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     Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.208.112.244 |
My wife and I enjoyed a bar of Galaxy and 'Asylum' on DVD last night. I hadn't seen the film for quite a few years, but I have to say we absolutely adored it! It's got me in quite a mood for classic British horror. I just ordered From Beyond the Grave, Horror Express, Torture Garden and Dead of Night - all for less than £15 from Amazon. I already have Vault of Horror, Dr Terror's House of Horrors and The House That Dripped Blood, so I shall be indulging in some old-fashioned scares these coming weekends. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.144.63 |
Less than £15 each or in total? | ||
| Patrick Walker (Patrick_walker) Username: Patrick_walker Registered: 01-2010 Posted From: 217.171.129.71 |
The one thing I really remember about Asylum is the hand of a crew member explicitly in shot moving one of the dismembered limbs about on the floor when they turn on the killer... I forget the plot now to tell the truth. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.144.63 |
I do love portmanteau or anthology films. They're the ideal vehicle for short story adaptations. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.144.63 |
"...when they turn on the killer" Dismembered limbs do it for me too. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.144.63 |
That should be severed limbs, shouldn't it? | ||
| Patrick Walker (Patrick_walker) Username: Patrick_walker Registered: 01-2010 Posted From: 217.171.129.71 |
I remember seeing an American anthology film when I was maybe 13ish. I'm guessing it was made in the late 80s and was tied together by a college professor (or something) lecturing a small group of students one night about "the meaning of fear". I remember one story involved a group of girls being chased by dogs when lost one night in the backstreets of a city. And that's about it. If anyone can remember what this movie may have been I'd like to see it again because I know I enjoyed it at the time. | ||
| Patrick Walker (Patrick_walker) Username: Patrick_walker Registered: 01-2010 Posted From: 217.171.129.71 |
Why yes, Joel, you are i'the right. Severed limbs indeed. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.228.5 |
Ah, Patrick, was that perchance http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146336/ which would make you about 25? | ||
| Patrick Walker (Patrick_walker) Username: Patrick_walker Registered: 01-2010 Posted From: 217.171.129.69 |
No, it definitely wasn't that. Not least because I'm 32. | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 213.122.209.76 |
Oh I love those portmanteau films too and Asylum is great fun, with "Lucy Comes to Stay" and "The Mannikins" being the high points. I think From Beyond the Grave is the best of the Amicus films and I want a giant temple door for a stationery cupboard someday! The House That Dripped Blood has a strange profusion of cravats, although Christopher Lee clearly refused to wear one. LOL | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.122.209.76 |
Hi Patrick I've seen that film. It's this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096769/ | ||
| Ian Alexander Martin (Iam) Username: Iam Registered: 10-2009 Posted From: 64.180.64.74 |
Isn't "Asylum" a song by Supertramp? | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 93.186.20.136 |
Joel, £14.96 for the lot, including delivery. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.253.174.81 |
I do love portmanteau or anthology films. They're the ideal vehicle for short story adaptations. Me too, and I'm surprised that in a Hollywood movie culture where audiences will apparently be bored by anything more than the title card of a film appearing for slightly less time than it takes to read it the format hasn't been revived, especially as big budget blocknusters are now so long you could easily tell four or five stories within a typical 150 minute running time. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 93.186.20.139 |
So, here's the question - You're making a portmanteau horror film. What 5 stories do you select as your segments? All the stories must fit together; you can't have an Aickman next to a Laymon, for example. The golf sequence in Dead of Night is jarring, I feel. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 129.11.76.230 |
This question warrants its own thread, Stephen. | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 213.122.209.76 |
This question warrants its own thread, Stephen. Oh yes please! I'll wait until it's up to post my list. ;-) | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.37.199.45 |
Thanks Steve. (Deep sigh.) Credit card, are you ready for some action? Don't look like that. I don't mean like Friday, this is something more prudent. It's an investment. Hey, look at me when I'm talking to you. And don't say 'remember Brighton' in that tone of voice... | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.37.199.45 |
I'm sorry, I forgot there was people here. | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 213.122.209.76 |
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| Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.8.112.57 |
Deadtime Stories, by Wes Craven, was being tipped to re-kindle the interest in portmanteau horror. But though I remember seeing a lengthy trailer for it online at least 12 months ago, I can find no trace of it on any horror movie websites at present. Not a good sign, I fear. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
http://www.terrorfeed.com/index.php?id=deadtime-stories | ||
| Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 92.8.112.57 |
Glad to see that, Gary. Means it's not been canned. I apologise, by the way - obviously it's Romero not Craven. Getting my horror maestros mixed up. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.253.174.81 |
Paul - are you thinking of 'Tales That Will Tear Your Heart Out' - the aborted antho project Craven was going to do with Roy Frumkes and which had some pictures published in Fango back in 1982 under the title Bloody Pulp? | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210 |
I thought that too, John. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Let's see, the Top 10 portmanteau horror films imo: 1. 'Black Sabbath' (1963) by Mario Bava 2. 'From Beyond The Grave' (1973) by Kevin Connor 3. 'Dead Of Night' (1945) by Alberto Cavalcanti 4. 'Dr Terror's House Of Horrors' (1965) by Freddie Francis 5. 'Torture Garden' (1967) by Freddie Francis 6. 'Asylum' (1972) by Roy Ward Baker 7. 'Creepshow' (1982) by George A. Romero 8. 'The Monster Club' (1981) by Roy Ward Baker 9. 'The House That Dripped Blood' (1971) by Peter Duffell 10. 'Vault Of Horror' (1973) by Roy Ward Baker I’d also like to put in a word for ‘The League Of Gentlemen’ Christmas Special and, of course, the phenomenal ‘Psychoville’ as excellent examples of portmanteau horror, taking not a little inspiration from the above. |