With Halloween now less than 2 weeks away, I thought it would be fun to share what appropriate videos we've been watching.
The other night, I queued up a bunch of spooky episodes from my collection of TV shows:
Square Pegs: Halloween sleep-over party. Odd Couple: Victor Buono exorcises a ghost from the air conditioner. Monkees: The group spends the night in a haunted house. Mork and Mindy: Mindy's old house is haunted/possessed. F Troop: Vincent Price guests as suspected vampire Count Sforza; O'Rourke and Agarn leave the service to homestead a ghost town. The Muppet Show: Alice Cooper guest stars. SCTV: Count Floyd and other bits. Simpsons: Assorted "Tree Houses of Horror"
Pretty scary, huh kids? So, what about you?
_________________ "It's only rock & roll, but I like it!"
We recently watched "The Happening" and "Joy Ride 2" on DVD. Last night we went out for some scares to Fright Dome - http://www.frightdome.com - and tonight I'll take a chance on a couple of DVD sequels, "Feast 2" and "Pulse 2".
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry refuses to give candy to two teenaged girls on Halloween and pays the predictable price. The scene between Larry and the cop is a classic.
That is the night to listen to the greatest single FZ concert ever 10/31/78
1978 10 31 - Palladium, New York, NY 230 min, Aud, B+ The Big One. With L. Shankar (*) and Warren Cucurullo (**).
Ancient Armaments [H], Dancin' Fool [H], Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Thirteen* [guitar solo on YCDTOSA6], Ms. X story**, fantasy from a girl from the audience, Dinah-Moe Humm, Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder / Little Rubber Girl [YCDTOSA4], The Idiot Bastard Son, Bobby Brown, Conehead*, Suicide Chump, Little House I Used To Live In* [incl. Zeets, H], Watermelon In Easter Hay*, Stinkfoot, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance* [YCDTOSA6], Peaches En Regalia, Strictly Genteel, Sofa, Packard Goose*, Magic Fingers [parts on H], Yellow Snow Suite [incl. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, H], Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, Black Napkins [H], The Deathless Horsie* [H]
_________________ The Yankees win, THE YANKEES WINNNNN!!!! Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass. FZ "Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankee win." -- Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto after reading a bulletin that Pope Paul VI had died
great spine tingling ghost movies that will make your hair stand straight up:
The Changeling (w/George C. Scott) 1980 Ghost Story (w/Fred Astaire & John Houseman) 1981 The Woman in Black (w/Pauline Moran) 1989 The Innocents (w/Deborah Kerr) 1961 The Others (w/Nicole Kidman) 2001 The Haunting (w/Julie Harris) 1963
and since I'm a Dark Shadows nut I'll throw these in: House of Dark Shadows 1970 Night of Dark Shadows 1971
on tap for the week of Halloween (now that baseball is over)
Mad Monster party Elvira's movies The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes series of movies The 6 Universal famous monsters sets The Howling and the sequels The Exerocist Rosemary's Baby A&C Meet Frankenstein Young Frankenstein Robot Monster Plan 9 from Outer Space Rocky Horror
Let's see how many I get in before the next FZ release November 25th
_________________ The Yankees win, THE YANKEES WINNNNN!!!! Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass. FZ "Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankee win." -- Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto after reading a bulletin that Pope Paul VI had died
great spine tingling ghost movies that will make your hair stand straight up:
The Changeling (w/George C. Scott) 1980 Ghost Story (w/Fred Astaire & John Houseman) 1981 The Woman in Black (w/Pauline Moran) 1989 The Innocents (w/Deborah Kerr) 1961 The Others (w/Nicole Kidman) 2001 The Haunting (w/Julie Harris) 1963
Robin: nothing scares me like a good ghost story. The Haunting (1963) is the scariest movie I've ever seen--after countless viewings, it still gives me goosebumps.
