tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post3391018727409313890..comments2024-03-08T18:49:51.289-05:00Comments on Classic Film and TV Café: Get Ready for Halloween with "House of Dark Shadows"Rick29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-84130166189314600572016-10-29T10:52:48.045-04:002016-10-29T10:52:48.045-04:00Saw this on a double with "Night of the Livin...Saw this on a double with "Night of the Living Dead", was far more impressed with "House" which had some real thrills 'n' chills--the pursuit and staking of Caroline and the wonderfully loud and gory ending. Frid was a great vamp, light years ahead of Depp in the wretched movie (he looked like a penguin). And everyone (almost) gets vamped! Joan Bennett disappears toward the end, I wonder if she just refused the teeth. One of the first TV series to get movie-ized--the only one I can think of before is the original "Dragnet" in the mid-50's. For authentically reincarnated lovers, check out the Karloff "Mummy." Of course Maggie could be Josette returned, there were no ghosts in the movie, it was totally separate from the TV series. They brought the ghosts in for "Night."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030112918054543041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-14635925156852915192015-02-13T05:14:26.185-05:002015-02-13T05:14:26.185-05:00Ha! I googled "I'm Joe Woods, elect me.....Ha! I googled "I'm Joe Woods, elect me...and I'll do something about..." and this popped up. I remember him from about 1965 and even then he seemed dumb as a doornail. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-42515048608961955792014-10-29T19:11:43.298-04:002014-10-29T19:11:43.298-04:00The VERTIGO similarity is an interesting way to th...The VERTIGO similarity is an interesting way to think of HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS!Rick29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-21290557129298067202014-10-29T13:36:10.053-04:002014-10-29T13:36:10.053-04:00TCM showed "House of Dark Shadows" yeste...TCM showed "House of Dark Shadows" yesterday. Incidently , Maggie Evans couldn't be the reincarnation of Josette since , in the TV series, Josette's ghost haunted Collinwood. She can't be a ghost & a reincarnation at the same time. Maggie just had the misfortune of resembling Josette. Someone once pointed out to me that "House of Dark Shadows" was basically "Vertigo" with vampires ! Watch the 2 films & notice the similarities.Taylor401306https://www.blogger.com/profile/13698330543360984204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-46226459640414928572013-01-08T01:27:37.188-05:002013-01-08T01:27:37.188-05:00Those DS books have way too many mistakes.But Nanc...Those DS books have way too many mistakes.But Nancy Barrett is a God-send to any show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-71742958979749713382013-01-08T01:15:58.186-05:002013-01-08T01:15:58.186-05:00David was limited in acting ability. KLS DS are fu...David was limited in acting ability. KLS DS are full of sloppy mistakes. Nancy Barrett is the sexiest woman ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-1055413000720148692012-10-24T13:11:22.352-04:002012-10-24T13:11:22.352-04:00We're watching this one this year as part of o...We're watching this one this year as part of our Halloween movie night. I haven't seen it in years adn looking forward to re-visiting. We're also watching "Island of Lost Souls" with Charles Laughton. We haven't picked the third movie yet. That was in the hands of my friend's 22-year-old son, so I suspect it will be something contemporary. Kevin Deanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697597405552599370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-50091802386194527412012-10-23T13:19:28.255-04:002012-10-23T13:19:28.255-04:00I enjoyed this movie as well, seeing it for the fi...I enjoyed this movie as well, seeing it for the first time just a couple of years ago, but Barnabas always irked me in that, despite wanting so desperately to be a normal human again, he still took full advantage of his powers to get everything else he wanted. I think the old cad was a bit hypocritical in that regard.<br /><br />If you have Comcast digital cable, you can see this movie free on demand for a limited time.Phillyradiogeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06898493001431352624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-6403480661157372232012-10-23T12:11:04.185-04:002012-10-23T12:11:04.185-04:00Every time I hear about this movie I feel an oblig...Every time I hear about this movie I feel an obligation/compulsion to pass along this anecdote about when I first saw it.<br /><br /><i>House Of Dark Shadows</i> opened in Chicago the first week in November of 1970, just before the midterm elections.<br />There was a hotly contested local race for the presidency of he Cook County Board of Commissioners, between Democrat George Dunne (the incumbent, and the father of auxiliary Blues Brother Murphy Dunne) and Republican Joe Woods (the Cook County Sheriff, and brother of Pres. Nixon's secretary Rosemary Woods).<br /><br />Woods was running a series of ads on TV (filmed in Hollywood - I recognized some of the actors) in which "citizens" complained that the County Board wasn't doing enough about this, that, and the other.<br />Then Joe Woods would stride out like John Wayne and announce (in a honking basso drawl) that if elected, he would do this, that, or the other.<br /><br />So it's a few days before the election, and I'm in the Roosevelt Theatre in downtown Chicago on opening day, watching <i>House Of Dark Shadows</i> with a pretty good-sized crowd for a Friday afternoon.<br />Mid-movie comes the standard group scene in the mansion, and somebody says something like "Someone should do something to stop these attacks!"<br />And in the back of the theater, somebody booms out:<br /><i>"Ah'm Joe Woods! 'Lect me President of the Cook County Board an' Ah'll do somethin' about vampahrs!"</i><br /><br />I guess you had to be there ...<br /> Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-82066560001311754942012-10-21T20:53:36.268-04:002012-10-21T20:53:36.268-04:00Rick, like you I was an ardent fan of "Dark S...Rick, like you I was an ardent fan of "Dark Shadows" and we would turn it on after returning home from school. I haven't seen this film in a while and didn't have an interest in seeing Burton's work, based on the previews. But is is awfully fun to reminisce about a favorite viewing habit of a young girl. Great post for October!toto2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09652682900471649463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-43871984277858924232012-10-21T17:18:36.071-04:002012-10-21T17:18:36.071-04:00I saw this when it first came out, and would reall...I saw this when it first came out, and would really love to see it again. I was such a huge fan of the original series, my own every-day after-school special! Of course I loved Jonathon Frid, and I've always found Thayer David to be an asset to movies he is in. Wish someone would show it this month. Nice piece, Rick!ClassicBeckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591715859057540467noreply@blogger.com