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A few things that bugged me

posted 9 years ago by PopperTheKungFu-Dragon
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I know its a cheesy made for TV movie, but still...

The museum was obviously well-known and well-visited in town and yet no one, in 300 years, ever went through that door and opened up that trunk before those kids?

I mean it wasn't like the door was hidden or the trunk was locked up tight. The kids just waltzed through and found everything easy-peasy 

Also, Nathaniel obviously died after Lucinda yet he becomes a skeleton and she's still as fresh as the day she was buried?

And then there's the whole matter of Lucinda being a vampire, which I'm not even going to try to understand.

I know these are minor quibbles, but they still kinda bug me.

Anyway, the movie was still some cheesy good fun even if it wasn't very well written.

Poorly Lived and Poorly Died, Poorly Buried and No One Cried

[–] Btrixkiddo35 8 years ago

Hmmmm, it's been awhile since I've seen this but Lucinda was a witch as well. I think the vampire thing was something she used to spread her "disease" of recklessness and evil. In the original "Dark Shadows" I believe the character of Angelique (the lady having an affair with Barnabus Collins) is both a witch and vampire. She was the one responsible for turning him. I think they took the idea from that. Lucinda stayed all nice and pretty because of her powers, in magic you can use "glamour" magic and stay beautiful. Lucinda being evil and practicing the dark arts this would have been something important to her.

I can't answer about the kids finding the trunk but maybe it was stroke of luck. Even today there are instances where people find things by chance that were just left lying around. People paid no mind because they just took it for granted that it was there and didn't think about it.

[–] PopperTheKungFu-Dragon 8 years ago

Thanks. I just saw it again and enjoyed it a lot more this time around. The first time I was nitpicking too much, but this time I enjoyed it for what it is.

Poorly Lived and Poorly Died, Poorly Buried and No One Cried

[–] dawatcher 8 years ago

Not just vampires, but also zombies and werewolves.