HDC Vintage 101

[Doc Faustus]

Hello, Horror.com.

For almost six months, myself and a panel of some of HDC's most distinguished and impassioned classic horror buffs have been working, debating, data mining, correcting obnoxious clerical errors due to my nonexistent organizational skills, and generally i-dotting and t-crossing in the interest of vintage horror. While the forum itself defines classic horror as pre-1970, I thought that 1967 would make a good cut off, because it was 40 years before when we began and before films like Rosemary's Baby and Night of the Living Dead began to define modern horror. I hope HDC appreciates, learns from, and grows upon these selections, which we fought tooth and nail in order to best represent our panelists and the multitude of films we picked out.

Thanks Alky, Countess Marya Zaleska, Despare, ManchestrMorgue, Neverending, Return, Rod, __V__ and Zwoti.

Without further ado, here you go, HDC. I'm posting them alphabetically for now and leaving blurb space.

Why 101? It's old school and Vintage Horror is at least 1% special.


Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

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The Amazing Mr. X (1948)

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At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)

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The Bad Seed (1956)

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The Birds (1963)

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The Black Cat (1934)

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Black Sabbath (1963)

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Black Sunday (1960)

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The Blob (1958)

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Blood Feast (1963)

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The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

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Bride of the Monster (1955)

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A Bucket of Blood (1959)

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

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Carnival of Souls (1962)

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The Cat And The Canary (1939)

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Cat People (1942)

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Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)

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Curse of the Werewolf (1961)

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Dance of the Vampires (aka) The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

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The Dark Eyes of London (aka) The Human Monster (1940)

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Dead of Night (1945)

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Doctor X (1932)

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Die, Monster, Die! (1965)

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Dr. Cyclops (1940)

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920)

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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)

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Dracula (1931)

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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

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The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)

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Eyes Without A Face (aka) Les Yeux Sans Visage (1962)

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Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1966)

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Faust (1926)

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Fiend Without A Face (1958)

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The Fly (1958)

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Frankenstein (Edison) (1910)

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Frankenstein (1931)

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Freaks (1932)

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Gojira (1954)

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The Haunting (1963)

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Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)

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Horror of Dracula (1958)

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House on Haunted Hill (1959)

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House of Wax (1953)

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

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I Bury The Living (1958)

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I lunghi capelli della morte (aka) Long Hair Of Death (1964)

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I Vampiri (1956)

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I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

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I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)

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The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

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The Innocents (1961)

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The Invisible Man (1933)

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Isle of the Dead (1945)

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Island of Lost Souls (1932)

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King Kong (1933)

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The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)

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Kwaidan (1964)

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Danza Macabra (aka) Castle of Blood (1964)

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The Last Man on Earth (1964)

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The Leopard Man (1943)

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L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock (aka) The Terror of Dr. Hichcock (1962)

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M (1931)

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The Mad Ghoul (1943)

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Mad Love (1935)

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The Mad Monster (1942)

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Mark of the Vampire (1935)

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The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

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The Mummy (1932)

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The Night of the Hunter (1955)

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Nosferatu (1922)

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The Old Dark House (1932)

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Onibaba (1964)

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The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

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Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)

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Psycho (1960)

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Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

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Rashomon (1950)

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The Raven (1935)

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The Raven (1963)

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Repulsion (1965)

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Son of Frankenstein (1939)

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The Spiral Staircase (1945)

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Tales of Terror (1962)

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Tarantula (1955)

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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

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Them! (1954)

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The Tingler (1959)

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The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)

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Un Chien Andalou (1929)

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The Unknown (1927)

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Village of the Damned (1960)

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The Virgin Spring (aka) Jungfrukällan (1960)

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West of Zanzibar (1928)

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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

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White Zombie (1932)

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The Wolf Man (1941)

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X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)

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X: The Unknown (1956)

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So, here you go, HDC. Vintage horror is often inexpensive and fairly easy to collect thanks to Universal, Kino and companies like them.

MGM's Hollywood Horror Legends box set contains three of the entries on here. The recent Roger Corman collection boasts Bucket of Blood and X- the Man with the X Ray Eyes. Kino's American Silent Horror box set is an absolute treasure, as are Anchor Bay's Mario Bava collections.

Enjoy these classics and remember that as consumers, we vote with our dollar. If we want to see classic horror films restored, purchasing the latest torture porn we kind of liked for the price of four or five good classic horror films isn't going to help. Support them by buying them and giving them a watch.

Happy viewing!

