tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post8845172218450146306..comments2024-03-28T20:33:20.294-05:00Comments on THE HORRORS OF IT ALL: "Hack, Hack, Sweet Has-Been" or "What Ever Happened To Good Taste?"Mr. Karswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-59237976984667115682017-05-04T20:46:57.451-05:002017-05-04T20:46:57.451-05:00Fun comments you guys, thanks for joining in and t...Fun comments you guys, thanks for joining in and turning our horror ho-down into a beach blanket blood bath! ;) More on the way, and as mentioned-- a return to COLOR! Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-34455053133785165832017-05-03T23:41:20.443-05:002017-05-03T23:41:20.443-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Guy Callawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237807931893298891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-77987101877484019822017-05-03T17:49:56.605-05:002017-05-03T17:49:56.605-05:00Well, as I dig '60's horror AND the Beach ...Well, as I dig '60's horror AND the Beach Party romps...<br />Drucker's art here is fantastic.Guy Callawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237807931893298891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-47255143530381344432017-05-03T14:35:33.541-05:002017-05-03T14:35:33.541-05:00I haven't known this routine forever, but I...I haven't known this routine forever, but I've known it for quite some time due to back issues and Mad paperbacks and so on. Even though I also like the "hag horror" movies it's about, I have a lopsided attachment to the ending, since I've never stopped liking the Beach Movies and similar ones (right now I'm in the middle of a long wave of watching all the ones I own).<br /><br />A little later they did a routine called "Mad Visits A Typical Beach Movie," and they got a fan letter from Bobbi Shaw (who of course appears here as "Bubbi Shaw").<br /><br /><br /><br />Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-31118883782671320052017-05-03T11:44:21.483-05:002017-05-03T11:44:21.483-05:00And a very Happy Birthday to you, good Sir !!!And a very Happy Birthday to you, good Sir !!!Dr. Thedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16437013120611829846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-77394563474037944942017-05-02T10:11:07.205-05:002017-05-02T10:11:07.205-05:00Good Drucker art. BTW, I have another request: &qu...Good Drucker art. BTW, I have another request: "Genuine Alligator" from Mystery Tales #16, if one of the other bloggers doesn't have it posted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-7189398815702806342017-05-02T00:14:09.222-05:002017-05-02T00:14:09.222-05:00Man I love Mort Drucker. And I really want to see ...Man I love Mort Drucker. And I really want to see <i>Drown, Drown Sweet Surfers</i>, but I suspect it would have garnered less in the way of Oscar consideration than the original managed.<br /><br />For the record, I love all the movies, and most of the stars, that are skewered here. And I think that Grand Dame Guignol is quite brilliant (though I think "Grandma Guignol" is rather nimbler, and seeing as how there's not much in the way of a Google hit for it, it's ripe for some horror host, rollergrrl, or macabre superhero team to adopt).Mr. Cavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634994342702518448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-81828238845249554512017-05-01T11:27:46.098-05:002017-05-01T11:27:46.098-05:00I love "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane."...I love "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane." It's crass, it's exploitative, it's cheap, but has a real dark heart and the leads really work the material.<br /><br />One thing I find interesting (and I remember reading this in a reprint somewhere, as I wasn't quite born yet when it came out) that I only noticed now -- it's very dismissive to gore in horror films, and it's basically using some of the same arguments that were used in the 50s against EC, who ran MAD! "Freedom to twist minds?" This is only about a decade removed, and Gaines and Al are still in charge! Bizarre!<br /><br />In '66 Eva was just getting started in Green Acres and she was still fine, so I take offense that she was a has-been at that point :)Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-47899626261390653432017-04-30T15:41:23.169-05:002017-04-30T15:41:23.169-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mestierehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469030153414408109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-27998402508947313932017-04-30T10:20:28.627-05:002017-04-30T10:20:28.627-05:00I sure don't want to be in the position of def...I sure don't want to be in the position of defending Joan Crawford, but I have to say that the filmmakers who took advantage of her persona and Bette Davis during their "desperate for a part so I'll do horror" later years, made some of the most memorable work of their careers with Psycho-biddy. THE NANNY with Davis is one of the best thrillers out of Hammer (topped only by PARANOIAC, imho). The showdown between them in WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? is so creepy and memorable that even now we're getting a "making of" movie with FEUD. And don't forget that Steven Spielberg's big break came directing Crawford in THE NIGHT GALLERY pilot. <br /><br />A fun piece from MAD. Thanks for posting! Morbidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605497974434648896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-20815054640731242912017-04-30T08:38:35.807-05:002017-04-30T08:38:35.807-05:00God I don't know what I like better, Psycho-Bi...God I don't know what I like better, Psycho-Biddy or Hagsploitation! Lol<br /><br />How about Granny-A-Gore-Gore!Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-35118305895530333272017-04-30T02:58:57.482-05:002017-04-30T02:58:57.482-05:00[An interesting aside: though I have as much power...[An interesting aside: though I have as much power over this blog as Mr. Karswell, I cannot edit my own comments-- I don't expect or wish to edit any others, mind you, but I thought I might be able to alter my own.]<br /><br />I do like the little "take that" at Joan Crawford's extensive involvement with/shilling for Pepsi Cola in her later years (she married the company president in 1955 and eventually joined the board of directors).<br /><br />Amusing trivia: this mini-genre of older actresses in horror films got some amusing names-- "psycho-biddy", "Grand Dame Guignol" and the admittedly mean-spirited "hagsploitation". And it wasn't just Hollywood who got in on the game; Brithorror gaves us films like <i>Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?</i> (1971, with Shelly Winters) and <i>Fanatic</i>, aka <i>Die! Die! My Darling</i> (1965, Tallulah Bankhead).<br /><br />Aw, the little oddities one learns when one prowls the stacks...Nequamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225401111413524858noreply@blogger.com