The Silver Screen Oasis

sue sue,
I'm not exactly sure what padoodle is, but if I've got any in me I think I would want to have it scared out!

Cinemalover, You're right. It might be advisable!

I can't watch too many scary movies because they do give me nightmares sometimes...50's and early 60's are fine. I like Halloween, but the Freddy Kruger nonsense, and Jason....yikes!

Johnm - What you said is so true about the new horror - humorless, lacking in creativity and going for the jugular of porn torture.

mrsl wrote:Mr. Arkadin:

This is why I don't comment on horror as a rule. I don't mean to offend anyone, and thankfully I didn't offend you. The few horror films I have seen have turned me off so completely, that I see very little of them, so I'm no fair judge.

Thank you for your reassurance.

Anne

That's what this place is for! Hopefully in the future I can find you a good horror film and you can find me a great western. Friends like to share.

Hey Jondaris -
Thanks for rekindling my lust for Anne Francis! This weekend I revisited BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK and BRAINSTORM (not the '82 Natalie Wood film, this is an obscure 1965 WB b&w widescreen thriller co-starring Jeffrey Hunter and Dana Andrews and directed by WILLIAM CONDRAD!!) It's my favorite Anne Francis performance; not officially on DVD so bug TCM to show it! Did you actually watch FORBIDDEN PLANET again--or was it just a fast-forward job?
-Dewey

Speaking of Anne Francis, and why wouldn't you want to do that? I remember her being in a very short-lived TV series, Honey West in about 1966. As I recall she had some type of big cat (leopard?) as a pet and she was a detective or some-such. I watched it when it was first broadcast and I have never seen it or heard of it since. Does anyone else remember this show?

cinemalover wrote:Speaking of Anne Francis, and why wouldn't you want to do that? I remember her being in a very short-lived TV series, Honey West in about 1966. As I recall she had some type of big cat (leopard?) as a pet and she was a detective or some-such. I watched it when it was first broadcast and I have never seen it or heard of it since. Does anyone else remember this show?

Interestingly, I <ahem> "found" a few episodes of this over the weekend. I haven't watched them yet though.

jondaris,
Eureeka! I hope you'll let us know your opinion of them when you get a chance to watch them. As a young boy I seem to remember certain attributes that were very entertaining.

mrsl wrote:You know I think most horror is garbage a

Don't forget Sturgeon's Law. When science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon was asked why he bothered writing in that genre when 98 per cent of science fiction is absolute garbage, he replied, "98 per cent of everything is absolute garbage."

mrsl wrote:Horror is killing and mutilation,

I couldn't disagree more strongly. Bad horror is killing and mutilation. Good horror is most certainly not about killing and mutilation. Before you judge horror, see these films:

The Haunting (1962)
The Innocents (1961)
Cat People (1942)

That was an ocelot that Anne Francis as Honey West had for a pet. And it was John Richardson that she had for her other pet.

I taped 20 of these off TVLand some years ago. Beginning as a spin-off from BURKE'S LAW, it actually is an enjoyable show and makes you wish it had been an hour instead of a half hour.

Johnm, exellent point about "torture porn." I couldn't agree more.

I have never understood the appeal of these movies, nor why they keep getting made (other than that they must have some appeal to someone).

I also agree that "good" horror films are not about gore and mutilation and would encourage mrsl to see some of the films from those recommended here before totally writing off the genre.