voguegasm: classic movies

As we all know, I'm a little nerdy for the lesser known horror film and this gigantic 50 disc box set that is "Horror Classics: Anniversary Edition" has been burning a hole in my DVD collection for awhile now. Having bought it 2 years ago, I really could never make time to sit down to at least watch a few of the movies I haven't seen in this set (hint, the movies I have seen is the number between 9 and 11).

It seems pretty perfect that I write about classic horror on this fixer upper of a blog and I needed to organize out how I will consume myself with these horror films. So for one time and one time only, I, B, the certified 30s-50s horror nerd, will become a TCM-like programmer. 1982's holiday special "A Disney Halloween Treat" and "Hocus Pocus" will be watched sometime during the gaps below,

**Most of the movies are clickable for a trailer/tease**

**Most of the movies are also on YouTube in their entirety**

October 4

Vincent Price

1. The Bat (1959)

2. Last Man on Earth (1964)

October 10

Boris Karloff Part 1

1. The Terror (1963)

2. Doomed to Die (1940)

October 11

Bela Lugosi Part 1

1. The Corpse Vanishes (1942)

2. Invisible Ghost (1941)

3. One Body Too Many (1944)

4. Black Dragons (1942)

Miscellaneous - Science-y, Wience-y

1. Maniac (1934)

2. The Monster Maker (1944)

3. The Indestructible Man (1956)

4. The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1956)

October 18

Miscellaneous - Creature Features

1. The Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)

2. The Giant Gila Monster (1959)

3. The Killer Shrews (1959)

Miscellaneous - Zombies

1. I Walked With a Zombie (1943)

2. Revolt of the Zombies (1936)

3. King of the Zombies (1941)

October 24

Boris Karloff Part 2

1. The Fatal Hour (1940)

2. The Ape (1940)

Miscellaneous

1. Bluebeard (1944)

2. The Amazing Mr. X (1948)

October 25

Bela Lugosi Part 2

[ALL from the Bela Lugosi Collection: The Franchise Collection]

1. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

2. The Black Cat (1934)

3. The Raven (1935)

4. The Invisible Ray (1936)

5. Black Friday (1940)

Miscellaneous

1. Swamp Women (1955)

2. The Screaming Skull (1958)

3. Bloodlust (1959)

It's that time of year again! It's that time of bags and bags of caramel apple milky ways, peanuts with candy corn, and every casserole made from my online recipe book. But most importantly, it is the time for all the classic horror movies that AMC and ABC Family just won't touch! Turner Classic Movies does not entirely knock it out of the park (How many times can a girl watch "The Devil Doll" or "The Dead of Night" without wanting to recreate a few classic murder movie scenes?), but a whole night devoted to Val Lewton! Halloween Disney things! Homicidal! Mark of the Vampire! The Haunting! The list only goes so far,

I do understand that Turner Classic can only acquire so many movies considering copyright, but maybe it's time to break out some Universal or, be still my heart, anything creepy lingering in the Warner Archives now forgotten. A night of German expressionism maybe? I find myself very excited for Val Lewton night (which will summon every ounce of my TCM Halloween marathon watching skills acquired in the past 5 years...), a little known British production of "Fall of the House of Usher", and the Spencer Tracy version of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" which I have not seen yet! This will prove to be a very productive October.

**CLICK ON TITLE FOR TRAILER**