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Post by BrodietheSlayer on Mar 8, 2019 2:45:44 GMT -5
ROUND ONE:
1919-1922-----Nosferatu 1923-1926-----The Phantom of the Opera 1927-1929-----The Man Who Laughs
1930-1932-----Frankenstein 1933-1934-----King Kong 1935-1936-----The Bride of Frankenstein 1937-1939-----Son of Frankenstein
1940-1941-----The Wolf Man 1942-1943-----Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man 1944-1945-----The Monster Maker 1946-1949-----House of Horrors/Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (tie)
1950-1954-----Creature From the Black Lagoon 1955-1956-----Invasion of the Body Snatchers/Night of the Hunter (tie) 1957-----------The Curse of Frankenstein 1958-----------Dracula 1959-----------House on Haunted Hill
1960-----------Psycho 1961-----------The Pit and the Pendulum 1962-----------Carnival of Souls 1963-----------The Birds 1964-----------Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster 1965-----------Bloody Pit of Horror 1966-----------Dracula: Prince of Darkness 1967-----------IT! 1968-----------Night of the Living Dead/Rosemary's Baby (tie) 1969-----------Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1970 (Part 1)--The Horror of Frankenstein 1970 (Part 2)--The Vampire Lovers 1971 (Part 1)--Daughters of Darkness 1971 (Part 2)--The Omega Man 1971 (Part 3)--Twitch of the Death Nerve 1972 (Part 1)--Blacula/Deathdream (tie) 1972 (Part 2)--The Last House on the Left 1972 (Part 3)--Tales From the Crypt 1973 (Part 1)--The Exorcist 1973 (Part 2)--The Wicker Man 1974 (Part 1)--Black Christmas 1974 (Part 2)--The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1975 (Part 1)--Jaws 1975 (Part 2)--The Rocky Horror Picture Show/The Terror of Mechagodzilla (tie) 1976 (Part 1)--Carrie 1976 (Part 2)--The Omen 1977 (Part 1)--The Hills Have Eyes 1977 (Part 2)--Suspiria 1978 (Part 1)--Halloween 1978 (Part 2)--Piranha 1979 (Part 1)--Alien
It's time to finish up the 1970's with the second half of 1979, or, at least the first half of horror/related movies from that year. Vote for your favorite movie from this part of this year, and, as always, explain your choice (if you like), as well as mention any other movies you might have seen on this list, below.
We will also accept Write in Votes (although, please mention it as such) for movies not included on the list I'm getting the choices off of. However, I will not remove any from the list (I can't by that point), so, if you want to make your case why a certain movie isn't a horror film, make it. Hell, you might end up swaying a few voters from going in that direction, but I can't/won't remove it from the list or DQ it.
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Post by BrodietheSlayer on Mar 8, 2019 2:49:11 GMT -5
Okay, before anybody complains, I will say that thanks to 'Chelnov' Joker, I now have a better list of horror movies to do this from. Of course, since I can't put these in alphabetical order, starting the next poll, I will be putting these on here by release date. Hopefully, I won't leave off any films on future lists.
