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10-20-2007, 07:17 PM
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The original Frankenstein
I got the VHS of this when all the scarlet theatre classics were released something like ten years ago. I loved all the Frankenstein flicks as a kid, but hadn't seen it since I was a kid.
I couldn't watch it then as my kid screamed at the thought of a horror film in the house. Frankly, I couldn't believe a child of mine wouldn't love horror films. Oh the shame.... (I must point out she's sitting next to me reading this) Well, she sat through Shaun of the Dead a few weeks ago, so I fired it up tonight. She left about half way through. Kids. I had fun, it's still a classic. Next up, young Frankenstein.
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10-20-2007, 07:30 PM
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i love all the old classic horror flicks, i picked up a box DVD set a few years back, Frankenstein, Dracula, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Phantom of the Opera, Bride of Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, i watch them every now and then, wife can't quite get into them, but that's OK. I like the giant insect movies too (Tarantula, Praying Mantis), maybe it's the whole black and white thing that does it for me?
i haven't seen too many newer horror flicks, but the ones i have seem to rely more on shock than anything else (Hostel, Saw), not scary at all.  Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price, Lon Chaney, Boris Karloff, doesn't get any better 
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10-20-2007, 08:45 PM
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I remember way back in the fifties and sixties the sold short 8mm clips of the classic monsters like Frankenstein, Wolfman and the Mummy. I owned a few. No sound of course, but subtitles. They where only a few minutes long. We have come a long way huh?
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10-20-2007, 09:54 PM
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If you're talking about the 1931 US flick, starring Boris Karloff, I think I know part of "why": kids today can't stand black and white movies!
I couldn't believe it then but, my own two kids always lost interest really quickly unless the show or movie was in colour. Nobody notice that with their children?
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10-20-2007, 10:52 PM
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10-22-2007, 05:33 PM
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the '31 Karloff Frankenstein........
That's a great film.You actually feel pity & revulsion for the poor brute.Favorite scene is when the monster's sitting in a dark area & a skylight opens overhead.He reaches upward,childlike,trying to touch the light,and then when the skylight is closed he seems to long for it to return.Amazing.
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10-22-2007, 06:08 PM
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"Son of Frankenstein" is pretty good too. They do a lot of strange things with shadows and angles in the film to give it a quite unsettling feel.
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