where they met and married , garfein and baker may have had a limited budget , but that didn ' t stop them from employing top - notch talent for this shoe - string production . renowned composer aaron copland was engaged for the stirring soundtrack ; german cinematographer eugen schüfftan , of lang ' s metropolis , gance ' s napoléon , and rossen ' s the hustler fame , was hired for the starkly evocative lighting , and designer saul bass , whose credit sequences for films like anatomy of a murder and psycho were considered works of art in and of themselves , shot something wild ' s brilliant opening credit scenes .
another aspect often discussed in connection with yojimbo is its theatricality . the film is not only very carefully and often artificially choreographed , but the hero of the film also functions as something like a director who prepares and directs the plot towards his intended total destruction of the town . at least , until his antagonist appears in town and complicates issues .
to start off , let’s not mistake this for the 1986 jonathan demme film with the great soundtrack .
to get the party started , i have as usual typed up a brief introduction to the film .
after yojimbo , we will be watching a fistful of dollars in august . for the full film club schedule and information about the availability of the films that we watch , see the film club page .
final thoughts : a strange mix of realism and dreamy symbolism , played out in a sweltering , grimy new york city . carroll baker ' s portrait of a psychologically tortured rape victim is one of the most honest , vivid ones i ' ve seen within that category , and ralph meeker , excellent as well , pulls off the impossible task of making his shadowy character both charismatically intriguing and repellent―two performers who were sadly undervalued during their careers . sure to piss - off the most dogmatic of the woeful
politically correct
set ( they don ' t enjoy anything ) , something wild ' s strange , illogically romantic spiral down into violence and madness , and eventually love ( ? ) , surely marked it as one of the most unusual dramatic offerings of 1961 . . . and within that context , it ' s still quite arresting today . i ' m highly , highly recommending something wild ―a must - see for fans of the stars and this genre . paul mavis is an internationally published film and television historian , a member of the online film critics society , and the author of the espionage filmography
was all that heavyweight talent , filtered through a storyline and performances saturated in the method ( which some critics by 1961 were already disparaging as clichéd and overrated ) , thought by critics to be too much firepower aimed at subject matter that could be viewed by the impatient as either sophomoric and illogical , or even worse , simply pretentious ? it ' s hard to say , but clearly , the makers of something wild deliberately left quite a bit of the movie ambiguous for the viewer to ponder and chew over ( and perhaps never get , quite frankly ) . . . and a lot of mainstream u . s . critics didn ' t like that approach back in 1961 . perhaps it was the clash of something wild ' s two halves―baker ' s assault and subsequent retreat to the flophouse , and then her imprisonment by meeker―with their contrasting tones and aims that grated against the critics . the first half of the film creates a unforgiving semi - documentary exploration of the aftereffects of a rape on a young girl , and her resulting extreme behavioral change , while the second half employs an increasingly tense , dream - like , studio - bound flavor that pits baker and meeker against each other in strange dance of repulsion and attraction in meeker ' s little basement studio apartment .
anyone who has ever listened to women expressing their frustrations about misogyny and sexism will likely pick up on one thing very quickly : most women share some common ground in the kind of harassment , discrimination , condescension , and assault they ' ve experienced , regardless of age . something wild is a perfect illustration of this perpetual , depressingly familiar struggle , a razor - sharp drama about a woman who is raped and slides into a depression before getting pulled into a second sexual power struggle . it is as emotionally uncompromising about the trauma its protagonist endures as one would expect from a modern movie , yet the film is over 50 years old , released and forgotten by united artists back in 1961 .
i was clicking through the channels for a movie to watch this morning and came across tcm and something wild . from the second i started watching , which was right after the rape scene , but it was clear what had just happened to her , i was drawn in to the end . this was an amazing and heartbreaking film . it made a huge impression on me . so much so that i had to look it up on the internet to learn more about it . carroll and ralph are awesome . i am going to get this film…
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referred to as
a lost indie classic
, the film was screened at the ifc center in new york in 2007 , and was released on dvd by mgm through their limited edition series in december 2011 in celebration of the film ' s 50th anniversary . in october 2016 , the criterion collection announced a re - release of the film slated for january 2017 , marking the film ' s debut on blu - ray .
teresa – i definitely needed to own it myself . it’s such a rare film , so rarely shown .
the relationship between the would - be suicide mary ann and the garage mechanic mike is something wild , indeed . something weird , too . what to make of a relationship which takes place in a dreary basement apartment , between a traumatized rape victim and a sometimes violent , sometimes solicitous man ? what to make of a connection that starts when mike locks mary ann in the apartment , then continues through to a drunken attempted embrace and a shocking high heel to the eye socket , certainly the most memorable and horrifying moment in
was not released until 1961 , it was filmed some time before that , possibly as early as 1959 . it was schufftan ' s evocative cinematography of new york , from its lonely , cavernous streets , to the impersonal and formidable skyscrapers , to the seedy neighborhoods , which gave
it would be nice to be able to say that the response to
something wild
upon its release was polarized , but in truth , outside of europe it was uniformly panned . as the united artists catalogue has changed hands over the years , the film has virtually vanished from repertory screens . until now , that is . starting today , ifc center will run a new print of ms . baker ' s and mr . garfein ' s collaboration for one week .
the criterion collection edition : while i didn’t get into it in the review above , jack garfein is one of the earliest members of the actor studio where many actors famous for “method” acting started their careers . something wild brings many of them together and is a supreme example of this particular theory of acting . the criterion supplements cover this aspect in great detail .
trevor , thanks for those links . the o’malley piece is an especially good read . i had already found the morgan piece , linked from a more critical discussion of the film i read ( urltoken ) , but even in this one the author is somewhat cautious and wonders about possibly judging the film unfairly . the more negative responses among critics when the film was released and as described was the audience reaction to the copeland requested screening also were not generally ones where people found something problematic about the presentation of the material .
carroll baker was married to director jack garfein at the time they made this film ( they divorced in 1969 ) .
the extras four supplements are included . the first two are interviews . first , director and co - writer jack garfein ( 26 : 47 ) sits down with critic kim morgan ( who runs the blog sunset gun ) to talk about his history working with lee strasberg and elia kazan at the actors studio , how he came to make something wild , and the film ' s recent re - appreciation among modern viewers ( in part spurned by morgan herself , who programmed the film on turner classic movies in 2010 ) . garfein ' s insight on the end of the film is fascinating , as his point of view on a key character ' s motivation differs from mine ( and perhaps the common interpretation ) , yet the outcome is the same . he also has a strong rapport with morgan thanks to the relationship they formed after she selected the film for tcm . this is followed by an illustrated audio interview with carroll baker ( 15 : 01 ) , in which she discusses her career leading up to and beyond something wild , including working with kazan on baby doll , kissing clark gable , and finishing off with the carpetbaggers . baker is candid and funny , and the piece will be fun for fans of her work .
up until recently , it was virtually un - see - able . not released on dvd , let alone vhs , and rarely screened . kim morgan , when she guest - programmed an episode of turner classic movies for critics week , chose something wild as one of the two films she would present . so it is out there , if your radar is up for it .
as sheila o ' malley says in the booklet included in the criterion collection dvd , the film is full of
evocative silences .
some people will probably find the film unbearably slow and quiet . others will consider it well ahead of its time or akin to a foreign film . the photography is like a postcard of early 1950s new york city .
i had never seen this movie before today . i saw it on the tcm schedule , but after the film was shown , so i missed seeing it . i saw intrigued by the synopsis tcm gave of the film and really wanted to see it . i looked on my libraries website for a possible vhs or dvd of it - they did not have it . looked on the net for it , but could not find a film showing of it online . and then i looked and found the entire film on youtube . youtube has a treasure trove of movies . i watched the film and found it to an excellent film– contrary to the critics negative reaction to it–then , in 1961 - and even now - by current movie critics on rottentomatoes . read about the film on wikipedia to get the background of the film and the making of it . baker , meeker and dunnock were excellent - and stapleton and roberts were in fine form also . i found the story of mary ann’s trauma tremendously realistic and beautifully and honestly portrayed - the film was way ahead of it’s time concerning the rape and the aftermath . what i had some trouble with is the ending of the story–that she actually marries the man who saved her and lives in that rundown basement apartment with him–i do understand it but don’t see it as realistic . otherwise , the movie was excellent and the cinematography and musical score wonderful .
