Horrors Of The Past

[jaycad]

name='wellendcanons' date='05 July 2010 - 10:14 AM' timestamp='1278321250' post='447969']

My favourite horror-based episode of Thriller is Someone At The Top Of The Stairs. This is an excellent series though for a scare and when it was first shown I was scared witless. Infact I remember hearing Mum say to Dad; "It's Saturday Night and Dave's been watching Thriller. So the landing light stays on!"

wellendcanons.

That's also a good (if somewhat strange) episode! I'd imagine that i'd have been terrified as a kid watching them if i'd been old enough to (i think i must have been 2 or 4 years old)!

[wellendcanons]

name='jaycad' date='05 July 2010 - 11:08 AM' timestamp='1278324529' post='447986']

That's also a good (if somewhat strange) episode! I'd imagine that i'd have been terrified as a kid watching them if i'd been old enough to (i think i must have been 2 or 4 years old)!

That Thriller episode probably gave me the worst nightmares. Another one I found very scary was Dial A Deadly Number. It was the mad cackling of Linda Liles as she was attacking Gary Collins. I was a bit older by then as well and I thought I'd built up an immune system to the series, but that episode just wrecked me all over again. Another episode that made me very uncomfortable was I'm The Girl He Wants To Kill. Julie Sommars spends the second half of the episode running around a multi-storey office block being pursued by a dangerous psychopath. No violence is seen on screen, but so menacing. Excellent stuff.



wellendcanons.

[Monkeymanbob]

I was lucky enough as a child to have a tv in bedroom before it became the norm, huge black & white thing, and would watch all the horror and sci-fi movies and nothing scared me like killer insect movies. There was one where they built a hotel in the desert in a polluted area and then the ants attack! I knew vampires and the such didn't exist, but I knew we had ants in the garden.



Years later I saw "The Haunting" and have to agree that it's one of the spookiest movies out there, it's not until the film has finished and you switch of the lights, and the creaking and groaning of the house starts that the fear takes you.



I saw Jaws at an on site cinema when it frst came out, I would have been 6 or 7 and I cried my eyes out when they killed the shark, my Dad had to carry me out. I was upset because the shark had just been doing what sharks naturally do, eat, and it was unfair.

[jimw1]

name='wellendcanons' date='05 July 2010 - 10:09 AM' timestamp='1278320997' post='447968']

I prefer films that play with the mind. Few fit that category better than The Haunting.



wellendcanons.

Well Said mr wellendcanons...........

[paul kersey]

Totally agree with the previous comments re "The Haunting". I watched it again for the umpteenth time a few days ago and it is still as scary as ever. Just one thing though, how come Julie Harris drives a left hand drive Hillman Husky in a film that is set in the states, although filmed in Warwickshire with a largely British cast.

[jaycad]

name='paul kersey' date='06 July 2010 - 11:37 AM' timestamp='1278412676' post='448371']

Totally agree with the previous comments re "The Haunting". I watched it again for the umpteenth time a few days ago and it is still as scary as ever. Just one thing though, how come Julie Harris drives a left hand drive Hillman Husky in a film that is set in the states, although filmed in Warwickshire with a largely British cast.

I watched it last night and cannot understand it being set in new england?(unless it's based on a novel?) It's a good atmospheric film but not as good as 'the innocents' IMO

[scenesixty]

I remember watching Bette Davis in 'The Nanny' and that silent scene where she is hovering outside the bedroom door with a pillow in her arms made me feel quite queasy.. Then the horrible scene(s) between her and 'Aunt Penn' (Jill Bennett)- very uneasy to watch-and a brilliant pysch-chiller that stayed in the memory...

[thatllbetheday]

name='jaycad' date='06 July 2010 - 11:42 AM' timestamp='1278412924' post='448373']

I watched it last night and cannot understand it being set in new england?(unless it's based on a novel?) It's a good atmospheric film but not as good as 'the innocents' IMO

The Haunting is based on a novel by American author, Shirley Jackson entitled The Haunting of Hill House and was set in New England.I think people believe that it's a British film because of the largely English cast (though they were attempting American accents). I agree that The Innocents was a superior film, but The Haunting was memorable. For me, the creepiest bit was when Julie Harris thanks Claire Bloom for holding her hand during the night across their beds. Claire answers "I wasn't holding your hand" Aaaaaaaaaaah!

