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Post by lune7000 on Jun 20, 2022 15:24:06 GMT
Listed in alphabetical order in the poll. I always wondered which one people like the most.
Thanks
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Post by moviemouth on Jun 20, 2022 15:30:05 GMT
The Invisible Man
He is the scariest and the most interesting, because he is just a man. There is still the science fiction element to him though, so that is what makes him more interesting than the Phantom of the Opera.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2022 17:02:23 GMT
Dracula is my favorite horror movie of all time.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 20, 2022 17:13:59 GMT
Dracula.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jun 20, 2022 20:05:58 GMT
Frankenstein is the best monster but Invisible Man has the best film.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jun 20, 2022 20:10:26 GMT
Define greatest. The 1999 version of the Mummy is probably the most powerful.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jun 20, 2022 20:20:16 GMT
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Post by Nalkarj on Jun 20, 2022 20:37:51 GMT
Dracula remains my favorite; he was the only one who genuinely scared me as a kid, and I still find him scary in a way I don’t with the others. The Frankenstein Monster is a great character, and Frankenstein and Bride are fantastic movies, but I never found the Monster scary, for whatever reason.
Also, Dracula the ’31 movie has all these nuances that for me make the character—and the movie. Like this line:It always gets discussed like it’s a threat, but it’s more sad than scary: Dracula has experienced that far worse thing than death, and for him death would be a glorious release.
But it’s a throwaway, and that’s what makes it: We don’t get any more attempts to sympathize with Dracula, who is (after all) going around killing people, but for a moment we see into his character. It’s smarter character writing than for all the modern intended-to-be-sympathetic Draculas, Frank Langella and Gary Oldman and Claes Bang, I’ll tell ya that.
Claude Rains’s Invisible Man is high on my list too, as is Boris Karloff’s Mummy, but ultimately my favorite remains the funny-talkin’ Transylvanian.
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Post by lune7000 on Jun 20, 2022 21:45:35 GMT
Not what I expected. I thought Frankenstein would win and few would choose the Invisible Man (certainly fewer than Wolfman)
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jun 20, 2022 21:51:45 GMT
I'm partial to The Invisible Man
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Post by Penn Guinn on Jun 20, 2022 21:54:28 GMT
fwiw ... had to look up the Phantom... technically it is a "Universal Monster" but that Nelson Eddy version from 1943 is not Typical Universal Horror Monster in the way that Chaney, Srs would be if that had been made by Universal.
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Post by kolchak92 on Jun 20, 2022 22:51:22 GMT
That's like asking to pick your favorite child.
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Post by novastar6 on Jun 20, 2022 22:59:59 GMT
I'm really surprised, I know Dracula's very iconic, appearance wise especially, but I'm with Stephen King on this one, I don't find his Dracula that scary. Count Orlok, he is VERY scary.
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Post by Penn Guinn on Jun 20, 2022 23:11:47 GMT
I'm really surprised, I know Dracula's very iconic, appearance wise especially, but I'm with Stephen King on this one, I don't find his Dracula that scary. Count Orlok, he is VERY scary. Did Stephen King create any of the Universal Monsters listed on this poll ?
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jun 20, 2022 23:33:44 GMT
The Invisible Man.
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Post by phantomparticle on Jun 20, 2022 23:51:03 GMT
For me, it is Bride of Frankenstein, Whale's Dark Carnival of mad scientists, miniature homunculi, wedding bells signaling the arrival of an electrically charged bride right off the laboratory table and her disappointed would-be husband blowing everyone to Hell in a fatal fit of rejection. The delicious insanity of it all!
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Post by Nalkarj on Jun 20, 2022 23:53:51 GMT
Wait, lune7000, are we voting for greatest movie or greatest character? I thought it was the latter.
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Post by lune7000 on Jun 21, 2022 0:34:03 GMT
Wait, lune7000 , are we voting for greatest movie or greatest character? I thought it was the latter. Yes, it is the latter- that's why I specified "monster" in the question. I have to admit I am really surprised at the love for the Invisible Man. Monsters are scary, lets face it, if you were in a lake and something like the Creature came up out of the water you would totally freak. But there is nothing to see with the Invisible Man, I mean, he''s cool and all but he isn't really scary. Don't you want an iconic image?
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Post by politicidal on Jun 21, 2022 0:50:36 GMT
I'm partial to The Invisible Man Close second. Frankenstein is probably the second most iconic but he's not quite as truly villainous.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jun 21, 2022 2:08:48 GMT
Wait, lune7000 , are we voting for greatest movie or greatest character? I thought it was the latter. Yes, it is the latter- that's why I specified "monster" in the question. I have to admit I am really surprised at the love for the Invisible Man. Monsters are scary, lets face it, if you were in a lake and something like the Creature came up out of the water you would totally freak. But there is nothing to see with the Invisible Man, I mean, he''s cool and all but he isn't really scary. Don't you want an iconic image? Thanks for clarifying. Obviously I can’t speak for everyone, but I love the Invisible Man—both the character and the movie. The reason is Claude Rains’s performance—maniacal, funny, and (to me) scary, with his wonderful readings of the character’s lunatic monologues (“Even the moon’s frightened of me!”). And I find just the premise of an invisible man to be frightening—how you never know where he is, and even when you think you’re alone he can kill you—though I admit that it’s been done so many times now that it may have lost some of its impact. But I do still find the original movie’s premise spooky, with James Whale’s comedy only heightening the effect.
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