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Scott, is it The Dunwich Horror?

Sorry Miss T, that's not it, although that is a good movie.

The movie I was talking about was called Invasion of the Blood Farmers. This site will give you a breakdown of the DVD version (I didn't know it had been released on DVD).

I recall this movie vividly from a drive-in showing in Gardendale, AL when I was six or seven. My mom and one of her girlfriends took us kids in the station wagon and we had pepperoni pizza to eat. I was the only one who didn't vomit up their pizza. I've had a strong stomach for horror movies ever since.

I'll have to think of a new one to come back with.

Next movie:

A motorcross race is interrupted by an unusual entry with multiple riders. They are being chased by a bunch of cop cars.

I'll give this one another day or two before I answer it myself. Here's one more hint: this movie is from the 30's/40's and features a classic movie monster played by the actor most associated with the role. If that doesn't do it, nothing will

OK I'll take a wild guess at 'Bride of Frankenstein'. I've never seen it but always wanted to. Especially after reading a wonderful book about its director James Whale called 'Father of Frankenstein'. It later became the movie 'Gods and Monsters' with Ian Mckellen and Brendan Frazer.

Good guess Blacula, but that's not it. The movie I'm thinking of is "Son of Frankenstein", which might be Boris Karloff's final movie as the Monster. The movie also starred Bela Lugosi and Basil Rawthbone, too other horror greats (well, I'd but Rawthbone in too). Another character is introduced as having his arm ripped off as a child by the monster, only to have his fake one ripped off again at the end of the movie.

And "Bride of Frankenstein" is commonly accepted as being the best Frankenstein movie of all, the best of the Universal 30's/40's horror movies, and one of the best horror movies of all time. I agree with this--it's still eerie and creepy today.

I'll think of another one to post later!

Willikers! I've got to keep this thread moving in Scott's absence!

Here's one from a sequel, although I won't tell you which sequel:

-After helping a mother escape with her baby out a secret tunnel, the nurse looks on, realizing that she's probably going to die for it. Camera focuses on the backround. Our killer makes his entrance. Picking her up by the throat, he smashes her head into a spike on the wall! Cue music! On to get the mother and baby!

Halloween 4?

Nice call, Miss T, but not quite it. You are *very* close though!

I have a soft spot for the Halloween movies, my favorite 'franchise' horror series, even though a lot of sequels aren't too good.

I'm not sure how many are in the series and I don't want to just keep guessing the numbers.

H20 was pretty good.

It's the opening scene of Halloween 6, the first movie I ever snuck into! That scene still gives me that cool creepy feeling.

You're up Miss T!

I never saw this movie but it sounds very interesting. In the film, Grandma tells her granddaughter strange stories of handsome yet heavily eyebrowed strange men, spouses who disappear during the full moon, and storks and eggs.

Is it 'The Company of Wolves'?

I saw that film years ago but I seem to remember it having something about "never trust a man whose eyebrows meet in the middle" and of course since its about werewolves (in a figurative sense, its actually all about awakening young female sexuality - thank you first-year university Film Studies) there's also a fair amount of full moon references.

I really need to see that film again actually. I remember it as being quite good but I'm sure there was still a lot I missed when I saw it as a young teenager that I could pick up more clearly as an adult.

Correct, Blacula. You're up next!

Wolves was the second directorial effort of Irish director Neil Jordan (THE CRYING GAME) and was a psychologically themed retelling of the Red Riding Hood fairy tale from a Freudian and slightly feminist angle. Angela Lansbury played Grandma, too! I really need to rent this!

Good choice of film Elusion Girl!

OK here're my 2 scenes. One is from possibly my favourite cult disco-horror film of all time but its quite obscure so I'll give an easier scene as well -

1. Our "heroine", who has fled to New York City with her hunky Australian boyfriend, is 'WOW'ing all the infinitely better dancers in the disco with her abysmally awful 'dying swan' dance moves in order to reclaim her humanity when her grandfather, who is a famous classic horror character, bursts in only to be dispatched by the worst special effects you've EVER seen when said hunky Australian flashes a crucifix at him.

2. We see a hitch-hiking girl get into a car from the POV of the driver who picks her up. After listening to this girl jabber away for a while the driver stops the car and then chases the girl through the woods before stabbing her to death with some type of sharp implement - all still from the POV of the driver/killer.

Is the second one from "the Hitcher", Blacula? That was one of the first horror films I watched when I got into a MAJOR horror kick in college with my roomates, and I think I recall that scene.

I have no idea on the first, although it sounds like it's right up my ally . Nowadays, I make my siblings watch horror movies with me, and the more B level it is, the more I love it and they hate it

Its the type of generic horror scene that probably popped up in a few films CK, but that's not the one I'm thinking of.

I'll give a further clue - when I first saw this film (quite a few years after it was made) I kept saying to my friends (thinking I knew who the killer was from what I'd seen of its sequels) "What a ridiculous scene! As if anyone would get into a car with a driver who's wearing that on their face!" Well colour me surprised when I got to the end and the killer turned out to be his ________! Quite a cool twist I thought.

As for the first scene, CK - this film is so bad that calling it a B-movie would be an insult to B-movies everywhere. There probably isn't a grade to properly ascribe to this film... but that's why I love it! Its about a vampire in Transylvania who discovers that through the joy of disco-dancing she can become human again! So of course she hot-foots it to funky 70's New York with her "hunky" (read "dorky") Australian boyfriend in tow to dance the night away at all the coolest clubs. Unfortunately her freaky henchman and some poncey local vampires don't take kindly to this idea and conspire to prevent her from doing what she does worst - DANCE! It has to be seen to be believed but I won't give the name of it just yet in case some other poster out there has been lucky enough to see it.

Blacula, would that first scene be from Nocturna? With Yvonne De Carlo?

Oh, and your other one, with the hitch-hiker, is from the original Friday the 13th isn't it?

I see that no one got my last one, prior to my getting sick. I'll save it for another time.

My God! Someone actually got it! Well done DL! It is indeed 'Nocturna : Granddaughter of Dracula' with Yvonne De Carlo, John Carradine and a bunch of others who probably went on to do porn or infomercials.

How did you get the answer? Did you look it up or have you actually seen this slice of celluloid heaven?

And you got the second one right too. The original 'Friday the 13th' it was. Next question's to you.

Didn't have to look it up. A Carradine vampire flick from the 70's was on the must see list growing up. I haven't seen it in over 20 years though. I wonder if its ever made its way to DVD?

I'll have to think a bit and post a couple of new scenes in a bit.

Okay first scene will be easy and most of you should know why I'm posting it.

A married woman, desperate to be with her lover, embezzles money from her boss. She is trying to buy a used car to get out of town and the salesman, taking advantage of her nervousness, takes her for more money.

The next one starts with an actor famous for his voice telling ghost stories to a bunch of kids on a beach. The story he is relating tells of a terrible mistake made by the community they live in a hundred year ago. In particular he talks about the town's lighthouse and how it led a ship to its doom.

Is the first one from 'Psycho' DL?

RIP Janet Leigh.

The first one is from Psycho Blacula.

One scene to you.