Great video, as always but I have some gripes... "Who Can Kill a Child?" is not italian!! It's an SPANISH HORROR CLASSIC, written and directed by the great Narciso Ibañez Serrador!! "Manchester Morgue" is also spanish. Here it was called "Don't disturb the dreams of the dead" which I think it's a pretty cool title. The director used to live near my house and, when I was younger, I used to go take coffe with him. "The devil rides out" was one of my favorite horror movies as a kid, but I certainly wouldn't call it "obscure". It's one of the most well know Hammer films from the 60s! They even tried to remake it a couple of times in the 90s and the 2000s, but nothing came out of it. I've never seen "Curse of the fly". I even didn't know it existed and I'm very intrigued. And last, but not least, in Spain there are also pretty cool haunted houses, even if they are not as elaborate as the american ones. You should come and see them!
@@SandyofCthulhu Cool. I wore a real red poppy. I want to bring that back to America culture. I even visited the local graveyard where there are a lot of usa flags.
9:28 We've had Halloween trick or treating in England for decades, it's not at all new here but i don't know exactly how long it's been going on for, and some people decorate their homes for Halloween but that's not too common. Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes Night (5th November) is more popular here so this stole some Halloween related themes after 1605 with the events of the gunpowder plot to blow up parliament. We're still disappointed that failed.
Great list! I loved Who Can Kill a Child? It is one of the most uncomfortable times I’ve had watching a film. Also, super happy to hear you mention Lights Out and Quiet Please. There was another called Suspense that I absolutely adored. Amazing radio shows, all.
Trick or treating has been very big in England for my whole life (21), and Thorpe park more recently has a scary maze which sounds like your American spooky houses.
I know in the 1980s England didn't do it much. I do think it's becoming bigger. But Britain still doesn't have the dozen+ spook alleys that you'll find in ALL American metroplexes.
I've owned "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" (aka "The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue") on VHS since 2000 when it was released by Anchor Bay. On the subject of zombies, has anybody seen "Kingdom", the 2019 South Korean zombie series (it's on Netflix here in Canada)? Probably doesn't count as "obscure", but it's beautifully filmed, full of very tense scenes, I highly recommend it.
We used to listen to the CBS Radio Mystery Theater on Friday nights sleeping over at each other's house on the front porch, front yard, or in the tree house. Listening to that am/fm radio with 4 c size batteries was just creepy outside in the dark.
I'm not sure how obscure this one is, but there's a short story called "The Night Wire" by H.F. Arnold that I thought was quite good. I don't think the author produced much beyond that story, though. There was a good reading of it on a podcast called "Lamp Light Radio Play".
A yeah the Thing on the Fourble Board is a quality episode. The Lights out story about the fog that turns people inside out is a great premise. Sadly, its lost media but you can listen to a remake of it called "The Dark". That was on a record that Arch Obler put out some time ago recreating some of the most memorable Lights Out episodes. Also Canada's "Night Fall" Has some great episodes also.
Montague Summers, wow. Good recommendation on that one. One of my best friends got into reading his works as research for his own fiction writing. He ended up gifting me a number of Summers' books for my own RPG writing and creative work. Wonderful stuff. A word to the wise though, as Sandy said, Summers wrote his books as a true believer. They read like research and reference material. They can be quite interesting and engaging, but also cumbersome and dry. Also, unless you are interested in a "challenge" if you will, stay away from his work devoted to the Malleus Maleficarum. His true believer perspective puts him in the position of effectively defending the Spanish Inquisition; which by all good sense, for quite a while now, is not ok.
I'm about 40, and we always did trick or treating the uk. We do have haunted houses, but they are rare, zombie runs have become popular in the last 10 years.
A more contemporary (1980's) radio horror series is Nightfall from the CBC. But I also agree with Sandy, the older series are great too. You can find some Lovecraft adaptions among them. There are some great and spooky episodes of The Shadow as well. The Shadow is a great place for pulp plots as well.
