tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post8142721021440491171..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Sci-Fi Double Feature: The Deadly Mantis/The Leech WomanEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-28895290862834279222009-07-10T23:45:30.240-04:002009-07-10T23:45:30.240-04:00Ray, I just looked up Shack Out on 101 and it soun...Ray, I just looked up <i>Shack Out on 101</i> and it sounds potentially fascinating and crazy. Maybe it's time for an Ed Dein blogathon next, heh.<br /><br />Sam, good point about the bug being natural rather than created by manmade intervention like so many of the other big bugs of the 50s -- this puts the mantis more in the lineage of <i>Creature From the Black Lagoon</i>, a product of Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-83288089020570852752009-07-10T20:42:52.755-04:002009-07-10T20:42:52.755-04:00Such a beautiful info. It’s so nice site. We love ...Such a beautiful info. It’s so nice site. We love to see more on this site. Keep on updating… MonkAreRee Bali ***bikebalihttp://bikebali.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-16411209803617329192009-07-10T17:42:45.936-04:002009-07-10T17:42:45.936-04:00I pretty much agree with most of the points you ma...I pretty much agree with most of the points you make here on THE DEADLY MANTIS and that in the end this is a pretty lame piece, despite th eusual goofy homor, which does make it somewhat entertaining in a minor key. The film is basically a replay of BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS and THEM!, both of which are infinitely superior, and it is cheapened by its insistent use of stock footage for padding.<Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-51781985930207831592009-07-10T14:03:33.173-04:002009-07-10T14:03:33.173-04:00Didn't Dein do Shack Out on 101? Now there'...Didn't Dein do <i>Shack Out on 101</i>? Now <i>there's</i> a film chock full of the spirit of Ed Wood...Uncle Gustavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08501032829800803300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-36702367740979125342009-07-10T08:44:14.842-04:002009-07-10T08:44:14.842-04:00I didn't know that, thanks for pointing it out...I didn't know that, thanks for pointing it out. Apparently Dein supplied some of the dialogue for <i>The Leopard Man</i>. He must've picked up something from the experience because <i>The Leech Woman</i> is very interesting. I see that Dein also directed a vampire Western called <i>Curse of the Undead</i>, which I kinda want to see now -- vampires and cowboys? Nice!<br /><br />I don'tEd Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-42876167982176241292009-07-10T01:25:29.274-04:002009-07-10T01:25:29.274-04:00You do know that Edward Dein worked with Lewton in...You do know that Edward Dein worked with Lewton in the '40s, don't you? On "The Leopard Man." <br /><br />A friend of mine likes to point out that Philip Terry was a Joan Crawford husband, and then draw parallels between Gray and Crawford. <br /><br />I have dim memories of a shot that went on forever, like unto the uninterrupted "motel room" shot in "Touch of MrsHenryWindleValehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03923952886742200595noreply@blogger.com