Watched Faust last night.

Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)

Astonishing! It's really great to see how beautifully Whale crafted this sequel and made it one of the best in the history. Though it was like the 2nd half of the great Frankenstein epic that can be viewed back to back but at the end I think to some extent, it even challenge the original in terms of emotion, love and the overall 'human drama'. The characters gradually developed with new shades, Frankenstein's search for a friend and eventually meeting with the blind hermit (an inside look of Frankenstein) and then losing him afterward and finally the quote "I...love....dead....Hate....living" made him indeed a far greater human than the monstrous Dr. Pretorious.

Thanks a lot NE, for recommending it regularly and religiously.:)

>>: A

Awesome Roshiq! Very glad you enjoyed this masterpiece of horror.

The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari (1920)

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It was truly like a nightmarish experience that a landmark of horror meant to be. An artistic enigma that sent me in a claustrophobic world of madness & mayhem where it was also like witnessing various brush strokes of a moving masterpiece painting. The strange geometrical shapes of Holstenwall's roads & buildings were something more than a signature of stunning architectures. Once when Dr. Caligari ran outside the asylum as his madness revealed and haunted by textual ramblings written in the air...was an amazing sequence. And finally the surprising ending which I think one of the most unpredictable twists in the history of horror films...JUST BLEW ME AWAY!!!

>>: A+

King Kong (1933)


classic

The Fly (1958)

yeah..it's actually better than Cronenberg's remake.

>>: A

Finally- somebody agrees with me!

Hellpppp meeeee! Hellppp meeeeee!

Oh! I love that part. When I first saw this movie on our national TV channel back in childhood days this part really scared the hell out of me! A wonderful masterpiece!

last seen:

Nightmare Castle (1965)

A decent Italian Gothic.

>>: B-

Im the other way on this, really disappointed when I saw this, probably more so because I was looking forward to it so much. My default setting is the original is always better, and as Cronenburgs Fly is so good, had high hopes for this one. Wish it wasn't the case...........

In compare to the original I felt the remake kinda depressing and was too much focused on horror effects. It was dark and subtle horror film with extreme moments of gore towards the end whereas the Original never forgot that it was simply made to entertain. The 1986 version takes a more direct approach. You watch Jeff Goldbloom try to make his transporter, and when he does things go wrong. The movie is really just watching him slowly turn into a fly, with gross out scenes galore. But the original had more story around the story and had a lot more character...and of course there was Vincent Price (surprisingly for the first time I saw him in a non horror role), that was great!

Anyways, I have to admit that I have also a similar kinda views and experience (as you have with The Fly movies) with another all time great horror masterpiece....The Texas Chainsaw Massacre! But in this case I have some other reasons.:o