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Originally Posted by The Villain
Godzilla. I've always loved those movies even the ridiculous campy ones. Godzilla or Gojira is my favorite horror movie and it's because of those movie's that i've always loved gaint monster movies.
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Originally Posted by phantomstranger
Godzilla
Dracula (both Universal and Hammer)
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Originally Posted by totem
I'll be honest: asking my Favorite Horror Movie Franchise is like asking my favorite french fry from my last lunch at McDonald's.
But, if pushed, I would agree with The Villain & say Godzilla. All the other franchises become six-of-one & half-dozen-of-the-other when compared side-by-side.
Godzilla, however, is unique in this one respect: Godzilla's intentions remain enigmatic. He wants to destroy Tokyo until some other giant monster wants to destroy it. Then, Godzilla wants to destroy that giant monster and then go back to sleep under the ocean & not destroy Tokyo after all.
Seriously, has anyone ever had a second thought regarding the motives of Jason, Michael, Freddy, Pinhead, Chucky, the Count, the Doctor, Damien, a zombie, a werewolf, a demon, or Leatherface? That list goes on but you get the idea. The ambiguity of Godzilla is not only a feat - but a delight.
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I was about to say I really didn't have a favorite horror franchise, because the ones I've seen falter so horribly (Halloween, Exorcist, Alien, etc); and/or they'res a decent franchise as a whole but I'm not drawn to use the word "favorite" around them, like Elm St, Scream and Night of the Living Dead. NOTLD, Universal's Frankenstein are probably closest.
Till I read Villain write Godzilla... and then I realised, yep, that's the one. Well said Totem, the Godzilla franchise's first step was into uncharted territory, and then it continued going into new territories, especially as to the "characterization" of Godzilla (animal/person/force of nature, enemy/ally, evil/good, cruel/kind, main character/side character/setting, for adults/kids/all), while maintaining familiar ground.