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Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

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Payroll (I Promised to Pay) (1961) Sidney Hayers

October 5th 2024

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Janet Munro-Andrew Faulds "The trollenberg terror" 1958, de Quentin Lawrence.

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Andrew Faulds

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On Trial - Granada - July 8, 1960 - September 9, 1960

Real Trial Reenactments (10 episodes)

Running Time: 60 minutes

Narrated by Andrew Faulds

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October 16th 1774 saw the death of Robert Fergusson, poet, in the Edinburgh Bedlam.

The Scottish poet who was one of the leading figures of the 18th-century revival of Scots vernacular writing and the chief forerunner of Robert Burns.

Fergusson was educated at the University of St. Andrews and became a copying clerk in a lawyer’s office in Edinburgh. In 1771 he began to contribute poems to Ruddiman’s Weekly Magazine. Although he was noted for the vivacity of temperament reflected in his verse, from 1773 his good spirits were encroached upon by fits of depression and religious guilt, and after suffering a severe head injury in a fall he became insane. He died in the Edinburgh asylum at the age of 24.

Fergusson’s poems were popular from their first appearance, and a collected volume came out in 1773. He wrote in both Scots and English, but the English verse has little value. His Scots poems—racy, realistic, wittily descriptive and humorous—had a stimulating effect on Burns, whose “Holy Fair” and “The Cotter’s Saturday Night” stem from Fergusson’s “Leith Races” and “The Farmer’s Ingle.” But vigorous poems like “The Daft Days,” “Address to the Tron Kirk Bell,” and the famous “Auld Reekie” prove how well Fergusson can stand as a poet in his own right. Burns was a great admirer of Fergussons work and was appalled when visiting Edinburgh on finding no gravestone where the young poet was buried in Canongate kirkyard, he set about putting this to rights.

He paid for a simple headstone, although church records say they had to "remind" him to cough up with the money, he had it inscribed with…..

No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, No storied urn, nor animated bust ; This simple stone directs pale Scotia’s way, To pour her sorrows o’er her poet’s dust.

Fergusson’s ‘Auld Reikie’ is a 300-line poem praising Edinburgh through observations of the daily life of ordinary people. Never patronising, Fergusson’s poem documents a day in the life of the city, embracing shopkeepers, porters, children, whores, dandies, debtors, servants, lawyers and schoolboys. For Burns Fergusson’s poetry served as a model of how the Scots dialect was ideally suited to the energy of the lives of ordinary people.

I think a 300 line poem is a bit much to inflict on you all so here is a wee excerpt

… Now morn, with bonny purpie-smiles, Kisses the air-cock o’ St Giles; Rakin their een, the servant lasses Early begin their lies and clashes; Ilk tells her friend o’ saddest distress, That still she brooks frae scouling mistress; And wi her joe in turnpike stair She’d rather snuff the stinking air, As be subjected to her tongue, When justly censur’d in the wrong. On stair wi tub, or pat in hand, The barefoot housemaids loo to stand, That antrin fock may ken how snell Auld Reikie will at morning smell: Then, with an inundation big as The burn that ‘neath the Nore Loch Brig is, They kindly shower Edina’s roses, To quicken and regale our noses. Now some for this, wi satire’s leesh, Hae gien auld Edinburgh a creesh: But without souring nocht is sweet; The morning smells that hail our street Prepare, and gently lead the way To simmer canty, braw and gay; Edina’s sons mair eithly share Her spices and her dainties rare, Than he that’s never yet been call’d Aff frae his plaidie or his fauld. Now stairhead critics, senseless fools, Censure their aim, and pride their rules, In Luckenbooths, wi glowring eye, Their neighbour’s sma’est faults descry: If ony loun should dander there, Of aukward gate and foreign air, They trace his steps, till they can tell His pedigree as weel’s himsel …

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THE FLESH AND THE FIENDS (1960) – Episode 189 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

“Just think of it, Willie. Burke and Hare, members of the great medical profession.” Yes. Just think of it. Yikes! Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Chad Hunt, Doc Rotten, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out Scottish life in the 1820s as depicted in The Flesh and the Fiends (1960).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 189 – The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

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ANNOUNCEMENT Decades of Horror The Classic Era is partnering with THE CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIE CHANNEL, THE CLASSIC HORROR MOVIE CHANNEL, and WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL Which all now include video episodes of The Classic Era! Available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, Online Website. Across All OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop. https://classicscifichannel.com/; https://classichorrorchannel.com/; https://wickedhorrortv.com/

In 1828 Scotland, Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Knox does medical research on cadavers he buys from murderers Burke and Hare, without questioning the unethical procurement methods.