Never thought I'd see Dick Tracy described as horror, but it works! My brother is a big fan of Tracy, he's got all those big IDW books too. Though according to him the scariest thing in 'Tracy' is BO Plenty and Gravel Gertie's married life (and who remembers them starting as out and out villains?). The haunted houses/spook alleys are fun. I've only ever seen a few myself, sadly. Oh, and have you ever heard of a really fancy Texas one called Verdun Manor? Their main thing is werewolves of 'The Howling' sort. I got to talk with some of them once at a convention while in full suit. They shared some hilarious 'war stories' about what life is like working in a Halloween haunted house. Montague Summers was, according to what I've read, never a Catholic clergyman. He just presented himself as one after getting tossed from the C. of E. for having a Satanic altar in his parsonage. Or so one account I read about him goes. His books are a delight. I do wish he could have translated more of those Latin and Greek and Hebrew and other quotes he uses. Two writers as good as if not better than Monty would be Elliott O'Donnell and his wild ghost stories, and John Keel. Keel especially. That man was convinced that Nyarlathotep ruled the universe and I am only barely exaggerating. Great video, great list of films to go hunting for, thanks again Mr. Petersen.
"Who Can Kill a Child" is actually the reason I left social media. I had only fellow horror fans on my list, and half of them removed me after I added that to my watchlist, as they had never heard of it and were disturbed by the title alone.
The Chicken Heart was used by Bill Cosby, (BOO HISS, I know, but he was a talented comedian,) as the center piece of a routine that ended with him spreading Jell-O all over the floor, and setting a couch on fire.
My tax video would probably be a lot like my "Was Lovecraft Racist" video. I.e., "Taxes bad". Based on the idea that individuals are always better at knowing what they spend their money on than is the government. Even the rich, because the fact that rich people put their money into a bank means that, in effect, they are lending out 97% of their money to the rest of us to use in buying cards, house mortgages, and business loans. It's a pretty sweet system until/unless the banks go bad as they periodically do.
I've seen some of those 'spook house' movies where city folks or out-of-towners check out the scary October house and are horrifically tortured to death in front of the next group of customers laughing at them from behind a soundproof window. Not going to take the risk sorry!!!
I send a thumbs down to (at the time of writing this) the two people who gave this video a thumbs down. Thank you Sandy for some really good recommendations.
So, was that factory thing the inspiration for the The Factory SCP-001 proposal? Edit: Also, is sandy aware of the SCPverse? Cause I think he'd love it
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Super video! I applauded for $5.00 👏👏
Wowie! Thanks a billion!
Great video, as always but I have some gripes... "Who Can Kill a Child?" is not italian!! It's an SPANISH HORROR CLASSIC, written and directed by the great Narciso Ibañez Serrador!! "Manchester Morgue" is also spanish. Here it was called "Don't disturb the dreams of the dead" which I think it's a pretty cool title. The director used to live near my house and, when I was younger, I used to go take coffe with him. "The devil rides out" was one of my favorite horror movies as a kid, but I certainly wouldn't call it "obscure". It's one of the most well know Hammer films from the 60s! They even tried to remake it a couple of times in the 90s and the 2000s, but nothing came out of it. I've never seen "Curse of the fly". I even didn't know it existed and I'm very intrigued. And last, but not least, in Spain there are also pretty cool haunted houses, even if they are not as elaborate as the american ones. You should come and see them!
Thanks for bringing some attention to radio horror, by the way. Some of that stories are AMAZING.
Oops with respect to Who Can Kill a Child, but I stand by my characterization of The Devil Rides Out as “obscure” by modern standards.
@@SandyofCthulhu thanks for the reply! I understand your position. Maybe I love too much british horror to be objective.
Sandy, everytime you release a video like this, I spend an afternoon chasing movies online...
It worked!
I hope you remember to feed that fez at the appropriate stellar alignments. Oh and Happy Memorial Day.
Went to the graveyard. Visited father in law, three uncles, and my brother
@@SandyofCthulhu Cool. I wore a real red poppy. I want to bring that back to America culture. I even visited the local graveyard where there are a lot of usa flags.
Thank you for this series and the new ideas for my Call of Cthulhu games
More and more respect I have built for you sir and now I find out you are a fan of Hong Kong cinema. My respect has grown even higher now.
The Devil Rides Out could easily be mad a Call of Cthulhu scenario! I loved it!
9:28 We've had Halloween trick or treating in England for decades, it's not at all new here but i don't know exactly how long it's been going on for, and some people decorate their homes for Halloween but that's not too common. Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes Night (5th November) is more popular here so this stole some Halloween related themes after 1605 with the events of the gunpowder plot to blow up parliament. We're still disappointed that failed.