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in contrast to these attempts to fully ground the spectacularised events of buffalo bill’s wild west in something like historical verisimilitude and direct experience , altman’s movie makes us wonder whether the cody it presents was on the western frontier at all , and certainly has little interest in constructing a complex interior world or set of motivations or destinies for this character . altman’s is a roaming but static situational film that contrasts significantly with the incident - filled and constantly progressing narratives of pony express and buffalo bill . as altman somewhat disproportionately claims of his motivations while making the film : “we weren’t seeking to involve the audience with the main character at all” . [ 24 ]
once circumstances bring mary ann together with mike ( ralph meeker ) , a lonely mechanic who thwarts mary ann ' s suicide attempt , the film becomes a single - set filmed play . ms baker and mr . garfein met at lee strasberg ' s justifiably famous
theater laboratory ,
the actor ' s studio , the famously clichéd question of which was is , of course ,
what ' s my motivation ?
and that ' s precisely the question that
something wild
begs in its latter half .
you probably are right about lee’s list . the reason i was surprised is that i always thought of him as something of a contrarian , but as i said it’s actually a very familiar looking list . but perhaps i just don’t know enough of lee’s work to really know him . apart from the bad 25 documentary , i think that the last film i actually saw from him was the 1996 film girl 6 . for fairly obvious musical reasons .
just as we’re ready to be released from mary ann’s misery , by either her death or salvation , something wild morphs into something truly daring . mary ann is saved from suicide by mike ( ralph meeker ) , and it would have been so easy for the filmmakers to caricature him as a white knight , either as the sexless simpleton or the sensitive stud , and to have him restore mary ann’s trust in society . and garfein plays with this expectation of the audience’s , expanding the film’s sense of space . the interior of mike’s apartment , clearly a stage , is open and roomy , offering pointed reprieve from the cramped , hot stickiness of mary ann’s plight in the boarding room and the five - and - dime .
early in something wild , mrs . gates ( mildred dunnock ) is telling her daughter to be careful outside , the neighborhood is going to pot : “honestly , i don’t know what’s going to happen to this neighborhood , ” she says . “honestly , you can’t even go out on the streets alone at night . ” her daughter , mary ann ( carroll baker ) , who , unbeknownst to her mother , was raped the night before on her way home belligerently scowls : “why ? what could happen ? ” no spoiler here , but at the end of the film the question comes back . mrs . gates simply says , “what has happened ? what has happened ? ” mary ann’s simple reply : “what’s happened has happened , mother . ” viewers may have the same question as mrs . gates as garfein’s beautifully ambiguous film comes to a close . we know the chronology that got us from a to b to c , but we cannot help but ask the same question mrs . gates asks . the tantalizing but inconclusive answer is in the title : something wild . garfein’s long underseen film is finally getting its due today in a new blu - ray edition from the criterion collection .
the rape scene encapsulates the brilliance of something wild , which takes a highly politicized atrocity that outsiders can’t hope to understand , humanizing it with a mercilessly empathetic devotion to detail . this rape scene is chaste by contemporary standards of on - screen violence , but garfein and baker offer us something more illuminating than gore : intimacy . when the rapist pulls mary ann’s dress up , we see the flesh along the side of her body as it’s poked by a rock , and the suffering and humiliation of mary ann’s violation become painfully explicit . another astute and heartbreaking image follows : the rapist stands up when he’s finished , and steps on pages that have scattered out of mary ann’s schoolbooks . the association is unmistakable , as she’s been treated by this interloper as something to be used and discarded like trash .
like if a lame version of warhol went to film school then released an unfortunate first feature with an unfortunate aaron copland soundtrack .
is highly interesting film . the movie ' s peculiarities seem a reflection of mary ann ' s psychological disorder and chaos while repressing her emotional pain . it ' s an amazing performance and a deeply impacting , and often painful , film experience . this criterion
i had heard tcm was showing it ! it’s such a unique harrowing film . so glad you got to see it again .
the film was very influential also outside of japan , where its violence was similarly embraced . it would be impossible ( or at least unwise ) to list all the remakes and films that have been directly influenced by yojimbo , but the best know direct remake is probably sergio leone’s critically acclaimed a fistful of dollars ( 1964 , starring clint eastwood ) . almost a shot - by - shot remake transported into an old west setting , the film is notorious for having been unauthorised . following the film’s release , kurosawa famously wrote to leone : “signor leone , i have just had the chance to see your film . it is a very fine film , but it is my film . since japan is a signatory of the berne convention on the international copyright , you must pay me . ” ( quoted from galbraith ) . a lawsuit followed , but the issue was ultimately settled out of court with kurosawa and toho receiving 15 % of all sales of leone’s film . it has been estimated that kurosawa actually made more money from a fistful of dollars than from his own film . we will be watching a fistful of dollars in our film club next month .
behind the method : in this 20 : 56 supplement , historian and super - fan of the actor studio foster hirsch , author of a method to their madness , walks us through the history of method acting , from stanislavski’s work in turn of the century moscow , to the actor studio , which began in new york city in 1947 and from which marlon brando , montgomery clift , and james dean erupted . garfein and baker were part of the actor studio almost from the start . hirsch has been a champion for something wild for years ( he attended the initial run in 1961 ) , and he considers it one of the best films to come from the actors studio . it’s a nice supplement , though not much here will be new to folks who have even a light knowledge of the actor studio and method acting until hirsch starts to look at something wild as a particular example . fortunately , that segment takes up almost half of the running time . he highlights baker’s performance in particular , calling it a “pure method performance , that is what is worked for at the studio . ” he proceeds to analyze some of her scenes .
disturbing ; at times mesmerizing and perplexing . m - g - m ' s own m . o . d . ( manufactured on demand ) service of providing hard - to - find cult and library titles on discs has released something wild , the 1961 indie drama released through united artists , starring carroll baker , ralph meeker , mildred dunnock , martin kosleck , doris roberts , and jean stapleton . a harsh , uncompromising look at the aftermath of a vicious rape gives way unexpectedly to a strange , dreamy ( and to some viewers , repellant ) hostage / romance plot , shot on the seamy streets of new york , and featuring two remarkable performances by the lead actors . no extras for this black and white full - screen transfer .
