Giulietta Spider in Dementia 13 / The Haunting - Coincidence?

["J. Hutson Hart" <hutson.hart@domain.elided>]

Did anyone else catch this juxtaposition in Digest #905?

>From: "Paul   Witek" <shempmodin@domain.elided>
>Subject: NEW Alfa in Movies Spotting...
>
>A brand new Alfa-In-Movies spotting -
>In the newly released flick "The Haunting", Catherine 
>Zeta-Jones appears to fancy a nice red Giulietta spider.  
>It's only onscreen for a few seconds, and you don't get to 
>see it in action, but Ms. Zeta-Jones arrives at that freaky 
>old house, and another character looks out the window to 
>see the Spider sitting in the drive outside.  Definitely not a 
>Giulia - no hoodscoop - but I was too stunned to catch if it 
>was a 750 or 101 series.  All in all, not a bad film - perhaps, 
>forewarned, someone else can check for the wing windows 
>in those precious few moments.....
>- - Paul Witek 

and then...

>From: "Joseph A Fillip, Jr." <joseph.fillipjr@domain.elided>
>Subject: Alfa Appearance in a (Bad) Obscure Movie
>
>I suppose Francis Ford Coppola had a thing about Alfas, 
>because in one of his first directorial efforts, the Roger 
>Corman-produced "Dementia 13" (an incredibly low budget 
>horror-thriller that's not very thrilling, but is horrifying in a way 
>its makers did not intend), there is a lovely scene of a beautiful 
>Giulietta Spider pulling up the drive of the family mansion where
>lots of creepy things are going on. Believe me, it's the only 
>memorable thing about the movie.
>Joe Fillip
>Swarthmore, PA

I think I feel an homage coming on... :-)

Cheers!
J. Hutson Hart
1991 Spider

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