Ok, if you had one wish that had to do with classic horror movies, their stars, etc. What would it be? Would you wish that London After Midnight was never lost? That the "spider" scene in King Kong had not been edited out? That Lugosi was given more credit for his talent when he was alive? How would YOU re-write monster history?
I wish that Lugosi would have appeared in Dracula's Daughter and Son of Dracula. There is simply no reason why that shouldn't have happened, but Universal just didn't care about Lugosi. Those films would be much more strong if he had been a part of them.
I'd agree with both of those, DD!
As far as the spider pit sequence, I'm glad they cut it out because it most likely was wayyyyy too much, but I wish it hadn't been lost. Seeing the real thing would be cool. The recreation was impressive but I still would love to see the actual scene.
I wish FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN hadn't been so chopped up and dialogue edited out. AND, that the actual fight was longer!I also wish The Monster's part was way more substantial in HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN.
Quote from: Unknown Primate on February 22, 2013, 02:32:28 PM
I wish FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN hadn't been so chopped up and dialogue edited out. AND, that the actual fight was longer!I also wish The Monster's part was way more substantial in HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN.
I'll go along with this. A mediocre skirmish that should have really been a hell-raising brawl.
Interesting Topic!
This would have happened later than what most would consider the classic monster era, but, here goes:
(circa 1969) "Werewolf On Blood Island"
Waldemar Daninsky (Paul Naschy) travels to Blood Island in search of another rare herb to cure his lycanthropy. His ship leaves without him because of the bloody rampage of the Beast Of Blood (Chloriphyl Monster). Daninsky, along with two beautiful native girls (natch!), manages to survive by his heroic skill until that fateful first full moon. The Werewolf's rampage finally crosses that of the Beast Of Blood armed with an axe and severed head (of one of the afore mentioned lovelies). And, need I say it?....Mayhem ensues! >:D
This would have been awesome to see at a drive-in in the summer of '69. Zombie Cool
Yes, sure! "Werewolf on Blood Island" would have been a hoot...2 famous low-rent (but respected) cheeseball monsters slugging the heck out of each other, right on your local drive-in screen. Quite a wishful idea!~
I wish Willis O'Brien had been able to make his planned King Kong vs Frankenstein movie. The idea eventually got turned into King Kong vs Godzilla, and much as I like that movie, the concept art for the planned film looks amazing:
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My monster list-
1. That Karloff had continued to play the monster all the way to Abbott and Costello, and that the Monster had continued to be as he was in "Bride"
2. That Dracula Vs. Frankenstein was made in 1936, and starred Lugosi and Karloff and actually had a good fight scene with a clear winner.
3. That Anne Rice had become a Pharmacist instead of irrevocably damaging the Vampire Genre.
4. A movie based on the Story of Ygor.
5. London After Midnight remains long enough to move to DVD.
Not centered on a Universal classic, but still my main wish/regret.
That Hammer never carried out their plans for the VAMPIRELLA movie back in the late Seventies.
Let's see...
- A true sequel to the Wolf Man, minus the addition of the endless "Frankenstein monster needs a new brain" subplot
- Despite that, I'd love to see "Frankenstein vs. the Wolf Man" as it was ORIGINALLY filmed
- Lugosi as Dracula in EVERY Universal film, including House of Frankenstein and Dracula, with a bigger role for Drac in HOF because of this
- A mid-50s monster rally that threw in the Creature AND Kharis the Mummy. Hey, we can dream, right?
- A sequel or continuation of Hammer's "Curse of the Werewolf"
- A Dracula/Karnstein crossover film with Lee and Ingrid Pitt!
Chris
John Cusack in a quirky mood as Young Van Helsing.
I wouldn't have minded actually being there when the laboratory scene was shot for BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN...
Alternately, it also would have been awesome had Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter, which was intended to be the first in an ongoing series, been successful enough for that to become a reality. Same goes for Chamber of Horrors.
Quote from: DoctorDeath on February 22, 2013, 12:29:41 PM
I wish that Lugosi would have appeared in Dracula's Daughter and Son of Dracula. There is simply no reason why that shouldn't have happened, but Universal just didn't care about Lugosi. Those films would be much more strong if he had been a part of them.
But then he probably would have been in House of Dracula and House of Frankenstein which would have taken the role away from Carradine!
That Godzilla would have kicked King Kong's ass. Don't get me wrong, I like Kong, but he's never beating Godzilla up. I knew the fix was in when I saw they were the same size. I mean, come on, Godzilla was like 4 or 5 times bigger, and could have burned him alive. I still refuse to watch that movie again to this day.
