"We don't keep such things in this house, we're vegetarians." This movie is a fucking delight
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We are vegetarian!
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we're vegetarians????????

okay, this is not what i was expecting from this movie, but honestly, if Vince is enjoying himself, so am I.

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Vegetarians! Oh, how droll

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@Zerofactorial that Peter.....

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Y'all I am dropping into Monsterdon and I like corvids.

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That grin wasn’t acting, it was because it’s fun to have a corvid on your arm #Monsterdon

"That voice", yes that badly dubbed voice. #monsterdon

"You are under an enchantment!"

Yeah, it's called a Corman contract. #Monsterdon

IMDB says Vincent was not fond of his co-star because it would poop on his shoulder #monsterdon

The Ravens name is Vinny

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Starting #Monsterdon late on 1.5x speed and this is way more enthusiasm than this poem deserves

Quoth the raven, "HOW THE HELL SHOULD I KNOW?"

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I was not expecting the raven to say "How the hell should I know?" Lmao

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eyyy we got a sassy raven heah #monsterdon

#Monsterdon LOL! Snarky bird!

magicians turned into crows naturally talk like AM radios

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"How the hell should I know?"

--the Raven, aka the GOAT

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Okay, clearly that telescope's positioning is an ongoing conceo in the Price home.

So… move it?
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oh no i hate the raven now

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I hate walking dick-first into my telescope, only to see an ominous bird immediately after #monsterdon

"Milk. How vomitable."

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Okay, the telescope has become a bit.

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quoth the raven, "gimmie some wine!"

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raven with attitude!

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HI HAWARYA

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Love the recurring telescope gag.

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You can see the string on the bird! #monsterdon

Van Dyke would be doing prat falls over the medieval furniture

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I'm not sure that one should ever say "well, upon my soul..."
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Anyone at the door? No, it's just the redressed set of the Pit and the Pendulum, just how I left it. #monsterdon

#monsterdon Raven sign@!!

Raven just wants to say hi
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awww cute bird!

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Watch out for that telescope (again) ... nevermind.

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Price is great, but this really is a part for Dick van Dyke

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#Monsterdon I didn't get the title. Did anyone else?

Shouldn't the title of that book be "Forgotten Lore?" #Monsterdon #TheRaven

for a moment I thought that was a Pizza Hut cup rather than a goblet. #monsterdon

“i brought you your goblet of warm milk my father” my child is always saying this #monsterdon

"To you she was only a stepmother, but to me she was... a trophy wife"

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"I brought you your goblet of warm milk, father"

Thank you. And the silver platter of Oreo cookies? #Monsterdon

No I think the young understand grief very well actually.

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It's funny because he's sad

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Aaaah!

I brought you your goblet of warm milk, father.

Warm milk? AAAAAAAAAH

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Is it typical to dust the coffin you've kept for two years in your bedroom?
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A GOBLET of warm milk father! DRINK! DRINK FROM THE GÖBLET FÄTHER! #monsterdon #theraven

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His voice always makes me want to Thriller dance.

#Monsterdon What a robe, tho

Most inconsolable widows just have a portrait, not a casket. #monsterdon

This is why it's so important you secure your environment before you put on your VR headset. #Monsterdon

Root post for #Monsterdon, today's movie is #TheRaven, which is APPARENTLY unrelated to "The Crow," which I probably should have known already.

Quoth the Raven: Eat my shorts. All I can think of is the Treehouse of Horror.

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Noting but the finest special effects were used.

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Vincent's Tilt Brush was way ahead of its time. #monsterdon

Well, this is the definitive reading of this poem. Or it was until it got cut short but silliness.
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Bonk count: 1

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#Monsterdon My daughter: "It's Harold and the Purple crayon" :blobfoxcrylaugh:

Win!

Lose!

Or Draw!

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I see like me, Vincent has been consuming magic mushrooms.....

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This is comedy!

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Classic long tube telescope! (...on an alt-az moutn)

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Watch out for that telescope ... nevermind.

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Now draw the rest of the raven…

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raven trying to use the telescope

raven's an astronomer

pretty smart, raven

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Aww, he’s using a mental Etch-A-Sketch!!

