WHO TOC CALL: . Community Editor Entertainment Editor Andrew McCredie - Layne Christensen 965.21 34 NUMMER... THE very . word sizzles with conno- tations: sun;. sex: sus- pénse. , By Kate Zimerman ‘Contributing Writer “What?” you grunt, shifting lazi- ly from one haunch to the other, switching the TV via remote control - _ from Geraldo to Ricki Lake. “Well, "sunshine, : maybe. But SEX? Suspense?” Heat and Sensuality. do seem-to tango. Think:.scantily-clad bodies, ' Think: sweat. Think: © Marilyn _. Monrce staiding over a drafty grate _with the ‘skirt of her white dress “owing upward sin’ The Seven Year By or ., Think about renting a video, because TV doesn't do much justice ~ to ‘summer. Of. course, there .are “Baywatch, and Melrose, two loca- lions where summer is endless. But if you truly want to get into the spir- - it of the season, stir.up a pitcher of 7 ® something cold and frosty, rn on the. fan and stretch out on the sofa. for one of these classics. |The Seven Year ttch, for. example. “In this Billy, Wilder comedy from ‘1955... Manhattan: book’. editor “Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell) sees » his wife and ‘son off on a vacation: and fancies ‘himself a reasonably “upstanding husband. But that’s just until the demon Lust begins whispering in his ear... . There’s. this 22-year-old model, : see, and she lives upstairs, and oh, - “it’s awfully hot and her apartment is - simply” steamy and. she. wouldn’t mind coming in for a martini or two, “and she © just ‘happens to look exactly (147) 985-2131 (418) Sealer hea EUR Le ES HZ NIGHT OF The’ Living Dead, The Seven Year Itch and Body sensual summertime surroundings. Artrip to the classics § way to keep your cool during television's slim summer. pie! like Marilyn Monroe. ~ The movie’s tension fies in the ‘struggle between Sherman's con- ‘science and the temptation he feebly attempts to resist. The young woman's naivete in the face. of his obvious attraction provides the film ‘e with much of. its most ‘successful ‘comedy. . Suspense of a - different sort marks. the taut thriller Body Heat. ‘This. 1981 film noir was inspired by a Shore Shoten.ceiienn 2B _ 1 Tabte Hopping. . Summer Madness Saturdays (~. All yeu can eat HOT. WINGS. 4 _ $5.95 Billy Wilder's 1944 Classic indemnity. Body Hear marke’ directorial debut of Law Kasdan: (who most recently ! the Meg Ryan-Kevin Kline rom tic comedy. French Kiss) an introduced Kathleen. Turner. portrayal of the unhappily ar Matty Walker takes no. pris? During a hot Florida summer. attracts the attention of inept !# Ned: Racine (William Hurt), H ee soon so-besotted that he plots ‘and her to:get rid of her husban pouble . Wednesday, July 5, 1995 ~ North Shore News - 48° STORIES ” NEWS photo Torry Potars / Heat are ‘three classic movies set.in ection of your video Store is the best CRings. ; : ; “enjoy his insurance money. * The spurks. between Hurt and / Tumer could start a forest: fire: February, The story’s heady mix of sensuality, recklessness und. greed might help turn a casual date into an evening to remember. On a less- realistic but spookier note, The Night of the Living Dead offers... cheap: thrills... George Romero's 1968 horror movie is a claustrophobe’s ' nightmare as‘-a group of strangers is forced to share - a farm-house when radioactive zom- an extraordinary: sphasieal See ~. bies begin feasting on human flesh. ~ There are campy laughs here, as there are in most good horror films. 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