 
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
|
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
67.166.204.16
In Reply to: Top 50 Greatest Horror movies by Total Film.com posted by Jeff Starrs on October 1, 2005 at 11:57:12:
Yes, there are some titles on the list I agree with and some I don't think belong, but what chaffs my arse is the order and the fact that some titles aren't even on the list that should definitely be there.Notice for instance that there isn't one silent horror classic on that feeble list even though The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu, and Lon Chaney's version of Phantom of The Opera are legendary horror classics and still other important silents which are not as well known like Haxan, The Cat and The Canary, and The Man Who Laughs which should've been considered were probably overlooked altogether. Tinear mentioned some of these and I concur.
Also, there are a number of early sound horror films overlooked that are much scarier or at the very least more disturbing than Vampyr, such as Tod Browning's Freaks, which was banned in Great Britain for over 40 years and then there's a later film of his titled The Devil-Doll which is no less unsettling in spite of it's dated special effects. And why weren't more of Val Lewton's classic psycological horror films that he Produced on a tight budget for RKO on this list?
Where's The original Fog (it's arguably a better crafted horror film than Halloween); where's Interview With a Vampire (tremendously atmospheric and genuinely creepy); where's Silence of The Lambs (one of the most realistic and bloodcurdling shockers ever made); where's Roman Polanski's Repulsion (it's at least as scary as Rosemary's Baby and the atmospheric B&W photography contributes to the pervasive paranoia)?
And since there's so much kitsch on the list, where are Herschell Gordon Lewis's notorious shoestring budgeted gore fests like Blood Feast or 2000 Maniacs?
Okay, enough ranting. I agree with some of the listing even though I think that the ranking is horror all unto itself. It's good to see relatively obscure horror films like Peter Bogdonovich's Targets make the list along with classics like Robert Wise's The Haunting and Hitchcock's Psycho (still the greatest of all horror films in my book). The Wicker Man is an excellent horror film as well, and not as obscure as it once was, so I'm glad that it made the list.
AuPh
Follow Ups:
...etc...but you're right, of course, they're really annoying, especially when others pick out obvious ommissons that you yourself had completely forgotton!!
;0)
One fav of mine that's rarely mentioned is the Hammer film, the Reptile, which is about as good as Hammer got, with all the right ingrediants...
nt
...I must have seen them all - what a wonderful heritage, Hammer films left!
were also good Hammer films, released in 1955 & 57, respectively.
Jeff,
I'm a 50s "Golden Age" sci-fi fan, some others that I recommend, if you haven't seen
them, are:
1-The Man From Planet X;
2-When Worlds Collide;
3- The Day the Earth Stood Still;
4- The Thing From Another World;
5-It Came From Outer Space;
6-Them!;
7-This Island Earth;
8-Invasion of the Body Snatchers;
9-Forbidden Planet;
10-Earth Vs The Flying Saucers;
11-Fiend Without A Face;
12-20 Million Miles To Earth;
13-20,000 Leagues Under Sea;
14-The Incredible Shrinking Man;
15-The Blob;
16-The Angry Red Planet.
17- The 4-D Man.
Reviews available at www.imdb.com.
~AH
Hi, Just a line to say that, coincidentally, my local supermarket have just brought in the line of Hammer films on DVD - including The Reptile and The Quatermass Experiment (Monster).
Of course, I couldn't resist...pop-corn night at home tonight!
..I remember seeing the first Quatermass series (before the films were made) on the BBC when I was a kid - very frightening!
I believe I've seen all on your list, being a total sci-fi film freak, especially the '50s.
My favourites on your list are Invasion of the Boy Snatchers (the scene where Kevin & the girl are walking through the town of 'zombies' and she sees the dog run across the path of a car...)
The Incredible Shrinking Man with it's uncompromising end.
Them! the best of the 'giant radioactive insect' movies...
And the classic, Forbidden Planet.
You're welcome. Would like to add "The Black Scorpion" to that list
of recommendations. This film has the honor of Willis O'Brien
effects; btw, the giant spider in the cavern is one from King Kong-1933. The producers of KK deleted the giant spider-man eating
scene because they felt it was so horrific(due customer responses)
that it distracted attention from the big ape! Subsequently that
deleted footage was lost, so it is a thrill to see one of those
giant spidies! ~AH
As apart of the upcoming restored version of "King Kong" some stills of the spider sequence will be included.
~AH
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2024, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
