Old horror movies!

[Willa]

On 6/1/2020 at 1:59 AM, 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?

The Body Snatchers was one of my scary ones., as was Dracula  .   However, every Halloween I like to watch Abbot & Costello meets__Frankenstein, Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde. etc.  I also like Bill Cosby's The Chicken Heart.  It ate up New York City. There was a Dick VanDyke show with Danny Thomas about creatures from outer space that took over our bodies and had an eye in the back of their heads, and they ate lots of walnuts.  One of my all time favorite movies is Arsenic and Old Lace.  

 

[Guest]

36 minutes ago, Willa said:

The Body Snatchers was one of my scary ones., as was Dracula  .   However, every Halloween I like to watch Abbot & Costello meets__Frankenstein, Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde. etc.  I also like Bill Cosby's The Chicken Heart.  It ate up New York City. There was a Dick VanDyke show with Danny Thomas about creatures from outer space that took over our bodies and had an eye in the back of their heads, and they ate lots of walnuts.  One of my all time favorite movies is Arsenic and Old Lace. 

Arsenic and Old Lace is a fantastic movie and one of my favorites.

[other one]

On 6/14/2020 at 6:58 AM, BeauJangles said:

King Kong vs. Godzilla

that is a classic... not exactly mind grabbing and was more funny than scary..          my personal favorites are  Alfred Hitchcock directed; emotional but less to know actual blood scenes.  I do not like gorey movies personally.

[BeauJangles]

3 hours ago, other one said:

my personal favorites are  Alfred Hitchcock directed; emotional but less to know actual blood scenes.  I do not like gorey movies personally.

I've seen a few in the "blood & guts" category, but did not care for them at all. I suppose it was only to satiate my curiosity. Now I'm not so curious. Ick! Hitchcock had British class there is no disputing that. He was truly the Master of Suspense. 

[other one]

i did enjoy  Jaws.

[BeauJangles]

There are some "Trilogy Horror" movies out there. Some were made for television. I went to one at the theatre during the 1960's and I can't recall the name of it right off the top of my head. Segmented films are kind of like that. Anyway, there was one where a severed hand from some murderous fiend was kept in a wooden box by someone and it got accidentally released. For some reason this hand had a vengeful retribution to tend to and kept crawling its way to the victim. No matter what happened in attempting to get rid of this hand, the thing would keep coming back time and time again. The victim finally thought he'd done away with it and was driving away somewhere in the pouring rain. Suddenly, this hand climbed on the car grabbing the windshield wiper. This made seeing the road impossible and the automobile careened off a cliff or into a tree, smashing it and he died. Sweet revenge!

[Guest]

On 6/17/2020 at 9:05 AM, other one said:

i did enjoy  Jaws.

My wife loves "Shark Week" on cable television.

[Guest]

On 6/17/2020 at 1:02 AM, Willa said:

The Body Snatchers was one of my scary ones., as was Dracula  .   However, every Halloween I like to watch Abbot & Costello meets__Frankenstein, Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde. etc.  I also like Bill Cosby's The Chicken Heart.  It ate up New York City. There was a Dick VanDyke show with Danny Thomas about creatures from outer space that took over our bodies and had an eye in the back of their heads, and they ate lots of walnuts.  One of my all time favorite movies is Arsenic and Old Lace.  

On the lighter side, I liked Bob Hope in Cat and the Canary and Ghost Breakers.

[other one]

49 minutes ago, Saved.One.by.Grace said:

My wife loves "Shark Week" on cable television.

that's the only movie I remember really loosing it in the theater...     I was with my wife and she was on my right and a good sized guy was on my left.    When they were looking out the back of the boat waiting for the shark to show himself and the music was building things were pretty tense....   I do get into movies by the way.'

Well long story short when the darn fish jumped onto the back of the boat my wife set out a little strange noise and at the same split second that big guy on my left let out a "wow" and in the process poked me in the ribs with his elbow really hard...   Pure reflex I shot strait out of my seat and screamed like a woman.  Put my run reflex in full motion and I took a half dozen running steps in place....   I looked down at my wife and she was laughing hysterically and the guy next to me just smiled and shook his head...    we all had a good laugh when I got my pride back in order....    and I've loved that movie ever sense.

[Debp]

10 hours ago, other one said:

that's the only movie I remember really loosing it in the theater...     I was with my wife and she was on my right and a good sized guy was on my left.    When they were looking out the back of the boat waiting for the shark to show himself and the music was building things were pretty tense....   I do get into movies by the way.'

Well long story short when the darn fish jumped onto the back of the boat my wife set out a little strange noise and at the same split second that big guy on my left let out a "wow" and in the process poked me in the ribs with his elbow really hard...   Pure reflex I shot strait out of my seat and screamed like a woman.  Put my run reflex in full motion and I took a half dozen running steps in place....   I looked down at my wife and she was laughing hysterically and the guy next to me just smiled and shook his head...    we all had a good laugh when I got my pride back in order....    and I've loved that movie ever sense.

Thanks for making me laugh out loud....can just picture you doing that!    I really loved Jaws and enjoy shark movies.

Check out The Reef on Tubi TV, app or website (free).   It's a true story, very suspenseful!   Sharks, of course!   Bait is also on Tubi TV and I enjoyed it, but The Reef is really good.

My review on The Reef from my shark movie topic.....

https://www.worthychristianforums.com/topic/225131-shark-movies/

Recently watched The Reef.  It's a true story where a yacht totally overturns and five people are left in the shark infested waters.   One man climbs aboard the capsized yacht which is sinking and will soon go under as he fears the sharks.   The others decide to swim 10 miles to an island, hoping to make it.

Movie is free on Tubi TV app or website.