Five (1951) directed by Arch Oboler
I just finished watching Five. an extremely rare and remarkable film from 1951. Its one of the few 1950s science fiction films Ive never seen before, and frankly I wasnt expecting very much. I...
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I used to enjoy looking for this film after the swell write-up in the Brosnan sci-fi book. Finally caught up with it, pre vcr, toward the latter part of a "movies 'till dawn" local tv viewing, an...
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Like Hal, I caught this on TV in the pre-VCR/cable days, and saw it several times. Haven't seen it in a long time though. Have to look through the collection and see if I have a copy. Don't remember...
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<<... the really terrific 3-D effect when a serving tray floats "out" of the screen frame ...<< Yes, that was the most memorable scene, and probably the best 3-D effect I've ever seen,...
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Another one of those Columbia holdings never put out on DVD yet. I have a gray copy which "pulsates" and is extremely annoying trying to watch. I wish they would put it out. But being a completist...
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Just wanted to put in a plug for another early Oboler, BEWITCHED. It's the mother of all postwar femme split-personality films from THREE FACES OF EVE, LIZZIE and SCREAMING MIMI thru "Sybil", and...
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I saw BEWITCHED a time or two as a teen, on NY's Channel 2's LATE LATE LATE SHOW. An eerie movie to be watching alone, as a kid, in the middle of the night, back in the old days when, if you were up...
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Quote: you were one of about three people in your whole town who were. Years back, I fell asleep in front of the TV, then woke up in the wee small hours of the morning. On screen was a station...
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That's how I saw FIVE, 4:00 a.m., Movies 'Till Dawn, "nobody" else in town awake. Can't be beat. "Snips and snails and poppydoc tails...."
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