On the 8th, a local revival house theater is showing the 1960 Christopher Lee / Patricia Jessel feature "HORROR HOTEL" (British title: CITY OF THE DEAD). I encourage all to see it on the big screen, but to remember that it's not the sort of MST3K material that this crowd expects from the local theater, a place that's specialized in stuff from Troma Films and worse. I really don't know why they're showing it unless there's some general retro tendency afoot that I don't know about (which wouldn't be a bad thing to see).

To be sure, a few laughs will be found at the expense of some cheap effects and dated cool-cat music, but generally it won't be entertaining to someone expecting Ed Wood quality. Many things are done right in this British production made in the closing days of the Eisenhower administration, and to "get" the film, perhaps it's necessary to mentally put yourself back into that time and place, predating the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Keeler Affair, the Berlin Wall construction, etc. Film was subtle compared to today, and maybe that places this film beyond the understanding of many. Give this one a chance anyway. There's a difference to this "witch" movie bordering on a time travel paradox. The approach is one of a few I don't recall being re-used lately.

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