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Post by Gloomy Sundae on May 20, 2007 6:04:48 GMT -5
When Sam manages to temporarily escape the clutches of the ghouls by taking refuge in the crumbling church, he discovers that he is not the first to seek sanctuary within its walls. Propped up in a chair, a skeleton, protecting his manuscript on the history of the Loughville community. As Sam reads through this terrifying document, several images are flashed onscreen to illustrate the narrative. These brilliant graphics are the work of John Bolton, who also drew the comic book adaptation of the movie (see Halls Of Horror). I've taken the liberty of reproducing a few samples here from my never-ending supply of grainy screenshots, but if anybody knows if the originals have ever been published in book form, I'd be delighted to know! |
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Post by burlveneer on May 23, 2007 10:09:25 GMT -5
I always think it's a shame when, in a motion-picture format, the director has to resort to scrolling a still image across the screen with a voiceover. On the other hand, it can't be easy filming an info-dump, when our protagonist learns the whole backstory by reading something. I think the choices boil down to: show the protagonist reading, with voiceover; show the text, with voiceover; dramatize the text (the most desirable choice); or illustrate the text with stills and voiceover, as we have here. I don't know if it was budgetary constraint or a creative deficit that got us the last option, but at least the pictures are great! But somehow in the present day the ghouls don't look like ghouls any more, just inbred villagers. Oh well.
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Post by scanner266 on Aug 21, 2007 4:47:10 GMT -5
These pictures are great. I too would be interested in finding out where the originals are. If anybody knows the whereabouts of any of the original film props from the Monster Club, please let me know! Surely someone associated with the film would still have some of the original stuff? I do hope so.
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Post by Gloomy Sundae on Aug 21, 2007 6:40:04 GMT -5
Hello scanner. I just left you a message on MS but I see you got here first. It's been pretty quiet here of late but I'm hoping things will pick up again.
The pictures. I enjoyed plenty about the film but its the pics of the creepy ghouls that stayed with me for years. It looks like he got some ideas from the paintings described in H. P. Lovecraft's Pickman's Model and ran with it.
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Post by scanner266 on Aug 23, 2007 6:29:37 GMT -5
I hear there was a comic book made of The Monster Club? Do you know where these are available from?
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