Glad you liked Ghostwatch. What may be missed by a US audience is that many of the characters are real life, popular UK TV presenters playing themselves. This gave the drama extra realism and caused a bit of a panic when it was first aired. Imagine David Letterman's chat show being possessed by poltergeists and you'll get an idea of what it was like. Love your channel by the way, great reviews.
Now imagine, it’s 1992, you are around 10 years old, led in bed on Halloween night with a little portable tv in your room and you are watching Ghost watch, under the full belief that this was real. The screen is peppered with real light entertainment and kids tv presenters. There had been no “found footage” genre at this point. You watch 2/3 of the show but are so scared you turn off before the end (when things get frankly a bit ridiculous) you lie awake late into the night, terrified by what you saw. That is Ghost watch for me. Scarred deeply as a child by this film, and I love it for that! ❤😎
I watched "Mildred Pierce" for the first time this year and absolutely loved it! I need to watch Buck And The Preacher soon as well. Great list! First time watches is the best thing about this hobby and when they hit it makes it that much more fun!
Yes, the dialogue in "Mildred Pierce" is superb, and Jack Carson adds so much to the movie. "There's Always Tomorrow" is one of my favorite Douglas Sirk movies. ("The Tarnished Angels" is another great Sirk movie. Check out "Summer Storm," Sirk's first Hollywood movie, as well) I too have always liked the original "Friday the 13th." My best "New to Me" movies of 2023 were "Ivy" (1946) a Victorian Noir with Joan Fontaine; "Brainstorm" (1965) a last-ditch noir with Jeffrey Hunter; "Walking Tall" (1973), so much more than a "hit people with a baseball bat" movie; and "Cutter's Way," a terrific cult neo-Noir that lived up to its reputation.
I really need to see Ghost Watch. It looks so spooky. The best first time to me movies I watched this year were Being There (just the thought of Peter Seller's performance in this will always haunt me), The Changeling, the Omen II, Brief Encounter, Don't Look Now, In the Mood for Love, and the original Solaris.
Dude, you're recs rock! What other channel would include Udo Kier Dracula horror and '80's teen romps on the same list? BTW I agree about Kelly Preston. I envy Travolta for his time with her! PS I'm so glad you profiled "Mildred Pierce"...I was blown away by that movie, even topping other stone cold classics from 1945 like "Gaslight" and "Picture of Dorian Gray." Gotta get me that Vestron Video T-Shirt :)
Oh The New Kids is awesome, new discovery for me about two years ago. For this year I think my fave new 'old' discovery was Deadly Games, the 1989 French horror Home Alone with psycho Santa. Found it on Shudder last week and bloody loved it!
Another highly underrated movie of the eighties is Just One of the Guys .... I saw this movie as a kid, it's very funny and I still love it to this day ❤
Anatomy of a murder is so fantastic👍 As a fan of Sirk and Stanwyck I am surprised because I never heard of There's always tomorrow I'll check out as soon as possible! Following your advice I checked out a bunch of John Carpenter movies this year and so The Thing from 1982 was one of my favourite discoveries of the year. Really great 👍 My second favourite first time watch in 2023 is Rififi french heist movie directed by Jules Dassin from 1955. So intense, highly recommend 👍
I'm super late to comment but just wanted to say that this is a fantastic list - any top ten featuring a cross section of classic era Hollywood, cult horror, and 80s teen films is alright by me! Ghostwatch is great, I'm so glad it's started getting more notice in recent years. And Secret Admirer rips! One of my all-time favourite 80s teen comedies. I recently discovered your channel and have enjoyed so many of your videos. Always looking forward to what you have coming out next.
I discovered a few great movies that I love this year. Killing Spree is a fun very low budget slasher film. Wacky but really entertaining film. Other great movies... Shock, I Madman, Sugar Hill, The Vineyard, The Nest, Bay of Blood, The Severed Arm, Primal Rage, Dead Pit, Anguish and Exists. Okay as you can see I'm a huge horror fan. I haven't had much time for anything else lately. These movies may not be great but they are movies that I personally love
A fine list. I finally just picked up a copy of the Mexico Macabre set yesterday in a sale. Another outside of that set I would suggest that you may enjoy is The Skeleton of Mrs Morales….Ghostwatch was a fun rewatch for me this year, it was a big deal on British TV when I was young and we would regularly watch most of the people involved on chat shows/game shows….I did a top 35 video of new to me in 2023 watches if that’s of interest. All the best for your 2024
SUPER UNIMPORTANT TRIVIA (but I can't help it): That little corner area briefly seen in THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW in which MacMurray runs up in the rain with people in the background holding umbrellas: This little area was featured pretty prominently in the very first episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE in which Earl Holliman believes he's all alone in an abandoned town, AND also in EARTH VS THE SPIDER where a cop (played by Gene Roth) is cornered by the giant tarantula. Why would I recall such an innocuous thing? Mainly because as a little kid back in the 50's I was studying a photo printed in FAMOUS MONSTERS that inadvertently showed how visual effects (known as "special effects" at the time) were done, via the very sloppy split screen work on a shot of the spider going after a car . I studied that image so much (and even cut up photos of it to fix it---I must've been crazy) as a kid that whenever that area shows up in a movie shot on the backlot at Universal, it jumps out at me. Phew!...Not sure that was worth pointing out. BUT for movie trivia-leaning buffs I just thought I'd toss out that innocuous (to probably everyone but me) little "factoid". (Old Bert Gordon movies were a good way to learn some of the basics of visual effects making since many of the shots in his films had the kinds of flaws that made them easier to figure out. (No offense to Gordon: He sure made a lot of films that were a lot of fun and very entertaining in the day). Harryhausen, though, took a lot more work. Anyway, thanks for the video. Very interesting eclectic selection of films.
