Small Talk: Out of Genoa

[OhioSongbird]

I find them fascinating.  We used to catch them as kids, keep them in an aquarium and feed them crickets.  Amazing creatures.  They sit and study their prey without moving at all, then strike and capture at lightning speed.  Graceful and they move balletically (if there is such a word).  Check out some videos on line.  Peaches is right. You want them in your flower beds and gardens.  They eat all kinds of pests.  I've got one living in my lilac bushes outside my kitchen door (he's green but we do see some brown ones, too).

And yeah, they do eat their mates and spiders do as well.  I think most predatory insects do.

Edited September 26, 2018 by OhioSongbird

[Cupid Stunt]

Nature fun for Preverts!

Watch and learn, Grasshopper.

 

 

So a bear walks into a liquor store…

"We’re here! We’re queer! We don't want any more bears!"

-- It's funny because every Pride Parade you hear this chant.

[peacheslatour]

Domo arigato, Sensei.

[OhioSongbird]

Thanks Cupid!  That was awesome.  The perfect killing machine.

 Gotta show that to dh tonite.....

There's a hokey/cool 1950's movie about huge killer mantises attacking some town (title escapes me).  One of those you might catch on the sci-fi channel some late night.  Worth seeing for the camp. 

[peacheslatour]

26 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said:

Thanks Cupid!  That was awesome.  The perfect killing machine.

 Gotta show that to dh tonite.....

There's a hokey/cool 1950's movie about huge killer mantises attacking some town (title escapes me).  One of those you might catch on the sci-fi channel some late night.  Worth seeing for the camp. 

I just saw the funniest one on Comet. The Killer Shrews. Actually dogs with door mats glued to their backs. Terrifying. ;-)

[OhioSongbird]

That movie is hilarious!

Produced and starring....wait for it.....Festus Hagan aka Ken Curtis.

[peacheslatour]

4 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said:

That movie is hilarious!

Produced and starring....wait for it.....Festus Hagan aka Ken Curtis.

OMG, did you ever see an episode of Gunsmoke called May Blossom? Festus' cousin gets raped and he hunts the rapist down, finds him sitting under a tree and says "Stand up." The rapist stands up and without another word, Festus blows him away and just walks off. Fade to black. It was awesome!

[ByTor]

1 hour ago, peacheslatour said:

I just saw the funniest one on Comet. The Killer Shrews. Actually dogs with door mats glued to their backs. Terrifying. ;-)

Did you ever see the MST3K version?

[Cupid Stunt]

1 hour ago, ByTor said:

Did you ever see the MST3K version?

 

"Welcome to the Satellite of Love"

[Cupid Stunt]

 

WANT copy of the movie poster!

[peacheslatour]

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Did you ever see the MST3K version?

I have now, Thanks CS! I told my son about seeing the movies and he said there was a MST3k version but you have saved me from hunting it down.

[Cupid Stunt]

ByTor located the MST3K version, and watching The Killer Shrews again brought back fond lunatic memories.

[pearlite]

Night of the Lepus, anyone?

Killer bunnies...

[OhioSongbird]

I'm almost (almost) ashamed to say I have probably seen everyone of the 1950's radiation/experiments gone wrong/evil scientist/ghost b&w movies ever made.

One of my all-time favs is Attack of the Puppet People.

[peacheslatour]

4 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said:

I'm almost (almost) ashamed to say I have probably seen everyone of the 1950's radiation/experiments gone wrong/evil scientist/ghost b&w movies ever made.

One of my all-time favs is Attack of the Puppet People.

I think mine would have to be The Screaming Skull. "Where's Mickey?"

[boes]

10 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said:

I'm almost (almost) ashamed to say I have probably seen everyone of the 1950's radiation/experiments gone wrong/evil scientist/ghost b&w movies ever made.

One of my all-time favs is Attack of the Puppet People.

Me too!  All of them, from the radiation, experiments, invasions from outer space, ghost, all of them.

5 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

I think mine would have to be The Screaming Skull. "Where's Mickey?"

Mine would be Beginning of the End or the Quartermass Experiment.  Though no movie ever has had the scare impact on me as Invasion of the Body Snatchers did.

[OhioSongbird]

 House on Haunted Hill....with our fave Vincent Price.