the oldboy trailer looks interesting . i don’t think that i have seen the original , which is surprising as it seems like something i might enjoy . i guess i need to right this wrong one day . ( or , to be honest , i should stop buying films and talk about watching films and spend at least half that time to actually watch something , and i might make some progress . )
criterion offer a new , 27 - minute , conversation between jack garfein and critic kim morgan recorded by criterion in new york in august 2016 . in it , garfein discusses his work with the actors studio , the making of something wild , and his personal connections to the story of mary ann , the film ' s protagonist . there is also an illustrated audio - only new ( 2016 ) , 15 - minute , interview with actor carroll baker and she discusses the challenging role of mary ann in something wild . behind the method , is another 2016 interview recorded by criterion in new york . it is with scholar foster hirsch on the actors studio and runs 21 - minutes . the historian discusses the roots of method acting , director jack garfein ' s importance to the actors studio , and why something wild is one of the most important films to come out of it . we also get a 40 - minute master class with jack garfein - excerpts from a 2014 recording of one of the director’s world - famous lectures on acting technique . garfein was one of the first directors invited to join the actors studio , and he studied under founder elia kazan and legendary coach lee strasberg , and , as a teacher there himself , was responsible for discovering actors ben gazzara and steve mcqueen , among others . the package also contains a liner notes booklet with an essay by critic sheila o’malley .
although a period film , and one possibly influenced by folk tales , the broad themes found in yojimbo are in fact fairly contemporary .
as for spike lee’s list of influential films for film students and film makes , i consider kung fu hustle a masterpiece . stephen chow manages to combine humor , cultural education , dance , romance , and martial arts into one coherent package . that’s quite an accomplishment .
released in 1961 , only a little over half a year after the bad sleep well , yojimbo can be seen as something of a change of gear for kurosawa and the summation of ideas that he had begun to consider in his recent films . in the 19 films that he had directed preceding yojimbo , kurosawa had time and time again been concerned with the question how to live properly and responsibly , both on individual and social levels . he had documented the rebuilding of japanese society after the war , criticising and questioning many aspects of the ongoing reconstruction .
i think , instead , something wild and the other four films i’ve mentioned display an almost prurient fixation with tracing the destruction of female innocence . most of these films rely on an expressly innocent ( and usually blonde ) victim , often contrasted with other ( cheap ) women , like edith stapleton here . as a result , i return to the speculation i offered in last year’s post about two women and virgin spring : i believe this was film’s way of dealing with the sexual revolution — to offer histrionic cautionary tales rather than explore rape per se from the perspective of victims .
to be honest , i’d love to be able to cop to the charge of present - mindedness , and to embrace morgan’s reading . i trust her argument most for the film’s first half , in which we watch mary ann wrestle with her demons and refuse to tell anyone about her experience . but i felt increasingly pushed away from her during the second half of the film . for me at least , morgan’s position holds less water during that “entrapment and subjugation” part of the film in which mary ann and mike face off as captive and captor , a hour of screen time that concludes — crazily — with something resembling love between them .
mr . garfein had received critical accolades for his theater work and his film - directing debut , 1957 ' s
the strange one .
the film was released for the first time on dvd as part of the mgm limited edition collection in december 2011 . in october 2016 , it was announced that the criterion collection would be releasing the film for the first time on blu - ray and dvd on january 17 , 2017 .
aaron copland did the moody score . filmed all over new york , stunningly , something wild feels independent . many of the shots feel “stolen” , carroll baker walking through times square , hailing a cab , or running across the street . it’s a gorgeous looking movie , and anticipates all of those great gritty independent films of the 1970s , shot on location in a new york so grimy and drab and dirty that you can smell the garbage through the screen .
a complex exploration of the physical and emotional effects of trauma , something wild stars carroll baker , in a layered performance , as a college student who attempts suicide after a brutal sexual assault but is stopped by a mechanic ( ralph meeker ) —whose kindness , however , soon takes an unsettling turn . startlingly modern in its frankness and psychological realism , the film represents one of the purest on - screen expressions of the sensibility of the intimate community of artists around new york’s actors studio , which transformed american cinema in the mid - twentieth century . with astonishing location and claustrophobic interior photography by eugene schüfftan , an opening - title sequence by the inimitable saul bass , and a rhythmic score by aaron copland , jack garfein’s film is a masterwork of independent cinema .
description : a complex exploration of the physical and emotional effects of trauma , something wild stars carroll baker , in a layered performance , as a college student who attempts suicide after a brutal sexual assault but is stopped by a mechanic ( ralph meeker ) —whose kindness , however , soon takes an unsettling turn . startlingly modern in its frankness and psychological realism , the film represents one of the purest on - screen expressions of the sensibility of the intimate community of artists around new york’s actors studio , which transformed american cinema in the mid - twentieth century . with astonishing location and claustrophobic interior photography by eugene schüfftan , an opening - title sequence by the inimitable saul bass , and a rhythmic score by aaron copland , jack garfein’s film is a masterwork of independent cinema .
based upon alex karmel ' s novel
mary ann ,
about a young manhattan student ' s descent into despair after a rape and her subsequent re - birth of sorts ,
something wild
must have seemed like a safe bet for investors . ms . baker had earned both professional validation in the form of an oscar nomination and condemnation from various moralist organizations for the title role in elia kazan ' s 1956 hothouse southern gothic oddity ,
baby doll .
first of all , i did actually see this film last summer but forgotten that i had . that was during my ambien days , when i needed to take that drug to fall asleep due to some uncompromising pain i had that made sleep impossible . i’m sure i fell fast asleep in the middle of the film , and can’t believe i did now that i’ve watched it again . only ambien could have made me fall asleep during this excellent film !
jack garfein : something wild in the city : this is one of my favorite supplements of the last several years . here we have film critic kim morgan interviewing jack garfein , now 86 , for 26 : 47 minutes . morgan begins by simply asking what made him want to be a director , and garfein explains how he lost his entire family in the holocaust and was himself 15 years old and only 48 pounds when he was released from a concentration camp . he couldn’t walk . he wanted to be an actor so he could deal with the feelings he’d been through without it hurting so much . garfein has a poetic sensibility , and hearing him talk about this film , in particular how its story has mattered in his own personal life with all of its inexplicable horrors , is fascinating .
as
something wild
moves toward an admittedly unpredictable ending , chockablock with teeth - gnashing histrionics and big scenes , it plays like a well - intentioned attempt by an experienced cast to bring to life script material that might best have stayed in the typewriter . mary ann and her mother ' s repeating ,
what . . . has . . . happened . . . ?
to each other when they ' re reunited late in the film is silly and self - conscious sub - arthur miller dialogue , no matter how earnestly the lines are spoken and no matter how completely unpacked in rehearsal each syllable must no doubt have been .
but
the strange one
mr . garfein ' s film isn ' t . though it ostensibly details a young woman ' s search for identity and her struggles to trust and to love after a traumatic experience , the film is more an amorphous chronicle than a coherent , character - driven narrative journey .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
i see spike lee has brought out a list of his 100 essential films for aspiring film makers – yojimbo is there , along with rashomon and ran .
i suppose there are weapon based martial arts , so you could classify the fighting in the film as belonging to martial arts . but i still don’t think that the combat , as violent as it is , really is the centre piece of the film . sanjuro does most of his fighting with his wits .
the criterion collection has announced its slate for january , 2017 , with offerings from howard hawks ( “ his girl friday ” ) , rainer werner fassbender ( “ fox and his friends ” ) , jack garfein ( “ something wild ” ) , and ousmane sembène ( “ black girl ” ) . check out the covers for the films below as well as synopses provided by the criterion collection . for more information on the special features and technical specs of each of these films , visit the criterion collection website .
tony williams is professor and area head of film studies at southern illinois university at carbondale , contributing editor to film international , author of james jones : the limits of eternity ( rowman & littlefield , 2016 ) , and co - editor with esther yau , of hong kong neo - noir ( edinburgh university press , 2016 ) .
a complex exploration of the physical and emotional effects of trauma , “something wild” stars carroll baker ( “baby doll , ” “the carpetbaggers” ) , in a layered performance , as a college student who attempts suicide after a brutal sexual assault but is stopped by a mechanic played by ralph meeker ( kiss me deadly ) - whose kindness , however , soon takes an unsettling turn . startlingly modern in its frankness and psychological realism , the film represents one of the purest on - screen expressions of the sensibility of the intimate community of artists around new york’s actors studio , which transformed american cinema in the mid - twentieth century . with astonishing location and claustrophobic interior photography by eugene schüfftan , an opening - title sequence by the inimitable saul bass , and a rhythmic score by aaron copland , this film by jack garfein ( “the strange one” ) is a masterwork of independent cinema .
