posted May 07, 2010 12:49 PM
Had to share these...From a scrapbook I still have... Wow there were some crap 3-D films - but I went to see almost every one!!
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From: San Antonio, TX
Registered: Aug 2005
posted May 07, 2010 01:48 PM
Wow, I didn't know they re-released "Creature." I saw "House of Wax" in its theatrical re-release and it was polarized, not anaglyph. It looked great.
posted May 07, 2010 02:27 PM
Yeah Kurt, Creature was reissued as was "It Came From Outer Space" - saw that too but they only played the small screen Cineplex's whereas House OF Wax went to the big screen and I remember it doing very well.
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From: Washington DC
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posted May 07, 2010 09:00 PM
Terry, Thanks for the gruesome memories...
The only one of those I actually sat through was "Comin' at Ya!" and in the way of such trash, there was one scene I never did forget: A man gets impaled with a hollow metal pole, and the camera dollies in and lingers, with the end of the (3-D) pole right in the viewer's face. After a long moment, the guy's blood starts dripping from the end of the pipe, seemingly inches from your face...somewhere between sick and effective..
Most likely we will have some sort of current-day equivalent with ghastly films riding on nothing but the fact that they are in 3-D.
You can't beat the posters, though; they're easily as garish as anything American International did in their heyday.
Claus.
-------------------- "Why are there shots of deserts in a scene that's supposed to take place in Belgium during the winter?" (Review of 'Battle of the Bulge'.)
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From: New York, NY, USA
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posted May 08, 2010 10:14 PM
Terry,
Great clippings! I also went to see many of these. Comin' At Ya! and Treasure of the Four Crowns were made by the same folks and I remember that there are actually only three crowns in the film! I also believe Comin' At Ya! had a scene where a baby's bottom is thrust at the camera!
Doug
-------------------- I think there's room for just one more film.....
posted May 10, 2010 08:56 AM
That's funny about Comin' At Ya! I wasn't able to see that one as it was Restricted and in 82 I wasn't 18 yet! Was that even ever put out on VHS?
3-D VHS!!! At the bottom it says that 2 pair of glasses are included. Supply your own alcohol....
Claus.
-------------------- "Why are there shots of deserts in a scene that's supposed to take place in Belgium during the winter?" (Review of 'Battle of the Bulge'.)
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From: Nashville, TN USA
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posted May 10, 2010 07:03 PM
Ah, I remember one of the 'reamurging' 3D films from 1982, 'Space Hunter, Adventures in the Forbidden Zone'. Molly Ringwald.
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From: New York, NY, USA
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posted May 11, 2010 01:10 PM
Spacehunter! That's the futuristic sci-fi film where you can see a distinctly 20th century parking lot in the background of one of the effects shots.
Doug
-------------------- I think there's room for just one more film.....
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From: Nashville, TN USA
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posted May 13, 2010 10:49 PM
Oh, really???? I only watched it once, when I got the lens calibrated, had to screen the print. I did not care for the film, and probably feel asleep during the parking lot scene???