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Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Monday, 27 February 2023
Out of the Unknown
Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction horror anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Most episodes of the first three series were a dramatisation of a science fiction short story. Some were written directly for the series, but most were adaptations of already-published stories.
Out of the Unknown | |
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Created by | Irene Shubik |
Theme music composer | Norman Kay (series 1 -3) Roger Roger (series 4) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 4 |
No. of episodes | 49 (28 missing, 1 incomplete) (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Producers | Irene Shubik (series 1 & 2) Alan Bromly (series 3 & 4) |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | c. 60 minutes per episode (series 1) c. 50 minutes per episode (series 2-4) |
Release | |
Original network | BBC 2 |
Picture format | 625 line (576i) PAL 4:3 Monochrome (series 1 & 2) Colour (series 3 & 4) |
Audio format | Monaural |
Original release | 4 October 1965 – 30 June 1971 |
The first three years were exclusively science fiction, but that genre was mostly abandoned in the final year in favour of horror-fantasy stories, with only one story based around science-fiction. Many videotapes of episodes were wiped in the early 1970s, as was standard procedure at the time. A large number of episodes are still missing, although some have resurfaced—for example, "Level Seven" from series two, originally broadcast on 27 October 1966, was returned to the BBC from the archives of a European broadcaster in January 2006.
Sunday, 26 February 2023
Saturday, 25 February 2023
Weird Films -Maniac
Maniac
(also known as Sex Maniac) is a 1934 American black-and-white exploitation horror film directed by Dwain Esper and written by Hildagarde Stadie, Esper's wife, as a loose adaptation of the 1843 Edgar Allan Poe story "The Black Cat", with references to his "Murders in the Rue Morgue".[2] Esper and Stadie also made the 1936 exploitation film Marihuana.
Maniac | |
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Directed by | Dwain Esper |
Written by | Hildagarde Stadie |
Based on | "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe |
Produced by | Dwain Esper Louis Sonney Hildagarde Stadie |
Starring | William Woods Horace B. Carpenter |
Cinematography | William C. Thompson |
Edited by | William Austin |
Distributed by | Roadshow Attractions Hollywood Producers and Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 51 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $7,500 (est.)[1] |
The film, which was advertised with the tagline "He menaced women with his weird desires!", is in the public domain.
A restored version was made available in 1999, as part of a double feature with another Esper film, Narcotic! (1933). John Wilson, the founder of the Golden Raspberry Award, named Maniac one of the "100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made" in his book The Official Razzie Movie Guide. Maniac has received negative reception since its release, being the first film considered the worst ever made and is an oft-cited example of pornographic films.
PlotEdit
Don Maxwell is a former vaudeville impersonator who's working as the lab assistant to Dr. Meirschultz, a mad scientist attempting to bring the dead back to life. When Don kills Meirschultz, he attempts to hide his crime by "becoming" the doctor, taking over his work, and copying his appearance/mannerisms. In the process, he slowly goes insane.
The "doctor" treats a mental patient, Buckley, but accidentally injects him with adrenaline, which causes the man to go into violent fits. In one of these fits, Buckley kidnaps a woman, tears her clothes off, and rapes her. Buckley's wife discovers the body of the real doctor and blackmails Don for turning her husband into a zombie. The ersatz doctor turns the tables on her by manipulating the woman into fighting with his estranged wife, Alice Maxwell, a former showgirl. When the cat-breeding neighbor, Goof, sees what's going on, he calls the police, who stop the fight and, following the sound of Satan the cat, find the body of the real doctor hidden behind a brick wall.[2][3][4]
Friday, 24 February 2023
I love you in blue
Verse 1
Oh my brother I love you so muchIf you get a chance I hope you make it
Nothing but a good old fashioned love, love
Nothing but a good old fashioned love, love
Pre-Chorus
I love you in blue
I love you in blue
Chorus
I love the time, I love the space
We live in together here, whenever we close our eyes
You gotta love me like you love that boat
You gotta love me love me love me
Verse 2
I finally found what I needed
I finally knew what love was for
Well she always treats me right
The way she says I love ya makes me feel so true
Pre-Chorus
Love me like a good young girl
Love me like a good young girl
Chorus
I love the time, I love the space
We live in together here, whenever we close our eyes
You gotta love me like you love that boat
You gotta love me love me love me
Bridge
In this old country line
Lord, I love that girl
Chorus
I love the time, I love the space
We live in together here, whenever we close our eyes
You gotta love me like you love that boat
You gotta love me love me love me