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ignored , misunderstood and poorly received by various moviegoers and reviewers at the time of its release in december of 1961 , director jack garfein ' s moody , decidedly offbeat something wild has belatedly come into its own after more than forty six years . based on alex karmel ' s 1958 novel mary ann , this is the story of a young woman who is brutally raped while returning to her bronx home . unable to tell her repressive parents about her plight , she dramatically rejects her former and now despoiled existence and runs away from home , ending up in new york ' s seedy lower east side . there she rents a room and gets a job at a crummy five - and - dime store . depressed and desperate , mary ann prepares to jump off a bridge into the east river when a passing stranger , a garage mechanic named mike , rescues her and takes her back to his basement apartment to recover . then things really start to get weird . . .
i haven’t seen the film so i cannot judge it , but the idea of a film that is more than fifty years old and centrally about a woman who is first raped and then kept as a captive that was directed by a man and adapted from a novel written by a man makes me concerned about how the material might be handled . i , too , won’t get into spoilers but based on a summary of the plot i read there is at least one thing quite disconcerting about the ending . . i suspect this film might be one that would be a demanding watch and might be more an experience to examine the politics of the film rather than just its content . that might be an exercise worth doing , but i’m not convinced . it would be interesting to read more commentary about the film’s controversial content first , including a female point of view .


dracula has risen from the grave is a 1968 british horror film directed by freddie francis for hammer films .

it stars christopher lee as count dracula , with support from rupert davies , veronica carlson , barry andrews , barbara ewing , ewan hooper and michael ripper .

this was the fourth entry in hammer 's dracula series , and the third to feature christopher lee as the titular vampire .

dracula has risen from the grave

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the fifth dracula film by hammer , released in 1970 and following dracula has risen from the grave . it starred christopher lee in his fourth appearance as the count .
dracula has risen from the grave
but the script is on life support as dracula ( christopher lee ) and cast struggle to maintain any dramatic . . .
dracula has risen from the grave will screen saturday , october 30th , as a part of notcoming . com’s film series at 92ytribeca in new york city .
murnau’s “nosferatu” gave way to the atmospheric universal films , which ruled the belfry until hammer upped the ante with gothic films like “horror of dracula” and “dracula has risen from the grave . ”
thanks , hammer fans ! if i hadn ' t blogged on brides of dracula earlier this year , it would have been my first choice for a hammer dracula picture . but i do like dracula has risen from the grave and it has improved significantly with repeat viewings .
dracula has risen from the grave is the fourth dracula film from hammer horror , released in 1968 and set immediately after dracula prince of darkness . the film stars christopher lee in his third appearance as dracula , along with robert davies , veronica carlson , barry andrews , ewan hopper and barbara ewing .
the reception for risen is saturday , january 24th , from 7 - 10 pm .
prof . marty norden traveled to keene , nh , in october to deliver a paper titled
the folly of faithlessness in dracula has risen from the grave
at the annual conference of the northeast popular culture association .
impaled with extreme prejudice : weller discovers dracula in the prologue writhing and screaming from pain from the spike that has been driven through him .
this disc has not yet been reviewed . the following information has been provided by the distributor .
risen from the dead , agents rots moulder and diena skully investigate and infest wherever they find a conspiracy to keep humans from becoming zombie food .
same content , different rating : the explicitly gory dracula has risen from the grave was given a g rating in the u . s . ; this was around the same time the mpaa rating system was established and before the g rating was truly codified as
kids stuff
.
fans thought differently , however , and lapped up dracula has risen from the grave , making it one of the most profitable and successful films in the entire series . director freddie francis replaced terence fisher following that latter worthy’s injury in a car accident , but brought a style to the film which sets it apart , certainly from its successors .
. the other comical poster has a photograph of a woman , who has clearly been bitten by dracula , with two elastoplasts on her throat .
hammer’s third entry proper in their dracula saga came on the back of their queen’s award to industry . james carreras had sold the package of dracula has risen from the grave to american distributors warner - seven arts on the strength of christopher lee appearing in the title role ; no such assurance had been sought from lee , who was appalled at the prospect of another dracula movie , and only conceded when a pay hike was offered .
a masterpiece of style , dracula has risen from the grave makes the most of freddie francis’ adventurous flair as a director and , coupled with arthur grant’s stunning cinematography , manages to create a nightmarish world , beautifully set among the rooftops of fictitious keinenburg . the film has style , substance and above - average acting , making it a truly classic and evergreen hammer horror .
i am a huge dracula fan . i ' ve always loved the christopher lee version of dracula . when i saw the first one horror of dracula i fell in love with it . after that i saw dracula prince of darkness it was even better than the first one ! after prince of darkness i went in order and watched . . . risen from the grave and it was amazing ! . in dracula has risen from the grave it leaves off from prince of darkness when dracula drowns under water . i was amazed how dracula had just risen out of the cold frozen water . a local priest is put under dracula ' s spell and goes bad . dracula hides out in a local bar and preys on the the bar maid zena . zena as well as the priest is put under dracula ' s spell and is soon asked to preform a task for dracula . unfortunately zena fails her task for dracula , and dracula destroyed zena and orders for the priest to burn her in the fire place . the gore and blood is very unrealistic which makes the movie easy to handle . i loved it and i think you will to .
anyone who made fun of the pale attempts at series continuity in the old universal monster movies has to wince at the opening of dracula has risen from the grave . dracula ' s castle has moved to the top of a mountain without the access of any kind of road , and the frozen moat that imprisoned chris lee at the conclusion of dracula prince of darkness is now a stream barely big enough for the actor to lie down in . it was at this point that lee started doing dracula films at the rate of one a year , after swearing not to repeat the career - numbing role .
warner archive confirmed today that it plans to release on blu - ray a four - film box set of classic hammer films later this year . the titles in the box set are : dracula has risen from the grave ( 1968 ) , frankenstein must be destroyed ( 1969 ) , the mummy ( 1959 ) , and . . .
dracula has risen from the grave is the fourth movie in hammer horror ' s dracula series , preceded by ( 1958 ) , the brides of dracula ( 1960 ) ( 1960 ) , and dracula : prince of darkness ( 1966 ) ( 1966 ) and followed by taste the blood of dracula ( 1970 ) ( 1970 ) , scars of dracula ( 1970 ) ( 1970 ) , dracula a . d . 1972 ( 1972 ) ( 1972 ) , and the satanic rites of dracula ( 1973 ) ( 1973 ) . all of hammer ' s dracula movies are based on the character created by irish novelist bram stoker in his 1897 novel dracula . the screenplay for dracula : prince of darkness was written by british screenwriter anthony hinds .
