Publius & Co.

OK, this could be dangerous

Now at the Internet Moving Image Archive: Feature Films. Looks like I'll find a way to fill my 100+ gig of hard drive space now.

I flipped thru the title listings, and I didn't find anything like Casablanca or Citizen Kane, which was not unexpected. The copyright on those classics is being kept (by Ted Turner, if I'm not mistaken). However, tons of old b-films are, and I may have to start downloading some.

The first one that caught my eye was Carnival of Souls (not the 1998 remake), if only because it was the "Spotlight Item" on the front page. I also noticed it because I happen to own a copy on DVD and I watched it just a couple of weeks ago. Some of the IMDB reviews aside, I found this movie genuinely creepy and I enjoyed it immensly. I also admit the lead, Candace Hilligoss, is a stunning, classic beauty (from the mold that Katherine Ross was made from) who could genuinely act. It's a shame she made only two movies in her brief career.

The first movie I download may well be White Zombie (imagine that...a zombie movie). This old Bela Lugosi flick was made back in the day when zombies were created by voodoo priests and not weird viruses or radiation. You know, back when you could become a zombie without being bitten. What I find really interesting about its inclusion here is that according to the IMDB, this movie has been lost forever. Guess they didn't look in the rest of the internet for it.

You know, I had no idea where this post was going when I started it. I can end by saying it's the end of my lunch break and have fun looking thru the listings. I found some old W.C. Fields movies, serials from the fifties, WWII era Superman cartoons (I lovelovelove pre-fifties animation!), one Humphrey Bogart movie, exploitation movies from the 30's (you know, the ones that warn against pre-marital sex, drug use, and having fun in general), documentaries, and more old grade-B horror movies than you can shake a stick at. It should make for tons of viewing fun for the old movie fan.

Posted by Victor at Septiembre 13, 2005 12:48 PM | TrackBack