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JM Cozzoli

A horror and movie fan with a blog. Scary.

Dracula (TV Movie, 1974)
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Dan Curtis's made for television Dracula (Bram Stoker's Dracula), starring Jack Palance, and written by Richard Matheson, was tapped into by Francis Ford Coppola for his Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). According to Wikipedia, Gene Colon got the idea for his Dracula's appearance (Tomb of Dracula) from seeing Palance in his first hookup with Dan Curtis, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It's a shame Palance did not continue to play Dracula in other movies. 

Dracula

The Prey (1984) Mexican Lobby Card

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I was thinking The Prey was a straight to VHS endeavor, but IMDb lists New World Pictures as a theatrical distributor so it did have a limited theater run at least.  Here's the blurb from IMDb: "Six campers jaunt off to North Point, where they're promptly stalked and killed by a ghoulish man who ultimately is just looking for a little love." Sure. And with a tagline like "it's not human, and it's got an axe" I'm still not seeing this one as a big theater draw, but John Kenneth Muir did give it a positive review, so I recommend you read what he says about it to help you make up your mind. The movie was actually completed in 1978 but didn't see release until 1984. 

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Red Planet Mars (1952)
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Messages from Mars send the United States into a tizzy. An odd "red scare" movie from the 1950s, Red Planet Mars tosses in God, Nazis technology, the Red Menace, nuclear power, and Peter Graves, and may actually be worth revisiting: its relevance to today's fake news/political meddling, and religious hypocrisies may have been prescient. John L. Balderston and John Hoare wrote it. Balderston's version of the Dracula stage play became the vehicle for Bela Lugosi, and, according to Wikipedia, he was an uncredited contributor to Mark of the Vampire. Unfortunately, the poster art leaves much to be desired.

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Sudden Fear (1952) Mexican Lobby Card

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From Wikipedia: "In 1984, film noir historian Spencer Selby noted, "Undoubtedly one of the most stylish and refined woman-in-distress noirs." This Mexican lobby card for Sudden Fear illustrates that tone quite well with a beautiful closeup of Joan Crawford at her histrionic-best. Notice, also, how the lighting for the couple at the bottom right embellishes them with a sinister patina.

Sudden Fear Lobby Card

She (1965) Pressbook

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H. Rider Haggard's novel did get a lot of movie versions. According to Wikipedia, Ursula Andress's accent irritated the studio enough to do a re-dubbing by Nikki van der Zyl. Financed through MGM, the budget for this Hammer film was "triple" the usual for a Hammer movie. Not one of my Hammer favorites, but with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee along for the ride, it's definitely worthwhile viewing.

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The Blob (1958)
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One of the most frightening monsters in horror cinema. And there's Steve McQueen tossed in for good measure (he'd go on to do television's Wanted: Dead or Alive). The movie playing in the theater when the Blob spills out of the projector booth is Daughter of Horror (a re-cut of Dementia, 1955). If you haven't caught this movie, do so: it's held up and still delivers the goosebumps.

Blob

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Rear Window (1954) Re-Release Pressbook

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This is the re-release pressbook for 1962. I'm willing to bet you never knew there was an Alfred Hitchcock Coloring Book to promote the movie! Well, only four pages, sure, but the "This is a seat in a movie theatre" page should be colored and framed. And you thought Roger Corman and William Castle were the only ones with a barker-bone in their bodies, didn't you? 

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