Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Top Ten for 1959


Overview coming soon.
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1959
Top 5
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1. Tôkaidô Yotsuya kaidan (Ghost Story of Yotsuya)
Japan / Nobuo Nakagawa / 1/2
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2. The Hound of the Baskervilles
UK / Terence Fisher / 
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3. House on Haunted Hill
USA / William Castle / 
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4. A Bucket of Blood
USA / Roger Corman / 
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5. El hombre y el monstruo (The Man and the Monster)
Mexico / Rafael Baledón / 

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Rounding Out the Top 10:

6. Terror Is a Man (Blood Creature) / Philippines, USA / Gerardo de Leon / 
7. Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake, The / USA / Edward L. Cahn / 1/2
8. Man Who Could Cheat Death, The / UK / Terence Fisher / 1/2
9. Angry Red Planet, The (Journey to Planet Four) / USA / Ib Melchior / 1/2
10. Manster, The (The Split) / Japan, USA / George P. Breakston and Kenneth G. Crane / 1/2

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Also seen:

Alligator People, The / USA / Roy Del Ruth / 1/2
Bat, The / USA / Crane Wilbur / 1/2
Beast from Haunted Cave (Creature from the Cave) / USA / Monte Hellman / 
- Cosmic Man, The / USA / Herbert S. Greene / 1/2
- Curse of the Undead (Mark of the West) / USA / Edward Dein / 
- Giant Gila Monster / USA / Ray Kellogg / 1/2
- Horrors of the Black Museum / UK / Arthur Crabtree / 
- Incredible Petrified World, The / USA / Jerry Warren / 1/2
- Invisible Invaders / USA / Edward L. Cahn / 
Killer Shrews, The / USA / Ray Kellogg / 1/2
- Lady Vampire, The (Onna kyûketsuki) / Japan / Nobuo Nakagawa / 
- Plan 9 from Outer Space / USA / Edward D. Wood, Jr. / SBIG
Santa Claus (Santa Claus vs. the Devil) / Mexico / René Cardona / 
- Teenagers from Outer Space / USA / Tom Graeff / SBIG
- Teenage Zombies / USA / Jerry Warren / 
Terror in the Midnight Sun (Rymdinvasion i Lappland) / Sweden, USA / Virgil W. Vogel / 1/2
- Uncle Was a Vampire (Tempi duri per i vampiri) / France, Italy / Steno / 1/2
Wasp Woman, The / USA / Roger Corman / 1/2

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4 comments:

  1. Shame on you, no "Black Pit of Dr. M"? One of the best Mexican horror movies ever.

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  2. Hey... my classic period-loving friend online has some good horror and near-horror lists online at the link below at Mubi.......... For instance, here is his 1950s list...and he has good ones for other older eras, too: https://mubi.com/lists/great-50-s-horror-and-near-horror

    Check them out!

    Cheers, Nick

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  3. Quite a few titles on there I've never even heard of before so that's great! I'll also check out his other lists and see what I'm missing.

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