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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981) dir. Walerian Borowczyk

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Medium (Jacek Koprowicz, 1985)

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The Spiral (Krzysztof Zanussi, 1978)

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the cat creature (us, harrington 73)

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Diptych (Walerian Borowczyk, 1967)

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The Hourglass Sanatorium (Wojciech Has, 1973).

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The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)

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The Final Problem

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If I have a companion...

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The Granada version of The Final Problem continues to deliver. When Holmes has received word that Moriarty has evaded arrest, he suggests that Watson ought to leave on behalf of his safety from the imminent threat that is posed to him simply for being allied with Holmes.

In the text, they argue this point for 'half an hour' which would not translate well to fitting a 50 minute episode.

but it's this part where Jeremy Brett nails it. His voice breaks off on 'companion' and twists into a bitter smile as imagining what could happen to Watson if Moriarty were to harm him in order to get to Holmes is simply too terrible of a fate that he cannot finish the thought.

The quick way with which Holmes immediately acquiesces to Watson's refusal to leave his side in spite of the danger depicts a unique version of their relationship.

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Lemme tell you about a horse. And Sherlock Holmes. As you know, I'm a big fan of the 1984 Granada Sherlock Holmes series and I've watched it through a couple of times now. But I'm also a horse person, and so naturally, I took note of the horses used for filming. They obviously had a limited pool of horses to use so many of them appear and reappear throughout the series. But one horse caught my eye. She was a beautiful chunky little chestnut mare (I think) and she was EVERYWHERE. Right through from season one until The Master Blackmailer, which I believe was her final appearance, there are very few episodes where her face doesn't appear. And when I say she was everywhere I really do mean it. She appeared so often and in so many places that it became a joke between @lyracalmuse and I that she was the mastermind behind every crime Holmes investigated, because there was no reason for her to be present at so many otherwise. So she gained the nickname, Mareiarty, the Marengo of Crime. For some reason I couldn't get her out of my head. I wanted to make her so badly. So now I am. Here's the picture I'm using for the reference for her pose. I picked it because I like the bunched up energy and want to try and capture it. My reference document for her is over 70 pages long, all screencaps from the show where she appears. She's kind of taken over my brain, I can only assume with malicious intent.

Yes that's 221b behind her.

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" NO! Mr. Wilson PLEASE, please sit down. I wouldn't miss this case... for the world! "

Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes - The Red Headed League

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Behind the scenes of The Silence of the Lambs

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Midnight (John Russo, 1982)

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Midnight (1982)

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