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pulp novelties		#41	[-]
Apr 17 12 1:02 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	strangenstein wrote: pulp novelties wrote: ...I was all set in front of my little B/W TV at 11:45. Then the next thing I knew, I awoke to a test pattern at 3 am., I'd slept through the whole damn thing Oh, the heartbreak of being a monster kid. Been there many times, pulp novelties. Actually, I probably sleep through more at the age of 44 than when I was 12. Fortunately for me DVDs can be replayed.
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dcwillis9		#42	[-]
Apr 17 12 1:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Rick wrote: my older movie-buff friend decided to laugh at Karloff's hair for the whole thing. Reminds me of my first viewings of some of these films. My first Karloffilm was FRANKENSTEIN 1970 and, while I understood that it was Karloff in the lead role, I just couldn't get my head around this old man being the monster, Karloff. My second Boris movie was ISLE OF THE DEAD and I had big problems accepting that the army officer was Karloff. It wasn't so much the hair (though that didn't help) as the body type. He looked so skinny. How could that guy have been the Frankenstein Monster? Just didn't seem possible. I had similar problems with Lugosi. I saw him first very much in Dracula mode, seeing ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN and RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE within weeks of each other when I was just 7. Then 5 years later when I saw him again, it was in DRACULA. Same look. Next, though, came THE BODY SNATCHER. Again, there was just no way to believe that drab, mousy, soft little man could be Bela Lugosi. I was about half split as to whether Lugosi played Joseph or Dr. MacFarlane. Neither seemed a likely suspect at the time. All in all, it made for some confusion in my monster movie watching. I found myself avoiding too much conversation with my friends about the leading actors and what roles they played 'cause I wasn't at all sure I had it right. Rick -- I'm reminded of the first time I saw "Chandu", when I was about 13. (I got a late start on horror movies.) I think I thought that Lugosi played Chandu himself. Funny, yes, a few years later Lugosi did indeed play Chandu.... Last Edited By: dcwillis9 Apr 17 12 1:23 AM. Edited 1 times.
bela lugosi		#43	[-]
Apr 18 12 7:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	jamesenstein31 wrote: I have to note out, that while THE LEOPARD MAN did not make the list, that one had two of the best fright scenes of ANY decade that i've seen. Lewton films all had at least one great moment that we could anthologize, though outside of CAT PEOPLE, they rarely are. So very, very true. THE LEOPARD MAN often gets overlooked, but even aside from those two incredible moments you mentioned, it's a very good film throughout. One of my favorites that even I forget about a lot of the time, but whenever I see it's on TCM or think of it, I always want to watch it.
Rick		#44	[-]
Apr 18 12 7:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I first saw THE LEOPARD MAN on the Late Show (just a couple of days before the JFK assassination), and the great shock scenes and general creepiness so satisfied my Monster Kid-ness that I didn't even mind that there was no real monster -- no Leopard Man. And that was the sort of thing that could really bug me in a lesser movie. To this day you don't even want to mention CURUCU in my presence.
Frankensteinhead		#45	[-]
Apr 18 12 8:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Just watched STRANGLER OF THE SWAMP for the first time and really enjoyed it. All kinds of interesting touches,from hearing the voice of Ming The Merciless as the titular character, to seeing Blake Edwards as the juvenile. Best of all, the movie remains steeped in the truly supernatural. I never would have bothered watching this were it not for the reccomendations of others on this thread. Thanks to all who mentioned it.
bela lugosi		#46	[-]
Apr 18 12 8:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks for the recommendation of STRANGLER OF THE SWAMP. I've also never seen it before, and am going to check it out!
jamesenstein31		#47	[-]
Apr 18 12 10:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I feel guilty for not including STRANGLER OF THE SWAMP.
pulp novelties		#48	[-]
Apr 19 12 6:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	For being shot for a nickel STRANGLER has it's charms, and it certainly never wears out it's welcome at 60 minutes. I would call it one of the best of it's kind, and probably one of the few "serious" poverty-row horrors of the forties.
jamesenstein31		#49	[-]
Apr 19 12 8:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It's so moody and creative. I wanted to see it ever since I read the chapter on it in CLASSICS OF THE HORROR FILM. What a cool movie and it's obvious that many of you fellows agree.
The Batman of Gotham		#50	[-]
Apr 27 12 5:32 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It occurred to me that I had never before seen STRANGLER OF THE SWAMP myself! So, I watched it last night on Hulu. It's quite an atmospheric little gem, isn't it? I enjoyed it. - GJS Last Edited By: The Batman of Gotham Apr 27 12 5:38 AM. Edited 1 times.
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atenolol		#51	[-]
Apr 27 12 6:45 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Strangler of the Swamp Great atmosphere and Charles Middleton, as the above photos show, is visually creepy and he also has a wonderfully threatening voice.
Larry Lawrence		#52	[-]
May 5 12 8:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Excellent list! I am in agreement up until #13 and 14. I probably would have included "Ghost of Frankenstein" and "The Mummy's Tomb" for those two slots. The placing of "The Ghost Breakers on the list is superb. Thanks.
jamesenstein31		#53	[-]
May 7 12 12:16 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thank you
bela lugosi		#54	[-]
May 12 12 5:25 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Jamesenstein, thanks for these lists, and thanks also for some fine looking avatars as well!
jamesenstein31		#55	[-]
May 12 12 8:39 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks, Bela. I hope to do more and I should probably post some of my other ones that i've worked on like Best Frankenstein movies, Vampire films etc. I always pick the most RANDOM avatars based on my internet travels. And babes are great fun!
Uncanny32		#56	[-]
Jun 8 12 2:02 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I concur with Dead of Night, The Uninvited (n/a on DVD?), I Walked with a Zombie, The Body Snatcher, The Seventh Victim & Isle of the Dead. (It is not coincidental that four of these are Val Lewton productions.)
Steve R		#57	[-]
Jun 8 12 12:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Totally agree on The Leopard Man also really liked The Ghost Ship - first instance of a real psycho killer ? One that we actually get to see the psychological underpinnings and what drives them to kill.
Domenick Fraumeni		#58	[-]
Jul 8 12 1:19 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	jamesenstein31 wrote: STRANGLER OF THE SWAMP could be interchangeable with a few on this list. It deserves way more praise. I'm very fond of THE MUMMY'S HAND and consider it a first-rate monster movie. It was a solid runner-up, for sure. Several good nominees here, I certainly enjoyed them all I wish THE VAMPIRE'S GHOST wasn't as obscure, considering there is some impressive stuff there. I noticed THE VAMPIRE'S GHOST is on the Netflix streaming service. I don't recall ever seeing it.
jamesenstein31		#59	[-]
Jul 10 12 1:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	WOW. Netflix is actually pretty awesome in that regard!
todmichel		#60	[-]
Jul 11 12 12:09 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	You could also add "Crimes at the Dark House" in the 1940s list of best horror films. Just as "The Face at the Window" is among the 1930s bests... And Maurice Tourneur's "La main du Diable", starring Pierre Fresnay, is also one of the very best from the 1940s.
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