Showing posts with label norman thaddeus vane. Show all posts
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Saturday, February 17, 2024

Fightful

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FRIGHTMARE-1983-Some idiot fans of the recently deceased horror star Conrad Razoff (Ferdinand Mayne; THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS (1967)) steal his corpse and have a party where they get drunk and dance with him. Later they put him in the attic. His wife contacts a psychic (Nita Talbott) who performs a seance that brings Conrad back to life. He kills most of them (including Jeffery Combs in his third film) and a fat cop investigates. One guy (future director Luca Bercovici) is cremated alive. Leon Askin (from TV's "Hogan's Heroes" has a small role). 

Confused typical '80's slasher nonsense written & directed by Norman Thaddeus Vane who many years earlier penned The Herman's Hermits movie MRS. BROWN, YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER (1968).

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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Herman's Back!


MRS. BROWN YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER-1968-Herman's Hermits tries to emulate The Beatles movie success with inept talky musical. Peter/Herman is an unhappy guy who lives with his mother and works for an advertising agency. He also owns a racing dog named Mrs. Brown. At night he rehearses with the rest of the Hermits. The title cut and “There's A Kind of Hush” are in it but so are some forgettable tunes. A guy named Mr. Brown (Stanley Holloway) sponsors the band so they can raise money to race their dog. Not surprisingly his daughter Judy (Sarah Caldwell) falls for Herman. The weirdest part is that co-stars Holloway, Mona Washburn (as a human Mrs. Brown) and Lance Percival all sing too! 

Director Saul Swimmer later filmed THE CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH. American born screenwriter Norman Thaddeus Vane later returned to his native country and made low budget horror movies (FRIGHTMARE, THE BLACK ROOM). He may have been married to lead actress Caldwell.


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