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« Reply #90 on: October 03, 2006, 10:19:32 AM »
Bruce - Probably nothing you can do about the article that already ran, but the playbill.com article on BRAIN FROM PLANET X has the wrong number for reservations.  It should be 323-664-2787, the Playbill article has 323-644-2787.

Maybe you can tell them in case they rerun the article closer to the actual opening?
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« Reply #91 on: October 03, 2006, 10:20:48 AM »
Edisaurus - Thanks, and thanks for not groaning at that pun.  :)
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« Reply #92 on: October 03, 2006, 10:21:13 AM »
Quote from: Edisaurus on October 03, 2006, 09:58:21 AM

Another great one---the one based on the Roald Dahl story where the woman murders her husband with a frozen leg of lamb, then cooks it and serves it to the police. Brilliant!

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ROALD DAHL Lamb to the Slaughter(1953)
Short story, first published in the September 1953 issue of Harper's, about a wife who kills her husband by battering him with a frozen leg of lamb, then later feeds the evidence to the investigating officers. Alfred Hitchcock's favourite Dahl story.

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Who can forget Barbara Bell Geddies' quiet private chuckle after she invites two investigative cops to chow down on a delicious leg of lamb that (while previously frozen solid) had been used as the murder weapon the cops couldn't find? The clincher comes when one of the cops says, "This is delicious! Especially this little crusty brown part".

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« Reply #93 on: October 03, 2006, 10:23:06 AM »
Quote from: FJL on October 03, 2006, 10:19:32 AM
'''the wrong number for reservations.  It should be 323-664-2787, the Playbill article has 323-644-2787.

Maybe you can tell them in case they rerun the article closer to the actual opening?

Maybe someone should alert Mr/Ms 644

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« Reply #94 on: October 03, 2006, 10:26:32 AM »
DERBRUCER - Unfortunately, the 644 number is a fax machine.  :(
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« Reply #95 on: October 03, 2006, 10:33:13 AM »
Scariest image of my childhood---this book cover. (I don't remember being particularly scared by the book...)

So scary they used it on the poster for the Barbara Stanwyck movie!
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« Reply #96 on: October 03, 2006, 10:35:20 AM »
I've listenting to the News Conference on the Amish school house shooting(periodically updated by status of the Tukish Airline HiJacking in Italy) - and an interesting item was relayed:

The injured children were med-eaved to various hospitals (Philadelphia, New Castle, Delaware, etc) all well of Amish horse & buggy range. The inability to get family members to the hospitals delayed identification of the victims. (And, it seems, prevented at least one family from being bedside when their daughter died.)

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« Reply #97 on: October 03, 2006, 10:40:05 AM »
Quote from: FJL on October 03, 2006, 10:26:32 AM
DERBRUCER - Unfortunately, the 644 number is a fax machine.  :(

Murphy's Law in force!

der Brucer (I was hoping for Sue'sAnswer Phone) "you've reached six, double four ..."
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« Reply #98 on: October 03, 2006, 10:41:23 AM »
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Does MAME qualify as a "horror film"?

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« Reply #99 on: October 03, 2006, 10:54:34 AM »
OH MY EYES, MY EYES!

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Well, I guess that narrows down which A-list actors will play Foley in the movie version to two...

(competing visions of Foley living-room-dancing in Raybans and tighty whities vs. a whites-suited Foley disco humping are REALLY making four fingers of Scotch seem like a reasonable breakfast choice)

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« Reply #100 on: October 03, 2006, 11:03:09 AM »
Haven't seen the Playbill article, but will send the correction to Rodzinski and our publicist.
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« Reply #101 on: October 03, 2006, 11:08:32 AM »
DER BRUCER - Wsan't AUNTIE MAIM a horror film, though?  (a Get Smart reference)
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« Reply #102 on: October 03, 2006, 11:10:28 AM »
The Playbill article on BRAIN FROM PLANET X:

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/102224.html
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« Reply #103 on: October 03, 2006, 11:30:36 AM »
TOD: I thought Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was frightening -- all those children disappearing, and no one seemed to care.
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« Reply #104 on: October 03, 2006, 11:35:35 AM »
Quote from: DearReaderLaura on October 03, 2006, 11:30:36 AM
TOD: I thought Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was frightening -- all those children disappearing, and no one seemed to care.

