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dreamer09 says "I think this genre of Horror movies is the best" about Horror Movies, Old Movies, Best Horror Movies 1930 to 1934 Part 1

dreamer09 — Sat, 09 May 2009 09:14:36 GMT

As a little girl, I can remember my Mom watching "Chiller Theater", a local Saturday night show which played the "old" horror flicks. Mostly they were at that time, stuff like "Dracula" with Bela Lugosi and "Frankenstein" with Boris Karloff. There were lots more but these two stick in my mind to this day. When I got older, I was allowed to join Mom watching these great old films. Thus began my lifelong love affair with all horror movies. These movies are real artistic masterpieces eventhough the special effects were primitve by today's standards. "Dracula" was the first of the vampire movies. Bela Lugosi had portrayed the beleagured Count on stage and was the obvious choice for the film version. The movie was dark and moody. In the day, as now, is wonderfully scary "Frankenstein" is another wonderful film in the same era. Bela Lugosi was slated to be the star but refused because of the lack of dialog. The starring role of the "Monster" went to Boris Karloff instead. ...

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ChrisJarmick says "Karloff, Lugosi, Frankenstein, Dracula, Mummy & more ...oh my!" about Horror Movies, Old Movies, Best Horror Movies 1930 to 1934 Part 1

ChrisJarmick — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:00:14 GMT

By 1927, Horror Movies were delighting, shocking, scaring audiences and controversy was beginning to brew. What effects were these nightmarish ghoulish images having on the public at large?

Lon Chaney starred in director Tod Browning's macabre tale The Unknown 1927 in which he played Alonzo the Armless, a carnival knife-throwing performer supposedly with no arms, hopelessly in love with a young woman. I won't spoil the twists in this highly recommended film.

One of the biggest Broadway hits was the 1927 stage adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula starring a mysterious hungarian actor named Bela Lugosi.

The era of sound was ushered into existence by 1929 and Tod Browning and Lon Chaney re-made The UnHoly Three in which Chaney portrayed several characters using 5 voices proving he would make an almost seamless change from the silent era to sound. Unfortunately he tragically died of a throat hemorrhage, just as the film was released.

The planned Dracula stage to...

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