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* [[Drive-In Theater]]: Where the climax of the film takes place. |
* [[Drive-In Theater]]: Where the climax of the film takes place. |
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* [[End of an Age]]: Orlock's retirement signals an end to the Monster and [[Mad Scientist]] era of horror films... with Thompson's shooting spree [[Dawn of an Era|signaling the beginning]] of the next wave of horror based on [[Humans Are Bastards|human evils]] like [[Serial Killer|serial killers]]. |
* [[End of an Age]]: Orlock's retirement signals an end to the Monster and [[Mad Scientist]] era of horror films... with Thompson's shooting spree [[Dawn of an Era|signaling the beginning]] of the next wave of horror based on [[Humans Are Bastards|human evils]] like [[Serial Killer|serial killers]]. |
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* [[Executive Meddling]]: A positive example, in that the film wouldn't have been made in the first place, except Karloff owed the ever-frugal Corman two days of filming; as already noted, Karloff was so impressed with the resulting script, he [[Doing It for the Art|volunteered]] the needed extra shooting time for free. |
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* [[Good Colors, Evil Colors]]: All of Orlock's scenes are shot in mellow autumnal shades, while Thompson's are cold sterile blues. |
* [[Good Colors, Evil Colors]]: All of Orlock's scenes are shot in mellow autumnal shades, while Thompson's are cold sterile blues. |
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* [[Let Me Tell You a Story]]: Orlock gives a lovely recitation of the story [http://www.k-state.edu/english/baker/english320/Maugham-AS.htm "An Appointment in Samarra".] |
* [[Let Me Tell You a Story]]: Orlock gives a lovely recitation of the story [http://www.k-state.edu/english/baker/english320/Maugham-AS.htm "An Appointment in Samarra".] |
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