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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Oct 22, 2020 21:11:49 GMT
I gotta add that I love Dwight Frye as Renfield. An underrated performance. I especially love his line: “Isn’t this a strange conversation for people who aren’t crazy?” What a fantastic line to use when walking into a room! So many real world applications! “Flies? Flies? Poor, puny things. Who’d want to eat flies?” “You do, you loony!” “Not when I can have nice fat spiders!” Hey, didnt you used to have a Dracula quote as your signature? The one where the orderly says “They’re all croyzee! They’re all croyzee except you and me”
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Oct 22, 2020 21:14:25 GMT
Just curious, what do you guys think of the 1979 Werner Herzog version with Klaus Kinski as Dracula? As much I love the 1931 version, I thought the 1979 version is the best Dracula movie, up there with the Lugosi version and the silent Nosferatu. I’ve only seen the 90s Dracula by Coppola, which I’ve never liked. And Nosferatu, which is VERY timely as it actually acts as a metaphor for Spanish Flu, even featuring stay at home orders! It’s eerie watching it in 2020.
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Oct 22, 2020 21:16:01 GMT
Both it and The Invisible Man are my favorites, with Bride of Frankenstein as number 3. Excellent choices. I rewatched Bride last night. The laboratory scene at the end is spectacular.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 22, 2020 21:21:46 GMT
Just curious, what do you guys think of the 1979 Werner Herzog version with Klaus Kinski as Dracula? As much I love the 1931 version, I thought the 1979 version is the best Dracula movie, up there with the Lugosi version and the silent Nosferatu. I’ve only seen the 90s Dracula by Coppola, which I’ve never liked. And Nosferatu, which is VERY timely as it actually acts as a metaphor for Spanish Flu, even featuring stay at home orders! It’s eerie watching it in 2020. The Coppola version was terrible. I hated it. A fashion show for Dracula? What the hell? Give the Herzog version a try when you have chance, and make sure it is the German speaking version and not the British version. The Herzog version like that of 1931, hinged on the atmosphere, like the dreamlike surreal feel Salzmank mentioned above. I like the story flow in the Herzog version more than that of the Tod Brown version.
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Post by Salzmank on Oct 22, 2020 21:22:59 GMT
“Flies? Flies? Poor, puny things. Who’d want to eat flies?” “You do, you loony!” “Not when I can have nice fat spiders!” Hey, didnt you used to have a Dracula quote as your signature? The one where the orderly says “They’re all croyzee! They’re all croyzee except you and me” THAT’S THE ONE!!!!!&#ojbrwgsd1249*%$ Lots of people apparently don’t like Martin. I don’t get it: I find him hilarious! 
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Post by Salzmank on Oct 22, 2020 21:26:44 GMT
Just curious, what do you guys think of the 1979 Werner Herzog version with Klaus Kinski as Dracula? As much I love the 1931 version, I thought the 1979 version is the best Dracula movie, up there with the Lugosi version and the silent Nosferatu. I’ve seen the ’79 but not in a long while, so I’m going to have to check it out again. I do remember its surrealism, though, as well as in the Murnau. I’m going to go out on a limb and sorta defend the Coppola. There’s a lot I don’t like about it, but I do like Oldman, Hopkins, the sets, and the non-CGI special effects.
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Oct 22, 2020 21:26:53 GMT
Hey, didnt you used to have a Dracula quote as your signature? The one where the orderly says “They’re all croyzee! They’re all croyzee except you and me” THAT’S THE ONE!!!!!&#ojbrwgsd1249*%$ Lots of people apparently don’t like Martin. I don’t get it: I find him hilarious! I like him too.
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Post by teleadm on Oct 23, 2020 17:28:25 GMT
I used to have one of those model plastic glue kits. Apparently from Revell and not from The Lindberg Line as I've thought.  If I remember correct all plastics came in one color and one had to paint it oneself, and I didn't paint my Dracula in the horrendous colors as above. The little bats had such a small glue area, they kept falling off from time to time. |
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Post by phantomparticle on Oct 23, 2020 20:09:02 GMT
I also collected the models, too, when I was a teenager. From Aurora, I think. One Halloween, I found an old cabinet in my basement and fixed it up on three levels. On the top I made a graveyard with the Wolfman and Dracula stalking among the tombstones. On the inside shelf I built a mad lab with the Phantom of the Opera bringing the Frankenstein Monster to life. Used flashing Christmas lights for the pyrotechnics. On the bottom of the cabinet, I created a swamp for the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Exhibited the cabinet in my living room, which I turned into a Spook House with the aid of a couple of friends dressed up as Universal Monsters. I had the full face rubber masks, and when kids rang our doorbell, I invited them in for a brief show. I brought The Monster to life (with the aid of some movie sound effects on a reel-to-reel) and when the kids looked as if they were ready to run, another of my friends came roaring out of the next room as the Wolfman. It was pandemonium. Has to stop because kids were beginning to line up down the block. That was probably the best Halloween of my life.
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Post by hi224 on Oct 24, 2020 1:38:51 GMT
It surprises me that people accuse it of being slow, boring etc. I love every second of it. It’s got such a surreal, dreamlike quality to it- much like The Mummy does. I watch the others every October, but those two I usually watch at least twice. I prefer Frankenstein and The Wolfman. |
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