Great list! I loved Who Can Kill a Child? It is one of the most uncomfortable times I’ve had watching a film. Also, super happy to hear you mention Lights Out and Quiet Please. There was another called Suspense that I absolutely adored. Amazing radio shows, all.
Trick or treating has been very big in England for my whole life (21), and Thorpe park more recently has a scary maze which sounds like your American spooky houses.
I know in the 1980s England didn't do it much. I do think it's becoming bigger. But Britain still doesn't have the dozen+ spook alleys that you'll find in ALL American metroplexes.
I work at one of the few 'spook alleys' in the UK called Scream Factory in Kirkleatham. I'm really happy they finally came over from the US!
😃 *Nice to see you spread the word of some more classics .*
Any time!
Every time I listen to this, my movies to watch list and now radio dramas to listen to list always get longer
The idea of the impotent rage of savage babies is absolutely hilarious for some reason. 😂
Another to check out is a Canadian radio show from the 80s called Nightfall.
Since I got some Likes, here's a Nightfall playlist.
ruclips.net/p/PLiwsxcPu0Gw7_FB6qsOc2Yp8Bi8J_TFs9
I've owned "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" (aka "The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue") on VHS since 2000 when it was released by Anchor Bay. On the subject of zombies, has anybody seen "Kingdom", the 2019 South Korean zombie series (it's on Netflix here in Canada)? Probably doesn't count as "obscure", but it's beautifully filmed, full of very tense scenes, I highly recommend it.
My son has been trying to get me too watch The Kingdom
@@SandyofCthulhu You really should, very well done and not your typical zombie origin. I keep meaning to get the manga it's based on.
We used to listen to the CBS Radio Mystery Theater on Friday nights sleeping over at each other's house on the front porch, front yard, or in the tree house. Listening to that am/fm radio with 4 c size batteries was just creepy outside in the dark.
I'm not sure how obscure this one is, but there's a short story called "The Night Wire" by H.F. Arnold that I thought was quite good. I don't think the author produced much beyond that story, though. There was a good reading of it on a podcast called "Lamp Light Radio Play".
I heard of none but two and watched/seen none yet. Really effective series.
Yay!
I believe living dead at the Manchester was also one of the first horror films with a stereo soundtrack.
A yeah the Thing on the Fourble Board is a quality episode. The Lights out story about the fog that turns people inside out is a great premise. Sadly, its lost media but you can listen to a remake of it called "The Dark". That was on a record that Arch Obler put out some time ago recreating some of the most memorable Lights Out episodes. Also Canada's "Night Fall" Has some great episodes also.
Montague Summers, wow. Good recommendation on that one. One of my best friends got into reading his works as research for his own fiction writing. He ended up gifting me a number of Summers' books for my own RPG writing and creative work. Wonderful stuff. A word to the wise though, as Sandy said, Summers wrote his books as a true believer. They read like research and reference material. They can be quite interesting and engaging, but also cumbersome and dry. Also, unless you are interested in a "challenge" if you will, stay away from his work devoted to the Malleus Maleficarum. His true believer perspective puts him in the position of effectively defending the Spanish Inquisition; which by all good sense, for quite a while now, is not ok.
Summer's books are really really good at getting quotes and references from for CoC.
This was entertaining. Thanks
I'm about 40, and we always did trick or treating the uk. We do have haunted houses, but they are rare, zombie runs have become popular in the last 10 years.
I’ve fallen into a bit of a Tom Waits rabbit hole since you recommended Bone Machine. Such a diverse and underappreciated body of work that guy has.
I know right? What a guy. Have you listened to Small Change yet? It's early but amazing.
A more contemporary (1980's) radio horror series is Nightfall from the CBC. But I also agree with Sandy, the older series are great too. You can find some Lovecraft adaptions among them. There are some great and spooky episodes of The Shadow as well. The Shadow is a great place for pulp plots as well.
Train to Busan was an incredible zombie film, if you haven't seen it. Some of the best acted characters in the zombie subgenre.
