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| susquesus |
Posted - October 23 2003 : 4:40:38 PM
Other than "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", are there any other horror/ghost films that are set in the colonial era? Any good books? Collections of colonial era ghost stories? |
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| Highlander |
Posted - January 28 2004 : 12:54:09 AM
I still don't see why Burton felt the need to make Ichabod Crane a Constable instead of a School Teacher. |
| susquesus |
Posted - January 28 2004 : 12:47:21 AM
No, the sword seemed a bit excessive. Everything is over the top with Tim Burton, most of the time it works but the sword seemed gaudy and out of place. Still loved the movie. |
| Scott Bubar |
Posted - January 27 2004 : 07:35:14 AM
Just don't tell me you like that sword. |
| susquesus |
Posted - January 27 2004 : 01:39:28 AM
Yesterday I bought Tim Burton's, "Sleepy Hollow"(a steal at $9.99 on DVD @ Suncoast Pictures). If you haven't seen it you really should. First, it stars Steven Waddington (who has a gruesome run-in with the Headless Horseman). Second, it is SPOOKY. The Horseman is nightmarish. Christopher Walken's portrayal of the living Horseman is just as uncanny as special effects that enchance it's ghostly incarnation. Finally it's set in New York state's Hudson river valley in 1799. In addition Johnny Depp plays a great Ichabod Crane. |
| Two Kettles |
Posted - October 29 2003 : 10:42:15 PM
It's not exactly a horror film, but one movie that sometimes gets classified in the genre is BEDLAM with Boris Karloff. He's the apothecary (director) of the infamous asylum during the mid-18th century. When a quaker and crusading woman set out to expose the conditions of the place, nasty things happen. Karloff was justifiably proud of the film, and hated it when people called it a horror film. He said it wasn't horrible, it was very good. He considered it a costume drama. It's very rare, but does show up around Halloween sometimes on tv, and I got a video copy on eBay a few months ago.
It would be wonderful if someone would get really ambitious and film the story of Duncan Campbell, or even adapt Stevenson's poem "Ticonderoga", but that's probably too genre-bending to be successful.
Two Kettles |
| Scott Bubar |
Posted - October 24 2003 : 07:11:04 AM
Yes, that's it.
I was merging The Time of Their Lives and I Married a Witch. |
| richfed |
Posted - October 24 2003 : 05:50:25 AM
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Originally posted by Highlander
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Originally posted by Scott Bubar
Deep in the recesses of my memory is a recollection of a movie involving Puritan ghosts (a male and a female I think) and an oak(?) tree. Possibly the Charter Oak? Can't get the memory to quite gel (or should I say materialize. I believe it was made a while before I was born.
Hmm ... now that I think about it I have a feeling it was Hold That Ghost, an Abbot and Costello movie with Dick Powell.
There was an Abbott & Costello episode that takes place during the American Revolution where Costello & Female Co-star accidentally get shot and haunt the property where it happened.
The Time of Their Lives, I believe was the name of that movie ... great flick ... of course, I'm a BIG Abbott & Costello fan!!!
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| Highlander |
Posted - October 24 2003 : 02:57:53 AM
Before I forget,there was a cartoon in the 1970's by Hanna Barberra called "The Spirit of 76'".Anybody remember this?The main character was the ghost of a rebel.I recall one episode where he was chased around by the ghosts of two British Grenadiers.
Forgive me for exceeding the scope of this post(Colonial Movies)but since there are so few Colonial Movies to begin with,anything Colonial Era Horror is a rarer find indeed. |
| Highlander |
Posted - October 24 2003 : 02:37:17 AM
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Originally posted by Highlander
I remember reading a book that I got as a kid from the Scholastic Book Services that was titled"The Witch House:and other tales our settlers told".I liked one story in particular about two brothers from a New England town who are going off to fight in The French & Indian War.They do something to offend an old woman in the town who is suspected of WitchCraft.They soon find themselves being buzzed and tormented by an exceptionally large crow.When regular musket-fire will not drive the bird away,one of the soldiers takes a silver button from his waistcoat and uses that as a musket ball which works!
