I really like them, the dark wet ambience, gloomy isolated castle, quirky characters, beautiful women in period costume. I don't think I've ever seen one I didn't like. I think I might make a collection of them. Would anybody like to offer a few titles?
Is Luana Anders good looking or what?! I never seen her before.
I like waking up in the morning not knowing who I'll meet or where I'll end up: The Titanic
Luana Anders = really great looking. She's absolutely HOT in Dementia 13.
To your question, here's a start:
Castle of Blood
Dementia 13
The Terror
House of Usher
The Haunted Palace
The Masque of the Red Death
The Tomb of Ligeia
Black Sunday
I just Q'd up Demetia 13 to check her out. Thanks for the titles, funny with several collections I made, I hadn't thought of this general type of movie and I love em.
These are the kind of movies you'll watch more than once because it's not really the plot but the look and feel of the movie.
I like waking up in the morning not knowing who I'll meet or where I'll end up: The Titanic
I love the old classics like this ten times more than most of the crap being turned out today. The atmosphere, the sets they used, the fog settling on the landscape, etc. all set the mood for a Halloween night! I have tons of these movies on DVD and play them all the time...
sharewell then glad to meet cha, you described the movie type exactly. Maybe you will be so kind as to post a list?
I like waking up in the morning not knowing who I'll meet or where I'll end up: The Titanic
I have Creature from the Black Lagoon; Dracula (Bela Lugosi); Horror of Dracula; Dracula, Prince of Darkness; Pit & the Pendulum; Witchfinder General; The Werewolf; Cry of the Banshee, plus I have addition of the classics on "Best of" types of DVD sets, with movies like House on Haunted Hill; Killer Shrews, etc. Of course I love The Exorcist, The Omen (the original)...
I like some of the modern stuff but mostly it seems to deal with mad slashers, cannibals, young hot teenagers getting carved up, etc. Is that enough?
Saw it for the first time last night, at 45. Spellbinding and intense. Just loved it! =)
shareI love these kinds of films as well. The supernatural, gloomy yet beautiful castles/mansions, woods with lots of fog, the gorgeous costumes, the horse and carriage... all the implements necessary to create a wonderful film.
shareTotally agreed!
“Look, you don’t really think that I could be in love with a rotten little tramp like you, do you?”
ME TOO! I really am in love with the creepy atmosphere in these older films... Gothic horror! Fogginess, darkness, sometimes thunder & lightening, spooky creaky old mansions & castles, cobwebs, horses & carriages, amazing costumes and I cannot forget to mention the great actors & actresses! (And yes some "hot" looking actors & actresses I must admit)!
I like a few of the newer films - but I look for ones with the "older" look and feel to them like Burton's "Sleepy Hollow" and Watkins/Goldman's "Woman In Black" (2012).
Pit and the Pendulum (1961) really is one of the scariest films & Poe adaptations. The film is creepy! And that damned Pendulum coming down *shivers*. This film scared the dickens out of me as a kid and it still scares the daylights out of me!
NO you do not need blood, guts and a large body count for horror films. What is needed for a GOOD horror film is to have the viewer to use their own imagination - to "interact" with the film so to speak. Examples: Having the viewer wondering things like: "What is that creaking noise? "What was that shadow?" "Look at that Pendulum!" etc... I know you guys must know exactly what I am driving at here.
"I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me." ~ The Invisible Man
Yes and I'm glad there are others who love these classics! Around Halloween (or just any stormy Saturday night) I love watching these type of films. Vincent Prince plays the evil, corrupted madman better than anyone and this remains one of his best.
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For a comedic touch to the haunted castles:
The Raven (1963) ~ Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff + a very young Jack Nicholson // The sorcerers' duel is wonderful!
Young Frankenstein ~ a terrific parody of "Frankenstein", "Bride of Frankenstein" and "Son of Frankenstein"
As for dramatic horror: I can't recall if "The Terror" (1963) has been listed.
For chilling, there are these Val Lewton productions, not necessarily in castles but very "period":
Bedlam
Isle of the Dead
The Body Snatcher
Boris Karloff provides brilliant performances as three very different types of men.
Plus, there's "I Walked with a Zombie", often described as "'Jane Eyre' in the tropics" though it's not "period"; it does have many riveting scenes. But, that could be wandering too far astray. It also is a Val Lewton production.
(W)hat are we without our dreams?
Making sure our fantasies
Do not overpower our realities. ~ RC
One of my favourites is Bava's The Whip and the Body.
shareI do love these Gothic Horror Castles of 50's-70's movies. :)
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