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Vincent Price appears to be using an early version of Procreate.

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Of course, I'd happily listen to Vincent Price read the phone book, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #Monsterdon

@holly He does have a really good voice for this sort of thing doesn't he?

Though Karlof is really good at the stuff he does too.

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@arrjay and Edgar Allen Poe

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Air touchscreen? #monsterdon #theraven

Vincent Price reciting Poe is my ASMR #monsterdon #TheRaven #TheRaven1963

@miru Oh yeah, starting with Vincent reading the poem! #Monsterdon #TheRaven1963 and various gloomy nature and castle shots!

Oh man, Vincent Price reading The Raven! If that doesn't set the mood for horror, I don't know what will!

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Vincent Price could read the Phone Book and make it gothic...

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Her name is Lenore

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Tonight on #Monsterdon we're going to do some bird watching! With VINCENT PRICE! You know that means it will be FABULOUS!

Follow or filter the hashtag as you would!

Narration: check #Monsterdon

Spill on Aisle 5

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Oh dear, a Roger Corman film.
With extra-red titles, as a warning.

let it roll!

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honestly i would pay good money to hear Vince just recite the poem.

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So basically he's just gonna recite the poem and that's the movie

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Final #MonsterdonBingo card, I got 2!

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@strangefour The Black Cat segment in Tales of Terror is a classic, but note that it mixes The Black Cat with The Cask of Amontillado and a lot of comedy.

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For those of you scrolling through your timeline, you're about to hit a big mass of Monsterdon postings about The Raven (1963).

Should you not wish to read through them, here's how to filter them out, at least on the web browser:
1) right click on the gears & open in a new tab
2) choose "Filters" then "Add New Filter"
3) give the filter a title, check all boxes under contexts, choose hide completely and put "#Monsterdon" in the keyword box.
4) Click on "Save New Filter"

... and you're done.

What on earth is this music! So many random bells and whistles.

Wait, is that where the term comes from? o.0

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This is basically the wizards duel from Equal Rites!

@WizardOfDocs

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IDK. I don't really understand the complaints. Within the constraints:

* Adapted from a poem that isn't all that long (and has even less plot, as it is mostly a reflection on the themes of death and loss).

* Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff all need roles (I doubt they cared so much about Jack Nicholson then).

* Roger Corman directing.

* Comedy, but also creepy.

I think it was a pretty solid movie. They had multiple, well-made and well-dressed sets (I wonder if they are re-used?) and some very expressive matte or glass-painting work.

And some film compositing -- did y'all notice the phantom Raven drawing at the beginning was behind a chair! That had to be a film-composite shot. Very nice work for 1963.

And they had to develop a story for a 95 minute feature film.

@moira @paco @catzilla Insert your own sexist comment here #monsterdon

@diazona @jonny @Tengu @combatwombat omg i missed this too!! #monsterdon

thanks for a fun time, #monsterdon

@davesdogmaggie You mean a good quality or a bad quality one? Or just one that's willing to choose? #monsterdon

@uptownsongclub Might I also recommend the children's book version: https://micahbedwards.wordpress.com/lil-eddie/

(caveat: the author's sister is a long time friend of mine and I backed the original kickstarter)

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I don't believe it passed the #bechdeltest either #monsterdon

Welp, that was another fun #Monsterdon!

Thanks to @Taweret for hosting, @Cherizilla for organizing #MonsterdonBingo, @JoeWynne for the drink recipe, and all of you for making it fun!

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It was a meh film for me as reflected in my review, not quite good enough or bad enough to be fully satisfying. Two and a half stars on #letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/anderson_petaq/film/the-raven-1963/ #monsterdon

@davesdogmaggie I thought that would be the case this week with a 6.5 on IMDb. But, not.

Since we can’t trust the numbers, a bafflingly bad one would be best, for fun comments.

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i did not know that karloff was in an earlier (loose) adaptation of the raven in 1935 (with lugosi) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026912/

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Okay so yeah this was definitely the worst Vincent Price thing I've seen to date, and I say that as someone who owns the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode where he guest-stars as an evil puppetmaster that makes living puppet versions of the crew of the Seaview to try to take over the sub. 😆

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