The Day After…………
The countdown may have ended yesterday with some kick ass movies, but now that it has reached the end what do you do with all this? Watch all the films? Watch select ones? I haven’t counted how many films are included in this countdown, but I know it’s a LOT. Here are ways to schedule your Halloween viewing from these films if you just don;t know where to start or what to include.
Years ago we used to hold an all day “themed” Halloween movie marathon. Here were the themes as I remember them.
Universal: This one actually stretched into 2 days. We watched a TON of Universals and had a load of fun. Here is what you could pick from this list
Phantom of the Opera (Chaney and even the Claude Rains version)
Hunchback of Notre Dame (Chaney again)
Dracula
Frankenstein
The Mummy
The Invisible Man
Bride of Frankenstein
Werewolf of London
Dracula’s Daughter
Son of Frankenstein
The Mummy’s hand
Return of the Invisible man
The Wolfman
Ghost of Frankenstein
Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman
The Mummy’s Tomb
Invisible Woman
Invisible agent
The Mummy’s Ghost
Captive Wild Woman
House of Frankenstein
Invisible man’s revenge
Son of Dracula
House of Dracula
The Mummy’s Curse
Man Made Monster
Night Monster
Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein
The Black Cat
The Raven
The Invisible Ray
For extra fun you could watch the Frankenstein/Wolfman films in order to watch how the loose continuity went
1. Frankenstein
2. Bride of Frankenstein
3. Son of Frankenstein
4. Ghost of Frankenstein
5. The Wolfman
6. Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman
7. House of Frankenstein
8. House of Dracula
9. Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein
PS – Whatever you do DON’T watch She Wolf of London. It stinks!
Hammer: We selected the best of the Hammers (and a couple of not so best) including ones we had never seen (at that time) like The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires.
1. Horror of Dracula
2. Curse of Frankenstein
3. Curse of the Werewolf
4. Brides of Dracula
5. Plague of the Zombies
6. The Mummy
7. The Reptile
8. Dracula Prince of Darkness
9. Dracula Has Risen From the Grave
8. Revenge of Frankenstein
9. Evil of Frankenstein
10. Taste the Blood of Dracula
11. Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde
12. Scars of Dracula
13. Frankenstein Created Woman
14. Horror of Frankenstein
15. Dracula AD
16. The Devil Rides Out
17. Frankenstein MUST Be Destroyed
18. Satanic Rites of Dracula
19. Kiss of the Vampire
20. Frankenstein and the monster From Hell
21. Quatermass 1
22. Quatermass 2
23. Quatermass and the pit
24. Phantom of the Opera
25. Twins of Evil
26. Vampire Lovers
Vincent Price:
The Fly
Abominable Dr. Phibes
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Theater of Blood
Comedy Of Terrors
Pit and the Pendulum
Fall of House of Usher
House on Haunted Hill
The Tingler
The Raven
Tales of Terror
Witchfinder General
Masque of Red Death
House of Wax
you can also add…
The Haunted Palace
The Tomb of Ligea
Last Man on Earth
Asian:
Mr. Vampire
Chinese Ghost Story
Godzilla
Monster Zero
Ghidorah the three headed monster
Godzilla vs King Ghidorah
King Kong vs Godzilla
Kwaidan
The Eye
Ultra Q
Destroy all Monsters
Matango
Human Vapor
H- Man
Gamera 1
Gamera 2
Gamera 3
OR…you can make up a theme.
10 best Sci films…..
Andromeda Strain
Time Machine
Day the earth Stood Still
Planet of the Apes
Incredible shrinking man
War of the Worlds
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Forbidden Planet
Alien
Metropolis
and you can add….
Dark City
Matrix
Earth vs the Flying Saucers
It Terror From Space
Anyway…you get the idea. Have a great year! See you next Halloween.
HH,
Robert
Thanks for some quality points there. I am kind of new to online , so I printed this off to put in my file, any better way to go about keeping track of it then printing?
Hi EMT,
Thanks for coming by. I guess you could copy and paste it all into a document on your computer. Would that work for you?
Best,
Robert
hi thanks for the infomation, It was nice to finally read a great blog that actually makes sense. I will be back in a bit to read some more. Nice work
I do not normally reply to posts but I’ll in this situation.
my God, i thought you had been going to chip in with some decisive insght in the finish there, not go away it
with ‘we leave it to you to decide’.
Hi Tagesgeld….
Decisive insight? You mean you can’t come up with that on your own?
Best,
Robert