Hi.

[Noah]

Ok, I will haveta check them out. Those'll be the first pre-60 Horror flicks I see. Thanks man :)


EDIT: I think I may go to Best Buy and get one of those pretty affordable Classic Horror Boxed Sets of DVD's.... That have like 15 or 20 movies on a coupla discs.

[russ4lsu]

Originally Posted by Noah

Russ, I've never seen a pre-1960 Horror movie before, honestly. Does that now make me not a fan? :p

No, not at all. I haven't seen that many Classic Horrors either. I think I'm going start though, and I'll tell you what I think of them.;)

[Dante'sInferno]

Originally Posted by Noah

Ok, I will haveta check them out. Those'll be the first pre-60 Horror flicks I see. Thanks man :)


EDIT: I think I may go to Best Buy and get one of those pretty affordable Classic Horror Boxed Sets of DVD's.... That have like 15 or 20 movies on a coupla discs.

Check out Freaks, it's great.Made in 32 though.I loved it.

I also see that your a NIN fan.I'm probably the biggest fan on this forum besides hellfire,and Vodstok.I love Still and The and All That Could Have Been DVD,also the Fragile.I like his new stuff too.Althogh it took the Slip awhile to sink in for me.Oh by the way,My name is Jeremiah AKA Dante.Welcome to the forum.

[Noah]

Hi Dante, thanks man. Will keep "Freaks" in mind. :)

Sounds good Russ!

[Noah]

An update on the Best Buy Horror Classic Collection idea... I went there tonight, and none of the boxed sets had Frankenstein or Bride of Frankenstein, or even Freaks.

So I will have to get those elsewhere. I've got a couple of ideas though. Thanks for the recommendations everyone!

[The_Return]

Grab the Universal Monster Legacy collections - they're two-disc sets that Universal put out for all of their flagship monsters: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, and The Creature From the Black Lagoon.

The sets are all pretty cheap (like $30 or so these days), and contain between 3-5 classic horror flicks. They're all worth every penny, and work as a great intro to classic horror.

My personal favourite is the 1931 version of Dracula with Bela Lugosi, with The Wolf Man (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr. would have to be the runner up. But Frankenstein + Bride of Frankenstein are equally essential - they're probably the most iconic of the bunch.

For a noobie to classic horror, I'd also have to suggest checking out some Vincent Price stuff - my all time favourite actor, horror or otherwise. His Poe films are a wonderful staring point - Masque of the Red Death and Pit and the Pendulum being the best, IMO - and the original House on Haunted Hill is one of the most fun movies ever made. The original House of Wax with Price is a good time as well. He did some fantastic work in the 70's as well, but his heyday was 50's-early 60's, for sure.

You've come to the right place to get started into vintage horror - a lot of us here are pretty passionate about it, especially Neverending up there :)

Hope we can help you out man!

[russ4lsu]

Noah, just finished watching Audition. The movie was pretty bad ass. However, with all the hype around it, you expect (or at least I did) that there is crazy shit going on right from the beginning. If you watch it, be patient because this movie builds and builds until the very end. I think it is worth seeing, but it might be a victim of being over-hyped.

Oh, and The Return thanks for the classic movie box set recommendation. I'll have to check into it.

[Noah]

Thanks The Return on the recommendations as well. I'm going to start with Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, and see if I can get into them. If so, I will check out the others you've mentioned. :)

Russ, interesting about Audition. I've not seen it, not sure if I'll bother with it or not to be honest. Perhaps eventually, thanks for letting me know.

[Despare]

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is another very old movie you should check out. You can really see where it has inspired some of the modern greats.

[The_Return]

Originally Posted by Despare

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is another very old movie you should check out. You can really see where it has inspired some of the modern greats.

Agreed, Caligari is badass.

Nosferatu is a masterpiece too, as long as you can f=ind a decent version of it. The one with the Type O Negative soundtrack is pretty sick and wrong, but any of the ones with classical scores are great.