The GMG SF/Fantasy/Horror Club

[snyprrr]

Reportedly, Andy Warhol's favourite film was Creation of the Humanoids.

The cover of the DVD available through Amazon isn't nearly as cool as this poster:



One of the actors had the awesome manly name of Dudley Manlove! (also known to fans of Ed Wood)

That IS a wonderfully cheesy earlier '60s potboiler,... very subdued, like Warhol's personality,... great color, I can see the attraction. I love 'Movies to Fall Asleep By'.

[snyprrr]

Can anyone clue me in on how to find Island of the Doomed (1966) starring Cameron Mitchell. I can't find it.

Also, Blood of the Vampire (@1958) seems lost (did I mention this before?).

[mc ukrneal]

Can anyone clue me in on how to find Island of the Doomed (1966) starring Cameron Mitchell. I can't find it.

Also, Blood of the Vampire (@1958) seems lost (did I mention this before?).

I have no idea if the site is reliable, if the item is in stock, etc., but you can find it here: http://www.unforgettabledvds.net/product_p/dvd41.htm

The other is a UK film and can be found at Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Vampire-DVD-Donald-Wolfit/dp/B000L42MWY/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1342348156&sr=1-1. It will be a region 2 movie, so you would need something that allows you to view DVDs from other regions.

[snyprrr]

I have no idea if the site is reliable, if the item is in stock, etc., but you can find it here: http://www.unforgettabledvds.net/product_p/dvd41.htm

The other is a UK film and can be found at Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Vampire-DVD-Donald-Wolfit/dp/B000L42MWY/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1342348156&sr=1-1. It will be a region 2 movie, so you would need something that allows you to view DVDs from other regions.

Thanks.

You like this kind of stuff? I'm hooked on old movie trailers on YT.

Paul Naschy anyone?

[mc ukrneal]

Thanks.

You like this kind of stuff? I'm hooked on old movie trailers on YT.

Paul Naschy anyone?

Every now and then, I need it, but that phase usually goes quickly. By chance, I recognized the second one as from the UK, and I figured I might as well take a look for the other while I was at it.

[Ataraxia]

Not available quite yet but SOON, veery SOOOON it shall be mine!!! 
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[Ataraxia]

During July 2012, you can get any Acid Grave Press e-book for free. Just use the coupon code SSWIN when you purchase at Smashwords.

Books include:

Living After Midnight: Hard and Heavy Stories edited by Wilbanks and Clarke

Bad Juju by Randy Chandler

Hellfighter by David T. Wilbanks

http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acidgravepress/popular

[Fëanor]

Read a classic I hadn't read before ...

Philip K. Dick: The Man in the High Castle

[eyeresist]

Read a classic I hadn't read before ...

Philip K. Dick: The Man in the High Castle

The problem with that one is the way Dick presents the Japanese occupation of the US as basically benign (the good guys to the Nazi bad guys), indicating he was ignorant of how they behaved in other places they occupied. Invalidates the whole thing for me.

[Bogey]

During July 2012, you can get any Acid Grave Press e-book for free. Just use the coupon code SSWIN when you purchase at Smashwords.

Books include:

Living After Midnight: Hard and Heavy Stories edited by Wilbanks and Clarke

Bad Juju by Randy Chandler

Hellfighter by David T. Wilbanks

http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acidgravepress/popular

Dang....was scrolling and thought you found a book on the lost movie London After Midnight.  Heard that it was not great, but would love to see Lon Chaney do his thing.

[eyeresist]

Dang....was scrolling and thought you found a book on the lost movie London After Midnight.  Heard that it was not great, but would love to see Lon Chaney do his thing.

I recently saw an episode of Whitechapel (gloomy Brit detective show with supernatural flavour but no actual spooks), in which the killer of the episode was driven mad by watching London After Midnight - of which he possessed the only copy in existence! They actually created some footage for him to watch, and even though I knew it was fake it was quite a thrill to see (or glimpse, to be more accurate).

[Bogey]

I recently saw an episode of Whitechapel (gloomy Brit detective show with supernatural flavour but no actual spooks), in which the killer of the episode was driven mad by watching London After Midnight - of which he possessed the only copy in existence! They actually created some footage for him to watch, and even though I knew it was fake it was quite a thrill to see (or glimpse, to be more accurate).

