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Cigarettes , huh ? § " El sueño de la razón produce monstruos . " §

In six years there has been some small progress . § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

For all its box-office potential ( notable credits , star cast , epic production ) , this WWII effort in color and widescreen does not seem to enjoy that much of a reputation . Having watched it for myself , I can understand why : the film spends a great chunk of its nearly 2 ½ hours exploring ( or is that exploiting ? ) the dreary love lives of the various members of a marine unit ; this atypical approach may prevent the film from being yet another routine actioner , but , it does comes perilously close to soap opera at times - - which is worse ! Director Walsh was an action expert but , as I said , here this element is relegated to the last 20 minutes or so ; popular novelist Leon Uris's screen adaptation of his own novel was by all accounts a watered-down affair ( actually common practice for Hollywood at the time ) . Incidentally , Walsh would helm the similarly mild film of a classic war novel by another renowned author - - Norman Mailer's THE NAKED AND THE DEAD ( 1958 ) , for which he ' recalled into service ' a number of actors from BATTLE CRY itself . The cast , then , includes established and up-and-coming stars : Van Heflin ( despite being top-billed his role is virtually that of an observer ) , Dorothy Malone , Raymond Massey ( a mere cameo ) , Nancy Olson , Aldo Ray ( who comes off best ) and James Whitmore ( basically retreading - - albeit effectively - - his Oscar-nominated role in BATTLEGROUND [ 1949 ] ) in the former category and William Campbell , Anne Francis , Tab Hunter , L . Q . Jones ( formerly Justus McQueen , he stuck to his character's name here professionally thereafter ! ) , Perry Lopez and Fess Parker in the latter . The narrative features , at least , three ongoing romances : Tab Hunter is even involved with two women ( Mona Freeman , absurdly third-billed , and an unlikely dalliance with frustrated Dorothy Malone ) , bookworm John Lupton has an even less believable relationship with floozie Anne Francis , while tough / beefy Aldo Ray demonstrates his sensitive side when he falls for New Zealander Nancy Olson . These are developed intermittently between the training sessions and the aforementioned climactic action bout ( which despite some obvious stock footage is fairly well handled on a grand scale ) ; joining the various dots , as it were , within this episodic structure is Whitmore's sympathetic narration .

JESSICA WALTER was in Lilith w Warren Beatty who was in Splendor in the Grass w Natalie Wood who was in West Side Story w Tamblyn next - Vin Diesel

When I belatedly joined the Facebook generation only last month - - after some persistent goading on the part of my female best friend at work , I might add - - I soon came across my old Venetian friend ( and Jess Franco authority ) Francesco Cesari . I still have fond memories of when , in September 2004 , my twin brother and I met him on the eve of the 61st Venice Film Festival and , again , at the very end of that unforgettable fortnight when he took us to his house on the mainland . Apart from the inescapable Jess Franco sample , Signor Cesari was kind enough to introduce us to the work of the late Portuguese film-maker Joao Cesar Monteiro , for whom he also expressed great admiration . In the interim , I have managed to acquire two films of the director's via the precious weekly late-night Italian TV programme " After Hours " - - RECOLLECTIONS OF THE YELLOW HOUSE ( 1989 ) and SNOW WHITE ( 2000 ) - - but , actually , I have yet to watch either of them . Even so , when I chanced across a " You Tube " link to the 3-minute short under review ( on , appropriately enough , Mr . Cesari's " Facebook " page ) - - where it was described as " one of the best shorts in the history of cinema " no less ! - - I knew the time had finally come for me to check one of my Italian friend's idols . Of course , apart from the sheer brevity of the thing itself , another significant element that drew me to it now was the titular allusion to Nicholas Ray's 1954 oddball Western classic . Since I am in an anecdotal frame of mind , I guess I should also mention another hyperbolic recollection of mine that involves JOHNNY GUITAR - - when , virtually a decade before I actually watched the film , my English teacher in college had named it " the single greatest Western ever made " ! But I am digressing here : Monteiro has his silent protagonist walk the streets at night , register into a hotel , enter his room and open a window that looks over another apartment in which a lonely woman is brushing her hair on the bed as the unmistakable voices of Joan Crawford and Sterling Hayden blast out at full volume from her TV set . Against this backdrop , the man paces around his hotel room smoking and , before long , day breaks over the horizon . An utterly simple storyline - - almost so slight that I considered awarding the film half-a-star less - - but , what disarms any potential criticism regarding lack of substance , is that such a heartfelt tribute to a great but doomed American film-maker has been conveyed this effectively in so little time . . . to cite the Oscar-nominated song from Nicholas Ray's last official Hollywood film , 55 DAYS AT PEKING ( 1963 ) .

There's already been five or more threads about the Texas schoolbooks . Use markup . We know you know how , since it's in your signature . § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

Oh ? Let's see : Some of the wise will stumble , so that they may be refined , purified and made spotless until the time of the end , for it will still come at the appointed time . I don't see anything about jumping forward many generations ; it just refers to the same " time of the end " the author expects when Antiochus is defeated . The " appointed time " is mentioned again , in 12 : 10-12 : 10 Many will be purified , made spotless and refined ( note that the author returns to the refined spotless theme from 11 : 35 ) , but the wicked will continue to be wicked . None of the wicked will understand , but those who are wise will understand . 11 From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up , there will be 1 , 290 days . 12 Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1 , 335 days . § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

It would be funnier if she hadn't been dead these past ten years . § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

Don't be a prick . You didn't even read it with ' comprehension ' turned on . § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

Well , it looks like Micah Sloat is returning , he said a lot about the film in an interview he did . He said that Paramount was very aware of what happened to The Blair Witch Project , and wanted to deviate from that . We still have six more minutes to play .

I appreciate how you managed to spell f uck a different way every time to avoid it being bleeped . We still have six more minutes to play .

Man , that kind of stuff is really crazy . That thought might be in my mind for the rest of the night . Just the thought of seeing someone do that , man , it's crazy . 1 , 2 Guess who's coming for you .

Montgomery Clift was in A Place in the Sun w / Elizabeth Taylor who was in Under Milk Wood w / Glynis NEXT - Buddy Ebsen

Ward Bond was in The Grapes of Wrath w Henry Fonda who was in Rollercoaster w Segal next - Anika Noni Rose

. . . cause their intentions are to destroy it . Yuh-huh . Who exactly are " they ? " Demons ? § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

idk , it's annoying . Again sorry , that's all I could find . No imposrtant sounds take place in that last one , other than that song they played . He was burned alive , and on April 30th , He returns .

