Watching horror movies in October!
Die, Monster, Die! - 1965, Dir. Daniel Haller
*CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIE AND BOOK*
Starting off this October thing, is Die, Monster, Die! which casts Boris Karloff with other people I don't know :D, this is based off of The Color Out of Space by racist author, H.P. Lovecraft.
This movie has been on my watch list for awhile since I like Karloff, so I thought it'd be the perfect time. The movie has that perfect blend of actual suspense and 60s B movie cheese. The effects were my favorite part and the actors abilities were decent. I REALLY hated how Suzan Farmer's character is written as like the "OH! My father doesn't tell me anything! Good thing there's an A M E R I C A N man here!" cliche female character. I really love the matte painting of the "blasted heath" in the beginning of the film, really sells the area of decay left behind. I don't know why, but Nick Adams just kept reminding me of Tin Tin.
I actually read The Color Out of Space after watching this movie, to compare the two. Aside from keeping some names; Karloff plays Nahum Witley, the first name is the same and both have a character named Merwyn, the main plot differs. Some points are the same; meteorite comes crashing into Earth, leaves an area barren and ash-like, kills the occupants of where the meteorite lands, the rest of the town hates the people the meteorite chose to crash near, at least 1 person spontaneously combusts. But the main vibe of the movie was sci-fi while the book was horror, more elements were left to the viewer's imagination in the book, oh and there was an alien squid locked in a cage in the movie.
Overall, 8/10 for the movie, 9/10 for the book. Would watch again for those effects :D
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On April 25, 1981, Die, Monster, Die! was screened on Son of Svengoolie.
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«Moviegoers could spend AN EVENING WITH KARLOFF on April 18, 1969, when four of the horror master's late-career AIP films were programmed at various Chicagoland drive-in and neighborhood theaters: Die, Monster, Die (1965), The Terror (1963), The Raven (1963), and Black Sabbath (1963).»
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🎃More #horror films that were released on October 27th...
Die, Monster, Die! (1965).
#BorisKarloff
Planet of the Vampires (1965)(US). #scifi #MarioBava
Halloween (1978)(wide).
#JohnCarpenter
Copycat (1995).
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995). #WesCraven
Saw III (2006).
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Die, Monster, Die! was alright. Boris Karloff is pretty good and the film has decent atmosphere though I wish we had more mutant beast action like in the Greenhouse.
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