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Mystery of the Wax Museum, a review by addicted2dvd

OK... Thought I would try to at least get some of this marathon in. First up...

Mystery of the Wax Museum/ House of Wax (1953)/ House of Wax (2005)


Mystery of the Wax Museum
MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM (1933), starring Lionel Atwill as the wax-wielding madman and Fay Wray as a potential victim. Directed by Michael Curtiz and shot in a chillingly effective early two-color Technicolor process, it and its spooky remake offer you a delicious double-dip in a paraffin bath of terror.

My Thoughts:
Well... this one wasn't really what I was expecting... as it had the feel of more of a mystery movie then horror. Which is probably how it was meant. I found it to be a little on the slow side... but enjoyable. We will see how it holds up compared to the other 2.

NOTE: I will have the comparison at the end of the last movie in this group.

(From Original/Remake Comparison Marathon on May 3rd, 2008)

Visit to a Small Planet, a review by GSyren

Title	Visit to a Small Planet (4-041658-500128)
Director	Norman Taurog
Actors	Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, Fred Clark, John Williams
Produced	1960 in United States
Runtime	85 minutes
Audio	German Dolby Digital Mono, English Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles	German
Overview	Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien who, against his teacher's will leaves his planet to visit the Earth, and lands in the backyard of a famous television journalist who doesn't believe in U.F.O's and aliens. Wanting to study humans but not able to fully understand them, Kreton makes a mess out of it, generating a lot of comic situations.
My thoughts	I like Jerry Lewis, but sometimes he gets a bit too much. And that pretty much sums up this movie. It has some nice gags and several very good actors. For much of the movie Jerry is quite funny, but in a few sequences he is just too... Jerry. For those of you that have Amazon Prime, this apparently is a free download. If you want it on DVD, you may have to make do with a German or Spanish release. I watched the German DVD, and it's fine. It has German and original English mono audio.
My rating

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on May 30th, 2014)

[Rerun Marathon] Police Squad!, a review by Tom

7/10

A good final episode.
"I got men covering all the exits"


Final remark:
I like the portrayal of Frank Drebin in this series. Essentially a competent and serious police officer not noticing the madness around him.
Whereas in the movie series he is mostly the cause of all the madness.

(From [Rerun Marathon] Police Squad! on November 14th, 2007)