The Haunting....Julie Harris.  That movie still gives me the creeps.

And The Legend of Hell House....color but awesome. 

[boes]

4 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said:

 House on Haunted Hill....with our fave Vincent Price.

The Haunting....Julie Harris.  That movie still gives me the creeps.

And The Legend of Hell House....color but awesome. 

The Haunting!  Absolutely my favorite ghost movie of all time.

"Hill House has stood for 90 years and might stand for 90 more. Within, walls continue upright, bricks meet, floors are firm, and doors are sensibly shut. Silence lies steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House. And we who walk here... walk alone."

I have practically ended friendships in my younger days with people who said about it, "Nothing ever happens".  Hell YES it does.  

I reread the book every couple of years and it still creeps me out, just the way the movie still does.

[peacheslatour]

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And The Legend of Hell House....color but awesome.

My DH told me about that movie. He saw it at the drive-in on a double bill with The Skin Game (go figure) and he said it was the scariest movie he had ever seen. I finally got to see it and I loved it! It's creepy as hell and the music is so evocative and chilling. *shudders*  Another of my favorite scary movies is The Changeling starring George C. Scott. Just devastating. For corny old timey thrills you can't beat The Old Dark House. Directed by the great James Whale starring Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Stuart, Charles Laughton, Raymond Massey and Ernest Thesiger.

[Cupid Stunt]

Samson vs. the Vampire Women

It's got it all! Body builders, togas, Vampire women, blood, gore, Lucha libre wrestlers, terrible over-dubbing, worst special effects, non-linear storytelling, continuity jumps and starts, more blood.

Laughs for the whole family.

Edited September 27, 2018 by Cupid Stunt

[peacheslatour]

Just now, Cupid Stunt said:

Samson vs. the Vampire Women

It's got it all! Body builders, togas, Vampire women, blood, gore, Lucha libre wrestlers, terrible over-dubbing, worst special effects, non-linear storytelling, continuity jumps and stars, more blood.

Add a fantastic rock and roll sound track and you've got The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Wait a minute....I wonder if that's how they pitched TRHPS back in the day?

[OhioSongbird]

Thanks guys.  You've mentioned some movies I haven't seen.

Off to my local library and/or YT.

Beats what I've been watching today......

[Capricasix]

1 hour ago, peacheslatour said:

My DH told me about that movie. He saw it at the drive-in on a double bill with The Skin Game (go figure) and he said it was the scariest movie he had ever seen. I finally got to see it and I loved it! It's creepy as hell and the music is so evocative and chilling. *shudders*  Another of my favorite scary movies is The Changeling starring George C. Scott. Just devastating. For corny old timey thrills you can't beat The Old Dark House. Directed by the great James Whale starring Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Stuart, Charles Laughton, Raymond Massey and Ernest Thesiger.

Jesus H. I saw The Changeling when I was a young teenager, and it scared me something fierce. That ball bouncing down the stairs...GAAAHHHH ???

[peacheslatour]

38 minutes ago, Capricasix said:

Jesus H. I saw The Changeling when I was a young teenager, and it scared me something fierce. That ball bouncing down the stairs...GAAAHHHH ???

Right? And the whole seance. "How did you die?"

[Cupid Stunt]

Asian horror movies are fantastic, with plenty of scary to go around ...

• Shutter -- The phenomenon of spirit photography and the line between what is real and what appears on film
• Ringu -- A video that kills you
• Battle Royale -- Gore festival as crime prevention
• The Host -- The definitive monster movie for the 21st Century
• Noroi: The Curse -- Found footage that's spun into a tale of the supernatural
• The Eye -- A blind woman is given a operation that allows her to see through the eye of the dead donor
• Audition -- To pick a second wife and things go wrong 
• Rigor Mortis -- Classic Chinese vampire movie 
• Godzilla/Gojira/Toho Co., Ltd. monster movie franchise 

[valleycliffe]

i used to love horror movies.

i think i had used a misnomer tho..

i liked the "old" vampire dracula movies / frankenstein / creature from the black lagoon types...

then, i saw night of the living dead at the drive in, it made me throw up.

then i saw the original "the exorcist" at the stanley theatre..

terrified me...i had a nightmare that night and it was horrible...it was like i was paralyzed cause i couldn't move or speak...dh said i was making noises..

then later i tried to watch nightmare on elm st.  i only lasted about 10 min and i have never watched one since.

