#beryl reid

[shesnake]

The Killing of Sister George (1968) dir. Robert Aldrich

#filmtag #lgbtcinema #the killing of sister george #robert aldrich #beryl reid #susannah york #film #fm #* #q #subtitles #w #dsg #probably one of my favourite first watches of last year #1k

[ma-pi-ma]

Non si possiede un gatto. Semmai si è ammessi alla sua vita. Il che è senz'altro un privilegio.

Beryl Reid

#beryl reid

[weirdlookindog]

The Beast in the Cellar (1971)

#the beast in the cellar #beryl reid #flora jobson #john hammil #1971 #1970s movies #james kelley #horror movie poster

[bitter69uk]

A bewigged and chiffon caftan-clad Beryl Reid conducting a séance and speaking in the voice of a child … suave Hollywood bad guy George Sanders (in his final film role) as her sinister butler Shadwell … a surly antisocial biker gang called The Living Dead, whose hellraising members are named things like Hatchet, Gash and Chopped Meat but whose tough skull-and-crossbones image is belied by the fact the actors all speak in upper-crust posh tones like they’ve received elocution lessons from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art … Robert Hardy from All Creatures Great and Small as the chief of police on their case … grocery shoppers at the Hepworth Way shopping centre in Walton-on-Thames being terrorized by The Living Dead (the camera really ogles the pram-pushing young “dollybird” mums wearing miniskirts and hotpants) … occultism centred around the worship of “The Frog God” (prepare for a lot of close-ups of a frog under a bell jar ribbiting) … and a fleeting appearance from June Brown long before she played Dot Cotton in Eastenders … YES! I can only be talking about Psychomania (1973) (aka The Death Wheelers). Tagline: “The Dead Still Ride...the living howl in TERROR!” I revisited this endearingly terrible British exploitation horror oddity last weekend. For anyone squeamish: there’s a high body count, but absolutely zero blood or gore. And Psychomania is brimming with kitschy early seventies charm (and every outdoor scene features typically drab overcast British weather).

#psychomania #the death wheelers #lobotomy room #exploitation film #exploitation cinema #biker movies #horror movies #bad movies we love #bad movies for bad people #bad movies rule #kitsch #b-movie #beryl reid #george sanders #dot cotton

[cleowho]

“Are they all so dedicated?”

Earthshock - season 19 - 1982

#doctor who #classic doctor who #classic who #fifth doctor #peter davison #earthshock #cyberleader #david banks #briggs #beryl reid

[ensalada-de-lengua-de-pajaritos]

[This not-so-perfect loop was actually used in the film]

#The Killing of Sister George #Beryl Reid #gif

[cannedbluesblog]

Entertaining Mr Sloane Movie Poster

#Entertaining Mr Sloane #Movie #Joe Orton #Peter McEnery #Harry Andrews #Beryl Reid #1970 #three act play #Poster

[machetelanding]

#dr. phibes rises again #horror #movies #1972 #1970s #vincent price #robert quarry #peter cushing #beryl reid #terry thomas #dr. phibes #movie posters

[movie--posters]

#the death wheelers #psychomania #movie poster #movie posters #george sanders #beryl reid #nivky henson #mary larkin #roy holder #movie #movies #robert hardy #film #patrick holt #denis gilmore #movies and posters #films #andrew donally #don sharp #arnold dusseau

[kwebtv]

Beryl Reid and Richard O'Sullivan in "Alcock and Gander"

#Alcock and Gander #TV #Beryl Reid #Richard O'Sullivan

[reachingforthevoid]

Doctor Who: Earthshock

I rewatched this serial on 18 April 2023. 18 April 1928 is when writer and editor David Whitaker was born and 18 April 1971 was when the husband of Georgia Moffett was born. His name’s David, too, and I think he’s an actor with some kind of connection to Doctor Who independent of his wife. Not sure what, though… Anyway, neither of those two birthday boys have anything to with Earthshock directly, although David Tennant might have watched it as a very-nearly-eleven-year-old back in 1982. (David Whitaker died in 1980.)

We begin with a group of people in a quarry on what turns out to be Earth in the far future. An exploratory survey of a cave system has gone wrong, it seems, and a military troop are sent to investigate. Refreshingly, there’s a decent mix of men and women in the troop, and the surviving expedition member is a woman. All white, though, as far as I can tell. They’re attacked by a weird enemy… Meanwhile, the domestic squabbles in the TARDIS reach boiling point with Adric wanting to go home, or to be taken seriously. Our heroes arrive smack bang in the middle of the excitement. While they remain oblivious to the nearing danger they talk about dinosaurs and climate change. 

The first part really does crack along at a pace that hasn’t been seen for a while. There’s a creeping horror to it, too, when the soldiers realise the goop on the cave floor is what remains of some of their troop. The effective use of the radar blips disappearing predates that seen in Aliens, and then we get the reveal at the end: Cybermen, not seen for seven years during the original series run. By part two, the action shifts from Earth to a space freighter captained by Beryl Reid — the rarely spotted older woman in charge! She’s magnificent, too. The vibe of the freighter crew is similar to that of the human slaver crew in Warriors’ Gate.

I loved this serial as a kid, even with the kick to the stomach at the end (I avoided spoilers at the time). In the context of watching the series in order and in its entirety (or near enough to) I now have the sense of Earthshock being a nod to the past (not only the flashback and continuity) as well as a harbinger of storytelling styles to come.

#doctor who #earthshock #bye bye adric #cybermen #aliens #beryl reid #tegan with a big gun #happy birthday david tennant and david whitaker

[pygartheangel]

#the killing of sister george #susannah york #beryl reid #coral browne #graphic design

[seattlemanboy]

Beryl Reid and Peter McEnery in Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970).

#beryl #beryl reid #Peter McEnery #entertaining mr. sloane #70s cinema #british cinema

[weirdlookindog]

The Beast in the Cellar (1971) - British Quad

#the beast in the cellar #beryl reid #flora jobson #1971 #1970s movies #james kelley #british quad #horror movie poster

[zippocreed501]

Beryl Reid as Kath and Peter McEnery as Mr Sloane

Entertaining Mr Sloane

#joe orton #beryl reid #entertaining mr sloane #faces of the 60s

[cleowho]

“The enemy’s outside, Mister.”

Earthshock - season 19 - 1982

#doctor who #classic doctor who #classic who #fifth doctor #earthshock #ringway #alec sabin #briggs #beryl reid