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Frankie Avalon...! lol!

posted 15 years ago by Flywiththeowl
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Funny how he's clearly out of place. The movie is very much 1969 & there he is still looking like an early 60s, JFK-era teen idol. They didn't even *try* to update his look.

Who okayed choosing HIM for the part??

[–] joshua_carpino 15 years ago

just be greatful he didn't have long hair.

[–] 15 years ago

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[–] joshua_carpino 14 years ago

they were fools.bowie and avalon in the same film would have been worth the price of admission on general principal.

[–] greenbudgie 11 years ago

Had Bowie been in it the film would have been cult status by now. It seems a strange reason for AIP to give. I don't think David Bowie was really that well known at the stage. Whereas Frankie Avalon and Mark Wynter had more or less had their pop careers over by then, Bowies career hadn't fully taken off. So I expect AIP still expected a personality clash even though Bowie was largely an unknown factor at the time.

[–] PixieInChains 8 years ago

Richard O'Sullivan claimed the whole "Bowie" thing was a myth that didn't even start until years after the movie was made. He dismissed the story as "pure rubbish".

[–] PixieInChains 8 years ago

Lololol!!! 😄

[–] noname1479 13 years ago

AIP probably had one more film left on his contract. Even Frankie couldn't save this film.

[–] cdjunkee-1 7 years ago

I didn't think the movie was *that* bad. It's very much a product of it's time and very British. Those expecting a fast paced splatter film will be disappointed. I love Hammer horror and British horror so I dug it.

It's basically "Scooby-Doo" with some tame (by today's standards) murders thrown in. It was kinda refreshing so many characters survived.