Baron Craze’s Visions of Horror – Episode #24 – June 11 to 17 July 8, 2023
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https://www.blogtalkradio.com/baroncrazeradio/2023/07/09/baron-crazes-visions-of-horror-ep24

Ground Meat – Pathological Silence https://www.facebook.com/groundmeatmetalmusic https://groundmeatmetal.bandcamp.com/

Crown Lands – Lady of the Lake http://www.crownlandsmusic.com/ https://www.facebook.com/crownlandsmusic/ https://www.instagram.com/crownlandsmusic/  thx: https://holdtight.co/ https://www.facebook.com/holdtightco https://www.instagram.com/holdtightco/

June 11, 2023 Sunday

Lake Mungo (2008)

R – 1h 27m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816556/

Anniversary: 15-years

Genre: Drama/ Horror/ Mystery

Director: Joel Anderson

Writer: Joel Anderson

Stars: Rosie Traynor, David Pledger, Martin Sharpe, Talia Zucker, Tania Lentini

Co: Eagle Films

Summary: Strange things start happening after a girl is found drowned in a lake.

Out of: 6.3/10

Release Date: 6/18/08

Taglines:

  • If you’ve never seen a ghost… Look closer.
  • In 2008, Alice Palmer died… Her nightmare didn’t.

Trivia: Director Jordan Peele stated in a podcast with Keke Palmer that Lake Mungo is one of the movies that scared him the most.

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Plex/ Tubi

Blitzkid – Lady in the Lake https://www.facebook.com/BlitzkidOfficial/ https://www.instagram.com/officialblitzkid/

*****                                                                   *****                                                   *****

Raventhorn – Rosemary’s Baby https://www.facebook.com/Ravensthorn

June 12, 2023 Monday

Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

Approved – 2h 17m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063522/

Anniversary: 55-years

Genre: Drama/ Horror

Director: Roman Polanski

Writers: Ira Levin, Roman Polanski

Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy, Victoria Vetri, Patsy Kelly, Charles Grodin, Emmaline Henry, Elisha Cook Jr., Rutanya Alda, William Castle

Co: Paramount Pictures

Summary: A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.

Out of: 8.0/10

Release Date: 6/12/68

Taglines:

  • It’s not what you’re expecting.
  • Conceived in terror, born in fear.
  • Pray for Rosemary’s Baby.

Referenced in:

  • The Dunwich Horror (1970)
  • The Vampire Happening (1971)
  • The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)
  • Duel (TV Movie 1971)
  • Sisters (1972)
  • Season of the Witch (1972)
  • The Devil’s Daughter (TV Movie 1973)
  • The Wicker Man (1973)
  • The Exorcist (1973)
  • It’s Alive (1974)
  • Black Christmas (1974)
  • Nude for Satan (1974)
  • Messiah of Evil (1974)
  • The Sexorcist (1974)
  • The Premonition (1975)
  • Baby Rosemary (1976)
  • The Omen (1976)
  • The Sentinel (1977)
  • The Fury (1978)
  • Satan’s Blood (1978)
  • Saturday the 14th (1981)
  • The Believers (1987)
  • Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood! (TV Movie 1987)
  • Bay Cove (TV Movie 1987)
  • The Seventh Sign (1988)
  • Nightmare on the 13th Floor (TV Movie 1990)
  • The Sect (1991)
  • Omen IV: The Awakening (TV Movie 1991)
  • The Devil’s Advocate (1997)
  • The Omen Legacy (TV Movie 2001)
  • Secret Window (2004)
  • Grave Encounters 2 (2012)
  • The Haunting of Sharon Tate (2019)
  • Candyman (2021)

References:

  • Suspicion (1941)
  • The Seventh Victim (1943)
  • Repulsion (1965)
  • Hour of the Wolf (1968)

Followed by: Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby (TV Movie 1976)

Featured In:

  • Terror in the Aisles (1984)
  • Scream Greats, Vol. 2: Satanism and Witchcraft (1986)
  • 100 Years at the Movies (TV Short 1994)
  • Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
  • Hail Satan? (2019)

Spoofed in:

