Flying Bloodthirsty Lampshades
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I vaguely remember an old black and white movie with things that looked like lampshades. The lampshades would settle on a persons head and they would start bleeding and die. Anybody know the movie?
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I vaguely remember an old black and white movie with things that looked like lampshades. The lampshades would settle on a persons head and they would start bleeding and die. Anybody know the movie?
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Hi, welcome to SF&F! How long ago did you see the movie? On TV or in a theatre?
– DavidW
Apr 9 at 21:44
TV and I was a child. I'm 60 now. So around 50 years ago.
– Dennis
Apr 9 at 22:07
There was a Benny Hill episode in which the furniture ATTACKED!
– gowenfawr
Apr 9 at 23:50
I definitely thought this was going to be a TVTropes reference.
– PlutoThePlanet
Apr 10 at 17:27
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I vaguely remember an old black and white movie with things that looked like lampshades. The lampshades would settle on a persons head and they would start bleeding and die. Anybody know the movie?
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I vaguely remember an old black and white movie with things that looked like lampshades. The lampshades would settle on a persons head and they would start bleeding and die. Anybody know the movie?
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Hi, welcome to SF&F! How long ago did you see the movie? On TV or in a theatre?
– DavidW
Apr 9 at 21:44
TV and I was a child. I'm 60 now. So around 50 years ago.
– Dennis
Apr 9 at 22:07
There was a Benny Hill episode in which the furniture ATTACKED!
– gowenfawr
Apr 9 at 23:50
I definitely thought this was going to be a TVTropes reference.
– PlutoThePlanet
Apr 10 at 17:27
add a comment |
Hi, welcome to SF&F! How long ago did you see the movie? On TV or in a theatre?
– DavidW
Apr 9 at 21:44
TV and I was a child. I'm 60 now. So around 50 years ago.
– Dennis
Apr 9 at 22:07
There was a Benny Hill episode in which the furniture ATTACKED!
– gowenfawr
Apr 9 at 23:50
I definitely thought this was going to be a TVTropes reference.
– PlutoThePlanet
Apr 10 at 17:27
Hi, welcome to SF&F! How long ago did you see the movie? On TV or in a theatre?
– DavidW
Apr 9 at 21:44
Hi, welcome to SF&F! How long ago did you see the movie? On TV or in a theatre?
– DavidW
Apr 9 at 21:44
TV and I was a child. I'm 60 now. So around 50 years ago.
– Dennis
Apr 9 at 22:07
TV and I was a child. I'm 60 now. So around 50 years ago.
– Dennis
Apr 9 at 22:07
There was a Benny Hill episode in which the furniture ATTACKED!
– gowenfawr
Apr 9 at 23:50
There was a Benny Hill episode in which the furniture ATTACKED!
– gowenfawr
Apr 9 at 23:50
I definitely thought this was going to be a TVTropes reference.
– PlutoThePlanet
Apr 10 at 17:27
I definitely thought this was going to be a TVTropes reference.
– PlutoThePlanet
Apr 10 at 17:27
add a comment |
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"Not of this Earth" (1957)
Roger Corman's 1957 film included, among other things, a flying alien shaped like a lampshade that lands on Dr. Rochelle's head and kills him, with blood pooling out. A fuller synopsis may be found on Wikipedia.
14
Awesome special effects.
– Organic Marble
Apr 10 at 1:00
4
That's the world's tiniest gif. I feel like I'm gonna break it by accident.
– Valorum
Apr 10 at 7:59
2
Seems like a prototype for what would become the xenomorph's egg layer
– Mark Rogers
Apr 10 at 14:16
@Valorum - I tried larger dimensions first, but had to play around for a while with tradeoffs of size, dithering, bit depth, and noise to get it under SE's 2 MiB image limit. (Heh, I remember when, back during belt-onion days, a 2 MiB GIF would have seemed enormous, and a GiF of these approximate dimensions could be considered remarkable solely for other reasons.) Btw, your edit actually did break 2 links by accident. :P (IMDB link got malformed, and WP link got hidden entirely -- I've fixed both.)
– Jacob C.
Apr 10 at 18:44
1
What is this, a gif for ants?
– Valorum
Apr 10 at 18:58
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"Not of this Earth" (1957)
Roger Corman's 1957 film included, among other things, a flying alien shaped like a lampshade that lands on Dr. Rochelle's head and kills him, with blood pooling out. A fuller synopsis may be found on Wikipedia.
14
Awesome special effects.
– Organic Marble
Apr 10 at 1:00
4
That's the world's tiniest gif. I feel like I'm gonna break it by accident.
– Valorum
Apr 10 at 7:59
2
Seems like a prototype for what would become the xenomorph's egg layer
– Mark Rogers
Apr 10 at 14:16
@Valorum - I tried larger dimensions first, but had to play around for a while with tradeoffs of size, dithering, bit depth, and noise to get it under SE's 2 MiB image limit. (Heh, I remember when, back during belt-onion days, a 2 MiB GIF would have seemed enormous, and a GiF of these approximate dimensions could be considered remarkable solely for other reasons.) Btw, your edit actually did break 2 links by accident. :P (IMDB link got malformed, and WP link got hidden entirely -- I've fixed both.)
– Jacob C.
Apr 10 at 18:44
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What is this, a gif for ants?
– Valorum
Apr 10 at 18:58
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"Not of this Earth" (1957)
Roger Corman's 1957 film included, among other things, a flying alien shaped like a lampshade that lands on Dr. Rochelle's head and kills him, with blood pooling out. A fuller synopsis may be found on Wikipedia.
14
Awesome special effects.
