Notices by Ben Zanin (gnomon@mastodon.social), page 3

Oop, Bedlo's a bird again. Exit Dr. Birdlo.

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"You are not alone in guilt, sir: I too have failed at the task of living."

BIG MOOD

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Erasmus and Scarabus take turns gesturing at each other while various animated enchanter attacks flick back and forth between them. Scarabus brings out a whole-ass cannon. This scene started out like a cartoon; if it ends like the Daffy / Donald piano fight in the Ink & Paint Club in Who Framed Roger Rabbit I will be absolutely beside myself with glee.

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BAT

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Wait

shit

The Raven (1963), not Frogs (1972)

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Tonight we're kicking off "Frogs" (1972)! Get your timed mute buttons for about an hour and a half, or cue up a stream and join in!

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All right, #monsterdon, who's ready for some Roger Corman / Edgar Allen Poe??

"The young do not understand grief, Estelle. To you she was only a stepmother; to me she was..."

*Vincent Price takes a huge swig of warm milk from a dark red glass goblet*

"...my life."

("It's pronounced \"wife\", Mr. Price." "I'll say it howsoever I wish to say it, you sniveling peasant!")

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Vincent Price is finger-doodling in midair while wearing a paisley curtain..?

this man is a national treasure

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do not do a wrong Frogs

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This musical accompaniment is really working overtime to set the mood. To set some kind of mood, anyhow. I keep expecting the talking raven to be joined by a chorus of muppets.

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Can you even imagine living in a house with a sub-basement this large and _not_ storing in it a pipe of Amontillado of dubious origin??

(For a sub-basement, this room is impressively dry and dusty. Excellent foundation sealing, sump pump, and HVAC/dehumidifier loop, really.)

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Price is making a meal out of bumping into that big brass telescope every time he crosses the room!

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Price just casually floating the idea of violating a familial grave. As one does.

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A WILD PETER LORRE APPEARS

Vincent Price used "nod and smile at the person who definitely remembers you but whom you do not remember at all"

It is super effective!

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"You rang, sir?"

"Yes, Grimes, prepare the coach for immediate departure."

This Grimes is not the Grimes who dallied with Elon Musk, this is a different Grimes. Do not do a wrong Grimes.

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Second grave violation about five minutes after the first one. Heck of a track record in this film so far!

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Enter Boris Karloff as Dr. Scarabus, a charming and jolly host sincerely enchanted by the arrival of unexpected guests!

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Rexford is overcome with a maniacal fit as Grimes was before him! The carriage rocks wildly, Estelle is terrified as they four horses and four humans race along a narrow path high above a crashing sea.

The music, on the other hand, plays the scene along like a merry comedy.

The fit passes as Rexford and co approach a matte painting of a foreboding castle!

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Erasmus disarms and overpowers the maniacal Grimes with bright green midair finger painting!

Grimes seems now to be restored to old self, his fit of blind murderous rage now dispelled.

Enter Rexford, Dr. Bedlo's son! The family resemblance is weak, but no weaker than between Erasmus and Estelle.

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