8th November, 2018.
That’s a hell of a thing to do on your day off.
In amongst the several things I could be doing.
If you read my Daily Teasers, you’ll know I had a letter, a day or two ago, that wasn’t for me.
An eviction notice, if you must know.
For a Ms Alexandra Farrell, if memory serves, in Warescot Road: over in Pilgrims Hatch, near where my mother, and the rest of my immediate family live.
Frankly … ?
I’m sympathetic to what she’s going through: I’ve almost lost this flat a few times.
I haven’t: but luck, as well as diligence, has played a part, there.
At ANY rate … ?
I’ve put the thing in the letter box: there’s not much I could do, there, bar that.
Well, bar telling people about it.
Which I’ve done, this morning: via YouTube.
And by phoning the Brentwood Gazette.
~≈§≈~
Have I done the right thing … ?
Is posting that sort of thing to YouTube, legal?
Is talking to the Gazette about it equally legal, or moral?
To be frank, I’m blowed if I know.
About all I can say … ?
Is simply I’m curious …
To know why Alexandra’s eviction notice ended up in my door.
~≈§≈~
At any rate … ?
At any rate, it’s a day off, today.
And, frankly?
That means … usually cleaning and laundry …
And — depending on my mood, and what’s available — a film or a TV series.
I’ve just finished watching the most recent series of The Man in the High Castle: and caught the recent version of It …
And frankly, fancied something old school.
Does this mean I’ve seen a good film?
Hmmm …
~≈§≈~
Set in the newly built Californian community of Cuesta Verde, Poltergeist shows us Steven and Karen Freeling (Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams) and their three children, Dana, Robbie and Carol Anne (Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins and Heather ‘They’re HERE’ O’Rourke†.) going about their lives …
Only, on one night?
On one dark and stormy night*, Carol Anne starts talking to the TV: after the channel’s have stopped broadcasting …
Talking to the TV … or, as she puts it, to the TV people …
~≈§≈~
Now …
How did I feel about Poltergeist?
Mmmm …
I’m not sure …
You see, the first time I saw it, was many years ago: and I can’t remember if I was impressed, or not.
I couldn’t even tell you where I was living, what years it was: that kind of thing.
About all I could say for certain … ?
Was the the climax — the house collapsing into the swimming pool — stuck in my my mind: as did Zelda Rubenstein as the medium, Tangina Barrons.
Right now, though, having seen it again … ?
I’m not sure I could say ‘Go See Poltergeist,’ with any sense of urgency: I think there’s possibly better films around.
Oh, don’t get me wrong, Poltergeist is an entertaining piece of hokum.
It’s just not stunning entertaining hokum …
Poltergeist
★☆☆☆
* It’s always dark and stormy. Igor would go on strike, and horror would look fundamentally different, if the sky were merely grey …
† Sadly, she died at The age of 12: from some description of heart attack.
† Sadly, she died at The age of 12: from some description of heart attack.
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