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Date Posted: 00:36:28 08/04/08 Mon
Author: Tim
Subject: Re: Poll: Favorite Universal Horror moments...
In reply to: Rick 's message, "Poll: Favorite Universal Horror moments..." on 22:56:51 07/25/08 Fri

Yes, Lionel Atwill as Krogh was quite a scene stealer in that picture, a wonderful performance.

It must have been interesting to see one of the movies from the Frankenstein series while the series was still ongoing...House of Dracula came out in 1945, and Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein in 1948.

I didn't see any of them until the 1960s, on television.

Tim

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[> [> Re: Poll: Favorite Universal Horror moments... -- DAN, 08:40:08 08/04/08 Mon [1]

The first Universal horror film I saw was Dracula. That was way back in 1957 on Shock Theater in NYC. I was 8 years old.

A few more Universal Horror Moments:

Werewolf of London:
Hull's tranformation to werewolf when he walks past those pillars.

Son of Frankenstein:
When the monster found Ygor after being shot by Wolf. And Krogh having his wooden arm ripped out.

The Mummy's Curse:
The scene where the reincarnated Princess Ananka comes back to life in the swamp.


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[> [> [> Shock Theater -- Tim, 01:00:52 08/05/08 Tue [1]

Shock Theater had a big impact, bringing all the old horror movies to a new young audience via the (relatively) new medium of television.

Tim


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[> [> [> [> Re: Shock Theater -- Officer Torch, 19:18:16 08/05/08 Tue [1]

Tim...in my area, we had "Chiller" with opener showing a hand rising from a grave maybe, and several host type "scary movie" shows....a biggie was Zacherly, and some others. It is interesting to reminise about the old time shows. Not much like this around....so my friend, we may be showing our age. You know, it would be nice maybe for a horror like version of TCM to show some of our old favorites, or some Public TV or access channel, with of course suitable warnings to keep the little ones from getting frightened. Naturally, after all such viewings, regardless of age, one should check for monsters under the bed before goin' to sleep.


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[> [> [> [> [> Re: Shock Theater -- Tim, 01:19:01 08/06/08 Wed [1]

The Shock Theater package was a little before my time. Chiller was another famous one, and Zacherly seems to be one of the best-remembered of the early horror hosts, along with Vampira from the west coast. John Zacherle is his real name, and I believe he is still alive. I didn't grow up on the east or west coasts where the more famous hosts worked, but in the 1960s and 1970s there were some great "scary movie" shows in my area, with some pretty cool hosts.

Tim


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