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AND WE GOT HAMMER'ED!

thank you @Taweret and the whole ass mess of monsterdonians for choosing this awesome entry into the Monsterdon canon. i guess we can't go wrong if it's a movie with Peter Cushing or Christoper Lee.

had a blast!

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so, this movie is supposed to take place in 1910? so that's the end of the Edwardian era, that post-Victorian intermezzo prior to the WW1.

i've been kinda obsessed with this period, right up to 1939. 1925 was fucking wild, by the way.

anyways, 1910 and the Edwardian era are, for all intents and purposes, the official end of Queen Victoria's reign of conservative terror; and marks the beginning of the end of the House of Hapsburg.

it's fascinating.

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it's an honor to be bitch-slapped by Sir Christopher Lee

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"this is a police state, they don't have to give you any reasons"

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i know those are some late hapsburg era helmets but it reminds me of a certain alien…

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so the monster didn't fuck off into the sea; but got it's head chopped off by Christopher Lee. that makes it a win for me.

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WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP GOING OUTSIDE AND IN THE DARK ALL BY THEMSELVES AND WITHOUT AT LEAST A BASEBALL BAT?!?!

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#monsterdon CHRISTOPHER LEE, IN THE CASTLE, WITH THE CAVALRY SABER

The true monster of this movie is 'pacing'

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the tailoring in this movie is amazing. that coat and vest on Peter Cushing are also a look. well done costume designers, well done.

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seriously, white people will go into creepy buildings filled with all types of monsters, and at all times of the day and night, but won't fight fascists.

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The dating scene looks rough in this town. One woman and one gorgon. Sausage fest. There aren't good odds. #monsterdon

She told Bruno she was pregnant. How does everybody else know? Did they find a stone fetus in her?

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Well once again the monster should have won that and to hell with the Patriarchy!

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Sir Christopher Lee wielded that sword like he was in Clash of the Titans.

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you can tell Peter Cushing was trained in Shakespearean theater cuz his handling of the sword was magnificent

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I bet if Christopher Lee actually slapped you, you'd know about it...

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Showing up to my passport renewal appointment with a tasteful sepia etching for my photo. #monsterdon

i keep hearing GAMERA every time they say MAGERA

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@FeloniousPunk this one was actually better than most. the whole point of #Monsterdon is to watch BAD monster movies —for the exception of the original GOJIRA which is a masterpiece.

#monsterdon And that's a wreck! Carla is beheaded & released from possession by the spirit of the gorgon; Paul succumbs to petrification as Professor Meister intones that at least Carla is now free - cold comfort to Paul, stone cold in fact. Absolutely nobody fucks off into the sea.

Thank you @Taweret, this was a goofy fun film that punched above its weight! Thank you @Cherizilla for the bingo card!

And thank you, dear reader, for watching along with us. Good night to one and all!

HISS

Secret tunnels? Knife throwing assasins? WTAF is even happening in this movie right now???

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maybe she wants him to take her away so she can continue her reign of terror elsewhere

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I have defeated the gorgon! #monsterdon

DON'T GO OUTSIDE!!!

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Things I liked about this movie
* Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, OMG
* The clever plot device of having the Lady With the Gigantic Hair being a Secret Weremedusa
* The cops had silly hats.

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the professor knows to not let himself get arrested because ACAB

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They're not doing a good job of suggesting multiple weeks between full moons. It seems rather like the moon goes full every few days.

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Carla is possessed by a werewolf Gorgonzola and only has two blouses.

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Ham it up Lee! This is why we came. 🤩 #monsterdon

#monsterdon There are 17 minutes left in this movie, that's still enough time for Christopher Lee to absolutely demolish Ratoff with a full-length mirror in a brass frame wielded like a steel chair in the WWF

#monsterdon A wild Christopher Lee appears! He used Dramatic Entrance in the Dead of a Blustery Night. It's super effective!

The only way we’re past Bechdel is if Magera and Carla the redhead pour some tea and have a chat. Maybe they could talk about “the male gaze”

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I'm suspecting that Madam Carrothair might be gorgon in disguise, just because she is often around when the Gorgon is mentioned and also her hair is big enough to hide snakes in it.

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Drat they named all the Gorgon ladies, and there is no Zola. Opportunity missed.

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The better ending, they're all statues at embarrassing angles, and the Medusa spends her day arranging them into funny and degrading scenes, until WWII kicks off.

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What I mistook for an oboe may have been those lil snakes singing in harmony. #monsterdon

Honestly, all these male characters could die and I could not care, it's like watching the News

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#monsterdon _Christopher Lee open-palms Paul across the face with the force of a garden spade_

"I can't let you destroy yourself, Paul!"

I have spent too long on the internet, all I can see is Batman smacking Robin across the kisser

"Full Moon"

Are we doing werewolves now? where is this all going?

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The truly sexy thing about this woman is that she is the only one in town not wearing mutton chops

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"Oh yes, Carla"
"Carla Hoffmann"
"Is she beautiful?"
"Well she's probably got a bunch of snakes under her hair, if that's what you're asking."

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#monsterdon I don't know how Doctor Namaroff managed to remove the brain of that deceased patient without very audibly getting through the bone of a skull in that scene. Perhaps there was some kind of reverse petrification going on - jello-fication, as it were.

You can tell he's classy by the way he said "laboratory". You know exactly what I mean.

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what's the name of the lady scientist? her dresses are amazingly tailored. they almost look sewn on her.

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Love,

Dad

P.S. I’m sooooo stoned right now

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Christopher Lee's hair is always majestically awful in these movies, LOL

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"I'm sorry our police force is very small, and our hats fit awkwardly, what can we do?"

