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EvanBenner
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Made a couple posts in the Halloween challenge thread for films from the Waldemar Daninsky series of werewolf films, but horror's a perennial thing for me, so here's some lingering spooky spirit for the normies out there. (JK, luvya!)
As a franchise, the Waldemar series is super disparate owing to most (or every?) entry being a standalone. Theres no time or place imaginable that writer/creator/actor Paul Naschy and crew couldn't imagine a wolfman encounter.
Night of the Werewolf is the 8th entry and the first where Naschy himself took the director's chair despite much of his time in front of the camera. I've seen 5 of the films that came before, and they're all b-grade horror comfort—low budget and quaint but fun to throw on in the background. This, on the other hand, steps up the appeal with better production and visual creativity. Sure, it's wacky, but it's also lush and atmospheric. Pure comfort food for the horror soul.
We kick things off in Renaissance times with the "execution" of legendary vampire/serial killer Elizabeth Bathory and wolfman Waldemar, emprisoned in tombs with relics. Jump ahead to modern times, and both are freed from the relics that kept them at bay. Gothic castle hijinks ensue.
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As a franchise, the Waldemar series is super disparate owing to most (or every?) entry being a standalone. Theres no time or place imaginable that writer/creator/actor Paul Naschy and crew couldn't imagine a wolfman encounter.
Night of the Werewolf is the 8th entry and the first where Naschy himself took the director's chair despite much of his time in front of the camera. I've seen 5 of the films that came before, and they're all b-grade horror comfort—low budget and quaint but fun to throw on in the background. This, on the other hand, steps up the appeal with better production and visual creativity. Sure, it's wacky, but it's also lush and atmospheric. Pure comfort food for the horror soul.
We kick things off in Renaissance times with the "execution" of legendary vampire/serial killer Elizabeth Bathory and wolfman Waldemar, emprisoned in tombs with relics. Jump ahead to modern times, and both are freed from the relics that kept them at bay. Gothic castle hijinks ensue.
A ★★★½ review of Night of the Werewolf (1981)
After 7 films as writer/creator and actor for Waldemar the werewolf, Paul Naschy finally takes the helm as director—and it's a surprisingly good thing that he did! This is pure comfort horror. Lush, colorful, eerie, and fully committed. Notably, it's a huge step up, visually and atmospherically...
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The Denmarkian Wonder
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Joe Mac
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It was horrible and bloody and turned neighbour against neighbour and brother against brother and it’s only really this generation that’s beginning to escape it’s shadow.
I though that film was really funny in parts…
The Denmarkian Wonder
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Not what i originally had planned on watching but those two vaccines yesterday kicked my ass some so a cartoon was a better choice.
kvetcha
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watch Your Name!!
The Denmarkian Wonder
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Already have!! It's amazing!!
Wait, why are we yelling?
Besides, it's in storage (along with 85% of my collection
) so i couldn't even if i wanted to. Also, it's in Japanese and my brain is not up to subs today.
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BjorgenFjorgen
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I saw Eyes Wide Shut in high school and had no idea what to make of it and no real opinion on it, though I liked his other ones I'd seen quite a bit. Rewatched it this past spring and found it riveting.
A couple days later I watched Barry Lyndon for the first time and also really dug it. Recently read Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon, which is very much in the same vein of picaresque story set around a similar historical era and which I loved. Picked up a couple similar novels to keep it going and think I'll give Barry Lyndon a rewatch, too.
A couple days later I watched Barry Lyndon for the first time and also really dug it. Recently read Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon, which is very much in the same vein of picaresque story set around a similar historical era and which I loved. Picked up a couple similar novels to keep it going and think I'll give Barry Lyndon a rewatch, too.
TenderLovingKiller®
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The Addams Family and Brady Bunch movies from the 90s are way better than they have any right to be.
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kvetcha
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I…did not hate this as much as the rest of the world
Bull Shannon
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I think the magic wishing stone is a fun, silly idea.
The Denmarkian Wonder
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First time seeing it. It’s not as great as the first one but not nearly as bad as people made it out to be.
It was probably a little too long, though. There were a few iffy VFX scenes (mostly Wonder Woman running), the Mall scene felt flat (especially with no action scenes for another hour) with a lot of unnecessary moves and the golden suit seemed kinda wasted. Also, how much fuel can a fighter jet carry? Lol
kvetcha
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The Cool Superhero stuff is deeply silly, but I think Pedro Pascal is wonderful and Kristen Wiig is having a great old time. Felt like a throwback to the campier superhero movies of the 70s and 80s.
gaporter
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Funny enough I also put this on while recovering from the vaxx earlier this year. I remember it making me tear up a couple times, though that could have just been a result of me feeling vulnerable from the booster
gaporter
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Late on this but, speaking of groundbreaking sci-fi movies from 1968, I rewatched the original Planet of the Apes series over this past week, many of which are also G-rated, even though there's no way any of them would get below a PG-13 nowadays. When did bloodshed, nudity and revolting against fascism stop becoming fun for the whole family?