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Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 13:04:22 -0400
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On 5/26/2024 6:04 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> May 26, in honor of the publication of the original novel.
> 
> What will you watch to celebrate?
> 
> I’ve got the Dan Curtis/Jack Palance version going right now with music
> from dark shadows. It’s a pretty good and a pretty faithful adaptation.
> 
> Available on the Peacock, it’s a good copy in 16:9 with the ads front
> loaded so it runs uninterrupted.
> 
> Next up, I found the excellent 1977 Louis Jourdon version on the gray.

The key scene in any telling of the original story is the first vision 
of transformed Lucy.  Notably, Coppola rather blew it (along with the 
ending).  My vote for that one scene (and I've seen them all multiple 
times) goes to John Badham's 1979 version...