Vampires? Christopher Lee:
Werewolves? Lon Chaney, Jr.:
Dr. Frankenstein? Colin Clive:
And Frankenstein's monster? Well, come on now.....
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Monsters
There's been a real uptick in vampire, werewolf, and other monster types in the movies and on TV in the past several years. They all miss the boat. By a mile. Here are the real deals:
Vampires? Christopher Lee:
Werewolves? Lon Chaney, Jr.:
Dr. Frankenstein? Colin Clive:
And Frankenstein's monster? Well, come on now.....
Vampires? Christopher Lee:
Werewolves? Lon Chaney, Jr.:
Dr. Frankenstein? Colin Clive:
And Frankenstein's monster? Well, come on now.....
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The classics are hard to beat.
Maybe a little before our time, but the guy who played the original, original vamp - "Nosferatu" - in the silent classic. Think his name was Max Schreck (?)
Terrifying. Positively. Terrifying.
There is nothing that can beat a good old fashioned black and white monster movie.
Yes to Max Schreck. Also Bela Lugosi. Those were the days when movies could scare an audience without buckets of blood & gore. They actually used suspense, and left a lot to our imaginations--shocking thought these days.
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