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BoyScoutKevin — 19 years ago(January 23, 2007 05:17 PM)
From my ID, I don't think I need to mention what is my favorite scene or scenes. As to why, these are scenes that shouldn't work, but they do. They should not be as erotic as they are, but they come off as being highly erotic.
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Little_Korean — 19 years ago(March 16, 2007 12:49 PM)
Lots of great scenes but the one that stuck in my mind was when Sylvia did the hypno-thing on Eve and went on a monologue about her god and reincarnation while lounging on a tanning-bed in front of a zonked-out Eve doing a striptease of sorts. To anyone reading this who hasn't seen the film, yes, I know it sounds completely ridiculous but the scene had a very creepy, oppressive feel that made it work.
The same could be said for a lot of scenes here. For a film that gets labelled as 'camp,' it sure is scarier than a lot of its fellow horror films.
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BoyScoutKevin — 19 years ago(March 25, 2007 03:29 PM)
Little Korea raises a good point. Why does something, that from the sound of it, should not work, works and works well.
I think there are two reasons. As much as the acting is denigrated, I think Amanda's acting makes the film.
And the other thing that makes the film (IMHO) is the cinematography.
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Little_Korean — 18 years ago(April 08, 2007 06:25 PM)
The third reason is the script and how it enfolds the story. Since the film isn't using a well-known baddy like a were-beast or vampire (at least, none that's been used before in films), it's able to keep us in mystery about what precisely is going on.
And yeah, Amanda Donohue makes the film (though Grant is pretty good, too)
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Devilstator — 18 years ago(May 02, 2007 01:54 PM)
Eh? The only reason we're left slightly in the dark is because the movie is so outlandish. But it's pretty obvious what is going on from the beginning! Lady Marsh steals the skull, pauses to reveal fangs and spit venom on the crucifix, and leaves. Obviously she is the villainess. Her intentions are revealed in Eve's delightfully kitschy vision.
My favourite scene is definitely the scene on the plane. Beside all the clumsy CGI and the novelty of seeing Hugh Grant in something other than a romantic comedy, this scene is just totally bloody random. It makes no sense at all, and yet it is absolutely fascinatingly weird. -
obit1 — 18 years ago(June 04, 2007 06:24 PM)
My favorite scene or scenes are any that involve Amanda Donohoe in her serpent woman grease paint, including the fantasy segments. There is no "CGI" in the movie, but the compositing is done with simple blue-backing traveling matte techniques which have been around for more than eighty years.(now they do them with green backing and electronically by computer.back then it was a photo-chemical process.)
The cheap blue screen opticals, badly done, actually ADD to the intriguing aspect of the fantasy sequences in my opinion, and give these scenes a kind of dream like never-world quality.
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mgcross — 18 years ago(January 29, 2008 09:37 PM)
This film is just wall-to-wall favourite scenes for me. The scene between Hugh Grant and Amanda Donohoe when he pays her a neighbourly visit is beautifully crafted and acted. Her crawling up to the skull and running her leather-clad hands over it like crawling spiders is visually spot on. And her scene when she confirms Eve's virginity is great scriptwriting and brilliant acting. Amanda Donohue's performance in this film is classic sexy villainess, one of the best in the history of cinema. The film is pure B Grade cheese, but that is it's intention. It is one of my top ten films in any category, and one of the greatest things about it is how re-watchable it is. I've watched it more times than I've watched almost any other movie, and I still find new things to delight in whithin it, but if you REALLY want to enjoy it, focus on denouement, performance, dialogue (especially repartee), symbolism, imagery, and cinematography. OH, and the DREAM-SEQUENCES! Brilliant. Pure brilliance! Cheers!
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andyk69 — 14 years ago(August 31, 2011 08:43 PM)
I have to say that one of the scenes that I remember a lot from my first viewing is when lady silvia spits the green slime in the crucifix, and also one that I remember made me crack laughing is when Sammy david character and the other guy go into the forest and the beginning of the film and she starts telling the story of how her parents dissapeared, is acted in such a campy way, love this film.
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ThisisFizban — 16 years ago(February 17, 2010 10:44 AM)
"and one of the greatest things about it is how re-watchable it is. I've watched it more times than I've watched almost any other movie, and I still find new things to delight in whithin it,"
Re-watchable? I shudder at the thought. I wish I could take back the ninety minutes and gone to sleep instead. -
kaiju0 — 18 years ago(June 25, 2007 07:16 AM)
The bit with Kevin, and it works because of Amanda's dialogue. Also I'm a huge fan of the tanning bed scene mentioned before for the same reasons, but my favorite scene because it just makes me laugh is the bit with the policeman swaying like a complete dope as Angus jams on the bagpipes. It's so ridiculous that it's THE most entertaining scene in the entire film. Also, I'm a huge Amanda Donahue fan, so I'm not at all objective about this film. I'm the same way with Sybil Danning, so you may need to factor that in for any commentary I give.
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tcshan — 16 years ago(November 13, 2009 07:04 PM)
There's so many of them, mostly involving Lady Sylvia being naked or in her underwear. (Yes, I'm a perv and damn proud of it. :D)
But my favorite has to be the part with the snakecharming music, followed by the scene where the mom's watching that snake dance on TV. -
andyk69 — 16 years ago(February 15, 2010 05:35 PM)
can I say the hole movie is my favorite scene?
I love this movie, there's nothing more to add.
Provably when Silvia bites the (beep) out of the boyscout
and she is giving this cult worship speech and the house ring
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BoyScoutKevin — 16 years ago(February 18, 2010 02:16 PM)
Yes, a very good scene, butperhapsnot so original, as there is a very similiar scene to this in 1960's "Horror Hotel" w/ Christopher Lee, which some think Ken Russell, the writer/director, borrowed from for his film "Lair of the White Worm."
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shevchen — 16 years ago(March 27, 2010 03:46 AM)
My favorite scene is when Peter Capaldi and Sammi Davis enters the dark room inside Temple House and sees vampire woman watching TV. It's creepiest scene of entire movie for me. Music, lights, WEIRDNESS of situation Amazing and still scary, I love it.
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