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robertg	THE EXPERTS RANK LUGOSI'S MONOGRAM FILMS	Lead	[-]
Dec 19 09 3:10 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	In Appendix IV of Tom Weaver's 1993 book Poverty Row Horrors!, Weaver writes, "Apparently cursed-à la Bela Lugosi's many mad scientist characters-with the burning desire to delve into Things Man Is Not Meant To Know, I conducted a survey among a select group of die-hard Lugosi fans/collectors/chroniclers to determine which of the actor's notorious Monogram films of the 1940s size up best according to the experts. (Also humbly included is my own list.) The participants were asked to rank these nine films in order of preference, from number 1 (favorite) to number 9." I'm no doubt cursed as well, for I was suddenly possessed with the unshakeable compulsion to replicate Weaver's experiment. Below you'll find my own list. BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT VOODOO MAN RETURN OF THE APE MAN THE APE MAN THE CORPSE VANISHES INVISIBLE GHOST BLACK DRAGONS SPOOKS RUN WILD GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE Care to take a crack at it?
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Earl Roesel.scarletstreet		#1	[-]
Dec 19 09 4:44 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Kicking THE MYSTERIOUS MR. WONG and PRC's THE DEVIL BAT into the Poverty Row brew, for me it would look something like... INVISIBLE GHOST BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT VOODOO MAN BLACK DRAGONS RETURN OF THE APE MAN THE CORPSE VANISHES THE DEVIL BAT THE APE MAN THE MYSTERIOUS MR. WONG SPOOKS RUN WILD GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE is so unwatchable I refuse to acknowledge its existence.
Joe Karlosi		#2	[-]
Dec 19 09 6:07 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	(updated 3/11/12)... Last Edited By: Joe Karlosi Mar 11 12 3:14 PM. Edited 2 times.
Vintage Horror		#3	[-]
Dec 19 09 8:49 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	1. VOODOO MAN 2. THE CORPSE VANISHES 3. SPOOKS RUN WILD 4. THE APE MAN 5. INVISIBLE GHOST 6. RETURN OF THE APE MAN 7. BLACK DRAGONS 8. GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE 9. BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT
Jacque Lecotier		#4	[-]
Dec 19 09 11:14 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	1. The CORPSE VANISHES 2. INVISIBLE GHOST 3. RETURN OF THE APE MAN 4. VOODOO MAN 5. SPOOKS RUN WILD 6. GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE 7. BLACK DRAGONS 8. BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT 9. The APE MAN
TomWeaver999		#5	[-]
Dec 19 09 12:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Since I haven't seen most of these movies since I did that book (writing a book about a handful of movies tends to "burn me out" on them), I guess I'll stick with my original list: RETURN OF THE APE MAN CORPSE VANISHES APE MAN INVISIBLE GHOST VOODOO MAN BOWERY AT MIDNITE BLACK DRAGONS SPOOKS RUN WILD GHOSTS ON LOOSE
Chesterbelloc		#6	[-]
Dec 19 09 12:10 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	VOODOO MAN INVISIBLE GHOST THE CORPSE VANISHES BLACK DRAGONS RETURN OF THE APE MAN BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT THE APE MAN SPOOKS RUN WILD GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE Check out my movie collection at: http://www.dvdaf.com/search.html?where=larryw7&init_form=where_0_larryw7*mode_more
thebrainfollower		#7	[-]
Dec 19 09 10:48 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Voodoo Man Return of the Ape Man The Invisible Ghost Bowery at Midnight The Corpse Vanishes Spooks Run Wild The Ape Man Black Dragons Ghosts on the Loose
Rick		#8	[-]
Dec 20 09 1:29 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	INVISIBLE GHOST VOODOO MAN THE APE MAN RETURN OF THE APE MAN THE CORPSE VANISHES BLACK DRAGONS BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT SPOOKS RUN WILD GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE
HalLane		#9	[-]
Dec 20 09 9:46 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Oy ~ no love for GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE! GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE SPOOKS RUN WILD THE CORPSE VANISHES INVISIBLE GHOST RETURN OF THE APE MAN THE APE MAN VOODOO MAN BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT BLACK DRAGONS
sthorntn		#10	[-]
Dec 20 09 10:36 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	INVISIBLE GHOST VOODOO MAN THE CORPSE VANISHES BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT THE APE MAN BLACK DRAGONS RETURN OF THE APE MAN SPOOKS RUN WILD GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE
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zogstar67		#11	[-]
Dec 21 09 11:50 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	THE APE MAN INVISIBLE GHOST VOODOO MAN THE CORPSE VANISHES RETURN OF THE APEMAN BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT SPOOKS RUN WILD BLACK DRAGONS GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE Chris Herzog "The Devil's on the loose and he's dancin' with the Mummy!!!"