the title risen is derived from the rising souls in golem ' s quests or the rising of evil , such as zombies or spells , in voodoo .
warners ' dvd of dracula has risen from the grave beautifully reproduces the original theatrical experience . the almost perfect image has deep colors and no damage in sight . it even starts with the original warners - 7 arts logo . technically shot at 1 : 66 , the imagery was all composed to be shown at much wider ratios , and the 1 : 78 16 : 9 ar chosen here frames the titles well and never seems too tight .
i can happily say that this is not as bad as the satanic rites of dracula , but it’s also not a particularly great entry in the hammer dracula series , aside from a few exceptional moments and a certain so - bad - it’s - good flair . lee is on screen for about fifteen minutes , probably less , something that would plague the rest of the series from here on out . attempting to beat themselves at the continuity game yet again , this picks up where dracula has risen from the grave let off . the less said about that , the better .
lee objected to the inventive scene of the unsuccessful staking , but later conceded that “the audience at the time thought it was stunning” . this , along with the fact that no vampires are actively turned to spread the malady , and director francis’ use of amber filters to create an evilly - lit world for dracula to inhabit , all help to set dracula has risen from the grave apart from its stablemates . interestingly too , no action takes place inside the castle walls , as the count is effectively barred from entering by the cross and ceremony performed by muller .
this hammer film , the fourth in the dracula series ( though dracula wasn ' t in the second , the outstanding ' brides of dracula ' ) has always been one of the weaker ones for me , . . .
has been mastered with an average bitrate of 29 . 94 mbps , which far exceeds the historical whv approach . the compression has been skillfully performed .
johnny alucard raises count dracula from the dead in london in 1972 . the count goes after the descendants of van helsing .
drumheller is heavily quoted in risen ’s book in chapter 5 , “skeptics and zealots . ”
cb droege deep silver , publisher of the critically - acclaimed pc title risen , has today announced that they will be bringing the game to the xbox 360 in february of this year .
this third christopher lee ' dracula ' film from hammer studios and the fourth in the dracula series starts to wear a little thin . it ' s always . . .
thematically , dracula has risen from the grave dabbles with intolerance and christian discovery . suitor paul ( barry andrews , introduced bare - chested and looking almost identical to roger daltrey of the who ) is a worthy match for sweet maria , who lives by the charity of her uncle , the monsignor . but when he admits he ' s an atheist , he ' s ordered out of the house . thus intolearance forces young lovers to sneak around in shadows where demons like dracula hide out .
dracula has risen from the grave [ dvd ] [ 1968 ] : urltoken michael ripper , rupert davies , veronica carlson , barbara ewing , christopher cunningham , norman bacon , george a . cooper , ewan hooper , marion mathie , barry andrews , john d . collins , christopher lee , arthur grant , freddie francis , spencer reeve , aida young , bram stoker , anthony hinds : dvd & blu - ray
it was that period of study , observation and note - taking that led , in 1980 , to the novel risen from the ground , where the way of narrating which characterises my novels was born .
set in and around the mitteleurope town of keinenburg , dracula has risen from the grave breaks with many of the traditional story elements thanks to john elder’s innovative screenplay . monsignor ernst muller ( rupert davies ) is dismayed to find the local priest ( ewan hooper ) having said mass to an empty church due to the superstitious parishioners refusing to enter the building ; the hapless peasants are still spooked when the shadow of dracula’s ( christopher lee ) castle touches their church of an evening , despite the vampire having been destroyed in the icy waters near his home a year earlier .
when the niece of a prominent clergyman becomes dracula ' s victim , the monsignor vows to put a stop to dracula ' s deadly ways . resurrected from an icy river tomb , count dracula ( christopher lee ) returns with a lust for life and blood . the most religiously - themed of the dracula movies , this one has dracula battling with a monsignor whose niece is the vampire ' s intended . . . victim , that is .
when castle dracula is exorcised by the monsignor , it accidentally brings the count back from the dead . dracula follows the monsignor back to his hometown , preying on the holy man ' s beautiful niece and her friends .
when castle dracula is exorcised by the monsignor , it accidentally brings the count back from the dead . dracula follows the monsignor back to his hometown , preying on the holy man ' s . . . see more »
such is the indefatigable charm of christopher lee in his most famous role . this charm , however , is often incongruous within the subtext of a particular film . dracula has risen from the grave , in particular , is so abundant with shocks of gooey violence , casual misogyny , and bosomy women that dracula’s presence within this setting imbues it with elegance and sophistication . otherwise it’d be a growling party all the time with no one to temper the flames of lust , which all of the young and beautiful central characters seem unable to tactfully contain .
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the justice department filing calls risen
an eyewitness
to the alleged crimes and a
critical
figure to the government ' s case who can provide information that it can ' t get from anyone else .
rick , i just wanted you to know that i just finished watching dracula has risen from the grave . your review was so good , i decided i had to watch it again . i didn ' t care much for paul either , rick . i think maria should have chosen to be
the bride of dracula .
christoper lee looked more charming than barry . sark , my husband agrees with you that veronica carlson is a beautiful woman . enjoyed the movie and thanks for the review to remind to watch again , rick .
the conclusion finds lee in his first impalement gag , struggling with the giant crucifix rammed through him like francis lederer in the return of dracula . for the first time , he actually looks silly , squirming and gesticulating wildly . i saw dracula has risen from the grave at least twice in 1969 with audiences that really wanted to like it - they cheered at every lee appearance , especially when his stunt double does that nice leap off a balcony . but they sat in a stupor through most of the picture waiting for interesting things to happen , and by the finale had no patience left .
now that his revenge is
complete
, dracula abducts maria and takes her to his castle . he forces her to remove the cross from the door . meanwhile , paul follows on horseback , arriving just as maria tosses the cross over the cliff . dracula tries to toss paul over the cliff , too , but dracula himself falls , impaling himself on the cross . paul and maria embrace . the priest , apparently released from his tie to dracula , recites the pater noster . in the final scene , paul looks down to see that the dracula ' body has all but disappeared , and he makes the sign of the cross .
dracula goes after the niece of the monsignor who destroyed . . . more >
it ' s still a very solid hammer dracula film , but the slow , downward spiral away from quality would continue with the next entry in the series . . .
mook face turn : the priest regains his faith at the end when dracula gets impaled on the cross and recites the lord ' s prayer to finish off dracula .
this was the very first movie to receive a rating from the mpaa in 1968 . see more »
he is risen is best for ages 9 and up , particularly those who have an understanding of what
crucifixion
means .
when the niece of a prominent clergyman becomes dracula ' s victim , the monsignor vows to put a stop to dracula ' s deadly ways .
and as many others have discussed , this film carries a g rating from the mpaa .
this was a gift . however , since my friend loves christopher lee as dracula , and has many of the movies in the series , i am sure she will love it .
