Golden Age Horror

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Acula) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:58:23 GMT

I just got a copy of this from the library and plan to watch it over the holiday weekend. What I've heard is that it's one of Hollywood's outstanding fantasy films of the golden age. Soon, I'll know one way or another myself, but are there any fans of this out there? The version I'm seeing is supposed to be the full version.

Rare Color Images from DR. JEKYLL

feeds@yuku.com (Bob Furmanek) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:37:46 GMT

In case you missed this thread, check out these amazing images:

http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/17436

The Crimson Ghost (1946)

feeds@yuku.com (Ustu) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:19:40 GMT

The skull faced Crimson Ghost is a criminal mastermind that thrives for world domination. He and his helpers steal a new atomic device called the Cyclotrode. A machine invented to ward off...

Bowery at Midnight

feeds@yuku.com (jboogeyman) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:38:57 GMT

I watched Bowery at midnight with Bela Lugosi, the other night, Its has been forever last time I have watched it, anyhow
I was looking on the DVD cover to see when it was made, what studio made it.. And the only thing I have is 2004 digview production ect ect.

What year was this film made, and from what studio?

And whats this Lugosi's 2nd or first zombie flick?

Haunted House movies in PD

feeds@yuku.com (specterman) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:22:42 GMT

Anyone know of any old haunted house type movies that are definitely in public domain and are available???

FREAKS : Lost Footage.

feeds@yuku.com (Scoundrel) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:49:44 GMT

The story of MGM's revulsion at FREAKS and the film eventually ending up in the hands of Dwain Esper makes me wonder.

Has anyone ever seen a print with it's original "hard core" ending? Like the restored bits of KING KONG, has anyone tried to locate any of the trimmed footage?

All that money can buy/Daniel and the Devil

feeds@yuku.com (professor liebstrum) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:03:00 GMT

Any fans of this out there? I cant see another thread.
I was copying this today and wondered if anyone knew of any decent articles that have appeared about the making of this great film.
The name Daniel Webster doesn't mean much in the UK I'm afraid. The version I have is "Daniel and the Devil" copied from The UK Channel 4 many years ago.
They used to have great film seasons when they started up but the chances of anything like this being shown these days seem...

Embarassing RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE blooper... on MY part!

feeds@yuku.com (thehorrorboy) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:44:25 GMT

A couple years back, I posted that maybe Matt Willis wasn't supposed to be a werewolf, but just some sort of creature that looked like one. Well, having recently seen the film and its trailer again, yes, of course, Andreas was DEFINITELY a werewolf! All I can say is that when I made the earlier posts, I hadn't seen the film in years, and Andreas WAS awfully UNwerewolf like, and my memory ain't what it used to be.

But to have made such a stupid mistake about such a key...

I really need to know

feeds@yuku.com (jboogeyman) — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:02:33 GMT

It might be a dumb question, but does anyone know when was the first movie that Had said anything about, "Van Helsing"?
I say its Dracula With B.L. But Im not 100% sure

Vampyr - Restored! What the...!?!?!

feeds@yuku.com (ken10) — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:03:42 GMT

Looks like the British Masters of Cinema series will be releasing a special, "restored" edition of Dreyer's VAMPYR in August 2008! And they said it couldn't be done! Wonder if an Image edition can be far behind (as with NOSFERATU). Following are details from Amazon.uk:

Long out of circulation in an acceptable transfer, The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Dreyer's truly terrifying film in its film restored form for the first time in the UK....

What horror films did MGM make?

feeds@yuku.com (aboo43078) — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:19:15 GMT

Spencer Tracy as Jekyll and Hyde is the only one I can think of right now. DID THEY PRODUCE THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME w/ Char;es Laughton?

The Blue Bird (1940): Shirley Temple's Fantasy Masterpiece? Or Awful?

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Acula) — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:57:07 GMT

I've wondered about this film, considering it's reputation as the film that killed Shirley Temple's career, and as the Fox answer to THE WIZARD OF OZ. I know the rumor is that it's awful, but is the film worth tracking down? Is the reason it doesn't rate any better is that it goes against Temple's image as a good kid? And - how does it stack up against OZ?

Lon Chaney on the set of Freaks

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Borgo) — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:29:33 GMT

Can someone tell me when Freaks was filmed? Lon Chaney died in Aug of 1930 but according to IMDB Freaks wasn't released until Feb of 1932. Was there a delay in releasing the movie? This pic shows Chaney on the set of Freaks.

CAT AND THE CANARY (1939)/GHOST BREAKERS

feeds@yuku.com (aboo43078) — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:19:31 GMT

What are your thoughts on Bob Hopes foray into the Horror/comedy genre????

THE GHOST TRAIN (1941)

feeds@yuku.com (Robert Richardson) — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:00:29 GMT

Did anyone catch this British comedy-thriller last week when TCM ran it? My main interest in watching was due to it being an early credit of Val Guest (co-writing the script) and frankly I'm just a sucker for train movies. THE GHOST TRAIN is a fairly standard "old dark house" scenario of travelers stuck overnight at a rural trail station supposedly haunted not just by a deceased station master but by an entire train itself - lost decades earlier in a terrible accident. The...

CORPES VANISHES!!!!

feeds@yuku.com (nikkinails) — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:29:23 GMT

Anyone familiar with this Lugosi flick, pretty creepy, almost humerously absurd plot-line though, they're stealing bodies right in front of people, still worth a look-see!

Decoy (1946)

feeds@yuku.com (Monsterpal) — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:40:38 GMT

This is a Monogram film noir in which Robert Armstrong is brought back from the dead by Doctor Herbert Rudley after being executed at San Quentin. Armstrong is killed only minutes after his revival, right after drawing a map to the loot which his beloved Jean Gillies will do anything to get her manicured fingers on. Detective Sheldon Leonard is on the case.

Decoy has to be seen to be believed. It's on a disc with Andre de Toth's Crime Wave.

Why So Few Fox Horrors?

feeds@yuku.com (telegonus) — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:37:55 GMT

I was going to post this on another thread about Fox but decided not to. Does anyone know why Fox produced so few horrors? They seem the most horror-deprived of the majors. No need to go into what the other studios did; everyone here pretty much knows the drill. Aside from the two Cregars, Dr. Renault and Undying Monster I can't think of any pure horrors from Fox, even pre-Zanuck. It seems that they just didn't get into the groove. Maybe an "image thing"...

Chicago's first INVISIBLE MAN (before Don Glut!)

feeds@yuku.com (doctor kiss) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:19:47 GMT

I recently got hold of a still from a (likely unfinished) amateur movie titled INVISIBLE MAN, made by the 'Triangle Cinema League of Chicago.'

Does anyone know anything about either the Triangle Cinema League of Chicago or its productions? Because I've drawn a complete blank to date.

On the basis of the still, the film looks to me to have been shot at some point between the 1930s...

The Man With Nine Lives (1940)

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Acula) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:37:07 GMT

Just watched this interesting sci-fi chiller. A modern scientist (1940) is trying to find a doctor who mysteriously disappeared 10 years earlier, in order to find out more about his experiments with freezing to kill off cancer cells... and he stumbles across the scientist (Karloff the Uncanny), who had been frozen by accident 10 years earlier. But there are a few complications, not the least of which are the four other loathsome fellows frozen with the good doctor!

I thought it was...