Old horror movies!

[Debp]

A few of us have been having some light-hearted fun with these topics.

Now.... remember the old horror movies!

Does anyone remember The Blob?  Creature From the Black Lagoon?   What about The Tingler?

Watching them now, the "special effects" were pretty awful!   But back then, they were scary, even to the adults!

Steve McQueen got his start in The Blob!   That big green mess of jello....I think it was colorized perhaps?   As a child, I think it was a black and white film.

The Tingler really scared me...that strange thing that jumped on to people's backs!

Have any favorites or funny bombs?

[Jayne]

One of my favorite "oldy" scary movies is "The Thing From Another World" [1951].

A group of scientists are snow bound in the arctic [of course] when a flying saucer crashes near their compound.  The creature inside is played by James Arness [who also played Marshal Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke"].

The creature is really just a giant carrot-man who eats people.  Yes, James Arness plays a man-eating carrot.

It's loads of fun, even though intended to be frightening.

One of my favorites of that genre.

 

[Debp]

11 hours ago, Jayne said:

One of my favorite "oldy" scary movies is "The Thing From Another World" [1951].

A group of scientists are snow bound in the arctic [of course] when a flying saucer crashes near their compound.  The creature inside is played by James Arness [who also played Marshal Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke"].

The creature is really just a giant carrot-man who eats people.  Yes, James Arness plays a man-eating carrot.

It's loads of fun, even though intended to be frightening.

One of my favorites of that genre.

 

Never saw that one, but it does sound funny!   Although they thought their special effects (Carrot-man) was really good at that time!

What about The Invasion of the Body Snatchers?   Those pods that looked like they had detergent oozing out of them....and would replicate people!

[BeauJangles]

19 hours ago, Debp said:

A few of us have been having some light-hearted fun with these topics.

Now.... remember the old horror movies!

Does anyone remember The Blob?  Creature From the Black Lagoon?   What about The Tingler?

Watching them now, the "special effects" were pretty awful!   But back then, they were scary, even to the adults!

Steve McQueen got his start in The Blob!   That big green mess of jello....I think it was colorized perhaps?   As a child, I think it was a black and white film.

The Tingler really scared me...that strange thing that jumped on to people's backs!

Have any favorites or funny bombs?

Love classic horror movies! Some were so cheesy but they were a lot of fun. Some were more frightening than others. I also had those famous horror flick Revel plastic models. While others were doing model cars and the like, I was collecting the entire monsters series and famed characters in the scary flicks. They are:

Dracula - Bela Lugosi 

Frankenstein - Boris Karloff

The Mummy - Boris Karloff

The Wolfman - Lon Chaney Jr. 

Phantom of the Opera - Lon Chaney Sr. 

The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Lon Chaney Sr. ?

The Bride of Frankenstein - Elsa Lanchester

King Kong - ???

Godzilla - ???

Creature from the Black Lagoon - ???

P.S. I also collected classic horror movie fan magazines - you should have seen the adds in the back. Strange!  

Edited June 2, 2020 by BeauJangles

[Debp]

4 hours ago, BeauJangles said:

Love classic horror movies! Some were so cheesy but they were a lot of fun. Some were more frightening than others. I also had those famous horror flick Revel plastic models. While others were doing model cars and the like, I was collecting the entire monsters series and famed characters in the scary flicks. They are:

Dracula - Bela Lugosi 

Frankenstein - Boris Karloff

The Mummy - Boris Karloff

The Wolfman - Lon Chaney Jr. 

Phantom of the Opera - Lon Chaney Sr. 

The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Lon Chaney Sr. ?

The Bride of Frankenstein - Elsa Lanchester

King Kong - ???

Godzilla - ???

Creature from the Black Lagoon - ???

P.S. I also collected classic horror movie fan magazines - you should have seen the adds in the back. Strange!  

Oh, yeah, some of those old actors were known for their horror roles.  My dad was a fan of those old ones like Bela Lagosi.   Guess that's why I'm familiar with them.

Vincent Price was another one...was in quite a few scary movies.   A couple of months ago I watched a little of one of his movies, can't remember the title.   

[BeauJangles]

9 hours ago, Debp said:

Oh, yeah, some of those old actors were known for their horror roles.  My dad was a fan of those old ones like Bela Lagosi.   Guess that's why I'm familiar with them.

Vincent Price was another one...was in quite a few scary movies.   A couple of months ago I watched a little of one of his movies, can't remember the title.   

Ah! Yes, Vincent Price. Master of the macabre and other characters that were kinda sinister. He was good friends with comdiane Joan Rivers, who did guest hosting for the Tonight Show, Johnny Carson's late night program. She said Vincent would come every year to do a traditional Passover Seder at their home. I thought that was really cool. Vincent was Gentile of course, but had real heart for Judaism.  

[Henry_iain]

Psychological thrillers would be more my taste 

Hush hush sweet Charlotte (Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland 

The Innocents  (Deborah Kerr)

 

Hitchcock anyone? 

 

 

[BeauJangles]

3 hours ago, Henry_iain said:

Hitchcock anyone? 

Psycho and The Birds. The Birds was a cinematic classic of all time. Who in the world could train all those flying fowl to attack on command?It was a horrible scene to see Suzanne Pleshette's eyes pecked out!  

The murder scene in Psycho was intense. So was the discovery of the poorly taxidermied mother. Bad work there, Bates. It was a split second shocker too. The rest was okay. Still it was a Hitchcock claim to fame.

Edited June 2, 2020 by BeauJangles

[Debp]

12 hours ago, Henry_iain said:

Psychological thrillers would be more my taste 

Hush hush sweet Charlotte (Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland 

The Innocents  (Deborah Kerr)

 

Hitchcock anyone? 

 

 

Oh, David beat me to it.... mentioning The Birds first!   We went to the theatre to see it, and it was scary.    Of course, I was just a kid!

Can't remember all of the thrillers or suspense dramas Hitchcock did.   But didn't he direct Rear Window with Jimmy Stewart?   That was a good plot!   It was remade in more recent years....I didn't see that one but it is offered for free on Tubi TV (app or website).

Also, I think Hitchcock did The 39 Steps....and Vertigo.  Maybe he did Sorry Wrong Number, and Prescription Murder.

Edited June 3, 2020 by Debp

[BeauJangles]

5 hours ago, Debp said:

Oh, David beat me to it.... mentioning The Birds first!   We went to the theatre to see it, and it was scary.    Of course, I was just a kid!

Alfred Hitchcock was The Master of Suspense for sure. I do believe he was the director of all the movies you've listed and did see some of them at the Fox Theatre downtown. I first saw The Birds on TV, but we only had a black & white television set as many did during those years. Seems all our neighbors had color sets by then, but we were not up to date on this or a stereo system either.

Seeing The Birds in color was pretty great. Psycho was purposely filmed in black & white for a reason. Certain films seemed better that way with the stark contrast of the overall effect. It wasn't because filming in color was more expensive. Anyway, Hitchcock was great. I loved watching his Saturday night program, Alfred Hitchcock Presents. He also authored numerous books as well.