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As a kid, there were horror movies that plain scared me, and those I enjoyed being scared of. I couldn't get enough of the staple movies...Frankenstein and Wolf man were my two favorites, as well as their follow-on movies. The Mummy came in 3rd place, and Dracula was a boring 4th. I think Bella tried too hard.
Boris Karloff was my hero in the early 1960's. And to think his movies were almost 30 years old at the time! Monster movies came on late Saturday nights. My buds and I would watch them in our basement until the National Anthem and that B&W Indian screen pattern told me to go to bed. Sometimes dad would sneak downstairs and jump out of the dark at us.
Two movies which really scared me right off were "House of Wax" and "House on Haunted Hill". The thought of pouring scalding wax on live people was too creepy, as well as acid baths.
Then there were the ridiculous Sci-Fi B movies, and I liked every one of them. Most had everything to do with irradiated animals and people s you know. Giant crabs eating human brains, then talking? Gigantic headed aliens that beeped in the night and killed cattle and teenagers by injecting them with lethal doses of alcohol that dripped from their dagger-like fingernails Yeah, I like that too. And the Colossal Man spearing that poor medic with a giant needle and syringe...oh, the horror.
Boris Karloff was my hero in the early 1960's. And to think his movies were almost 30 years old at the time! Monster movies came on late Saturday nights. My buds and I would watch them in our basement until the National Anthem and that B&W Indian screen pattern told me to go to bed. Sometimes dad would sneak downstairs and jump out of the dark at us.
Two movies which really scared me right off were "House of Wax" and "House on Haunted Hill". The thought of pouring scalding wax on live people was too creepy, as well as acid baths.
Then there were the ridiculous Sci-Fi B movies, and I liked every one of them. Most had everything to do with irradiated animals and people s you know. Giant crabs eating human brains, then talking? Gigantic headed aliens that beeped in the night and killed cattle and teenagers by injecting them with lethal doses of alcohol that dripped from their dagger-like fingernails Yeah, I like that too. And the Colossal Man spearing that poor medic with a giant needle and syringe...oh, the horror.
) But I do love those old 1950s B monster sci fi movies...and you mentioned two of my favorites:
Always good to have another fan of B monster sci fi movies. This is one of my favorites and it's not even good, but what a strange family of date farmers.