– Organic Marble
Apr 10 at 1:00
4
That's the world's tiniest gif. I feel like I'm gonna break it by accident.
– Valorum
Apr 10 at 7:59
2
Seems like a prototype for what would become the xenomorph's egg layer
– Mark Rogers
Apr 10 at 14:16
@Valorum - I tried larger dimensions first, but had to play around for a while with tradeoffs of size, dithering, bit depth, and noise to get it under SE's 2 MiB image limit. (Heh, I remember when, back during belt-onion days, a 2 MiB GIF would have seemed enormous, and a GiF of these approximate dimensions could be considered remarkable solely for other reasons.) Btw, your edit actually did break 2 links by accident. :P (IMDB link got malformed, and WP link got hidden entirely -- I've fixed both.)
– Jacob C.
Apr 10 at 18:44
1
What is this, a gif for ants?
– Valorum
Apr 10 at 18:58
|
show 3 more comments
"Not of this Earth" (1957)
Roger Corman's 1957 film included, among other things, a flying alien shaped like a lampshade that lands on Dr. Rochelle's head and kills him, with blood pooling out. A fuller synopsis may be found on Wikipedia.
"Not of this Earth" (1957)
Roger Corman's 1957 film included, among other things, a flying alien shaped like a lampshade that lands on Dr. Rochelle's head and kills him, with blood pooling out. A fuller synopsis may be found on Wikipedia.
edited Apr 10 at 16:24
answered Apr 10 at 0:49
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14
Awesome special effects.
– Organic Marble
Apr 10 at 1:00
4
That's the world's tiniest gif. I feel like I'm gonna break it by accident.
– Valorum
Apr 10 at 7:59
2
Seems like a prototype for what would become the xenomorph's egg layer
– Mark Rogers
Apr 10 at 14:16
@Valorum - I tried larger dimensions first, but had to play around for a while with tradeoffs of size, dithering, bit depth, and noise to get it under SE's 2 MiB image limit. (Heh, I remember when, back during belt-onion days, a 2 MiB GIF would have seemed enormous, and a GiF of these approximate dimensions could be considered remarkable solely for other reasons.) Btw, your edit actually did break 2 links by accident. :P (IMDB link got malformed, and WP link got hidden entirely -- I've fixed both.)
– Jacob C.
Apr 10 at 18:44
1
What is this, a gif for ants?
– Valorum
Apr 10 at 18:58
|
show 3 more comments
14
Awesome special effects.
– Organic Marble
Apr 10 at 1:00
4
That's the world's tiniest gif. I feel like I'm gonna break it by accident.
– Valorum
Apr 10 at 7:59
2
Seems like a prototype for what would become the xenomorph's egg layer
– Mark Rogers
Apr 10 at 14:16
@Valorum - I tried larger dimensions first, but had to play around for a while with tradeoffs of size, dithering, bit depth, and noise to get it under SE's 2 MiB image limit. (Heh, I remember when, back during belt-onion days, a 2 MiB GIF would have seemed enormous, and a GiF of these approximate dimensions could be considered remarkable solely for other reasons.) Btw, your edit actually did break 2 links by accident. :P (IMDB link got malformed, and WP link got hidden entirely -- I've fixed both.)
– Jacob C.
Apr 10 at 18:44
1
What is this, a gif for ants?
– Valorum
Apr 10 at 18:58
14
14
Awesome special effects.
– Organic Marble
Apr 10 at 1:00
Awesome special effects.
– Organic Marble
Apr 10 at 1:00
4
4
That's the world's tiniest gif. I feel like I'm gonna break it by accident.
– Valorum
Apr 10 at 7:59
That's the world's tiniest gif. I feel like I'm gonna break it by accident.
– Valorum
Apr 10 at 7:59
2
2
Seems like a prototype for what would become the xenomorph's egg layer
– Mark Rogers
Apr 10 at 14:16
Seems like a prototype for what would become the xenomorph's egg layer
– Mark Rogers
Apr 10 at 14:16
@Valorum - I tried larger dimensions first, but had to play around for a while with tradeoffs of size, dithering, bit depth, and noise to get it under SE's 2 MiB image limit. (Heh, I remember when, back during belt-onion days, a 2 MiB GIF would have seemed enormous, and a GiF of these approximate dimensions could be considered remarkable solely for other reasons.) Btw, your edit actually did break 2 links by accident. :P (IMDB link got malformed, and WP link got hidden entirely -- I've fixed both.)
– Jacob C.
Apr 10 at 18:44
@Valorum - I tried larger dimensions first, but had to play around for a while with tradeoffs of size, dithering, bit depth, and noise to get it under SE's 2 MiB image limit. (Heh, I remember when, back during belt-onion days, a 2 MiB GIF would have seemed enormous, and a GiF of these approximate dimensions could be considered remarkable solely for other reasons.) Btw, your edit actually did break 2 links by accident. :P (IMDB link got malformed, and WP link got hidden entirely -- I've fixed both.)
– Jacob C.
Apr 10 at 18:44
1
1
What is this, a gif for ants?
– Valorum
Apr 10 at 18:58
What is this, a gif for ants?
– Valorum
Apr 10 at 18:58
|
show 3 more comments
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Hi, welcome to SF&F! How long ago did you see the movie? On TV or in a theatre?
– DavidW
Apr 9 at 21:44
TV and I was a child. I'm 60 now. So around 50 years ago.
– Dennis
Apr 9 at 22:07
There was a Benny Hill episode in which the furniture ATTACKED!
– gowenfawr
Apr 9 at 23:50
I definitely thought this was going to be a TVTropes reference.
– PlutoThePlanet
Apr 10 at 17:27