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Originally Posted by neverending
Classic
Frankenstein- Though Bride is my favorite horror film, I think without the first film as a pelude a lot would be lost, so I'd start with the original. Plenty of time later to get to the sequel.
Horror of Dracula- Bring on the other iconic monster with Hammer's masterful take on the tale, and introduce two iconic personalities, Cushing and Lee.
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I agree with you. I wouldn't think to start someone with Bride of Frankenstein if they haven't seen Frankenstein 31. Many parts would be confusing, and many references would be left hanging. Having seen it recently, it's a lot more referential to Frankenstein than some might assume.
I see you didn't select Dracula 33 either. I liked Dracula 33, but it's not one of my favorites. It's a bit dry and slow. Probably would entertain intellectuals a bit more than non-intellectuals. I went with Nosferatu. Even though I had seen a ton of Hammer Dracula films and Dracula, I was still at the end of my seat for Nos. And surprisingly to me, I thought the special effects were better and more frightening than the former.
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Originally Posted by TastingIntellect
Gory
Dead Alive
The Thing (original)
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Just checking... you mean The Thing 82 or 52? The 52 version is called The Thing from the other world, but usually referred to as The Thing, especially before the 82 version.
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Originally Posted by roshiq
It'll be a trap...
1. Hitchcock's Psycho (A beautiful drama-thriller about a guy & his bit crazy mother)
2. The Exorcist (A slow-burn moving film about a troubled teen & a priest)
3. Carpenter's The Thing (A solid sci-fi suspense thriller)
4. Carpenter's Halloween (A sad little story about a girl & his long lost brother)
5. Rosemary's Baby (An emotionally moving tale depicting the tensions & fear of the first-time pregnancy for a newly-married woman)
6. TCM [Original] (Newly restored, a lost 'true-crime' film about a survival story of a group of teens 'rescued' by a poor-struggling family)
7. Let the Right One In (An everlasting children love-story)
8. Freaks (30's highly acclaimed classic film about the behind the stage struggling life of circus people)
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LOL - no spoilers from you.
I enjoyed Freaks. But I don't know I would say it was particularly good, or important to horror. It may be a classic, because of the notoriety, which comes purely from the title, and the unique actors presented in a proper way (except, possibly, the last 15 mins; much of which was permanently cut). That is to say, if none of the actors were physically unique, and the characters were just trapeze, clowns and show girls, and it was released with the book title "Spurs", then we wouldn't be talking about it now.