Mastodawn

Won't be the same without the crowd but I think I'll watch at least part of the movie
that was the feature for Monsterdon
1976#monsterdon #waxmuseum1976

Solarbird

May 25

Oof, got distracted - thanks for another fun night of launching movies deservedly into space, team, and as always, a special thank you to @Taweret for hosting. Let's vote better next week!

#monsterdon #WaxMuseum1976

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Solarbird

May 25

@strangefour @cptbutton I felt the lead feature started strong, I quite liked that part and hoped we were in for a fun ride. Then it just got so. dull. and turned into a police procedural and _wow_ did I stop caring, until they killed arguably the two best characters in the film, and then I was like "well THAT'S great we'd better get a good payoff"

and wow did we not get a good payoff xD

(I'm sorry but the singer/prostitute to my mind showed more defined individual _character_ than anyone in the film, with a lot of credit to the actress regardless of what you might think of her accent. She and Elsa Lanchester delivered the best performances regardless of what you think of their characters IMO)

#mosnterdon #waxwork #WaxMuseum1976

jadebees May 25

In the category of Static movie in serious danger of letting plot happen I give #WaxMuseum1976 5 out of 5 stars. It was like staring at an actor pretending to be a wax figure for 90 minutes that felt like at least two hours. Then roughly fifteen minutes before the end, the movie suddenly realized it better deliver some plot twists and a resolution. All the loose ends are tied up in a hasty Detective Explains Everything in the Parlor scene.

Possibly the most interesting part was the sympathy for the mistreated Karkov. He served as a barometer for who was a good person. Like our young heiress, who must have serious moral armor around her heart to survive being watched over by that greedy harridan. At the beginning, John Carradine tried to get us interested in what little he was given. Ray Milland got to play a man getting put through the wringer.

Well, #monsterdon, we got what we voted for. Thanks @Taweret for hosting, @cherizilla for the bingo cards, and @miru for the movie feed.