"Robot Monster"(1953)


One of the greatest bad movies of all time. The story of a gorilla man from outer space (called a Ro-Man) that destroys civilization with the exception of six people.
Pure crap from start to finish. I love it.

carnival of souls

This is one of my fave bad movies, probably my all time favorite. I bet Newb can even tell you when the girl's top comes off for an instant.

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Just finished watching The Brain That Wouldn't Die. I rate it VG.

I'm embarrassed to admit it....but I've never seen this one....and I do love cheese too. Actually urgeok is the pro when it comes to nude scenes in movies.

Carnival of Souls (1962)

Surely way ahead of its time & the best of its kind. Splendid!

>>: A

Robot Monster


ok...this has got to be THE worst movie....even worse than Planet 9.

Even if you could dismiss it as the kids dream...that fucking kid must have been on drugs.....not to mention the incest implications ....maybe all small boys dream of seeing their sisters tits...I wouldn't know...I have 2 brothers.

this is even beyond cheese......but.....I couldn't turn away :eek:

I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot!

hehe

I'm thinking the kid in the movie also wrote the screenplay. It couldn't have been written by an adult.

Love the bubble machine as well. And of course Ro-Man himself. You can't top that costume. Ever.

from IMDB....and I don't doubt this bit of trivia at all.

According to the Medved brothers' book "The Golden Turkey Awards", director Phil Tucker attempted suicide after the release of "Robot Monster", due to the overwhelmingly negative critical reaction it received.

Dracula, still not my favourite of the classics but its still so atmospheric.

Watched Frankenstein(1931) earlier...about to watch Bride of Frankenstein.

Bride of Frank is my all time fave. Atmospheric, subversive, full of startling images and iconic performances.

^^^Id actually go so far as to say the best horror movie ever made.

Well, somebody else around here with taste!

Atom Age Vampire (1960)

>>: B

Peeping Tom (1960)

Soon or later I'll definitely buy the Criterion dvd for sure.

>>: A

Blood Feast - 1961

H G Lewis was so far ahead of his time in terms of direction, story, and gore. Massive massive fan of his

Weird. That's the last classic horror I watched, too.

Watched Faust last night.

Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)

Astonishing! It's really great to see how beautifully Whale crafted this sequel and made it one of the best in the history. Though it was like the 2nd half of the great Frankenstein epic that can be viewed back to back but at the end I think to some extent, it even challenge the original in terms of emotion, love and the overall 'human drama'. The characters gradually developed with new shades, Frankenstein's search for a friend and eventually meeting with the blind hermit (an inside look of Frankenstein) and then losing him afterward and finally the quote "I...love....dead....Hate....living" made him indeed a far greater human than the monstrous Dr. Pretorious.

Thanks a lot NE, for recommending it regularly and religiously.:)

>>: A

Awesome Roshiq! Very glad you enjoyed this masterpiece of horror.

The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari (1920)

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It was truly like a nightmarish experience that a landmark of horror meant to be. An artistic enigma that sent me in a claustrophobic world of madness & mayhem where it was also like witnessing various brush strokes of a moving masterpiece painting. The strange geometrical shapes of Holstenwall's roads & buildings were something more than a signature of stunning architectures. Once when Dr. Caligari ran outside the asylum as his madness revealed and haunted by textual ramblings written in the air...was an amazing sequence. And finally the surprising ending which I think one of the most unpredictable twists in the history of horror films...JUST BLEW ME AWAY!!!

>>: A+

King Kong (1933)


classic

The Fly (1958)

yeah..it's actually better than Cronenberg's remake.

>>: A

Finally- somebody agrees with me!

Hellpppp meeeee! Hellppp meeeeee!

Oh! I love that part. When I first saw this movie on our national TV channel back in childhood days this part really scared the hell out of me! A wonderful masterpiece!

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Nightmare Castle (1965)

A decent Italian Gothic.

>>: B-

Im the other way on this, really disappointed when I saw this, probably more so because I was looking forward to it so much. My default setting is the original is always better, and as Cronenburgs Fly is so good, had high hopes for this one. Wish it wasn't the case...........

In compare to the original I felt the remake kinda depressing and was too much focused on horror effects. It was dark and subtle horror film with extreme moments of gore towards the end whereas the Original never forgot that it was simply made to entertain. The 1986 version takes a more direct approach. You watch Jeff Goldbloom try to make his transporter, and when he does things go wrong. The movie is really just watching him slowly turn into a fly, with gross out scenes galore. But the original had more story around the story and had a lot more character...and of course there was Vincent Price (surprisingly for the first time I saw him in a non horror role), that was great!

Anyways, I have to admit that I have also a similar kinda views and experience (as you have with The Fly movies) with another all time great horror masterpiece....The Texas Chainsaw Massacre! But in this case I have some other reasons.:o

Shock (1946)


Early Vincent Price, was an alright watch although the ending was not quite right, it was all a bit sudden.

Whatever happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Absolutely brilliant! Camera work, background scores, story and top notch acting from the leads easily made it one of the greatest.

>>: A

Why don't you eat your DINNER, Blanche?

House of Wax (1953)

A Vintage Vincent experience, loved it.

>>: A-

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Dracula (1931)

No, no, master. I wasn't going to say anything, I told them nothing. I am loyal to you master. Dwight Frye was phenomenal!

Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.

I think only Lugosi comes to very close in look with the role of Dracula that I visualized when I first read this timeless tale of horror.


>>: A-


The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

>>: B+

Love those classic Hammers!

yeaterday I watched The Oblong Box

Great teaming of Price and Lee there.

Night of the Eagle (1962)

I wonderfully suspenseful supernatural thriller. Some truly scary moments and a dreamy atmosphere that is rarely able to be captured so well on film.