On Svengoolie tonight: The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)
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ZolotoyRetriever — 1 year ago(March 08, 2025 11:09 PM)
The Thing That Couldn't Die
(1958) will be on Svengoolie tonight. Never seen it before, but I will DVR it and give it a look.
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Lilith — 1 year ago(March 09, 2025 03:36 PM)
Ahh, it was one of those, then!
The trailer primarily focused on women screaming. Did you notice how they all seemed to have a universal scream back then?
When I was in middle school, we were reading parts for a program we were going to put on for the parents. It was a mystery play. I got the part of the girl in distress for one reason. I was the only one willing to actually belt out a scream on stage. The other girls felt too self-conscious to scream. I hated getting the part
just
because I was the
only one
willing to scream. What a silly reason to give someone the part in the play! I totally was not right for the part.
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ZolotoyRetriever — 1 year ago(March 09, 2025 06:23 PM)
I DVR'd it… Haven't seen it yet, but judging by the trailer it looks like it's cheesy enough to make enchiladas with. FWIW this one got the MST3K treatment, which might be a better way to view it. You can find several uploads of the full MST version on YouTube.
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ZolotoyRetriever — 1 year ago(March 10, 2025 06:59 AM)
Just finished watching it. Not "great," but in all fairness it was better than I expected. And not so cheesy after all. The Svengoolie treatment was pretty good, too (provided you can stand him padding a relatively short film (69 minutes long) with many, many minutes of interruptions to fill up a 2-1/2 hour time slot).
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