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Post by shaxper on Jun 22, 2014 21:03:40 GMT -5
We had a great thread on the old board that I neglected to save where we threw out recommendations for great classic horror films. Specifically though, I'm looking for horror films to check out from 1947 to 1961 because I'm considering (not promising) bringing back my classic horror film countdown and expanding the original 50 from the first 50 years of horror to 65 from the first 65 years of horror (1896 to 1961).
I have quite a few that I've seen, and many more that I plan to consult, but what would you recommend?
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Post by Jesse on Jun 22, 2014 21:45:05 GMT -5
Okay here are my favorites by year. If I didn't mention it I probably haven't watched it yet. 1940- Dr. Cyclops
- The Invisible Man Returns
- The Mummy's Hand
- The Ape
1941- The Black Cat
- The Wolf Man
- King of the Zombies
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1942- Cat People
- The Ghost of Frankenstein
- The Mummy's Tomb
1943- I Walked with a Zombie
- Son of Dracula
- Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
- The Seventh Victim
- Revenge of the Zombies
1944- The Mummy's Curse
- The Mummy's Ghost
- House of Frankenstein
- The Return of the Vampire
1945- Dead of Night
- Isle of the Dead
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- House of Dracula
1951- The Thing from Another World
19531954- The Creature from the Black Lagoon
- Gojira
1955- It Came from Beneath the Sea
- Revenge of the Creature
1956- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- The Creature Walks Among Us
- The Werewolf
1957- The Curse of Frankenstein
- Night of the Demon
1958- The Blob
- Dracula
- The Fly
- The Revenge of Frankenstein
- Corridors of Blood
- The Thing That Couldn't Die
1959- A Bucket of Blood
- The Tingler
- The Mummy
- House on Haunted Hill
- Return of the Fly
- Beast from Haunted Cave
- Plan 9 from Outer Space
1960- Psycho
- Jigoku
- The Brides of Dracula
- Village of the Damned
- House of Usher
- 13 Ghosts
1961- The Curse of the Werewolf
- The Pit and the Pendulum
- Mr. Sardonicus
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 22, 2014 21:52:53 GMT -5
the 1948 monster classic  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 22, 2014 22:12:55 GMT -5
the 1948 monster classic By far my favorite horror movie. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 22, 2014 22:24:12 GMT -5
Of the movies I have: (Sometimes its hard to distinguish between horror and sf in the late 50s)
GHOST & MRS. MUIR 1947
ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEETS FRANKENSTEIN 1948
ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEETS THE KILLER, BORIS KARLOFF 1949
ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE 1953
HOUSE OF WAX 1953
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON 1954
ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY 1955
DIABOLIQUE 1955
SHE CREATURE 1956
WEREWOLF 1956
MOLE PEOPLE 1956
BLACK SCORPION 1957
BLOOD OF DRACULA 1957
VAMPIRE 1957
ZOMBIES OF MORA TAU 1957
ASTOUNDING SHE-MONSTER 1958
BEAST WITH 1,000,000 EYES 1958
BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE 1958
CRAWLING EYE 1958
EARTH VS THE SPIDER 1958
FIEND WITHOUT A FACE 1958
FLY 1958
FRANKENSTEIN 1970 1958
HORROR OF DRACULA 1958
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL 1958
HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER 1958
MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS 1958
RETURN OF DRACULA 1958
REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN 1958
NIGHT OF THE DEMON (AKA CURSE OF THE DEMON) 1958
EYES WITHOUT A FACE 1959
CORRIDORS OF BLOOD 1959
KILLER SHREWS 1959
LEECH WOMAN 1959
NIGHT OF THE GHOULS 1959
PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE 1959
RETURN OF THE FLY 1959
TINGLER 1959
BLACK SUNDAY 1960
BRIDES OF DRACULA 1960
CIRCUS OF HORRORS 1960
FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER 1960
THIRTEEN GHOSTS 1960
TWO FACES OF DR. JEKYLL 1960
CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF 1961
HELLFIRE CLUB 1961
SCREAM OF FEAR 1961
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Post by shaxper on Jun 22, 2014 23:01:06 GMT -5
These are GREAT lists. Keep 'em coming!
