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Osi Osgood
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posted June 18, 2009 01:33 PM

Was this great comedy/horror classic ever released in any form on Super 8? What a great pairing of Vincent Price, Peter Lorre AND Basil Rathbone, in one of his last non-embarrassing roles, (he didn't get many by this time in his life, remember the apalling "Hillbilly's in a Haunted House"?)

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Steve Klare
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posted June 18, 2009 01:55 PM

Oh man!, we loved this movie in our family, if it was on the late, late show we'd still watch it!

It was kind of an inside joke since my brother-in-law's dad was a funeral director.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vBqWeVqCqc

Strange: I remember it being Black and White, just seems a "horror" movie really should be, but I guess that would be a hard sell back in 1964.

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Michael O'Regan
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posted June 18, 2009 02:03 PM

Yeah, I second that. One of my favourite movies, of any genre. I've come across faded 16mm prints but, as regards super 8 - no idea.

-Mike

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Steven Sigel
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posted June 18, 2009 02:18 PM

All the 16mm SCOPE prints are red as far as I know. There might be some flat low-fades out there somewhere. No clue about super 8.

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Osi Osgood
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posted June 18, 2009 04:45 PM

I forgot to mention Boris Karloff and Joe E Brown (1930's comedian)
were also in it. It's one of those "tongue firmly placed in cheek" comedies.

Who knew Vincent Price could play such a convincing drunk?

This was during that great cycle of horror/dark comedy films that they made together, (Price/Lorre/Karloff), which also includes the classic "The Raven"!

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John W. Black
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posted June 18, 2009 11:03 PM

I had a s8s print of THE RAVEN that I got from a guy in Texas in the 70s who was doing AIP and Hammer stuff.You might find one.

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Gary Crawford
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posted June 19, 2009 08:20 AM

Yes..never saw a super 8 version. I bought a cheap 16mm scope print a couple of years ago...it was red ...very red...but so much of the happenings go on in the night...that I got used to the color...and the eyes actually attempt to compensate for some of it. At the reel change...when I go out to the booth ..or to the kitchen..and then come back and start the next reel.....the red is overwhelming....and then after about 10 minutes...it seems better. I loved this movie...I saw it first run ...I'd love to see someone put out a low fade scope of this one and Pit and the Pendulum. I'd buy them immediately. Derann's Mask of the Red Death is just a great scope print with fine focus, color, sound.

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Joe Caruso
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posted June 19, 2009 04:45 PM

Only THE RAVEN was released by Ken in S8Color-Sound, no COMEDY OF TERRORS - Though that should be shown around Halloween-Chiller Theatre-Time on TCM

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