The Medusa Touch

And that there are many monologues in that movie that map directly to...

And one of Arnon Milchan's first films that he ever made was called The Medusa Touch with Richard Burton that you can watch for free on YouTube.

And that movie has a climax where a 747 flies into a skyscraper.

So that's interesting.

And that there are many monologues in that movie that map directly to...

And one of Arnon Milchan's first films that he ever made was called The Medusa Touch with Richard Burton that you can watch for free on YouTube.

And that movie has a climax where a 747 flies into a skyscraper.

So that's interesting.

Over a career spanning more than four decades, he only appeared in five films that might be counted as horror, though some of these are perhaps more psychological thriller or drama than they are anything else.

These are Dr. Faustus from 1967, which he also directed, Boom in 1968, Exorcist II The Heretic in 1977, and The Medusa Touch and Absolution, both in 1978.

Of course, only two of these are what one might call proper horror films, and while I might try to cover The Medusa Touch in a future episode, I think the less said about Exorcist II the better, so let's move swiftly on.

Rather unfortunately, to a modern audience at least, Burton is perhaps now best remembered for his relationship and two marriages with Elizabeth Taylor, which rocketed him into superstardom and also made him fodder for the tabloids.

But he was a noted Shakespearean actor who won acclaim for performances on stage and screen, winning two Golden Globes, a Tony, a BAFTA, a Primetime Emmy, as well as seven nominations for Oscars.

In 1976, Burton married his third wife, Susie Hunt, on August 21st, and a year later, his career arguably reached a new low with Exorcist II, The Heretic.

In 1977, he experienced something of a minor revival with the film Equus, for which he was nominated for an Oscar, and for which he also won a Golden Globe Award.

He also filmed telekinetic horror The Medusa Touch and World War II action movie The Wild Geese, before taking on his role as Father Goddard in the first of this week's films.

It's kind of weird, but it's interesting.

It's called The Medusa Touch.

I'm not sure if you've seen that one from 1978.

No.

Um, And yeah, we have music by Michael J. Lewis, who the only thing on his list that I have seen is the 1970 adaptation of Julius Caesar.

But then he also did the Medusa Touch and Sphinx and a whole bunch of

movies.

Yeah.

I've got both of them actually on a double thing, but it's a really weird one.

Medusa Touch.

Yeah, Richard Burton.

78.

Yeah.

Well, the Medusa Touch might be more 2026.

But yeah, I think this really...

The Gorgon, that was it.

This is the minus touch, right? You, you, you just, you just want more and more and more, but the more you have, the less it means anything.

Unlike the Medusa touch where everything you, you touch turns into a car crash, a plane crash.

You know, man, which of those, I'd rather, I'd rather have the Medusa touch personally.

Oh, me too.

Yeah.