I Cannot, Yet I Must: The True Story of the Best Bad Monster Movie of All Time
by Anders Runestad
Published by Radiosonde Books, 2015. 680 Pages.
“I cannot – yet I must. How do you calculate that?
At what point on the graph do “must” and “cannot” meet? Yet I must – but I cannot!”
The Virgin of Nuremberg Soundtrack
Released by Quartet Records, 2016
2-Discs, 37 tracks, with a total running time of 89:32 min.
Music Composed and Conducted Riz Ortolani
The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Horror
Edited by Phil Hardy
Published by The Overlook Press, 1994. 496 pages.
This was originally published in 1986 under the title of Encyclopedia of Horror; then revised and expanded in 1994, under the title this title. Hardy provided horror fans with a literal historical tome of reviews of films from all over the world, starting with the silent movie years through to the modern era. This book was the first one that we came across that not had only a review of the film, but also listed useful information such as alternate titles (which came in quite useful with foreign films, considering all the different titles they were being released under), country of origin, cast, crew, and running times (although those times are still debated to this day and caused grief for many collectors).
I must have been more worn out after the Cinevent show last weekend than I thought, since I completey forgot about posting a new Mystery Photo. What a slacker! But we’re back this week with a new photo to start your week out right. Our last photo was that from an obscure Italy film called Alien 2 On Earth. Yes, that came out shortly after Scott’s movie, so it could have been slightly, possibly, inspired by it….But if you love movies about splunking, especially when nothing really happens, then this is your movie! Kudos to the following for sending in the correct answer: Aaron Christensen, Kuba Haczek, Brett Harrison, and William Wilson. Congrats!
Now on to this week’s photo. Might be a little deceiving at a quick glance so think about it a bit before sending in your answer. Please remember not to post your answers here, but send us an email at jon@kitleyskrypt.com. Good Luck!
Directed by Eddie Romero & Gerardo DeLeon
Starring John Ashley, Kent Taylor, Beverly Hills (Beverly Powers), Eva Darren, Mario Montenegro
When thinking of a country churning out films, one doesn’t usually think of the Philippines. But they had been making movies there since the beginning of cinema itself. In the ’30s, there were five major studios running there. And of course, making horror films was something they dabbled in, just like here in the states.
Are you one of those fans that love listening to the lovely soundtracks to murder? Okay…that didn’t come out right…How about this? Are you a fan of Italian giallos? And love the scores that usually surround the dark and enticing images on the screen? Well, thanks to the fine folks at Digitsoundtracks, you’ll have another score to add to your collection! Later this month, they will be putting out Luciano Michelini’s score for Morte sospetta di una minorenne, known here in the stats as The Suspicious Death of a Minor, which is being released on CD for the first time.
Last weekend, we were at the Cinevent Classic Film Convention in Columbus and had a lot of fun. Sure, it would have been nice to have a few more bodies coming through the door, but that didn’t stop us from selling a few things, meeting a few people (including another die-hard Naschy fan), as well as picking up a few things for my own collection. This show is a good old fashion memoribilia show. No guests charging money for autographs, but just a bunch of dealers selling everything from posters to lobby cards to stills and much more. Yes, this wasn’t just a horror show, but we were still able to find some good stuff. Although, I have to say, when you come across a table with about 8 stacks of movie posters, each about six inches high, and the dealer says “all posters are a buck each”, you know your back is going to killing you when you’re done going through them all, but you do it anyway. We’re going to plan on going to this show again next year and see how it goes. If we do well again, maybe we’ll make this a regular stop on our World Tour!
Fans of the Italian Giallo films has lost another actress that graced the screen in more than a few films in the early ’70s. Marina Malfatti passed away on June 8th, at the age of 76. She appeared in titles like The Fourth Victim (1971), The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971), All the Colors of the Dark (1972), Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972), and The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972).
How strange that two of her films, The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave and The Red Queen Kills Seven Times, were recently released in a box set from Arrow, called the Kiler Dames collection. We can only hope that because of these films, it will introduce her to even more film fans around the country. And each time we watch one of them, or any of her movies, we will be paying tribute to her and remembering this beautiful talent.
Okay, let me just say that I really hate when someone asks me for my top ten horror films, simply because it is pretty much impossible for me to narrow down such a huge list of films that I love to just ten titles. This list may change and change again, depending on my mood, the time of day, the weather, and any other number of factors. That being said, one title that would always be on that list, no matter what, would be John Carpenter’s version of the John W. Campbell’s story, Who Goes There?….more commonly known as simply The Thing.
Coming this September, Shout Factory will be unleashing their 2-disc collector’s edition of this 1982 (now) classic. Did we really need another edition of this, since the previous release from Universal Studios back in 2008 was a pretty stellar release? Even more so that you can still pick up copies for well under $10? I guess it really remains to be seen, but the list of new extras on this one are pretty impressive. Here they are, right from Shout Factory’s website:
Hamilton Deane
Born 1880 – Died Oct. 25th, 1958
Hamilton Deane was a actor and playwrite back in the late 1800’s, first appearing on the stage before his 20th birthday. While he worked with the Henry Irving Company (the one that Bram Stoker was the stage manager for), he went on to form his own troupe in the early ’20s. He wanted to bring Stoker’s Dracula to the stage and spent 4 weeks writing it out when he was sick with a bad cold.
Deane was the man responsible for turning Dracula from the monster he is in Stoker’s novel, to the urbane, well spoken (with an accent of course), well dressed in a tuxedo and flowing cape. He wasn’t the monstrous creature from the novel, or like the one from the unauthorized German film Nosferatu, where he was a rat-like creature. Deane’s play was a big success, with him playing the role of Dr. Van Helsing, and played for many years.
When it came over the states, it was rewritten by American playright John L. Balderston, where it also was a big success. It was this adaptation, the combined ideas from both Deane and Balderston, which pretty much what the Tod Browning film was based on. A few years later, he would also commission a play adaptation of Shelley’s Frankenstein be scripted as well.
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