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Post by RiP, IMDb on Sept 25, 2018 10:41:30 GMT
Night of the Demon?
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Post by petrolino on Sept 25, 2018 17:11:01 GMT
'At Midnight I'll Steal Your Soul' (1964) & 'This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse' (1966)
Petrolino thanks for posting this. I was trying to remember Coffin Joe or the titles of his movies a few weeks ago and never did. I even searched for Latino horror directors etc... to no avail. I've seen the Coffin Joe movies on TCM but only once each and they rarely show them. Very creepy and bizarre movies by the lead actor/director José Mojica Marins. I bet the guy is a fan of Satan in real life.
I know he's a big comic book fan, poelzig. I saw a documentary where he showed part of his collection and discussed some favourites. I think it was 'Coffin Joe : The Strange World Of Jose Mojica Marins' (2001). If I recall correctly, he said he didn't like 'Batman'. There was also a series of 'Coffin Joe' comic books. I used to chat with a poster on the old imdb boards who knew Jose Mojica Marins in Brazil, said he was pretty crazy.
The 'Coffin Joe Collection' box-set available on dvd includes 8 horror films from Jose Mojica Marins and the aforementioned documentary.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Sept 25, 2018 17:58:06 GMT
Is superb
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Sept 25, 2018 18:00:56 GMT
Taste of Fear (1961) www.imdb.com/title/tt0055505/referenceSuperb chilly chiller mystery from the house of Hammer. God bless the internet and god bless DVD. The reason I say that is because once hidden gems like this film are now being discovered by a bigger audience. Taste Of Fear (AKA:Scream Of Fear) is produced out of that bastion of British horror, Hammer Films, it's directed by Seth Holt (The Nanny), written by Jimmy Sangster (X:The Unknown/The Curse Of Frankenstein) and stars Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd & that cornerstone of Hammer Horror, Christopher Lee. Shot in moody black & white by Holt and cinematographer Douglas Slocombe, and eerily scored by Clifton Parker, the story sees a young paralysed woman return to her family home in France to visit her father who she hasn't seen for years; and to finally meet her new step-mother. Upon arrival she is informed that her father has had to go away on business, which becomes a problem as she starts to see his dead body, first in the summer house, then in the lounge! The mind can play tricks, especially to the traumatised, but she's convinced that what she is seeing is real. Even the family doctor (Lee in a suitably suspicious role) thinks there are mental issues here. Undaunted she enlists the help of friendly chauffeur Bob and sets about unravelling either her mind, or the mystery that lurks at the Appleby home. The film opens with an attention grabbing sequence as police drag a lake for a body, from there on the film becomes essentially a four character piece. Now it's been said in some quarters that this structure telegraphs where the film is going to end up. There's a tiny bit of truth in that but there are at least three twisty kickers here to steer this far away from charges of predictability. In fact the finale has a double whammy that is most rewarding. The whole film pulses with atmosphere and is cloaked in shadows and low tone conversations. The sound work here is also top quality, the constant jabber of the crickets gnaw away at the ears, while the swish of the nearby sea instills a calm that ultimately sets up a false sense of security. The acting is on the money too, be it Strasberg perfectly conveying a multitude of emotions from her wheelchair, or Todd doing a nice line in the "too good to be true?" wholesome step-mom routine. All parties ensure that the story is built up right and that the pay off provides maximum impact. Christopher Lee once said that this was one of the best Hammer Horror film's he was ever involved with, that's a fine selling point to be sure. A different kind of Hammer Horror, one that drips with dread and thrives on its mystery elements. Taste Of Fear is highly recommended to genre fans who prefer psychological chillers over blood letting and overkilled boo jump movies. 8/10
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Post by poelzig on Sept 26, 2018 0:57:31 GMT
Petrolino thanks for posting this. I was trying to remember Coffin Joe or the titles of his movies a few weeks ago and never did. I even searched for Latino horror directors etc... to no avail. I've seen the Coffin Joe movies on TCM but only once each and they rarely show them. Very creepy and bizarre movies by the lead actor/director José Mojica Marins. I bet the guy is a fan of Satan in real life.
I know he's a big comic book fan, poelzig. I saw a documentary where he showed part of his collection and discussed some favourites. I think it was 'Coffin Joe : The Strange World Of Jose Mojica Marins' (2001). If I recall correctly, he said he didn't like 'Batman'. There was also a series of 'Coffin Joe' comic books. I used to chat with a poster on the old imdb boards who knew Jose Mojica Marins in Brazil, said he was pretty crazy.
The 'Coffin Joe Collection' box-set available on dvd includes 8 horror films from Jose Mojica Marins and the aforementioned documentary.
TCM ran the documentary and the Coffin Joe trilogy a few years ago. I wish I had recorded everything to dvd. Although to be honest I rarely watch any of my many many many dvds anymore. At least I could have pulled it out when I was trying to remember the characters name and movie titles, right? I hope TCM will run some of them again some day. Maybe during Halloween. I know I started watching the documentary thinking I would kill an hour or so and that the movies would be too surreal to keep my attention. Next thing I knew it was morning and I had watched like 8 hours of Coffin Joe.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Sept 27, 2018 3:04:30 GMT
Is superb Just to let you know (in case YOU don't) I MEAN Night of the Demon (1957) aka Curse of the Demon (1957), NOT Night of the Demons (1988) NOR its sequels (or REHASHES).
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