What's this about?

Lately, it seems like many of the movies/shows are just a rehash or reboot of things that have already been done. And so I started to dive into the past. It's been fun, but I find myself losing track of which ones I’ve seen and whether or not I enjoyed them. Sometimes the titles themselves just don't tell me enough to remember.

I wouldn’t have voluntarily watched a lot of these movies when I was younger. It’s strange how interests change. That goes for what I read, too. I have another blog that explores books. I’m mostly reading older fiction and memoirs, and some of the books have led me to movies/shows and vice versa. In those cases, I may post the book review over here as well.

There will be spoilers, which is different than my book reviews. That’s mostly because I want to have enough information to help me remember what I’ve seen. I’m getting older. The brain doesn’t cooperate like it used to. What can I say? The gray hairs are catching up with me!

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Sound of Horror - 1966

I won't say who picked this one, but let's just say it was a cold choice. Just reading the summary made us press play.

A group of "archaeologists" (one brought his niece) are exploring the cave with dynamite and pickaxes. They make sure to let the girl know that she needs to get used to things like explosions, smoke and dead bodies. When they discover a weird egg, they take it back to the house. In the cave, there was a second egg that hatched. Now a ghastly, eerie, evil monster is on the loose. And it's noisy!

This movie was nuts. People were so stupid, they all deserved to die. Two people ended up sacrificing themselves for the rest of the idiots, and they still almost didn't make it out. And how hard is it to make sure your car works?

Calliope gets the award for the dumbest person. She rambled on and on about the evil spirit/ghost/monster, and then she purposely wandered outside to get water - for coffee - twice!

I'm using a lot of different descriptors to talk about the thing. These were just some of the terms used in the closed captions to help us imagine the monster, because we never really saw it. That's right, it was invisible! That made the attack scenes kind of funny, but when you don't know what you're dealing with, it just made it weird. Also, Asilov was all in on the treasure until the bodies piled up. One or two was nothing, but then when he finally wanted to leave, he was all in on that. And what was the deal with the shepherds?!

Just no. I will give an RIP to Dorman. But he did make it so the few survivors had to walk back.

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