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Post by Nalkarj on Nov 26, 2017 2:54:56 GMT
Posting this poll on teleadm's suggestion (thanks, Tele!), but I'm a bit undecided about which movies to put on the list. (Most lists I've found include such unusual choices as Death Takes a Holiday and the old dark house whodunit Menace!) Whereas Universal focused mainly on monster movies, Paramount's horrors were usually (though not exclusively) ghosts, including what I consider the greatest of all ghost movies, '44's The Uninvited. So, without any further ado, and with some executive decisions as to what I have included... here we go!  (Please let me know if there any I've missed; you may select up to three.) |
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Post by teleadm on Nov 27, 2017 17:46:30 GMT
I choosed Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1931, The Uninvited 1944 and The Man on Half Moon Street 1945.
Murders at the Zoo sounds interesting but never seen it.
The trouble with this polls seems to be that they are for some reason hard to find, among trivia and games.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Nov 28, 2017 6:15:57 GMT
'Jekyll and Hyde' and 'Lost Souls' are classics
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Post by Nalkarj on Nov 29, 2017 3:53:40 GMT
I'll think you'll like Murders in the Zoo if you do see it, teleadm--it's a bit grisly for '30s horrors, but then Island of Lost Souls is too. Lionel Atwill is at his scenery-chewing best as the murderous, demented Dr. Gorman. I agree that this poll board is in a bad location... Should I have put this on the classics board instead? I'm unsure about that... I quite agree that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Island of Lost Souls are classics, them1ghtyhumph, but, while I'm an unapologetic fan of the former (my favorite Jekyll and Hyde adaptation, in fact), I think Everson's argument about the latter, that "...it has all the ingredients but little of the mood required," to be well-taken. By the way, I'm watching The Unseen (Lewis Allen's '45 follow-up to The Uninvited) now, for the first time, via a terrible print on Dailymotion. I'm really enjoying it so far--a bit of a cross between James's The Turn of the Screw and De Maurier's (and Hitchcock's) Rebecca, and prefiguring Siodmak's The Spiral Staircase--and the only real flaw is Joel McCrea's miscasting (an Olivier, a Michael Wilding, or even a Ray Milland would have been better--Lord, even Gregory Peck). Still, I've been warned that it collapses near the end, so I'm not expecting too much. Thanks for voting and commenting, fellas! |
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Post by Nalkarj on Nov 29, 2017 5:03:27 GMT
Well, it did more or less collapse in its last reel, albeit not for the reasons I expected; indeed, I'm surprised that Everson criticized it for copping out on a supernatural ending, as (unlike The Uninvited) it's not structured as a supernatural thriller (no ghosts need apply here, unlike at Windward House). Its bigger problem is that the plotting gets a bit muddled in the end, without the fun thrills of the beginning. No classic by any means, but it was fun, and I'm glad I watched it. Gail Russell was as lovely as ever here.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 5, 2017 1:38:17 GMT
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Uninvited (1944).
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Dec 12, 2017 7:02:05 GMT
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1931). Another film in need of a re-watch.
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Post by alfromni on Mar 5, 2018 5:11:04 GMT
Seldom watch horror movies, and if I do inadvertently watch one, the off button is quickly used.
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