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Thread started 06/15/11 1:15am

Harlepolis

So, I Just Watched The 1973 Horror Flick "Baby" For The First Time.....

What in the FOCK? faint ::major facepalm::

Some of the stuff are hilarious, but many of the scenes will require some serious therapeutic treatment in order to get rid off boxed

Does anybody know this flick? What a strange story.

[Edited 6/14/11 18:16pm]

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Reply #1 posted 06/15/11 1:26am

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Harlepolis said:

What in the FOCK? faint ::major facepalm::

Some of the stuff are hilarious, but many of the scenes will require some serious therapeutic treatment in order to get rid off boxed

Does anybody know this flick? What a strange story.

[Edited 6/14/11 18:16pm]

I cant seem to find the trailer on youtube but they have the whole movie...what is it about chile?

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Reply #2 posted 06/15/11 1:32am

Harlepolis

paisleypark4 said:

Harlepolis said:

What in the FOCK? faint ::major facepalm::

Some of the stuff are hilarious, but many of the scenes will require some serious therapeutic treatment in order to get rid off boxed

Does anybody know this flick? What a strange story.

[Edited 6/14/11 18:16pm]

I cant seem to find the trailer on youtube but they have the whole movie...what is it about chile?

From Amazon:

It's hard to even know where to start discussing The Baby, one of the weirder and more obscure pieces of '70s film flotsam to come down the line. A social worker (Anjanette Comer) is called in to investigate a family's eligibility for aid. The family members (a widow and two adult daughters) have a baby under their roof--the odd thing is, the baby appears to be 23 or so and still residing in a playpen. The social worker is soon in over her head on the case, and events begin to take on a momentum of their own. The mother (Ruth Roman) doesn't appreciate the woman's snooping and soon goes from standoffish to downright hostile. The movie's climax comes from far, far in left field; it's a real jaw-dropper for even the most jaded horror fan. Roman gives a full-throttle performance as the blowsy, cigarette-puffing mom of the twisted little nuclear family, and her two daughters are close behind, with poor Baby (who has no other name) crawling, bawling, and dirtying his diapers. The scene where the three sneak up and find a teen babysitter breastfeeding Baby (yes, really), then beat the stuffing out of her with a belt is enough to scare the bejesus out of General George Patton. The girl wasn't asked to babysit again, incidentally. TV director Ted Post gives the film a bland movie-of-the-week look which, along with its sunny California climes, somehow makes it even more unnerving. Some may find The Baby offensive, some may find it inadvertently funny, but there's no question that it's a bizarre, uncomfortable movie that's highly recommended for cult-movie aficionados and fans of the depraved.

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In short; a big bowl of WTFness!

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Reply #3 posted 06/15/11 3:37am

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It seemed like an emergency. So, I broke the glass and retrieved this.

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Reply #4 posted 06/15/11 1:14pm

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Harlepolis said:

paisleypark4 said:

I cant seem to find the trailer on youtube but they have the whole movie...what is it about chile?

From Amazon:

It's hard to even know where to start discussing The Baby, one of the weirder and more obscure pieces of '70s film flotsam to come down the line. A social worker (Anjanette Comer) is called in to investigate a family's eligibility for aid. The family members (a widow and two adult daughters) have a baby under their roof--the odd thing is, the baby appears to be 23 or so and still residing in a playpen. The social worker is soon in over her head on the case, and events begin to take on a momentum of their own. The mother (Ruth Roman) doesn't appreciate the woman's snooping and soon goes from standoffish to downright hostile. The movie's climax comes from far, far in left field; it's a real jaw-dropper for even the most jaded horror fan. Roman gives a full-throttle performance as the blowsy, cigarette-puffing mom of the twisted little nuclear family, and her two daughters are close behind, with poor Baby (who has no other name) crawling, bawling, and dirtying his diapers. The scene where the three sneak up and find a teen babysitter breastfeeding Baby (yes, really), then beat the stuffing out of her with a belt is enough to scare the bejesus out of General George Patton. The girl wasn't asked to babysit again, incidentally. TV director Ted Post gives the film a bland movie-of-the-week look which, along with its sunny California climes, somehow makes it even more unnerving. Some may find The Baby offensive, some may find it inadvertently funny, but there's no question that it's a bizarre, uncomfortable movie that's highly recommended for cult-movie aficionados and fans of the depraved.

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In short; a big bowl of WTFness!

I wanna c this..maybe I will take the time and watch it on youtube. I have a half day today from work

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Reply #5 posted 06/15/11 2:39pm

MIGUELGOMEZ

I HAVE to see this!! I love weird movies like this. It sounds disturbing.

Has anyone seen Suspiria? I just saw it last weekend for the first time. So bad...it's good.

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Reply #6 posted 06/15/11 2:52pm

Harlepolis

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I HAVE to see this!! I love weird movies like this. It sounds disturbing.

Has anyone seen Suspiria? I just saw it last weekend for the first time. So bad...it's good.

It is, some of the imagery will nest in your brain for a good whole lol I'm def gonna check out "Suspiria", and well what do you know, another horror flick from the 70s lol

"Suspiria" and "Sisters"(another EXTRA fab 70s horror flick) are on my to-watch list this weekend.