The 1979 movie Dominique is Dead scared the 💩 out of me as a young child. Not a gory movie, just suspenseful and scary.... Especially the hallway scenes 😮
I actually did a video on 12 Angry Men recently. I’ve seen it several times, I’m a big fan. But I’m less a big fan of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Thanks for watching!
Blood for Dracula seems like a remake of Andy Warhols version. I,'ve never heard you discuss Village of the Damned or Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane.In the latter Martin Sheen is pure creepy and evil. Keep.up the good work.
x Watched The Bishop's Wife (on Christmas Eve) and Miracle on 34th Street (on Christmas Day), fantastic films! x I also wrote down the meal at the beginning of the film Christmas In Connecticut (the one where he was daydreaming/hallucinating in the life boat) and plan to make it sometime soon! x I added the two Lori Loughlin films The New Kids and Secret Admirer to my January Watch List. x The best films I discovered in 2023...at least the first time I watched them: o Friday The 13th o A Nightmare On Elm Street o Halloween o Rescuing Christmas (2023) o Captain Marvel o The Legend of Billie Jean (Recommended by Our 80s Life, they travelled to the film settings) o Bram Stoker's Dracula (your recommendation) o Dracula (1931 - your recommendation) o Fun Size (your recommendation) o The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (your recommendation) -Those are the top ten I casually thought of
#1 You seem to have a thing for Lori Loughlin without realizing it. I totally get it. #2 ANATOMY OF A MURDER and MILDRED PIERCE are the two best movies on this list.
haha Funny enough, I don’t think I do have a thing for Lori Loughlin, I just think she was in a lot of great movies in the ‘80s. I have much more of a thing for Kelly Preston.
@@cobwebschannel Having a thing for Kelly Preston is totally understandable as well. SECRET ADMIRER, AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON, and TWINS all made me a big fan of her.
OLDER movies to me are films from, say, the 1940's and older. Meaning they are movies made before I was born. That, to me, defines "older movies". Quite a jump back there from, say, the 1990's! ha ;-)
Glad you liked Ghostwatch. What may be missed by a US audience is that many of the characters are real life, popular UK TV presenters playing themselves. This gave the drama extra realism and caused a bit of a panic when it was first aired. Imagine David Letterman's chat show being possessed by poltergeists and you'll get an idea of what it was like. Love your channel by the way, great reviews.
Yeah it’s such a wild story. And thank you!
Now imagine, it’s 1992, you are around 10 years old, led in bed on Halloween night with a little portable tv in your room and you are watching Ghost watch, under the full belief that this was real. The screen is peppered with real light entertainment and kids tv presenters. There had been no “found footage” genre at this point. You watch 2/3 of the show but are so scared you turn off before the end (when things get frankly a bit ridiculous) you lie awake late into the night, terrified by what you saw. That is Ghost watch for me. Scarred deeply as a child by this film, and I love it for that! ❤😎
I watched "Mildred Pierce" for the first time this year and absolutely loved it! I need to watch Buck And The Preacher soon as well. Great list! First time watches is the best thing about this hobby and when they hit it makes it that much more fun!
Absolutely!! Really glad to hear you also enjoyed Mildred Pierce. Thanks for watching, Ken!
Need to watch “The Car” 1977, staring James Brolin. Nice hidden gem!
Yes, the dialogue in "Mildred Pierce" is superb, and Jack Carson adds so much to the movie.
"There's Always Tomorrow" is one of my favorite Douglas Sirk movies. ("The Tarnished Angels" is another great Sirk movie. Check out "Summer Storm," Sirk's first Hollywood movie, as well)
I too have always liked the original "Friday the 13th."
