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Time to commit: KARLOFF OR LUGOSI (not "both"!!)

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Liz.stoogeworld		#81	[-]
Jul 27 11 7:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Lugosi wins for me. I find his Dracula more chilling than Karloff's Frankenstein. Why don't you do something to help me? The Psycho Ward's Classic Film Reviews - request a film to be reviewed!
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todmichel		#82	[-]
Jul 27 11 11:47 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Liz wrote: Lugosi wins for me. I find his Dracula more chilling than Karloff's Frankenstein. I have serious doubts about this. I was 12 when I saw A&C MEET FRANKENSTEIN in a theater, and I was litterally terrified by Glenn Strange and Lon Chaney Jr. I made awful nightmares about both. It was in 1952 and I didn't have previous knowledge of the characters. I even didn't notice Dracula, to my young eyes he was just a "normal" character with a cape. Furthermore, it was so difficult to find any information on these Universal movies in the early 1950, in France, than for four entire years (until the movie replayed in a theater in Paris in 1956) I was quite persuaded that this film had only two monsters, not three. I didn't remember anything about a vampire in it, so he wasn't certainly frightening, even for a 12 yo child as I was. And Lugosi is not more "frightening" in DRACULA ('31) than in the A&C comedy. Much less than the same character, when played by Christopher Lee (and I was 18 when I saw "Horror of Dracula", an adult and no longer a easily-terrified child).
Liz.stoogeworld		#83	[-]
Jul 28 11 9:17 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	todmichel wrote: Liz wrote: Lugosi wins for me. I find his Dracula more chilling than Karloff's Frankenstein. I have serious doubts about this. I was 12 when I saw A&C MEET FRANKENSTEIN in a theater, and I was litterally terrified by Glenn Strange and Lon Chaney Jr. I made awful nightmares about both. It was in 1952 and I didn't have previous knowledge of the characters. I even didn't notice Dracula, to my young eyes he was just a "normal" character with a cape. Furthermore, it was so difficult to find any information on these Universal movies in the early 1950, in France, than for four entire years (until the movie replayed in a theater in Paris in 1956) I was quite persuaded that this film had only two monsters, not three. I didn't remember anything about a vampire in it, so he wasn't certainly frightening, even for a 12 yo child as I was. And Lugosi is not more "frightening" in DRACULA ('31) than in the A&C comedy. Much less than the same character, when played by Christopher Lee (and I was 18 when I saw "Horror of Dracula", an adult and no longer a easily-terrified child). Yes, but the reason why Lugosi is so chilling is because he adds something to the character reminiscent of Paul Massie's Hyde in THE TWO FACES OF DR. JEKYLL. He's cool (not in the good way), cunning, and he adds sex appeal to lure his victims. Why don't you do something to help me? The Psycho Ward's Classic Film Reviews - request a film to be reviewed!
todmichel		#84	[-]
Jul 28 11 9:36 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The comparizon with Paul Massie is not bad, I always thought he was the less horrific of the Mr. Hydes of the big screen. Chilling, really? even Lou Costello in mouse makeup in A&C MEET DR JEKYLL & MR HYDE is terrifying in comparizon. Give me my money back!
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Joe Karlosi		#85	[-]
Jul 28 11 12:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think Lugosi was plenty "creepy" as Dracula - especially in the early scenes of DRACULA. Todmichel, you may have been non-scared of Bela in A&CMF as a kid, but I witnessed firsthand a little boy being frightened out of his wits by A&CMF in the 1990's when it played at a revival theater. He freaked out during the entire early "House of Horrors" sequence, featuring Bela. His dad actually got mad because eventually junior could take no more and begged him to leave, he was so terrified! (In all fairness, the boy was whimpering and registering fear the entire sequence, but it was the defining moment where Glenn Strange's Monster finally smashed his way out of his crate that the boy HAD ENOUGH!) "Guy named Squeamy got thrown from the fifth floor. He's deader'n a mackerel." Last Edited By: Joe Karlosi Jul 28 11 12:50 PM. Edited 1 times.
SiBurning		#86	[-]
Jul 28 11 1:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Karloff. He did one of my favorite vampires for Mario Bava. Of course, Lugosi's better for the stage play. Karloff needs a different script. I always thought Karloff was the more versatile and better actor, though not on the level of, say, Betty Davis. Speaking of which, it would've been great to see her do a Dracula variation. She could've done a triple bill and pulled off Mina and one of the vamps in the castle, too. Now if she played The Bride, which monster would've died? Guide to Resources on CHFB Last Edited By: SiBurning Jul 28 11 1:59 PM. Edited 1 times.
Elisabeth		#87	[-]
Jul 28 11 10:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I am second to none in my affection for Bela Lugosi...but Boris is "FAMILY", and therefore wins by an eyelash. "E" Your Signature ... "....I do hope he won't upset Henry..."
Mil Mascaras		#88	[-]
Jul 30 11 2:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Bela, by 31 lengths.
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