Even towards the end of his life, Boris Karloff seemed to remain the constant professional despite the dreadfulness of the films. He was truly one of a kind. I don't know if it would improve the scene, but instead of Jack Torrance telling his wife how he was going to "bash her brains out" with a baseball bat in "The Shining", what if he turned that little scene into a Charades game? The wife would then guess the words leading to the horrible realization that her husband wants to "bash my brains out"!?
No mention of Viveca Lindfors? She played Tania, Karloff's wife. She also played Catherine Langford in Stargate. She has been in movies with both Boris Karloff and Kurt Russell. Now if they had used charades at the beginning of Arrival the movie would have been over in 15 minutes.
As a kid, I tried to watch this movie but the opening credits were so scary that I turned it off. It had a really psychedelic look to it and great, creepy music by the same guy who did the cool music for Filmmation’s animated STAR TREK series from 1973. I finally saw the rest of the movie and figured it was shot and edited by the same blind sculptor that the movie was about.
1:20 holy crapnuggets! That’s Aunt Bedelia from *Creepshow* and *Stargate* lady! I think she was also the “killer nurse” sent to Kinderman’s house in *Exorcist III*
@@Bluesit32 I’d have to watch it again, but she’s definitely the one who has the bone shear and says to Kinderman: “I was waiting for you to show... I didn’t want you to miss this!”
Even a fool knows that a man has five senses, but Dark Corners has wit as their sixth. Many Thanks! Some thoughts: What scene would do better in charades? The courtroom conclusion in "JFK". "The Melting Face of Boris Karloff" was the name of my band in high school. What is about a certain era of horror films that the leading men are always the greasiest old perverts, and stupid ones too? "I once fathered a griffin!" is going on my tombstone.
If Jimmy Stuart had used charades for his 25-hour senatorial filibuster in “Mr Smith Goes to Washington” it would have easily made that film the greatest of all time 😄
With apologies to the late great John Hurt, how about the chestburster scene in Alien ? "What's the matter? The food ain't that bad..." [Kane coughs] "You choking". "What's wrong?" [cough turns into retching] "Two words?". "First Word" [Kane clutches chest] "first letter ? err... A". "A something" (etc)
Looks like a fun mess of a movie. I think "mess" describes most of the flicks though. As for charades, easy: opening to "Citizen Kane" "Okay, Mr Kane. One word. Plant...flower....daisy? Poison Ivy? Daffodil? Rose? Yes, rose! Second word, sounds like..."
"No, not sniffing around...SLEEPING around." C'mon, man! I can't believe you set that joke up and didn't use it! Ah, well. Great review anyway, as usual. Thanks for posting.
Maybe Karloff could sculpt without skeletons before he lost his sight, and his wife and her lover are supplying the skeletons to keep her in the lifestyle to which she's become accustomed.
Practically every movie you've ever reviewed would have been better if expressed via charades. A movie that would _not_ have been improved by charades would be something like "Memento".
This is a really late comment but this film reminds me of an earlier film called "A Bucket of Blood" directed by Roger Corman (which was followed by "Little Shop of Horrors").
I rented this decades ago on VHS. The opening credits were quite enjoyable with creepy music, animated lightening, and Karloff's face zooming towards the screen. The disappointment came afterwards when you're forced to admit that the credits were the best part. It really was a boring terrible film.
This is the same plot as HOUSE OF WAX , expect these guys went out of their way to make sure it didn't make any sense. The leading man didn't even need to be there and the story would have still been the same.
Movie line. Eight words. First word. Small word. "A, of, the". THE. Second word rhymes with "balls.... THE CALLS ARE COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE. (Black Christmas).
What movie would be improved by charades? I think Bram Stoker's Dracula could only go up in my estimation if Keanu Reeves went with charades rather than that accent (This also applies to his performance in Much Ado About Nothing.) I'm a backwoods hillbilly, and even I am horrified and embarrassed for him.
Karloff's last film was great: Targets, directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Karloff plays an aging horror actor who finds that his latest flick will premire at a drive-in. A drive-in, for gawd sake! Meanwhile, there's a guy that's gone full on nuts, murders his family and goes on a sniping spree at the local highway. This proves to be unsatisfying so he finds a drive-in which is, of course, getting ready to show Karloff's latest film. Getting there early, he's able to climb behind the screen, poke a small hole in it and wait for the crowd. Easily Karloff's best film.
