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RueMorgue 08-30-2004 09:36 AM

Favorite Classic Horror Movie?
 
What's your favorite classic horror movie? I like Night of the Living Dead and Suspiria!

Sistinas 08-30-2004 10:00 AM

Showgirls

KRUGERKID13 08-30-2004 12:54 PM

Night of the living dead is my fav. classic

Vampenguin 08-30-2004 07:52 PM

Pit and the Pendulum
House on Haunted Hill

Night of the Living Dead

The Blob


Dracula

Sketch 08-31-2004 05:33 AM

I did like Night Of The Living Dead but Dawn Of The Dead is my favourite, just slightly better though.

Hate_Breeder 08-31-2004 12:22 PM

Night of the Living Dead or The Birds

MichaelMyers 08-31-2004 02:23 PM

Psycho.

juanhacko 08-31-2004 09:31 PM

Rosemary's Baby

movieman64 09-01-2004 07:36 AM

I think we should determine what we consider classics.

Ritualistic 09-01-2004 11:36 AM

LOL everyone seems to only like one movie and that movie is *drum roll* NOTLD


Yes I like NOTLD but there is other class movies that have been made ....

Just a few I like:

Maniac
Nosferatu
White Zombie
The creature from the Black Lagoon
Countess Dracula


movieman64 09-02-2004 07:09 AM

I feel there are classics, in most era's. Nosferatu, Cabinet of Dr. Calgari are some of the earliest examples. Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man all James Whale classics, (The Old Dark House too) Vampyr, Dracula, The Mummy etc...When you say "classics" this is what I think of. However there are more modern classics, like the double feature parodies of the 50's, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, The Wasp Woman, and other classics like The Blob. Many of the Hammer and Roger Corman films, i.e...Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing from the late 50's thru early 70's. Some of the more modern classics include The Omen, The Shinning, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and yes Night of the Living Dead.

The title, (Classic's) can be a very broad term, (for me at least). Some of the younger members should watch some of the older movies, compare them to more modern films, and see how many of today's Directors have been influenced by some of these films.

I'm rambling so I'll shut up now...

dantehorrorfan 09-02-2004 07:46 AM

NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

Hate_Breeder 09-02-2004 11:29 AM

Wasp Woman, Dementia 13, Bury the Living, Murder, Devil Bat so fourth

Robert Neville 09-08-2004 09:47 AM

"The Bad Seed"

If horror movies need to include evil, then you can't get much more evil than a little girl named Rhoda in "The Bad Seed".

VoyagerOne 09-09-2004 12:55 PM

Right on, Neville!

movieman64 09-09-2004 08:14 PM

The Mother's acting was so dramatic, and she knew something was up but did not want to admit it...great movie.

I heard they might be doing a re-make?

VoyagerOne 09-09-2004 11:49 PM

Yes, movieman!

It's Eli Roth, maker of Cabin Fever...

It could use a remake, but with only some tweaks....

But the things he says sound perfectly disastrous, though!

He says flat out, quoted as saying; he wants to "bastardize and exploit it..."!

He has high hopes, wanting to make her the next horror icon (she already is...!) but "like Chucky", he says! Uchh! Anyways, the worst thing he says is that he wants her to be modernized, like being a fan of -- get this -- "N'Sync"!! Ouch!

Rhoda wouldn't give a rat's ass about N'Sync!! Oy oy oy! Rhoda doesn't play with the other girls... that's sort of the whole point... but, oh well, typical! LOL!

They've tried to reamke it a couple times, I haven't seen either one, but remember "The Good Son"? I never saw that, either, but it went quoted a lot, there for a while, I remember when that was floating around for a while!

VoyagerOne 09-10-2004 01:12 AM

Yeah, movieman, the mother's acting is pretty overdramatic, but Rhoda's is --

Dead On. :P

She'd make a great secret character in a game like GoldenEye!

Neville, can you imagine a little eight year old girl in pigtails and a dress
running around with two RCP-90s versus Jaws? He'd be looking for her,
she'd be nailing everybody!

StaggerLee 09-11-2004 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by movieman64
I feel there are classics, in most era's. Nosferatu, Cabinet of Dr. Calgari are some of the earliest examples. Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man all James Whale classics, (The Old Dark House too) Vampyr, Dracula, The Mummy etc...When you say "classics" this is what I think of. However there are more modern classics, like the double feature parodies of the 50's, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, The Wasp Woman, and other classics like The Blob. Many of the Hammer and Roger Corman films, i.e...Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing from the late 50's thru early 70's. Some of the more modern classics include The Omen, The Shinning, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and yes Night of the Living Dead.

'Nuff said

Oh, and I would add Hellraiser on the modern classic list...

movieman64 09-11-2004 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by VoyagerOne
Yes, movieman!

It's Eli Roth, maker of Cabin Fever...

It could use a remake, but with only some tweaks....

But the things he says sound perfectly disastrous, though!

He says flat out, quoted as saying; he wants to "bastardize and exploit it..."!

He has high hopes, wanting to make her the next horror icon (she already is...!) but "like Chucky", he says! Uchh! Anyways, the worst thing he says is that he wants her to be modernized, like being a fan of -- get this -- "N'Sync"!! Ouch!

