Best Universal Studios Black & White Monster of ALL TIME

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

[flvegan]

1. Michael Jackson. (The Wiz)

[whalerider55]

2. great poll , other suggestions

Dracula's Daughter, 1936- very subtle evocation of lesbianism, and the sheer weariness of living several lifetimes. very moody

Was The Old Dark House universal (it was James Whale)

The spanish language Dracula is a much better flick than the english language one- much more passionate, edgy...

The Cat and the Canary... 1927

and The Bride of Frankenstein- poignant, humorous... although the original frankenstein is a great one.

imho

long live Famous Monsters of Filmland

whalerider55

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

4. Another Universal "essential"...

..."The Raven," with Karloff and Lugosi, not included because it wasn't a "monster" movie...

BUT...in terms of atmosphere and perhaps the most chilling, psychotic performance of Lugosi's career, a "must-have" item for fans of this genre.

Now that Universal has reissued the "monsters" on DVD (all except for Claude Rains' "Phantom of the Opera"), hopefully they will get to "The Raven" next year.

:toast:

[whalerider55]

5. actually

i forgot The Black Cat- Ulmer directed, great deco sets, necrophilia and incest (sorta)... whew, wotta flick

whalerider55

[flamingyouth]

10. I was going to cite The Black Cat too

One of my favorites. Great sets and insane plot!!! :hi:

[chaska]

3. Who can choose? They're all so wonderful.

[whalerider55]

6. BEB

if you haven't signed onto the Classic Films thread here, g'wan over...
i'd love to wax philosophic about the wonderful old flix chiller and thriller

whalerider55

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

8. Will do, thanks for pointing it out

I have a pretty extensive collection...all of the Universal, most of the Hammer Studios, all of the "Golden Turkey" stuff like the Ed Wood films, Robot Monster, etc., a few of the Twilight Zone DVDs, Vincent Price essentials like House of Wax, The Tingler and Masque of the Red Death, Robert Mitchum "noir" chillers like Cape Fear and Night of the Hunter, "Saturday Afternoon" stuff like Tarantula, The Amazing Colossal Man, War of the Colossal Beast and The Mole People...even Zsa Zsa Gabor's 1958 classic "Queen of Outer Space," which featured her uttering the immortal line "I HATE zat Kveen"...the movie is billed on the back of the box as "an interplanetary battle of the sexes"...indeed.



As the saying goes, these films are "The Glorious Results of My Misspent Youth"...

"toast:

[whalerider55]

9. way cool

i recently picked up a public domain knockoff of a Karloff-hosted series called "The Veil", which never made it to TV. 10 shows... hope to watch it later tonite. let you know how it is...
looking for Menzies Invaders fdrom MArs, and a good copy of Things to Come- I have FP1 Doesn't Answer, Just Imagine, and Transatlantic Tunnel- love those early sci-fi films

whalerider55

[Liberal_Andy]

7. The Creature

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