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Coincidentally I watched Assignment 4 from an old BBC sci-fi series Sapphire and Steel yesterday which features a faceless man, hope I wasn't to blame for your bsky anomaly, Eri!
"Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today.
I wish, I wish... he'd go away."
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And without Mario Bava's "Planet of the Vampires" (1965) we likely wouldn't have been blessed with "Alien" as we know and love it.
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"hear, hear!" as they say in parliament. 👍 Glad you're feeling better now and can finally enjoy your music again. Will you choose something homeopathic from Earache Records' back catalogue? If you want a recommendation Nocturnus' "The Key" is a masterpiece.
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Victor Buono's most memorable role for me was in The Strangler (1964). Inspired casting.
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Have you seen Jess Franco's first horror movie, The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962)? It was inspired by George Franju's "Eyes Without a Face" and influenced by the classic gothic Hammer horrors. It's generally considered to be Spain's first genuine horror movie.
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Night Terrors: The Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson
The Collected Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions
The Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood
The Complete Ghost Stories of Frederick Cowles
The Ghost Stories of Walter de la Mare
Cold Hand in Mine by Robert Aickman
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World of Books, now rebranded as simply "wob" have 2 warehouses in the UK and 1 in Cincinnati. Since 2021 they started "AuthorShare" with another UK based used bookseller Bookbarn International which pays authors royalties on direct sales of their used books through their respective websites.
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Blasphemy
Osculum Infame
Overkill
Testament
Sadistik Exekution
Liar of Golgotha
Omen
Venom
Elend
Rotting Christ
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"M" (1931) directed by Fritz Lang
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Garry Kilworth wrote a trilogy in the 1990s called "The Navigator Kings" drawing on Polynesian myths and legends. The order of the books is:
1. The Roof of Voyaging
2. The Princely Flower
3. Land of Mists
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Contains some tastefully placed perspex too. 😄
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Tq...
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This movie was in such high demand at the video rental shops too. I remember this as being the only time I had to be put on a reservation list at my local store and had to wait about 4 weeks to see it. I imagine all ex-rental VHS copies are very well worn! Amazing movie, was worth the wait!
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"The King of Elfland's Daughter" by Lord Dunsany
"The Worm Ouroboros" by E. R. Eddison
"A Voyage to Arcturus" by David Lindsay
"Hyperborea" by Clark Ashton Smith
"The Night Land" by William Hope Hodgson
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Incredibly fun and kitsch caper from the maestro also starring the gorgeous Marisa Mell, the irrepressible Terry-Thomas, and Bond villain Adolfo Celi. The best "fumetto" adaptation imo, many shots are so cleverly and artfully framed to convey the look of the original comic books.
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Is anyone else having difficulty mastering the Gable salute?
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I have the original Hemdale / Exhumed "In the Name of Gore" split CD from Visceral Productions in 1996. I still have a few copies in my loft although I'd have to check on condition as they've been in storage for over a quarter of a century now...
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You have impeccable taste, Eri. I should have included House in my 3rd place run off too.
I'm gutted I didn't hear about the London Eurofest 1994 in time when Fulci was guest of honour. Met David Warbeck and Catriona MacColl at the 1996 fest and have seen Fabio Frizzi's Frizzi2Fulci show twice.
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Which was the 2nd Fulci movie you watched today, Eri?
I'm so indecisive about my top 3 Fulci's although the top 2 are cast in stone:
1) The Beyond
2) Don't Torture a Duckling
3) Beatrice Cenci or Zombi 2 or The Psychic or New York Ripper or City of the Living Dead...
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You have an amazing collection of aesthetic looking vinyls, Eri. Most of mine are from the 80's and 90's when black was standard - picture discs, coloured/splatter vinyls, shaped discs and even gatefold sleeves were scarce. The only shaped disc I own is Slayer's "Seasons in the Abyss" eagle 12".
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I'm glad I went to see it on Monday, had high hopes for it but came away feeling ambivalent. I enjoyed it but there was a lot that I really didn't like about it. Immediate reaction was to rate it 6/10 but after more reflection I'd give it a 5. Not a patch on Murnau's original or Herzog's version.
