Last Seen pre-1970 Classic/Vintage Horror Movie?

[hammerfan]

Originally Posted by SerialKiller

The Masque of the Red Death- 1964. Vincent.

My favorite movie of his!

[FryeDwight]

THE SEVENTH VICTIM (1943). Good little Lewton that sort of pre-dates ROSEMARY'S BABY and even a nod to PSYCHO. Creepy in parts and a whopper of an ending, but found it a tad farcial>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SPOLIER>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>that the Coven could be cowed so easily by people reciting The Lord's Prayer. ***1/2

Mark Robson made other films that are worth seeing like THE HARDER THEY FALL (1956-Humphrey Bogart's last film and excellent too), the admittingly scary DADDY'S GONE A-HUNTING (1969) and even though it's usually on the "Worst Films Of all Time" list, VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1967) is GREAT camp. Solid turns by beautiful Sharon Tate and gorgeous Barbara Parkins, but sorta cute Patty Duke runs away with the film. Her character is a hybrid of Amy Winehouse/Lindsay Lohan and although she goes a little over the top at the end, she has a lot of the best lines, thrown out with pure gusto.

[SerialKiller]

Dr.Terror's House of Horrors-1965, I believe.

[FryeDwight]

IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA (1955). Columbia picture takes it's sweet time getting to the good stuff, but gets into the groove with really good Harryhausen FX. ***

[roshiq]

Queen of Blood (1966)



>>: B-

[Sculpt]

Originally Posted by roshiq

Queen of Blood (1966)



>>: B-

Thanks for sharing this, roshiq! This is one of the films I've been searching for. Saw part of it when I was a kid, but couldn't find it with my internet searches.

Love the rich color of this 1966 film. Beautiful and effective visuals and special effects. It's kind of like a cool Star Trek (original series) episode. Interesting... Parts of the space travel story resembles Interstellar.

[FryeDwight]

THE SCARLET CLAW (1944). While it can't compare to the first two Sherlock Holmes films by 20th Century Fox (HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES and THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES), this Universal outing is one of the better ones from that studio. Wonderful atmosphere and pretty spooky in parts. Shame about the "Watson Comedy Relief" parts as they really hinder the action. ***1/2

[SerialKiller]

I walked with a zombie- 1943.

[Repo'd]

Originally Posted by SerialKiller

I walked with a zombie- 1943.

Ine if my favorites. Haunting as can be.

Just watched Eyes Without A Face again.

[Sculpt]

Originally Posted by FryeDwight

GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (1942)- While the writing is on the wall, this still is a fun little flick with a lot of cool actors, especially Bela Lugosi. Also, You gotta love that line "What Good is a Brain without Eyes To See?!?"...think I may use that at work and social functions! At any rate, I enjoy this much more than SON OF FRANKENSTEIN. ***

Son of Frankenstein (1939)
6/10

Frankenstein's son (Basil Rathbone) takes over his father's estate and work on the monster (Boris Karloff), with the help of degenerate Ygor (Béla Lugosi).

Back to the serious tone of Frankenstein (1931), in contrast the oft silliness of Bride of Frankenstein. I wish I had seen Son of Frankenstein before I saw Young Frankenstein, as I would have gotten 30% more of the parodies. But sadly, I never saw Son of Frankenstein aired on TV. Oddly, had quiet a cultural impact on horror and film.

It comes across as an episodic adjunct to Frankenstein '31, not attempting to say or do anything significant, original, scary, horrifying nor suspenseful. In that sense, it's rather dull... but at the same time it manages to be mostly succinct, with some odd and ultimately iconic characters and scenes, becoming marginally culturally significant, like the first two films.