tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post6381773458168483931..comments2024-02-06T19:31:17.348+00:00Comments on Hammer and Beyond: Plague of the Zombies (1966)Holger Haasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13359071414296803464noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-90399840454974383302012-09-08T21:01:02.943+01:002012-09-08T21:01:02.943+01:00Not sure if that sign has any bearing to real Vood...Not sure if that sign has any bearing to real Voodoo rituals. Roy Ashton said that for the mask he used both "imagination" and "documentation". ;-)Holger Haasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359071414296803464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-39622689507815777152012-06-27T00:50:58.853+01:002012-06-27T00:50:58.853+01:00What is the (haitian voodoo?) Sigil on The Squire&...What is the (haitian voodoo?) Sigil on The Squire's mask?Geordiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10451184081895677784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-18041434634530373012009-03-05T21:02:00.000+00:002009-03-05T21:02:00.000+00:00Haha, that's a beauty. Looks like our tastes are c...Haha, that's a beauty. Looks like our tastes are completely opposite. With that in mind I doubt a repeat viewing will change your mind for PLAGUE. LOLHolger Haasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359071414296803464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-3217298877908811132009-03-05T20:26:00.000+00:002009-03-05T20:26:00.000+00:00I swear you won't believe this Holger: I loved THE...I swear you won't believe this Holger: I loved THE GORGON, and THE REPTILE is probably my second favorite Hammer film. Alls well, different strokes for different folks. Maybe I should give PLAGUE another viewing.Thwackohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00829538057125935040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-40076145976202788182009-03-05T18:56:00.000+00:002009-03-05T18:56:00.000+00:00Haha, Thwacko, truth be told for quite some time I...Haha, Thwacko, truth be told for quite some time I also could not quite warm up to PLAGUE, but have finally come around to it. When it comes to overrated Hammers THE GORGON is first on my list. I also can't say I fancy THE REPTILE all that much, though it is years since I last saw it. I'll hopefully rewatch it sometime this year to see whether my feelings about it are still the same.Holger Haasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359071414296803464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-40950495787482484202009-03-05T18:34:00.000+00:002009-03-05T18:34:00.000+00:00Regardless of any connection to other films, "Plag...Regardless of any connection to other films, "Plague..." is my least favorite Hammer film and in my views one of the most overated. I found it horribly dull and delivered little in the way of zombies, or much of anything else besides chatter.Thwackohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00829538057125935040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-8565576704125398692009-03-03T13:21:00.000+00:002009-03-03T13:21:00.000+00:00Sir James Forbes is definitely in the mould of Ter...Sir James Forbes is definitely in the mould of Terence Fisher's Van Helsing - a strong figure of both faith and reason in the face of (an outwardly handsome and charming) evil.<BR/><BR/>John Carson has been compared to Christopher Lee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-69076354282586670002009-03-03T09:41:00.000+00:002009-03-03T09:41:00.000+00:00Here's another similarity with Dracula: In both fi...Here's another similarity with Dracula: In both films the two ladies of the household get under the Aristocrat's spell, the first one dies (bringing the danger home to our heroes), the second one gets rescued at the last minute during the film's climax.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally something that I never understood: What is the interest that the Squire has for the two girls? Does he need them as workers? Hardly. He even seems to have two different sets of motivation for either one of them, being perfectly contended to have Alice turn into an ordinary zombie (Why?), but planning to sacrifice Sylvia (Again: Why?).Holger Haasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359071414296803464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-43546413901453943282009-03-03T08:45:00.000+00:002009-03-03T08:45:00.000+00:00Similarities with the HOUND? I guess what they pri...Similarities with the HOUND? I guess what they primarily refer to would be the opening scenes, not the main Holmes backstory? Will check out your articles. I am surprised that noone ever seems to have compared this with DRACULA as I find the relevant scenes painfully obvious.Holger Haasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359071414296803464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-88320346060432940692009-03-02T23:51:00.000+00:002009-03-02T23:51:00.000+00:00As Robert said, this has a lot in common with The ...As Robert said, this has a lot in common with The Hound of the Baskervilles, whose writer (Peter Bryan) it shares. The redbloods are the most obvious element harking back to Hound.<BR/><BR/>Never noticed the similarities with Dracula.<BR/><BR/>If you've never read my essay on Plague of the Zombies, please do!<BR/><BR/>http://www.davidlrattigan.com/hhplague.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-85336451918388250462009-03-02T21:14:00.000+00:002009-03-02T21:14:00.000+00:00A lot of the commentaries I've read on this talk a...A lot of the commentaries I've read on this talk about it being a remake of The Hound of the Baskervilles, haven't heard anyone else compare to Dracula.<BR/><BR/>Whilst Gilling doesn't go down the racial domination of earlier films, Plague does go back to White Zombie's theme of slavery though - unlike most of the other zombie flicks I've watched, Gilling's Zombies are subservient and there to serve an "aristocracy". <BR/><BR/>I've an article prepared somewhere which looks at this... in the meantime I commented on it here: http://www.unofficialhammerfilms.com/articles/potz_cornintro.htmlRobert JE Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697971998442516334noreply@blogger.com