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Great choice with Maniac! 😍 Joe Spinell's finest performance. I was lucky enough to meet William Lustig and Caroline Munro at Eurofest 96 Part Two in London, sadly he only brought a mono print of Maniac as he was unsure if the Everyman was set up for stereo...!
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We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
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I have several dozen of their releases too. The 7 volume Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre set is probably my favourite.
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Love this Fulci movie even if the clue about the date in the photo was far too obvious. Awesome soundtrack by Fabio Frizzi, Franco Bixio and Vincenzo Tempera too.
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It was a real shame that Network went into liquidation in 2023, they always took great care over their titles and provided the best prints possible. I have this restored Ghoul DVD too.
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A few more Henri-Georges Clouzot movies you should watch:
Les Diaboliques (1955)
La Verite (1960)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Quai des Orfevres (1947)
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Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 is a true masterwork of suspense. The siege of the last redoubt and pervasive sense of nihilism was surely inspired by Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" (1968) as well as Westerns.
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Also "The Elephant Man" (1980)
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Zeder (1983) and Arcane Sorcerer (1996) are two more Pupi Avati movies I'd recommend to you if you enjoy The House with Laughing Windows.
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My favourite Bogart movie of all... and what a cornucopia of classics to choose from in his canon. His era was the golden age for screenwriting imho.
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I was about to suggest Arthur Machen. Great shout with Huysmans, too. I would add Gustav Meyrink and Hanns Heinz Ewers, also E. R. Eddison, Charles Williams...
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Peter O'Toole, one of the truly great actors. His performance in the late '90s stage play "Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell" at the Old Vic Theatre in London is outstanding.
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Coincidentally my DVD of "The Caretakers" (1963) w/ Joan Crawford and Polly Bergen arrived today!
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Take care, Eri.
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Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones "The Most Unfortunate Man in the World" sketch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5ng...
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Portrayed Sax Rohmer's Sumuru twice in Lindsay Shonteff's "The Million Eyes of Sumuru" (1967) and Jess Franco's "The Girl from Rio" (1969) having previously starred in Franco's "The Blood of Fu Manchu" (1968). Played the senator's widow in the Mike Hammer movie "The Girl Hunters" (1963).
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Easily my favourite road movie which works on so many levels despite having a seemingly simple plot of a guy driving from A to B. Be sure to watch the complete version with Charlotte Rampling's scene. An existential classic, social commentary, haunting mysticism, a journey that makes you think.
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The two of his roles that immediately spring to mind are the obsessive doctor in "Boxing Helena" (1993) and the Phantom in Dario Argento's "The Phantom of the Opera" (1998)
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"Revolution Calling" by Queensrÿche:
For a price I'd do about anything except pull the trigger,
For that I'd need a pretty good cause.
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Such gorgeous packaging and splatter vinyl on this reissue of my 4th favourite Death album, makes my original pressing LP look decidedly plain! So hard to choose between Leprosy and SBG as being my absolute favourite, both are masterpieces... Leprosy probably just shades it...
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Night of the Demon (Tourneur), excellent 1957 adaptation of M. R. James' occult horror story "Casting the Runes"
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Happy New Year, Tori! Coincidentally my first film of 2025 was from the early 80s too! I didn't opt for anything seasonal and it wasn't a first time watch but wanted to start the year off with a classic so chose Abel Ferrara's "Ms .45" (1981)
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Happy New Year, Erica! My favourite TTZ episodes that immediately spring to mind are: The Howling Man; Mirror Image; Time Enough at Last; The Hitch-Hiker; The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street... and from the longer Season 4 episodes: Death Ship; and Printer's Devil.
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Your gingerbread man looked like he felt he was in heaven too... just moments before you consigned him to actual gingerbread heaven! 😄
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The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft
Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell
God Head by Leonard Cline
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Cameron Mitchell?
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So many mutual likes! You already had me at Return of the Living Dead tbh, then Lovecraft and Tolkien were the icing on the cake.. and The Twilight Zone the cherry on top, best TV series ever! Music-wise my taste is more metal: NWOBHM, black, death, thrash, doom, etc., and classical, esp. Wagner.
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Re-reading David Lindsay's "A Voyage to Arcturus"