So, yeah....this list is WAY longer than Part One....and only alphabetical towards the end. Sorry. 1980 will start the new way of listing these.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Mar 8, 2019 3:03:38 GMT -5
When a Stranger Calls
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Post by Duke Cameron on Mar 8, 2019 3:04:45 GMT -5
Okay, before anybody complains, I will say that thanks to 'Chelnov' Joker, I now have a better list of horror movies to do this from. Of course, since I can't put these in alphabetical order, starting the next poll, I will be putting these on here by release date. Hopefully, I won't leave off any films on future lists. So, yeah....this list is WAY longer than Part One....and only alphabetical towards the end. Sorry. 1980 will start the new way of listing these. Just wanting Fade to Black to make the list for 1980. It’s a personal favorite.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Mar 8, 2019 3:18:25 GMT -5
Tonight's viewing was a re-watch of David Schmoeller's TOURIST TRAP (1978). I've given it a bit of praise throughout the years here, but never really dug in to talk about it. It stars Chuck Connors, an actor most known for his lead role in the western TV show The Rifleman, and the stunning Tanya Roberts, also of such films as THE BEASTMASTER and A VIEW TO A KILL. A group of five friends (one of whom is Roberts in the role of Becky) runs into some car trouble. One of their number goes off in search of a gas station, with the others following shortly thereafter. Instead of a gas station, they find Slausen's Lost Oasis: a once-thriving little tourist attraction housing a number of old knickknacks and a collection of lifelike mannequins simulating Civil War and cowboys-and-Indians battles of the past. Sadly, Slausen's is no longer open for business, as a new highway built a few years ago has prevented most tourists from coming through this way. Slausen himself (Connors) is a kindly old man with a warm, inviting smile and an eagerness to lend a hand. Just under the surface of that, though, is a deep sense of loss. In addition to the well of tourists drying up, his brother who build the mannequins was poached by a big wax museum out in the city, and his beloved wife died of cancer right in his arms! Mr. Slausen apologizes for bringing down the mood of the young travelers and takes the man of the group off to help fix their Jeep while the girls wait behind in the Lost Oasis. Before he goes though, one of the girls expresses curiosity about the other house on the property. Mr. Slausen informs her that the only person living there is Davy...his mannequin of Davy Crockett, that "had a disagreement" with one of the others and couldn't stay in the same building with it. This little bit of weirdness only stokes the flame of curiosity for that girl, and, while the old man is off helping fix their car, she sneaks off to check the place out. When she learns just who "Davy" really is, she's gonna absolutely wish she hadn't!While the initial premise is well-worn territory, what actually comes from it is unique and unnerving. We've got mannequins that look only slightly off from real people, real people who wear masks to look like mannequins, AND a telekinetic villain. We've got a whirlwind performance from Mr. Chuck Connors. We've got a disturbing score from Pino Donaggio (who also worked on Brian De Palma's CARRIE and Joe Dante's PIRANHA). And we've got some well done special effects from Robert A. Burns, who also worked on THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE and THE HILLS HAVE EYES. Blood and gore are at a minimum here, this flick is all about atmosphere! This is one of a number of films in which reality and imagination blur, but it never feels like a cop-out or something tacked on. The film starts out pretty surreal and just keeps going! Even a few scenes that feel like they're supposed to be comedic are a sick, off-kilter kind of comedy, like you met someone with a screw loose and you laugh at their joke simply because you're afraid of what they'd do if you didn't! I honestly think TOURIST TRAP is a masterpiece. It is incredible, I love it. Definitely check it out. The 90 minute version, I've read there's some version of it on Blu-Ray that's only 85 minutes. Screw that!
