# any classic horror and sci-fi movie fans?

Category: Cinema 31

## Post 1 by Godzilla-On-Toast (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Sunday, 09-Oct-2005 6:05:34

Was just wondering if anyone out there enjoyed older horror and sci-fi movies? I'm talking about anything done before the original Star Wars here. I like mostly Fifties and Sixties movies of this type and I must say I enjoy the real low-budget movies that are so bad they're funny or so bad they're good. Yes, I miss out on some of the visual stuff, especially in those Japanese monster movies where 88 percent of the movie is a monster fight, but the awkward voice acting, music and sound effects are interesting in their way. And yes, I'm a fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000 as well. If you haven't seen this show, you should go check out the episodes available on DVD as they're quite a lot of fun. And yes, I actually enjoy the good classic stuff as well. Just got finished listening to an audio-described version of the original Dracula.

## Post 2 by wonderwoman (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Sunday, 09-Oct-2005 20:43:43

Hi Labyrinth, would attack of the 50 foot woman apply here? Oh, I liked that movie, since I like stories of the unusual and extraordinary happening to ordinary people. And I liked the incredible shrinking man, the invisible man, and Frankenstein, though I liked the original Mary Shelley version as a book better. While everyone else hated Frankenstein the creature, I felt sorry for him, and always felt he wouldn't've been a killer if someone had treated him with an ounce of sympathy. As for the original Dracula being a movie, I never saw it on the classic movie channel. I found a station that broadcasts horror, comedy and drama, and I was excited when they had the original Dracula on there, but they skipped so much, and left so much out, even the ending, that I was sorely disappointed. And I don't think their shows are even being updated.
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## Post 3 by Goblin (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Monday, 10-Oct-2005 11:38:37

I have been a Hammer Horror fan ever since I became old enough to enjoy Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, slugging it out, in wonderfully creaky Gothic castles and who couldn't be intrigued by Transylvania.Dem Todten Reiten Schnell!

## Post 4 by Godzilla-On-Toast (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Monday, 10-Oct-2005 18:16:39

Ah, the Hammer films. A lot of Americans love those, although I admit I haven't seen them yet. As for the movies that Wonderwoman listed, they'd all apply in this here discussion. And I think you tapped right into the moral of the Frankenstein story in the first place.

## Post 5 by Goblin (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Wednesday, 12-Oct-2005 9:28:10

They probably like the quintessential englishness of it all.As for modern films, hmm, Sleepy Hollow with Johnny Depp is a cracker..but apart from that it's all screaming teenagers and copius amounts of very fake blood..

## Post 6 by Goblin (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Wednesday, 12-Oct-2005 9:28:14

They probably like the quintessential englishness of it all.As for modern films, hmm, Sleepy Hollow with Johnny Depp is a cracker..but apart from that it's all screaming teenagers and copius amounts of very fake blood..

## Post 7 by Godzilla-On-Toast (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Wednesday, 12-Oct-2005 12:29:16

Which is why I'm more interested in the creepy classics rather than all the Freddies and Jasons and that sort of thing. I'll take a creepy ghost story or something with werewolves or mad scientists or green bug-eyed monsters stomping a cardboard Tokyo over all those axe-choppers. My only exception would be some of the adaptations of Stephen King novels.

## Post 8 by Goblin (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Thursday, 13-Oct-2005 9:38:00

I agree and Stephen King just does not translate well to the big screen.after a while the story loses its edge ..How do you rate Hitchcock that guy scared and frustrated me stupid as a child...smile

## Post 9 by Godzilla-On-Toast (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Thursday, 13-Oct-2005 15:29:36

Actuallly, Stephen King's better stuff has beeen done for TV, such as his adaptations of "The Stand" and "It." As for Hitchcock, I really need to check out more of his stuff, as I think the only movie I sat through was "The Birds" and that could ahve done better with some aduio description. Oh, and also I did watch Psycho all the way through and that was also quite a good movie.

## Post 10 by Star (Honorary Bitch of the Zone) on Friday, 14-Oct-2005 1:39:00

I like many of the classic horror movies and have seen all of the ones you mentioned above (The stand, it and The birds). I love the sci fi channel and I know I will miss it once I'm back in Europe. Star

## Post 11 by wonderwoman (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Monday, 28-Nov-2005 19:33:32

I think I've seen all or just about all the Stephen King movies, carrie, the stand, the dead zone, firestarter, Cujo, Pet sematary, and I can't think of any others right now. Speaking of the dead zone, it was also made in to a series, butit was nothing compared to Stephen Kings version.
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