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ABC Stage 67: A Christmas Memory (1966)
Beautiful, touching story, a classic
Like many others I remember seeing this on television, and I've always remembered it because of Capote's narration and Geraldine Page's portrayal of Cousin Sook.
Recently I purchased a color version of the movie on DVD and watched it again for the first time in decades. It is as good as I remembered and very faithful to the original story, and also just like the story, it is short, less than an hour.
Some have posted that the color version is better, but it's the story and the acting that make this film special, not whether it is in b/w or color, so if you can't get it in color (which is difficult) get it in b/w and share this wonderful classic with those you love.
Skin Crawl (2007)
Horrible film, do not waste your time
This movie was truly bad, not funny bad, but cheap, uninspired, easy to fall asleep to bad. The film wasn't scary, the acting was horrendous and the special effects were pathetic. It reminded me of the cheap, poorly made horror films of the 60's. If you need a film so dull you'll easily fall asleep trying to watch it, or you enjoy watching extremely low budget horror films than this is the film for you, otherwise don't waste your time.
Movie spoilers ahead.
There are three sisters who are Wicca's. A group of nasty, disgusting men take away the youngest of the three and rape and beat her. She dies. Her two sisters turn to black witchcraft to avenge her and any future family descents if something bad happens to them. They didn't show what, if anything happened to the men, but I nodded off so I may have missed it.
Cut to modern day, the only remaining descendant, Margret, is financially well off, but her husband, Howard, is cheating on her. Howard's mistress, Sadie, convinces Howard to have Margret murdered and that for $100K she knows someone who can do it. Unknown to Howard, Sadie has a steady boyfriend. Sadie's boyfriend contracts 2 sleazy guys to kill Margret for only $10K. The two men abduct Margret, viciously stab her death, and bury her out in the woods. Sadie gets the $100K from Howard and immediately leaves him after telling him he's a loser and she only slept with with him to get the money.
In very quick order, Margret arises from the dead, strangles/breaks the necks of the two men who killed her and the neck of a woman who was with them. Margret goes home and starts strangling Howard, but Howard blows his brains out. I nodded off again, so I have to assume Margret kills Sadie's boyfriend.
Margret saves Sadie for last, and the way she kills her is the reason I rate the movie 2 stars instead of only 1. Margret doesn't strangle Sadie, she kills her with a kiss. After Margret kisses Sadie, Sadie runs to the bathroom and starts gagging and vomiting worms, blood and dead flesh. She then falls over and dies. The End.
Angels Crest (2002)
Interesting, but not original
I am always looking for a horror/thriller film with a strong plot and characters, and this movie does qualify on both points. There are only two characters in this film, and both were very well written and acted. The plot of the film is good, the film is very well made, and the scenery is beautiful.
I like originality so my problem is with the story itself, I've seen Frailty and Memento and this movie reminded me very much of those films (but not anywhere near as good), so it wasn't a novelty experience watching this film. Angels Crest did make me wonder if the one guy was nuts or not, but in the end, because the ending left me with no questions, nothing to really wonder about, it was only an okay film. I am glad though that I rented it.