Comments on: Golden Oldies – Ghost Films http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/oldies-ghost-films/ Read true ghost stories, ouija board dangers, paranormal mysteries Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:16:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: eyepriestess http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/oldies-ghost-films/comment-page-1/#comment-17514 eyepriestess Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:31:00 +0000 http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/?p=2843#comment-17514 Great examples there JHC! Great examples there JHC!

]]> By: JHC http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/oldies-ghost-films/comment-page-1/#comment-17472 JHC Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:34:36 +0000 http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/?p=2843#comment-17472 Making great horror is like great comedy- lots of it is obvious and bad, but has the great promise of being art. Kubrick's masterpiece adaptation of Stephen King's "The Shining" is one of the most beautiful-and horrifying-in the genre. The great Jack Nicholson is at his masnic, frightening best. It brings a deep shiver on a cold snowbund Colorado night! Oscar Wilde may have been the greatest raconteur of all time-certainly still hilarious! He also could write convincing horror. The adaptation of "Picture of Dorian Grey" still is the stuff of nightmares. What was the the movie made a few years back... "The Others"? It was about a woman and child alone in a remote house on Jersey during the War. When she finds out herself and her child are THE GHOSTS, OMG!!!! I have heard great raves about "Portrait if Jennie" but never saw it. Aleister Sim's Scrooge is still the best version in the 1951 "A Christmas Carol" The b&W makes it all the creepier! "The Wizard of OZ? What can you say? The American Dream on...something! Incredible art direction. Years ago I worked for a Hollywood painter. He has a brush he used to paint the bricks yellow on the Yellow Brick Road!!! The original "Alien" still makes my midnight creep!!! Making great horror is like great comedy- lots of it is obvious and bad, but has the great promise of being art.
Kubrick’s masterpiece adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Shining” is one of the most beautiful-and horrifying-in the genre. The great Jack Nicholson is at his masnic, frightening best. It brings a deep shiver on a cold snowbund Colorado night!

Oscar Wilde may have been the greatest raconteur of all time-certainly still hilarious! He also could write convincing horror. The adaptation of “Picture of Dorian Grey” still is the stuff of nightmares.

What was the the movie made a few years back… “The Others”? It was about a woman and child alone in a remote house on Jersey during the War. When she finds out herself and her child are THE GHOSTS, OMG!!!!

I have heard great raves about “Portrait if Jennie” but never saw it.

Aleister Sim’s Scrooge is still the best version in the 1951 “A Christmas Carol” The b&W makes it all the creepier!

“The Wizard of OZ? What can you say? The American Dream on…something! Incredible art direction. Years ago I worked for a Hollywood painter. He has a brush he used to paint the bricks yellow on the Yellow Brick Road!!!

The original “Alien” still makes my midnight creep!!!

]]> By: scarygirl67 http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/oldies-ghost-films/comment-page-1/#comment-9604 scarygirl67 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:36:09 +0000 http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/?p=2843#comment-9604 I haven't seen that one, Pitch...it sounds like a really good one. I will check it out for sure. I haven’t seen that one, Pitch…it sounds like a really good one. I will check it out for sure.

]]> By: eyepriestess http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/oldies-ghost-films/comment-page-1/#comment-9563 eyepriestess Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:41:29 +0000 http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/?p=2843#comment-9563 Oh i love the vibrant colours of the old films just after black and white. What i also love about the oldies, you just know you're going to be entertained. Did you know Michael Jackson was a big, big fan of the oldies. Thanks Pitch, i'll look at that film, not sure if i've seen it. It's great checking out all the old films isn't it? :) Oh i love the vibrant colours of the old films just after black and white. What i also love about the oldies, you just know you’re going to be entertained.

Did you know Michael Jackson was a big, big fan of the oldies.