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Reply #7 posted 06/15/11 2:55pm

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Harlepolis said:

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I HAVE to see this!! I love weird movies like this. It sounds disturbing.

Has anyone seen Suspiria? I just saw it last weekend for the first time. So bad...it's good.

It is, some of the imagery will nest in your brain for a good whole lol I'm def gonna check out "Suspiria", and well what do you know, another horror flick from the 70s lol

"Suspiria" and "Sisters"(another EXTRA fab 70s horror flick) are on my to-watch list this weekend.

Oh...the acting in this movie.....lol

I don't know if you know who Udo Kier is but he has a small cameo in Suspiria. Wow. He was really striking when he was young. Now he's just creepy looking.

Let me know what you think of the barbed wire scene.......

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Reply #8 posted 06/15/11 3:03pm

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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I HAVE to see this!! I love weird movies like this. It sounds disturbing.

Has anyone seen Suspiria? I just saw it last weekend for the first time. So bad...it's good.

Suspiria was cool....I just had high expectations for it and ...was only let down by a couple of points....that barbwire scene I never forgot though.

*edit just noticed u talked about the wire scene too lol*

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Reply #9 posted 06/15/11 3:24pm

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paisleypark4 said:

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I HAVE to see this!! I love weird movies like this. It sounds disturbing.

Has anyone seen Suspiria? I just saw it last weekend for the first time. So bad...it's good.

Suspiria was cool....I just had high expectations for it and ...was only let down by a couple of points....that barbwire scene I never forgot though.

*edit just noticed u talked about the wire scene too lol*

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That scene had me laughing my ass off. I'll give them this though, I didn't know if she was going to get out or not.

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Reply #10 posted 06/15/11 4:57pm

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paisleypark4 said:

I wanna c this..maybe I will take the time and watch it on youtube. I have a half day today from work

How do you watch a movie on youtube? confuse

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Reply #11 posted 06/15/11 5:00pm

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Funny poster lol

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Reply #12 posted 06/15/11 5:02pm

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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I HAVE to see this!! I love weird movies like this. It sounds disturbing.

Has anyone seen Suspiria? I just saw it last weekend for the first time. So bad...it's good.

Excellent use of color in Suspiria. That's what I liked most about it.

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Reply #13 posted 06/15/11 6:08pm

MIGUELGOMEZ

sextonseven said:

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I HAVE to see this!! I love weird movies like this. It sounds disturbing.

Has anyone seen Suspiria? I just saw it last weekend for the first time. So bad...it's good.

Excellent use of color in Suspiria. That's what I liked most about it.

Right? And the set designs were nuts! The music was killing me though.

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Reply #14 posted 06/15/11 6:09pm

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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Harlepolis said:

It is, some of the imagery will nest in your brain for a good whole lol I'm def gonna check out "Suspiria", and well what do you know, another horror flick from the 70s lol

"Suspiria" and "Sisters"(another EXTRA fab 70s horror flick) are on my to-watch list this weekend.

Oh...the acting in this movie.....lol

I don't know if you know who Udo Kier is but he has a small cameo in Suspiria. Wow. He was really striking when he was young. Now he's just creepy looking.

Let me know what you think of the barbed wire scene.......

Wasn't he, though? I LOVE Udo. I agree that now he's just creepy looking.

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Reply #15 posted 06/15/11 6:12pm

MIGUELGOMEZ

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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Oh...the acting in this movie.....lol

I don't know if you know who Udo Kier is but he has a small cameo in Suspiria. Wow. He was really striking when he was young. Now he's just creepy looking.

Let me know what you think of the barbed wire scene.......

Wasn't he, though? I LOVE Udo. I agree that now he's just creepy looking.

http://www.flixster.com/p...l-11590310

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Reply #16 posted 06/15/11 6:20pm

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Suspiria is creepy but not really scary at all. It's one of my least favorite Argento films. Just had to throw that out there!

Ruth Roman was also in Strangers On A Train...excellent Hitchcock film!

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Reply #17 posted 06/15/11 6:26pm

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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

RubyButterfly said:

Wasn't he, though? I LOVE Udo. I agree that now he's just creepy looking.

http://www.flixster.com/p...l-11590310

love Yum! He has the most beautiful eyes.

I first fell in love with him when I saw "Blood for Dracula".

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Reply #18 posted 06/16/11 2:59pm

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sextonseven said:

paisleypark4 said:

I wanna c this..maybe I will take the time and watch it on youtube. I have a half day today from work

How do you watch a movie on youtube? confuse

It is up on youtube in parts...just look up The Baby 1973. Starts with part. 1

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Reply #19 posted 06/16/11 3:38pm

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paisleypark4 said:

sextonseven said:

How do you watch a movie on youtube? confuse

It is up on youtube in parts...just look up The Baby 1973. Starts with part. 1

I could never watch a film like that.

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Reply #20 posted 06/16/11 5:49pm

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sextonseven said:

paisleypark4 said:

It is up on youtube in parts...just look up The Baby 1973. Starts with part. 1

I could never watch a film like that.

