New Vid: Boris Karloff - Frontier Psychiatrist

[jetpack_monkey]

Title: Boris Karloff: Frontier Psychiatrist
Author: Jetpack Monkey
Song: The Avalanches - Frontier Psychatrist
Fandom: Classic horror movies

Summary: Starting with The Man They Could Not Hang, Columbia released four mad scientist films starring Boris Karloff in an eighteen-month period between 1939 and 1941. The other films in the series were The Man with Nine Lives, Before I Hang, and The Devil Commands. As a tribute, I created a short video to illustrate the general shared tone of the films and their similarities in structure, casting, theme, and direction.

The song I chose, The Avalanches' Frontier Psychiatrist, is constructed from audio clips and samples from previously recorded materials. I picked this song in particular because it calls attention to the fact that the Columbia Mad Scientist series was itself constructed from "used" parts, taking elements from Karloff's past successes in films like The Man Who Changed His Mind, The Invisible Ray, and even The Walking Dead.

Password: therapy

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Notes: This vid was created as Classic-Horror.com's contribution to the Boris Karloff Blogathon over at Frankensteinia.

Comments

that boy needs therapy

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

I love the use of the song and how it circles back on itself. I dig getting to see vids made from older movies like these. :)

[valoise.livejournal.com]

Great combination of audio and source clips.

[diannelamerc.livejournal.com]

Nice job! :)

[bradcpu.livejournal.com]

Your vid concepts are so inventive, and I love your sense of matching song-to-source. Also love how you use lipsync, reverse motion, and jump cuts here. It's all just really clever and infectious, and you can't help but love it.

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

You have no idea what your praise means to me, man. Thank you.

[qkellie.livejournal.com]

I love this. And I've loved that song for years, so you get an automatic plus ten for just that alone.

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought you'd dig it especially.