  • The Devil’s Daughter (TV Movie 1973)
  • The Sentinel (1977)
  • The Howling (1981)
  • The Devil’s Advocate (1997)
  • The Calling (2000)
  • Watch Out (2008)
  • Hell Baby (2013)

Version of: Rosemary’s Baby (TV Mini Series 2014)

Orion’s Reign – Fur Elise (Beethoven) https://www.instagram.com/orionsreign/

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Pluto/ Blu-ray

Satanic Overdrive – Hail Satan!  https://satanicoverdrive.bandcamp.com/track/satanic-overdrive https://www.facebook.com/satanicoverdrive/ https://www.instagram.com/satanic_overdrive/

*****                                                                   *****                                                   *****

June 13, 2023 Tuesday

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

Approved – 1h 20m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045546/

Anniversary: 70-years

Genre: Horror/ Sci-fi

Director: Eugène Lourié

Writer: Lou Morheim, Fred Freiberger, Ray Bradbury, Daniel James, Eugène Lourié, Robert Smith

Stars: Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey, Donald Woods, Lee Van Cleef, Steve Brodie, Ross Elliott

Co: Warner Bros.

Summary: A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.

Out of: 6.6/10

Release Date: 6/13/53

Taglines:

  • It’s alive !
  • You’ll see it tear a city apart!
  • FANTASTIC SEA-GIANT CRUSHES CITY! (original ad – all caps)
  • Warner Bros. Sensation of the Nation!
  • Prehistoric sea-giant rages against city!
  • They couldn’t believe their eyes! They couldn’t escape the terror! And neither will you!
  • Cast of thousands! Over a year in the making!
  • The seas master beast of the ages- raging up from the bottom of time
  • A Thrill-Story Beyond All Imagining !

Trivia:

This was said to have been one of the inspirations for Tomoyuki Tanaka to go ahead and film Godzilla (1954).

Like to have assisted inspiring Them! [1954] and Tarantula [1955]

This film was inspired by King Kong (1933)

The set is the same set used in filming The Thing from Another World (1951).

Referenced in:

  • Godzilla (1954)
  • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
  • Planet of Dinosaurs (1977)
  • The Deadly Spawn (1983)
  • Dead Alive (1992)
  • Godzilla (1998)
  • Cloverfield (2008)

Featured in:

  • Godzilla (1977)
  • Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
  • Innocent Blood (1992)
  • Matinee (1993)

Edited into:

  • The Giant Claw (1957)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: DVD

Stallion – Kill the Beast https://www.facebook.com/heavymetalstallion/ https://www.instagram.com/heavymetalstallion/ https://stallion2013.bandcamp.com/album/slaves-of-time

*****                                                                   *****                                                   *****

June 14, 2023 Wednesday

Waxwork (1988)

R – 1h 35m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096426/

Anniversary: 35-years

Genre: Horror/ Comedy

Director: Anthony Hickox

Writer: Anthony Hickox

Stars: Zach Galligan, Jennifer Bassey, Deborah Foreman, Michelle Johnson, David Warner, Eric Brown, Dana Ashbrook, Buckley Norris, John Rhys-Davies, Miles O’Keeffe, Patrick Macnee, Paul Badger

Co: Vestron Pictures

Summary: A waxwork museum comes to town, and a mysterious man invites some teens to come to a special showing at midnight. Once inside, while viewing different exhibits, the scenes come alive and the viewer is sucked into the story being portrayed.

Out of: 6.1/10

Release Date: 6/17/88

Trivia:

  • Eighteen wax horror exhibits are seen, including: Count Dracula, the Phantom of the Opera, a witch, the Marquis de Sade, a werewolf, a mummy, a voodoo priest, a zombie, an urban legend killer (an axe murderer), the Invisible Man, Frankenstein’s monster, an Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) pod, a demonic baby (from It’s Alive (1974)), an alien creature, a “cobra-man” circus freak, Jack the Ripper, Mr. Hyde, and a golem.