[Roderick Usher]

Excellent job, fellows. Sorry I sort of bailed at the end of the process. Things have been a bit crazy for me lately.

So happy to see West of Zanzibar make the final list. That movie always makes me cry.

[Doc Faustus]

Excellent job, fellows. Sorry I sort of bailed at the end of the process. Things have been a bit crazy for me lately.

So happy to see West of Zanzibar make the final list. That movie always makes me cry.

No problem. Everybody got a little busy around the holidays. Pretty much all Lon Chaney movies can make me cry. Particularly Laugh, Clown, Laugh. That movie really hits below the emotional belt.

[fortunato]

holy smokes!
great list.

[alkytrio666]

Damn fine list...took us long enough, eh? Good work, guys.

[neverending]

Does this get a sticky?

[Despare]

Does this get a sticky?

That's the least it should get. I think a sticky AND beer is more fitting.

[alkytrio666]

Yeah, three cheers for Doc. Thanks for keeping us together.

[ManchestrMorgue]

Good work Doc.

So many great films on that list.

[Doc Faustus]

Good work Doc.

So many great films on that list.
Good work to all of you. Thanks for requesting that sticky and that beer. Ah...sweet internet beer...

[Psycom5k]

Damn fine list people, I can't say that I've seen them all, or that I plan on it, but there are a few that sparked my interest because of the titles. Thanks very much for the hard work, to everybody involved.

[Despare]

Thanks Doc, for posting it all and keeping track of everything, it must have been a pain. Especially plugging away at everybody and keeping the list moving forward as things got hectic for some of the people involved.

[roshiq]

WoW! Great work guys!!
I was looking for a fine list of classic horrors for a long time. This is definitely a very worthy list to follow for any true horror fan.

Thanks & congratulations to everyone who are involved with the development of the list. :)

[jenna26]

Very nice list! Still a few I have to see yet myself honestly, but several of my favorites are there. Great job guys. :)

[_____V_____]

Good work, Doc.

We did a damn fine job, eh gang?:cool:

[horrorchic]

That is a great list. It's a challenge in finding all of them, but once the consumer info is up it should be easier.

I love some of them. Great Job everyone.

[russ4lsu]

Hey Doc, Thanks for taking the time to put this list. Could you give me, in no particular order, the top ten in your opinion so that I can have a good starting place.

Thanks

[neverending]

Hello, Horror.com. For almost six months myself and a panel of some of HDC's most distinguished and impassioned classic horror buffs ... I hope HDC appreciates learns from and grows upon these selections, which we fought tooth and nail in order to best represent our panelists and the multitude of films we picked out. Thanks alky, Countess Marya Zaleska, Despare, ManchestrMorgue, neverending, Return, Rod, V and zwoti.




It was a team effort.

[russ4lsu]

I'm sorry for excluding the others who helped put together this list. Thanks for all your hard work.

Neverending what would be your top ten Classic horrors?

[alkytrio666]

I'm sorry for excluding the others who helped put together this list. Thanks for all your hard work.

Neverending what would be your top ten Classic horrors?
Just watch Cat People (1942).

[illdojo]

Just watch Cat People (1942).

I concur, great film.... My late grandma introduced it to me.

[pulpmonster]

Excellent List Guys!!
Some great films there....but a few have me
scratching my head....Rashomon???..never considered that horror
myself,,and if your including "art" films like "The Virgin Spring"....Did
you guys consider Dryer's Day of Wrath?
Finally how can you leave out:

Curse of the Demon
The Mummy's Hand
The Thing From Another Planet
Dracula's Daughter
Plague of the Zombies
The Devil Rides Out
Burn Witch Burn

Just picking.....you can't include everything. Fantastic choices overall

[Doc Faustus]

We did pre-1968 as that meant films that were forty years old or older. A lot of suggestions came and went. Burn, Witch Burn just didn't make the final cut. The Virgin Spring is a dark fairy tale and was very influential on things like Last House on the Left. Night of the Demon was included. Dracula's Daughter has its moments, but there were so many representations of Universal that diversity really had to be retained.

[pulpmonster]

cool Doc.......it really is a terrific list. You sure can't please everyone.
List like these should always spark debate. They can never be definitive.
Kudos,

john

[Doc Faustus]

cool Doc.......it really is a terrific list. You sure can't please everyone.
List like these should always spark debate. They can never be definitive.
Kudos,

john

They really can't be. Every space something takes up is a step toward over or under representing something. Thanks for coming on board and talking classic horror. We don't see many people hanging around this section.

