Your favorite horror film of all time

[CaptFun]

Tough one.

Night of the Demon?

Freaky scary when I saw it on TV at age 12. There really is a devil. Don’t mess with the occult.

It used the unseen and music to its advantage (as later classics like Jaws did).

Some of the special effects would not scare me now – but back in the day they gave me bad dreams … especially the end of it. :bigyikes:

1957 … also titled “Curse of the Demon”

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The skeptical Dr. John Holden travels to London to meet his friend Professor Harrington and investigate Dr. Julian Karswell, who is the leader of a sect that worships the devil, to expose him as a charlatan. Holden learns that Professor Harrington has just died in a car accident and the goes to the library to read a rare book about the occult that his friend wanted to show him; however the book is missing. Karswell is in the library and offers to lend the book from his private collection and gives his address to Holden. He also secretly hides a parchment into Holden’s document. Soon Holden meets Harrington’s niece Joanna Harrington that warns him how dangerous Karswell is based on her uncle’s diary. Further they discover that Holden is doomed to die in a couple of days and his only chance to break the curse is returning the parchment to Karswell.

• Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

[svid2]

Welcome aboard, Svengoolie master! I always look forward to your Svengoolie posts.

Pax Christi!

Well, here’s another!

Tonight’s near-classic is Island of Terror (1966) with Peter Cushing as Dr. Brian Stanley, who battles some artificial life form that causes yucky deaths.

I’ll provide chips and dip! All you have to do is turn on your T.V. to MeTV at 10 p.m. Eastern.

By the way, attendance is mandatory for all members of the group, Svengoolie fans (see link below).

God bless!

 

[meltzerboy]

Pax Christi!

Well, here’s another!

Tonight’s near-classic is Island of Terror (1966) with Peter Cushing as Dr. Brian Stanley, who battles some artificial life form that causes yucky deaths.

I’ll provide chips and dip! All you have to do is turn on your T.V. to MeTV at 10 p.m. Eastern.

By the way, attendance is mandatory for all members of the group, Svengoolie fans (see link below).

God bless!

This one sounds really good! I’ll be watching. Thanks.

 

[svid2]

This one sounds really good! I’ll be watching. Thanks.

Pax Christi!

Join us! Come over to the dark and silly side!

God bless!

 

[DakiniArtist]

Just (finally!!!) saw The Babadook (excellent) and *A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. *

Girl was arty and gorgeous and about what I expected. Director Lily Amirpour is going places.

 

[meltzerboy]

Just (finally!!!) saw The Babadook (excellent) and *A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. *

Girl was arty and gorgeous and about what I expected. Director Lily Amirpour is going places.

As long as she’s going places, would she mind taking out the garbage? I can’t help it; that phrase “going places” always brings to mind the line Alice utters to Ralph in The Honeymooners.

Carry on…

 

[DakiniArtist]

As long as she’s going places, would she mind taking out the garbage? I can’t help it; that phrase “going places” always brings to mind the line Alice utters to Ralph in The Honeymooners.

Carry on…

Nice!

We did enjoy The Babadook; apropos for Mother’s Day weekend, to be sure. Oh my word. Horror is subjective and this film certainly got me and got me good! Hubby enjoyed it as well and felt it was an incredible picture. Looking forward to seeing the short film on which it is based.

Next on the agenda is It Follows, As Above So Below, and The Quiet Ones.

Hubby and I re-watching the Friday the 13th franchise in order and we’re up to the seventh, with the psychic girl. Yeah, got a thing for slashers of the '70s and '80s. Talked to my Momster Sunday and she got a good, remastered DVD of Metropolis, has been indulging in an incredible HP Lovecraft podcast, and renewed her interest in the Halloween series and all things John Carpenter (she adores The Thing).