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Murfreesboro wrote: Mon Sep 16, 2024 10:29 am I hadn't even heard there was going to be a new Nosferatu. Is this perhaps the 100th anniversary of the original?

What was the name of that movie about the filming of it? The one back in the '90s maybe? Willem Dafoe, I think?

hippieluvn wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 9:38 pm In anticipation of the new SALEM'S LOT (2024) feature film which premieres on Max next week...

Tonight, I will begin watching the original 1979 CBS mini-series followed by the 2004 TNT version...

It will take a few nights to finish both mini-series, and I've also begun re-reading this great SK novel

Murfreesboro wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 10:16 pm Meanwhile, I've started my annual re-viewing of the TV series Grimm, which I've always loved.

Murfreesboro wrote: Thu Sep 26, 2024 8:54 pm Not exactly.

It is set in contemporary Portland, Oregon. The main character is a police detective, but in the pilot he is surprised by a visit from his aunt, who is dying of cancer. He had been raised by her after his parents were killed in a car crash.

Because she is dying, her supernatural powers are being transferred to him. He has known nothing about this, but members of his family are descendants of the brothers Grimm, who had a kind of second sight. The stories they wrote were true. They could see the secret self inside certain people.

If you ever watched the English series Sherlock, which transposes the old Sherlock Holmes stories to modern times, that's the way Grimm works.

The best thing about Grimm is the ensemble cast. I love love love the various characters and the actors who portray them. The core ensemble is the Grimm, Nick, and his girlfriend Juliette; his police partner Hank and their co-worker Wu; their boss, police chief Sean Renard; Nick's friend Monroe, and Monroe's girlfriend Rosalie; and a witch named Adalind.

Grimm was never a massive hit, but it had a hard-core cult following. Most of those people were young enough to have been my kids, but I loved it, too. There is still an active Wiki-fandom for Grimm

hippieluvn wrote: Sun Sep 15, 2024 12:57 am

MauEvig wrote: Sat Sep 14, 2024 7:39 pm Welcome back!
Let us know how Speak No Evil is. I haven't seen it myself.
I've seen "See No Evil" but I don't know if the movies are related. See No Evil has the wrestler Kane in it.

Hello MauEvig, how are you? Hope all is well.

SPEAK NO EVIL was quite good, more psychological thriller than horror, but good fun and fine acting nonetheless

hippieluvn wrote: Fri Sep 27, 2024 3:56 pm To the late, great Dame Maggie Smith—RIP