We've seen quite an upturn in ghost movies since the success of Sixth Sense and the Asian-horror (and remakes) boom. Some of my all-time faves, old and new:
The Haunting (1963) The Innocents The Uninvited (1944) Legend of Hell House Poltergeist The Shining The Grudge The Others Stir of Echoes The Abandoned The Orphanage The Fog (1980) Devil's Backbone The Ring
_________________ "It's only rock & roll, but I like it!"
Uninspired by tonight's ballgame, I decided to watch the Criterion DVD of the low-budget cult classic Carnival of Souls this evening. First time I've seen it in probably 20 years. Still delivers a fair amount of chills, although, even at a concise 87 mins., it drags in spots. Shot in atmospheric b&w with some truly nightmarish imagery, and oh that creepy organ music!
_________________ "It's only rock & roll, but I like it!"
We watched The Paul Lynde Halloween Special last night on DVD. Not very spooky but a real time capsule back to what TV was like in 1976.
Shows like this were common back then, you'd never see it now. Corny jokes abound. Stars of that era (Pinky Tuscadero?) are everywhere.
KISS shows up and plays 3 songs (lip synching of course) but it nice to see them in their prime with the awesome costumes they had. Paul Lynde says to Gene "Boy thats alot of makeup" and Gene says menacingly "I don't wear makeup". Haha!
The print looks like a bad VHS tape by the way, only 2 channel stereo sound.
_________________ "Every day a little sadder, A little madder, Someone get me a ladder."
ELP
“You can't have everything. Where would you put it?”—Steven Wright
Freaks and Geeks - Tricks and Treats The geeks find out they are too old to dress up for Halloween while the freaks go on a vandalizing spree. Nothing really scary about this one, but priceless if only for Bill Haverchuck dressing up as the Bionic Woman.
_________________ ~Dean~
If I had a million thumbs I'd twiddle, twiddle. But I just have two.
We watched The Paul Lynde Halloween Special last night on DVD. Not very spooky but a real time capsule back to what TV was like in 1976.
Shows like this were common back then, you'd never see it now. Corny jokes abound. Stars of that era (Pinky Tuscadero?) are everywhere.
KISS shows up and plays 3 songs (lip synching of course) but it nice to see them in their prime with the awesome costumes they had. Paul Lynde says to Gene "Boy thats alot of makeup" and Gene says menacingly "I don't wear makeup". Haha!
The print looks like a bad VHS tape by the way, only 2 channel stereo sound.
Colbert's upcoming Christmas Special will harken to this golden age...down to the sweater and the pipe...looking forward to it.
Usually it's the Zappa boot video or Rocky Horror. Not this year. I'll be watching my son in his first ice hockey season. If his skating catches up with his sense of the game, he'll be alright. Not bad considering that he's a high school freshman and hasn't skated too much (he's decent, but he won't make anyone forget Rob Brown).
Maybe this year I'll toss in Rocky or Young Frankenstein when I get home after the game.
_________________ Alan
"This is a true story, except for the parts that didn't happen." - Steven Wright
Uninspired by tonight's ballgame, I decided to watch the Criterion DVD of the low-budget cult classic Carnival of Souls this evening. First time I've seen it in probably 20 years. Still delivers a fair amount of chills, although, even at a concise 87 mins., it drags in spots. Shot in atmospheric b&w with some truly nightmarish imagery, and oh that creepy organ music!
I love that movie. Even with the awful acting, the organ music and the ghoulish pancake makeup really amp up the creepiness factor. This is one of the first movies (along with Psycho) that gave me nightmares after seeing it for the first time.
I can remember watching this made-for-tv film on Halloween night. It freaked me out at the time. I was maybe 9 or 10. I think it's pretty funny now, but in an awesome way. Dark Night of the Scarecrow!
It appears as though all the parts are on youtube, so I guess we can watch the whole thing
_________________ Papillon busted free. We watched him at 4:53. And I'm glad you chose to spend the night with me.
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