Yeah I have seen....things in movies I am scared to talk about openly (one was a prince.org recommendation) so I can handle most any type of film. I got through the first hour and it does indeed have some disturbing things going on...I hope that it ends on a good note

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Reply #21 posted 06/17/11 12:09pm

Harlepolis

paisleypark4 said:

sextonseven said:

I could never watch a film like that.

Yeah I have seen....things in movies I am scared to talk about openly (one was a prince.org recommendation) so I can handle most any type of film. I got through the first hour and it does indeed have some disturbing things going on...I hope that it ends on a good note

evillol

Keep me posted. Don't cuss me out under your breath though and don't even think about sending me the doctor's bill, you watched that mess in your OWN, doll evillol

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Reply #22 posted 06/17/11 12:17pm

Harlepolis

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Ruth Roman was also in Strangers On A Train...excellent Hitchcock film!

Will do nod I'm WAAAAAY behind when it comes to Hitchcock. All this time I thought Anatomy of A Murder was his film, turned out that it was Otto Preminger's, it goes to show you.

The only films I've watched from him were The Man Who Knew Too Much(the 1934 version) and Psycho and I loved them. I watched the latter because of the big deal surrounding it.

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Reply #23 posted 06/17/11 1:12pm

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Harlepolis said:

paisleypark4 said:

Yeah I have seen....things in movies I am scared to talk about openly (one was a prince.org recommendation) so I can handle most any type of film. I got through the first hour and it does indeed have some disturbing things going on...I hope that it ends on a good note

evillol

Keep me posted. Don't cuss me out under your breath though and don't even think about sending me the doctor's bill, you watched that mess in your OWN, doll evillol

giggle

Just finished it on my way to work. I didnt expect that ending! It was an ok film overall. I think the first half saved the film most of all, cheesy however I'm glad I seen it. With some more realistic writing and a couple bits edited here and there it looks like it could be a nice indie remake.

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Reply #24 posted 06/17/11 1:18pm

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paisleypark4 said:

sextonseven said:

I could never watch a film like that.

Yeah I have seen....things in movies I am scared to talk about openly (one was a prince.org recommendation) so I can handle most any type of film. I got through the first hour and it does indeed have some disturbing things going on...I hope that it ends on a good note

Oh lawd, please don't tell me you went and watched a "A Serbian Film"...I wouldn't wish that viewing experience on my worst enemy.

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Reply #25 posted 06/17/11 1:19pm

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paisleypark4 said:

Yeah I have seen....things in movies I am scared to talk about openly (one was a prince.org recommendation) so I can handle most any type of film. I got through the first hour and it does indeed have some disturbing things going on...I hope that it ends on a good note

Oh lawd, please don't tell me you went and watched a "A Serbian Film"...I wouldn't wish that viewing experience on my worst enemy.

barf reading the plot on wikipedia was enough!

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Reply #26 posted 06/17/11 1:23pm

Ottensen

sextonseven said:

paisleypark4 said:

I wanna c this..maybe I will take the time and watch it on youtube. I have a half day today from work

How do you watch a movie on youtube? confuse

Just look it up and see of the have it listed. If so it would most likely be uploaded in parts of 14 minutes each (for some reasons documentaries are allowed longer upload segments, though).

If you have a youtube account, you can line/queue all the videos up one after another on a "playlist" to watch in continuum...( at least that's how I watch all my cheesy 70's tv shows boxed )

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Ottensen said:

Oh lawd, please don't tell me you went and watched a "A Serbian Film"...I wouldn't wish that viewing experience on my worst enemy.

barf reading the plot on wikipedia was enough!

Someone recently recommended the heist movie "Takers" to me (because I like those a lot sexy ),

Not only was it too gritty for my taste, but one of the villains appeared to be the star from Serbian Film, I couldn't sleep for hours afterwards just from seeing his face again bawl feeling ill shake

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Reply #28 posted 06/17/11 1:40pm

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Ottensen said:

paisleypark4 said:

Yeah I have seen....things in movies I am scared to talk about openly (one was a prince.org recommendation) so I can handle most any type of film. I got through the first hour and it does indeed have some disturbing things going on...I hope that it ends on a good note

Oh lawd, please don't tell me you went and watched a "A Serbian Film"...I wouldn't wish that viewing experience on my worst enemy.

Yes I have watched that film...and yes that was the one. I am glad I seen it because it is indeed the most vile disturbing movie of all time in my opinion and nothing can top it...it would be very hard to. The last half of that flick was really intense. Even though it was horrifying it still was made very well.

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Reply #29 posted 06/17/11 3:32pm

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Ottensen said:

sextonseven said:

How do you watch a movie on youtube? confuse

Just look it up and see of the have it listed. If so it would most likely be uploaded in parts of 14 minutes each (for some reasons documentaries are allowed longer upload segments, though).

If you have a youtube account, you can line/queue all the videos up one after another on a "playlist" to watch in continuum...( at least that's how I watch all my cheesy 70's tv shows boxed )

Again, I could never watch a film on YOUTUBE. Watching a full-length movie on my computer monitor is bad enough, but then having it stop every 10-14 minutes? No way. disbelief

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