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 Crud Club: Historic First Rewatch (Weds 30th Oct, 7.45pm)
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 19-10-2024 08:45
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Presumably due to other commitments, Prince Harry has declined (i.e. hasn’t replied to) my invitation to formally open the Crud Film Club and attend its inaugural session. So it’s down to me to say… LET’S DO THIS! Time/date: 7.45pm (GMT), Wednesday 30th October. (NOTE: Opening ceremony starts at 7.35pm) Event: The big one! The first convening of the CFC to delight in the defective, promote the pitiful and indulge in the utterly inexplicable. So what are we watching/rewatching? To crank up the excitement a further notch, let’s have a pointless duel! The Wasp Woman (1959, 73 minutes); produced/directed by the great Roger Corman, who was clearly still on a learning curve. YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpPAN...&t=39s or… The Creeping Terror (my italics) (1964, 77 minutes); produced/directed by and starring the superbly named Vic Savage (which is what I’m seriously considering changing my own name to). YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipVLl...mp;t=2624s We'll have a quick show of virtual hands at the opening ceremony to decide which we're in the mood for. Synopses: I’ve decided not to do any of those spoiler-rich summaries that M1 excels at. The first film is about a woman who turns into a wasp, The second is about a terror that creeps, and might give you some leftfield home-furnishing ideas. Edited by Cygnus Bazza on 25-10-2024 21:17 |
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| Paula |
Posted on 19-10-2024 18:13
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I've got it marked down on my calendar! Hurrah! I've seen them all and must look up a few films to suggest to the Crud Club. Howl long before we have our own secret handshake and t-shirts? So looking forward to this. And thank you for the YouTube links. Helps! I vote for The Creeping Terror as it's so outrageous. The foam rubber and carpet made monster who sucks up people whole and has a space ship which doesn't seem to have a door, if I remember correctly, and the humans who investigate have to bend and stoop under the ship to somehow get in! Resist the Host
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 20-10-2024 07:50
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I've got it marked down on my calendar! Hurrah! I've seen them all and must look up a few films to suggest to the Crud Club. Howl long before we have our own secret handshake and t-shirts? So looking forward to this. And thank you for the YouTube links. Helps! I vote for The Creeping Terror as it's so outrageous. Excellent! I kind of like the punchier version of the club's name! I propose we go with 'Crud Club'. Any objections? Good - APPROVED! And yes, gotta be 'merch' in the offing. Secret handshake? Definitely. The more secret secrets we secretly keep secret, the better. Edit: we could do with a strapline. Maybe 'CRUD CLUB...The Home of High-Class Hokum'. I'm also moved to get behind The Creeping Terror for our initial, All Hallows Eve Eve salvo. Haven't seen it in ages. And I must admit the opening to The wOSP Woman is a bit slug-gish. (Insect joke.) Edited by Cygnus Bazza on 20-10-2024 08:06 |
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 20-10-2024 11:18
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Presumably Roger Corman's learning curve included being forced to read Kafta at school, being dumped unceremoniously by his biggest crush, and having a bad experience with wasps at a picnic. The resulting dream came out something like his film, but worse.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| Paula |
Posted on 20-10-2024 19:18
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I'm going to be making up a listing of favorite bad films in the next couple of days but I need to do a bit of research before. But, looking forward to this experience no end! We just watched the Beast from 20 Thousand Fathoms last night and topped that off with three episodes of Ultraman Returns, the 60's kids show from Japan. I can't say who exactly cornered the market in crud films, but the Japs are ahead, with mentions of Korea, Russia/Finland, Italy and of course American films from the minds of Roger Corman, or Ed Wood!
Resist the Host
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 25-10-2024 21:19
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Just five days till the start of our crud crusade... |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 26-10-2024 19:49
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Ah The Creeping Terror! Magnificent mayhem! (Ahh!) Classic crap! (Oooh!) Refulgent recital of rubbish! (Huuuuuhhhhh?!) Leonard Sachs introduces: Monstrous Movies! 