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yes dude, try to put out the fire with a straw broom.

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i just don't like the mustacheless yet bearded look. it's just unnatural.

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So this turns into Imperial German Law and Order, where more cops with pointy caps are running through the woods doing a search, and they find a dead guy hanging from a tree and its Bruno.

We then go to the court, where judge White Goatee is presiding over the investigation. We meet Bruno's dad and hear that Bruno was a bohemian, like in Moulan Rouge... Mulan Ridge... Moolan... uh... the musical with the absinthe in a fancy brothel.

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"Your son was something of a Bohemian"

No, he was actually Moravian

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yep. they talking about Bruno.

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wow. i've never seen a hospital gurney with RED sheets before.

am particular keen to noticing this given i spent 2 years in-and-out of hospitals.

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@blogdiva @FeloniousPunk The Wicker Man was excellent too #monsterdon

I award #TheGorgon 3 out of 5 poorly articulated headsnakes.

I would have given it 2 out of 5 because I spent most of it bored and confused, but due to an excess of mercy on my part, I gave the last #monsterdon movie I saw 2 out of 5 something or others, and that last movie was Invasion of the Star Creatures, which was indeed, a lot worse than this one.

So like, 3 out of 5 I guess. yeah.

And that's the end! Another 83 minutes you'll never get back! Remember, folks, if someone tells you they're into getting stoned, make sure they don't mean it literally! #monsterdon

The wild hostility all the male characters have to each other, is that the Gorgon's powers or just the script?

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Remember the opening scene? When we had hopes for toplessness? That's gone now.

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"what is going on?!

Class war my friends, Class war

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Christopher Lee was so tall, OMG

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welp, at least he ain't covered in worms. he stoned.

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At least with this gorgonisation process you have time to fine a good pose for when you die, rather than be caught out with a dumb face of surprise or something...

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Rather than the Gorgon he was exposed to one minute of our Future....and that's why he went mad

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There's no theremin sound in this, how will we know when the monster is coming? #monsterdon

It's difficult to take a man seriously when he has a big brass nipple on his head. #monsterdon

Bruno¹ Heights²? it's like this is a shout out to that problematic yet incredibly talented Puerto Rican, LOL

¹ Encanto
² The Heights

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Call Professor Heights and ask him how the weather is up there... he hates that

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"I too, am a student of human nature"
*looks at porn

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so, i guess, we gonna talk about Bruno?

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#monsterdon I kept my 13 minute lag, but it was just as good. I was able to scroll pretty much at pace with the movie and everyones commentary. Still a great ride :) Not nearly as whackadoodle as previous films, with some small nods at whackadoodle, still. A perfect little touch of whackadoodle.

@sealawyer lets make gorgonized the new 420 #monsterdon

Ohhhhh No, Tubi, you can't get me that easy, there is NO WAY I am watching the Curse of the Mummy's Tomb next, tyvm

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Carla wears her hair *up* for a reason. She tucks a few mice in there occasionally too, no doubt.

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@Zerofactorial the Patriarchy is strong with this town #monsterdon

I admit, I have lost the plot. If there is one.

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"The most noble work of God, the Human Brain"

My dude, look what we did with our brains, will you see, mwhahahahaha!

*turns to stone at sight of 'Crypto'

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@cienmilojos It's the Gorgon's property, been in the family since Zeus deeded it to her, this whole "she's a monster who turns people to stone" thing is a myth the rich guys in town created so they could get her property dirt cheap and develop it into condocastles.

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Man wakes screaming in the night "they called a ship, BOATY MCBOATFACE", the nurse tries to stroke him erotically back to sleep...

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!

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Just get every fucking second out of your lines lady, make the studio pay

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"This is a police state, they don't have to give reasons"

Sigh....

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lol@ Grey Dude turning to stone.....but the process is slow enough for him to write a letter, and freak out his boyfriend....

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Christopher Lee's voice is just fabulous

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the name of the Gorgon is Maguera? that sounds very kaiju-like.

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Okay, so they're wheeling the body in, and then a finger snaps off, causing Madam Carrot Hair to Scream Loudly. And the body is all gray because the body has been Turned to Stone; it is the body of Shauna. But like, the stone is very soft and snappy... like chalk or something.

And Dr Muttonchops is like "I cannot do this autopsy; the dead person is stone" and the audience is like "yeah, that makes sense."

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I need a recording of that dramatic BWAAA noise for whenever I bump into something. #monsterdon

I think this is just how Peter Cushing lived, when he wasn't filming he was in his 'Experimenting Room'

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#monsterdon Were Christopher Lee and Vincent Price ever in a movie together and, follow-up question, can we watch that one?

@ramsey @blogdiva @FeloniousPunk I was so for the pagans burning the judgemental christian policeman, and I felt everyone was on the same page too! A real spirit of community.

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Hammer did some good movies, right? That isn't something I made up, is it?

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@Zerofactorial They shoulda made it so they end up as statues together forever. #monsterdon

This concludes my most confused #monsterdon thread yet; thanks to @Taweret for hosting tonight's goofy ass wacko medusa murder mystery extravaganza!

The mirror, which is essential to the Medusa myth was a red herring? The mad woman was a red herring? The forehead acne was a red herring?

Was anything relevant?

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Gotta say it's some pretty good sword-versus-coatrack choreography

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he didn't even stick his dick in crazy and is fighting to the death for Carla? what a shmuck.

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I hope she does leave town and all these possessive losers behind

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