Bradford Dillman was in In Love and War w Robert Wagner who was in Sail a Crooked Ship w Jones next - - Barbara Jefford

Plonka was in Homem do Pau-Brasil , O w Carlos Gregório who was in Inconfidentes , Os w José Wilker who was in Dead in the Water w Dominique Swain who was in Lolita w Melanie Griffith who was in Night Moves w Gene Hackman who was in The Split w Oates next - Virginia Mayo

Over 1 , 000 books ? One could postulate that you'd already been there , some 100 years before George , and that's why the Eloi whom George meets all speak English . And unfortunately , yours are the books 2nd Eloi shows George , decayed and crumbled to dust . I don't think I'd include anything from our all-too-brief 5 , 000 year recorded history , especially religion . Separated from it by some 800 , 000 years , they would have no useful connection to it . There wouldn't be a single recognizable artifact save those from the Great Museum , some six miles away ( in the book ) . Shakespeare would be meaningless to them . I'm not sure anything instructional from our time would be much use , since the flora would be so changed . The book doesn't mention the survival of any fauna . I would really want knowledge from the intervening years , long after my time , but before theirs . § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

Wow . . . . very nice . Creepy and original , I like it .

This flashy adaptation of a controversial book on the true nature of Jesus Christ should have been " The Da Vinci Code " of its day ; unfortunately , its sheer rarity ( the copy I acquired suffered from ' combing ' issues for the film's entire duration ) has , instead , all but ensured that it forgotten over the years ! That said , the popular and ultra-reverent TV mini-series Jesus OF NAZARETH ( 1977 ) could well have been commissioned as an ' antidote ' to this one ( actually the two display a comparably realistic view of Biblical times ) ! Still , its theme is certainly fascinating - - theorizing that Christ was not really the Son of God but merely a man who was deluded into thinking himself the savior of his people . It is interesting that the Old Testament is full of quotes by established prophets telling what was to be expected of the eventual Messiah . . . so , it follows , that it was easy enough for some ambitious man to perform just those tasks and be taken for Him ( consequently , Jesus ' powers as a miracle-maker get just one brief , almost casual manifestation early on ) ! Incidentally , this is partly a Jewish production , therefore the characters adopt their Hebrew pronunciation - - so that Jesus becomes Yeshua , John ( The Baptist ) Yohanan , Judas ( Iscariot ) is now Judah and Bartholomew gets saddled with the amusing name of Bar Talmi ! Zalman King ( of all people - - in view of his later association with softcore efforts in both Film and TV ! ) approaches the role of Jesus with his customary intensity , which is quite incongruous with the figure of Christ as laid down in the Scriptures ! ; however , this is complemented by Michael Campus ' unwarranted tricksy direction ( full of slow-motion passages and even baffling instances of negative printing ) ! The rest of the cast is peppered with familiar faces and some fine actors : Harry Andrews ( John The Baptist ) , Hugh Griffith ( Caiaphas ) , Dan Hedaya ( as Jacob , brother to Jesus ! ) , Donald Pleasence ( who , having already portrayed The Devil in THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD [ 1965 ] , now assumes the mantle of Pontius Pilate - - though played in strictly stock-villain terms and shown to be in cahoots with the Jewish High Priests ! ) , Robert Walker Jr . ( Bartholomew ) and Scott Wilson ( Judas ) . The latter , however , gets as much of a radical make-over as Christ himself : part of a warring rabble ( led presumably by Barabbas , though he is never actually named ) , Judas is asked to join Jesus ' peace-mongering throng in order to bring the two parties together ! The famous commotion at the temple , then , is depicted here as a deliberate act ( abetted by a similar disruption elsewhere by Barabbas & Co . to distract the Romans ) so that Christ can then proclaim himself King Of The Jews and rally support on-the-spot for their cause of overthrowing the Roman regime ! However , Jesus also has a back-up plan : ordering Judas to betray him ( ! ) so that he can be condemned and crucified . . . but , believing himself capable of withstanding the multiple beatings and body-piercings and , having feigned death through a special drug concocted by physician Jacob ( ! ) , he can be ' resurrected ' after a couple of days and thus accomplish the greatest faith-boosting miracle of all ! ! Obviously , the first option fails and Jesus has to resort to the second ( which sees him on trial before Caiaphas and Pilate but not Herod Antipas , scenes which typically command particular attention ) . . . but , then , he fails to make it and dies just the same in the arms of Jacob ( Simon Peter , by the way , gets a downgrading here as well ) and Judas ( who , needless to say , is not required to hang himself since Jesus ' death was not his doing ) ! The script's tendency to cut corners through the events in Christ's ' recorded ' life emerges as the most unsatisfying aspect of the film . . . though it does try to cauterize the wounds as it were ( no pun intended ) by stating that since the Four Gospels were written several years after the ' fact ' , they were mostly hearsay ( i . e . unable to be proved ) anyway ! Thankfully , Alex North ( a veteran of Hollywood epics such as SPARTACUS [ 1960 ] and CLEOPATRA [ 1963 ] ) supplies a nice score for this - - even if it too comes across , at times , as inappropriately rousing ( given the radical stance adopted throughout ) .

I think that this dvd will be out late August . About the same as Furry Vengeance , but this lasted longer in theatres , so maybe a week or two longer . But movies usually take just under three months to get a dvd release . 1 , 2 Guess who's coming for you .

I think it's silly to suggest God ( Or whoever you believe wrote it ) condemned those things only cause the Canaanites did them , cause the Canaanites did plenty of other things very similar to what the Hebrews did . You don't need to take my word for it - it's something that the text itself emphatically states , over and over again . The only folks who have difficulty with this are Christians who can't get out of their heads the notion that the Torah was universal , for the whole world . . . . cause the Canaanites did plenty of other things very similar to what the Hebrews did . It's difficult to get inside your reasoning here - you still labor under the impression that the Hebrews originated the language and culture first , and that the Canaanites somehow later imitated and debased it , don't you ? The Hebrew language was Canaanite - the Hebrews did not originate it , nor were they given it by God at the creation of the world . They were merely another Levantine tribe , who sought to separate themselves and consolidate power through religion . They were themselves for all intents and purposes Canaanites , who worshipped Canaanite gods , and squabbled about how it was to be properly done . They were still squabbling about it amongst themselves up until the moment the greater Mesopotamian cultures of Assyria and Babylon came and carried them off . § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

Having recently watched Amadio's lesbian drama ISLAND OF THE SWEDES ( 1969 ) , I checked out another of his films but , alas , it turned out not to be erotic at all ( he also made the giallo AMUCK ! [ 1972 ] with Euro-Cult starlets Barbara Bouchet and Rosalba Neri , and which I may get to fairly soon ) . Still , I found this to be fairly engaging for what it is : the budding romance on a remote island between young Italian widow Paola Pitagora ( accompanied by her son ) and mysterious foreigner Nino Segurini takes a hazardous turn when a couple of sinister-looking men arrive on the scene and it becomes apparent that they've come for Segurini and won't take no for an answer ! The first half is pretty slow and rather uneventful as we're shown in flashback how the couple first met ( they happen to be neighbors ) , the man's friendship with the woman's inquisitive offspring ( who comes to consider the former as a surrogate father and calls him " Uncle " ) and also her slow realization that , in spite of how little she knows about his past , she has fallen in love with him . Eventually , it transpires that Segurini had fled East Germany in possession of a state secret ( for which his sister had already given her life ) ; this we see in another ( rather quaint ) flashback which is presented in monochrome . The latter stages of the film generate some measure of suspense as Segurini attempts to elude his dogged pursuers - with Pitagora and son in between ; in fact , he only gives himself up when they threaten the boy . The woman , however , doesn't stay put and , in a scene which might well have been inspired by a similar one in POINT BLANK ( 1967 ) , she bumps her car repeatedly into that of the Germans just as they're about to board the ship that will take them ( and her lover ) off the island for good . Still , Segurini flees once again and even fakes his own death - but decides to keep away from his loved ones so as not to endanger their lives any longer ! Not a bad film overall , therefore , but it's also true that its raisons d'etre are Pitagora's excellent performance ( I haven't seen her in that many films - but , hopefully , should be adding REVOLVER [ 1973 ] to these fairly soon - recalling above all her turns as a member of the dysfunctional family in FISTS IN THE POCKET [ 1965 ] and as the quietly seductive murderess of SENZA SAPERE NIENTE DI LEI [ 1969 ] ) and an equally fine score by the ever-reliable Riz Ortolani . By the way , the film's long title translates to DESPERATELY LAST SUMMER ; curiously , I couldn't determine whether this was ever released outside Italy - and yet , other than the title itself , all the credits on the print I watched were in English . . . ! !

