Category: Cinema 31
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.
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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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!
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.
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..
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..
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.
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
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.
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
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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