Old Movies

[svtrit]

We decided to do something different for our movie night and watched Vertigo, by Alfred Hitchcock. While slow to get going, it was a very enjoyable movie. We decided to make this Halloween season focused on older thrillers than modern scary movies. Any good recommendations for anything made before the 70's?

We've seen Birds, and Rear Window, which were both very good as well.

Thanks.

 

[buster]

I've been watching movies from the 20's through 50's over the last year. I saw many James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart films. Recently - Angels with Dirty Faces, Roaring 20's, African Queen and The Public Enemy. I love the older movies.

 

[Dave Sherman]

I've taken some interest in some of the older horror classics; Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Fly, House of Wax. Wife and I caught Cape Fear on TCM, that's a good one.

 

[Pablo]

Try Treasure of The Sierra Madre

Back when they actually had to write and not hide everything in chase scenes and special effects, f-bombs and violence.

 

[wings&wheels]

I'm an old movie buff...there are so many,

Original War of the Worlds, The Fly as noted, The Pit and the Pendulum is great, House on Haunted Hill, The Raven, Psycho, The Exorcist, Omen, Burnt Offerings.....some early 70's there but good nonetheless.

 

[KGMtech]

Guess who's coming to dinner? exceptional Spencer Tracy and Sidney Poitier on a topic that seems just as current today.

 

[2005jettatdi]

Casablanca is thee all time classic and the most quoted movie.

For classic horror,, The Blob with Steve McQueen, Tarantula, Them, Phantom of the Opera (1943) and Plan 9 From Outer Space (rated the worst movie ever made and worth watching for that reason only). I am leaving a lot of classics out.

On Them, I never did understand why shooting an ant's antennae would matter.

 

[Pablo]

"Them" scared the absolute poop out of me when I was a kid. My parents should have been banned for letting me watch that. hahahahahahahaha

 

[Number_35]

Casablanca is thee all time classic and the most quoted movie.

For classic horror,, The Blob with Steve McQueen, Tarantula, Them, Phantom of the Opera (1943) and Plan 9 From Outer Space (rated the worst movie ever made and worth watching for that reason only). I am leaving a lot of classics out.

On Them, I never did understand why shooting an ant's antennae would matter.

Casablanca is great - and added a lot to the popular lexicon.

For cheesy too-bad-to-be-scary, Kingdom Of The Spiders is a classic.

 

[rszappa1]

Key Largo...The original War of the Worlds...The original..The day the earth stood still...The Longest Day...The last time I saw Paris...Goldfinger...National Velvet...Tulsa...Giant....The Train...The Quiet Man...Some Came Running...Wuthering Heights..

 

[2005jettatdi]

For cheesy too-bad-to-be-scary, Kingdom Of The Spiders is a classic.

Shatner still have to explain what he thought would happen when he opened that ceiling vent.

Just plain great movies, Roman Holiday.

 

[fdcg27]

The Birds
Worth it for the Aston Martin alone.
Also the first Alien is an all-time suspense and horror standout.

 

[Kira]

You did say "thrillers", yes?

It ain't old, but a Harrison Ford movie called "What Lies Beneath" is a good thriller.
You get to see HF sailing a boat on Lake Champlain with the old Chimney Point Bridge in the background.
Afterwards, that bridge was blown up and a new one was built.

Also, see "Breaker Morant", an Australian movie about a court marshal during The Boer War.

 

[wings&wheels]

Five Million Years to Earth....bit hokey, but the alien apparition over London gave me nightmares as a child

 

[Inked]

Good recommendation for Halloween would be “The Night of the Hunter” with Robert Mitchum.

 

[Wireman1987]

We decided to do something different for our movie night and watched Vertigo, by Alfred Hitchcock. While slow to get going, it was a very enjoyable movie. We decided to make this Halloween season focused on older thrillers than modern scary movies. Any good recommendations for anything made before the 70's?

We've seen Birds, and Rear Window, which were both very good as well.

Thanks.

Highly recommended as I own the collection

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Horror-Classics-50-Movie-Pack-DVD/4939676?classType=REGULAR&from=/search

 

[Number_35]

Shatner still have to explain what he thought would happen when he opened that ceiling vent.

He expected Scotty to beam him up.

 

[Chris142]

I really like the old twilight zones. Don't forget get my favorite "Duel"..
This Alfred Hitchcock presents is good too and was filmed near where I live. So was tarantula.

 

[buster]

1981. Yankee Stadium, Bronx. The consummate showman, actor, James Cagney throws out the first pitch of the 1981 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees October 1981 at Yankee Stadium .

 

[2005jettatdi]

I really like the old twilight zones. Don't forget get my favorite "Duel"..
This Alfred Hitchcock presents is good too and was filmed near where I live. So was tarantula.

I thought those rocks looked very familiar. Duel was a classic from the first viewing on tv. Nothing scarier than an old Peterbilt pulling a tanker. His driver license probably said, "No name given."

Tarantula was one of Clint Eastwood's earliest movie roles when he had just started acting.