The only reason I decided to check this one out was because it’s set in Malta ; the result , however , was an exceedingly feeble comedy-thriller from , of all people , the Disney stable and , needless to say , a long way behind Hitchcock . Incidentally , this was the film which forced the studio to open a parallel label – Touchstone – so that they could make more adult-oriented fare : its few moments of violence and the appearance of a man in drag , presumably , were the offending elements in this regard ! The title is the typical outfit worn by the detective hero of 1940s film noirs : here , it’s incongruously donned by the irritating would-be thriller novelist Margot Kidder ( ! ) – while the boyish-looking Robert Hays is the typical undercover agent ( whose mission is to catch a ring of plutonium-traffickers ) . I can’t say the script-writers / film-makers were particularly inspired by the Maltese locations – so much so that it could have been set practically anywhere else to much the same dismal effect ( it’s simply not thrilling and certainly not funny ) ! Most of the other characters are seen either aiding or harassing the two leads – sometimes they seem to be doing one when their intention is actually the opposite ; these include clumsy assassin Leopoldo Trieste , laid-back police chief David Suchet ( TV’s future Hercule Poirot ! ) , a couple of sweet old lodgers at Kidder’s hotel , a German mystery woman , and a Sicilian stud . A notable appearance is put in by John Justin ( yes , the hero of the classic Michael Powell / Alexander Korda THE THIEF OF BAGDAD [ 1940 ] in what amounted to his last feature-film role ! ) as the long-suffering aristocratic owner of the hotel , whose place is turned upside-down by the end of the film . By the way , I only spotted two Maltese actors of stature in bit roles – one played a guide at a museum , and the other a fishmonger who helped Kidder evade her pursuers in one scene . For what it’s worth , the identity of the villains is ingenious ( if not exactly original ) ; in the end , though , in spite of a number of chases , the film is never as engaging ( or enjoyable ) as it should have been . . . and only manages to give a bad name to the genre it’s playing at , not to mention the people and country involved !

Just anything that is scary or give you nightmares , is a horror by definition Okay , well , ' The Son of the Mask ' gave me nightmares , so add that to the horror list . 1 , 2 Guess who's coming for you .

Okay , fine . By definition , they are the same , and I am wrong . Technically the two terms are the same . But I've always looked at them as different . My definition of the two terms varies because of my ideas as to what a remake is and what it sounds like . I wasn't trying to be a dick , or pompous , because I hate those kind of people . I was just saying that , in my eyes , I consider it a reimagining . I get that both the terms are the same , But I , knowing I am wrong , always seperated the terms because a remake sounds more like a shot for shot version , and a reimagining is taking a story and making it different and new . So sorry , I'll cave , I know when I'm wrong . Still , no need to be throwing childish insults . Truce ? He was burned alive , and on April 30th , He returns .

philbs , do you like the newest intro more than the party scene ? I think it's safe to say that it's less cliche and more entertaining , so they have made imporvements . But , I guess they can't completely re-do all the parts and scenes that are lacking . They have made improvements , although they've also taken some steps back . Why are you screaming ? I haven't even cut you yet .

i think Raveena comes first and she's the best dressed ! That woman can look good in any and every kind of clothing !

I've long known of this movie but I only now got to watch it and what a welcome surprise it turned out to be ! Once one gets past the oddity factor of having a German hero and hearing these " Britons " talking in German , the end result is a very interesting version of the Titanic disaster : my rating veered between and all the way through the film and , though it definitely has its faults , I decided to go with the higher rating because of its undeniable artistic qualities – not to mention the singular and decidedly fresh viewpoint offered for this oft-filmed ship-set drama . The characterizations offer a microcosmic dog-eat-dog world in which various financiers ( and other upper-crust members of British society ) teeter on the edge of bankruptcy and are further tensed up by petty jealousies , a theft of jewelry and , finally , the sinking of the ship itself ; the stock market element ( a major plot point ) recalls another disaster film , THE END OF THE WORLD ( 1916 ) , which I've just watched . Still , the most interesting character is perhaps the female lead played by the beautiful and tragic Sybille Schmitz – she had appeared in Carl Dreyer's VAMPYR ( 1931 ) , and her life story would eventually be fictionalized in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's VERONIKA VOSS ( 1982 ) . To get now to the cons I mentioned earlier : the ship only sinks at the very last minute ( although , while one shouldn't expect much spectacle , the special effects are very well handled for the period ) and the courtroom epilogue is somewhat anti-climactic as it reveals that many of the despicable protagonists survived the tragedy ( which was perhaps a mistake ) . The overt critique of the British as snobbish , egocentric and money-grubbing ( and especially the concluding statement ) seems fairly hilarious now - but one wonders if it was actually so unrealistic given the unmitigated and misguided optimism that was clearly felt by all back in the day , with respect to the entire Titanic venture ! It's been quite a while since I watched A NIGHT TO REMEMBER ( 1958 ) and I've yet to check out the 1953 glossy Hollywood version ; still , even in comparison with the latest ' definitive ' ( though actually overblown and exceedingly commercial ) version , the 1943 film practically covers all the various angles – including the plight of the second-class voyagers , the robbery and even the impossible central romance – in less than half the running-time ! Alarmingly , director Herbert Selpin was arrested ( and subsequently executed ) by the Gestapo sometime during production and Werner Klinger ( who went on to dabble in Edgar Wallace Krimis and the revamped DR . MABUSE films of the 1960s ) stepped in - but the results are quite seamless ! Ironically , while the film was intended by the Nazi regime as anti-British propaganda , TITANIC was eventually banned in its native country because of the intensity of its scenes of panic and terror !

