Tormented 1959 or 60?

There was a recent gem that I found called Tormented. A little hokey in that it was on the cusp of 59/60, so you got some interesting "lingo". All in all, it did remind me of a ghost movie that I think Meryl Streep in The French Lieutenant's woman. Something about a widow that had an illicit affair in Victorian or earlier times with a soldier. I will have to look it up later. I am not really sure it was a ghost story or a redo of a famous Greta Garbo movie where she jumped in front of a train at the end, after a similar affair.

Summer of Fear 1978 (Wes Craven)

***Also titled, Stranger in Our House

Okay, this was based on a book that I read in Junior High or so. Scared the crap out of me, it was one of my first honest to goodness witch books. A young Nanny Fine or Fran Drescher is in this movie!! Even as a youngster she had traces of her trade mark accent.

Linda Blair plays the lead role. Overall, an entertaining tale of a cousin that comes to live after a family tragedy. Seems like a nice enough girl at first, but things start happening.

I liked the book, and I like the movie as a light (probably okay for children) horror/scary movie.

Tormented 1960

1960 release has a bit of a fifties feel to it. Nomally, I find fifties horror movies to be a bit tacky, and some of the "lingo" is a little over the top "dadio". Despite the bad special affects (probably pretty cutting edge at the time LOL) this is a classic find as far as horror/ghost stories go. I really enjoyed it.

A man's decent into evil is revealed, and a woman's revenge is initiated. A little too corny to be truly frightening these days, but a good solid story and build up to the finale. I heartily recommend this movie. Pleasantly surprised.

Thoughts On The Omen-1976

I have watched this movie many many times, being that it's a horror classic and all. Since it is a classic, I have always given it the respect it deserved by not questioning certain things. I keep meaning to read the book, perhaps it would make it clearer.

Why didn't the devil's helpers just switch the babies in the first place? Why the whole adoption ruse that would later make the father question where his kid was. I understand he didn't mention to his wife that their baby had died in "childbirth", but why had he never seen his own kid's body or know where it was?

Why did the father cut the hair in the kid's room so the Nanny could sneak up on him after he witnessed the birth mark? Why not just take the kid out for a moment and cut his hair?

Anyway, seemed like some classic horror movie mistakes and inconsistencies.

Torture Garden 1969, And Soon The Darkness 1970, There Is Nothing Out There 1991

Like I got three for three that I enjoyed a previous week; this three for three was a huge disappointment.

1991 There is Nothing Out There, had a fair amount of stars on Netflix. This is tricky for me, because some of the classics or weird/kooky ones that I prefer are frequently low on stars. And then sometimes when I go for the high stars, I do find a gem. Not so this time. I tried twice, and could not pay attention to this movie to save my life. Just seemed like a Friday the 13th type of movie, high on teenagers being killed after sexual acts.

And then the Darkness 1970 was the best of the bunch. But a lot of movies have been made before and since then that have the "twist" ending this one does. Also not kookie enough (like Texas Chainsaw) to get my vote for weird and bizarre. In Texas Chainsaw the whole beginning wierd hitchhiker, where nothing even gets started yet, is one of my favorites. It's just such a bizarre and creepy encounter. This film could have had more of that, it was boring in comparison to others.

Torture Garden 1968 bored me. Probably when I was younger I would have appreciated the classicness of this movie. Anyone interested in classic horror (the orginal draculas, frankenstien's, mummies, wax museum with Vincent Price) will most likely enjoy this movie. I found that these bore me a bit now (well maybe not Frankenstein <G>).

The Other-1972, All About Eve-1950

I have been getting over a little bit of a stomache but lately. So I have been forced to watch more television, read, and attempt to play tombraiders. You know, TV even if you get all the channels still really sucks. I have been forced to visit some classics. The only reason I haven't watched these lately is that when I was young these movies fascinated me so much that I watched them all the time.

The first was my first book as well, which gave me the sensation that most America had if the watched "The Sixth Sense". Book definately better than the movie, but the movie is pretty good all the same. The movie and book that I am referring to is "The Other". I don't want to give it away too much, but excellent story line that is in the horror realm, but thinking horror realm.

The other movie that I saw this morning was "All About Eve". I didn't really remember much of it, but great movie about amition, betrayal, taking friends for granted, and in the end still not being happy after you have gotten all that you wanted. Very young Marilyn Monroe has a small part in it. I wasn't sure (after I watched it this time) if I ever really watched the movie all the way through.

Movies, these days, are just not made with the same quality or attention to detail.