Need A Break? AMC Is Showing Monsterfest This Week

[stopbush]

If you're growing tired of the 24/7 cable stations and their GOTV efforts for the GOP, take
a break at AMC. They're showing all of the old B&W monster movies. So far today I've seen
Karloff's "The Mummy" (which I had watched on DVD last week) and I'm now watching
"The Mummy's Hand (1940)." The 1962 Herbert Lom Version of "Phantom of the Opera" is up
next, followed by Albert Finney in "Wolfen."

Why not try a different kind of monster for a bit?

[Felix Mala]

1. I'm tired of the Halloweens. Let's see some true CLASSICS..

They used to show Hammer films (Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing) now it's Halloween I-Infinity and Friday the 13th... These aren't horror films. They're soft kiddie porn. Where's Psycho? Where's Night of the Hunter? Even Play Misty for Me would be preferable to the remake of 13 Ghosts.

[mtnester]

9. Early in the AM (0500) they are showing some of the classic Godzilla

stuff....Rodan was on yesterday morning

Also The Fly, the Mummy (the original, Poltergeist, Children of the Corn, Dracual, Son of Dracula, House of Dracula, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Invisisble Man, The Exorcist, Wolf Man, Frankenstein, Phantom of the Opera, Terror of MechaGodzilla....some great old stuff too.

[xultar]

12. I love the old GODZILLA. What a movie.

[Bitwit1234]

2. Not Here

They are not showing them here in Minnesota.

[xultar]

5. Really? WOW! I've been watching all week. Why aren't they showing

the Monster X marathon in MN?

[NYCGirl]

3. I just can't watch AMC. Mucho commercials, and they cut movies. TCM is

the only way to watch films. Uncut and commercial-free. (No, I don't work for them.)

They're showing Vincent Price on Halloween.

The Masque of the Red Death
House of Usher
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Diary of a Madman

[Poiuyt]

8. I remember when AMC used to show their movies uncut and with

no commercials. They also used to show classic movies (hence the name American Movie Classics).

[NYCGirl]

10. They were really good once upon a time. Now if they show any classic films,

they're on at 4 AM!

[Initech]

4. Cheap monster movies from the 40's - 50's or big budget crap like The Grudge?

If it's the cheap monster movies, count me in! :popcorn:

[xultar]

11. Cheap ones....the good ones ...The fly in B&W Frankenstein meets Wolf man

Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein...all the cheap good ones....Dracula, House of Dracula, Son of Dracula...I've been watching all week. :popcorn:

Saturday the Invisible Man with Claude Raine's B&W and The Return of the Invisible man.

AWESOME stuff for the Tito.

I know they have commercials but CM isn't showing these flicks right now.

[burythehatchet]

6. watch SciFi all this week

best/worst gore-fests of all time.

[Parche]

7. monster

I cant wait to see "Return of the Lynne Cheney"
and the other one "Karen Hughes attacks"

[twilight_sailing]

13. Son of Dracula

was a real hoot.

[porphyrian]

14. If you really want scary, check out Asian horror.

Most of the popular ones are Japanese, but not exclusively. Many of the more successful horror movies shown here, such as The Ring and The Grudge, were based on Japanese movies that are, in many ways, superior (although I really liked the The Ring as a remake). These movies are deeply disturbing, often gruesome, and so much better than the usual predictable Hollywood fare (3 in 4 of which are remakes), which I don't find scary at all in most cases.

Here's a short list, in no particular order, of movie you probably haven't seen:

Ringu (http://imdb.com/title/tt0178868/) - This is the original on which The Ring was based. It contains some references to Japanese history/culture that may be lost on the average American, but it's still worth watching.

Audition (http://imdb.com/title/tt0235198/) - Profoundly disturbing on many levels, especially because the victim is so likable.

Gozu (http://imdb.com/title/tt0361668/) - More weird than scary, but definitely disturbing and creepy ala David Lynch, who the director sites as an influence.

Ju-On: The Grudge (http://imdb.com/title/tt0364385/) - This is the movie The Grudge was based on, and I think it's superior in many ways.

Three...Extremes (http://imdb.com/title/tt0420251/) - Three creepy and disturbing shorts.

Suicide Club (http://imdb.com/title/tt0312843/) - The horror of popular culture.

[xultar]

15. I can never get through Audition. I will one of these days but man is

it intense.

But there's nothing like 1930's through 1950's cheap horror and sci-fi. They are so fun.