@rebeld So if "gorgonized" means turned to stone, "disgorgonized" means turned into flesh, right? #monsterdon

Some mo-fo snakes on a mo-fo head!
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I guess you could say that film's plot was a little disgorgonized.

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Boom - the abrupt ending, with a close-up of snake-lady's hat holder.

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That fake head sucked.

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I would have ended that film differently

But thanks @Taweret for hosting. It was good!

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Mustache Saruman announces that Madam Carrothairhair is free now, and the Inspector Nick, whose real name was Paul I guess, dies. Then the movie ends.

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i like the retractable snakes

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When swordfighting, I would suggest striking at your opponent at any time other than the few moments they have their staff raised to block you

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well Christopher Lee made it out anyway

ty for joining, everyone!!

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Oh, come on. THe only way heavy candlestick beats sword is if you're not even trying. Gimme that thing.

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As our plot characters converge on the castle, Inspector Nick discovers Doctor Muttonchops is also there, waiting for (Carla / the Gorgon / Madam Carrothair) with a sword, like a maniac. Then we have a Sword versus candlestick battle, where muttonchops are proven stronger than not having muttonchops.

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Seriously, Meg's done nothing wrong in this whole film. She sits in the castle and people come in, look at her, and die. The village would be FINE if they'd stop wandering into the castle like lemmings! #Monsterdon

Chekhov’s conveniently placed mirror

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After some confusing running around and acting at each other, we reach another full moon night, and Mustache Saruman slaps Inspector Nick because drama, and then the later sneaks out at night.

Admittedly, by this point I've kind of given up on the plot and am just waiting for the snake lady to turn more people to stone. Go snake lady go!

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"Search the house!"

"Avoid all inflatable mattresses, balloons, and beach balls if you're going to wear those pointy helmets?"

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@SordidAmok All we got were some terrible sketches. Which seems apt.

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Ominous bassoon #monsterdon

All kinds of people are popping up in this glade.

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Bwahahaha! Reverse knife thunk. #monsterdon

Bam Maguera?

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She's a Gorgonite leading them all around by the dick, isn't she? That's how these ladies roll, isn't it?

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Alright, I think I realized why I'm confusing basic details in this movie and its that it relies a lot on careful dialog and tightly written scenes to reveal plot and backstory, which is hard to follow when I'm also trying to live toot it. It sort of give me murder mystery vibes, where each scene has a bunch of context clues buried in it.

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@Lazarou @Zerofactorial it is a police state after all #monsterdon

Uh oh... #monsterdon Who knew they did glamour shots for immigration.

Legit 60s flick. I can tell by the pointy, conical boobs. #monsterdon

Inspector Nick has decided to continue his investigation by doing some graverobbing... he digs up a body and finds that it was turned to stone... I think it was his dad. Then Madam Carrothair, also known as Carla, also a character with suspiciously big hair, encounters him and is all mysterious like in a spooky cloak, but they have a relatively normal spooky conversation.

Inspector Nick asks her to leave Doctor Muttonchops and elope, but she won't, so there is Drama.

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Oh wait, that was wrong, they are the same character, named Carla. Okay, I retract my confused retraction. #monsterdon

She is definitely the Gorgon #monsterdon

I think I was also conflating Edna (I think that's her name? Doctor Muttonchops' wife?) with Madam Carrothair (the nurse lady) earlier in this thread.

I am not always a reliable #monsterdon narrator, but I am probably extra unreliable with this movie; mayhaps all the baffling facial hair has confounded my pattern recognition abilities.

I wish I could make people stop annoying me by saying "Good day".

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"It was the most horrible thing I've ever seen! And I saw both the live and the movie version of RENT"

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@SnoopJ UBlock Origin works on Tubi #monsterdon

"Huh, I'm afraid you've got kidney stones... and liver stones... and appendix stones... and lung stones... and"

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"I saw the Future darling....men, so many stupid men, just smiling, everything burned..."

*turns to stone

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I was originally thinking that Doctor Muttonchops knew more than what he thought, but now I'm thinking his skepticism of the weird people turning to stone bullshit was due to him being a Serious Scientist who doesn't put up with mythological shenanigans, despite him being in a monster movie.

So he's Scully I guess. But Peter Cushing Scully.

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lol, the 'rain' really did feel like some bored stage hand with a big hose

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this lady looks like what Christopher Lee would look like if he were a woman. if they aren't related, then they have incredibly similar face bone structures.

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In the next next scene, Doctor Muttonchops is discussing the mysterious death of Professor Dadbeard with his friend, who I will call Inspector Nick, and describes it as heart failure, but we all know that's bullshit because the dude turned to stone. They read Doctor Muttonchops last testament and mention Megara; I forgot who she was in classical mythology but is probably someone Gorgon related.

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Good thing he turned to stone slowly, so he had just enough time to write that letter

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#monsterdon If the professor finishes writing this letter and then reappears in the morning as Ben Grimm from the Fantastic Four this will be the best movie we ever picked

Get stoned, dad!

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In the next next scene, Professor Dadbeard is working on his Inu Yasha fanfiction, when he hears Beautiful Etheral Singing outside that the audience knows is incredibly spooky.

He wanders around the garden a little bit looking for a shard, then wanders out in the woods outside the castle, passing the ominous little free library pole shrine as the moon shines above, also ominously. Also, ominous music plays. Uh oh.

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When the moon hits your eye, you can't move if you try. That's a Gorgon. #Monsterdon #TheGorgon

In the next scene, Professor Dadbeard is chilling in his art warehouse, when an angry mob throws a torch in through the window and tries to burn his house down; his posse responds by trying to put the fire out with a broom.

