lol early keano eh
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 25 December 2023 12:33 (four months ago) link
only got round to reading some james last night - a neighbour's landmark and rats, because they're short and it was late. I thought, it's only words and surely familiarity has dulled any of their power to scare. but I was not a little nervous after turning out the light. but I am a big wuss.stoked for the gatiss badness.
― organ doner (ledge), Monday, 25 December 2023 12:44 (four months ago) link
i think this doesn't count as spoilers: the opening scene is some dialogue that i assume is lifted straight from Conan Doyle and the actors readings felt a bit off and i thought "ah well at least they're going for a sense of period"
two minutes later the phrase "colour me surprised" appeared out of nowhere
it was downhill from there
― emishi sun hack (Noodle Vague), Monday, 25 December 2023 13:18 (four months ago) link
watched "night of the demon" on friday courtesy my sister's BF's collection
superb combo of tourneur for spooky mis-en-scene in various diversity plus niall macginnis as karswell (everyone else might as well be bit parts but this doesn't matter) (exception: maurice denham, tho his part is over in moments)
• excellent deployment of "scary clown" trope • the damaged local yokel whose hypno-testimony saves the good guys is named "rand hobart" lol (name is highly unjamesian; character is not his) (there's an oddly similar scene in quatermass and the pit two years later) • the scene where holden encounters and is menaced by the rest of the farming family hobart is nevertheless tremendous • there are no runes on stonehenge but #whocare • the demon revealed remains adorable
― mark s, Sunday, 31 December 2023 15:36 (three months ago) link
That the demon is totally un-Jamesian goes without saying but that death scene is kind of horrific for 1957?
(Karswell's screams awoke traumatic memories of some of the deaths in the black and white Tarzan episodes that used to be in the 6 o'clock slot on, I think, BBC2.)
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Sunday, 31 December 2023 18:14 (three months ago) link
love the demon. such a good boy!
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 31 December 2023 18:18 (three months ago) link