boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian) (06/05/84)
ELEPHANT PARTS!!!! *That's* where the smiley-faced killer was from!! I've been
trying to remember that for days!
Previous posters were correct: NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACTION, HIGH ANXIETY, and
FADE TO BLACK were all films with a PSYCHO Shower Scene parody.
Chocolate syrup? I'm pretty sure that Hitchcock used ink (syrup would have been
too thick, ink would be much better). That's why I thought the scene in FADE TO
BLACK was so great.
Meawhile, someone asked who else liked FADE TO BLACK. Well, overall, I thought
it was pretty bad, though certain scenes were delightful. What good qualities
the movie had were solely through the talent of Dennis Christopher.
"Happy birthday, Sucker!!"
--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC Maynard, MA)
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ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPAberry@zinfandel.UUCP (06/10/84)
#R:decwrl:-110500:zinfandel:8300024:000:387 zinfandel!berry Jun 6 13:28:00 1984 I am not sure about Psycho, but I do know that Akira Kurasowa used chocolate syrup pressurized with club soda for the spurting blood in the final duel scene in 'Sanjuro'. (Great movie -- that and 'Yojimbo'. Has everything 'Fistful of Dollars' lacks. Kurosawa makes better Westerns than Hollywood does..:-) Berry Kercheval Zehntel Inc. (ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry) (415)932-6900