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TCM Quicksand Double Header
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 1:07 pm
by DangerGirl
For those who have access to Turner Classic Movies, they're showing the quicksand double-feature of "From Hell It Came" and "Death Curse of Tartu" today (Thursday, 29 October), starting at 1:15 Pacific Time (probably 4:15 Eastern, 3:15 Central, and 2:15 Mountain, assuming it's airing simultaneously US-wide and not adjusted for time zones).
Re: TCM Quicksand Double Header
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 9:16 am
by beachbum
I was too late in reading your message. I wish I saw those movies.
Re: TCM Quicksand Double Header
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 9:39 am
by DangerGirl
Apologies for getting the notice out so late. I only noticed it in the lineup yesterday morning. Neither scene is great, but they are both kind of fun in their own ways.
Re: TCM Quicksand Double Header
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 9:55 pm
by Duncan Edwards
Being a TCM regular I managed to catch
Death Curse of Tartu just for fun.
Re: TCM Quicksand Double Header
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 4:08 am
by Fred588
I had both of these films on DVD until they were destroyed in the fire.
Re: TCM Quicksand Double Header
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:59 am
by beachbum
DangerGirl wrote:Apologies for getting the notice out so late. I only noticed it in the lineup yesterday morning. Neither scene is great, but they are both kind of fun in their own ways.
No need to apologize. Thanks for the post.
Re: TCM Quicksand Double Header
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 3:20 pm
by BogDog
Re: TCM Quicksand Double Header
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:00 pm
by Duncan Edwards
As ridiculous as the whole movie is I always liked that scene. You got a curvy island girl who really does her best to sell the sink in classic form. It works.
EDIT - I think if I was directing it they would have both fallen in during the catfight. The Tobonga would have taunted them by dangling a branch as they went under.
Re: TCM Quicksand Double Header
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:03 pm
by DangerGirl
Duncan Edwards wrote:As ridiculous as the whole movie is I always liked that scene. You got a curvy island girl who really does her best to sell the sink in classic form. It works.
The thing that always bugged me about that scene was the weird way she was holding her right hand up close to her face, like she was preparing to hold her nose at some point.
Re: TCM Quicksand Double Header
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 3:31 am
by BogDog
I was on edge the first time I saw the movie in the 1970s, until she was dropped in. Sawdust on water. Big letdown for me.
But others still seem to love it, so there ya go.
And here's the scene of interest in Tartu. I often fantasize this scene, but in my version she only sinks knee-deep in thick clutching QS when she falls in, and then starts a slow sink deeper and deeper as she struggles to get out.
Enjoy the original as-is:
https://youtu.be/uF6qOABh_ME