Iron Jawed Angels
Suffragists push for voting rights
Gandhi
Indian hero defeats British Empire
Selma
MLK had a great dream
Next: Films in which the villain is more interesting than the hero or heroine
Superman*
Christopher Reeve looked great, boring.
Blue Velvet
Frank Booth was endlessly fascinating.
Dracula (just about any version, but 1931 and 1979 are notable)
Smooth-talking count or boring boyfriend?
Next: from your personal Halloween line-up.
Ghostbusters
Favorite: “That’s a big Twinkie”
Dracula
Langella is scary, sexy bloodsucker
The Hidden
Alien criminal likes rock, guns
Next: more good movies for Halloween
Nosferatu
Either version: both are great.
Alien
Saw in theater: so scary!
The Blair Witch Project
Had to check my locks.
Next: even more Halloween movies!
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!
Linus has faith, despite everything
Sleepy Hollow
Depp plays timid, resourceful sleuth
The Shining
A hotel like no other
Next: still more great Halloween movies not already mentioned!
Night of the Demon
Creepy, atmospheric, modern Gothic tale.
Dead of Night
Intertwined ghost stories, great frame.
13 Ghosts
One of William Castle’s best!
Next: still more movies for Halloween!
Halloweentown
My grandson just loves it.
Hocus Pocus
My grandson just loves it.
The Canterville Ghost (the one with Patrick Stewart)
My grandson just loves it.
Next: Films of Lon Chaney, Sr.
The Unknown
“I have lost some…flesh.”
London after Midnight
Second most tragic lost film.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Yes, it made me cry.
Next: films of Boris Karloff.
The Lightning Raider
His screen debut, in 1918
Mr. Wong, Detective
Played Chinese detective (six films)
Isle of the Snake People
His last film, in 1971
Next: Cringeworthy movies with a star in the decline of his or her career
Trog
Joan Crawford studies “missing link.”
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Bela Lugosi, worst film ever.
Xanadu
What was Gene Kelly thinking?
Next: cringeworthy debuts of people who would later have great careers.
Krull
Liam Neeson in nerdy production
Mazes and Monsters
Hanks’s debut. Nerds in tunnels.
Crap, I can’t think of a third and I’m being pulled away to do work. Someone help me out!
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Kirsten Stewart as “Ringtoss Girl”.
I know some won’t say she’s “has a great career”, but she has won BAFA and Cesar Awards, and got the Razzie Award for “Most Improved”.
Next: Non-Dracula vampire flicks.
Vampyr
Great atmosphere; need restored copy.
From Dusk Till Dawn
Also a great truck-stop movie.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
“Yay! It’s opposite.” ~Penny (TBBT)
Next: Dracula films Bram Stoker would HATE.
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Mel Brooks film; disappointing, unfunny.
Love at First Bite
Dracula visits New York City.
Dracula 2000
Dracula really Judas Iscariot? Seriously?
Next: Films of George Hamilton.
Light in the Piazza
Interesting film: loves brain-injured woman.
*
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing*
Woman leaves husband for outlaws.
Loves at First Bite
Dracula loves Susan St. James.
And that’s the totally of his films I’ve seen.
Next: movies that are a modern take on a Shakespeare play.
West Side Story
Romeo and Juliet–in ballet.
She’s the Man
Twelfth Night, with Amanda Bynes.
Kiss Me Kate
Taming shrew. Ignore; play’s better.
Next: Movie musicals that you personally hate.
West Side Story
Don’t care for R&J either.
My Fair Lady
Pygmalion did not need music.
Jesus Christ, Superstar
Stupid musical, stupid name; grates.
Next: more musicals you hate.
Rent
Memorably mocked in *Team America
Oklahoma*
Corny more than one way
Carrie
Stoopid idea for a musical
Next: Movies which oughta be made into musicals
Machete…the musical!
Amp up ridiculousness, with MUSIC!
Halloween…the musical!
Imagine Myers dancing and murdering!
Shindler’s List…the musical!
Big dance number at Auschwitz!
More ridiculous movies made into musicals
Miracle!
“The Miracle Worker”-- the musical.
Hamlet!
As performed by Gilligan’s Island.
Scarlett
Real GWTW musical: bad reviews.
Next: movies where someone really screws up a foreign accent or English dialect.