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Good deal. I've also found some valuable unopened VHS and DVD's there cheap. What's that they say ... one man's trash is another man's treasure.
It's nice to read the posts here on this fabulous Thriller episode "The Cheaters". I was 10 years old when this first aired and my mom loved the show so we always watched on Wednesday nights. Seeing Sebastian Grimm's true self in the mirror as he tears up his face was so scary I could hardly watch the screen. I loved watching Henry Daniels making the glasses in the very beginning. And the other stories were really good too; the antique dealer who discovered them in the original desk belonging to their creator, the old fashioned kleptomaniac that purchased the cheaters for 25 cents and the man who threw a party dressing up as Benjamin Franklin. This kind of TV horror was a big deal for the 1960s. Harry Townes is always good in everything. The 2 season DVD box set features commentary full of loads of interesting facts about the episodes.
This story and many others in this series came from a collection of stories called "Weird Tales" and what a gold mine that was! In TV Guide I once read an article asking Stephen King "What Scares You?". His answers were Thriller series: "The Cheaters", Twilight Zone: "Nightmare at 20,000 feet" and something about women in chains lol.
I love everything mentioned, "Late Date" and "The Remarkable Mrs Hawk" being two of my favorites but all are good. However I don't see any of the comedic ones:
A Good Imagination
Cousin Tundifer
A Third for Pinochle
I read once where comedy doesn't hold up as well over the years but I disagree. I purchased Season 1 & 2 DVD Box Set with commentary and extras cheap on eBay, a good investment. Love watching, remembering and being frightened with all these great episodes just as I was a child, and the beautiful black & white is a real joy. This program was in competition with the 1/2 hour Alfred Hitchcock program which eventually changed to the Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
...maybe it was the fever information but if Daniel died the first time and doesn't this time what is that going to do to the future?
Yes, when he's given the pillow (and sedative which he doesn't take?) so he can relax and he puts his shade down. You're on the edge of your chair here and as the camera is gradually getting closer and closer to his face, the anticipation is excruciating because you know he's gona look and we all want him too! And no matter how hokey the guy in make-up looked I got scared as a child. So when I see this scene today, I'm not actually frightened but my childhood memories of fear are still just as vivid which I love. Being truly scared as a grown up is hard and it's always so much fun when you actually experience that brief wave of fright from just a film, sometimes being because you've forgotten the scene so you're caught off guard.
Yes, fool that I was, he was just not jelling from my end so to speak. Have always loved faces, love to draw them, paint them and study them - they are all so different, even identical twins you can always find that one little spot that is different. So I used to wonder what was it "exactly" attracted me when sizing up a handsome face to my taste; the light blue eyes, not too big not too small nose, chin shape, etc. And after many years I finally discovered that when a certain amount of space between the bottom of the nose and and the top of the upper lip becomes far enough apart I notice instantly. Strange huh. Now being aware I already know when I'm gona be attracted.
Like with Mel, though difficult at times, I try not to allow personal problems to interfere with my opinions of them as a celebrity. I'd rather just sit back and dream as that's what their job is - to look good for us.
Redford definitely very handsome fair looks, and I place a very young Anthony Perkins and Robert Reed in this category. However as beauty (and taste) are in the eye of the beholder I usually refrain my opinions on this subject but have to add I broke up with a guy in high school that looked exactly like Mel Gibson lol (what a fool!)
forgot to mention "The Invaders". as a young girl watching it took me a bit to figure out who was alien.Have always loved Agnes Moorehead: "The Bat" and so perfect as Velma Cruther in "Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte". I can hear her now "You can't see her she's sick".
Had to laugh and YES, Shatner is very dreamy. A commentary once stated Shatner plays a creep so well; the monster in the mist, the good husband that turns out to be the murderer or blackmailer. The creep-mode was better known as "Shatnerism": a person of transgressive or unnatural character whose normal appearance allows them to pass unnoticed in the every day world (like Norman Bates lol).
too funny. never saw this Jack Benny episode, Thanks for sharing!
I remember reading an article in TV Guide once asking Stephen King "What Scares You?" His answer was Twilight Zone: "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", Thriller: "The Cheaters" and something about women in chains lol.
My fav Stephen King's for the record are "Rose Red", "Pet Cemetery", "Misery" and "The Langoliers" which is probably most like a Zone. When he had his accident a few years back I sent him a get well card. What a horrible experience for such a wonderful man to have to endure and remembered it took a lot out of him he was very thin afterwards. I was glad he eventually shared his experience with us in his book "On Writing".
Well as goofy as the Shatner's gremlin on the wing looked, I have to say it scared the s*** out of me when I was little. So strong tearing back the metal and fiddling with the engine and then looking back at Shatner watching as if to say ... "oh look what I found". And when he would just sort of "fly off" when someone else came by .. just creeped me out! But that one close-up when Shatner pulls back the curtin OMG, the actor in all that make-up and wooly suit still bothers me today and I love it, and of course you've got that terrific Black & White working for you too to enhance the scene! I was pleased with the "Twilight Zone Movie" gremlin remake, you couldn't quite see him with all the wind and rain but you could see him enough to appreciate this fabulous piece of art that he was. I think both gremlins are excellent. I love when he waves his finger at John just before he flies off and the fun part was John's eyes bulging out when he looks out and sees it - it's only for a split second but if you pause your recorder you'll catch it. I grew up with Shatner from "Thriller" and "Alfred Hitchcock" so love him in everything, but for the record, after having this wonderful gremlin experience, I make a point to never sit next to the wing when I fly lol.
