MoFo 2015 Halloween Thread

London full of fog, setting boundaries for vision. Dr. Henry Jekyll, brilliant doctor, scientist, & scholar, seeks into the mysteries of soul.. believing man is not truly one, but two. One striving for nobility, respectability, the other satisfying desires binding the self to a dim animal relation with the earth. Yet the two are chained together into one lifeforce. Jekyll wants to separate the two, liberate the primal side to fulfill itself, and trouble him no more. Meanwhile Jekyll is engaged to the lovely Muriel Carew, daughter of the brigadier general. A distinguished man of the old guard who's not interested in rushing a marriage. Only sending Jekyll further into his mysteries with the unknown... becoming Mr. Hyde. Where he soon meets a more promiscuous girl~ Champagne Ivy. While the opportunity is there for a great film, stemming from Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, the Mr Hyde bits come across quite over the top. May be the point they're going for, although i'm not convinced they nailed it. The Dr. Jekyll parts are far more sharp

A difficult choice to pick one with the 1930's, opted for one i've not seen. and going forward, won't necessarily pick a film thinking "greatest horror film of the decade" or whatnot. i'll tend more towards what seems interesting and a bit less discussed. Ended up liking this better than most 30's horror i've seen. May like Dracula better, and perhaps the Invisible Man. There's a good story and conversation hidden in this film, duality of man, better intentions vs a pure inner drive. Even if the Mr Hyde we see here may not embody that primal nature in its truest sense

Rating: + 7.5 / 10

If you hear him howling around your kitchen door, better not let him in, little old lady got mutilated late last night, werewolves of London again. according to an old legend which persists in certain localities, victims of lycanthropy assume physical characteristics of wolf-men. A small village near Talbot Castle claims to have had gruesome experiences with the supernatural creature. A practical man named Larry Talbot's returning to his father's estate after eighteen years overseas. Shortly thereafter he notices the gorgeous girl across the street working at an antique shop. That night they go see the fortune teller gypsies, who pass through here every autumn... and are soon attacked by a creature of folklore

An ole wolf film for the 40's, breeze of a film to watch. And where many werewolf tropes spring from. All-star 30's and 40's horror cast with Claude Rains and Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr's the monster by moonlight, the eerie gypsy Maleva tells witch's tales and drives her lit carriage by night. fogged forests, gothic crypts, and gypsy encampment form a nice autumn atmosphere. The Wolf Man is the only Universal monster to be played by the same actor through all its 1940's appearances, this was Lon Chaney Jr's 'baby.' In 2001 Heavy metal band Iced Earth released a track on their Horror Show album called 'Wolf,' reciting the wolfsbane poem. Just a rockstar cool classic horror film
Have you forgotten? Takes a silver bullet for a werewolf