31 days of halloween : there ' s no escape from polan . . .
christopher lee did return as dracula in a french comedy motion picture , dracula and son ( 1976 ) , a . k . a . dracula : father and son . it is not a hammer film . christopher lee stars in it and dubbed his own voice . the french version and usa version are different . the usa version has many scenes cut from the film replacing them with with different gags .
if you dig hammer movies , then
dracula has risen from the grave
is one you will relish ! it ' s got all the things that make hammer films so wonderful - the sets , the music , a pretty nasty and misogynistic dracula , a love story , and two beautiful lead ladies . and of course , it plays out much more like a scary fairy tale than a straight - out horror film . stylish shots and classy photography coupled with hammer ' s just - this - side - of - storybook red blood makes for a very creepy and at the same time beautiful viewing experience . i think each of hammers ' dracula films are great ( minus the abysmal but nicely titled
satanic rites of dracula
) but this one sits rightfully at the top of them all .
one year has passed since dracula was defeated in dracula : prince of darkness . a monsignor visits the village that was once terrorized by dracula , only to discover that the villagers still live in fear of the vampire . the local priest has lost his faith and the villagers don ' t attend the church for mass because “the shadow of his castle touches it” . in order to end their fear of the long since gone vampire , the monsignor climbs to castle dracula to perform an exorcism . in the process of the exorcism the priest , who climbed part of the way with the monsignor , falls and hits his head and at the same time cracks the ice which dracula lays frozen in . unbeknown to the monsignor , who is still conducting the exorcism , blood from the priest ' s head spills into dracula ' s lips and re - awakens him . dracula wastes no time in hypnotizing the priest into being his servant , and begins his reign of terror once again ( obviously ) .
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dracula orders the maid zena to bring him maria . she reacts with jealousy that the count might desire someone else and completely misses the point of his revenge . maria is coerced down to the hidden alcove but dracula’s feeding is interrupted by the boyfriend paul . zena loses much favor with the count and has to beg for more “attention” from his excellence . dracula simply makes her a vampire and orders her body thrown into a fire by the priest . the fires of eternal damnation ?
this was the fourth of the hammer dracula films , and it ' s a bore .
you exclamation : the monsignor says this when his pursuit of dracula is interrupted by dracula ' s mook—the priest . the priest then whacks him over the head with a stone tablet .
the advertising campaign in america was decidedly tongue - in - cheek ; the main poster image did not depict the vampire , but rather one of his busty victims , with two pink ( and anachronistic ) band - aids on her neck , followed by the tagline ,
dracula has risen from the grave ( obviously ) .
warner bros . - seven arts also played up the humorous and somewhat campy ad campaign for their television ads (
when we last saw him . . . dracula was dead with a stake driven through his heart . . . . but you just can ' t keep a good man down
) , and made sure to mention the
g
rating . as a result
what does dracula have to do with brides of dracula ? absolutely nothing . aside from a few references to the old boy ( in the narrated opening it is made clear that dracula is dead , but his disciples remain ) , he , and his brides , are absent from this film . i have no idea why hammer chose this title , other than an attempt to connect it to the first dracula film . despite that , this is one of the greatest in the hammer canon . the scenery is beautiful , the well - constructed plot has globs of gothic perversity , the ladies are as lovely as ever and peter cushing is at the top of his game .
it’s funny . the dracula franchise is probably what hammer film productions is best remembered for today , but those movies are consistently among the studio’s weakest products . the worst of the bunch are among the few truly terrible hammer films i’ve seen , and even the best of them wouldn’t make it into my personal top ten . for the most part , they’re just sort of okay , competent in an undistinguished manner , but representing ever more plainly as the years wore on all the ways that hammer wasn’t adapting to changing times . dracula has risen from the grave may be the okayest of them all . in what would turn out to be the most transformative year in horror movie history since probably 1931 , it stands fast in the center of the genre’s comfort zone , offering a perfectly acceptable rendition of little you haven’t seen before .
the best thing about dracula has risen from the grave is the introduction of the absolutely gorgeous veronica carlson . she went on to star in a couple of hammer frankenstein films after this , but i don’t know why they didn’t use her more . other than that , it’s business as usual . thankfully , lee is around more in this film and actually has dialogue . nothing can make up for the absence of cushing , though davies replaces him as best he is able as a holy man , rather than a scientist . this film somehow seems brighter and more visually stunning than earlier efforts in the series , though that could be because of the lovely rooftop set with veronica carlson prancing around on it . there is also more sexual innuendo and dangerously plunging cleavage lines .
notice any issues ? such as the reflection ? oh well , just another bit of lore previously followed thrown out the window . the monsignor leaves the town , his job finished , or so he thinks . dracula has indeed risen from the grave , and now his mortal assistant is one of the cloth . now what could that be implying ? here we have yet another interesting thematic concept in a hammer sequel that then is completely disregarded . the priest simply does what every other dracula servant does : the master’s bidding like a walking robot . doesn’t anybody find these people a bit strange ? if you were to stagger around mumbling only monosyllables people would think you’re crazy . any notion of this subplot being some kind of metaphor of the church acting as a false prophet is completely ignored .
the theme of religion com - bating the evil of vampirism is not an uncommon one , but rarely has it received such a full treatment . the three men who combine to destroy dracula run the gamut from believer to atheist . the monsignor is a man with great faith in god . the priest is a believer who has lost his way . paul , the young man engaged to the monsignor’s niece , fancies himself an intellectual who questions the existence of god . his rejection of religion plays a pivotal role in a scene where he faces dracula , but is unable to destroy him .
you have failed me : zena is turned into one of dracula ' s mooks after he bites her . she ' s given orders to kidnap maria , but fails to do so . dracula promptly slays her for her failure and has the priest burn her body .
clap your hands if you believe : why the first attempt to stake dracula fails .
country united states format cd release date 2002 upn 7 - 3857 - 21137 - 2 - 8 also contains music from : dracula dracula : prince of darkness scars of dracula taste the blood of dracula frankenstein created woman devil rides out , the kiss of the vampire , the one million years b . c . creatures the world forgot curse of the mummy ' s tomb , the she abominable snowman , the quatermass 2 hands of the ripper vampire circus curse of the werewolf , the this label refers to the following compilation album : hammer - the studio that dripped blood !
fortunately better than i remember it being , the satanic rites of dracula is the eighth film in the series and the last to star lee as dracula . the wonderful cushing also returns , along with much of the cast of dracula a . d . 1972 , to which this is a loose sequel .
when dracula
seduces
zena , he pulls at the ribbon fastening her cloak . this causes her to turn to face him , but does not conspicuously loosen her cloak . however , the camera then jumps to another angle ( roughly , dracula ' s pov ) . the editing suggests direct continuity , but zena ' s cloak has , seemingly instantaneously , slipped off from her left shoulder .
check out the warner dvd . this deserves something a lot fancier , which we’ll never get on region one as long as warner has the rights .
this is my favorite dracula film , hammer or non - hammer - i really love the cast and i think dracula is especially mean and misogynistic in this one .
holy burns evil : crosses figure in heavily in dracula ' s defeat in the climax .
after an arduous trek through the mountains , the monsignor completes his mission . unfortunately , the priest , who has lagged behind his elder , inadvertently revives dracula . unable to resist the powerful vampire , the priest becomes dracula’s disciple . needless to say , dracula is not pleased to find a huge cross barring the door to his estate ( “who’s done this thing ? ” he demands ) . forcing the priest to assist him , the vampire count plots his bloody revenge against the monsignor .
this mix of sci - fi , horror and espionage penned by doctor who scribe don houghton would probably have been successful if dracula and van helsing hadn’t been included , seemingly as an afterthought . this is not helped by the fact that dracula has minimal screen time , probably less than 15 minutes . at least he has dialogue in this one . though it is great to see lee and cushing together again , they feel out of place in an a plot that belongs to either the avengers , james bond or fu manchu . the bleak apocalyptic theme moves away from the gothic elements of most of the series and far , far away from the fun , campy romp of dracula a . d . , which will likely please the many viewers that hated that film .
