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Classic Monsters
Приєднався 29 кві 2015
Who doesn't love a classic monster? From the silent icons of the silver screen, through to the modern monsters of the slasher genre, we're here to celebrate the very best in the world of horror movies and TV. We'll bring you rare footage and behind-the-scenes clips of all your favourite screen scares.
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Happy haunting!
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Classic Monsters of the Movies Issue #2
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A peek inside the pages of Classic Monsters of the Movies magazine issue #2!
Christopher Lee on Bela Lugosi, Dracula and Hammer scripting
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Actor Christopher Lee talks about his Dracula ring, fellow Dracula actor Bela Lugosi, and his battles with colleagues when it came to bringing Bram Stoker's legendary book to the screen. Check out our in-depth profile of Christopher Lee at www.classic-monsters.com/christopher-lee/ All content on this channel not otherwise identified or in the public domain is and remains protected pursuant to t...
Bela Lugosi, hopeful as he emerges from rehab
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A rare glimpse of actor Bela Lugosi, close to the end of his life, but hopeful about kicking his prescription drug addiction and working with 'Eddie' Wood Jr. Check out our in-depth profile of Bela Lugosi at www.classic-monsters.com/bela-lugosi/ All content on this channel not otherwise identified or in the public domain is and remains protected pursuant to the copyright owners or claimants of ...
Son of Frankenstein: Boris Karloff and Jack Pierce Colour Test
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Rare footage of Boris Karloff and Jack Pierce larking around on the set of Son of Frankenstein (Universal 1939) from private cine film shot during a colour test session. Ironically, the film was originally to have been made in colour, but budget restrictions meant it was eventually shot in black and white. Check out our in-depth profile of this movie at www.classic-monsters.com/son-of-frankenst...
let the games begin
Sir Christopher Lee also played Dracula in Dario Argentos Dracula .
I respect Christopher Lee on his respect on original novel text. Rather be a slient Dracula than speaking shitty modern English lines. Film directors and producers these days hardly find one respect the original novel's content. In license of being 'creative' and make horrible revisions.
In my opinion, Christopher Lee as Dracula was simply the best! Bela Lugosi was more eerie and gothic! The Hammer Horror films were awesome! Whichever Dracula you prefer, is your choice! Frank Langella as Dracula was also fantastic!
Dirty pinko drug addict.
Both Christopher and Bela are legends! ❤
RIP Bela Lugosi (October 20, 1882 - August 16, 1956), aged 73 And RIP Sir Christopher Lee (May 27, 1922 - June 7, 2015), aged 93 You both will be remembered as legends.
Lee is my favorite actor ever and my personal favorite Dracula. I mean I have a tattoo of him on my shoulder as Dracula. BUT, Lugosi IS Dracula. It's one of those instances where actor and character are eternally linked. It's iconic. I know ppl who've never seen the 1931 film but they know who Dracula is when shown a picture. I can't choose whom I'd say is a better Dracula. If Lugosi is number 1, then Lee is 1A. They are by far the top 2 on the list of actors who've portrayed the Count.
Wise man. Very good
Sorry, Hammer Horror stunk. As Dennis Gifford wrote in his book on horror films, "In quantity, they are fast approaching Universal, but in quality, they have yet to reach Monogram".
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Dracula is the ultimate translvanian lover and the greatest badass murderer of all time
I like Bella but will always like Christopher lee
R.I.P Count Dooku. 😢😢
Welcome home tyranus you have done well
Where's Irma?
I loved the way how detailed sir Christopher lee spoke
What a nice man,glad he beat it.
I love how Lee shows respect for the source material. It wouldn’t be genuine to Dracula’s origins otherwise. There are creative liberties of course, though some of the most iconic films have no dialogues.
Had Lugosi lived through the rest of the 50s and through the 60s, he would've definitely made his comeback in films as horror films started to become popular again after he died with Hammer productions and Roger Coreman's films giving some memorable films. These new wave of horror films made stars of Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing while making established stars like Karloff, Lore, and Carradine even greater. Lugosi would've definitely had his comeback and what a time he would've had.
Lee’s voice has really deepened. His voice sounds almost completely different from his own Dracula days
Dracula himself......
Christoper Lee No1
Sometimes it's best just not to say anything 😂 sometimes you don't need words to portray a character. The strong silent theme worked best. {even the brief scenes he did speak, I didn't like it}.
WHOA! Badass.
Frankenstein
was he green in frankenstien and the bride of frankenstien too?
Idk if he was or not
Kim Carothers he was
Not in the finished films only during shooting.
(not a test. these are copyrighted Karloff family home movies. just fyi)
Lugosi and lee are the best Dracula's of all time no one will be nowhere near as good as them
The greatest of all time.
Two best Dracs in cinema history. Two legends will never die
I like them both but prefer Gary Oldman.
They and Gary Oldman
no hassle Bela Lugosi is the best and always will be. Gary oldman can’t compare. He did his own great interpretation. But there’s no comparison. Bela Lugosi just WAS the count and always will be. Accent and all. He CLAIMED that role.
@@sociopathsurvivor7129 just like Boris Karloff is the one that owns Frankenstein James whale was fascinated by him and his facial structure and another amazing fact Lon Chaney jr was the only one to play Frankenstein the wolf man Dracula and the mummy he sure took after his father!
Claes Bang’s Dracula is literally a hybrid of both of them
Awesome. All these years and I never realized he wore a copy of Bela's ring.
A tribute to the man who was a icon to many
i always thought his skin color was just pale and not greenish...
Pierce used the green makeup so Karloff would have a deathly pallor in black and white.
lol this is funny
lugoshi!
@Ian Robert Davies i think he/she was referring to the correct pronunciation of “lugosi” which is the surname bela went by as a professional actor abroad. “Lugos” was his birthplace “Lugosi” means “from Lugos” “Bela from Lugos.”
Great tribute and memory! Two incredible actors
It's not a "color test," although a Technicolor test was indeed shot prior to commencement of principal photography. This is 16mm home movie footage from the Karloff family shot halfway through the schedule, which ran into the first days of 1939. The entire reel shows material with Karloff and his baby daughter, who shared his November birthday. And since Karloff clearly says "I'm a papa!" to Pierce's "What's new" in the last few seconds, that anchors this clip in late November or early December. The 35mm Technicolor test is presumably still boxed up somewhere in a New Jersey film vault, waiting to be rediscovered.
+ Ted Newsom that's if the color test footage even still exists. It could have disintegrated powder by now. It was most likely shot on nitrate film stock. That stuff is dangerous! We'd be fortunate if the worst that happened is that it turned into goo... Anything else is a timebomb waiting to go off.
The 35mm Technicolor test footage existed just fine the last time anyone handled it, which was about 15 years ago. Nitrate film CAN disintegrate, and it CAN BE extremely volatile... but that does not mean it always is. Properly stored, it can last for a century (or more). It was in a box labeled "Frankenstein" in the Universal City vault: three color separation negatives. Universal honchos put the kibosh on striking a composite print of them and told the guy who found it to pack it up and send it to the Fort Lee vault where the rest of the "clutter" was going. It presumably sits there in a vault with thousands of other boxes, waiting to be rediscovered again.