TomWeaver999		#12	[-]
Dec 21 09 12:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hal, is this really your list from best to worst, or did you do it worst-to-best? << GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE SPOOKS RUN WILD THE CORPSE VANISHES INVISIBLE GHOST RETURN OF THE APE MAN THE APE MAN VOODOO MAN BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT BLACK DRAGONS << Anyway, ass-u-me-ing that Hal's list is best-to-worst, the CHFB has spoken: The winner: INVISIBLE GHOST 2. VOODOO MAN 3. CORPSE VANISHES 4. RETURN OF THE APE MAN 5. APE MAN 6. BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT Tied for 7: BLACK DRAGONS and SPOOKS RUN WILD 9. GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE If Hal switches his list around, and/or if other people vote, somebody else can re-tabulate.
Rakshasa		#13	[-]
Dec 21 09 12:40 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Spooks Run Wild The Ape Man The Invisible Ghost The Corpse Vanishes Return Of The Ape Man Bowery At Midnight Voodoo Man Black Dragons Ghosts On The Loose Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
robertg		#14	[-]
Dec 21 09 1:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	<<If Hal switches his list around, and/or if other people vote, somebody else can re-tabulate.>> It might be interesting to re-tabulate once we get to 26 people, which would replicate the exact amount of people involved in the first survey in 1993.
CAPTAINCOMPANY		#15	[-]
Dec 21 09 1:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hey guys! Mine would be: 1) Bowery at Midnight 2) The Corpse Vanishes 3) Black Dragons 4) The Invisible Ghost 5) Voodoo Man 6) Spooks Run Wild 7)The Ape Man Ghosts on the Loose 9) Return of the Ape Man Bryan
HalLane		#16	[-]
Dec 21 09 4:48 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	No respect for GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE Don't re-tab on my account, boys ~ as nice as it might have been to list GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE as # with the cool shades, that's my real list from best to worst! (After living with POVERTY ROW HORRORS for all these years, I finally get my say! ) "Drink to me only with thine eyes ......"
federal operator 99		#17	[-]
Dec 21 09 5:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm with Hal. While Ghosts on the Loose is admittedly reprehensible as a Lugosi vehicle, it nonetheless has merits as a developmental link to the better William Beaudine-directed Bowery Boys efforts that would shortly emerge from the Monogram pipeline. With the possible exception of Clancy Street Boys, Ghosts on the Loose is perhaps the most "Bowery Boys-esque" vehicle that the gang made as the East Side Kids under Sam Katzman. That is, while relentlessly cheap it is still generally cheerful in tone -- or at least, less dreary than the typical Kids/Katzman dreck. http://bowery-bijou.blogspot.com/ Last Edited By: federal operator 99 Dec 21 09 5:29 PM. Edited 1 times.
HalLane		#18	[-]
Dec 21 09 8:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	An eloquent prevarication, FedOp! And nice woids, too! (Hope I didn't imply that I don't love POVERTY ROW HORRORS ~ it's only that dusty poll that gets up my nose.) Hal "Ahh ... ahh .... owwschitzzzz...!!"
rvoyttbots		#19	[-]
Dec 22 09 12:30 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I still haven`t seen 5 of those. And I thought INVISIBLE GHOST sucked. SPOOKS RUN WILD is the dregs & I haven`t seen GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE since the 70s. And THE APE MAN is what it is.
GaryP11111		#20	[-]
Dec 22 09 2:31 AM Burgomaster Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	VOODOO MAN THE CORPSE VANISHES RETURN OF THE APE MAN THE APE MAN BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT INVISIBLE GHOST BLACK DRAGONS SPOOKS RUN WILD GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE GARY L. PRANGE "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectos nunc." Check out my YouTube Video of the Week! (updated 8-3-09)
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