[OhioSongbird]

Got another one I thought of as I was falling asleep last night.  Re-Animator (1985)  Not a slasher movie fan but I like horror with a little blood.

[peacheslatour]

I've never seen Re-Animator, my son really likes it though. I don't need blood and gore to be scared. I think The Others is another good example of a good, creepy movie. No blood and gore, just chilling, atmospheric horror.

[OhioSongbird]

The Others is really good.  I like the atmosphere, find the scare in your own mind style movies, too.

[peacheslatour]

1 hour ago, OhioSongbird said:

The Others is really good.  I like the atmosphere, find the scare in your own mind style movies, too.

When it comes to blood and gore my go to movies are The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Rob Zombie's House of 1,000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects.

[Petunia13]

One of my favorite scary movies is Martyrs. I liked The Strangers, The VVitch, and The Visit too. 

Certain movies that are creepy or eerie give me the creeps too. I once watched Bad Education then Blackcoat's Daughter really late at night alone in the dark in a strangers house and got weirded out by the uneasy vibes of the characters. 

I had a cooking class/tutorial today for fun from a vendor at my store and the instructor was such a douchebag ? He literally yelled at me when I made a mistake like wtf. He then ridiculed me and when I left he didn't say bye just gave me bitchface; it was hand made egg noodles I was careless with, not a basket of kittens. 

@peacheslatour House of a 1000 Corpses is so gross and campy and a classic! 

[Snaporaz]

12 hours ago, OhioSongbird said:

Got another one I thought of as I was falling asleep last night.  Re-Animator (1985)  Not a slasher movie fan but I like horror with a little blood.

More "Six Degrees of Y&R"...One of the stars of Re-Animator was Barbara Crampton, who played Leanna Love!  Leanna wrote Victor's biography Ruthless, and I think I remember her being crazy for a while and she tried to kill Ashley when Ashley was married to Blade.  (Barbara Crampton also played the 3rd Mindy Lewis on Guiding Light and Maggie Forrester on B&B.)   

[AngelKitty]

8 hours ago, Snaporaz said:

One of the stars of Re-Animator was Barbara Crampton, who played Leanna Love!

She was also in a crazy sci-fi horror called From Beyond.

I first started watching horror movies when I was 6 or 7. Every Saturday morning they had Mystery Theater X and I would be glued to that set. Then I would have nightmares all week and my mom would forbid me to watch any more but somehow I always did. I remember a movie with a disembodied hand that crawled around killing people. I can't remember what it was called, but that's my first horror movie memory.

But I have to admit I am mostly partial to science fiction, it just so happens that a lot of horror happens in space or the future.

I don't like man vs. man horror, like Saw or Purge, but I'm all over Freddy Krueger!

[peacheslatour]

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I remember a movie with a disembodied hand that crawled around killing people. 

If it had MIchael Caine it was called The Hand. I saw it at the drive-in with my DH and one of his buddies. They both fell asleep and I was stuck watching it by myself. It was shot from the POV of the hand and all I could think was "how does it see?" My fav disembodied body part movie is The Brain That Wouldn't Die, affectionately known as Jan In A Pan.

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20 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

If it had MIchael Caine it was called The Hand. I saw it at the drive-in with my DH and one of his buddies. They both fell asleep and I was stuck watching it by myself. It was shot from the POV of the hand and all I could think was "how does it see?" My fav disembodied body part movie is The Brain That Wouldn't Die, affectionately known as Jan In A Pan.

Do you all remember Fiend Without a Face, with Marshall Thompson?  There was this brain with stem attached that went around attacking people.  Pretty wild.

[peacheslatour]

Awesome! Reminds me of The Tingler.

[Petunia13]

In Chicago there's a show called Svengoolie that's been going on forever that shows this stuff on channel 13. My friend also hosts viewings of these movies or the European counterparts of them in strange places around Chicago (usually small art galleries on byob evenings) I went to one that was all old Latino films along this vein so not only was it campy and zombie or vampire themed, but also had some Catholic flavor to the story. 