Hutton was in Destination Tokyo w / Cary Grant who wa sin Hot Saturday w / Main NEXT - Susan Sarandon

Where's your dissertation ? § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

No we are talking about spiritual jeopardy . This must have been a real possibility or else why would the Devil tempt him ? There are no spiritual dangers , either . He is ( supposedly ) God Almighty . Why would the Devil tempt him ? Pageantry . The story is part of a narrative of ritual - something a candidate for initiation follows , not unlike the dangers which ritually befall a masonic candidate as part of his induction . There are temptations , threats , dangers , and he is subsequently ritually slain . As an aside , through whose bird's eye viewpoint does the story of the Temptation of Christ enter the narrative ? Who watched it , witnessed it , and wrote it down ? Who possibly could have ? § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

She was hilarious in ' 6 ft Under ' where she plays a porn star . ( \ _ _ / ) ( = ' . ' = ) ( " ) _ ( " )

Okay , I will number them . Sorry for the wait , couldn't get on the boards this weekend . . . . Oh , bynon , congrats on the cast for Freddy in that " Elm Street Nightmares " . Nice work man . On April 30th , the Nightmare returns .

Being one of the infrequent Norman Wisdom vehicles covered in " Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide " - which he rates a lowly - I was wary of this title but , actually , it was quite pleasant if , in no way , a classic ! The very first scene is an inspired one : we see Norman's sweaty face in an atmosphere of overbearing heat ( the film was shot by Jack Asher , a talented cameraman best known for his work for Hammer but who also happens to be the brother of the director ! ) meticulously going about his business thinking he works in a steamship or something , but eventually discovering that what he's doing is simply pressing a pair of pants ( a sophisticated style of gag which has been utilized as early as Harold Lloyd's SAFETY LAST [ 1923 ] ) . The plot - a fading crooner ' borrowing ' the voice of a naïve newcomer - is simple enough and has been partly lifted from SINGIN ' IN THE RAIN ( 1952 ) . While the love interest is more sentimental than usual , since Norman's sweetheart is wheelchair-bound and he wants to make it as a singer mainly so as to have the money for her operation , the film provides plenty of amusing situations highlighting the ageing performer ( Jerry Desmonde at his most despicable ) , ebullient elocutionist Hattie Jacques and long-suffering maitre d ' John Le Mesurier ; a party sequence halfway through the film also features a surprise early appearance by a dark-haired Charles Gray !

BOSTIC FELTON was in The Cool World w Val Bisoglio who was in No Way to Treat a Lady Rod Steiger who was in On the Waterfront w Marlon Brando who was in The Chase w Marshall next - Leora Dana

If King Kong got to do battle with Godzilla , I guess that a Frankenstein vs . Baragon match is not that much of a stretch ! We open with a crazy WWII prologue in which Nazi troops ( on the verge of defeat ) storm into a mad doctor's lab , steal the container with Frankenstein's heart still a-pumpin ' and drop it into the lap of their still-kicking Japanese allies stationed at Hiroshima ! ! The creature ( referred to as Frankenstein by virtually everybody throughout - - even though it is made clear from the outset that this was in fact the name of its creator ) starts off at normal size but grows to be a massive giant by the end of the film , which may be a new angle to the Frankenstein theme but seems to have been allowed simply in order to make the final showdown between the titans plausible ! As can be expected , the latter delivers plenty of action but it goes on far too long ; even worse , this ( in which Baragon emerges the loser ) is followed by yet another combat between the Frankenstein monster and a giant octopus ( presumably the " Devilfish " referred to in one of the film's alternate titles ) - - which creature comes out of nowhere ( this sequence was actually cut from the U . S . release version ) ! American star Nick Adams is once again the hero ( as was the case with Honda's own MONSTER ZERO [ 1965 ] ) - - he and a couple of other scientists ( one of them a beautiful girl , naturally , and whom the creature seems to trust most of all ) spend most of the running-time trying to convince the authorities that the Frankenstein monster is a testament to the art of science and that he should be allowed to live . Throughout the course of the film , it's accused of being the perpetrator of a good deal of mayhem - - until it transpires that Baragon is the real culprit ! One of the funniest moments in the film is when the creature tries to catch a bird by hurling a tree at it ( ! ) , misses the target and lands on a cabin which is summarily flattened ( to the gasping reaction of its owner standing nearby ) ! As with a few of the other Hondas I watched recently - - presented in the original Japanese language and accompanied by Italian subtitles - - I missed out on a sizeable chunk of dialogue because the translated lines weren't given sufficient time to register ! Finally , watching the film I was reminded of other vulgarizations of classic horror myths made around this same time - - such as BILLY THE KID VS . Dracula ( 1966 ) , the various Paul Naschy werewolf entries , and even Jess Franco's Dracula - - PRISONER OF FRANKENSTEIN ( 1971 ) and THE EROTIC RITES OF FRANKENSTEIN ( 1972 ) . . .

Trailer 3 ; clip 2 ; and TV Spot 5 , the one that says : He was captured , He was burned , etc . He was burned alive , and on April 30th , He returns .

I had always considered the third - and most ambitious - Quatermass film ( made in 1967 ) as a masterpiece ; if anything , the original serial is even better as the accumulation of detail ( Kneale's decidedly cerebral script taking in an archaeological expedition overrun by the military , paranormal manifestations going hand in hand with a secret alien invasion , a startling revelation concerning Homo Sapiens , riots provoked by the sudden appearance of an energy-consuming demon , and ending with a plea for tolerance ! ) is more smoothly distributed - and , consequently , better digested - over the period of 3 ½ hours rather than a film little more than 90 minutes in length ! ! Casting is very strong and about the best of all three serials , with Andre ' Morell ( standing in for the recently deceased John Robinson ) emerging as the finest Quatermass ever ; Michael Ripper - the actor with more Hammer Films credits to his name ( though not , curiously enough , their version of this serial ! ) - is featured in a supporting role . The film - among the top two or three ever turned out by Hammer - obviously substituted color for black-and-white ( arriving 10 years after the last Quatermass picture with a new director and lead actor ) ; an inspired touch , however , was its resetting the excavation site where the alien spacecraft is discovered to a branch of the London Underground and , besides , this time around they could afford to show the demon and its subsequent destruction ! Of course , having watched the Hammer films numerous times prior to going through the serials themselves , the narratives hold no real surprises - but , then , because Kneale's concepts are so fascinating and even persuasive , they keep one riveted ( and , despite their considerable length , don't make one restless to get to the ' goodies ' , so to speak ) . Again , the opening credits and the score set the tone wonderfully for what's to come - and , contrary to the monster of " The Quatermass Experiment " ( which the BBC hated so much that the final episode of that first serial was deleted immediately ! ) , some care was evidently allowed here to the preparation of the Martian creatures so vital to the program ! ! Unfortunately , I experienced freezing around the 147-minute mark during playback of this particular disc - but , by fast-forwarding and rewinding a bit , I managed to make it through the effected part regardless . . .

Could work , even though I never thought of Rajnikunt as a beauty and Katrina as a beast . Yes , Aishwarya should finally realize that Katrina has taken over her throan with the power of her sheer talent . ( \ _ _ / ) ( = ' . ' = ) ( " ) _ ( " )

okay , cool . That's what I was thinking , was that it was bit rushed . But yeah , the idea was to make it rather obvious that her mother is out of it , which is how I felt she was in the remake . But , I'll go back and try to fix it up a little . 1 , 2 Guess who's coming for you .

