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I think a lot of filmmakers have been influenced by this movie. And the original story "Casting the Runes" seems to have been in the minds of the makers of "Drag Me To Hell."
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is this from that fantastic movie 'night of the demon' 1957 with dana andrews? this is great
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Yes, it is -it's almost the end 
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yup,Β Niall MacGinnis gets his come-uppens. lol
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Absolutely love this film (coincidentally this is one of my dad's favourites), saw it the first time a couple days ago, truly underrated.
There are so many good things about it (regardless of it's shortcomings)
I really think this picture captures the final moments of the film perfectly where the demon hunts down Karswell at the train station
such a memorable finale, and the demon looks amazing despite some of the dated effects.
Really excellent work.
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I think, for its time, this film is as expertedly produced as it could be. I don't get why people have to judge a film from a different era to films made today. I actually like the demon effects, and I think they work really well.Β
Glad you like my art -It's made with love
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I think the special effects in METROPOLIS are epic, and that was 1926.
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Yes, Metropolis still looks amazing. I also love the 1924 Thief of Bagdad with Douglas Fairbanks. That one has got some amazing effects and sets too.
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One of the best films ever made IMO, love seeing some art for this.
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Thanks!
Yes, it's one of the most effective films ever put together.
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Would love to see you depict Count Magnus.
This is great work.
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I actually have now illustrated Count Magnus for an M R James card game. If you're interested you can read more about that here:
pleasingterror.wordpress.com/mβ¦
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Love this movie! One of the scariest, ominous movies I've ever seen. Wonderful artwork!
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Thanks! I'm glad to see that so many people know about this film and appreciate it.
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It's one of the best in my humble opinion
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Yup, old monster movies are great.^^ Nowadays they seem to consist of nothing but teenage sex followed by over-exaggerated amounts of gore (which I can't stomach) when said teens are killed off; The monsters don't even look good (though, you do still get the occasional so-bad-it's-good film, like Sharknado and Pirahanaconda)!Β
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Such an underrated movie. And an underrated monster. It has to be one of the most famous monster faces there is in the 50's....and yet....if you showed a monster fan it's face and ask them what movie he is from....they will not know. It's like the poster of Raquel Welch for One Million Years B.C. Her figure and fur bikini is way more famous than the movie she was from lol!
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Despite the rather conventional looking demon at the end, the movie was a surprisingly good adaptation of "Casting the Runes". Even the demon critter looked pretty good in its brief final appearance, which was just enough to know that Karswell was hoist on his own hellish pertard.
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I love because of its atmosphere. Even the appearences of the rubbery demon are very atmospheric. It's just all very well done.
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And to be fair, the movie's take on the story allows for a successful presentation and some real suspense and uneasiness. I have seen some BBC presentations of "Casting the Runes" which try to be faithful to the text, and fall down because the demonic assassian is more felt than seen, and only directly confronted once, by touch!
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I've seen one British TV adap of the tale, and I found it to be more cartoony and less faithful to the style and atmosphere of the James story, than this film.
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I bet Karswell wishes he'd stayed a stage magician right about now.
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He did do a good turn as a sufficiently creepy clown!
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Oh wow!!!! Β That awful, inevitable moment when the demon gets his due....
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As a Facebook comment said: "Karswell looked behind him ,desperate to wipe his bum on something........!"
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That comment came from a quite pretty girl, so I forgave her, of course.
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Thank you! Love your comment
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It's one of my favourite horror films!
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More M.R. James! I haven't yet watched "Curse of the Demon" (or is it "Night of the Demon"?), but I hope to eventually. Keep M.R. James coming!
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It's "Night of the Demon" in Britain and "Curse of the Demon" in the US. It's an excellently creepy film with a walloping great monster at the end. It's on YouTube:Β www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcPcJ9β¦
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Ah, America...the place of cheesier and gaudier titles.
Thanks for the link! I'll be watching it shortly!
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I recommend that you watch the superior (and longer) British cut of the film. It explains things much better than the American edit, and it is much, much scarier.
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Thank you very much. I'll have to find it on Amazon...
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It's for sale in a nice double feature with both the British and American versions. That's the one I got a few weeks ago.
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The film presents a slow and gradual climb into terror, but it's well worth the wait. For me, the best part of the film is actually Karswell's creepy children's party.
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That is a good scene, the part where the wind starts blowing and lightning strikes the tree he stands in front of, with a sinister smile, in addition to the clown makeup, on his face.
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The atmosphere is really thick, and evil undercurrents are subtly spelled out during the scene. It's fantastic filmmaking.
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Try telling that to anyone who thinks horror is nothing but jump scares and ghosts, stuff like this proves that even the most subtle things can be unnerving.
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I like slow and gradual. I didn't finish the original, but what I did read was incredibly creepy.
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Love this movie, so well-made and genuinely creepy. Niall MacGinnis is simply AWESOME as Karswell, this likable and easy-going genial guy who's also pure evil at the core.
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MacGinnis carries the whole film, and is the most interesting character, as opposed to Dana Andrews very wooden hero. The duel of wits on the train is a spectacle, and when Karswell realizes he's taken the cursed rune parchment his doom is absolutely spelled out in his face.
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indeed.
Though I felt Dana Andrews did a pretty decent job conveying a 'Logical Man of Science' suddenly, slowly, realizing how wrong his viewpoint of the world is... and as he grows to realize this the more desperate he gets near the end.
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