marlinskiles &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:marlinskiles @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:00:56 +0200 The Hypnotic Eye (George Blair, 1960) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-hypnotic-eye-1960 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Hypnotic Eye (George Blair, 1960)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 29/div div class="occasion" National Lemon Juice Day/div div class="img" The Hypnotic Eye (1960)/div div class="caption" Suave hypnotist Desmond (Jacques Bergerac) and his lovely assistant Justine (Allison Hayes) using the magic of vitamin C to demonstrate to you, the viewer, how hypnotism works. DP: Archie R. Dalzell./div div class="txt" The Hypnotic Eye utilises what's called the movie gimmick. This one doesn't deploy anything hugely spectacular, no Percepto! seat vibrators (The Tingler (1959)) or Witchcraft (1964) witch deflectors or even a trained nurse on standby. There's a balloon. No spoilers here "And now I am going to demonstrate to you the power of your own mind." ### – Desmond\ There are also multiple moments where hypnotist Desmond (handsome future-Revlon-exec Jacques Bergerac) directly addresses you, the (wo)man in the audience. Because you too may laugh at that folly, that gimmick, that parlour trick. But who says it isn't real? Who says you really never went to see a hypnotism show…?/div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalLemonJuiceDay #GeorgeBlair #JacquesBergerac #MarlinSkiles #ArchieRDalzell #hypnotism #mystery #crime #horror #lemons #fruit #food #USA #1960s ★★★½ /div /section ]]>

The Hypnotic Eye (George Blair, 1960)

Aug

29

National Lemon Juice Day

The Hypnotic Eye (1960)

Suave hypnotist Desmond (Jacques Bergerac) and his lovely assistant Justine (Allison Hayes) using the magic of vitamin C to demonstrate to you, the viewer, how hypnotism works. DP: Archie R. Dalzell.

The Hypnotic Eye utilises what's called the movie gimmick. This one doesn't deploy anything hugely spectacular, no Percepto! seat vibrators (The Tingler (1959)) or Witchcraft (1964) witch deflectors or even a trained nurse on standby. There's a balloon. No spoilers here

“And now I am going to demonstrate to you the power of your own mind.”

– Desmond

There are also multiple moments where hypnotist Desmond (handsome future-Revlon-exec Jacques Bergerac) directly addresses you, the (wo)man in the audience. Because you too may laugh at that folly, that gimmick, that parlour trick. But who says it isn't real? Who says you really never went to see a hypnotism show…?

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalLemonJuiceDay #GeorgeBlair #JacquesBergerac #MarlinSkiles #ArchieRDalzell #hypnotism #mystery #crime #horror #lemons #fruit #food #USA #1960s ★★★½

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