So Nora Shnora is taking over fulltime ? ( \ _ _ / ) ( = ' . ' = ) ( " ) _ ( " )

Kerr Smith was in Final Destination w Brendan Fehr who was in Christina's House w John Savage who was in The Killing Kind w Ann Sothern who was in A Death of Innocence ( TV ) w Arthur Kennedy who was in Cheyenne Autumn w Sal Mineo next - Walter Giller

i'm really looking forward to this film ( \ _ _ / ) ( = ' . ' = ) ( " ) _ ( " )

There's a lot of Mesopotamian myth concealed by translation . In the Bible , creation is not " ex nihilo , " as many suppose , but made out of a definite " something . " That something would be Tiamat , or tehom , as the biblical cognate renders it . http www pantheon org articles t tiamat html Both Jews and Christians struggle with this , as the following links demonstrate . The last one attempts to engage it in depth , but his objections are easily rebutted . http lists ibiblio org pipermail b hebrew 2006 July 029080 html http tinyurl com kpu9ru http www experiencefestival com a Tiamat id 578446 http anystrom blogspot com 2008 08 tehom and tiamat concept of chaol s-in . html § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

Yeah , I feel you . That word is very offensive . We still have six more minutes to play .

He does not believe in accidents . An anecdote is told of Twin Peaks where one of the grips was squatting behind a piece of furniture during a shot , and the camera was able to pick him up , reflected in a mirror . Rather than declaring it a mistake , David was entranced ; the course of the pilot and the subsequent series was altered , for the man in the shot was Frank Silva , who became the show's demonic villain . What informs Lynch's process is his devotion to Transcendental Meditation : http en wikipedia org wiki Transcendental Meditation http www davidlynchfoundation org § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

Im fine with my current class though . He gives us a slideshow to copy , then we can get on the computer and stuff . I'm in his class now : ) He was burned alive , and on April 30th , He returns .

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I laughed a lot at the ' Oprah ' sketch . . . it's the only episode I've seen . Bugs are better than Drugs and Hugs

Bradley Cooper was in Failure to Launch w Kathy Bates who was in Fried Green Tomatoes w Jessica Tandy who was in The Valley of Decision w Gregory Peck who was in How the West Was Won w Tamblyn next - Amanda Redman

The Dalai Lama's claim to fame hasn't been his humanitarianism with the sick and ailing , as was Teresa's . Everyone assumes she and her staff were treating them - they weren't . If you weren't dying , you had no place at her facility . § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

As long as there are talented directors like DON Roos who are willing to expose her talent ( like he did in The Opposite of Sex and Happy Endings ) , Lisa has nothing to be afraid of . But she must avoid movies like ' Hotel for Dogs ' or anything where she's stuck with playing the typical mommy-aunty roles . ( \ _ _ / ) ( = ' . ' = ) ( " ) _ ( " )

This Mexican-American low-budget effort starring Guy Madison and Patricia Medina is a precursor to the much more rewarding THE VALLEY OF GWANGI ( 1969 ) in its prehistoric - monster - in - a - Western - setting scenario . That said , the ' stop-motion ' mayhem ( courtesy of KING KONG [ 1933 ] ' s Willis O'Brien ) is relegated to the last 20 minutes of this 80-minute movie and can hardly count among the animation technique's better examples ; in fact , the rest of the film is dedicated to more traditional ' horse opera ' elements - - including business / romantic rivalry and , worse , child interest / comic relief . For the record , as part of this ongoing annual Halloween marathon , I will also be watching another anachronistic mix of horror and the Western genre of similar vintage that , in hindsight , would also prove to be much more enjoyable than this one here , namely Edward Dein's CURSE OF THE UNDEAD ( 1959 ) with Australian actor Michael Pate as a vampiric cowboy but , of course , bearing an age-old noble lineage !

Keanu Reeves was in River's Edge w Dennis Hopper who was in Cool Hand Luke w Paul Newman who was in Hombre w March next - Nina Wayne

Well , since it's a university , she's proselytizing her extreme point of view . § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

It's not . It's a perfectly reasonable move on your part . I was speaking of trying to get everyone else to do so . It comes across as though there's a sort of " If you value your friendship with me you'll ostracize this person " thing to it . I don't see anything wrong with sharing how you were lied to , and how betrayed you feel , but urging everyone else to unite against them is ( and I say this without rancor or hostility ) a little immature . They can decide for themselves . Sorry for that ; it's more than I've said to you in two years , and you could probably do without it , but there it is . Peace . § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

Yeah , it's hard not to imagine the three highest grossing horror movies of all time's sequel will make loads of money . 1 , 2 Guess who's coming for you .

Well , I love Slashers . I grew up with characters like Jason and Freddy and Michael Myers . He was burned alive , and on April 30th , He returns .

Of course it can still happen . Putting your fingers in your ears and hollering Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah isn't going to stop it from happening . It's simply that , when it does happen to such a Christian , they're gonna lose their asses in the divorce . A fitting conclusion to their approach . § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

There's nothing childish in that answer - I've read your posts for some five years or more , and having gotten a sense of what you're like , I'm pretty sure you won't get it . " I don't owe you anything " pretty much sums it up . Of course , that places the ball in your court , with which to behave childishly or not . You could insult me like a child , or you could discuss it like an adult . From what high ground do you feel that you share no interest with strikers ? § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

Nice man . Like the picture of Freddy , it's dark enough so that you don't see that he is the older one . The red looks good too . How come yours gets a new review , yet mine didn't . I need some credibility : ) We still have six more minutes to play .

The machines are everywhere . Byron Lomax ( Jeff Corey ) in O . B . I . T . . My Quote : " Oh , I can't let you kill her just yet . She hasn't begun to suffer ! " § " El sueño de la razón produce monstruos . " §

I finally caught up with Jack Arnold's most highly-regarded piece of science fiction , and I have to say that I agree it's his most accomplished work . True , the plot isn't terribly original ( how about THE DEVIL-DOLL [ 1936 ] , which I watched again right after , and DR . CYCLOPS [ 1940 ] , for starters , not to mention the ' little people ' of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN [ 1935 ] ? ) but none of the others quite touched upon the psychology of its admittedly fantastic situation , let alone treat it with such intelligence , sensitivity and , ultimately , persuasion . Legendary author Richard Matheson is to be congratulated for his truly excellent script , as should be Arnold for putting his ideas on the screen with such vividness and imagination . Special mention must go too to Grant Williams for his fine performance ; Jack Arnold seemed to think it was worthy of an Oscar and I can't say I disagree ! It was interesting to see that the title character's peculiar affliction effected him gradually and not all at once ; the fact that this was caused by exposure to radiation must have struck a note of panic amid contemporary anxiety-ridden audiences ( this was the Cold War era , after all ) and , in any case , it was inevitable that such ' monstrous ' radiation effects ( as seen mutating various forms of animal life on the screens of 1950s America ) would not spare man himself in the long run . An episode featuring sideshow midgets , with whom The Shrinking Man seems to identify for a little while , is quite moving - as is his jealous possessiveness of his wife who he suspects wants to abandon him . Despite the low budget , the film's special effects are terrific and the second half of the story basically resolves itself into a struggle for survival for our unfortunate hero as he has to battle various elements ( the family cat , a spider , water , the re-dimension of objects around him , his own weakness due to hunger ) which a normal person would more or less take for granted . I thoroughly enjoyed THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN - though I must say that Matheson's bleak yet strangely affecting ending blew me away , giving the film an intellectual resonance lacking in most films of its type and period .