Do you guys remember a movie called Ssssss my mom was watching it on Svengoolie a few weeks back when I picked up George I was like wtf. 

[Snaporaz]

2 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

My fav disembodied body part movie is The Brain That Wouldn't Die, affectionately known as Jan In A Pan.

Is that the one with Raymond Burr and Rosey Grier?

[peacheslatour]

12 minutes ago, Snaporaz said:

Is that the one with Raymond Burr and Rosey Grier?

No, all it has are actors you've never heard of.

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Do you guys remember a movie called Ssssss my mom was watching it on Svengoolie a few weeks back when I picked up George I was like wtf. 

OMG, DH and I saw that waaaay back in the eightys. Turnining people into sssssnakes. So bizarre. Kinda good special effects though.

[OhioSongbird]

Oh man, so many movies y'all have mentioned I've seen.  Bringing back fond memories and giggles.  Raymond Burr and Rosey Grier were in The Man With Two Heads I think.

Let us not forget one of the worst movies ever made....Manos: The Hands of Fate.

[boes]

2 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said:

Let us not forget one of the worst movies ever made....Manos: The Hands of Fate.

Do you think that was the inspiration for the way Michelle Stafford was always waving around those tentacles of hers?

[OhioSongbird]

Thanks alot boes.  I just spit beer on my keyboard!

[peacheslatour]

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Svengoolie

We get Svengoolie here too. We try to watch him every Sat. night but they moved his time slot from 10 to 8 and now it seems all he shows is Japanese creature features. :-(

Edited September 29, 2018 by peacheslatour

[OhioSongbird]

We get him here, too and I can't stand the guy.  Having grown up with Bob Shreves.....all nite movies in Dayton in the 60-70's..."wanna see Chickie a little longer?" as he stretched his pet rubber chicken. Dude was sponsored by Schoenling beer and he would be trashed by the morning ) and Fritz the Night Owl.....Columbus 70-80's.  He played the best jazz for bumper music and would tell you all about the bands   Bought my first Maynard Ferguson lp because of him.

Memories......

[peacheslatour]

17 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said:

We get him here, too and I can't stand the guy.  Having grown up with Bob Shreves.....all nite movies in Dayton in the 60-70's..."wanna see Chickie a little longer?" as he stretched his pet rubber chicken. Dude was sponsored by Schoenling beer and he would be trashed by the morning ) and Fritz the Night Owl.....Columbus 70-80's.  He played the best jazz for bumper music and would tell you all about the bands   Bought my first Maynard Ferguson lp because of him.

Memories......

The only thing I like about him is he knows a lot of horror/thriller movie trivia and he'll show movie clips of some of the stars of the movie he's showing in other old movies. I love old movies!

[ByTor]

I love horror movies, but lately it's all torture porn & "let's see how gross our effects can be."  I'll take American Werewolf in London (my all-time fave) over any of the Saws any day.

What happens when your dog is so mad at you for getting her groomed that she makes a point of showing you that she won't look at you...

[boes]

10 minutes ago, ByTor said:

I love horror movies, but lately it's all torture porn & "let's see how gross our effects can be."  I'll take American Werewolf in London (my all-time fave) over any of the Saws any day.

What happens when your dog is so mad at you for getting her groomed that she makes a point of showing you that she won't look at you...

OOO, you really ARE in the doghouse, aren't you!  Looks adorable, though.

I'm with you on the torture porn.  The older I get the less I'm either able to stomach a lot of violence or maybe I just don't want to see it anymore.  Either way, I'm much more inclined to be frightened out of my wits by something more psychological or supernatural than I am blood.  Just not my thing any more.

[OhioSongbird]

Yep...right there with you.  Scare me, don't gross me out.

Damn...that's a cute dog!

[ByTor]

58 minutes ago, boes said:

OOO, you really ARE in the doghouse, aren't you!  Looks adorable, though.

 

55 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said:

Damn...that's a cute dog!

Thanks!  For the record, I'm in the doghouse every day, being that I live in her house & all that :)

[Petunia13]

Awwww! She's your very own Panda Pup! 

It helps that I am able to groom George myself, it makes me feel good it's just us at home (I was a groomer in the past and have the professional tools).