Great to see this message board on one of my favorite old horror movies. A special thank you to the folks who supplied the lyrics and chords to the unforgettable "Vernon's Theme"! I routinely break out the falsetto walking around the house singing those riveting opening two lines: "To live in a dream, a victim of maaaaaadnesssssss!" My wife and kids, somehow, endure.
The evil English teacher goes by the delicious name of Mrs. Grindstaff. Her beheading is clutch, and the quick cut to the investigation scene, where they are re-enacting the beheading, is a stroke of directorial genius. My other favorite points about this classic of baaaad cinema include the insane plot line in the middle about Vernon's father and his grotesquely "swinging" lifestyle, and the period where the movie turns into a funky 70s detective flick, inexplicably shifting over to the detective as the protagonist of the movie.
I agree with a previous poster that it's a shame that this sort of stuff is never on TV any more. You can't even find Ed Wood movies on TV. Paradoxically, with more channels, there are far fewer showings of the offbeat older things. But then I guess we need to save space for more reality shows. They are important for the nurturing of our souls, after all.
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rkivey
18 years ago
Amen to that, n araoz! I miss the age of late night schlock on local channels (which is just exactly when and where I first saw Horror High/Twisted Brain some thirty years ago!)and Saturday afternoons when the highlight of the day was Shock Theater.
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