JP
That Universal would find the missing footage and restore Bride of Frankenstein and Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman. I would also love to have seen some of the unmade film projects from Universal, Hammer, Toho and Daiei. Universal: Dracula vs the Wolf Man, Hammer: Vampirella, The Unholy Thirst of Dracula(no idea what the plot was but that title is amazing!), The Captain Kronos series, Toho and Hammer co-production: Nessie, Toho: Batman vs Godzilla,King Kong vs Godzilla:Continuation, Godzilla vs the Space Monsters (Godzilla,Rodan and Varan vs King Ghidorah,Gigan and Megalon), Godzilla vs Mechani-Kong, Godzilla vs Barbaroi(Godzilla fighting a huge alien shapeshifter like Carpenter's Thing), Daiei: Gamera vs the Ice Giant, Gamera vs Garasharp
^^^ All of this!!!
How about some cross-pollination between studios? Gamera vs Godzilla. She-Creature Vs The Creature (a hot date??) I also would have liked to have seen a more convincing battle between King Kong and Mecha Kong in King Kong Escapes (at least avoid having Kong's head apparently grow and shrink in size throughout the movie)
Quote from: zombiehorror on February 23, 2013, 02:10:17 PM
But then he probably would have been in House of Dracula and House of Frankenstein which would have taken the role away from Carradine!
Yeah, that is the only bad thing about it. I really enjoy Carradine's Dracula as well. As a kid, I didn't really understand why Dracula had changed from Lugosi to this other guy, but now I really appreciate Carradine's different take.
Quote from: Unknown Primate on February 22, 2013, 02:32:28 PM
I wish FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN hadn't been so chopped up and dialogue edited out. AND, that the actual fight was longer!I also wish The Monster's part was way more substantial in HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN.
I completely agree with this one. I hadn't seen Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man until recently and had always looked forward to seeing it. Was VERY much disappointed, especially with the battle.
Quote from: DoctorDeath on February 25, 2013, 10:48:49 AMI completely agree with this one. I hadn't seen Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man until recently and had always looked forward to seeing it. Was VERY much disappointed, especially with the battle.
Well, Lugosi was 60+ at the time. It made sense for him to play The Monster when he was still speaking with Ygor's brain & voice. And, once he was fully revived, that battle should have been spectacular, even with a stuntman doing most of the fighting for Lugosi. Too bad Universal butchered it in the editing, and then destroyed the cut footage. (Well, there was a war going on. I guess the celluloid got recycled.)
Quote from: Count_Zirock on February 25, 2013, 03:46:38 PM
Well, Lugosi was 60+ at the time. It made sense for him to play The Monster when he was still speaking with Ygor's brain & voice. And, once he was fully revived, that battle should have been spectacular, even with a stuntman doing most of the fighting for Lugosi. Too bad Universal butchered it in the editing, and then destroyed the cut footage. (Well, there was a war going on. I guess the celluloid got recycled.)
Yeah, that was the main problem with the movie. Cutting all of Lugosi's lines just ruined it.
Quote from: Wolfman on February 23, 2013, 05:01:10 PM
That Godzilla would have kicked King Kong's ass. Don't get me wrong, I like Kong, but he's never beating Godzilla up. I knew the fix was in when I saw they were the same size. I mean, come on, Godzilla was like 4 or 5 times bigger, and could have burned him alive. I still refuse to watch that movie again to this day.
JP
K vs G actually had two endings. In the American, Kong was the winner, in Japan 'twas the big G. Finding different copies is the hell of it though.
House of Kharis, starring the other universals, the Invisible man, the Creature, the Phantom of the Opera and the Metaluna Mutant.
To see the original 80 or so minute cut of Mark of the Vampire that's talked about on the commentary. Apparently 20 minutes were cut from it just before release.
Sorry, I have a few more, and one of them isn't monster related, but IS classic, so if this has been covered on the non-monster movie forum, my bad.
1) More of the classic 30's Nancy Drew movies with Bonita Granville and Frankie Thomas. I have the 4 flick boxset from a few years back and they're so infectiously amusing, I wish there were say at least four more.
2) That Vault of Horror from Amicus would receive an UNCUT dvd release. The vampire segment with the tap spigot in the person's neck is a still with a black splotch over the spigot, yet the scene is intact in the trailer also on the disc. WTF?
3) Official dvd releases of Legend of the Werewolf and Dr. Terror's House of Horrors.
Most of these were covered, but I'm posting this anyway:
1. London After Midnight found, or never lost
2. A proper (Universal) sequel to Dracula, w/Lugosi and/or
3. Lugosi in Dracula's Daughter & the "House of" movies (nothing against Carradine)
4. Lugosi's restored dialog in Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man
5. The restored footage to Night of Dark Shadows
I wish for these Blu-rays from Universal this year:
Werewolf of London & Dracula's Daughter (Double Feature)
Son of Dracula & Son of Frankenstein (Double Feature)
The Ghost of Frankenstein & Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man (Double Feature)
House of Frankenstein & House of Dracula (Double Feature)
Abbott & Costello Meet The Mummy (Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack)
"Godzilla meets his mother in law!"
