Best Classic Horror Franchise

[deckard]

This is in response to my earlier poll, as I didn't list any classic franchises.

[deckard]

My vote goes to Dracula, both for boosting the popularity and therefore adding to the juggernaut of vampire films, and for having amongst it one of my favourite classic horror films: 1945's House Of Dracula.

[codzine]

Difficult, but I went with Frankenstein.

[Peekysdad]

I pretty much consider the Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Wolf Man sequels to be part of the same series since they are so intertwined. They are all solid gold fun! Phantom of the Opera and Dr. Jekyll aren't really franchises. Creature From the Black Lagoon is more of a franchise than they are, but it's only made up of the three films. I like the Mummy series, but it's the most repetetitive. The Mummy's Tomb is mostly reused footage from The Mummy's Hand. I like the Invisible Man films, too. The original is a brilliant James Whale classic and Returns is worth it just for Vincent Price. The best thing about the others are the special effects. Anyway, I'm going with Frankenstein. ;D

[deckard]

I suppose I counted Phantom... and Dr. Jekyll... as franchises because they've been remade so many times that they may as well be. I don't class myself as much of a classic horror aficionado, and I guess I should have gotten my facts sorted before I post.

[Captain Midnight]

Frankenstein. You get not only Karloff, but Dwight Frye, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, Lon Chaney jr, Maria Ouspenskaya and Bela Lugosi as Igor. All of Universal's greats are eventually folded in the Frankenstein pictures.

[bigmac]

What the Captain said.

[bolobow]

What era is considered the "classic" era of Horror. 20's 40's 60's? I seem to remember quite a few films comming from the Hammer studios or are these covered under "Dracula" "Frankenstein" etc. Not that the Universal films don't warm the blood.

[Scary Gary]

My vote was for Frankenstein. It has been my favorite horror story for years.

[deckard]

Apr 12, 2010 22:50:24 GMT -5 bolobow said:

What era is considered the "classic" era of Horror. 20's 40's 60's? I seem to remember quite a few films comming from the Hammer studios or are these covered under "Dracula" "Frankenstein" etc. Not that the Universal films don't warm the blood.

By classic I wasn't eally being precise, I just meant pre-70's and possible - but not necessarily - pre-60's.

[marwood]

Frankenstein for me,and thats for both the classic Universal and the Hammer movies. I adore Bride,for me it's one of the best sequels of all time.

[torontoscott]

I had to go with the Universal Frankenstein series as well, as the original and its sequels were at an entirely different level from the others. Want proof? Try a Son of Frankenstein/Son of Dracula double bill.

For me, the Invisible Man series is next best. The sequels move away from the 'horror' and wind up being goofy fun.

The Invisible Agent is a hoot (to borrow a phrase from Tony) as some bumbling Nazis are the victims of some invisible shenanigans.

[deckard]

My own vote was for Dracula, with my pretty much only seeing Count films. I've (criminally) not seen a single film with Frankenstein in (House Of Dracula and - shudder - Van Helsing aside), but were I to, as based on the evidence above me, I will probably be changing my vote.

[Captain Midnight]

Apr 21, 2010 11:34:09 GMT -5 deckard said:

My own vote was for Dracula, with my pretty much only seeing Count films. I've (criminally) not seen a single film with Frankenstein in (House Of Dracula and - shudder - Van Helsing aside), but were I to, as based on the evidence above me, I will probably be changing my vote.

Yeah. I wish that I could experience them all again for the first time. In a way, I envy you. Definitely get those on your Netflix or pick them up from Amazon.