I've been feeling the need for a thread for random thoughts. This is what tipped me over into actually starting one: https://www.slashfilm.com/horror-movie-references-in-the-umbrella-academy/
Specifically this bit:
"Like its debut season, The Umbrella Academy’s second season is oozing with historical, sociopolitical, and pop culture references, and nods to Gerard Way’s comic book source material. However, in the beginning of season 2, in each of the scenes during which the seven gifted children of The Academy travel back to the 1960s, a Hammer Film Production B horror flick, except for The Sergeant was a Lady, plays at the Avon Theater in Dallas, Texas, setting the tone for the rest of the season. And what a tone Hammer films have.
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The Umbrella Academy’s creator, Steve Blackman, and developer, Jeremy Slater, continue the Hammer homage tradition in Season 2. To launch the season, Blackman and Slater show the local, second-run cinema screen Curse of the Undead when Klaus (Robert Sheehan) and Ben (Justin H. Min) arrive back in time, The Curse of the Werewolf when Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman) does, The Sergeant Was a Lady when Luther (Tom Hopper) does, and The Kiss of the Vampire when Diego (David Castañeda), Vanya (Ellen Page), and, finally, Number 5 (Aidan Gallagher) arrive, with 5 showing up just before the nuclear apocalypse (Blackman and Slater significantly amp up the Cold War tensions in The Umbrella Academy’s sophomoric season).
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Curse of the Undead
Arguably the most far-fetched Hammer film [!!!!!!!!!!], this is a horror B movie western hybrid. Taking place in a rancher and farmer pre-apocalypse, during which water is a scarce commodity, The Curse of the Undead is about a man, Doc Carter, who must defend his ranch from both a vindictive former nemesis, and an elusive new enemy. The title alone acknowledges that Klaus has always viewed his ability to communicate and interact with the dead as a curse. He injects himself with poison to dull the voices, damaging his psyche. In turn, Ben feels cursed to be stuck with Klaus, who mistreats him, in a purgatory, of sorts, having missed his opportunity to walk towards the light.
Thematically and narratively, The Curse of the Undead parallels Vanya’s storyline most overtly, which ignites the flames of the series, and each character’s arc, ultimately meeting at the climactic location of Sissy’s (Marin Ireland) farm for an explosive conclusion."
Yep, for all his pseudo-intellectual posturing, the author of this article thinks that cheapo, Hollywood, grade-Z horror-western Curse of the Undead is a Hammer film!
Aaarrrgh!
And while we're here, the stupidest (and lamentably one of the most frequent) of comments from people who were disappointed by a film; 'that's 90 minutes/ two hours of my life I'll never get back'.
Like when people (almost always Yanks) refer to Paul Naschy as 'Mexican horror star". Double Aaaarrrgh!