I know I had my Lame Post Friday on Wednesday this week, but I really don’t have much in me today except that silly title. We are watching foolish movies and had made our way to The Bad Seed (1956) when I thought I had better make my blog post before I get too tired.
Those psycho eyes!
Steven always says he would like to watch a version of this where the little girl, Rhoda, really seems like a sweet little girl at the beginning, so you are shocked when she turns out to be a murderer (I didn’t need a spoiler alert for that; everybody knows that’s what The Bad Seed is about). I wonder if I could get Ilion Little Theatre to let me direct it. Then I wonder if I could find a kid actor good enough to be Rhoda. Of course, I have supreme confidence in my own directing abilities to think I could pull it off. I rather doubt I will have a chance to be disproved in this case.
Earlier today we watched The Ape (1940) with Boris Karloff. Today (November 23) is Karloff’s birthday. The movie is part of our DVD collection of 50 Horror Classics. Karloff gets to use his beautiful voice, but the movie is kind of slow.
The poster is more exciting than the movie.
After that, we went on with the primate theme with The Ape Man (1943) starring Bela Lugosi. The movie is part of a DVD I gave Steven called The Best of the Worst. I don’t know if it was the worst movie, but it was certainly a very bad print. We couldn’t understand most of the dialog. When I had completely lost track of what was going on, I suggested we take it out and put in another movie, finally settling on The Bad Seed.
We did not watch long enough to see this dramatic scene.
There is no chance I will lose track of this movie, since we have seen it many times. It is one of our favorites. Still, what is the point of watching it if one does not actually watch it? Therefore, I will hit Publish and return to the movie watching portion of my day. Happy Friday, everyone.
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