Now that is a very cool detail to add.  I might need to check out this series as well.  Thanks!

[snyprrr]

I recently saw an episode of Whitechapel (gloomy Brit detective show with supernatural flavour but no actual spooks), in which the killer of the episode was driven mad by watching London After Midnight - of which he possessed the only copy in existence! They actually created some footage for him to watch, and even though I knew it was fake it was quite a thrill to see (or glimpse, to be more accurate).

Yea, I recently went a'lookin' for 'London After Midnight' and saw that it was... a lost film! How bout that?


Mario Bava anyone? The master of color?

[snyprrr]

Is no one here as horribly addicted to bad (awesome!) horror and sci-fi films as I am?

Lemora

Fangs of the Living Dead

Vampiros Lesbos/ Vampyres/ Daughters of Darkness

Jean Rollin

Paul Naschy

Dracula vs. Frankenstein (Dracula has a... jewfro!!)

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies

Impulse (Snatner!)


The list is endless,... anyone??

[Bogey]

Is no one here as horribly addicted to bad (awesome!) horror and sci-fi films as I am?

Lemora

Fangs of the Living Dead

Vampiros Lesbos/ Vampyres/ Daughters of Darkness

Jean Rollin

Paul Naschy

Dracula vs. Frankenstein (Dracula has a... jewfro!!)

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies

Impulse (Snatner!)


The list is endless,... anyone??

I am more for the old sci-fi b films.  The likes of  Monster that  Challenged the World and It: Terror from Beyond Space.  We have the Attack of 50 Foot  Woman on tap here....I als want to see The Blob on Blu Ray.

[Ataraxia]

Mario Bava anyone? The master of color?

Yes. Black Sunday and Black Sabbath are fun.

[Bogey]

Anyone here enjoy the Hammer films...I never cared for them.  Always stayed with the Universal efforts.

[Ataraxia]

I can take or leave most movies; having said that, the last good ghost movie I saw was The Orphange.

[eyeresist]

Some verdicts on horror:

Mario Bava - I have a 5-film boxset but have never watched any film all the way through. They are pretty awful IMO.

Hammer - There is the problem of nostalgia boosting what are, mostly, quite slow and dull films. Brides of Dracula has its good points. One of my favourites was made not by Hammer but by Amicus: Horror Express. It has Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing on the Trans-Siberian Express with a defrosted beast-man, in a turn-of-the-century setting. Great fun, but try to avoid the headache-inducing soft-focus print some of the bargain labels use.

Vampyres - lumbered with a dull star, but actually pretty good. Very atmospheric and some nasty kills towards the end. Also, boobies! The combination of sex and violence is uniquely unsettling.


I do want to pick up the 2-disc issue of Return of the Living Dead at some point.

[snyprrr]

Some verdicts on horror:

Mario Bava - I have a 5-film boxset but have never watched any film all the way through. They are pretty awful IMO.

Hammer - There is the problem of nostalgia boosting what are, mostly, quite slow and dull films. Brides of Dracula has its good points. One of my favourites was made not by Hammer but by Amicus: Horror Express. It has Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing on the Trans-Siberian Express with a defrosted beast-man, in a turn-of-the-century setting. Great fun, but try to avoid the headache-inducing soft-focus print some of the bargain labels use.

Vampyres - lumbered with a dull star, but actually pretty good. Very atmospheric and some nasty kills towards the end. Also, boobies! The combination of sex and violence is uniquely unsettling.


I do want to pick up the 2-disc issue of Return of the Living Dead at some point.

Horror Express is like a 'perfect' nice cheesy good one, yea!

I am more for the old sci-fi b films.  The likes of  Monster that  Challenged the World and It: Terror from Beyond Space.  We have the Attack of 50 Foot  Woman on tap here....I als want to see The Blob on Blu Ray.

Well, I have to start with Plan 9! Yes, gotta love it,... and I like to watch 'Ed Wood' (Johnny Depp) sometimes to for the nostalgia.

Then, Zontar, the Thing from Venus, beautiful John Agar. Demon Seed!! Robot Monster! The Creeping Terror (now THAT one's bad,... or good,... or...)

I do love Forbidden Planet.

Bava... Planet of the Vampires


I was also partial to Horror High (Twisted Brain).


Dolomite!