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 27-10-2024 12:37
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This just turned up on my Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhU-c...hU-cE0hEkg Has anyone watched it? Does it qualify for the List? "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 27-10-2024 14:22
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This just turned up on my Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhU-c...hU-cE0hEkg Has anyone watched it? Does it qualify for the List? It maybe a bit high quality for the Crud list. Laughable (by today's standards) effects don't necessarily make a film crud. It has genuinely scary moments. I rate it a bit above the crud. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Paula |
Posted on 27-10-2024 19:28
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This just turned up on my Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhU-c...hU-cE0hEkg Has anyone watched it? Does it qualify for the List? Oh, another classic, the Crawling Eye with Forrest Tucker! Love that one! Resist the Host
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 27-10-2024 19:41
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Crud Club's all about the quest for la crème de la crud. Films with real crudibility. And by launching with 'The Creeping Terror', we've set the bar incrudibly high. It really does make 'The Wasp Woman' look like 'The Shawshank Redemption'. Edit: Confident the Club Committee will award this one its highly sought-after Five-Star 'Crock of Crud' Certification. Edited by Cygnus Bazza on 29-10-2024 10:16 |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 29-10-2024 10:08
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Just one day to go. I feel the hand of history on my shoulder. But it might just be where my rucksack was digging in in Winchester yesterday. Ah The Creeping Terror! Magnificent mayhem! (Ahh!) Classic crap! (Oooh!) Refulgent recital of rubbish! (Huuuuuhhhhh?!) Leonard Sachs introduces: Monstrous Movies! That's really rather good btw. Edited by Cygnus Bazza on 29-10-2024 10:18 |
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 29-10-2024 11:20
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Just one day to go. I feel the hand of history on my shoulder. But it might just be where my rucksack was digging in in Winchester yesterday. INteresting. One doesn't often see a sentence with a double 'in' in it. One wonders what you were up to in Winchester with a heavy rucksack... "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| Brad |
Posted on 29-10-2024 16:07
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Okay, will try to make this if not too busy, it is right up Paula's and my alleys.
. .  Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo! |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 29-10-2024 17:18
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Okay, will try to make this if not too busy, it is right up Paula's and my alleys. Brilliant! A most cordial welcome to the Crud Crew! This is all highly promising. I'd even go as far as declaring crud recrudescent! In fact, I am unanimous in that. One wonders what you were up to in Winchester with a heavy rucksack... X/Twitter is your friend |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 30-10-2024 08:25
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I'm already super-excited and it's only twenty past eight in the blinkin' morning. |
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 30-10-2024 11:22
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Is there a dress code for this rewatch?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 30-10-2024 11:59
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Is there a dress code for this rewatch? Yes. It's 5268. |
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| Brad |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:22
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So... it's wasp woman today? Or Creeping Terror???
Edited by Brad on 30-10-2024 19:25 . . Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo! |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:25
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So... it's wasp woman today? We plumped for 'The Creeping Terror' in the end. Just checking I'm all set. Bubbly water, semi-pescatarian nuggets, carpet swatches... |
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| Brad |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:29
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We plumped for 'The Creeping Terror' in the end. Ah, but does the carpet match the drapes? (you'll get it when you see the monster.) . . Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo! |
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| Brad |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:29
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Is there a dress code for this rewatch? Wrap yourself up in a throw rug and put on a funny hat. . . Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo! |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:31
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We plumped for 'The Creeping Terror' in the end. Ah, but does the carpet match the drapes? (you'll get it when you see the monster.) Everything's stylistically co-ordinated within an inch of its life here at Crud Club! |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:33
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Let's hope the CCC (Crud Club Committee) show up in full force! |
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| Brad |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:34
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Let's hope the CCC (Crud Club Committee) show up in full force! In homage to MST3K I may take to calling it the Cheesy Cinema Club (same initials). . . Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo! |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:35
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Let's hope the CCC (Crud Club Committee) show up in full force! In homage to MST3K I may take to calling it the Cheesy Cinema Club (same initials). We Crudders are a very broad-based and obnoxiously tolerant congregation |
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| Brad |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:36
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A quick google might indicate that this is the only movie metropolitan international pictures ever made.