So I guess I am going to be the first person here that actually liked the film . It wasn't great , but I really enjoyed it . Here's my analysis of the good , and bad . Good - Freddy himself . I loved everything about the new Freddy , he was the best part . His makeup , his voice , the way he carried himself , Jackie Earle Haley put his all into this role . And with what he had to work with , he did very well . - The deaths were okay . Kris's death was the best , but Jesse's was also enjoyable . - Sinister Freddy . Although he cracked a couple more jokes than I expected , Freddy made his return to creepiness and scariness . He became a comedian in the sequels , and here he has a sort of really sick , dry humor . - Visually , the film had some very good scenes . Noticabley , is Nancy's snow dream . That scene was what this movie lacked , for the majority . It was stylistic and nice to watch . - The last 10-15 minutes were brilliant . Best part of the movie . Although Freddy may have talked a bit too much , the entire chase and finale was pretty good . - The opening . They changed this opening from the script , which had recieved terrible reviews . This entrance is a bit more creepy and eerie , although Kellan Lutz is a not-so good actor . Bad - The acting . Some performances were okay , but some were downright bad . A couple scenes with Nancy and her mother come to mind , where laughable dialouge helps to make sure the acting can't save it . For the most part though , the acting was okay . - Horrible pacing . A lot of the script and early versions were cut down a lot . major dream sequences were lost , which ultimately hurt the flow of the film . Also , the dream sequences come to early and often , and hardly give us any time for character development . - Some of the homage scenes weren't great . The best was Kris in the hallway . The worst was the wall scene , where Freddy is coming out of the wall . Now the idea wasn't terrible , they wanted him moving up and down the wall , so they used cgi . Unfortunately , the cgi ended up looking pretty bad . I would give ' A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010 ' a 7 / 10 We still have six more minutes to play .

Tom Tully was in Rachel and the Stranger w / William Holden who was in Network w / Finch NEXT - Linda Evans ( I )

I recorded this " notorious " Disney film off Italian TV ( only the second time I recall it ever being shown over the years ) on the strength of the heated online discussions which turn up from time to time in such Forums as this one and , in fact , I immediately sat down to watch it when I came home from work to see what all the fuss was about . Well , in my modest opinion , this is yet another case of " much ado about nothing " . . . True , the film ( including most of the songs ) was dubbed in Italian so , I guess , some of the offending " racist " content has necessarily been toned down as a result but , having watched it , I don't buy into the objection that the film minimizes - or even glorifies in any way - the hardships of black slavery inflicted by their Southern masters . If anything , the character of Uncle Remus ( perfectly essayed by Honorary Oscar recipient James Baskett ) is depicted as being an intelligent , literate and even independent soul with a terrific imagination in his dreaming up the world of Brer Rabbit and his cronies ( enacted in the film in cartoon form ) . Where is the offence ? Is the Uncle Remus character any less formidable or any less representative of his people than Rex Ingram in THE GREEN PASTURES ( 1936 ) and Hattie McDaniel in GONE WITH THE WIND ( 1939 ) ? And yet those two movies have never been subjected to all the fuss - not to mention withdrawal from public view - made over this film . . . In any case , the film is a pleasant , folksy tale which is highlighted by the animation sequences ( directed by frequent Disney animator Wilfred Jackson ) , superb color cinematography by the legendary Gregg Toland , a catchy Oscar-winning song , " Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah " and is also notable for introducing young Bobby Driscoll to the Disney stable .

Oh hey , bynon , I wrote a script thingy for the sequa , if it happens . Just and fyi , if you wanna read it , the updated version is on the NOES boards . On April 30th , the Nightmare returns .

She was very beautiful in ' My Father Romulus ' . ( \ _ _ / ) ( = ' . ' = ) ( " ) _ ( " )

Carrie is just a whiny self-centred greedy bitch . ( \ _ _ / ) ( = ' . ' = ) ( " ) _ ( " )

Saw you as Judge Turpin in the Casa Manana production , Nov ' 09 ! § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

Did he pan it for the piece of crap that it was ? § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

Inspired by the exploits of the famous witch found in Arthurian legends , this film has an appropriately medieval feel to it - not least because of its authentic castle setting and the evocative score by Francois de Roubaix ( using the pseudonym Cisco El Rubio ! ) . While it was sold as exploitation on the strength of its copious nudity ( the mostly female cast also entailing lesbianism ) , the script - where characterization is given its due , which is more than can be said for most " Euro-Cult " titles ! - is surprisingly literate . In this respect - not to mention having the titular character's dungeon crammed with a bevy of mostly willing slaves ! - the film anticipated the " Elizabeth Bathory " segment in Walerian Borowczyk's IMMORAL TALES ( 1974 ) . Speaking of Bathory , Dominique Delpierre's Morgana here actually reminded me of that character as incarnated by Delphine Seyrig in DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS ( 1971 ) - which , incidentally , was also scored by De Roubaix ! The sustained dream-like mood here results in a languorous pace , which is actually typical of low-budget fantasy films made in France during this time : its main purveyors were Jean Rollin and Jess Franco , but Gantillon's effort is ample proof that others ( whose career wasn't as prolific and , consequently , faded into obscurity ) were , at least , equally adept at this sort of thing ; though it often descended into camp - which the title under review here , thankfully , doesn't ! - Michel Lemoine's SEVEN WOMEN FOR Satan ( 1974 ) , incidentally also a Mondo Macabro release , is another one of its kind I enjoyed a good deal . Besides , the film's production values ( primarily - and economically - utilizing natural resources ) , accentuated by Jean Monsigny's odd framing , impart the film with an effortless classiness not usually found in lowbrow " Euro-Cult " ventures . That said , the lengthy feast / lesbian orgy towards the end stops the film dead in it tracks and the unresolved ending may seem like a cop-out ( though I took it as merely another bizarre touch in a movie filled with unconventional detail ) . With respect to casting , this too appears to have received some uncommon consideration : the sinister-looking Alfred Baillou is memorable as Morgana's love-struck ( yet jealous ) dwarf henchman ! ; Delpierre ( who is able to materialize wherever she pleases , as is demonstrated in the final moments of the film ) and Regine Motte ( as one of her three favored nymphs endowed with psychic powers : in fact , one of the most striking scenes in the film is when they relate to Morgana the movements of the fleeing heroine beyond the castle walls - which is shown in a form of stylized choreography ) are the loveliest of the six leading ladies , but also the most able performers .

yea , apparently there's one where after kris asking Krueger who he is , Krueger replies " I'm your nightmare , remember me ? " Thats all I recall someone saying . It's not the 4th one either , cuz I know in that one he says something close to that . I'm also starting to wonder who Freddy is ? He has answered with " You don't remember me ? " , " I'm your nightmare " , and " Remember me ? " . Pick an answer ! He was burned alive , and on April 30th , He returns .