country great britain format cd release date 9 - apr - 2002 upn 7 - 3857 - 20357 - 2 - 3 2 cd - set . also contains music from : dracula dracula : prince of darkness scars of dracula taste the blood of dracula frankenstein created woman devil rides out , the kiss of the vampire , the one million years b . c . creatures the world forgot curse of the mummy ' s tomb , the she abominable snowman , the quatermass 2 hands of the ripper vampire circus curse of the werewolf , the this label refers to the following compilation album : hammer - the studio that dripped blood !
vampire hunter van helsing returns to transylvania to destroy handsome bloodsucker baron meinster , who has designs on beautiful young schoolteacher marianne .
was both successful and highly profitable , but over time it has suffered in comparison to the other films in hammer ' s dracula series . for volume 2 of warner ' s hammer collection , here ' s hoping we get the 1958
the extreme improbability of the count’s resurrection cannot be put into words . this is our first glimpse of dracula :
though there are several cheap versions of satanic rites that should be avoided , anchor bay presents a nice region 1 disc as part of their hammer horror series . this includes trailers and a documentary , dracula and the undead , narrated by hammer - regular oliver reed . avoid any prints under the stupid u . s . title , count dracula and his vampire brides , which has several minutes shaved from its running time .
rick , this is one of my favorite vampire movies . i love the hammer movies with christopher lee playing the dracula . i think he plays a chillingly sexy dracula . i love the beginning of this movie when the priest cuts his head and cracks the ice allowing his blood to seep through the crack to resurect the evil vampire . i bet that pleased dracula to have blood from a priest . i also like the ending of this movie , but don ' t want to give it away . i agree it is not quite as good as horrow of dracula nor brides of dracula , but it is my third favorite in the hammer vampire films .
best horror of drac sequel , with lee ( i . e . dracula )
transhuman treachery : after lucy is turned , she is glad to serve dracula .
dracula : [ to maria ] now my revenge is complete . see more »
the ending is relatively well constructed . paul has already had to assume the duties of the lover attempting to kill a vampire who has taken his woman . in one controversial but memorable scene ( the one scene that makes this movie really worth anything ) he actually stakes dracula , but being an atheist is unable to perform the prayer that would complete the ritual . so dracula is then able to rip out the stake in his heart . so then what does one do ? trail the girl and vampire back to the castle and fight again ! dracula is improbably staked by falling on the monsignor’s cross and the priest is then miraculously able to say the prayer to end the count’s evil . the end credits follow about a minute later .
determined to set matters straight , muller ascends the mountain pathways to the castle , priest in tow , and performs an exorcism , sealing the door with a huge ornate gold cross . the terrified priest has not accompanied him all the way to the top , however , and stumbles during a violent storm , cutting his head . he lands on a frozen river , cracking the ice and allowing the blood from his wound to drip onto dracula’s lips below , thus reviving the vampire .
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jonathan harker begets the ire of count dracula after he accepts a job at the vampire ' s castle under false pretenses .
my second time around with has risen was more enjoyable than the first many years ago . this is only because the story didn’t seem so tedious as before . the characters are better written than the previous film and seem more like fleshed out versions of real people instead of caricatures . but they so tediously follow a story formula that all of that development is useless . you more and more frequently spend most of your viewing with these hammer sequels having to restrain yourself from shouting “get a bloomin’ move on ! ”
prof . alena vasilyeva traveled to washington , dc to participate in the mid - year board meeting of the international communication association from january 15 - 17 .
dracula then enters maria’s bedroom where we are treated to the most explicit scene thus far in the hammer series . dracula approaches maria and we then see her neck approaching in close up from his point of view . he almost lovingly prepares the area of the skin for his bite and we cut away to maria’s hand clutching a china doll only to let go in satisfaction .
, dracula was entombed in the icy waters near his castle outside the german town of karlsbad . which brings us to 1968 and
abandoned area : courtley ' s planned resurrection of dracula takes place in an abandoned church .
brainwashed : the priest , put under the mental control of dracula . justified as the priest ' s will is weakened by his crisis of faith .
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a young man , paul carlson , is on a trip and spends the night at count dracula ' s castle . needless to say , he is murdered . after some time has passed , the young man ' s brother simon comes to . . . see full summary »
everyone loves blondes : both the student paul and dracula prefer blonde maria , much to zena ' s annoyance .
dramatic thunder : thunder rolls in the background as dracula ' s blood starts to take shape in a goblet .
prof . alena vasilyeva traveled to san diego to participate in the mid - year board meeting of the international communication association from january 13 - 15 , 2017 .
a year has passed since the freezing of dracula ( christopher lee ) under the ice in the river that flows past his castle . because the villagers still fear even the shadow of the castle , monsignor ernst mueller ( rupert davies ) and the village priest ( ewan hooper ) decide to exorcise the castle and prove to the villagers that the evil is gone . while the monsignor seals the castle door with a large cross , the priest accidentally falls on a rock and hits his head , his blood flowing onto the ice under which dracula is encased , resurrecting him . angered by mueller ' s desecration of his castle , dracula vows revenge on both mueller and his niece maria ( veronica carlson ) .
christopher lee reprises ' his role . as dracula . who plans his revenge on the priest who desecrate . . his castle this has to be one of his finest performance s as dracula i did make comment . saying it was region a only . another reviewer corrected me on this and i am pleased to say it will play on uk blue ray players😊
dracula . that scene is a prologue , taking place a year before the rest of the movie , during the time that dracula was active during dracula : prince of darkness . the monsignor says as much himself as he ' s driving his cart toward carlsbad .
a year has passed since dracula , perpetrator of these obscene evils , was destroyed .
and then again at the inn , he says to the village priest ,
i know that your church was once vilely desecrated , but the perpetrator of that ghastly deed was destroyed some 12 months ago . was he not sent to his doom in the waters of your mountain and was he not , therefore , destroyed forever ?
van helsing arrives in time to figure out why young girls in the village are dropping like flies . by the time he links the deaths to the baron meinster , the baron has several undead brides and has proposed to the still living marianne . van helsing must convince her of the true nature of her gentlemen love before it is too late . on the way , he kicks some serious ass and somehow remains 100 % immune to any kind of feminine wiles .
prof . mari castañeda traveled to new york city to participate in the nyu screening of latinos beyond reel , a documentary from the media education foundation , march 5 .
was sung by everyone on the set and , slowly , mr . lee began to rise from his coffin , ' blood ' dripping from his hands and chest , and he sank the stake into the center of the cake ! he hissed , his fangs glinting in the light of the candles . ' suck off ' ! everyone roared before breaking into uncontrollable laughter .
tears of blood : bloody tears run down on dracula ' s face as he writhes in pain in the prologue .
the fourth entry in hammer’s dracula series is one of the studio’s best films , even without the presence of peter cushing’s dynamic van helsing . it opens with a terrific prologue featuring a church bell that doesn’t ring and a dead girl with two puncture marks on her neck . to say more would spoil the effect . however , the story proper begins when a visiting monsignor discovers that a village in his district remains in the “shadow of evil”—even though count dracula has been destroyed . determined to set things right again , the monsignor convinces the frightened village priest to accompany him to dracula’s castle to perform an exorcism .