. . Cockatoo? What Cockatoo? I don't see a Cockatoo! |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:36
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The Crud-ometer has just turned up ( or should that be down?) a few clicks. Yes, OSP est arrivée. Allons-y!
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:36
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A quick google might indicate that this is the only movie metropolitan international pictures ever made. Can't imagine why... Didn't Vic S do a runner? |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:37
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The Crud-ometer has just turned up ( or should that be down?) a few clicks. Yes, OSP est arrivée. Allons-y! Our Rogue Member's here! We're good to go! Fellow crud-lovers! I come not to bury crud, but to praise it. The man that hath no crud in himself… let no such man be trusted. But uneasy lies the head that wears the crud. May this move us to affirm both our faith in the creed of crud and our disdain for basic competence in movie-making. As the Bard once said (in a now-lost folio): ARE WE ALL UP FOR A CRACKING CROCK OF CRUD? |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:37
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A quick google might indicate that this is the only movie metropolitan international pictures ever made. I wonder why? 
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:39
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The Crud-ometer has just turned up ( or should that be down?) a few clicks. Yes, OSP est arrivée. Allons-y! Our Rogue Member's here! We're good to go! Fellow crud-lovers! I come not to bury crud, but to praise it. The man that hath no crud in himself… let no such man be trusted. But uneasy lies the head that wears the crud. May this move us to affirm both our faith in the creed of crud and our disdain for basic competence in movie-making. As the Bard once said (in a now-lost folio): ARE WE ALL UP FOR A CRACKING CROCK OF CRUD? Have you been getting 'mellow' at Avebury again? Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:39
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The Crud-ometer has just turned up ( or should that be down?) a few clicks. Yes, OSP est arrivée. Allons-y! Our Rogue Member's here! We're good to go! Fellow crud-lovers! I come not to bury crud, but to praise it. The man that hath no crud in himself… let no such man be trusted. But uneasy lies the head that wears the crud. May this move us to affirm both our faith in the creed of crud and our disdain for basic competence in movie-making. As the Bard once said (in a now-lost folio): ARE WE ALL UP FOR A CRACKING CROCK OF CRUD? Have you been getting 'mellow' at Avebury again? Just trying to raise the bar. And not just the public one |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:40
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Is there a dress code for this rewatch? You wouldn't look amiss in Sleer's feathers outfit in the Crud club. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Paula |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:41
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I'm here and ready for the onslaught of said film. Haven't seen this one for a while but one simply cannot forget how the terror sucked in humans like a Hoover. You'd think it would spit out the shoes- but it never did. Hello everyone. I'm very proud to be at the inaugural of the Crud Club.
Resist the Host
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:41
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Are there press here, to cover the launch? Fob 'em off with an old quote, OSP. One of the Shakespeare ones. |
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| Cygnus Bazza |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:42
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I'm here and ready for the onslaught of said film. Haven't seen this one for a while but one simply cannot forget how the terror sucked in humans like a Hoover. You'd think it would spit out the shoes- but it never did. Hello everyone. I'm very proud to be at the inaugural of the Crud Club. The 2 minutes where Vic takes his mate round to meet his wife may be the greatest-ever 2 minutes of cinema, period. But not of period cinema |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:43
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I'm here and ready for the onslaught of said film. Haven't seen this one for a while but one simply cannot forget how the terror sucked in humans like a Hoover. You'd think it would spit out the shoes- but it never did. Hello everyone. I'm very proud to be at the inaugural of the Crud Club. Are you cutting the ribbon? "I declare this crud to be open!" Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Paula |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:43
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A bit put out that Prince Harry didn't show up to cut the ribbon so to speak on our nifty little Club. Oh, well. We got each other!
Resist the Host
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 30-10-2024 19:44
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HI, Ready for some Crud!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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