It sadly seems to be his last film, although he also did the Peter Bogdanovich film Targets at the same time before he passed, which was a great final movie for Karloff.
The girlfriend is cute. 'Tis a pity Karloff didn't get the opportunity to utter the word, "Eroticism," in this one. And, as for what movie would be improved by a scene involving charades, I'd venture " Manos, the Hands of Fate. " It would still be a terrible movie, but one scene, at least, would have the potential of some entertaining WTF-ery.
Hm. The plots a bit "House of Wax", isn't it? Except it's the artist's eyes, not his hands that are damaged and it's his wife, not him, putting the corpses there for him to "sculpt" around.
oh boy ! This sure looks bad. Poor Boris, I'll be sure to avoid this one for certain. Thanks Dark Corner, I mean there's only so much a guy can take! Brilliant review guys.
The skeleton probably serves the same purpose as an armature. Perhaps, before he lost his sight, he made his own armatures, now he's trusting someone else to do it and they're just too danged lazy!
Even towards the end of his life, Boris Karloff seemed to remain the constant professional despite the dreadfulness of the films. He was truly one of a kind.
I don't know if it would improve the scene, but instead of Jack Torrance telling his wife how he was going to "bash her brains out" with a baseball bat in "The Shining", what if he turned that little scene into a Charades game? The wife would then guess the words leading to the horrible realization that her husband wants to "bash my brains out"!?
The ending to "Seven" would be improved immeasurably if it involved Charades.
Oh, you mean Se7en?
You must love the charades scene in Young Frankenstein! 📯
"Quick, give'im the...! Give'im the...!"
@@Bluesit32 Said... said a give?!
@@wildman2012 "Said a...dirty word! He said a dirty word!"
No mention of Viveca Lindfors? She played Tania, Karloff's wife. She also played Catherine Langford in Stargate. She has been in movies with both Boris Karloff and Kurt Russell.
Now if they had used charades at the beginning of Arrival the movie would have been over in 15 minutes.
Don’t forget *Creepshow* and *Exorcist III!*
As a kid, I tried to watch this movie but the opening credits were so scary that I turned it off. It had a really psychedelic look to it and great, creepy music by the same guy who did the cool music for Filmmation’s animated STAR TREK series from 1973. I finally saw the rest of the movie and figured it was shot and edited by the same blind sculptor that the movie was about.
1:20 holy crapnuggets! That’s Aunt Bedelia from *Creepshow* and *Stargate* lady! I think she was also the “killer nurse” sent to Kinderman’s house in *Exorcist III*
The one that was crawling on the ceiling?
@@Bluesit32 I’d have to watch it again, but she’s definitely the one who has the bone shear and says to Kinderman: “I was waiting for you to show... I didn’t want you to miss this!”
Even a fool knows that a man has five senses, but Dark Corners has wit as their sixth. Many Thanks! Some thoughts:
What scene would do better in charades? The courtroom conclusion in "JFK".
"The Melting Face of Boris Karloff" was the name of my band in high school.
What is about a certain era of horror films that the leading men are always the greasiest old perverts, and stupid ones too?
"I once fathered a griffin!" is going on my tombstone.
Paging "The Manster,"
If Jimmy Stuart had used charades for his 25-hour senatorial filibuster in “Mr Smith Goes to Washington” it would have easily made that film the greatest of all time 😄
With apologies to the late great John Hurt, how about the chestburster scene in Alien ? "What's the matter? The food ain't that bad..." [Kane coughs] "You choking". "What's wrong?" [cough turns into retching] "Two words?". "First Word" [Kane clutches chest] "first letter ? err... A". "A something" (etc)
Looks like a fun mess of a movie. I think "mess" describes most of the flicks though.
As for charades, easy: opening to "Citizen Kane"
"Okay, Mr Kane. One word. Plant...flower....daisy? Poison Ivy? Daffodil? Rose? Yes, rose! Second word, sounds like..."
