12pt9, 18 days ago to uk

#OnThisDate, April 29, The Devil Rides Out (Terence Fisher, 1968) is the #FilmDuJour. #TerenceFisher #UK #horror #RichardMatheson #DennisWheatley #ChristopherLee #CharlesGray #BookAdaptation #HammerFilms #1960s #film #cinema #CineMastodon @film ★★★☆☆

leonivek, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

I'm currently reading I am Legend by #RichardMatheson and I laughed SO much at this part:

"He brushed his teeth carefully and used dental-floss. He tried to take good care of his teeth because he was his own dentist now. Some things could go to pot, but not his health, he thought. Then why don't you stop pouring alcohol into yourself? he thought. Why don't you shut the hell up? he thought." 😂

This #book is remarkably short. Only 159 pages. I will watch all 3 movies, probably, after this.

12pt9, 1 year ago to film

#Bales2023FilmChallenge March 5: Someone named Scott for #NationalScottDay

Despite its sensationalist pulpy title and #ColdWar premise, Jack Arnold's adaptation of the #RichardMatheson novel is an existentialist treatise.

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) plays with the understanding of what it means to be acknowledged as a human, and one's place in the world. The story is told through the eyes of the titular Shrinking Man – Scott Carey – who after being exposed to strange fog, finds himself increasingly lost in this world.

It's phenomenal and I can only recommend it.

#film #SciFi #drama #GrantWilliams #JackArnold #existentialism #phenomenology #psychology #philosophy @film