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Old 3rd January 2025, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop View Post
DR JEKYLL AND THE WEREWOLF - This kind of inspired silliness - the kind where werewolf Paul Naschy hops over to swingin' London for an appointment with Dr Jeckyll, who inadvertently unleashes a whip-wielding, strip club-frequenting Mr Hyde - is so of its time that it's slightly nauseating to think of any A24 types wanting to turn the clock back on it now. Could you imagine a remake these days? I suppose there's a subplot about someone mourning the loss of their spouse. Anyway, wahwah guitars, random shots of stuffed animals, inane technobabble in place of dialogue, Jack Taylor looking very shifty and a few lovely 'gothic passages'... gets a bit languid in spots, but it's a nice jolt to see such an unapologetic dollop of socially oblivious monster mash.
When doesn't he?

I love him in The Vampire's Night Orgy. He's supposed to be the hero of the piece but he spends half the film spying on Dyanik Zurakowska through a hole in the wall.
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