Have always been fascinated by western-horror. John Carradine is always good, particularly liked him as the hobo that is turned into a pig in the "Thriller" television series "The Amazing Mrs. Hawk". And what a talented family the Carradine's were. I've seen both these movies and really liked Jessie James the best. Thought Cal and Jessie made a good team, too bad Cal had to die. John Lupton, good call - not too young and handsome, just right for the part in that Wyatt Earp attire. I knew sweet Juanita reminded me of someone, yes Rita Moreno. The perfect doctor appeared just as we all imagined her to; beautifully dressed with that famous accent and a wild gleam in her eyes dead set on continuing those experiments. Great crazy helmets, that fist fight when it's obvious who's gonna win, that annoying Lonnie, the nervous pharmacist and if you can believe this the very tall and sexy Marshal MacPhee (Jim Davis) is my distant cousin lucky me lol. Two great one-of-a-kind films deserve two thumbs up.
Agree and well put - "the fact it is cheesy is the fact it is good". Found this film by accident, the trailer was on another VHS so I checked it out and loved it. Never get tired of watching and I'm a big fan of Stiller & Meara so anything they are in. Good chemistry between Kevin and Abby and the scene when he falls asleep on the train. I liked everyone even "The Mick" lol. Good premise, casting, soundtrack and of course, Al Green is fantastic in that gold suit!
It's hard to know just who began because we don't have all the timing facts and some of the deeds could be being done simultaneously. On Haley's list he crossed off the first two people and I think the third was Adam?
homeless man/Jerry to Arlene - Jerry to jumper
jumper to Jerry
Arlene to Jerry - Arlene to her mom/Grace
Grace to gangster member/Sidney - Grace to reporter/Chris
Sidney to Mr Thorsen's daughter with asthma
Mr Thorsen to Chris
Chris to Sidney - Chris to kid Haley
Haley to Jerry - Haley to teacher Eugene - Haley to Adam?
...oops my bad. Louise secures the rope at the bottom of the pond on the property by way of a near by lake, and it is when she is exiting the lake that she gets the ax. The pond on the property sits near the outside table where breakfast is eaten. Scoping out the property, sharp Louise figured out quickly where the pond came up so that she could secure the toys in the precise location for them to rise to the pond's surface. And for more details, reading other posts I was assuming she applied acid to the rope, but what ever it was she certainly knows her chemicals as she was not only lucky enough to find the stuff, knew it would work even under water and knew exactly how much to apply for the duration of when it would finally eat through the rope at the correct moment the next morning. Go Louise! Hopefully I haven't forgotten anything else pertinent to the initial question.
Totally agree! For one, look at the cast, John Glover is always hilarious even when he doesn't mean to be, I love it when the Clamp network is taken over and he looks at his tv's and says .."Dracula?", and at the end when he runs full speed into the building like he always wanted to do this LOL! The EMH Robert Picardo always good in everything, first time I saw this I was surprised as h*** that he actually looked pleased about being forced into marriage! The janitor John Astin, remember him from "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster". It's fun listening to him babble about someone's job as he is repairing the drinking fountain. Marla drove me nuts and was glad she ended up with Clamp. A stroke of genius to the story when the Gremlins got into the chemicals and did anyone notice once gremlins got into the lab, there is a very quick shot of the twins Martin & Lewis sitting together with two gremlins behind them and they both look at one another and then back at the camera at the exact same moment - what a hoot! I've always been impressed with the gremlin models, the spider gremlin was awesome along with the gargoyle. And some shots of Gizmo make him seem so real like when inside the lunch box and running in the alley. So many other things to love: New York, New York, pots in the microwave, Henry Gibson's smoke break, tie in the shredder, the Busby Berkley number featuring Kissika, the dentist, paper clip ladder, whistling mail carrier, Marla in the web, Microwave Marge's surprise main course, sneezing secretary, plummeting elevator, and of course the "Brain" Tony Randall.
Yeah, I remember that, I saw the Hulkster scene where he squeezes the popcorn box in the theater and then when we rented it it was John Wayne shootout. I see no point why this was done?
I'm on Kate's side, didn't mind her reaction to seeing Gizmo again and say she just didn't remember the particulars of what Gizmo looked like.
Too many good scenes but I absolutely loved the doctor's office visit with the imaginary friends! Go to Hell Herman, Namby Pamby, Velcro Head and Graggy. Certainly other fun experiences were Fred's hair at the Charlie party, pirates cutting off their legs and gluing on wooden ones, stripy sweaters, the violin, gladiolees, pants pie, corn flake disease, executive Fred, the haircut and the list goes on. I read somewhere of a sequel in the works but never completed starring Russell Brand as Fred ..OMG!