But there was no DID in this film . ( \ _ _ / ) ( = ' . ' = ) ( " ) _ ( " )

This was the most hyped up movie I've ever experienced . I was always on the Internet trying to find out whatever little tid-bits I could . When I went to the theaters to see this film , I was so excited , and am glad to say it lived up to what I was looking for . The plot was good , and we see a group of characters we can relate to try and escape a horrific attack on New York . The slow revealing of the monster throughout the film , leading up to the creatures close-up towards the end of the film , was expertly performed . The handy-cam work provided a realness not many films include , and really makes you feel as if you are in the film , catching glimpses of the monster slowly throughout the entire film . The ambiguous ending leaves many wondering the fate of the characters and wondering what could've remained of the monster .

Yes , both ' Web Tehrapy ' and ' The Comeback ' are excellent . Of Online series , I also love ' Easy To Assemble ' . ( \ _ _ / ) ( = ' . ' = ) ( " ) _ ( " )

Well , you're entitled to your opinion but I thought this was among the better Christmas movies because it has depth and is rather realistic compared to those flimsy movies that come out every Xmas . I prefer it to the likes of ' Home Alone ' and ' Family Stone ' . ( \ _ _ / ) ( = ' . ' = ) ( " ) _ ( " )

This horror film was surprisingly enjoyable , thanks in large part to its tongue-in-cheek approach ( the Audio Commentary is equally self-effacing , thankfully ) . The low-budget is evidenced by the scarcity of special effects but the Southern atmosphere is well captured ( perhaps too well , as the drawling accents take some getting used to ! ) . Lieberman admits to being influenced by THE BIRDS ( 1963 ) , which I had already noticed while watching the film . While the male lead is amiable enough , his female counterpart proved somewhat pedestrian and , in fact , her dopey sister is far more appealing . The film provides two different villains - Roger ( creepy in the latter stages , especially his worm-like crawl up the stairs and when his face appears at the window ; also interesting is the shot where he shields his face from the light ) and the Sheriff ( something of a caricature but certainly adds to the fun , especially when Don Scardino mimics his movements as soon as his back is turned ) ; the mother is also fairly hilarious , though one feels it was unintentional ( and Lieberman himself seems to concur ) . As for the worms , they're pretty disgusting , especially when seen in large numbers ! The music score ( especially the unexpected use of a children's ditty ) is quite effective . I had been somewhat let down by Lieberman's BLUE SUNSHINE ( 1977 ) - though Synapse's presentation was stellar ; this one is not markedly superior though a lot more fun , all things considered . As for Media Blasters ' JUST BEFORE DAWN ( 1980 ) , the director's other notable horror film , I've never purchased - despite its being lavished with a 2-Disc release - due to the reportedly poor quality of the print utilized and , even worse , the fact that it was slightly trimmed !

I disagree - I find them highly interrelated , with many intentional counterpoints and unique contrasts . ( Deathproof is also inextricably tied together with Planet Terror , with shared characters and other references . ) § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

What happened to your older ID , Kelgan ? § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

Zooey Deschanel was in Elf w Ed Asner who was in Skin Game w Louis Gossett Jr who was in Raisin in the Sun w Poitier next - Jan-Michael Vincent

This famous French fantasy short ( an Oscar and British Film Award winner ) was also seen on U . S . Television - - in a slightly abridged and altered form - - in 1964 as part of the final season of THE TWILIGHT ZONE ; this is the way I watched it myself for the first time , complete with Rod Serling introduction and his voice-over summing up things at the end . Largely dialogue-free , it deals with the hanging of a deserting soldier during the American Civil War and his ' delirious ' escape and safe return home to his wife ; the funereal pacing of the opening scenes depicting the preparation for the execution is sharply contrasted with the kinetic fever dream quality of the flight itself . The ' twist ' ending is not really all that surprising perhaps but the admirably lyrical and elegiac quality running through the film is one which is rarely associated with this genre and is perhaps responsible for its reputation which has survived undimmed the passage of time .

I completely agree . I wish we can see her in great roles in more films . ( \ _ _ / ) ( = ' . ' = ) ( " ) _ ( " )

Yet another slight French film from a director past his prime ; presciently , at the same time , it signaled the debut of one of the major icons of the " Nouvelle Vague " - - actor Jean Paul Belmondo , who somewhat inconsequentially here plays the second romantic lead . Two of the three stars involved , in fact , had been leading ladies since the late 1930s ( Danielle Darrieux and Arletty ) and whose careers had understandably started dwindling by now ; the third is comic Bourvil whose career would peak during the next decade . The film is a bittersweet romance with Bourvil still pining for the woman ( Darrieux ) whom he had met during WWII and who had left him 5 years previously : unbeknownst to him , she is currently in a relationship with one of his war buddies and , by chance , he notices her aboard a bus and catches up with her but they part ways soon after ; however , he follows her and storms the office she had entered - - where he comes face to face with his ex-colleague , but then leaves in dismay . So , Bourvil concocts a plan - - with the help of his landlady ( Arletty ) , her daughter and the latter's unruly trumpeter boyfriend ( Belmondo ) - - by which he gives appointment to Darrieux , ostensibly to discuss their divorce settlement , at his office ( where he purports to impress his ex-wife by letting her believe he is top man ) and , later , at a country villa actually owned by Arletty ( having also borrowed his real boss ' swanky car for the occasion ) ! Incidentally , Bourvil has to act quickly if he wants to regain the woman he loves back - - since Darrieux ( who even gets to sing here ) is to emigrate to Canada on that same day ; the titular outing , then , is fraught with incident ( having taken a gun and toyed with the idea of killing her if she insists on leaving , Arletty & Co . embark on a race-against-time to stop him ) but also reminiscences of their life together . Of course , this being an old-fashioned French film , our couple gets back together in the end - - with Darrieux even happy that Bourvil still owns his rickety ancient car . A pleasant enough effort , then , if strictly minor ( and , ultimately , pretty forgettable ) fare .

Heflin & Mineo were in The Greatest Story Ever Told NEXT : Fay Bainter

ANDREW GARFIELD was in The Other Boleyn Girl w Eric Bana who was in Troy w Julie Christie who was in Doctor Zhivago w Rod Steiger who was in In the Heat of the Night w Poitier Next - - Jane Lynch

ok , i'm not suggesting that they should ever make one coz they shouldn't but just for the sake of fun , which bollywood actress should play whom ? Raveena Tandon as Susan Mayer ( only she can play this ) Juhi Chawla / Tabu as Lynette Scavo ( a mature actress is required ) Manisha Koirala as Bree Van De Kamp ( she's perfect for this ) Urmila Matondkar as Gabrielle Solis ( It would be nice to see Urmila in this role ) Mahima Chaudhry / Shilpa Shetty as Edie Britt ( only they can ooze sexuality like Edie )

This turned out to be even more elaborate than Park's OLDBOY ( 2003 ) but , ultimately , not as good or as involving . For one thing , all the various characters are repellent and there is much irrelevant detail about the leading lady's prison comrades ! As had been the case with OLDBOY , the violence is depicted in an extremely graphic fashion - which one can't quite associate with the director's meek-looking self ( I was lucky to attend a Press Conference he gave , along with fellow directors Takashi Miike and Fruit Chan , for their compendium film THREE . . . EXTREMES during the 2004 Venice Film Festival ) ! Still , the visual style deployed by the director is arresting enough and the film's centerpiece - a lengthy scene revolving around a child murderer's come-uppance at the hands of relatives of his various victims - is appropriately distressing . The film is the concluding segment in a loose trilogy which also comprises OLDBOY and the similarly-titled SYMPATHY FOR MR . VENGEANCE ( 2002 ) . I haven't yet caught up with the latter and , in fact , JSA ( 2000 ) is the only other Park film I've watched . . .

