Things in New York are about to go down the toilet…
“I wrote it to democratically offend every group on the planet, and as a result the youth market embraced it as a renegade work, and it played midnight shows.”
When the owner of a liquor store in lower Manhattan finds a case of 60 years old “Viper” in his cellar, he decides to sell it to the local hobos at one dollar a bottle, unaware of its true properties, The drink causes its consumers to melt away in a hideous fashion. At the same time, two homeless brothers find themselves up against the effects of the toxic brew, while an overzealous cop is trying to get to the bottom of all the deaths, all the while trying to end the tyranny of deranged Vietnam veteran Bronson.
While watching Anthony Minghella’s war drama (The English Patient) a few months back I noticed this scene near the end of film. It shows one of the characters (Naveen Andrews) clutching a Sunderland scarf…. The only problem with this is….. The film is set around the close of World War II which lasted from 1 September 1939 to the 2 September 1945 and the Sunderland badge depicted on the scarf showing the old ship was not introduced by the club until 1977. 32 years after the end of World War II. Hows that for a continuity error?
Documentation of mid century concrete structure, pattern and tiled mosaic work. Crushing Strength touches upon the late 1950’s ambitious architectural vision for the Northeast, obsession with space travel and finding escapism through our architectural surroundings.
Florinda Bolkan plays the daughter of a prominant English politician who keeps having recurring “nightmares” in which she makes love to a bisexual nympho who lives downstairs and conducts all-night LSD orgies. When the nocturnal wet dreams become murderous, the neighbor turns up dead, and Florinda is the main suspect. Did she actually commit the murder she dreamt about? Is she being framed by her philandering husband? Did Florinda actually make nightly visits downstairs aside from borrowing the occasional cup of sugar? How DID Florinda’s letter opener end up stuck in the dead neighbor’s chest anyway? The complex plot unfolds amidst red herrings, outlandish dream sequences, lesbian hanky panky, and ominous close-ups of Florinda Bolkan’s guilt-ridden facial expressions every time someone mentions the murder.
The scene in which Carol encounters the disemboweled dogs in the clinic became quite controversial because of the startlingly realistic (and graphic) appearance of the fake prop dogs. Director Lucio Fulci was nearly sent to prison because it was believed that the dogs were real and Fulci had allowed animal cruelty on the film. However crew members were able to testify in court that the “dogs” were indeed fake and no animals had ever been harmed. Special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi even presented the dog props in court to convince the jury. This was the first time that an effects artist had to testify in court that their work was fake.
– When he heard his cry for help it wasn’t human –
Research scientist Eddie Jessup (William Hurt) believes other states of consciousness are as real as everyday reality. Using sensory deprivation, then adding powerful, hallucinogenic drugs, he explores these altered states and endures experiences that make madness seem a blessing…
“The way I feel, I don’t expect to go to sleep for a year. I’m on fucking fire”
The most terrifying experiment in the history of science is out of control… and the subject is himself
“Ever since we dispensed with God we’ve got nothing but ourselves to explain this meaningless horror of life.”
An eccentric scientist kidnaps people from the streets and uses their organs and limbs to create super-human creatures. When one of his hybrid monsters develops a lust for killing, it’s left to London Detective Bellaver to take on the case, freshly dubbed “The Vampire Murders.” After a string of girls are being found with their throats slashed, puncture wounds on their arms, and their bodies drained of blood…….
“You want a prediction about the weather, you’re asking the wrong Phil. I’ll give you a winter prediction: It’s gonna be cold, it’s gonna be grey, and it’s gonna last you for the rest of your life.”
On a tourist trip to view old catacombs five strangers with one thing in common (They do not realize that they are dead) end up being Separated from the main group, they find themselves in a room with the mysterious Crypt Keeper, who details how each of the strangers have died. They are then given the option of avoiding their fates – by avoiding living out the rest of their lives.
Once it gets inside you, it will do anything to get out!
In the near future, an atomic disaster has reduced the world to poverty. Instead of a government, America is run by an organization called the Merchants, who exploit the degenerate remains of society. In order to keep control of the populace, the Merchants force Dr. Paul Dean (Robert Glaudini) to create a new life form, a parasite that feeds on its host. Realizing the deadly potential of such a being, Dean escapes the Merchants with the parasite, infecting himself in the process. Now on the run, he travels from town to town, studying the parasite so that he can find a way to destroy it, all the while keeping one step ahead of a Merchant named Wolf who is hunting for him. While resting in a desert town, he is attacked by a gang of hooligans led by Ricus, a former slave of the Merchants. The gang steals silver canister containing the parasite, not realizing what it is, and it escapes and infects one of the members. Meanwhile, Paul befriends a pretty young lemon grower named Patricia Wells, who promises to help him destroy the escaped parasite. Ricus, trying to save the life of his friend, comes to Paul for help, only to be confronted by Wolf. Patricia, Paul, and Ricus manage to evade Wolf, but when they return, the parasite has spread to another member and grown into a fleshy worm with a mouthful of deadly teeth. Ricus becomes a turncoat and attempts to help, but ends up getting killed by Wolf. A friendly diner owner, named Collins, comes to aid the group. After Patricia helps kill the parasite in Paul, which they electrocute, the worm attacks Wolf who is then blown up by Patricia, Paul, and Collins.
On a tourist trip to view old catacombs five strangers with one thing in common (They do not realize that they are dead) end up being Separated from the main group, they find themselves in a room with the mysterious Crypt Keeper, who details how each of the strangers have died. They are then given the option of avoiding their fates – by avoiding living out the rest of their lives.
Our story deals with psychoanalysis, the method by which modern science treats the emotional problems of the sane. The analyst seeks only to induce the patient to talk about his hidden problems, to open the locked doors of his mind. Once the complexes that have been disturbing the patient are uncovered and interpreted, the illness and confusion disappear … and the evils of unreason are driven from the human soul.
Spellbound is one of Hitchcock’s strangest and most atmospheric films, providing the director with plenty of opportunities to explore what he called “pure cinema”–i.e., the power of pure visual associations.
“The old must make way for the new, especially when the old is suspected of senility.”
“Good night and sweet dreams… which we’ll analyze at breakfast.”
Things in New York are about to go down the toilet…
“I wrote it to democratically offend every group on the planet, and as a result the youth market embraced it as a renegade work, and it played midnight shows.”
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