A Quandry at Eight O’Clock in the Morning
Several weeks ago, I posted an entry on the short story 'Eight O'Clock in the Morning' by Ray Nelson. The story was the origin for the movie "They Live". Now,…
Vampirella — Part II
The second installment about the mesmeric character Vampirella
Vampirella — Part I
A true survivor: created in 1969 as merely the host of a Warren Publishing B&W horror magazine, Vampirella evolved past her counterparts Uncle Creepy and Cousin Eerie into becoming a real character in her own right, one being published to this day.
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“The Hypnotic Eye” (1960) Part I
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053931/]
Beautiful women disfigure themselves under the hypnotic control of a suave stage hypnotist and his sinister assistant. Part I (here) consists of a description of and the history of the movie: subsequent parts will include selections of the promotional material and press images (from my extensive collection) generated to promote the movie.
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“The Hypnotic Eye” — It Has Arrived!
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For those of you not familiar with this little curiosity of a movie, “The Hypnotic Eye” is a B&W horror movie from 1960 and featured a suave hypnotist whose female subjects all disfigured themselves. It has been a minor quest of mine to locate a decent and legal copy of it for my collection, but for years, the only copies available were obvious bootleg copies of varying quality.
When I first was aware of the availability of the DVD through Amazon, I was skeptical about the quality, but it also was the only way to get a legitimate copy, so about two weeks ago I ordered a copy as a Christmas present for myself.
Well, today, it arrived, and here’s my reaction to it.
“On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (1969)
James Bond (George Lazenby) is on the trail of Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Telly Savalas), now hiding in an exclusive clinic in Switzerland. Blofeld’s latest scheme is a world-wide blackmail plot, assisted by a number of lovely ladies under Blofeld’s hypnotic control. Complicating matters is the mutual attraction Bond feels toward Tracy di Vicenso (Diana Rigg), daughter of the head of the Union Corse crime syndicate.
“It Came From Half-Price Books”
Today (Thursday) was the last day of a 20% off sale at Half-Price Books and I took the opportunity to pick up a number of selections for the Collection. "Wonder…
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“Mars Needs Women” (1967)
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060672/]
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“Mars Needs Women”: Men from the planet Mars (led by former Disney child actor Tommy Kirk) come to Earth to steal genetically-perfect women (including stunningly beautiful scientist Yvonne Craig) with which to rebuild their race. Their strategy leaves a lot to be desired, as they announce to the Earth that they are coming and why, so the Earth is immediately on guard against them.
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“They Live” (1988)
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/]
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Aliens invade Los Angeles (and by implication, the entire world) but no one notices, because of their television mind control devices. Instead, everyone is hypnotized into believing everything is normal, with continual reinforcement through just about every media venue, from billboards and magazines, even to the dollar bills in currency. Only a few people can see the truth and they are the most hunted people on the planet.
Unfortunately for the aliens, the newest person to see through the mind control haze is a drifter with an extraordinary sense of self-preservation and the back-alley fighting skills to back it up. One drifter against an entire city. The aliens are in trouble.
“Thirteen Women” (1932)
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023582/]
Capsule Description: Thirteen women are marked for death, the revenge of one woman they denied entrance into their sorority and drove from the school. Armed with the mystic powers of her Asian ancestry, she uses the esoteric power of hypnotism and suggestion to drive her enemies to their deaths, stooping to mundane methods of poison and explosives when those methods fail.