Directed by: John Gilling

Writing Credits: John Gilling and Leon Griffiths

Makeup Department: Jimmy Evans (makeup artist), Betty Sherriff (hairdresser)

Costume and Wardrobe Department: Laura Nightingale (wardrobe)

Selected Cast:

Peter Cushing as Dr. Robert Knox

June Laverick as Martha Knox

Donald Pleasence as William Hare

George Rose as William Burke

Renee Houston as Helen Burke

Dermot Walsh as Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell

Billie Whitelaw as Mary Patterson

John Cairney as Chris Jackson

Melvyn Hayes as Daft Jamie

June Powell as Maggie O’Hara

Andrew Faulds as Inspector McCulloch

Philip Leaver as Dr. Elliott

George Woodbridge as Dr. Ferguson

Garard Green as Dr. Andrews

Esma Cannon as Aggie

Geoffrey Tyrrell as Old Davey

George Bishop as Blind Man

Beckett Bould as Old Angus (as Becket Bould)

George Street as Publican

Michael Balfour as Drunken Sailor

Steven Scott as Grave Robber (as Stephen Scott)

Raf De La Torre as Grave Robber

The Flesh and the Fiends feels like a Hammer Film – although, in terms of producers, it is much closer to a Tempean film – and retells the Burke and Hare case of the late 1820s in Scotland. Burke and Hare (George Rose and Donald Pleasence) are “the fiends.” Mary (Billie Whitelaw) and their other victims are “the flesh.” Dr. Knox (Peter Cushing) is the one who purchases “the flesh” from “the fiends.” These four actors steal the show! And if you’ve ever wished you lived in Edinburgh, Scotland, during the 1820s, you might reconsider that wish after seeing this film. Or you might not. Let us know!

At the time of this writing, The Flesh and the Fiends (1960) is available to stream from the Classic Horror Movie Channel, Wicked Horror TV, Kanopy, and Flix Fling as well as PPV from Amazon and Flix Fling. It is available on physical media as a Blu-ray formatted disc from Kino Lorber.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Next in their very flexible schedule – this one chosen by Chad – is Indestructible Man (1956) starring Lon Chaney Jr as “Butcher” Benton! You won’t want to miss this one!

Please let them know how they’re doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel, the site, or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com

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Check out this episode!

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Films Watched in 2023:

54. The Music Lovers (1971) - Dir. Ken Russell

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Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and the Argonauts (1963) starring Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack Synopsis Jason and the Argonauts is the classic fantasy tale of the fearless sailor who must find the Golden Fleece before he can claim his throne. Fighting an army of skeletons, harpies, the hydra, and a bronze giant along the way. (more…)

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Bad movie I have A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1966

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The Trollenberg Terror (The Crawling Eye, 1958)

"Cute little things, aren't they?"

"Yeah. I'm gonna throw a bomb at that one - you watch on the screen, see what happens."

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Andrew Faulds, Ann Morrish, and Michael Atkinson in “The Protectors”

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Blood of the Vampire to get UK Bluray premiere from Nucleus Films

Blood of the Vampire to get UK Bluray premiere from Nucleus Films

Legendary actor Sir Donald Wolfit (Svengali, Room at the Top, Becket) joins British horror queen Barbara Shelley (Village of the Damned, Dracula Prince of Darkness, Quatermass and the Pit) in Blood of the Vampire, a lurid tale of ghastly experiments in a Transylvanian prison. Despite being staked as a vampire, the sadistic Dr Callistratus has become governor and is now using prisoners for the…

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Danger Within (1959)

Danger Within, a wholly engrossing nailbiter with some pivotal performances from the denizens of a classic age of British cinema, is a movie that deserves to be far more widely known than it is.

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"Dante's Inferno" biopic de Ken Russell (1967) - sur la relation entre l'artiste Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882) et sa muse Elizabeth Siddal (1829–1862) - avec Oliver Reed, Judith Paris, Gala Mitchell, Andrew Faulds et Iza Teller, avril 2022.