I recently received a 30-pack of Universal Horror and I have been watching them left and right. I enjoy them, but I've yet to find a definitive film that tilts the needle in a positive direction. Ultimately, I think what I was searching for was a similar feeling to what I felt back when I was a kid and was watching all the slasher films for the first time or five or so years ago when I really dove into Full Moon Features. That is, that even if the films didn't have top-of-the-line actors, directors, or have in-depth, fully fleshed out concepts, I'd still find a lot to enjoy from them, and every once in a while, I'd find a film and think, "That was a really good film. I could go to bad for this film."
After I finish the Universal collection that started with Phantom of the Opera and ends with, I believe, the third Creature from the Black Lagoon film, I think I'll want to start on the Hammer films.
Unfortunately, there isn't a Hammer Collection box-set. I mean, I did find one box-set with twenty-one films, but it only includes the later films (no Dracula, Frankenstein, or any of that.), is available as a Region 2 disc (doesn't work on US DVD players), and is over $100 (which I don't think is worth it, maybe if it had the better known films).
Question: What Hammer Horror Films would you recommend? (Don't say all of them, ... I work in a retail store.) If you can go to bat with some of their originals, ones that aren't remakes, I'd be very grateful. Feel free to recommend some of the crime noir films either, though, I'll be focusing on them later on.
Here's What I'm Definitely Getting:
1. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
2. Dracula (1958)
3. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
4. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
5. The Mummy (1959)
6. The Brides of Dracula (1960)
7. The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
8. The Curse of the Werewolf (1960)
9. Phantom of the Opera (1962)
10. The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)
11. The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
12. The Gorgon (1964)
13. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) - If I can find it reasonably priced.
14. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
15. The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
16. The Devil Rides Out (1968)
17. Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
18. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
19. Scars of Dracula (1970)
20. The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
21. Countess Dracula (1971)
22. Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
23. Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
24. Hands of the Ripper (1971)
25. Dracula A.D. 1972
26. Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
27. The Legend of the Golden Vampires (1974)
On the Fence about:
1. X the Unknown
2. The Abominable Snowman
3. The Man Who Could Cheat Death
4. Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
5. The Reptile
After I finish the Universal collection that started with Phantom of the Opera and ends with, I believe, the third Creature from the Black Lagoon film, I think I'll want to start on the Hammer films.
Unfortunately, there isn't a Hammer Collection box-set. I mean, I did find one box-set with twenty-one films, but it only includes the later films (no Dracula, Frankenstein, or any of that.), is available as a Region 2 disc (doesn't work on US DVD players), and is over $100 (which I don't think is worth it, maybe if it had the better known films).
Question: What Hammer Horror Films would you recommend? (Don't say all of them, ... I work in a retail store.) If you can go to bat with some of their originals, ones that aren't remakes, I'd be very grateful. Feel free to recommend some of the crime noir films either, though, I'll be focusing on them later on.
Here's What I'm Definitely Getting:
1. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
2. Dracula (1958)
3. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
4. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
5. The Mummy (1959)
6. The Brides of Dracula (1960)
7. The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
8. The Curse of the Werewolf (1960)
9. Phantom of the Opera (1962)
10. The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)
11. The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
12. The Gorgon (1964)
13. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) - If I can find it reasonably priced.
14. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
15. The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
16. The Devil Rides Out (1968)
17. Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
18. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
19. Scars of Dracula (1970)
20. The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
21. Countess Dracula (1971)
22. Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
23. Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
24. Hands of the Ripper (1971)
25. Dracula A.D. 1972
26. Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
27. The Legend of the Golden Vampires (1974)
On the Fence about:
1. X the Unknown
2. The Abominable Snowman
3. The Man Who Could Cheat Death
4. Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
5. The Reptile