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Did I imagine this or what?

posted 14 years ago by Mori
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I remember seeing this film as a kid in the 80's and one thing that always stuck with me was during the transformation scene near the end. In it there was a shot where the kid is half transformed, head all blown up and he sticks his tongue out and licks his mother's face. A couple of years later I saw the film again but this time the shot was missing but the mother's reaction was still there. The shot is not on the MGM DVD either. So does anyone else remember seeing this or am I crazy?

[–] pdclemens 14 years ago

Sorry, but I guess you're crazy 'cause I PLAYED Michael (aka the Beast) in the movie and I can ASSURE that no such shot was ever filmed or ever appeared in ANY version of it at ANY stage of developement. (Sounds cool though! lol)

[–] HoferPM-1 14 years ago

Hi pd ! This movie is great so far. I am watching it right now on Chiller. So you are Eleanor Parker's son. Beautiful woman. I remember her from many movies. Loved her in A Detective's Story, Caged, The Naked Jungle, The Man With the Golden Arm, etc., etc., etc. Sooo, what are you up to now ?????

[–] trekkie313 12 years ago

I doubt you are really the person in question...I just watched the movie and there is a puppet head that does indeed have a huge tongue.

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[–] Devils_Mentor 10 years ago

I know this is OLD, but Trekkie313 is correct and pdclemens is full of sh!t. I just got finished watching this movie, in fact, the credits are still rolling, but there was indeed a scene, in the hospital, when the kids starts changing, his tongue is hanging out of his face like 10 inches and flailing all over the place.

DM

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[–] gin-luc 8 years ago

The creature doesn't lick the mother's face, though...

[–] joshuacarpino 7 years ago

if you weren't so busy being internet skeptics you would realize he meant the huge tongue doesn't lick the mother's face. but paul is from a generation where you still didn't need to explain everything down to the last detail to get your point across,so excuse him.

[–] XtroTerrestial 12 years ago

I have to admit that if such a scene was shown it would've creeped me out something terrible.

Also, Hi Mr. Paul Clemens! I have seen TBW over 2 dozen times and I love that movie. It gave me nightmares as a kid. That transformation sequence was eerie as hell!

Also recommended (starring Paul Clemens): The Horribly Slow Murderer With The Extremely Inefficient Weapon!

No spoilers today!!

[–] slasher0010 13 years ago

I'm not sure but it sounds like you watched this back to back with "Creepshow 2" and the endings are melding together. At the end of the segment, "The Hitch-hiker", the villain attacks the driver from under her car, his face a caved-in, gruesome mess, and licks her face while exclaiming the immortal line "thaaanks for the ride laaaady!"

[–] prbronx5 10 years ago

The monster licking thing is something that's been done to death. My favorite though, was in The Relic. That was intense!

[–] Smug_Grinch 10 years ago

I'm pretty sure the MGM/Scream Factory version is edited. I remember seeing it at the theater and an old VHS tape where the tongue shoots out of Monster Michael's mouth and strikes R.G. Armstrong (the doctor) in the head, sending him flying across the room. And then the mother reacts. You can still see a piece of it where it starts to flow out of his mouth, then the shot cuts away.

There's also an added shot where Michael goes into the bathroom alone in the hospital to bandage the new wound on his back. Normally, he does this just before the Doc asks him "What that bandage?" but my Scream Factory Blu-ray has a sliver of the beginning of this scene inserted as soon as he gets to the hospital and his parents leave him alone. This second part may be an editing blunder that I don't remember from my original viewing, but I vividly remember that tongue slapping the Doc across the room. Lol!

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[–] Dr_Adam_Warlock 9 years ago

I vividly remember that tongue slapping the Doc across the room. Lol!

Could someone upload that clip please?

BLACKOUT!

[–] gin-luc 8 years ago

I've just watched the film; when the doctor gets thrown across the room, the mother isn't even there; the doc spends the rest of the film with a bloody bandage wrapped around his head. During the transformation scene, the monster's tongue is flailing about, but it doesn't actually attack anyone but Horace, the man who shoots him.