Quote from: Haunted hearse on June 04, 2013, 06:45:07 PM
"Godzilla meets his mother in law!"
...the horror, the horror...
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone)
Vs.
Dracula (Bela Lugosi)
Now that would have AWESOME.
In the seventies, Hammer Films announced a "Holmes vs Dracula" supposedly to star Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee , of course it was never made. This would have been a dream. *sigh* :(
Quote from: D.D. Wookie on June 01, 2013, 10:45:27 PMK vs G actually had two endings. In the American, Kong was the winner, in Japan 'twas the big G. Finding different copies is the hell of it though.
That's an old urban legend that was debunked decades ago, I'm afraid.
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Quote from: Phantom Stranger on June 04, 2013, 07:42:31 PMSherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone)
Vs.
Dracula (Bela Lugosi)
Now that would have AWESOME.
In the seventies, Hammer Films announced a "Holmes vs Dracula" supposedly to star Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee , of course it was never made. This would have been a dream. *sigh* :(
There's a French filmmaker trying to raise the funds to make "Sherlock Holmes Meets Frankenstein." He's cast the now-grown leads from "Young Sherlock Holmes" as Holmes and Watson. There's a Facebook page for the film, I believe.
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Quote from: Count_Zirock on June 04, 2013, 07:54:47 PM
There's a French filmmaker trying to raise the funds to make "Sherlock Holmes Meets Frankenstein." He's cast the now-grown leads from "Young Sherlock Holmes" as Holmes and Watson. There's a Facebook page for the film, I believe.
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Well,this could be interesting ...
Quote from: McDougals House of Horror on June 03, 2013, 07:00:14 PM
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Continue the legend of AC Meet Frankenstein by filming Jeff Rovin's book, "Return of the Wolfman"! In the movie, I'll play me!!
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Mr. McDougal
That Colin Clive had played PENDEREL in THE OLD DARK HOUSE instead of Melvyn Douglas. He was Whale's first choice, and could have done it blindfolded....but turned it down.
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That the "Red Skelton Show" episode that starred both Vincent Price and Boris Karloff survived, and will someday be available on DVD. Besides the skit where the two mistook Red Skelton's bumpkin fro a monster, there was a musical number where they sang a song together, in a vehicle with "RIP" across the front.
Quote from: Dr. Madd on February 23, 2013, 02:17:47 AM
2. That Dracula Vs. Frankenstein was made in 1936, and starred Lugosi and Karloff and actually had a good fight scene with a clear winner.
Agreed; Karloff and Lugosi together in their classic roles would have been awesome!
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That any of the classic monster actors were still kickin' and I could work with them
The Mummy: To see Karloff make a few additional steps in full body under his legendary makeup.
1. Willis O'Brien would find a business partner with savvy who would have made multiple picture deals so he need never go long between pictures and could have seen most of his TV and movie ideas made into films. (Also -- Obie got wealthy from them and could afford a nice ranch so he and Darlyne could ride their own horses instead of having to rent other people's horses).
2 Bela Lugosi would never have had a serious addiction and would have been healthy and wealthy enough to retire in style!
3. All the silent horror films survived .... including rare ones like The Savage and While London Sleeps, and during the 1940s some rich benefactors financed restoration and they are now available on DVD!
4. Magazines and books about classic horror are so popular and so prestigious that I can get 300 dollars for a one page article which is read by 2 million readers!
Quote from: jerod on June 23, 2013, 04:32:05 PM
Agreed; Karloff and Lugosi together in their classic roles would have been awesome!
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The closet we ever got to this was in Son of Frankenstein when Karloff played The Monster one last time, and Lugosi played Ygor, who actually had fangs!
I really wish we got to see much more of the Carradine Dracula in "House of Dracula" and "House of Frankenstein"...with better lines, better effects, and sans top-hat. His voice alone was perfect for the Count..passed way too early in HOF. Oh yeah, and if Universal had filmed "Abbott and Costello Meet the Creature From the Black Lagoon"...long title, but imagine those two as merchant marines ona tramp steamer travelling down the Amazon... oh Chic..Oh Chiccccc!!
Quote from: themadghoul on July 01, 2013, 05:00:30 PM
Oh yeah, and if Universal had filmed "Abbott and Costello Meet the Creature From the Black Lagoon"...long title, but imagine those two as merchant marines ona tramp steamer travelling down the Amazon... oh Chic..Oh Chiccccc!!
I love the idea of those two morons getting chased by the Creature -- they deserve it for letting my exhibits get away!! I would also love to someday be able to see the Creature in an IMAX theater in 3D.
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Just ran across this faux poster...
how cool would this have been?
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ALL of James Whale's Films Released on DVD-BLU Combo with commentary. EVERY BLESSED ONE OF THEM! "Jimmy" deserves it!
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