Classic Sci-Fi and Horror

[vts1134]

I have begun building up my movie collection with some really great classic Sci-Fi and Horror flicks lately and I was wondering what everyone's favorites are out there? For me it's tough to beat Creature from Black Lagoon .

https://youtu.be/lM1o1xe5FGE

[Adam]

I watched something recently (that looked like it was from the early 60s judging by the cars in it) called The Man with X-Ray Eyes that I thought was very good.

[TheShanMan]

Great question! I'd love to get more classic movies to watch (anything before my time, meaning 60's and earlier, particularly B&W). I haven't seen a whole bunch (yet) so take my suggestions with a grain of salt, but I enjoyed the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Day of the Triffids. I'm sure you've already thought of these, but of course there are Alfred Hitchcock's such as Psycho and The Birds. Another one I've loved since I was a kid was The Time Machine.

[Olorin67]

hard to beat Forbidden Planet and The day the earth stood still

[Ampico-kid]

Originally Posted by Olorin67

hard to beat Forbidden Planet and The day the earth stood still

I second that...it would be hard to beat either of those classics.

[Sandy G]

Michael Rennie was ill the day the Earth stood still, & he told us where it began....

[truetone36]

Village Of The Damned is good. Those kids with the glowing eyes still creep me out.

[Sandy G]

Originally Posted by truetone36

Village Of The Damned is good. Those kids with the glowing eyes still creep me out.

That, & the white hair....

[DaveWM]

look to the works of Roger Corman, often a bit campy but still fun.

anything with Vincent Price in it

the blob is good has cross over appeal (horror/steve McQ)

one of my quirkier favs is "frogs" a later Ray Milland offering

Peter Cushing did some good ones in the 60's like "the skull".

hard to list by title as there are so many.

[vts1134]

Originally Posted by Olorin67

hard to beat Forbidden Planet and The day the earth stood still

Both fantastic and in my library! The Carnegie Science Center here in Pittsburgh has a robot collection and both Robbie and Gort are on display. Robby will occasionally talk and do the scene where the cook is asking him to make "the good stuff." I'd love to have a Fred Barton robot some day. I think there's a member here who has a Fred Barton B-9....maybe he'll share a snapshot?

[vts1134]

Originally Posted by DaveWM

...hard to list by title as there are so many.

There's a pretty good list here http://www.creepyclassics.com/category.sc?categoryId=25. Any one else know of any lists out there?

[Username1]

Forbidden Planet use to be on tv quite often.....

I got FP, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers on VHS, Day of the Triffids too...
There are soooo many really cool movies I would love to have on tape...


I was always amazed at movie robots, especially the 60's robots... The ones
today in some cases seem less practical. The new Lost in space robot looks
way less practical then the original..... I always wanted to make one, and
every once in a while I search the old B-9 on google. I was quite surprised
when I found the robot b-9 builders club. They do some really amazing work...

http://www.b9robotbuildersclub.com/p.../whatsnew.html

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[hi_volt]

The Tingler.....Vincent Price.....scared the Hell out of me when I was a kid.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by hi_volt

The Tingler.....Vincent Price.....scared the Hell out of me when I was a kid.

Wasn't that the thing that looked like a spine, that would attack you?
Another Vincent Price classic was "The House on Haunted Hill".

[vts1134]

I watched "The Bat" last week with Vincent Price and added "Before I Hang" to my library but I haven't seen that one yet.