I think Willie Wonka was the 70's version of The 5,000 fingers of Dr. T!
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« Reply #105 on: October 03, 2006, 11:50:23 AM »
TOTD:

I am not a huge fan of scary movies but there are a few I have seen;

THE FLY [both the original and the 1980s version. Prefer the original but I did not mind the 1980s version with Jeff Goldblum.]
THE BLOB - a classic cheesy horror movie
MIDNIGHT OFFERINGS - creepy telly movie. It proved to be interesting to see Mary Beth McDonough and Melissa Sue Anderson out of their sweet and innocent girl characters on their respective shows and try something different.
THE EXORCIST - disturbing and unsettling. It really does bother me to see this film. I had nightmares for weeks after seeing it.
ROSEMARY'S BABY - interesting but disturbing. One I will not watch often.
THE OMEN - Scary...
DEMON SEED - Strange movie but not as creepy as the omen and exorcist. I actually liked this one. IMHO, it is more of a sci-fi film than horror. A computer raping a woman to recreate himself in a hybrid child.
HALLOWEEN - the original is far superior to the additional ones. More a slasher type film.

I was also forced once to watch Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Too much gore for my liking and it laid ground for the bad 80s horror films.

There was also a telly movie called The Embryo and that was just plain weird.
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« Reply #106 on: October 03, 2006, 11:51:12 AM »
Quote from: DearReaderLaura on October 03, 2006, 11:30:36 AM
TOD: I thought Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was frightening -- all those children disappearing, and no one seemed to care.

In the book they did....
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« Reply #107 on: October 03, 2006, 11:54:01 AM »
FJL, I've sent Andrew Gans the correction, along with the guest cast list.
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« Reply #108 on: October 03, 2006, 11:58:50 AM »
Quote from: FJL on October 03, 2006, 11:08:32 AM
DER BRUCER - Wsan't AUNTIE MAIM a horror film, though?  (a Get Smart reference)

Well...we can't groan!

How about BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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« Reply #109 on: October 03, 2006, 12:02:31 PM »
I am more familiar with the 80s horrid horror films such as Nightmare on Elm Street  and Friday the 13th. The first ones were not too bad but the successive ones were just plain stupid.

Blair Witch project -- I have three words: Lame, Lame, and LAME!

Summer Camp Nightmare - Cheesy teen horror film but actually funny now to watch since a few of the actors went on to better roles.
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« Reply #110 on: October 03, 2006, 12:03:29 PM »
Matt has a horror film that is shopping for distributor but I dont think I will be watching that one. I think the title is the Exorcism of Tina Miller or something like that. He plays a priest.
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« Reply #111 on: October 03, 2006, 12:13:07 PM »
This is fun (at least I think it's fun  :D)

Google

It uses the Google font and turns whatever text you enter into the box into Google-looking type like this:

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« Reply #112 on: October 03, 2006, 12:14:54 PM »
Quote from: DERBRUCER on October 03, 2006, 08:59:41 AM
Er...Um...Gay Men ::)

And like you, Woody and I spent most of the time in London on shank's mare.

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Twiggy lives in Earl's Court.  I visited her and Leigh there.

DR MattH, I share your feelings about another DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN release, much as I'd love to have them.  The Legacy sets were too recent.

Actually, THE BLAIR WITCH is a 90s film, but it did terrify me.  I recently found on eBay several of the THRILLER episodes from television, and "The Pigeons from Hell" still creeps me out horribly.
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« Reply #113 on: October 03, 2006, 12:18:55 PM »
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Yes!  So does "A Chorus Line."
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« Reply #114 on: October 03, 2006, 12:20:31 PM »
Alfred Hitchcock's film, The Birds, still creeps me out!
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« Reply #115 on: October 03, 2006, 12:22:04 PM »
Neat website Ben!!

Thanks for sharing...

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« Reply #116 on: October 03, 2006, 12:35:56 PM »
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« Reply #117 on: October 03, 2006, 12:36:10 PM »
hahahahahahaha
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« Reply #118 on: October 03, 2006, 12:37:58 PM »
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« Reply #119 on: October 03, 2006, 12:41:50 PM »
Cute! :)
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