tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post6003943036648541283..comments2024-03-27T10:27:59.266-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: CULT TV FLASHBACK # 72: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: "Space Vampire" (1980)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-65802004696857090212018-12-02T20:17:42.103-05:002018-12-02T20:17:42.103-05:00This was an excellent episode. It was very scar...This was an excellent episode. It was very scary as a kidUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10244133217004559446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-41383500909420575402016-08-17T20:19:32.080-04:002016-08-17T20:19:32.080-04:00I was 9 and it scared the be-jesus out of me! Stil...I was 9 and it scared the be-jesus out of me! Still does when I watch the clips of it. I got to meet Erin Grey as a 44 year old man. When I confessed how infatuated with her I was as a boy, she simply said, "the power of blue spandex." And, "that is totally healthy." As a 60 year old, she still had it. All the best and thanks for the memories.Bill Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714642430207994507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-48499840882263972852016-04-01T23:19:23.094-04:002016-04-01T23:19:23.094-04:00Great write up on Space Vampire. I think other el...Great write up on Space Vampire. I think other elements that make it so great are the musical score and sound effects. They help to foster a foreboding and frightening atmosphere. Truly a unique episode.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-28338293833701776592013-03-04T22:25:10.088-05:002013-03-04T22:25:10.088-05:00I remember this particularly episode of Buck Roger...I remember this particularly episode of Buck Rogers quite well. It terrified me as a 10-year-old. But when I watched it decades later, I was amazed at how low-budget and silly-looking it was. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-78031145289390521702012-05-31T12:40:10.356-04:002012-05-31T12:40:10.356-04:00I met Erin Gray and Gil Gerard at the Phoenix 2012...I met Erin Gray and Gil Gerard at the Phoenix 2012 Comic Con, and I'm still geekin' out about having shook both of their hands. And I told them honestly that Awakening and Space Vampire were two of my absoulute top favorites. They remembered them all right. In fact, I'm watching Space Vampire on my portable DVD next to my computer. I'm at the part where Huer informs Buck about Helser and the Vorvon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-19976609984398097112010-11-05T22:58:27.250-04:002010-11-05T22:58:27.250-04:00My favorite episode of the entire series, the stor...My favorite episode of the entire series, the story, acting, and creepiness are all still there! I was 11 years old when this first aired. Bravo to the makeup and costume , great tribute to the father of all vampires Nosferatu!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-79987266794699048242009-05-18T15:20:00.000-04:002009-05-18T15:20:00.000-04:00You are right, Amanda-by-night, Paul Williams does...You are right, Amanda-by-night, Paul Williams does star in that episode!<br /><br />Ah, and yes, I remember "Cruise Ship to the Stars." It's sort of a 25th century Jekyll-Hyde story...with Ms. Cosmos and her alter ego. <br /><br />best,<br />JKMJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-27187170994795711632009-05-18T13:55:00.000-04:002009-05-18T13:55:00.000-04:00I just saw that Hardy Boys. Correct me if I'm wron...I just saw that Hardy Boys. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Paul Williams is in that episode. It's awesome!<br /><br />I just recently watched the episode of Buck Rogers with Dorothy Stratten. They dubbed her voice and I cannot figure out why.<br /><br />Great review as usual!Amanda By Nighthttp://amandabynight.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-68587361520527390152009-05-05T09:45:00.000-04:002009-05-05T09:45:00.000-04:00I remember being quite spooked by the Vorvon as a ...I remember being quite spooked by the Vorvon as a kid, but it also reminded me bizarrely of the twin monsters from Carry on Screaming !! I really liked the space station design in this episode and of course Wilma was red hot as usual !! Hubba ! Hubba !!! :)Andrew Glazebrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561008286443964427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-69487253513771434892009-05-05T06:19:00.000-04:002009-05-05T06:19:00.000-04:00Chopper93: thanks for the nice comments on the Mil...Chopper93: thanks for the nice comments on the Millennium series with Vyz. We both enjoyed doing it, and part 3 is coming up shortly!<br /><br />Howard and Jim: I concur with you both. Space Vampire overcomes those aspects of camp to be scary, or at least memorable. I'm not entirely sure why; maybe it's the commitment of the actors; maybe it's creepy conjunction of the 25th century with vampires, or maybe it's just Wilma's lonely plight. But it works pretty well, even today!<br />-jkmJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-67228272829611830842009-05-04T19:16:00.000-04:002009-05-04T19:16:00.000-04:00Hey John,
I just rewatched this a month or so back...Hey John,<br />I just rewatched this a month or so back, and was also surprised at how creepy it still was. I put it on thinking I'd have a good laugh, and was shocked(!) to find myself looking over my shoulder a bit. Campy as all getout (as Buck always was) but still effective.<br /><br />Lorne Greene as Dracula on the Hardy Boys is a perfectly outrageous example of why the 70's were so great! They just don't make 'em like that anymore : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-31055478325984372962009-05-04T13:49:00.000-04:002009-05-04T13:49:00.000-04:00Wow... reading that posting just dredged a frighte...Wow... reading that posting just dredged a frightening memory from the recesses of my mind. I can clearly recall being particularly scared of that episode of an otherwise benign T.V. show. Thanks for the reminder, and the hair raising on my arms.<br /><br />-BTW, came to hear of and enjoy your work through listening to you on Vyzygoth's show. I could listen to you two banter for hours about Millenium!chopper93https://www.blogger.com/profile/16684605391232994454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-25115425609636576912009-05-04T12:53:00.000-04:002009-05-04T12:53:00.000-04:00John,
To this day, my brother and I remember and ...John,<br /><br />To this day, my brother and I remember and quote Wilma Deering saying, in her breathy vampire voice, "I drained them, Buck, and it felt so good."<br />Absolute camp, yes, but memorable. And, I concur about "Plot to Kill a City" being the best episode(s) of the series.Howard Margolinhttp://www.captphilonline.com/Destinies.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-22033797017599987712009-05-04T07:55:00.000-04:002009-05-04T07:55:00.000-04:00That sounds like an interesting episode. Maybe it ...That sounds like an interesting episode. Maybe it could be shown in tandem with the <I>McCloud</I> episode where John Carradine plays Dracula.<br /><br />HughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-66128089150246379152009-05-03T16:21:00.000-04:002009-05-03T16:21:00.000-04:00Thanks, Hugh!
Well, it was an episode that aired ...Thanks, Hugh!<br /><br />Well, it was an episode that aired September 11, 1977, and it was called, "Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula." I haven't seen it in years, but I think it had something to do with a rock concert taking place at Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania, and there were some murders.<br /><br />Greene played another character (Insepctor Hans Stavlin) but was actually revealed as Dracula at the end.<br /><br />Again, this is just from memory...:)<br /><br />best,<br />JKMJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-12659097944569591782009-05-03T14:08:00.000-04:002009-05-03T14:08:00.000-04:00Great review, as always. Can you share anymore abo...Great review, as always. Can you share anymore about Lorne Greene playing Dracula?<br /><br />Hugh DavisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com