How does everyone fell about, The Legend of Hell House?
How does everyone fell about, The Legend of Hell House?
The older I get, the better I was.
TCM is really doing it's part. All the way through Monday afternoon, a lot of the films we have discussed. Too many to name, check the schedule.
The older I get, the better I was.
Have you guys heard that Filmstruck is calling it a day? Bummer, my son and I were really enjoying it
https://www.indiewire.com/2018/10/fi...on-1202015464/
Well, we are talking about the Colonial 1600s. There weren't a whole lot of Puritan settlers elsewhere.Originally Posted by Staun
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
I've seen it 2 or 3 times (a long time ago, I should add) and for some reason do not remember the girl being struck by lightning. But I just looked it up and you're right. All I remember is that the girl gets spanked by the mother during the credits.
From what I recall, the Salem Witch Trials stemmed from girls making shit up (Arthur Miller's The Crucible, the play about the SWT, was actually an allegory for McCarthyism). But as to why it proceeded as far as it did, like I said, it was a combination of Old World superstition and religious zealotry, which the Puritans were known for. Don't forget, the Puritans came from Europe where the Witch Hunts had been going on since the mid 15th century; the Puritans landed in the New World in the early to mid 17th century (the movie The Witch takes place in 1630). And since the Puritans were located in New England that probably explains why it was isolated there.
I just checked and the first witch hunts in New England were in the 1640s (Puritan Witch Hunts). The Salem Witch Trials were in 1692. BTW, I am by no means any kind of expert on this. In fact, I have just enough knowledge to get myself in trouble.
Incidentally, in keeping with your theme, there's a movie from 1971 called The Devils, a fictionalized account of the Loudun possessions in France in 1634. It stars Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed and was directed by the very stylistic Ken Russell, who also directed Tommy and Crimes of Passion (w/Anthony Perkins and Kathleen Turner). Personally, I think he's mostly a hack; The Devils originally received an X rating. The only movie of his I enjoyed was Altered States. Which is very interesting because I think Russell is a victim of having done too much acid in the '60s.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
"Haxan" (1922) has some pretty tripped-out scenes.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
^ Happy Halloween indeed!
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Tonight on TCM
8:00 PM Island of Lost Souls (1932)
9:15 PM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
11:00 PM Mad Love (1935)
12:15 AM Fly, The (1958)
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
All great movies. I have a bobble-head doll of the fly on my desk at work.
95e1791fcfcbd11b2f3f8ebda2253091.jpg
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
I liked it as a kid but that's about it. Still, that's one cool-ass bobble-head doll.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
That is cool, classic sci-fi. One last thing on witches. Was Joan Of Arc burned as a witch or a heretic?
The older I get, the better I was.
Yeah, it's not one I go out of my way to watch. Although, that last scene is CLASSIC!
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
A heretic. But it was politically motivated. One of the really fucked up things about her execution was that she was actually burned alive. Contrary to popular belief, people - even witches - weren't usually burned alive. They were garroted first, so they actually died of strangulation (I just saw this the other day on a documentary about the witch hunts in England). This was seen as more merciful than burning them alive.
Back then, a garrote was a piece of rope (sometimes with a knot tied in the middle) and two loops on each end. A stick was inserted into the loops and then turned so that the rope would tighten around the person's neck. Later, piano wire, tied to two small sticks to act as handles, was used for silent killings/assassinations. Not sure who came up with this innovation but my guess would be either an intelligence agency or the Mafia. That form of garrote has been in use since around WWII and supposedly even now some special forces are trained in how to make and use them.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
^^ Man, those angry Christians were really something, huh?
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
I could have looked it up, but this is exactly why I didn't. I knew I could learn more from you guys on just about any subject. More expansive info. I suppose Luke Abrasi, in the Godfather, would have first hand knowledge about a piano wire garrote.
The older I get, the better I was.
I want to comment here, but I think I'd better shelve it^^ Man, those angry Christians were really something, huh?.
The older I get, the better I was.
Hal, there was a film called, Burn Witch Burn. I Thought the only way to kill a witch was to burn them alive.
The older I get, the better I was.
Which is how we know all those people killed during the Witch Hunts weren't actually witches: they weren't burned alive.
What really is amazing, tho, is how little rational thinking played a part when it came to proving someone was a witch.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
Thanks for the cue.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Thanks for the cue.I actually thought of that scene when I was typing that up.
I love at the end when the woman says, "it's a fair cop," which was a line they used a lot in the TV show.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks