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The Many Lives of Pansy Fay

#dark shadows #Nancy Barrett #The Many Lives of Pansy Fay

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When I came across this photo, at first glance I thought it was from “Laura” starring Gene Tierney. Then I realized the actress was Joan Bennett!

The photo is from “The Woman in the Window” (1944). Bennett costarred with Edward G. Robinson in a complicated plot involving accidental murders and the attempts to cover them up. Only to discover at the end, it was all a dream!

#dark shadows #Joan Bennett #elizabeth collins stoddard #woman in the window #edward g. robinson #gene Tierney #it was only a dream

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“Abigail”

I saw Abigail last night at an early screening. I enjoyed it, it’s a bloody good romp of a vampire movie. Alisha Weir plays the ballerina vampire. She’s 14 but looks maybe 10 or 11. (By the way, Weir was also excellent in 2022’s movie musical Matilda.)

The premise is that 6 criminals are hired to kidnap a young girl and hold her for 24 hours until they are paid $50M in ransom from her mega rich father. But will any of them survive to collect their payday?

The two main bad guys are played by Dan Brown and Melissa Barrera. Of course Brown is best known for playing prime and proper Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey. He’s fun here as a former cop gone bad. (Is he using a Queens New York accent?)

Barrera has been in the news lately for being fired from the cast of the next Scream movie. (Barrera spoke out against the treatment of the Palestinians in Gaza which wasn’t considered Kosher by the powers that be in Hollywood.) Besides Weir, she’s clearly the focus of the movie and I think she’s good.

The plot pretty much involves: Act 1: the kidnapping and introduction of the characters; Act 2: they discover who/what Abigail really is and try to back out of the deal; Act 3: Lots of blood and mayhem - the movie is Rated R for a reason.

At some point I was reminded of Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians. That was deliberate because later that book is a minor plot point.

Overall I think it’s well paced but towards the end there’s a little too much Monologging. But it quickly gets back to the explosive climax that directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin Tyler Gillett are known for. (If you saw their 2022 film Ready or Not you’ll known what I mean.)

Abigail is not for the squeamish but if you enjoy vampire movies, check it out.

#abigail #vampire #dracula’s daughter #dan stevens #bloody good time #explosive #melissa barrera #alisha weir #squeamish #ready or not

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Custom Lily Munster doll by Infadoll

#Infadoll #lily munster #the monsters

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Can’t miss an episode of “Dark Shadows” no matter the reason!

(What’s worse, not paying attention to Mom? Or that Dad was smoking in her hospital room?!?

#dark shadows #can miss an episode #mom in the hospital #smoking

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Joan Bennett appearing in the pages of Katy Keebe’s comic book!

#dark shadows #joan bennett #Katy Keene

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"… Another mummy, so graceful, so slender and pretty"

Tony Johannot (1803-1852) - A Mummy so Graceful

illustration from the Charles Nodier's "Histoire du roi de Bohême et de ses sept châteaux", 1830

#tony johannot #a mummy so graceful #charles nodier #egypt

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Self Combustion, David Demaret, 2013

#vampire

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Untold Tales of Dark Shadows

Barnabas must travel back in time to the 1930s to prevent the destruction of the Collins Family. There is learns that Jamison Collin’s (played by Louis Edmonds) has allowed a traveling circus to camp on the grounds of the Collinwood Estate. Soon after, his sister Nora (played by Nancy Barrett) become the obsession of the circus ring master (Humbert Allen Astredo). The ring master uses his trained gorilla (Alex Winter) to kidnap the beautiful Collin’s heiress!

#dark shadows #untold tales #travel circus #gorilla #nancy barrett #Nora Collin’s #Humbert Allen Astredo

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“Abigail”

I saw Abigail last night at an early screening. I enjoyed it, it’s a bloody good romp of a vampire movie. Alisha Weir plays the ballerina vampire. She’s 14 but looks maybe 10 or 11. (By the way, Weir was also excellent in 2022’s movie musical Matilda.)

The premise is that 6 criminals are hired to kidnap a young girl and hold her for 24 hours until they are paid $50M in ransom from her mega rich father. But will any of them survive to collect their payday?

The two main bad guys are played by Dan Brown and Melissa Barrera. Of course Brown is best known for playing prime and proper Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey. He’s fun here as a former cop gone bad. (Is he using a Queens New York accent?)

Barrera has been in the news lately for being fired from the cast of the next Scream movie. (Barrera spoke out against the treatment of the Palestinians in Gaza which wasn’t considered Kosher by the powers that be in Hollywood.) Besides Weir, she’s clearly the focus of the movie and I think she’s good.

The plot pretty much involves: Act 1: the kidnapping and introduction of the characters; Act 2: they discover who/what Abigail really is and try to back out of the deal; Act 3: Lots of blood and mayhem - the movie is Rated R for a reason.

At some point I was reminded of Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians. That was deliberate because later that book is a minor plot point.

Overall I think it’s well paced but towards the end there’s a little too much Monologging. But it quickly gets back to the explosive climax that directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin Tyler Gillett are known for. (If you saw their 2022 film Ready or Not you’ll known what I mean.)

Abigail is not for the squeamish but if you enjoy vampire movies, check it out.

#abigail #vampire #dracula’s daughter #dan stevens #bloody good time #melissa barrera #alisha weir #squeamish #ready or not #agatha christie

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The Howling (1981)

#the howling #1980s horror #werewolf

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#the mummy

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"What an Excellent Day For An Exorcism" by Rich Davies

#the exorcist #william peter blatty #demonic possession #movie poster #HCG #Rich Davies

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#dark shadows #vampire #barnabas collins

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Cthulhu by Darryl Young

#cthulhu #darryl young #leviathans #jeb hawkes

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Vincent Price with friend Peter Lorre

#peter lorre #vincent price

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#boris karloff #frankenstein monster