Thanks Pitch, i’ll look at that film, not sure if i’ve seen it. It’s great checking out all the old films isn’t it? :)

]]> By: Pitch Potter http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/oldies-ghost-films/comment-page-1/#comment-9432 Pitch Potter Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:03:26 +0000 http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/?p=2843#comment-9432 The Devil and Daniel Webster, 1941 deals with a farmer, down on his luck and about to lose the family farm when Scratch appears and offers him a deal. For seven years his every wish is granted but when it comes to paying the devil his due, the young farmer calls on Daniel Webster to defend him in a court of hell. It was released under the title, "Everything that money can buy" but later had it title changed back. One of my favorites and really keeps you guessing. The Devil and Daniel Webster, 1941 deals with a farmer, down on his luck and about to lose the family farm when Scratch appears and offers him a deal. For seven years his every wish is granted but when it comes to paying the devil his due, the young farmer calls on Daniel Webster to defend him in a court of hell. It was released under the title, “Everything that money can buy” but later had it title changed back. One of my favorites and really keeps you guessing.

]]> By: scarygirl67 http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/oldies-ghost-films/comment-page-1/#comment-9411 scarygirl67 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:57:47 +0000 http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/?p=2843#comment-9411 I completely agree with you about the movies...they just don't make them like they used to, that's for sure! I remember seeing the "Wizard of Oz" every year when I was growing up...they would show it once a year (in the days before VCR's and then DVD players!) The magic of it all...I know the effects were a little cheesy by todays standards, and the colors just a little too bright...but the ACTING!!! That's what made the movies back then...they didn't need all the extra special effects...the performers stood on their own. I completely agree with you about the movies…they just don’t make them like they used to, that’s for sure! I remember seeing the “Wizard of Oz” every year when I was growing up…they would show it once a year (in the days before VCR’s and then DVD players!) The magic of it all…I know the effects were a little cheesy by todays standards, and the colors just a little too bright…but the ACTING!!! That’s what made the movies back then…they didn’t need all the extra special effects…the performers stood on their own.

]]> By: eyepriestess http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/oldies-ghost-films/comment-page-1/#comment-9408 eyepriestess Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:06:06 +0000 http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/?p=2843#comment-9408 Hey scary, well i love the old films, they are so much better than most films now, so it's great to be able to get people interested, i hope. Hey scary, well i love the old films, they are so much better than most films now, so it’s great to be able to get people interested, i hope.

]]> By: scarygirl67 http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/oldies-ghost-films/comment-page-1/#comment-9394 scarygirl67 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:51:19 +0000 http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/?p=2843#comment-9394 You brought back a lot of memories listing these movies! My mom is a movie nut...loves all of them, and I think the only one on that list that I've never seen was Portrait of Jennie...although I've heard it's very good. Thank you for sharing these! Now off to my DVD cabinet.... You brought back a lot of memories listing these movies! My mom is a movie nut…loves all of them, and I think the only one on that list that I’ve never seen was Portrait of Jennie…although I’ve heard it’s very good.

Thank you for sharing these! Now off to my DVD cabinet….

]]> By: eyepriestess http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/oldies-ghost-films/comment-page-1/#comment-9279 eyepriestess Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:29:44 +0000 http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/?p=2843#comment-9279 Thanks Pitch, i'm going to see if i can watch that, it sounds wonderful! Thanks Pitch, i’m going to see if i can watch that, it sounds wonderful!

]]> By: Pitch Potter http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/oldies-ghost-films/comment-page-1/#comment-9265 Pitch Potter Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:49:11 +0000 http://www.worldmysteriesandtrueghosttales.com/?p=2843#comment-9265 Arsenic and Old Lace, with Cary Grant. Two sweet little old ladies have gentlemen boarders who checked in but do not checked out. And their three nephews, one thinks he’s Theodor Roosevelt, one is an insane murderer but one is normal. Which one is Cary Grant? And what is in the cellar? Have fun in this dark comedy. Black & white. Arsenic and Old Lace, with Cary Grant. Two sweet little old ladies have gentlemen boarders who checked in but do not checked out. And their three nephews, one thinks he’s Theodor Roosevelt, one is an insane murderer but one is normal. Which one is Cary Grant? And what is in the cellar? Have fun in this dark comedy. Black & white.

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