Which 1950's Horror Flick is Your Favorite?

by littlebuffalo55TBA Posted 2012/10/17 19:49:12

Related Topics: Films, Body, Horror, Still, Classic, War Of The Worlds, Genre, Film, Earth, War, Black Lagoon, House

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	1953 "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms"	1 vote	2%
	1951 "The Day the Earth Stood Still"	10 votes	16%
	1954 "Them"	8 votes	13%
	1958 "The Fly"	7 votes	11%
	1958 "The Blob"	5 votes	8%
	1959 "The Hound of the Baskervilles"	1 vote	2%
	1956 "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers"	7 votes	11%
	1953 "House of Wax"	10 votes	16%
	1953 "War of the Worlds"	9 votes	14%
	1954 "The Creature from the Black Lagoon"	6 votes	9%

Lot's of these have been remade. Some newer films of this genre are just on the horizon. That said which of these top ten 50's Classics is best? I have seen all these.

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Chris- Demon of the PHAET 2012/10/17 20:29:33

1953 "War of the Worlds"

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I like them all.

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Quietman ~PWCM~JLA 2012/10/19 20:06:45

1953 "War of the Worlds"

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They're all so much fun to hard to pick a favorite

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littleb... to Quietma... 2012/10/19 20:45:03

So true....I posted this and really just voted for the Creature because no one had. Then I remembered I always felt sorry for him! Read down a bit and there is a little famous history to that thought.

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Sister Jean 2012/10/19 15:39:01

1953 "House of Wax"

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really

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littleb... to Sister ... 2012/10/19 15:43:07

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No doubt Silence of the Lambs is awesome! I enjoyed the sequels too. Hannibal is quite a riveting personality.

I think Vincent Price had some of that as well. His voice got me in creep mode as a kid!

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Sister ... to littleb... 2012/10/19 16:08:17

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Vincent was sure scary

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Footage 2012/10/18 16:00:18

1953 "War of the Worlds"

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I was going to go with the Creature from the Black Lagoon. But then as I went down the list it became harder and harder to pick. Classics every one. Loved them all.

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littleb... to Footage 2012/10/18 17:21:21

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Hahaa....well the Creature did start out slow. I finally chimed in to vote for him. I always felt kind of bad for him. If you scroll down you will see where another poster reminded me of a very great scene! In the Marilyn Monroe movie "The Seven Year Itch" she goes with her married neighbor (summer in NY his wife and kid are in the country) to see a movie. It happens to be the Creature and as they walk out she says how she feels sorry for him. This is just a bit before this legendary shot!

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Footage to littleb... 2012/10/18 19:26:26

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Nice! Thanks for the trivia. Yeah, I always thought he was just sadly misunderstood.

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littleb... to Footage 2012/10/18 19:34:19

My pleasure. My friend was the one who reminded me of it.

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Katja 2012/10/18 09:02:11

1959 "The Hound of the Baskervilles"

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I haven't watched a lot of those,but I love Sherlock Holmes :)

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littleb... to Katja 2012/10/18 17:22:30

That's great because you are the 1st to vote for the Hounds. It is a great flick!

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Catnip 2012/10/18 08:04:13

1954 "Them"

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I love all these old horror movies. Thank God for DVD's. I just make a huge tub of popcorn and no one will see me for the rest of the day!

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littleb... to Catnip 2012/10/18 08:15:52

Nice good for you!

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Mvr 2012/10/18 06:27:23

1954 "Them"

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The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Fly and House of Wax.

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littleb... to Mvr 2012/10/18 06:29:33

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All fun!

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Mvr to littleb... 2012/10/18 06:36:11

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Could never get tired of them. Plus the Hammer films were my favorite.

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JohnT 2012/10/18 04:56:26

1958 "The Blob"

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I loved the blob it was silly but I saw it a couple of times.

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littleb... to JohnT 2012/10/18 05:00:43

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Silly is what makes some of these so classic.

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EdVenture 2012/10/18 04:11:23

1958 "The Blob"

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littleb... to EdVenture 2012/10/18 04:20:01

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Hey Ed....do me a favor! Take your idiotic vain attempt at a political joke and ummm venture on out! This poll is listed in the Entertainment Section! This was done on purpose!

Oh and don't bother responding as I have Gort warming up in the Bullpen!

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janice.heartbriggs 2012/10/18 03:45:17

1953 "War of the Worlds"

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i haven't seen all of those, but of the ones ihave seen on your list, war of the worlds was my fave

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littleb... to janice.... 2012/10/18 03:52:35 (edited)

One of my all time favorites. Did you know Orson Wells and a group of actors performed it on the radio in 1938 so well many who listened panicked thinking it was real?

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janice.... to littleb... 2012/10/18 03:55:04

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my grandmother said something about that... at the time i wondered if it was true

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littleb... to janice.... 2012/10/18 03:57:08

So I have heard as well. There was no television and by 1938 the clouds of WW2 had to be making people very jumpy.

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janice.... to littleb... 2012/10/18 04:00:01

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i never thought about that part, i'm so used to seeing TV everywhere

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Taco240811 2012/10/18 03:37:48

1953 "House of Wax"

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My friend told me that back in your grandma's day, THE FLY was the scariest movie around. XD

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littleb... to Taco240811 2012/10/18 03:40:03

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It very well could be? They were all scary in their own way. House of Wax is certainly up there in the scare!

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Taco240811 to littleb... 2012/10/18 03:45:08

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I want to see this version of HOW. I've only seen the modern version. :T

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littleb... to Taco240811 2012/10/18 03:48:27

Ha....I have never seen the remake. I have of The Fly and War of the Worlds. The remake of The Fly i really liked. War of the Worlds....Eh was just ok.

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MichaelDillon 2012/10/18 03:20:00

1951 "The Day the Earth Stood Still"

+2

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littleb... to Michael... 2012/10/18 03:34:08

You're in good company it is the favorite.

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King of Gummy Bears 2012/10/18 02:05:11

1958 "The Blob"

+1
The Blob gives me chills! LOL

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littleb... to King of... 2012/10/18 02:14:52

+1

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Balladeer-PWCM-POTL 2012/10/18 02:03:43

1954 "Them"

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THEM...as well as The Beast from 20K Fathoms....the latter a great Harryhausen vehicle

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littleb... to Ballade... 2012/10/18 02:15:34

The Beast is a great one!

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Ballade... to littleb... 2012/10/18 02:30:26

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yes indeed and it led to THIS movie being created seems the Director of Beast had a daughter and she was upset the Beast died...so the director and writers got together and did a sort of 'kinder gentler' version of Beast...

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littleb... to Ballade... 2012/10/18 03:01:30

+1
I have seen "Gorgo". I like it as well.

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Ballade... to littleb... 2012/10/18 03:08:47

+1
it's on my shelf of 'guilty pleasures' along with several Godzilla movies and THIS one...

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M A 2012/10/18 02:02:19

1953 "War of the Worlds"

+1
Scared the bejeebus out of me

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littleb... to M A 2012/10/18 02:03:37

Lol...the whole bejeebus or maybe 1/2?

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