[pulpmonster]

ok just to chime in. I gotta stir the pot. How did the debate go on these classics?

The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942).......Chaney Jrs only go as the Monster
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)...the first monster rally
The 7th Voyage of Synbad (1958)....the great monsters should qualify it.
Spider Baby (1964).........essential..much better than some other choices
The Abominable Snowman (1957).......yeah it's good enough
Peeping Tom (1960)..........no way this is left out!!!!
Diabolique (1955).......there's no psycho without this classic!
Horror Hotel (1960)
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957).....the drive in teen horror was born.

It Came From Outer Space (1953)........
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961).....great, great movie

more to come as I think of them

Kudos for including X-The Unknown an under appreciated classic..
and Tarantula (essential)

This is not a criticism....I'm just interested in how the debate went on some of these great flicks.

Best,
John

[neverending]

We only had 100 spots to fill for every horror film made before 1970. That was a lot of ground to cover in only 101 (I actually think it ended up 102) titles- silents, foreign films, Universal, indies, the Corman/AIP era, Hammer, etc. A lot of cuts had to be made. It would have been great to include all the Universal series, but we couldn't, so we went with what we felt were the highest quality of the series.

Peeping Tom & Spider Baby are both represented on some of the other of our Top 100's, so we didn't feel the need to have them on the Vintage 101.

7th Voyage of Sinbad- more of a fantasy. It Came From Outer Space & The Day the Earth Caught Fire- sci-fi.

The Vintage 101 was compiled by a panel (of which I was a member) of varying tastes and viewpoints, which resulted in a list of titles which obviously will not mirror each individual's personal list, but does, we think, offer a great primer of horror films pre-1970.

[HGLfan]

Digging the list. Quite a few I haven't seen. Heyo Netflix, I'm updating my list.

[Doc Faustus]

Welcome aboard and glad we could be of help. HG Lewis is one of my favorites. People don't give him credit, but he's a great modern surrealist.

[Roderick Usher]

Excellent list. Good work all of you!!!

I love seeing WEST OF ZANZIBAR on this one. It's one of my favorite films of all time, a real heart-breaker. There are a couple here I still need to see.

[neverending]

Excellent list. Good work all of you!!!

I love seeing WEST OF ZANZIBAR on this one. It's one of my favorite films of all time, a real heart-breaker. There are a couple here I still need to see.


You said that already. :p




Excellent job, fellows. Sorry I sort of bailed at the end of the process. Things have been a bit crazy for me lately.

So happy to see West of Zanzibar make the final list. That movie always makes me cry.

[roshiq]

Fantastic cover images! Now it's looking totally gorgeous! :)

[Doc Faustus]

Thanks, V. That makes this a lot more aesthetic.

[_____V_____]

You are welcome. Did some editing just now to find some more original vintage posters of some of the movies. Its taking plenty of time but certainly worth the effort. :)

[Roderick Usher]

You said that already. :p

you mean it wasn't just a dream? What day is it?

[Doc Faustus]

Why, it's Christmas Day, sir!

[The_Return]

Oooo, great to see this one all prettied up! Always loved this list - great job guys! - but it was lacking visuals. Very nice!

[newb]

You are welcome. Did some editing just now to find some more original vintage posters of some of the movies. Its taking plenty of time but certainly worth the effort. :)

Where did you find these great covers...was it from one site ?

[_____V_____]

Yep. Amazon's posters section.

[Despare]

Yep. Amazon's posters section.

I wonder how good their posters are...


Thanks for the addition _V_, this is why you're the prez. Now find Countess Marya Zaleska.

[swiss tony]

What's 'Un Chien Andalou' like? Do eye balls get sliced up and, if so, do the Pixies make reference to this movie in their song Debaser?

[Fearonsarms]

Excellent list well done everyone involved :) Seen many and many I hope to see soon.

May I also add-

Vampyr
The Masque Of The Red Death
The Fall Of The House Of Usher (silent film and 60s version)
Viy aka Spirit Of Evil
Les Diaboliques (more mystery than horror but still astounding)
Eyes Without A Face
Meeting At Midnight
Night Of The Demon (50s version)

[TheWickerFan]

Eyes Without A Face is there.

[Fearonsarms]

Oops I missed that glad to see its here.

[Doc Faustus]

I LITERALLY don't know how Vampyr wasn't on the list. I'm quite puzzled by that. I remember putting on my short list.

[Fearonsarms]

Vampyr is often an overlooked gem-highly recommended to anyone who hasnt seen it :)