The mystery train

The man with two lives

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1962). Remake of the Gaston Leroux story looks great, one of Hammer's best. Story is plodding, however, and find the Phantom to be very milquetoast, although He is quite hard on Christine during her training. Edward Desouza good and Michael Gough once again plays another abrasive shit, stealing the film. Must say, though, VERY dissatisfied of how his final scene plays out...wanted so much more! **1/2

Mystery liner

Cat People holds up rather well. Albeit in the first half more as a melodrama than a horror.

Wild women

The sphinx

Jungle bride

The Killing (1956)
8/10

A group of middle-aged men plan to rob a racetrack. Directed by Stanly Kubrick. Sort of a film noir, though it's a heist film. Mostly centers around Elisha Cook Jr and his wife who's just with him for the off chance he can give her some money.

Nicely shot, good pace and acting, intriguing dialogue and entertaining.

Quentin Tarantino quoted that this film inspired Reservoir Dogs. I could see that.

Cry of the werewolf

THE KILLING is a great film. Amazed how quickly it moves , considering it's a Kubrick film and Marie Windsor is so duplicitous.

NIGHT CREATURES (1962). Early Autumn just seems to be the best time to view Hammer films and while NC doesn't seem to be as well known (or thought of) as the Gothics, still found it very enjoyable. Story of a village being investigated by King's Soldiers on suspicion of smuggling aided by Marsh Phantoms, moves well and quite rousing in parts. Another engaging performance by
Michael Ripper, Oliver Reed and Yvonne Romain ::love:: (both in CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF) are appealing and lastly, Peter Cushing::cool::::love::. He was always good in everything and He dominates every scene He's in here. ***

The Devil diamond

HOUSE OF DRACULA (1945)

Inner sanctum

HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1944)

THE MUMMY (1932)

Invisible Agent (1942)
Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)

Both really good, was surprised to see Jon Hall in both, swapping roles, he pulled it off really well.

The man who knew too much:

The more I see of his work, the more I am getting into Hitchcock and seeing how he deserves his name as the master of suspense.

He wastes little time in setting up the characters and sowing the seeds for the later plot. Some plot holes are a bit more obvious now (How DID doctor McKenna get back from Ambrose Chappell, in one piece? He just did. No biggie.) But the overall story of the McKenna's trying to find their son and prevent the assassination still stands solid.

Was this the 30's version or the 1956 one-that I saw long ago?

THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1932)

It was the 1956 one with James Stewart and Doris Day.

Them!

My favorite big critter 1950s scifi movie!

It is the best.

Just saw this a few weeks back for the first time. Another enjoyable Hitchcock film. It's a little like finding another Beatles song.

Ah, The Beatles. What's not to love?::smile::

Love the background harmonies. So good. That was probably their best single sound aspect.

Son of Frankenstein

The white gorilla

Ghosts on the loose

Carnival of Souls (US - 1962) - Very good! 8/10

The shadow laughs

Devil monster

This was the previous one, sorry. I last watched Viy (Soviet Union - 1967). The ending part was excellent. The night creatures were perfect. 9/10

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My wife and I saw this last week on the Big screen (Flying Monkey in Plymouth NH where We see many shows) with a Live score being played . I've seen POTO a few times, but this print (1929 re-issue) was fantastic...sharp clear picture and some early tinting for the time that worked very well, especially "The Red Death" sequences.

The story is pretty creaky and as for most silent films, some of the acting can be described as "Overboard", although it was necessary to get the point across. I found the "romantic" leads quite bland and Christine, in particular, is incredibly shallow as well as fickle.

But, let's be honest...the main reason to see POTO is to watch Lon Chaney do his thing. He is incredibly mesmerizing here with that first rate make-up job. Can truly imagine the screams that erupted back then when He is exposed...even though I've seen it before, had a little quickening of the pulse as Mary Philbin began to reach for the mask. Some amazing sets as well and a good job of all the extras during the Masked Ball, but Your eyes will only be on the figure in red. ***1/2

Curse of the Fly

This film ends the Vincent Price trilogy of the 1960s. It gives us the tragic conclusion of the story of the Delambres.

It starts off rather odd with a woman in underwear escaping somewhere and, rather than by using exposition, the film takes its time to set up the characters and how she and Martin Delambre fit together. Proving how these films are more drama by today's standards, rather than pure horror.

The experiment with the transporter has made advances. And it even brings them mundane trouble with passports, but sadly it turns out to be their undoing as well. In combination of the sons not willing to continue the family project. Turns out that the woman escaping from the mental institution is the leadt of their concerns.

A worthy conclusion to the trilogy that inspired the great remake by Cronenberg.

Sinister hands

THE WOLF MAN (1941)

Strangers of the evening

Genuine (1920)

Genuine is a 1920 German silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene. It was also released as Genuine: A Tale of a Vampire. Director Wiene created Genuine as a follow-up to his massively successful film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, using the same writer and cinematographer who had worked on the earlier film.

One frightened Night

I love the old zombie films. Night of the Living Dead was so well made. It creeped me out as a child and overall was a good movie.