urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:psychomachiaThe penguins alone could not have saved usJenJen2038-01-19T03:14:07Zurn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:psychomachia:8512231 Days of Halloween 2009 - Horror Movies for Oct. 202038-01-19T03:14:07Z2038-01-19T03:14:07Z
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<br /><br />A nifty TCM marathon of William Castle today, most likely to commemorate the fact that his movies are getting a fairly substantial DVD release this week. <br /><br /><b>5:00 PM [Turner Classic Movies]<br />Mr. Sardonicus</b><br />Man gets his face frozen into a huge grin when he robs a tomb. Since this is pre-Nip/Tuck, sadly, there will be no viable plastic surgery option for him. <br /><br /><b>6:45 PM [Turner Classic Movies] <br />Strait-Jacket</b><br />Joan Crawford murders her husband (Lee Majors!) with an axe and is released twenty years later to live with her brother at a farm. Then people start getting killed with an axe. Apparently, when this movie was first released, Castle handed out cardboard axes to people. Man, where did those days go?<br /><br /><b>8:30 PM [Turner Classic Movies]<br />The Tingler</b><br />Vincent Price figures out that when your spine tingles, it just means there's a parasite on your back feeding off your fear and the only way to destroy it is to scream. To ensure that happened in real life, Castle equipped theater seats with buzzers and put fake nurses in the theater lobby. <i>Matinee</i> makes so much more sense now. <br /><br /><b>10:00 PM [Turner Classic Movies]<br />13 Ghosts</b><br />Guy inherits haunted house and must get rid of ghosts to keep their real estate investment from killing them. Filmed in "Illusion-O", which is an odd sort of 3D that doesn't really work (you can choose whether or not to see the ghosts with special glasses except that you can totally see them without the glasses). <br /><br /><b>11:30 PM [Turner Classic Movies]<br />The Old Dark House (1963)</b><br />Remake of the 1932 James Whale movie, I have never seen this version. However, since it's a William Castle, expect unintentionally funny moments, some truly terrible acting, and plenty of schlock.