Then the Pointy Hat Cops arrive and chase the angry mob away, then apologize that they can't prevent crimes because they're understaffed or something.

I am not sure why the angry mob was mad; unfortunately I missed that important detail while shitposting.

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Bruno's dad is freaking me out…

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mfw he says it's gorgons

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I find that a Bohemian artist with a drinking problem turned his pregnant girlfriend to stone.

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The father’s haircut is fascinating
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Grey hair dude somehow looks like Mr. Winter from a Rankin Bass show #monsterdon

"Your son was a man-slut sir!"

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I love asking a question ant then not letting him answer, good judging

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So, did Bruno suicide, or was he murdered?

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@cainmark I'm trying to guess the movie from the #monsterdon toots and I'm failing

The scene cuts to a town, where Peter Cushing is playing a victorian scientist/doctor, with suitably Victorian facial hair. We learn he is about to perform an autopsy, aided by his servant, Madam Carrot Hair.

Despite his facial hair being very British, this is probably in Germany, because he has to talk to a policeman, who is wearing one of those hats with the spike on it. I will call him Chief Spike.

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loving the stone finger reveal

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So Shauna apparently gets more lost, and sees a little shrine on a pole that resembles a Little Free Library, but for Jesus or somebody like that. Then the moon stares at her and she screams and dies... or maybe becomes a werewolf. I think she dies though.

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Can you get someone pregnant via etching?

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Ah - Borski castle. Sausages are half price on Tuesdays!

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Teasing toplessness from the opening.

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#monsterdon Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are in this!?!? YESSSSSS

GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO!

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@gnomon hmm, looks like all three actors only had bit parts in Scream and Scream Again

“Although the publicity for this movie made much of the fact that the three greatest horror stars of the day, Vincent Price, Sir Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing were all in it, the three actors have in fact only small roles in this movie, despite star billing.… The combined footage for all three actors only comes to about one-fifth of the total running time.”

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064949/trivia/?item=tr2310573&ref_=ext_shr_lnk
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@diazona @FeloniousPunk Piranha felt like it was twice as long somehow, in my opinion #monsterdon

@ohiofi @Lazarou @blogdiva @FeloniousPunk Twins of Evil was also pretty good, and also had boobs.

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#Monsterdon OK, I really enjoyed that, including the bitter, tragic ending for Paul and Carla. I'm a sucker for doomed romances. ❤️

Obviously, Dr. Namaroff can suck it!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMIJuuk1SFs #monsterdon

@Lazarou @blogdiva @FeloniousPunk I actually think the Wicker Man has been my favorite, so far.

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@FeloniousPunk Oh, my sweet summer child ... most are worse. Much worse.

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@RamenCatholic

Slay Gorgon, slay!

#monsterdon #thegorgon

#Monsterdon Oh man, Christopher Lee is such a rascal in this. 😆
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There was a monster, there was the barest semblance of a plot, there was no denouement... y'know what, I'm calling that a win by #Monsterdon standards.

Thanks as always @Taweret for hosting and everybody for posting! Looking forward to next time!

What about the mad woman in the cell? Did we just drop that?

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@bunnyhero for when having to wear a space helmet, wise #monsterdon

Okay I don't know about anyone else, but I loved that one. Great real estate, more buttons, a twirly mustache, powerful and dangerous women, confused and easily offended guys, statues, boobs, dirty palettes, I mean it's a CLASSIC

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@SnoopJ Christopher could do serious damage #monsterdon

And end. ...I guess it *did* wrap up the important bits (aside from who murdered Bruno the normal way)

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The Moral of the Story:

Never f*** with Christopher Lee

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we're free now. we're free

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"She's free now, Paul."

...And that makes it NOT murder and so I will NOT have to flee this jurisdiction. #Monsterdon

Another #Monsterdon is in the can!

Thanks to @Taweret for hosting!

Tonight's feature, #TheGorgon from 1964, was a stone cold thriller full of rocky suspense! We also had,

LOL YES WHAT A PROP

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harsh, about to turn to stone and found out his girlfriend was a medusa all along...

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RETRACTABLE SNAKES #monsterdon

I'm going in search of Carla - does anyone have a hat comprised entirely of mice?

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#monsterdon The Doctor had five years to think about what to do about a gorgon, and what was his plan?

To kind of hold his arm in front of his face?

#monsterdon _Peter Cushing lurks in Castle Borski, and is revealed in a flash of lightning holding a saber_

_Paul, like a great floppy twit, picks up a floor-standing candelabra with which to do battle_

No, you fool! A pen! Pick up a pen!!

Pretty sure this is a record low amount of screen time for a #monsterdon monster

After Inspector Nick goes sneaking out, the cops show up to arrest him for something... I'm gonna guess he was making fun of their hats. Because all cops are bastards, Mustache Saruman declines to cooperate with their administrative warrant and throws a door at them, then also sneaks out, so multiple people can be chasing the Gorgon.

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Christopher Lee can throw around those tiny cops like they were potatoes

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Is Bruno going to appear at the end and save everyone from Christopher Lee???

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The full moon thing is really throwing me. There's nothing about full moons and Gorgons.

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*watch partiers noticing that they've lost track of the plot*

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OK, when is this production going to run out of money? #monsterdon

With only 7 minutes to go I think this will be a classic #monsterdon sudden end

What if we make the whole movie a bottle episode?

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The truth IS out there. #monsterdon

#TheTruthIsOutThere #monsterdon

@Lazarou I think it's the script searching desperately for conflict.

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@msh Punisher tattoos are the Pickehaubes of the modern era. #monsterdon