The Gorgon
nhgeek
nhgeek
nhgeek

Hammer Films: where British accents and ancient legends go to die.

Terencio

I literally paused Raging Bull for this.

Ysengrin Blackpaw πŸ”œ WPAFW
Ysengrin Blackpaw πŸ”œ WPAFW
YsengrinWolf@meow.social

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Ysengrin Blackpaw πŸ”œ WPAFW
Ysengrin Blackpaw πŸ”œ WPAFW
YsengrinWolf@meow.social

A big thank you to @Taweret for hosting tonight's enjoyable film. That it was also one I hadn't seen before was a plus. A bit light on the death (one hanging, one decapitation, one by misadventure, and two Gorgonizations with a possible third - Cushing dropped pretty fast, might have been a heart attack before the stoning got him) but a ton of costume and scenery and the eating thereof. A proper Hammer film!

#Monsterdon #TheGorgon1964

Scarab (Sarah)
Scarab (Sarah)
Configures@mindly.social

@YsengrinWolf @jsadow Solution 1: Bohemian artist went off to rampage at girlfriend's father, realized he didn't have the moral courage, hung himself. Girlfriend getting Gorgonized was coincidence. Solution 2: Bohemian artist dithered in the woods, then saw his dead girlfriend, blamed himself, hung himself. #TheGorgon #Monsterdon

bunnyhero+
bunnyhero+
bunnyhero@mstdn.ca

turns out it wasn't my apple TV crashing. it was my TV flipping outβ€” it wasn't displaying anything from my playstation either! a hard power cycle fixed it though, phew #monsterdon

Hollie
Hollie
hollie@social.coop

This ⬆️ joke was beneath me but I had a rocky start, let's not quarry about it

<stumbles, falls down, waves everyone else on>

#Monsterdon

SnoopJ
SnoopJ
SnoopJ@hachyderm.io

I could maybe try to count "Monster Weakness Discovered" for a bingo, but nah. Not with all the mythology going on in this movie being undercut in the climax.

I had a lot of fun with this one, though! It's unmistakeably of its era, but I think quite fun. The sets were beautiful, the dialogue was all performed quite well. Even the writing had a few nice things going on when it wasn't dripping Greek mythology goop from a blender.

And hey, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing?

#Monsterdon

Log πŸͺ΅
Log πŸͺ΅
log@mastodon.sdf.org

What they needed was sort of reverse Muppet movie, wherein the entire cast was human, except for exactly one Henson creature shop character. Them fake sneks wuz horrible. #monsterdon

Joe Watching βš½πŸŽžοΈπŸš΄πŸ“Ί
Joe Watching βš½πŸŽžοΈπŸš΄πŸ“Ί
JoeWynne@mstdn.plus

πŸ¦–#MONSTERDON Goodbye!

☠️ Thank you @Taweret for hosting this solid choice! Can't start the week without it!

and thanks @cherizilla for the Bingo card! Nailed it with 'Elaborate Facial Hair'. πŸ‘¨

πŸͺ¨ And to all the members of the Real Time Film Analysis Squad: Most entertaining tootstream! Now I'm going to get gorgonized. GOOD DAY!

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