Some recent films watched
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infrogmationMs H and I often watch the "Svengoolie" (comic horror host) broadcast Saturday night. They sometimes do double features, unless the 2nd film is of particular interest we seldom stay up late for it. We made an exception for "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" back in October, which neither of us had seen.
This past weekend the Svengoolie main feature was "Brides of Frankenstein" - decent Hammer Horror film, if one like that sort of thing. The second feature was "Sharktopus", about a part shark part octopus creature genetically engineered as a secret weapon that gets loose and has to be hunted down. Bad low budget film, but entertainingly cheesy.
We borrowed some DVDs from the Library to watch over the holiday season.
One was "Repo Man", 1984 comedy/sci-fi social satire. I saw it (at the Prytania Theater) in the original run and once more late in the decade on VHS. Hollie had never seen it and wanted to. We laughed lots and enjoyed it. Well crafted. While it is certainly in part a 1980s period piece, it was much less dated than I expected and held up well.
We never saw the curious popular double feature in the theaters of 2023, so we picked up "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer". Barbie was fun enough fluff - a bit too long by maybe 15 minutes I think. Oppenheimer was much longer film, but well done and powerful. I'm somewhat ambivalent about the whole genera of fictionalized movies about real history. Hollywood has been playing fast & loose with history since the silent days, always feeling obligated to take any good true story and add a bunch of fiction they think is somehow required.
This past weekend the Svengoolie main feature was "Brides of Frankenstein" - decent Hammer Horror film, if one like that sort of thing. The second feature was "Sharktopus", about a part shark part octopus creature genetically engineered as a secret weapon that gets loose and has to be hunted down. Bad low budget film, but entertainingly cheesy.
We borrowed some DVDs from the Library to watch over the holiday season.
One was "Repo Man", 1984 comedy/sci-fi social satire. I saw it (at the Prytania Theater) in the original run and once more late in the decade on VHS. Hollie had never seen it and wanted to. We laughed lots and enjoyed it. Well crafted. While it is certainly in part a 1980s period piece, it was much less dated than I expected and held up well.
We never saw the curious popular double feature in the theaters of 2023, so we picked up "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer". Barbie was fun enough fluff - a bit too long by maybe 15 minutes I think. Oppenheimer was much longer film, but well done and powerful. I'm somewhat ambivalent about the whole genera of fictionalized movies about real history. Hollywood has been playing fast & loose with history since the silent days, always feeling obligated to take any good true story and add a bunch of fiction they think is somehow required.
Do you know that funny Repo Man?
Date: 2025-12-30 08:36 pm (UTC)https://hollywoodprogressive.com/film/repo-man-at-40