Never thought I'd see Dick Tracy described as horror, but it works! My brother is a big fan of Tracy, he's got all those big IDW books too. Though according to him the scariest thing in 'Tracy' is BO Plenty and Gravel Gertie's married life (and who remembers them starting as out and out villains?).
The haunted houses/spook alleys are fun. I've only ever seen a few myself, sadly. Oh, and have you ever heard of a really fancy Texas one called Verdun Manor? Their main thing is werewolves of 'The Howling' sort. I got to talk with some of them once at a convention while in full suit. They shared some hilarious 'war stories' about what life is like working in a Halloween haunted house.
Montague Summers was, according to what I've read, never a Catholic clergyman. He just presented himself as one after getting tossed from the C. of E. for having a Satanic altar in his parsonage. Or so one account I read about him goes. His books are a delight. I do wish he could have translated more of those Latin and Greek and Hebrew and other quotes he uses. Two writers as good as if not better than Monty would be Elliott O'Donnell and his wild ghost stories, and John Keel. Keel especially. That man was convinced that Nyarlathotep ruled the universe and I am only barely exaggerating.
Great video, great list of films to go hunting for, thanks again Mr. Petersen.
Verdun Manor is, in fact, Thrillvania, which I've been to many times.
@@sandypetersen6935 It is? Thank you, I didn't know that. I'll take a look for it online.
@@erichinkle7347 in fact I think some of the images I used were from it. It's great.
The Fly makes me think of the Kafka story and was mildly disappointed that it wasn’t a film adaptation of that
WOW Cine 42 was a theatre I went to see many movies when I was a kid in 70s, 80s......good times!!!
The Thing on the Fourble-Board: ruclips.net/video/g_EtWrWvllA/видео.html
"Who Can Kill a Child" is actually the reason I left social media. I had only fellow horror fans on my list, and half of them removed me after I added that to my watchlist, as they had never heard of it and were disturbed by the title alone.
The murderous brain of a fly......I love that
I just listed to The Thing on the Fourble Board... oh my God...
IKR? no matter WHAT you thought the Thing would be, it's not.
Does this mea youl do more unknown clasic monsters
wait and see.
Stephen King's story "Children of the Corn" was probably influenced by "Who Can Kill a Child?" as it was published shortly after (just a year apart).
could be. Not sure how interested American movie makers are in Italian films.
The Chicken Heart was used by Bill Cosby, (BOO HISS, I know, but he was a talented comedian,) as the center piece of a routine that ended with him spreading Jell-O all over the floor, and setting a couch on fire.
Sandy's Top world war 2 movie picks? Hrmm.
Is "When Trumpets Fade" on that list perchance?
When is sandy going to upload a bad video! I could watch him talk about taxes and still find it entertaining!
My tax video would probably be a lot like my "Was Lovecraft Racist" video. I.e., "Taxes bad". Based on the idea that individuals are always better at knowing what they spend their money on than is the government. Even the rich, because the fact that rich people put their money into a bank means that, in effect, they are lending out 97% of their money to the rest of us to use in buying cards, house mortgages, and business loans. It's a pretty sweet system until/unless the banks go bad as they periodically do.
@@sandypetersen6935 even that comment was interesting sorry to say
4 videos and no mention of Maldoror, one of the scariest books ever written? Too old or not obscure enough?
I've seen some of those 'spook house' movies where city folks or out-of-towners check out the scary October house and are horrifically tortured to death in front of the next group of customers laughing at them from behind a soundproof window. Not going to take the risk sorry!!!
speaking of not well known.. I just uploaded the new Neil Breen meme lol
keep up the good work bud!
argh. that guy. He's going to topple Ed Wood from his throne.
@@sandypetersen6935 haha
I send a thumbs down to (at the time of writing this) the two people who gave this video a thumbs down. Thank you Sandy for some really good recommendations.
So, was that factory thing the inspiration for the The Factory SCP-001 proposal?
Edit: Also, is sandy aware of the SCPverse? Cause I think he'd love it
First question: I have no idea. Second question: yes, but haven't perused it in a couple years.
I dont know man, most comics I read are pretty fucked up
wtf is a spook alley? 😂
Who needs fictional horror? It is 2021.
that's like saying we didn't need war movies in 1944, or movies about business in the 1960s.
0:58 the magic they have in Thailand is roundhouse kicks and clinching. muay thai fighters kick ass