Cat Girl (1957)
Finally found an old VHS tape of this obscure film in Edde Brandt's video in North Hollywood. Coincidentally, it involves a cursed family named Brandt. Basically, it's a dull rehashing of CAT PEOPLE...
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vayapues wrote: Count me in as a liker. I like Babs Shelley & "velvet voiced" Robert Ayres. I like the hyper-economical, painfully muted low-key flavor of the production (down to that the whole...
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clore, COLOSSAL MAN & CAT GIRL actually were engineered by AIP as a double-bill on their initial 1957 release. Did you see them back then? Remember that at the beginning, AIP was all about twin...
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These double bills played only a week; by the time poor word of mouth had spread, the movies were gone from the local theater. I wonder if CAT GIRL was an independent British production that just...
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Actually, Bill, I believe this was AIP's initial flirtation with "runaway production," not simply a pickup. The script came from AIP's end; whether written earlier, set in the US, or specifically...
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Written and co-produced by Sam Arkoff's brother-in-law, I think CAT GIRL's pedigree as an AIP co-production from the get-go is pretty obvious.
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vayapues wrote:clore, COLOSSAL MAN & CAT GIRL actually were engineered by AIP as a double-bill on their initial 1957 release. Did you see them back then?Yep, I saw them both at the RKO Bushwick in...
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I'm a tiny bit curious about the movie; I haven't seen it since 1957 (though I did see the Cat Girl's hands and face on the wall at the Blaisdells'). . I think it was never included in the groups of...
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There were even quintuple bills -- a 1967 one was COMEDY OF TERRORS, MASQUE/RED DEATH, WAR-GODS OF THE DEEP, TALES OF TERROR and TOMB OF LIGEIA.
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In January 1967 I saw a quadruple billing at a drive-in that includedHouse of UsherPit and the PendulumThe RavenTales of Terror
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clore103051 wrote: In January 1967 I saw a quadruple billing at a drive-in that includedHouse of UsherPit and the PendulumThe RavenTales of TerrorKinda fun watching Corman's burning rafters falling...
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DonM435 wrote:Kinda fun watching Corman's burning rafters falling again and again. Yes, certainly a night of deja vu. Plus I could swear that those red candles were the same props.
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As I understand it, Corman got a good price on a bunch of twisty red candles, and used them over and over until he ran out of them. I doubt that he ever made a movie in order to USE those candles,...
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He must have run out. If I remember correctly, Tomb of Ligeia had blue candles.
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TOMB OF LIGEIA was made in England. It must have been cheaper to buy candles there than ship the red candles across the continent and across the Atlantic.
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The poster (or rather newspaper ad) for Cat Girl scared me as a kid. Imagine my surprise when I saw it on TV as an adult and found it an unwatchable bore! I like Barbara Shelly, but would rather see...
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TomWeaver999 wrote: CANDLES AT THE END OF THE WORLD.Corman was known to burn 'em at both ends.
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The movie can be viewed at AMC's website. A number of other movies are available for viewing (but not downloading) there: FIEND WITHOUT A FACE, THE CRAWLING EYE, THE BRAIN EATERS, THE HAUNTED...
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