MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE - vers. by Gordon Hessler

Re: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE - vers. by Gordon Hessler

feeds@yuku.com (luisj40) — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:47:57 GMT

TServo4 wrote:
Yes. I've got it on VHS around here somewhere, but it hasn't been put on DVD yet, unfortunately. For a 1954 film, the tone is quite adult and some scenes are quite gruesome.

Karl Malden is just great here as a mean and nasty sucker, there is a Region 2 DVD available but it's pricey and I can't believe Warner Brothers has been...

Re: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE - vers. by Gordon Hessler

feeds@yuku.com (TServo4) — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:02:38 GMT

Yes. I've got it on VHS around here somewhere, but it hasn't been put on DVD yet, unfortunately. For a 1954 film, the tone is quite adult and some scenes are quite gruesome.

Re: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE - vers. by Gordon Hessler

feeds@yuku.com (bgart13) — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:34:21 GMT

By the WB version, do you mean the one with Malden?

Re: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE - vers. by Gordon Hessler

feeds@yuku.com (TServo4) — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:53:14 GMT

I agree that the Warner Bros. version is the best, and possibly the closest to the original story. It also sports wonderful 3-D photography.

Re: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE - vers. by Gordon Hessler

feeds@yuku.com (bgart13) — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:02:05 GMT

Would love to see the Karl Malden film -- on my list of films to find. I really love the Lugosi movie, too -- one of my fave Lugosi films. This one, the Hessler one, definitely feels like a 70s Euro horror film, and even felt like a Naschy film, honestly. Perhaps cuz it was filmed in Spain. Regardless, I think Naschy should do a version of this story -- wouldn't that be something? Him as Dr. Mirakle or whatever, with a decidedly twisted Naschy/Euro influence? Wow...

Re: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE - vers. by Gordon Hessler

feeds@yuku.com (luisj40) — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:20:17 GMT

You know I really don't like this version all that much as I had already forgotten I actually last watched this about a year ago as a back to back viewing with CRY OF THE BANSHEE movie which is the other half of the Midnite Movies Double Feature and I guess it was so forgettable that I completely forgot I watched it. I enjoy the 1932 Bela Lugosi version despite the silly close-ups of a real chimp that just doesn't fit with the other...

Re: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE - vers. by Gordon Hessler

feeds@yuku.com (Latarnia) — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:41:04 GMT

I don't know the answer (I thought that was his voice!), but I'd assume it'd be lack of availability.

Mirek

Re: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE - vers. by Gordon Hessler

feeds@yuku.com (Earl B) — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:31:58 GMT

LOL

Fair enough.

Re: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE - vers. by Gordon Hessler

feeds@yuku.com (bgart13) — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:12:40 GMT

Maybe his wonky eye started to talk and ruined the audio during the takes...

Re: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE - vers. by Gordon Hessler

feeds@yuku.com (Earl B) — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:36:10 GMT

Thanks for the welcome, Mirek. I agree with you about ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. Speaking of which (sorry to go off-topic), do you or anyone here know why Jack Elam was dubbed? Lack of availability on his part, I assume?

Re: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE - vers. by Gordon Hessler

feeds@yuku.com (Latarnia) — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:28:53 GMT

Welcome to the forums, Earl. Yes, Robards can be "out of it" on occasion. That mood worked very well in ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, however.

Mirek

Re: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE - vers. by Gordon Hessler

feeds@yuku.com (Earl B) — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:09:54 GMT

I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked this film. Although I think that Jason Robards gives a bizarre, almost disinterested performance.

Re: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE - vers. by Gordon Hessler

feeds@yuku.com (Latarnia) — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:27:32 GMT

I believe it's this film... There's a beautiful sequence in the park, with some lovely music and traveling camera work. An underappreciated film, to be sure.

Mirek

MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE - vers. by Gordon Hessler

feeds@yuku.com (bgart13) — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:15:33 GMT

Received this today in the mail, of the Midnite Movies line. A little surprised by it. Has a couple of unexpected treats in it that I didn't even realize before ordering it (that's another story...stupid Oldies.com) -- Lilli Palmer and Maria Perschy are both in the film!

Ben