References:

  • Frankenstein (1931)
  • House of Wax (1953)
  • The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
  • The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
  • The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
  • Night of the Living Dead (1968)
  • It’s Alive (1974)
  • Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
  • The Lost Boys (1987)

Reference in:

  • Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989)
  • The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

Followed by:

  • Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Plex/ Tubi

45 Grave – Wax https://www.facebook.com/TheReal45Grave/

*****                                                                   *****                                                   *****

Dr. Hell – Frankenstein https://www.facebook.com/bloodypunkrock https://undeadartists.bandcamp.com/album/when-i-was-just-a-little-ghoul

June 15, 2023 Thursday

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

NR – 1h 23m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040068/

Also saw: The Comeback (1978)

Anniversary: 75-years

Genre: Comedy/ Fantasy/ Horror

Directors: Charles Barton, Walter Lantz animation sequences

Writers: Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, John Grant, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker

Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Lenore Aubert, Jane Randolph, Frank Ferguson, Charles Bradstreet, Vincent Price

Co: Universal Pictures

Summary: The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster’s body.

Out of: 7.3/10

Release Date: 6/15/48

Taglines:

  • It’s a grand new Idea for FUN !
  • Jeepers! The creepers are after Bud and Lou!
  • Jeepers! the creepers are after somebody – and guess who!
  • More howls than you can shake a shiver at!!!
  • The LAUGHS are MONSTERous! Bud and Lou are in a stew when they tangle with the TITANS of TERROR!

Trivia:

  • In 2001 the Library of Congress selected this film for preservation in the National Film Registry.

References:

Reference in:

  • Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
  • The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)
  • Van Helsing (2004)
  • Why Horror? (2014)
  • In Search of Darkness: Part II (2020)

Followed by:

Follows:

Edited from:

  • Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
  • House of Frankenstein (1944)

Featured in:

  • The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)
  • Coming Soon (Video 1982)
  • Terror in the Aisles (1984)
  • 100 Years of Horror (TV Series 1996)
  • Universal Horror (TV Movie 1998)
  • The Trail of Dracula (2017)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Blu-ray

The 3-D Invisibles – Frankenstein Stomp https://www.facebook.com/3DInvisibles/ https://the3-dinvisibles.bandcamp.com/

Dead Evil – Monster Mash https://deadevilofficial.bandcamp.com/

*****                                                                   *****                                                   *****

June 16, 2023 Friday – N/A

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June 17, 2023 Saturday

House of the Long Shadows (1983)

PG – 1h 40m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085693/

Anniversary: 40-year

Genre: Comedy/ Horror/ Mystery

Director: Pete Walker

Writers: Michael Armstrong, Earl Derr Biggers – novel, George M. Cohan  – play

Stars: Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Desi Arnaz Jr., John Carradine, Julie Peasgood, Richard Todd, Louise English

Co: Cannon Film Distributors Ltd.

Summary: An American author finds a dilapidated Welsh manor perfect for writing until the residents host a bizarre family reunion.

Out of: 6.2/10

Release Date: 6/17/83

Taglines:

  • Room for every nightmare… A nightmare in every room.
  • A murderously funny mystery with a twist…
  • Step Into The House Of The Long Shadows Where The Answer Awaits You – Or Does It?
  • The screens masters of terror together for the first time…

Trivia:

  • This is the 24th and final film in which Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing appeared together.
  • This is the only film in which veteran horror stars Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and John Carradine all appear.
  • John Carradine fell asleep filming a major dinner scene
  • This movie ran out of money three weeks into shooting.
  • Final theatrical movie directed by Pete Walker.

References:

  • House of Wax (1953)
  • North by Northwest (1959) Kenneth refers to the film.
  • House of Usher (1960)
  • The Old Dark House (1963)
  • The Oblong Box (1969)
  • The Ghoul (1975)

Reference In: April Fool’s Day (1986)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Pluto/ Tubi

Astrovamps – Vincent Price https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063582526376 https://alice-in.bandcamp.com/album/amerikan-gothick

*****                                                                   *****                                                   *****

Bloody Hammers – Welcome to the Horror Show https://www.facebook.com/BloodyHammers/ https://twitter.com/BloodyHammers https://www.instagram.com/bloodyhammers/

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