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Post by MDG on Jun 23, 2014 11:11:03 GMT -5
I'm becoming a sucker for european B&Ws from this period (or a little later). Check out I Vampiri, Atom Age Vampire, and The Awful Dr. Orloff.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2014 12:28:31 GMT -5
Looks like a pretty comprehensive list so far, but IMHO Caltiki -- The Immortal Monster is conspicuous in its absence. It's an Italian production from 1959 & fits nicely with MDG's reference above.
Otherwise, I'll need to check some of my reference works from home, though offhand I can also add, in the sf-horror category (where Caltiki belongs as well, for that matter)
Creature with the Atom Brain
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
The Unearthly
The Indestructible Man
Attack of the Crab Monsters
The Alligator People
The Creeping Unkown
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2014 12:55:16 GMT -5
I'm becoming a sucker for european B&Ws from this period (or a little later). Check out I Vampiri, Atom Age Vampire, and The Awful Dr. Orloff. Just out of curiosity, Marty, have you ever seen Il Demonio (Italy, 1963)? I watched it on DVD-R about two years ago. Quite good, with a segment prefiguring the famous Exorcist extended-version spider-walk scene by a good decade. |
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Post by MDG on Jun 23, 2014 18:18:52 GMT -5
No--it's on YouTube, but in Italian. I may try it out anyway. Thanks for the tip.
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Post by crazyoldhermit on Jun 24, 2014 9:26:36 GMT -5
The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas from 1957 starring Peter Cushing. Really cool spooky movie that almost feels like a precursor to Jaws.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2014 12:02:37 GMT -5
Upon further review, other surprising omissions (unless I'm going blind) from the above listings --
Them! (1954)
Psycho (1960)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Blood & Roses (1960)
Horror Hotel (City of the Dead) (1960)
The Innocents (1961)
Burn, Witch, Burn (Night of the Eagles) (1961 ... IMDb says 1962, but the reference I consulted before work this morning says '60, presumably in relation to the UK release date; the book in question is British, as is the film)
Also definitely worth watching --
Cult of the Cobra (1955)
The Undead (1957)
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957)
The H-Man (1958)
Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
Space Master X-7 (1958)
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
The Head (1959)
Terror is a Man (1959)
Mill of the Stone Women (1960)
Tormented (1960)
The House in Marsh Road (1960)
Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961)
The Snake Woman (1961)
The Devil's Hand (1961)
Curse of the Doll People (1961)
The Mask (1961)
Night Tide (1961)
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Post by MDG on Jun 24, 2014 14:45:32 GMT -5
'57 to '63 or so is really the sweet spot for me, as far as cheap horror movies go. Horror Hotel (City of the Dead) (1960) The guy who directed Horror Hotel also directed The Night Stalker--two conspicuous highlights of a busy but bland TV movie output (including the hilarious Smash-Up on Interstate 5) I was never able to enjoy this one. Didn't click with me at all. Proof that it ain't all gold. Just re-watched this the other night. A few years ago, on eBay, I picked up a dozen or so of the original Mask 3-d viewers. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2014 15:43:39 GMT -5
'57 to '63 or so is really the sweet spot for me, as far as cheap horror movies go. Same here, pretty much. I suspect that's largely attributable, at least in my case, to that era having generated so much of the stuff that scarred me as a kid when I caught it on TV a few years later. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 24, 2014 15:59:32 GMT -5
How I skipped over Psycho on my list is beyond me. However there's a bunch of movies I would consider as SF instead of horror. Especially when its radiation that causes a monstrous effect.For instance,from some mentioned previously, The Thing From Another World,Invasion Of The Body Snatchers,Gojira and Them are SF rather than horror. Are we to use the most liberal definition of horror? If something looks different than human,whether an alien,radioactively created,a result of scientific experiments,all horror. The distinction is important to define when you enter the 1950s
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