Rhoda wouldn't give a rat's ass about N'Sync!! Oy oy oy! Rhoda doesn't play with the other girls... that's sort of the whole point... but, oh well, typical! LOL!

They've tried to reamke it a couple times, I haven't seen either one, but remember "The Good Son"? I never saw that, either, but it went quoted a lot, there for a while, I remember when that was floating around for a while!



I say leave it alone, I'm pretty much against remake's, but they are very popular nowadays. They could expand on the little girls part, by being a little more detailed on her reasoning for each victim. A little more graphic/gory in the murder scenes too. I think they could portray the Mom as one of those suburban Soccer mom's, running around in the minivan keeping up appearances with the neighbors, perfect house, perfect Husband, perfect family, that sort of thing, denial,, denial, denial..!

I think the film was very progressive for the era, (50's) when most films were much more subdued.

movieman64 09-11-2004 05:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by StaggerLee
'Nuff said

Oh, and I would add Hellraiser on the modern classic list...



Hellraiser is definitely on the list of modern classics, along with some others I forgot to mention.

bloodrayne 09-11-2004 11:59 AM

Night Of The Living Dead, Dawn Of The Dead, and Day Of The Dead...George Romero is the man...


Also...Psycho and Poltergeist

VoyagerOne 09-11-2004 10:21 PM

That sounds good movieman!

A soccer mom is perfect, arranging little bridge parties, while, the bodies...!

Yes, but apart from being progressive, upon research, it was the First Of It's Kind! A True Classic....

VoyagerOne 09-11-2004 10:39 PM

Poltergeist!

Excellent!!

"It says things only a child can understand... to her, it simply is another child...
to us, it is The Beast."

The scene where the guy pulls his face off pretty much did it in for me!

"This movie will fuck you up for the rest of your life!" - Crazy People

movieman64 09-12-2004 07:14 AM

The Bad Seed played on TCM last night at 9:15, Ichecked their website and it's not scheduled again until 10/31/04.

I didn't watch it again, because I had already planned on watching The Sentinel, and City of the Living Dead again.

nine9 09-12-2004 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Robert Neville
"The Bad Seed"

If horror movies need to include evil, then you can't get much more evil than a little girl named Rhoda in "The Bad Seed".

Hey forgot about that one! Yes it was very good! Love it at the end when the cast come in and spank the girl lol!

VoyagerOne 09-13-2004 09:13 AM

Yeah, lol! That was awesome...! A great sort of "in-joke"! And it's great how the announcer's voice gets low on "...as Rhoda."

Halloween, movieman, that's great! I was going to tell some friends to try and catch it then, too, but I didn't have time...!

movieman64 09-13-2004 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by VoyagerOne
Yeah, lol! That was awesome...! A great sort of "in-joke"! And it's great how the announcer's voice gets low on "...as Rhoda."

Halloween, movieman, that's great! I was going to tell some friends to try and catch it then, too, but I didn't have time...!



Yeah...good night for a good show...I have to check AMC, TCM, Bravo, and Sci-Fi for their October lineup, The Horror Channel is still up in the air for Dish Network.:mad:

feral cat 09-13-2004 01:16 PM

Original carnival of souls is my favourite Classic (Pre 1970) movie!

elsid 09-13-2004 02:47 PM

GOT TO BE THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH

KRUGERKID13 09-13-2004 04:40 PM

if were going with classic monsters id say bride of frankenstein


speaking of bof anyone know where rebelyell is at

Hate_Breeder 09-13-2004 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KRUGERKID13
if were going with classic monsters id say bride of frankenstein


speaking of bof anyone know where rebelyell is at

Nope havent seen her in a while

movieman64 09-14-2004 05:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by KRUGERKID13
if were going with classic monsters id say bride of frankenstein

James Whale is the Man..!

The Old Dark House
The Invisable Man and several others.

Amalthea 09-14-2004 07:20 AM

Poltergeist too.

VoyagerOne 09-14-2004 10:25 AM

Oo! Don't forget "The Haunting"! Robert Wise's 1963 original!!

Admittedly, still haven't seen the original House on Haunted Hill...

(BTW, just came to me, speaking of adapted plays...!)
I figured I'd give a quick Honorable Mention to "Wait Until Dark"!

VoyagerOne 09-14-2004 10:27 AM

P.S., Creature From The Black Lagoon is finally getting an upcoming DVD Box Set treatment!

"The Creature Walks Among Us"... ;)

KRUGERKID13 09-14-2004 02:25 PM

yeah so is invisible man and the mummy

SoUl SuRvIvOrS 09-14-2004 11:11 PM

All and any movies including the Father of Horror Vincent Price..
of course the classic vampire movies ...one of my all time classic favorites...Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens with Graf Orlok in it...1922 in it's best:cool:

movieman64 09-15-2004 04:48 AM

Try Vampyr (1932?) the coffin scene is great.

SoUl SuRvIvOrS 09-15-2004 10:07 PM

Is that by Carl Dreyer with Julian West(?) as the main character?
If it is it has alot of awesome parts...


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