Quote from: Vlad on April 01, 2003, 01:46:50 AM

And didn't it seem like that girl's friend was overreacting?  How did she know that her friend was being murdered?

Sarah? She drove me absolutely nuts. I think it was an IMDB review where I read one person's perplexed comments about her. She hears the footsteps every night and instead of at least considering a logical conclusion like maybe the teachers were having a meeting or coffee or something, she becomes obsessed by the notion that it's suspicious. Another Rachel Drummond, lol.

Actually, I meant the Italian-looking girl at the beginning who lived in that big, empty pink geometric building. She was screaming her head off as if she knew what was happening in the other room when the first girl was being murdered.

I was actually quite confused at this point as it was, since it wasn't clear to me that this was the same girl seen briefly running out of the ballet school talking incoherently about the secret blue irises.  The next shot was of the Jessica Harper character (how flat a performance can you possibly give?  ) in the taxi gazing benignly as this girl cavorts hysterically through the forest in the rain, and the next shot, in which it is not raining, is from the back and shows a girl, who I assumed to be the Jessica Harper character, approaching the pink geometric apartment building ...

I watched my tape of the SciFi airing on Saturday night.  The movie wasn't too bad and definitely had some points of interest.  I'm not sure, though, whether I would have stuck with it had I just happened to turn it on without having heard about it here. 

It's hard for me to know for sure if DS is influencing me or not, but I did think that Joan Bennett's performance was the best part of the film.  I had slightly mixed feelings about the square-built German woman; would be interesting to know if she is an actress of note (excuse my lack of knowledge)?  Bennett did keep you guessing as to her true nature, as the movie also kept the viewer guessing right up to the end.  That aspect was quite well done -- not knowing who was evil and who wasn't.

Parts of it seemed to "borrow" rather freely from "Rosemary's Baby" -- e.g., the "healthful" food that the main character was given to build up her strength, and the climactic discovery in the adjacent chambers of who the witches really were.  The movie itself, though, was no "Rosemary's Baby."  It seemed more like a cheap drive-in type of movie (not that I've ever actually been to a drive-in) ... and it did seem rather surprising that someone of Miss Bennett's stature would have wanted to be in it.  Just what is the director's reputation?

There were so many movies like this, a lot of them made-for-TV movies (e.g., Satan's School for Girls) in the 1970s ...

The music really did keep you on edge -- like fingernails on a chalkboard ...

What language was the movie originally made in?  The mouths and words didn't seem to match ... Was Joan Bennett speaking Italian?

And I definitely didn't hear her say "bitch" -- all she said was something about getting rid of "that American girl." 

What was the deal with the coils of wire that girl fell into?  And the first one who was murdered, it looked like the hairy arm was plugging an electrical cord into her.  And how did that black lingerie stay on the clothesline outside the apartment window with all the wind?!?  And didn't it seem like that girl's friend was overreacting?  How did she know that her friend was being murdered?  What was with the actor playing the psychiatrist -- it looked like he was reading his lines from a teleprompter.

Did SciFi alter the film much?  I assume they dubbed over the naughty word Joan Bennett was supposed to have said.

What are the differences in the two DVD versions?

Here I had it all figured out that this portrait of Josette was simply a copy the Collins family commissioned from the original (perhaps having returned the original to Josette's father or surving relative).

But if 1795 is hereafter referred to as 1797, I guess that shoots my theory ...

However, I did think that this portrait looked more like KLS than what we had seen before ... which would support the theory that DS produced a new portrait for this storyline.

Quote from: Vlad on March 28, 2003, 04:26:03 AM

Oh, I wish you had said what station/network/channel it's going to be on!

All the shows mentioned will be on SciFi, Vlad

Thanks -- although I'm seeing your message after the fact, it occurred to me after I posted to do a quick search on TV Guide online before I left the computer lab -- and was able to get the info.

Bumping this up since it's coming up soon. Also, tomorrow (03/28) the Kolchak: The Night Stalker episode with Lara Parker will be airing at 12:00PM (EST).

Oh, I wish you had said what station/network/channel it's going to be on!  Our local TV guides don't list all the channels (e.g., Hallmark and Soapnet are two I can think of that aren't even listed).

Unfortunately, I won't have computer access again till Saturday or next week if you post a reply.

 

Maybe the sight of Maggie in her miniskirt was enough to do it 

You don't buy into the "Petofi is gay" theory, then?   

I wasn't aware of it until recently (I'm waaaay out of the loop on things like this), but apparently there's a bobblehead of just about any and everything that has ever been on television

I didn't know that -- I was barely aware of what these things are as it was.

or, for that matter, a replica of a music box that looks like a plastic cup and now sells for over $100

Make that $150.

Wish you hadn't described it as a "plastic cup," Castlebee dear ... now that's probably the cold reality of what I'll see whenever I look at mine ...

 

Never heard of it, but will try to catch it.  Thanks for telling us!