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from what i understand , the film got a g rating by being cut to ribbons for its us theatrical release . the british version was rated x ( 18 ) .
was also slightly larger than previous entries ; the funding came from a two - picture distribution deal with warner bros . - seven arts in america . ( the other film in the arrangement was
a year passes and we now follow a monsignor who happens to stop in the town to check up on its local church . he finds the church empty on a sunday and the priest in the local bar . the entire town has become disillusioned with the church after their dealings with count dracula . this puts the monsignor into a rage and so he takes the priest to go and rid the old castle of evil spirits once and for all .
when his castle is exorcised , dracula plots his revenge against the monsignor who performed the rites by attempting to make the holy man ' s young niece his bride .
when his castle is exorcised , dracula plots his revenge against the monsignor who performed the rites by attempting to make the holy man ' s young neice his bride .
other than a trailer ( 480i ; 1 . 78 : 1 , enhanced ; 2 : 29 ) , the disc has no extras . warner ' s 2004 dvd was similarly featureless .
shovel strike : alice , under dracula ' s control , kills her father by whacking him in the head with a shovel .
. francis ' eye provided flair to an uninspired script by anthony hinds ( writing under the name john elder ) that underutilizes both the character of dracula and the gifts of the actor playing him .
when his castle is exorcised , dracula plots his revenge against the monsignor who performed the rites by attempting to make the holy man ' s young niece his bride . written by
roof hopping : maria does this routinely when coming to see paul , because her uncle the monsignor disapproves . later the monsignor does this to pursue dracula .
the terrified priest follows only partway up the mountain and the monsignor continues alone . as the monsignor exorcises the castle , attaching a large metal cross to its gate , a thunderstorm occurs . the priest flees , stumbles , and is knocked unconscious when his head strikes a rock . the blood from the wound on his head trickles into a frozen stream , then through a crack in the ice onto the lips of the body of count dracula  bringing him to life . the monsignor returns to the village , reassures the villagers , and returns to his home city of kleinenberg .
a
wild end
to the most horrific dracula of them all . christopher lee . and one of his best : - )
prof . sut jhally received an honorary doctor of fine arts degree from simon fraser university in burnaby , british columbia , on oct . 8 .
the only extra is a trailer that isn ' t as campy as the original american ad campaigns that made dracula seem a little bit like batman . the unusual cover art is from english originals - our domestic release ( held up a few months to go out with frankenstein must be destroyed ) used a simplified graphic approach .
woman scorned : alice immediately turns on dracula when he tells her she is of no more use to him .
baron frankenstein escapes from the guillotine and goes to germany . there , he names himself dr . stein and plans to restart his experiments by using parts of dead bodies .
when the village priest runs away from the castle , he falls over and down a slope . when he hits the ground , you see blood on his forehead which subsequently disappears and reappears between shots . see more »
unfortunately , this isn ' t the end . the newly - revived dracula is angered at the cross barring entry into his castle and vows revenge . putting the priest under his control , dracula embarks to kleinenberg for revenge , choosing to target the monsignor ' s niece , maria ( veronica carlson ) . it ultimately falls to maria ' s love interest , a studious young man and atheist named paul ( barry andrews ) to save maria and stop dracula .
graduate student wendy pringle has been competitively chosen to participate in the 2016 princeton - weimar summer school for media studies . she will be studying with a small group of scholars at princeton university this summer .
great gothic hammer horror . one of the better dracula sequels and one of director freddie francis ' best . it has a lot of the elements you expect and appreciate from hammer : solid actors , great sets , quality direction , beautiful and vivacious young women . the plot is relatively simple : dracula wants revenge and pretty blonde veronica carlson but her monsignor uncle and loser boyfriend have a thing or two to say about that . there ' s also some interesting additions to the mythology where belief vs atheism is concerned . it all makes for a very entertaining sequel full of many familiar and proved effective hammer staples , with several new ones as well .
as well as zena when the priest goes to put the lid on dracula ' s coffin and find her body ( oddly vamped but dead ) laying under it .
christopher lee is featured in the first of his “stand in a dark corner and occasionally bite someone” performances . you trudge along watching this film merely to pass the time until he appears . then you go and get all excited to watch the count in action…which doesn’t happen because he goes away - again . why can’t these films actually be about dracula ? it’s not as if they aren’t named after him . lee has pointed out over the years that the scripts were increasingly written without dracula actually in them . it was only at the last minute before shooting that they would actually write in the
not rating the film , but amazons video service is really poor . rented this from amazon video . firstly the soundtrack and film were out of synch so that spoiled it completely , like . . .
not my favorite of the hammer dracula series , but not anywhere near unworthy . i love how they play with the landscape , the colors and the matte paintings as well as the other opticals . storywise , it ' s pretty boring most of the way through .
hammer had originally intended for terence fisher to continue his directing duties on the new film , but he was recovering from a broken leg caused when a motorbike struck him as he was crossing the street . his replacement was freddie francis , a multiple oscar - winning cinematographer , who had earlier helmed another hammer horror film from a different fisher - dominated series ,
one of the reasons for the continued popularity of the figures of dr . jekyll and his sinister companion is their status as what joyce carol oates has called “mythopoetic figures [ of ] autonomous creation , ” which is a lovely way of saying that those who have never read stevenson’s novella , who have never seen a stage play of the tale , who have never seen a film adaptation of the story still know the names jekyll and hyde and what they signify . the mythical allegory of a good man and his evil alter - ego have , over the course of a long century , entered the public consciousness and the public discourse and have thus become divorced , like frankenstein’s monster and count dracula , from their original narrative context . from the selig polyscope company’s first film adaptation in 1908 to jerry lewis’ 1963 the nutty professor and beyond , the figures of jekyll and hyde have become emblems of the perceived dual nature of humanity and the constant internal and psychological struggle between good and evil .
probably one of the most underrated in the hammer dracula saga . it has many of the usual tropes , of course , but i found myself caring for the characters . interesting studies of the cowardly priest and the way he and the bar lady functioned as servants of the count . it builds to an exciting climax . it is one that i never ever saw as a child , only heard mentioned on those cards you could collect . glad i finally saw it today . i wasn ' t disappointed .
evil old folks : the three pompous , hypocritical ( and in harwood ' s case abusive ) fathers . dracula seems almost gallant in comparison .
seeking to exorcise dracula ' s castle , msgr . muller ( rupert davies ) bars the door with a cross but the local priest ( ewan hooper ) inadvertently revives the frozen count ( christopher lee ) from his interment in a frozen creek . with the priest now his lackey , dracula comes to muller ' s town and preys first upon barmaid zena ( barbara ewing ) before setting his sights on his real prize , muller ' s niece maria ( veronica carlson ) . muller might have an aide in maria ' s boyfriend paul ( barry andrews ) , but dracula acts too quickly for either of them .
prof . erica scharrer traveled to washington , dc to participate in the annual board meeting of the international communication association from january 16 - 18 and returned to the dc area to engage as a panel reviewer at the national science foundation february 4 - 6 .
it boggles the mind that dracula scriptwriters continued to throw in loyal servants that appear out of nowhere in each new film later in the series . it’s also particularly amusing that hammer made this script once in stuffy , victorian england with a bunch of boring male protagonists , failed , changed a few elements and tried again with dracula a . d . 1972 . surprisingly , it works a lot better in the swingin’ seventies and has a major element that this film lacks : the wondrous , long overdue return of cushing as van helsing .