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Post by Joker on Mar 8, 2019 5:00:01 GMT -5
Looks at very long poll, cool So of these I have seen. Salem's Lot it's an ok TV movie adaption but nothing too remarkable. Prophecy is alright but not one I think of as a must see even if it does have mutant animals. Nosferatu the Vampyre is an excellent version of the dracula story and Kinski is really good here. Phantasm is the iconic one of the round and if the story of the tall man made a lick of sense I might have voted for it . Lastly Zombie/Zombi 2 is a fun living dead flick which is well worth seeing. Probably going for Nosferatu here, but may change my vote later on it's a close call.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Mar 8, 2019 18:55:06 GMT -5
Tonight's viewing was a re-watch of David Schmoeller's TOURIST TRAP (1978). I've given it a bit of praise throughout the years here, but never really dug in to talk about it. It stars Chuck Connors, an actor most known for his lead role in the western TV show The Rifleman, and the stunning Tanya Roberts, also of such films as THE BEASTMASTER and A VIEW TO A KILL. A group of five friends (one of whom is Roberts in the role of Becky) runs into some car trouble. One of their number goes off in search of a gas station, with the others following shortly thereafter. Instead of a gas station, they find Slausen's Lost Oasis: a once-thriving little tourist attraction housing a number of old knickknacks and a collection of lifelike mannequins simulating Civil War and cowboys-and-Indians battles of the past. Sadly, Slausen's is no longer open for business, as a new highway built a few years ago has prevented most tourists from coming through this way. Slausen himself (Connors) is a kindly old man with a warm, inviting smile and an eagerness to lend a hand. Just under the surface of that, though, is a deep sense of loss. In addition to the well of tourists drying up, his brother who build the mannequins was poached by a big wax museum out in the city, and his beloved wife died of cancer right in his arms! Mr. Slausen apologizes for bringing down the mood of the young travelers and takes the man of the group off to help fix their Jeep while the girls wait behind in the Lost Oasis. Before he goes though, one of the girls expresses curiosity about the other house on the property. Mr. Slausen informs her that the only person living there is Davy...his mannequin of Davy Crockett, that "had a disagreement" with one of the others and couldn't stay in the same building with it. This little bit of weirdness only stokes the flame of curiosity for that girl, and, while the old man is off helping fix their car, she sneaks off to check the place out. When she learns just who "Davy" really is, she's gonna absolutely wish she hadn't!While the initial premise is well-worn territory, what actually comes from it is unique and unnerving. We've got mannequins that look only slightly off from real people, real people who wear masks to look like mannequins, AND a telekinetic villain. We've got a whirlwind performance from Mr. Chuck Connors. We've got a disturbing score from Pino Donaggio (who also worked on Brian De Palma's CARRIE and Joe Dante's PIRANHA). And we've got some well done special effects from Robert A. Burns, who also worked on THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE and THE HILLS HAVE EYES. Blood and gore are at a minimum here, this flick is all about atmosphere! This is one of a number of films in which reality and imagination blur, but it never feels like a cop-out or something tacked on. The film starts out pretty surreal and just keeps going! Even a few scenes that feel like they're supposed to be comedic are a sick, off-kilter kind of comedy, like you met someone with a screw loose and you laugh at their joke simply because you're afraid of what they'd do if you didn't! I honestly think TOURIST TRAP is a masterpiece. It is incredible, I love it. Definitely check it out. The 90 minute version, I've read there's some version of it on Blu-Ray that's only 85 minutes. Screw that! Going with Tourist Trap, too. Such a creepy, surreal vibe to it, Chuck Connors is great!
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Post by BrodietheSlayer on Mar 9, 2019 1:37:42 GMT -5
A little less than an hour on this one. Will Tourist Trap go on....or When a Stranger Calls....or Phantasm...or???
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Post by BrodietheSlayer on Mar 9, 2019 2:44:48 GMT -5
So, it looks like we have another tie to end the 1970's. Tourist Trap and When a Stranger Calls will both go on to the Second Round. Tourist Trap is a pretty creepy movie, and When a Stranger Calls has a really good beginning and end. The middle part becomes kind of more of a character study/crime drama, and can't really live up to that beginning, but it's still a decent movie. I'm surprised that Phantasm didn't end up taking this, as usually people kind of gush about the original movie in this series. Actually, Part 2 is my favorite of the series, and the first one, while good, kind of has no idea what it really wants to be, but that's just my opinion. Salem's Lot is another that I thought would do better than it did. It is a pretty solid adaptation of Stephen King's novel, and has some GREAT moments. The Evictors is pretty decent, while Zombie Holocaust/Doctor Butcher M.D....isn't, but it is still pretty watchable. Speaking of Zombies, my vote went to Lucio Fulci's Zombie 2/Zombie, as it is probably the best of the glut of straight up rip offs of Romero's zombie movies to come on in the wake of Dawn of the Dead's success. However, I think Fulci will have some even better zombie related films coming out in the early part of the next decade. Time to head into the 1980's.
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