After watching The Comedy of Terrors (1963), I think it is the perfect kind of "Halloween month setup" in September to get horror fans ready and prepared for the month ahead. I think think this would actually be a fun pairing with The Undertaker and His Pals (1966). You have the kind of actors synonymous with Halloween heading towards the twilight, getting the freedom to lampoon their horror personas. Rathbone even mimics Lugosi's creeping hand from a coffin scene, wields a chopping axe, quotes Shakespeare as he threatens Price and Lorre's lives, gives them chase, and keeps resurrecting when it appears he's kicked the bucket. He steals the film, really. Lorre and Joyce Jameson (playing Price's beleaguered wife for whom he verbally squabbles with constantly) romancing while Price boozes up. And Price getting not just a taste of his own medicine (ironically from Karloff!) but the whole bottle! Lorre and Price sword duelling even! There's a lot to be amused by with this. Would go well with Tales of Terror or The Raven or both, I think. Good Monday viewing for me personally.
4th of July 2025 Marathoning
McDowell and Comi prepare to leave for Mars. Aliens visiting the UN, dropping off their cook book, providing goodies for humans on Earth, easing them into trusting them, spiriting them away to be food for them on their home planet. To Serve Man is nearly 60 years ago. I've been watching Twilight Zone since I was a teenager in the mid 90s thanks to Sci Fi Channel. Many of my family have passed since (for instance, my mother's siblings are all about gone except one last sister), and it wouldn't be right to avoid a marathon during the 4th if just for nostalgic reasons. Syfy didn't see the value of TZ on Independence Day, except last year, so even though I cannot watch episodes like I do during New Year's Eve and Day, it is nice to try and sneak in a block of episodes whenever possible. I started with Death Ship from the fourth season, continuing with Stopover in a Quiet Town and The Gift . To Serve Man would feel like a later afternoon watch but SYFY showed it at 3:...
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