The old woman is found dead at her home with the silver button in her leg. I still have this paperback too.
I also remember an episode of Daniel Boone titled "The Mountain of the Dead" where he takes some British Officers(Leslie Neilson)to Braddock's Field to recover something.The background was intended to be eerie and spooky.
This book also contains "The Story of Frog Bridge"that was recently posted. |
| Highlander |
Posted - October 24 2003 : 02:22:28 AM
I remember reading a book that I got as a kid from the Scholastic Book Services that was titled"The Witch House:and other tales our settlers told".I liked one story in particular about two brothers from a New England town who are going off to fight in The French & Indian War.They do something to offend an old woman in the town who is suspected of WitchCraft.They soon find themselves being buzzed and tormented by an exceptionally large crow.When regular musket-fire will not drive the bird away,one of the soldiers takes a silver button from his waistcoat and uses that as a musket ball which works!
The old woman is found dead at her home with the silver button in her leg.I still have this paperback too.
I also remember an episode of Daniel Boone titled "The Mountain of the Dead" where he takes some British Officers(Leslie Neilson)to Braddock's Field to recover something.The background was intended to be eerie and spooky. |
| Highlander |
Posted - October 24 2003 : 01:50:55 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Scott Bubar
Deep in the recesses of my memory is a recollection of a movie involving Puritan ghosts (a male and a female I think) and an oak(?) tree. Possibly the Charter Oak? Can't get the memory to quite gel (or should I say materialize. I believe it was made a while before I was born.
Hmm ... now that I think about it I have a feeling it was Hold That Ghost, an Abbot and Costello movie with Dick Powell.
There was an Abbott & Costello episode that takes place during the American Revolution where Costello & Female Co-star accidentally get shot and haunt the property where it happened. |
| Scott Bubar |
Posted - October 23 2003 : 11:55:23 PM
Gee Bill, we're almost operating in realtime here, except for that little lag. |
| Scott Bubar |
Posted - October 23 2003 : 11:52:28 PM
OK, I Married a Witch, with Veronica Lake, Frederic March as the 20th century husband and Cecil Kellaway as her father. Not sure how Dick Powell crept in their, and I guess it's not particularly colonial, except for the set-up. Oh well ... |
| Bill R |
Posted - October 23 2003 : 11:50:02 PM
Ah ha! I married a Witch. Frederick March. They were hanged in colonial times but came back in the 1940's. |
| Bill R |
Posted - October 23 2003 : 11:46:43 PM
Not sure about Grant either, but this is definitely the babe that was in the movie. Veronica Lake it is. Link below.
http://www.perfectpeople.net/picpage.php3/cpid=78042 |
| Scott Bubar |
Posted - October 23 2003 : 11:44:34 PM
Just seeing your response, Bill. Yes, that sounds right. Not sure about Grant. |
| Scott Bubar |
Posted - October 23 2003 : 11:40:53 PM
No, I just checked. Dick Powell wasn't in that one, I'll have to think on this. |
| Bill R |
Posted - October 23 2003 : 11:40:51 PM
something wrong with this board. just typed a long response and it got lost.
Veronika Lake and I think Cary Grant. She's a witch come back with her father. Falls in love with hero. Loses her witch powers.
They were hanged as witches and their spirits were locked in the tree waiting to be released. |
| Scott Bubar |
Posted - October 23 2003 : 11:27:12 PM
Deep in the recesses of my memory is a recollection of a movie involving Puritan ghosts (a male and a female I think) and an oak(?) tree. Possibly the Charter Oak? Can't get the memory to quite gel (or should I say materialize. I believe it was made a while before I was born.
Hmm ... now that I think about it I have a feeling it was Hold That Ghost, an Abbot and Costello movie with Dick Powell. |
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