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The Strange Door (1951)
Underraterd
Aside from Karloff being one of my favorite actors with his numerous character portrayals. Charles Laughton can compliment any script he was an outstanding talent. His character in The Strange Door highlights his ability for sophisticated characterization of a truly ruthless and vindictive man, it is outstanding and I am astonished by this films low marks. It gets an 8 from me and I even toyed with rating it higher. And of course there is Karloff I can't say enough about his talents. The Gothic atmosphere all the secret passageways make for a great castle adventure. I purchased this film in a Boris Karloff collection which includes The Tower of London and 4 or 5 other great Karloff films but once again Laughton is by far the great talent in this Gothic horror flick from the early 50s.
Willow (1988)
Outstanding Fantasy
I have found so often in the fantasy genre very few well done films. Most are second grade B movies. I recommend Willow to any fantasy film buff. Highly entertaining, great effects and acting even by the baby. Val Kilmer is suited for so many roles and his role as Madmartigan in this film is no exception. Jean Marsh's role as Queen Bavmorda is similar in ways that remind me somewhat of the evil queen in the Snow White story (only meaner). And of course we must not forget the role of the dwarf Willow Ufgood (the hero of the story) played by midget Warwick Davis. This film held my attention through out it gets an all around 10 from me.
Sansone (1961)
COWARDS!!!
This is a really badly dubbed movie as far as the english dialogue is concerned. I don't know how it is in Italian but the English version uses the word COWARD in what seems like every other sentence. I have heard better dialogue in a Speed Racer Cartoon. Its not to bad if you like to see muscle men running around in technicolor miniskirts. Its also good for a few unintentional laughs for bad movie watchers such as myself. I rated this movie a 2 only because believe it or not I've seen worse. COWARDS!!! Sincerely bagtown 2002
Scared to Death (1946)
Bela and Zucco
I bought this film being an avid classics collector especially of some of the old horror actors like Lugosi and Zucco(a great arch-fiend such as the role of Dr. Moriarity in some Sherlock Holmes endeavors) I found this movie tried to hard to be scary and campy. although it had an aura of the gumshoe mystery to it you could easily get the feeling that the film was almost plotless. However, being Lugosi's only color film it wasn't so bad that I wouldn't have it in my collection. I rated it a hesitant 4 (I debated with a 5).
Dracula (1931)
Children of the Night...What Music They Make.
I recently bought this movie and I've seen it 100 times I'm sure. This version I bought, however, has the new Philip Glass music score played by the Kronos quartet. It added quite an eerie and mysterious aura in my opinion. I have some of Glass's music on CD and feel he was quite qualified for this undertaking of an old classic such as Lugosi's Dracula.
Frankenstein (1931)
Its Alive
As a Universal Classic Horror movie Fan and die hard Boris fan this is one of my all time favorites. Colin Clive in his role of Dr. Frankenstein is to me the best part of the movie (although you can't beat Boris' monster). Clive's "its alive" line will forever be remembered. Even Gene Wilder's great recreation of that line is no match for Clive's intensity with its psychotic overtones. The scene with the villagers and their torches is a classic dramatized lynch mob. Sincerely Bagtown2002