tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post1526312966272630835..comments2024-03-12T12:38:23.542-04:00Comments on The Kind of Face You Hate: A Very Vigorous Actorbill r.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-57587938566259848742008-08-26T12:49:00.000-04:002008-08-26T12:49:00.000-04:00It's a great line, Rick. And the shot of Price th...It's a great line, Rick. And the shot of Price through the window, looking back at the critics laughing at him, really haunts me.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure I've seen many movies that so completely upended my expectations, as this one did. Not because I liked it -- I expected to -- but because of what it was all really about. I need to do an IMDB search for Hickox and Greville-Bell, and see what else they put out there...bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-88228689789952016622008-08-26T08:51:00.000-04:002008-08-26T08:51:00.000-04:00Nine readers, my friend, nine ...And has there eve...Nine readers, my friend, nine ...<BR/><BR/>And has there ever been a more memorable line than "to a twitching, mumbling boy, who can barely grunt his way through an incomprehensible performance!"?<BR/><BR/>The movie lives in immortality for that line alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-31768043750870558592008-08-23T12:57:00.000-04:002008-08-23T12:57:00.000-04:00There's a clip or two from it and Phibes in my Oct...There's a clip or two from it and Phibes in my October trailer too.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-51769405667087318282008-08-23T10:32:00.000-04:002008-08-23T10:32:00.000-04:00And that beheading scene, with the shot of the bed...And that beheading scene, with the shot of the bed shaking due to the sawing...yikes.<BR/><BR/>Jonathan, I did get this in a bargain bin, but I can't remember seeing clips of it at your site. I know you'd raved about it, which made me want to see it, but I don't know about the rest. Maybe you're thinking of <I>The Devil and Daniel Webster</I>.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-14785179637110231792008-08-23T10:10:00.000-04:002008-08-23T10:10:00.000-04:00Fox - I wouldn't classify Theatre of Blood as a lo...Fox - I wouldn't classify <B>Theatre of Blood</B> as a lost film or anything, it's pretty big. And not only is it sincere, as Bill says, but quite disturbing in parts. I hadn't seen it in years when, a couple of years ago, I decided I wanted to watch it again and got it on DVD. I told my wife that our little one could watch it with us since she loves old Universal horror films so much that I've introduced her too. Anyway, she was five at the time and the crazy bums killing the critic at the beginning just freaked her out and I was like, "oops, I forgot how dark this movie is." <BR/><BR/>But it's a great one I think, despite the flaws Bill mentions. <BR/><BR/>Say Bill, didn't you get this in a bargain bin or something and want to watch it after seeing clips in my October trailer? I hope I remember that right cause that would be super cool. <BR/><BR/>Oh yeah and I left a comment last night on Mamet just as you must have been writing this because I didn't see this up when I commented. Just missed it. I guess I'm not a closer.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-52259947468259356322008-08-23T02:12:00.000-04:002008-08-23T02:12:00.000-04:00Fox, I don't know anything about any of the people...Fox, I don't know anything about any of the people involved in this movie, other than a few of the actors. I thought that <I>Theater of Blood</I> was going to be just an amusing black comedy. I didn't know it was going to actually be <I>sincere</I>.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-27207857735301820082008-08-23T02:09:00.000-04:002008-08-23T02:09:00.000-04:00"But in the broader view I do realize that years o..."But in the broader view I do realize that years of hard work is often cruelly dismissed in a few paragraphs."<BR/><BR/>One of the things I like about bloggers is that they have the means to combat that type of dismissal. Sure, we can contribute to it too, but I probably would have never thought to rent <I>Theater of Blood</I> had it not been for this post.<BR/><BR/>It's cool that bloggers (like you, Jonathan, and Marylin, for example...) champion older films that time may have forgotten.<BR/><BR/>Also, do you know if the director or writer of this film had a particular incident with a critic?Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067136509248849744noreply@blogger.com