Friday, July 17, 2009

Speaking of Lovecraft...



...here's a Necromonicon-themed episode of Night Gallery based on a Clark Ashton Smith short story, starring Bill Bixby, Vincent Prince and the radiant Tisha Sterling. Funny how much of the pop occultism was around on TV in the early 70s, along with the owls and all the rest of it. Bixby would go on to star in The Magician, which X-Files fans will be familiar with. Apologies to non-US readers, but also a heads-up for online hunting.
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Don't make me angry... you wouldn't like me when I'm angry!"

Anonymous said...

Ahh the 70s... my golden sun-dazzled childhood.

Sydney Familiar said...

Hi Chris,

I know that this post has nothing much to do with the following, but not sure where I could place this.

It seems 17 has popped up in a very nefarious way. 1+8+0+8= 17. Also another 'twin' is attacked as both hotels stood side by side.

"From Reuters: "How the guests in Room 1808 may have struck"
-Police said the Marriott device was planted by people who had checked in as guests and had probably assembled the device in their room.

"Room 1808 had become their post since the 15th," National police chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri told a news conference.

"From the crime scene we found two suicide bombers," he said, and then hinted at the grisly task that awaited forensic experts piecing together the crime scene.

"The face of the one at the Ritz-Carlton is intact, while at the JW Marriott, even though the skull was blown off, we can still use the face skin for reconstruction."

quote source: http://tinyurl.com/mvyqj6

Orgone Gnosis said...

cool show...the william blake painting and crowley tarot "aces" paintings on the set were a nice touch.

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Transcend Designs said...

It always struck me as 'funny' when tv or films actually show a 'ritual' taking place, whatever kind it may be. All those people setting it all up and filming it for all to see. I wonder if it adds benefits to the 'original' production...?

As I returned from my 3 hour "mass'mind ritual" (aka the local AMC (which has a black pentagram directly in the center of the whole comlplex out front)), we saw the new Harry Potter. Of couse Harry is full of 'magic', but what was interesting was the trailer for Disney's new 2D animated flick "The Princess and the Frog", it looks like a little New Orleans Voodoo is the ticket in this one, with some nice animated 'rituals' for the kiddies...The other 'ritual' sync was in the trailer for the new Sherlock Holmes flick where he seems to be battling an occult foe, again some 'live' rituals taking place...

Ned Sonntag said...

I keep mentioning DARK SHADOWS, but that started back in maybe '64 when most TV shows were b&w and primed the afterschool and soapopera following for a dabble into occultsville... One story arc involved The Leviathan Cult~ which referenced DAGON and THE DUNWICH HORROR...