Dec 9, 2008
Trailer 217 of 893
Described in ads as a "Slimy Glob of Doom", this large economy-size micro-organism found in a Mayan temple out-slithers The Blob. Directed by Italy's Riccardo Freda, in collaboration with d.p.-turned-first time director Mario Bava. Formerly a staple of late-nite tv Creature Features, this one has been hard to see in recent years.
Wow, this Okko guy really needs to get a life. Such hurtful words...
Saw Vertigo for the first time when it was reissued in the '80s, as part of a batch of Hitchcock-owned titles that had been locked up in the vault for a couple of decades (also including Rope, The Trouble With Harry, The Man Who Knew Too Much and Rear Window). The film blew my everlovin' teenage mind at the time, and I've been lucky enough to see it in a theatre a few times since then, and it never fails to suck me into its descent into madness...
I just watched The Anderson Tapes on DVD last week. Sidney Lumet directing Jack Lemmon in Death Wish boggles my mind...
Truly a film both of and ahead of its time. It was a valedictory for Karloff, only a year or two before his passing...
Also one of the few screen credits for Daniel Mayer Selznick, son of David O. Selznick and grandson of Louis...
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