@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

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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@kcarr2015 Fair enough.

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Closing credits were interesting so I guess I should remember the name of that producer too, huh. Les Baxter strikes again. So that's what a young Jack Nicholson looks like, but I see there's a James H. Nicholson in the executive mix. Well well well.
The End

@YsengrinWolf
True, true, but I chose to think the worst of Lenore, cuz she's mean! 💔

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@SordidAmok 😆
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@kcarr2015 We don't know if she actually killed another woman - she just came up with a dead body that looked close enough to her.

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#Monsterdon Coffins R Us. #TheComedyOfTerrors

@Mjack Oh man, rofl, imagine if someone actually did that. Watch the movie for a book report and turned in a report about that! 😆

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Muppet Show. Season 1. Episode 19. Vincent Price.
Let's go wash our eyes out with some decent comedy.
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now, if you'll all excuse me, I need to get bossed around by a raven

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#Monsterdon Daughter and I have moved on to The Comedy of Terrors.

E no #monsterdon de hoje, vimos que quando você tem Vincent Price, Peter Lorre e Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson é praticamente um figurante
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I think we need a quality movie next week. It’s been a while.

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@strangefour That is always the way with #Monsterdon 😌

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Of course they're not dead. I never thought otherwise.

And they fucked off into… oh I don’t know. What happened again?

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#monsterdon TIL: Edgar Allen Poe invented force lightning, as well as those Dr. Strange Spell discs. #TheRavenMovie #RogerCorman #AmericanInternationalPictures

If you want to see a cartoon adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe that isn't 'cartoonish' might I recommend the classic 1953 UAP short Tell-Tale Heart, narrated by James Mason. Gorgeous and moody and 7 minutes long! #monsterdon

https://youtu.be/vDJ48M5-pMI?si=lVXx_LM7e07KMOu4

This wasn't good, but it also wasn't bad. Actually I misspoke, this is pretty bad. #monsterdon #theraven

You in particular can go to hell for this horrible attempt at a hilarious soundtrack.
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The moral of the story is that if you write a beloved poem specify in your will to be buried with your ears sealed so you don't hear what the studios do with it #monsterdon

His castle has plaster walls? #Monsterdon

@moira @dbendit 😆#Monsterdon

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now playing Glow Worm. Quite a musical repertoire.

@plaidtron3000 Aw, they should have had a chance at adoption first #monsterdon

BK getting flame broiled.

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1 hr and 30 minutes was a good time frame.
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It kinda looks like the Raven is stuck in a Christmas tree during the credits #Monsterdon

@apLundell Eh I thought it was a nice little pun

That "nice" is of course relative to the quality of the movie

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Well! Of all the Poe adaptations I've seen in my life, this was definitely one.

Can't wait to see what's in store for next week! #monsterdon

Ok, raven-boy is a traitor, this movie is more subtle then I was expecting!

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@strangefour EXACTLY

fuck you, movie!

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The raven shuts up into the “see the cast take their bows”

Thanks for a fun romp, @Taweret and the #monsterdon gang!

Raven *is* Peter Lorre's Rightful Form #Monsterdon

Did John Williams score this?

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I liked all the wizbiz in the movie but that may have been the most annoying Peter Lorre has ever been. #Monsterdon

@SRLevine Probably for the best.

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The raven trainer deserves most of the credit here #Monsterdon

I feel like that last line could have been a bit more snappy

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That felt like it was based more on Young Frankenstein than is was The Raven.
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Vincent Price found the mute button

That was terrible

This is groaningly terrible!

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James Nicholson? Is Jack a nepo baby?
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everyone involved should feel very embarrassed

except the raven, who was, of course, marvellous

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His wife is dead. Happy ending.

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These end titles are a little dizzying...

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@Zerofactorial They were collapsed back into the quantum noise from which they were originally pulled.

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Bless this Mess

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Thanks everyone!

#monsterdon ok well I thought that was silly fun :)

OH NOES. The matte painting is on fire -- sort of...
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@Cherizilla My brain takes issue with "harmless"

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wizard lasers! #monsterdon

Oh. That Take was amazing!
4th wall break.

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oh no please I just want to meet the actual raven that is all i need

I liked The Pit and the Pendulum better. #Monsterdon

#monsterdon Wait, the line didn't even work.

We all knew it was going to end on that line, but they couldn't even give us a context where it makes sense!

So far the best version of the Raven by far. Also the only one I've seen.
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HE SAID THE THING!
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JAMES H. NICHOLSON presented?

So we have Jack Nicholson because of nepotism?

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Peter Lorrie perched above my pallid bust of Pallace, just about my chamber door. Perched there and sat.

And said nothing more.

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That was not "Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven"

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I wonder whether the puppies were okay during the tower collapse #monsterdon

I'm crushing your head - Kids in the Hall

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It's amazing that despite Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, and Peter Lorre, the crow steals the show here

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Aaaannd we go out on a fourth wall break #Monsterdon

So ends another #Monsterdon with the masterpiece, #TheRaven1963. Our thanks to @Taweret for hosting, and for everyone lurking and posting. And remember #Monsterdoners: He was the victim of some kind of diabolic. mind. control. (Lenore)

...Vince. C'mon. #Monsterdon

"...awwwww, cawwww mon!"

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SHUT

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I made you find your courage, frendo! #monsterdon

@thatdawnperson This film was ahead of its time before Trashing the Dress became popular #monsterdon

Ahhhh that's right, forgot there's supposed to be a raven involved #monsterdon

Well, that looks like #EndCredits for tonight's #Monsterdon. I don't know. It was pretty bad... I think #TheRaven was the best character... Oh well. I'm not sure how you make a 90 minute film out of a 7 minute poem... Well, very poorly...

the raven is the only person delivering a good performance in this film

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Puppies!!!
Not on my bingo card either. Goodness.

Auld Lang Syne followed by Loveliest Night of the Year. How quaint.

Scanners did it better.
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@SRLevine Might as well, yeah

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@SRLevine Safe assumption

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I guess the escape capsule worked.

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NM. I got played. #Monsterdon

Ok, while we're busy with the duel - can someone explain the Lenore situation? Was she dead? Is that a spirit? Is that her daughter? I'm so confused #monsterdon #TheRaven #TheRaven1963

AWE MOM, Finger Rays AGAIN?
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@CactuarJoe brimstone castles were common back then
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Yes, look at her dress #monsterdon

@dbendit It was all the papier mache #monsterdon

Well it looks like the feed cut out for me at 1:18 min, so I'm just going to assume the wizard duel goes on forever.

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So he just burned them like that? Cold. #Monsterdon

Oh no, the stream is down for me. Will it ever come back? I don't especially care

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it must be really expensive to get wizard’s castle insurance #Monsterdon

FIRE! IN THE PAINTING!

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Ooof ... the matte painting of the castle exterior with the flames is so bad ... especially after the interior sets burning.

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So, Rexford travels around the world for the rest of his days, with his dad raven as a companion.

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@Cherizilla 😆

This may need a "lewd" CW!

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