Universal Monster Movies

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I was never a big fan of horror movies, but I've always did love the old school monster movies from Universal from the late 30s/early40s. They had a nice gothic look and had a sense of melencholy that you don't see in many horror movies these days. In fact, I kind of miss that aspect these days. I'd love to see more modern horror films have an element of sadness and set in a victorian setting.

I hear they plan on doing a remake of the Wolf Man with Benecio Del Toro in the title role. I can't really picture him as Larry Talbot (A.K.A, the Wolf Man). You need someone who can display pathos and I'm just not getting that vibe from him. Regardless, I look forward to seeing how they pull this off.

Yeah, there were some pretty good ones (though a lot of crap sequels - except Bride of Frankenstein).

The horror films I like best are mostly from the '70s and '80s, and mostly Italian. Tragically, they don't even make them like that anymore either, and american "horror" films are quickly becoming generic blood-porn.

Actual porn has gone much the same way, for that matter.

I fear that all media may soon follow suit and acheive "The Condition of Muzak", just like that Edison creep always intended. (I recently learned he bought the rights to the light bulb from its real Canadian inventors. He did have a lot of great inventions, but he was also something of an egomaniac.)

Do you like any of the Hammer films from the '60s and thereabouts? They sort of picked up the torch once Universal switched over to scifi in the '50s, doing a lot of period Dracula and Frankenstein stuff.

I like almost every genre and the sub-genres - I generally don't compare one sub-genre to another because they're different things; eg: In horror my favourites are;

Impressionist - Nosferatu 1922
Classic - Bride of Frankenstein
Supernatural - The Exorcist
Remakes - The Thing
Hammer Style - The Wicker Man (original obviously)
Slasher - Halloween 1 (Original)
Science Fiction Horror - Alien (the sequel is action, not horror).
Haunted House Style - The Amityville Horror (original)
Demonic - Hellraiser
Comedy - Return of the Living Dead
Creature - Jaws (probably only vaguely horror?)
Foreign - The Grudge (Japanese Version obviously)
Bizarre/Weird - Altered States
Low Budget - Ginger Snaps

I loved the Frankenstien series. And Chaney Jr was great in the wolfman films ( Also Spiderbaby)

The hammer films were nothing but blood and sex sxploitation towards the end but they seem quaint now.

The first Hammer frankenstein had an awsome evil performance by Peter Cushing. He wasn t a mad scientist he was also a d*ck!

What about the Amicus Productions, they weren't sexploitation;

* Horror Hotel (1960)
* It's Trad, Dad! (1962)
* Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1964)
* Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
* The Skull (1965)
* Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966)
* The Psychopath (1966)
* The Deadly Bees (1966)
* Torture Garden (1967)
* Danger Route (1967)
* They Came from Beyond Space (1967)
* The Terrornauts (1967)
* The Birthday Party (1968)
* A Touch of Love (1969)
* Scream and Scream Again (1969)
* The Mind of Mr. Soames (1969)
* The House That Dripped Blood (1970)
* I, Monster (1971)
* What Became of Jack and Jill? (1971)
* Asylum (1972)
* Tales from the Crypt (1972)
* Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
* The Vault of Horror (1973)
* From Beyond the Grave (1973)
* And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
* The Beast Must Die (1974)
* Madhouse (1974)
* The Land That Time Forgot (1974)
* At the Earth's Core (1976)
* The People That Time Forgot (1977)
* The Monster Club (1980)
* Stuck (2007)