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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 340240" data-attributes="member: 57984">As Autumn drifts in, it seems a good time to post THE GHOST OF SIERRA DE COBRE (1965) from Joseph Stefano late of PSYCHO-script fame. It started out as a pilot for a prospective series but was deemed &quot;too scary&quot; by executives, so it was expanded and distributed as a theatrical film, played for years in markets around the world but rarely-if-ever shown on American TV because it was deemed -- once again -- &quot;too scary&quot;.For decades it was the holy grail to classic horror buffs, and star Martin Landau was rumored to have the only copy in existence -- and, indeed, after he died the film suddenly emerged from the shadows and went to DVD in 2018.Is it grande dame guignol? Well, Dame Judith Anderson has a significant role -- so, y&#039;know, Scorpio Rising and whatever...It may not be as terrifying as children may have understandably found it as it flickered across their TV sets in their darkened rooms in the mid-&#039;60s, but it&#039;s chock full of period atmosphere and the expected creepiness...[MEDIA=youtube]WU6qTjaWKh4[/MEDIA]I don&#039;t know why they&#039;re saying &quot;1967&quot; as it clearly isn&#039;t. (Apparently, that&#039;s when it was released in Japan).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 340240, member: 57984"] As Autumn drifts in, it seems a good time to post THE GHOST OF SIERRA DE COBRE (1965) from Joseph Stefano late of PSYCHO-script fame. It started out as a pilot for a prospective series but was deemed "too scary" by executives, so it was expanded and distributed as a theatrical film, played for years in markets around the world but rarely-if-ever shown on American TV because it was deemed -- once again -- "too scary". For decades it was the holy grail to classic horror buffs, and star Martin Landau was rumored to have the only copy in existence -- and, indeed, after he died the film suddenly emerged from the shadows and went to DVD in 2018. Is it grande dame guignol? Well, Dame Judith Anderson has a significant role -- so, y'know, Scorpio Rising and whatever... It may not be as terrifying as children may have understandably found it as it flickered across their TV sets in their darkened rooms in the mid-'60s, but it's chock full of period atmosphere and the expected creepiness... [MEDIA=youtube]WU6qTjaWKh4[/MEDIA] I don't know why they're saying "1967" as it clearly isn't. (Apparently, that's when it was released in Japan). [/QUOTE]

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