""When we played our charade"🎵🎶 -Henry mancini
"No, not sniffing around...SLEEPING around."
C'mon, man! I can't believe you set that joke up and didn't use it!
Ah, well. Great review anyway, as usual. Thanks for posting.
Maybe Karloff could sculpt without skeletons before he lost his sight, and his wife and her lover are supplying the skeletons to keep her in the lifestyle to which she's become accustomed.
Good try.
Practically every movie you've ever reviewed would have been better if expressed via charades. A movie that would _not_ have been improved by charades would be something like "Memento".
This is a really late comment but this film reminds me of an earlier film called "A Bucket of Blood" directed by Roger Corman (which was followed by "Little Shop of Horrors").
I rented this decades ago on VHS. The opening credits were quite enjoyable with creepy music, animated lightening, and Karloff's face zooming towards the screen. The disappointment came afterwards when you're forced to admit that the credits were the best part. It really was a boring terrible film.
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This is the same plot as HOUSE OF WAX , expect these guys went out of their way to make sure it didn't make any sense. The leading man didn't even need to be there and the story would have still been the same.
"I once fathered a griffin." What the actual $#!+ ??!?
Movie line. Eight words. First word. Small word. "A, of, the". THE. Second word rhymes with "balls.... THE CALLS ARE COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE. (Black Christmas).
What movie would be improved by charades? I think Bram Stoker's Dracula could only go up in my estimation if Keanu Reeves went with charades rather than that accent (This also applies to his performance in Much Ado About Nothing.) I'm a backwoods hillbilly, and even I am horrified and embarrassed for him.
Andromeda Strain.
very well done!
They went back on the meteor they came to earth on in warlords of atlantis
Dorithy L.Sayers story, no?
Karloff's last film was great: Targets, directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Karloff plays an aging horror actor who finds that his latest flick will premire at a drive-in. A drive-in, for gawd sake! Meanwhile, there's a guy that's gone full on nuts, murders his family and goes on a sniping spree at the local highway. This proves to be unsatisfying so he finds a drive-in which is, of course, getting ready to show Karloff's latest film. Getting there early, he's able to climb behind the screen, poke a small hole in it and wait for the crowd. Easily Karloff's best film.
Sadly,Targets wasn't Karloff's last movie.He did 4 horrid Mexican movies before he died.
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Thank you.
Was the playboy the actor Jean Marais?
Have you reviewed "Hawk the Slayer" starring Jack Palence.
Nevermind
How would you use charades to describe a tall black phallic drooling monster with a killer tongue?
It sadly seems to be his last film, although he also did the Peter Bogdanovich film Targets at the same time before he passed, which was a great final movie for Karloff.
Adapted from "Diary of a Blind Sculptor" by Arthur Conan Boyle.
Not only would you have to be blind. You’d have to also not have a sense of smell, taste, and touch
Well there WAS a good idea in the concept. And Roger Corman used it for A Bucket of Blood.
"SAID A GIVE???"
The girlfriend is cute. 'Tis a pity Karloff didn't get the opportunity to utter the word, "Eroticism," in this one. And, as for what movie would be improved by a scene involving charades, I'd venture " Manos, the Hands of Fate. " It would still be a terrible movie, but one scene, at least, would have the potential of some entertaining WTF-ery.
Hm. The plots a bit "House of Wax", isn't it? Except it's the artist's eyes, not his hands that are damaged and it's his wife, not him, putting the corpses there for him to "sculpt" around.
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oh boy ! This sure looks bad. Poor Boris, I'll be sure to avoid this one for certain. Thanks Dark Corner, I mean there's only so much a guy can take! Brilliant review guys.
An oddball one to be sure.
The skeleton probably serves the same purpose as an armature. Perhaps, before he lost his sight, he made his own armatures, now he's trusting someone else to do it and they're just too danged lazy!
I've heard of "bone china", but this is ridiculous!
Late comment, but: I may have been able to enjoy the "I hate sand" scene from Attack of the Clones if Anakin spoke in charades
Like a lot of movies I've seen on this channel, this could work if handled better :=)
So why is the girlfriend staying with such a dud?
Would you say this mirrors Bucket of blood?