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OK, long shot, but, there was this, I guess it was a collection of short horror movies that used to air around halloween when I was, *cough*, well it was back in the early 80s. I THINK Vincent Price hosted it.
One short involved a man being stalked by a bunch of little monsters with potatoe like heads, but light would hurt them, so he kept running around until finally being reduced to using matches.
Another involved a man and a woman being trapped in your requisite creepy town with (zombies/vampires?). They are holed up in a church, and gradually try and escape using a big crucifix to get to his car.
In between movies, there's an extremely creepy, and for the time, risque scene of a sort of burlesque stripper who dances behind a screen, and removes her clothes, and then her flesh, until it's just a skeleton dancing around.
I know it's a shot in the dark, but still. If you know of this movie, I'd appreciate it.
One short involved a man being stalked by a bunch of little monsters with potatoe like heads, but light would hurt them, so he kept running around until finally being reduced to using matches.
Another involved a man and a woman being trapped in your requisite creepy town with (zombies/vampires?). They are holed up in a church, and gradually try and escape using a big crucifix to get to his car.
In between movies, there's an extremely creepy, and for the time, risque scene of a sort of burlesque stripper who dances behind a screen, and removes her clothes, and then her flesh, until it's just a skeleton dancing around.
I know it's a shot in the dark, but still. If you know of this movie, I'd appreciate it.
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Fri, July 20, 2007 - 2:55 PMno idea, but it sounds awesome... hope someone has the answer. -
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Fri, July 20, 2007 - 6:00 PMMe too, I wanna see it!
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Sat, July 21, 2007 - 3:42 AMdear god did I really add an e to potato? Now that's scary. -
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Sat, July 21, 2007 - 6:37 AMAre you sure you didn't dream the whole thing? :D j/k -
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Mon, July 23, 2007 - 5:49 AMIf I did, I should have made the movie myself!
But no, it was on several halloweens in a row.
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Sat, July 21, 2007 - 4:30 PMWell, teach a man to fish...
Let's narrow it down to its elements: Vincent Price, TV, early 1980s. Now check: www.imdb.com/name/nm0001637/#actor1980
Of the candidates from that list, the most likely is www.imdb.com/title/tt0091016/
Escapes (1986) (TV) 'An anthology of five tales of terror, each originally produced for video. The titles are "Something's Fishy," "Coffee Break," "Who's There," "Jonah's Dream," and "Think Twice.'
And here it is on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Escapes-Vi.../B00000K3B7
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Sat, July 21, 2007 - 11:20 PMI tried that, but gave up half way through the '80s. the internets is meant to preclude efforts.
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Mon, July 23, 2007 - 5:50 AMIt's definitely not that one.
It also could have just been some made for tv thing. Lots of tv specials don't exist on video. -
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Mon, July 23, 2007 - 6:58 AM
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Mon, July 23, 2007 - 10:49 AMDoes Vincent Price play a mailman in the movie??? -
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Mon, July 23, 2007 - 11:23 AMI don't think so. I don't think he actually appears in any of the short films, I think he just sort of narrates the pieces between the flicks.
I've literally tried searching every variation of the parts I remember on the internet.
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Tue, July 24, 2007 - 4:19 AMhmmm, close, but that isn't it. I think the townspeople were vampires or something, because of them being afraid of the cross. Plus, I don't think they were full length movies. -
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Tue, July 24, 2007 - 5:10 PMYou're making this up, aren't you. -
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Wed, July 25, 2007 - 6:55 AMUm, no.
I did say it would be a long shot if anyone remembered or knew it. -
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Wed, July 25, 2007 - 3:08 PM
1) Last Man on Earth was a adaption of "I am Legend".. perhaps the greatest novella ever written. It was later readapted to Heston's "Omega Man", and is now being remade into a more original adaptation called, "I AM LEGEND" with Will Smith. out in Dec.
a) the townspeople are afraid of the crosses in that, as they are all vampires.
2) The mind makes up whack memories about what you saw... and what you saw peripherally to the time.. could have been a couple shows or images or movies....
3) You are most likely thinking of the early 80's TV horror show revival.... of which there are two that Price was affiliated with:
Chiller Theatre
The Saturday night late show (after SNL circa 1985)
Elvira's Movie Macabre... and she had that little tassel bit at the end of the show...
www.elviramistressofthedark.com/el...tml
Something called "Shock Theatre"
and this:
Richard Matheson writing for Roger Corman and affiliated with Vincent Price....
www.imdb.com/title/tt0056552/
It was from the 60's... but it was called Tales of Terror... and with Corman attached doing Edgar Allen Poe stuff, I could see the stripping burlesque person for sure....
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Thu, July 26, 2007 - 6:50 AMAll good leads. I know i didn't make it up, because my sister confirmed some of it.
I can remember sitting in shock thinking that somewhere there was a woman who could ACTUALLY take off her skin.
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Thu, July 26, 2007 - 9:54 AMThe power of google video :)
just searched Stripper Horror and found it... -
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Thu, July 26, 2007 - 10:39 AMYou must have very understanding web staff where you work....
:)
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Thu, July 26, 2007 - 9:50 AMOH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT'S IT!
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Thu, July 26, 2007 - 1:22 PMamazing... I thought this was a lost cause. well done!
DVD available too:
www.netflix.com/Movie/The_...ub/60028577 -
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Thu, July 26, 2007 - 1:49 PMI just ordered it.
However, I think the little potato headed monsters must have been from another movie, it's not on the list of shorts.
Searching "potato headed monsters afraid of the light" curiously returns no results on google...
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Thu, August 30, 2007 - 9:35 PMNot certain, but I believe the movie you are looking for is "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark".
www.amazon.com/Dont-Afrai...135-5746445
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