What to do after church...if you actually go...today? Pour yourself a stiff drink and relax with a trio of trash flicks on the best movie channel on cable THIS.
First up is "I Saw What You Did" at 12:30 p.m. starring John Ireland and Joan Crawford. Directed by movie gimmick master William Castle, this is a great thriller about a phone prank gone wrong. Some bored teens randomly call a guy (Ireland) who just murdered his wife and say "I saw what you did..." Bad idea. Ireland, who is having an affair with the kids' wild neighbor (Crawford) tracks these teens down. They should have used the ol' "Do you have Prince Albert in a can?" gag. It's better than you would think thanks to crazed performances by the two senior leads and expert handling by maestro Castle. Castle was a bit of a PR guy and usually had some crazy gimmick attached to his films (life insurance policies in case of fright-induced death, floating skeletons in theaters, vibrating seats). According to Wikipedia, he originally planned seat belts for those who might be scared out of their seats. The idea was apparently abandoned.
Next up is Hammer Films classic "The Brides of Dracula" at 2:30 p.m. starring Peter (Grand Moff Tarkin) Cushing. Drac doesn't appear in this one. Instead, we get lame Baron Meinster (David Peel) and a gaggle of vampire ladies. It's pretty typical Hammer fare, but the action-packed ending is worth the wait.
"The Invisible Woman" at 4:30 p.m. concludes this trio of semi-classics. This is the third movie in the "Invisible Man" series. It focuses on a model (Virginia Bruce) who is fired from her department store job. She winds up being a test subject for an invisibility device designed by a nutty scientist (John Barrymore). Of course, she uses this new power to make life miserable for her former boss.
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