@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)
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 canβt trust the numbers, a bafflingly bad one would be best, for fun comments.
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/
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. π
@kcarr2015 Fair enough.
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! π
@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.
#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! π
Muppet Show. Season 1. Episode 19. Vincent Price.
Let's go wash our eyes out with some decent comedy.
#Monsterdon #TheRaven
now, if you'll all excuse me, I need to get bossed around by a raven
#Monsterdon Daughter and I have moved on to The Comedy of Terrors.
E no #monsterdon de hoje, vimos que quando vocΓͺ tem Vincent Price, Peter Lorre e Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson Γ© praticamente um figurante
#theraven1963
I think we need a quality movie next week. Itβs been a while.
@strangefour That is always the way with #Monsterdon π
Of course they're not dead. I never thought otherwise.
And they fucked off intoβ¦ oh I donβt know. What happened again?
#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
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.
#Monsterdon #TheRaven
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
now playing Glow Worm. Quite a musical repertoire.
@plaidtron3000 Aw, they should have had a chance at adoption first #monsterdon
BK getting flame broiled.
1 hr and 30 minutes was a good time frame.
#Monsterdon
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
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!
The raven shuts up into the βsee the cast take their bowsβ
Thanks for a fun romp, @Taweret and the #monsterdon gang!
Raven *is* Peter Lorre's Rightful Form #Monsterdon
Did John Williams score this?
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.
The raven trainer deserves most of the credit here #Monsterdon
I feel like that last line could have been a bit more snappy
That felt like it was based more on Young Frankenstein than is was The Raven.
#Monsterdon
James Nicholson? Is Jack a nepo baby?
#monsterdon
everyone involved should feel very embarrassed
except the raven, who was, of course, marvellous
His wife is dead. Happy ending.
These end titles are a little dizzying...
@Zerofactorial They were collapsed back into the quantum noise from which they were originally pulled.
#monsterdon ok well I thought that was silly fun :)
OH NOES. The matte painting is on fire -- sort of...
#monsterdon
@Cherizilla My brain takes issue with "harmless"
wizard lasers! #monsterdon
Oh. That Take was amazing!
4th wall break.
#Monsterdon π¦ββ¬ πΈοΈ π° π±
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.
#monsterdon
HE SAID THE THING!
#Monsterdon
Peter Lorrie perched above my pallid bust of Pallace, just about my chamber door. Perched there and sat.
And said nothing more.
That was not "Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven"
I wonder whether the puppies were okay during the tower collapse #monsterdon
I'm crushing your head - Kids in the Hall
It's amazing that despite Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, and Peter Lorre, the crow steals the show here
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!"
SHUT
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
#Monsterdon
Puppies!!!
Not on my bingo card either. Goodness.
Auld Lang Syne followed by Loveliest Night of the Year. How quaint.
Scanners did it better.
#Monsterdon #TheRaven
@SRLevine Might as well, yeah
@SRLevine Safe assumption
I guess the escape capsule worked.
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?
#monsterdon
@CactuarJoe brimstone castles were common back then
#monsterdon
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.
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
it must be really expensive to get wizardβs castle insurance #Monsterdon
FIRE! IN THE PAINTING!
Ooof ... the matte painting of the castle exterior with the flames is so bad ... especially after the interior sets burning.
So, Rexford travels around the world for the rest of his days, with his dad raven as a companion.