Favorite Bela Lugosi Movie?

Started by slayergriffith, February 07, 2011, 09:50:10 PM

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Monster Bob


Opera Ghost

Igor Ghost of and Son of Frankenstein
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I am the Female Dracula

I am not the biggest fan of Dracula, though it is warming on me, simply for the first 20 minutes and Bela & Dwight's awesomeness throughout.

I hate putting things in lists but here goes nothin'. And I have three unwatched Bela movies around the place so I bet I'll love them too. Don't laugh at my poverty row choices, I think they're awesome secretly:

White Zombie
Son of Frankenstein
The Raven
The Black Cat
Island of Lost Souls
The Ape Man
Invisible Ghost
The Wolf Man
Scared to Death
The Corpse Vanishes
Bride of the Monster
Glen or Glenda

But he's brilliant in all of his films and they're all enjoyable. Only exception might be Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, but it's not his fault really.

I wanted to put the Black Sleep but I think that would be pushing it a bit...
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Ygor has to be my favorite!  Loved him in Abbott and Costello!

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slayergriffith

Quote from: I am the Female Dracula on February 17, 2011, 04:37:08 PM
I wanted to put the Black Sleep but I think that would be pushing it a bit...
Does he have a big role in black sheep? I've never seen it
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I am the Female Dracula

Quote from: slayergriffith on February 17, 2011, 09:51:55 PM
Does he have a big role in black sheep? I've never seen it


He doesn't have any lines. He's Basil Rathbone's servant. I think he had approx. 10 minutes of screen time? But I liked the gestures he was using to communicate with Basil
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RedKing

White Zombie
The Black Cat
Son of Frankenstein
The Devil Bat
The Raven
The Ape Man
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Monster Bob


Alot of these selections I wouldn't call "a Bela Lugosi movie" just because he was in them (like SON OF FRANK, THE WOLF MAN, A&C MEET FRANK, etc.).

BaronLatos35

Dracula.

Followed by The Black Cat. One of my favorite Universals.
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Quote from: BaronLatos35 on February 23, 2011, 09:03:12 PM
Dracula.

Followed by The Black Cat. One of my favorite Universals.

LOVE The Black Cat!! Karloff and Lugosi were both magnificent!! A perfect film!
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Besides the obvious [Dracula]:

The Raven
The Black Cat
The Invisible Ray
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Mark of the Vampire
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
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Elisabeth

THE BLACK CAT, THE RAVEN and THE INVISIBLE RAY
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The Spangler

Hard to choose the favorite Bela roll, but his portrayal of Tesla the vampire in RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE ranks right up there with Drac, in my opinion.

marsattacks666

Without sounding cliche'. But I will.

The Black Cat, Mark of the Vampire, Bride of the Monster(ATOM)
White Zombie, Glen or Glenda( yeah that's right!!! ;D)
Phantom Creeps( not a movie, seems like one)
The Devil Bat
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Quote from: marsattacks666 on April 14, 2011, 11:07:47 AM
White Zombie, Glen or Glenda( yeah that's right!!! ;D)

Glen or Glenda's unique. I love it.

I second all your choices apart from Mark of the Vampire & Phantom Creeps, which I haven't seen
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