I know , I was just kidding : ) I think that his height works . I totally agree with Robert , when he said something along the lines of " Jackie's size works , because I always thought of Freddy as a little dog that gnaws at you . " It was something like that . He was burned alive , and on April 30th , He returns .

Rani was awesome indeed but I think Juhi more than owned all her scenes ! Too bad she had a cameo . engaged to Schmelie , seduced by AnitaPuff again TakeCareHaveFun

You've noticed this , haven't you ? Revelation 2 : 23 : And I will kill her children with death ; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts : and I will give unto every one of you according to your works . Revelation 6 : 8 : And I looked , and behold a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death , and Hell followed with him . And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth , to kill with sword , and with hunger , and with death , and with the beasts of the earth . § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

I don't see what's so funny . I have full faith in Sajid Khan and for sure he WILL win an Oscar next year . ( \ _ _ / ) ( = ' . ' = ) ( " ) _ ( " )

This was my second viewing of the film ; I remember not liking it much the first time around but , thanks to this uncut Widescreen DVD presentation , it has improved considerably . Having read the original story on which this was based - J . Sheridan LeFanu's celebrated " Carmilla " ( which I hadn't done when I first watched THE VAMPIRE LOVERS ) - it was interesting to note just how faithful the film really is ; of course , it also introduces new elements to the fray ( like the mysterious " Man In Black " character played by John Forbes-Robertson ) which may or may not please fans of the story , but I had no problems with this ! The opening sequence is a good one and sets the tone for the rest of the film , immediately emphasizing the sex and violence angles which will be the mainstay of this enjoyable if unremarkable Hammer outing . Despite the low-budget , this is a handsomely-mounted production which actually saw its genesis through the involvement of an independent film-making team - producers Harry Fine and Michael Style and writer Tudor Gates - who brought the project to Hammer's attention who , in turn , quickly lapped it up ( leading to an all-too-brief rise in the declining fortunes of this great British studio , which found itself increasingly out-of-touch with the new-fangled cinematic trends of the 1970s ! ) . Hammer managed to assemble some wonderful actors and craftsmen for this film : director Roy Ward Baker , who had already directed a number of Hammer films - including the marvelous QUATERMASS AND THE PIT ( 1967 ) - and who would , more or less , be stuck with this type of film for the rest of his life ( not that he seems to have any regrets , considering the number of enthusiastic Audio Commentaries he has recorded ! ) ; cameraman Moray Grant ; composer Harry Robinson ( who , apparently , came along with the package ) ; art director Scott MacGregor ; and resident film editor James Needs . The cast certainly brought their somewhat stereotypical characters to life : Ingrid Pitt makes for a classy female vampire ( though she was perhaps too ' mature ' in comparison to her mostly juvenile co-stars ) ; Peter Cushing is compelling as always and is nicely abetted here by veterans George Cole , Ferdy Mayne and Douglas Wilmer ( it is somewhat amusing , however , to see Cushing - perhaps the screen's definitive Van Helsing - being ' schooled ' here by vampire hunter Baron Hartog , played by Wilmer , in how to go about destroying vampires ! ) ; still , the various characters who fall under Carmilla's spell range from bland ( Jon Finch and Pippa Steele ) to fairly composed ( Kate O ' Mara and Harvey Hall ) , with Madeleine Smith emerging as the most charming of all . The film has other notable scenes : the many vampire attacks which actually show very little ( although I cannot understand why , with a household full of convenient victims , Carmilla still feels compelled - apparently at the behest of the sinister-looking Forbes-Robertson - to quench her ' thirst ' out into the open ! ) , the best one perhaps being the death of the doctor played by Ferdy Mayne with an especially effective reverse shot of Ingrid Pitt ( reflected in a pool of water ) ; of course , we know vampires shouldn't cast their reflections , but the film seems to ignore that part of the ' established ' vampire lore ( in a later scene in the film , Pitt also ' appears ' in a mirror , so this was no fluke ! ; again , at the end , the film is pretty emphatic about having the vampire's head cut off as , apparently , a simple staking through the heart won't do ! ) . The lesbian scenes and occasional nudity , while hardly explicit ( indeed , one might say that the film-makers lacked the courage of their convictions somewhat by ' bailing out ' of such scenes rather too quickly ! ) , were certainly a novelty for the studio at the time - though it was subsequently done to death in their few remaining efforts - and , for what it's worth , I'd say that the seduction scene between Ingrid Pitt and Kate O ' Mara is the most erotic sequence I have seen in a Hammer picture ! The confrontation scenes between Pitt and Jon Finch and later between Pitt and Peter Cushing , in which the vampire comes to a sticky end , also turned out quite well ( though the two beheadings we are witness to in the film are both conspicuous by their singular lack of blood-letting : could it be the vampires needed blood because they were themselves anaemic ? ! ) ; the Dorian Gray-like ending ( which also looks forward to Pitt's next Hammer venture , COUNTESS Dracula [ 1971 ] ) is nicely done , too . I've yet to watch Hammer's other two entries in " The Karnstein Trilogy " , namely LUST FOR A VAMPIRE and TWINS OF EVIL ( both 1971 ) ; as for other lesbian vampire movies , THE VAMPIRE LOVERS certainly does not hold a candle to the likes of DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS ( 1971 ) and VAMPYRES ( 1974 ) - nor , come to think of it , is it sensible to compare the film to the definitive ( if extremely loose ) screen version of LeFanu's novella , i . e . Carl Theodor Dreyer's brilliantly minimalistic yet hauntingly poetic VAMPYR ( 1932 ) !

Perhaps that seems unreasonable in the rarified atmosphere of the Pit , but you'd be surprised how many American citizens appear to subscribe to baelon's opinion here . § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

Were you , or are you , afraid something like that will happen as a result of posting on Facebook ? § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §

Yeah , I've given up . They just won't let it go up , sorry guys . 1 , 2 Guess who's coming for you .

What about the first time around ? ( \ _ _ / ) ( = ' . ' = ) ( " ) _ ( " )

He's not Anti-Semitic , he's simply bought into certain Ideas that easily lend themselves to Anti-Semitism . That remains undemonstrated . People who actually believe the Bible no better then hate anyone especially the Jews . History does not bear that out . My point is you know full well Modern Fundamentalist End Times beliefs include complete Support of Israel's right to the land . No , I don't know that , since I do not indulge the ' No True Scotsman ' argument regarding who is and is not a real Christian , fundamentalist , etc . § " The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters . " §