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Author:  morrisvan [ Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:33 pm ]
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Here's a list of my personal favourites:

Frankenstein (1931 Boris Karloff version)
The Bride of Frankenstein
The Mummy (1932 Boris Karloff version)
The Mummy (1959 Hammer version with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee)
Cat People (1942 version with Simone Simon)
I Walked with a Zombie
The Body Snatcher
Isle of the Dead
The Phantom of the Opera (both 1925 and 1943 versions)
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horrors
Nosferatu (1979 version with Klaus Kinski)
House of Wax (1953 Vincent Price version)
Night of the Demon
The Haunting (1963 version. Not the dreadful 1999 remake)
Plague of the Zombies
The Reptile
Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You
A Warning to the Curious
The Stone Tape
The Signalman
Near Dark
Dog Soldiers

Thanks

Author:  Loz [ Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:28 am ]
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The Shining
Evil Dead 1 & 2
Dead and Buried
Dawn of the Dead - original and recent remake
Carie
American Wear Wolf in London
The Howling
The Devil Rides Out
Friday the 13 part 1 and 2
The Burning
Piranha
Amityville Horror
Exorcist
Omen 1 & 2
Cannibal Holocaust
Zombie Holocaust
The Frogs
Rabid
The Abominable Doctor Phibes
The Thing

Author:  Lonesome Crow [ Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:13 am ]
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morrisvan I see you have a couple of M.R James stories there 'Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You' and 'A Warning to the Curious' James has to be one of my favorite classic Horror writers.


Evil Dead
Dawn of the Dead (the remake)
28 Days Later
Nosferatu
The Abominable Doctor Phibes
House ( 8-[ sorry :oops: )
The frighteners
Van Helsing
The Mummy (Stephen Sommers version)
Underworld
Dreamcatcher
Resident Evil

And many, many more I can't think of at the moment.

Author:  morrisvan [ Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:12 pm ]
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Lonesome, don't forget that "Night of the Demon" is based on one of James' stories: "Casting the Runes."

I'd also include the BBC dramatisations of "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral" for it's sinister atmosphere and surprisingly gruesome climax, and "Lost Hearts" with it's ghostly children with their fixed, dead smiles.

I also missed off the following:

The Ghoul: a little seen 1933 British film with atmosperic, shadowry photography and a cast that includes Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Richardson, Ernest Thesiger, Anthony Bushell and Kathleen Harrison.
The Old Dark House (1932 version)
Creature from the Black Lagoon. Very haunting and I've always felt like the Gilman unable to get the girl - except I don't have his looks.

Author:  Loz [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:42 pm ]
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I saw the goul. Very chilling.

What was that 80's one set on a beach, with a creature that pulled you under? They blew it up at the end but that how it procreated.

It was cheap but scary.

Author:  Lonesome Crow [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:15 pm ]
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morrisvan wrote:
Lonesome, don't forget that "Night of the Demon" is based on one of James' stories: "Casting the Runes."

'Casting the Runes', 'The Ash Tree' and 'Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You' are probably my favorites of M.R James but I think they work best as the written story rather than Films. I saw James' 'Number 13' a couple of weeks back, another good story but I was very disappointed with the TV adaptation.
Back in 2000 the BBC 2 did four of M.R James' stories as short, half hour readings by Christopher Lee it was a bit like Jackanory goes horror :D they were very good.

Author:  morrisvan [ Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:02 am ]
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Lonesome do you remember "Spinechillers" (I think it was called) it was broadcast on BBC1 in 1980 around 5.30pm and were readings of classic horror stories. Freddie Jones and Michael Bryant were among the readers. I do remember some effective tellings of H G Wells' "The Treasure in the Forest, M R James' "A School Story" and "The Mezzotint," and John Wyndhams "More Spinned Against". The latter deals with a woman who magically changes places with a black widow spider. When she returns to normal her husband has disappeared but she finds some unusual bones in the dustbin...

There were complanits about broadcasting the series at that time as it usually reserved for shows such as "Paddington" and "The Magic Roundabout" and that it was frightening the children. However the BBC had publicised the series in advance and John Craven wrote an article about it in his column in the "Radio Times".

Author:  Lonesome Crow [ Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:01 pm ]
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Unfortunately not it sounds as though it might have been good, I would have still been at work at 5.30, but if I'd known about them I would have Videoed them, I wonder if they're out on DVD?

Author:  Lonesome Crow [ Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:43 pm ]
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I've just found a list of M.R. James stories which have been done for TV, the BBC did 'The Mezzotint', 'A School Story' and 'The Diary of Mr Poynter' back in 1980 for Spine Chillers.
'The Mezzotint' is another of my favorite James stories, Stephen King rewrote it back in 1999 as the sort story 'The Road Virus Heads North' and did a pretty good job of it.

Author:  Sentient [ Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:44 am ]
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I grew up watching horror films. I like the original Cat People. I find I prefer the atmosphere than seeing.

However, as a contradiction, watching Frankensteinthis week on ITV. I preferred seeing the creation. Not a bad take on the Frankenstien genre either. One that certainly left me with many afterthoughts.

Author:  Lonesome Crow [ Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:26 pm ]
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I thought the creature was brilliantly done, but I think the story-line could have done with a bit more work :a009: .

Author:  oever532 [ Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:33 pm ]
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Personally I'm not into horror movies, but still I like Carrie and The Shining.

Author:  Lonesome Crow [ Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:22 am ]
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oever532 wrote:
Personally I'm not into horror movies, but still I like Carrie and The Shining.
Those are sort of psychological horrors. I like the scary creature type, I've heard the new horror sci/fi film 'Cloverfield' is a good one, although you are advised to take a sick-bag with you, a lot of the film is filmed with hand held cameras and you get motion sickness as the image tilts from side to side. :--O

Author:  oever532 [ Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:01 am ]
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Well, I'm not really fond of all that dismembering stuff myself. I can take blood, but seeing organs flying all over the place is a bit too much.

Author:  Lonesome Crow [ Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:54 am ]
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oever532 wrote:
Well, I'm not really fond of all that dismembering stuff myself. I can take blood, but seeing organs flying all over the place is a bit too much.
oh no, you can keep your blood a gore, but I do like a good beastie :lol:

Author:  oever532 [ Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:38 am ]
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Everyone has a different taste.

Author:  Lonesome Crow [ Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:16 pm ]
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oever532 wrote:
Everyone has a different taste.

Yes you're right, most of the Beasties in these films have a TASTE for human flesh. :lol:

Author:  oever532 [ Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:36 pm ]
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:lol: I see what you mean. It's not the first time humans are NOT on the top of the foodchain...

Author:  Lonesome Crow [ Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:02 pm ]
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You reckon Humans are at the top do you? We might eat a lot of different animals but there are still creatures that eat us :--O and a lot of those don't even wait till we're dead :alien: :mrgreen:

Author:  oever532 [ Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:10 pm ]
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Well, I do know that some animals do eat Humans, but if you realize what we have done to their territory as well as the animal population in overall...

Author:  Lonesome Crow [ Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:20 pm ]
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oever532 wrote:
Well, I do know that some animals do eat Humans, but if you realize what we have done to their territory as well as the animal population in overall...

We're getting a bit off the subject of Horror Movies here.
But what you have to remember is the food-chain is a cycle, if you start with the bacteria they are eaten my microbes and the microbes are eaten by insects and the insects are eaten by.................and so on............ until you get to Humans who are eaten by bacteria.
So if you asked the bacteria whose at the top of the food-chain it would probably think it was.

Author:  oever532 [ Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:01 am ]
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True. I can take movies like Jaws and Deep Blue Sea well...

Author:  Lonesome Crow [ Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:37 pm ]
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I like the Alien films (not counting No3) I would class those as sci/fi - Horror.

Author:  oever532 [ Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:28 pm ]
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I assume you are referring to the chestbursting scene?

Author:  Lonesome Crow [ Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:06 pm ]
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oever532 wrote:
I assume you are referring to the chestbursting scene?

Not in particular, I just like the films, they have all the suspense and atmosphere of a horror film plus it's sci/fi \:D/
I like the way the Alien takes on the characteristics of it's host, I also like the Face-Huggers, the way they scurry around like a spider.

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