What movies have you seen recently?

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

At this point I'm unsure whether to stick to the Frankenstein saga as I intended, or go James Whale.

The only drothers I have about Bride of Frankenstein is I wish Mae Clarke had revived her role as Elisabeth. The new actor that played the part (Valerie Hobson) just seems over theatrical. She was also in Werewolf of London. I don't recall if she was as theatrical in that. It isn't my intent to fixate on Mae Clarke. It is just a continuity issue I have.

Son of Frankenstein

First Frankenstein film not directed by James Whale and Boris Karloff's last appearance as the iconic Universal Frankenstein Monster. I know he appeared in a all star baseball game, and was on Route 66 (tv series), but they don't add to the story.

I rather like this film. I remember seeing it in around 1964/65 on TV in Kansas City, MO. I think it and Gorgo were the only horror films that ever cause me to have nightmares as a child. The sheep skin pull over the monster wore use to bother me, but it makes more sense that Igor would replace his clothes after being burned in a windmill, and blown up in a lab explosion than when the monster gets back his dapper black suit and attire as in Ghost of Frankenstein. I'm kidding about it being dapper. It's just iconic.

Speaking of nightmares, I remember sock puppets, that kind that were popular on children shows gave me horrifying nightmares. I would dream they would slowly come up between the bed and the wall and start biting me, like worms with teeth.

Ghost of Frankenstein

Previously I wrote that it was not explained where the monster gets his clothes in Ghost of Frankenstein. My point was one of continuity, but I was wrong. When the monster is pulled from the sulfur pit, he is still wearing the pull over, though the wool has been burned off. Though it does not explicitly show Igor taking the monster to a tailor for the making of his new suit, I can live with that, and I appreciate the fact they removed the wool from the pull over. Maybe it was just matted down? If it were burned off, why wouldn't other articles of clothing be burned off as well? Answer: the prospect of a stiff membered Lon Chaney Jr. waking around in the buff, though still covered in sulfur dust. Need I say more? It was vital that the lightning hit the poles on his neck. I'll stop there.

I remember seeing this film as a child too. I particularly remember when he helps a little girls get her ball off a roof.

Trainwreck

Meet the Parents

Vacation {2015 version}

I just got back from seeing this and was laughing almost non-stop at this crazy movie, which can also be called
Griswold: The Next Generation. However, I do agree about two things.

-Ed Helms, despite making the movie funny, is NOT the new Chevy Chase.

-Chris Hemsworth should have had more screen time, not just an extended cameo.

Real Men

Demoniac (1974)

OK I know Jess Franco is in the same league as a director as Ed Wood, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Russ Meyer etc, but I can never resist picking up one of his awful films, especially if it's priced at £1 or so.

I'm always a bit bewitched by Lina Romay (Mrs Franco), and the "so bad that they're good" detective elements of this film, reminiscent of the Italian Giallo genre, make it worth viewing for a good laugh.

Count Dracula is pretty... well, if not good per se, then at least interesting. It's quite a sight, seeing a schlockmeister like Franco trying to make a serious literary adaptation that stays faithful to the book, but then of course he gives in to his natural tendencies and before you know it you've got the lead characters setting Dracula's coffin on fire and kicking it off a cliff.

Oh, and those German shepherds in the opening scene that are supposed to be wolves...

Area 51.

So-so found footage movie about a group of obsessed friends who break into Area 51 to bring back proof of alien life. They unfortunately find it.

LOL, I did see that film about 15 years ago, and I now regret the fact that I didn't keep my 'official release' copy on VHS. All I recall of it is a bit near the end, when someone is "crushed" by a boulder, which looks suspiciously like a large lump of polystyrene......

Robin Hood Men in Tights.

One of those foam boulders hits a horse right in the face, and he isn't fazed at all.