[jaycad]

name='thatllbetheday' date='08 July 2010 - 07:52 PM' timestamp='1278615169' post='449247']

The Haunting is based on a novel by American author, Shirley Jackson entitled The Haunting of Hill House and was set in New England.I think people believe that it's a British film because of the largely English cast (though they were attempting American accents). I agree that The Innocents was a superior film, but The Haunting was memorable. For me, the creepiest bit was when Julie

Harris thanks Claire Bloom for holding her hand during the

night across their beds. Claire answers "I wasn't holding

your hand" Aaaaaaaaaaah!

Thanks for the info! It does have a very british feel to it, i always imagine an american haunted house to be wooden like the 'amityville' house! Claire blooms doesn't sound like she's adopting an american accent at all to me but it is an enjoyable film!

[DB7]

name='thatllbetheday' date='08 July 2010 - 07:52 PM' timestamp='1278615169' post='449247']





The Haunting is based on a novel by American author, Shirley Jackson entitled The Haunting of Hill House and was set in New England.I think people believe that it's a British film because of the largely English cast

Shot at Elstree too. I'd say it's a co-pro.

[Onedin]

Funny I should come across this thread well past my bedtime, but I came across this link earlier tonight on Yahoo.



Haven't had time to read back on here so sorry if it's been posted up before.







Greatest British Horror Films

[Mark O]

name='paul kersey' date='06 July 2010 - 11:37 AM' timestamp='1278412676' post='448371']

Totally agree with the previous comments re "The Haunting". I watched it again for the umpteenth time a few days ago and it is still as scary as ever. Just one thing though, how come Julie Harris drives a left hand drive Hillman Husky in a film that is set in the states, although filmed in Warwickshire with a largely British cast.

I'm guessing as the former Rootes plant was nearby (Coventry area I think) they would have asked for a loan or possibly have purchased a Hillman Husky that was due for export.

[paul kersey]

name='Mark O' date='09 July 2010 - 09:12 AM' timestamp='1278663145' post='449355']

I'm guessing as the former Rootes plant was nearby (Coventry area I think) they would have asked for a loan or possibly have purchased a Hillman Husky that was due for export.

Good point! It seems kind of hard to believe that the Americans would ever buy a Hillman Husky,wonder how many did?

[Mark O]

name='paul kersey' date='09 July 2010 - 11:16 AM' timestamp='1278670603' post='449384']

Good point! It seems kind of hard to believe that the Americans would ever buy a Hillman Husky,wonder how many did?

I wonder Paul, a fair few along with the Canadians I would have thought, I've seen photos of BMC vehicles being readied for shipping, I assume Rootes would have been in on the 'export or die' philosophy of postwar Britain also, I know the cute lil' Triumph Mayflower was a success in the USA.

[elvisrocks69]

My favourite Amicus films have to be the classic '' Tales From The Crypt'' & '' Asylum ''

with Peter Cushing & Robert Powell giving a great performance ( but then again when did Peter give a bad one )

[Gerald Lovell]

name='elvisrocks69' date='13 July 2010 - 11:10 AM' timestamp='1279015849' post='451192']

My favourite Amicus films have to be the classic '' Tales From The Crypt'' & '' Asylum ''

with Peter Cushing & Robert Powell giving a great performance ( but then again when did Peter give a bad one )

Much as I love Peter Cushing, I've got to admit I find his performance in At the Earth's Core to be pretty irritating!

[elvisrocks69]

Hi Yes I think your right I forgot about that one ! Another film where Peter was I think really cruel

was '' Cash On Demand '' Ive just posted some of my favourite hammer quads from my own collection in my gallery so if any members would like too comment & tell me what you think !