My best "New to Me" movies of 2023 were "Ivy" (1946) a Victorian Noir with Joan Fontaine; "Brainstorm" (1965) a last-ditch noir with Jeffrey Hunter; "Walking Tall" (1973), so much more than a "hit people with a baseball bat" movie; and "Cutter's Way," a terrific cult neo-Noir that lived up to its reputation.
Oh cool, I’ve never seen any of your picks! I’ll have to check them out.
I really need to see Ghost Watch. It looks so spooky.
The best first time to me movies I watched this year were Being There (just the thought of Peter Seller's performance in this will always haunt me), The Changeling, the Omen II, Brief Encounter, Don't Look Now, In the Mood for Love, and the original Solaris.
Brief Encounter was another one for me!
A+ video!
Another fantastic video!
Thanks Ben!!
Dude, you're recs rock! What other channel would include Udo Kier Dracula horror and '80's teen romps on the same list? BTW I agree about Kelly Preston. I envy Travolta for his time with her! PS I'm so glad you profiled "Mildred Pierce"...I was blown away by that movie, even topping other stone cold classics from 1945 like "Gaslight" and "Picture of Dorian Gray." Gotta get me that Vestron Video T-Shirt :)
Man, if you like all those wildly different movies, then THIS is the channel for you! haha We are definitely kindred spirits!
Blood for Dracula was wild
Absolutely unhinged. haha
Oh The New Kids is awesome, new discovery for me about two years ago. For this year I think my fave new 'old' discovery was Deadly Games, the 1989 French horror Home Alone with psycho Santa. Found it on Shudder last week and bloody loved it!
I love that movie! Awesome Christmas horror!
Such a cool scene in "Anatomy of a Murder" is Stewart and Ellington hitting the ivories at a jam session.
Another highly underrated movie of the eighties is Just One of the Guys .... I saw this movie as a kid, it's very funny and I still love it to this day ❤
Anatomy of a murder is so fantastic👍
As a fan of Sirk and Stanwyck I am surprised because I never heard of
There's always tomorrow I'll check out as soon as possible!
Following your advice I checked out a bunch of John Carpenter movies this year and so The Thing from 1982 was one of my favourite discoveries of the year.
Really great 👍
My second favourite first time watch in 2023 is Rififi french heist movie directed by Jules Dassin from 1955. So intense, highly recommend 👍
That’s awesome you checked out The Thing last year! Absolutely one of my favorite movies.
That’s awesome you checked out The Thing last year! Absolutely one of my favorite movies.
@@cobwebschannelyes I really love it
I promise to watch more Carpenter movies in 2024🖐
I'm super late to comment but just wanted to say that this is a fantastic list - any top ten featuring a cross section of classic era Hollywood, cult horror, and 80s teen films is alright by me! Ghostwatch is great, I'm so glad it's started getting more notice in recent years. And Secret Admirer rips! One of my all-time favourite 80s teen comedies. I recently discovered your channel and have enjoyed so many of your videos. Always looking forward to what you have coming out next.
Hey, thanks for watching! Sounds like we have very similar tastes!
I discovered a few great movies that I love this year. Killing Spree is a fun very low budget slasher film. Wacky but really entertaining film. Other great movies... Shock, I Madman, Sugar Hill, The Vineyard, The Nest, Bay of Blood, The Severed Arm, Primal Rage, Dead Pit, Anguish and Exists. Okay as you can see I'm a huge horror fan. I haven't had much time for anything else lately. These movies may not be great but they are movies that I personally love
Great choices in here! Primal Rage is also one of my favorites of this year. And it’s cool to see love for The Severed Arm, I’m a fan of that one too!
A fine list. I finally just picked up a copy of the Mexico Macabre set yesterday in a sale. Another outside of that set I would suggest that you may enjoy is The Skeleton of Mrs Morales….Ghostwatch was a fun rewatch for me this year, it was a big deal on British TV when I was young and we would regularly watch most of the people involved on chat shows/game shows….I did a top 35 video of new to me in 2023 watches if that’s of interest. All the best for your 2024
Oh wow, 35!! I will absolutely check that out. Thanks for watching man, have an amazing new year!
Great content, I enjoyed specially the haunted house video. But you got to check out MR. Vampire from Hong Kong Cinema. It's hillarious!
Thanks, I will! I’m planning to check out more Hong Kong movies this year.
SUPER UNIMPORTANT TRIVIA (but I can't help it): That little corner area briefly seen in THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW in which MacMurray runs up in the rain with people in the background holding umbrellas: This little area was featured pretty prominently in the very first episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE in which Earl Holliman believes he's all alone in an abandoned town, AND also in EARTH VS THE SPIDER where a cop (played by Gene Roth) is cornered by the giant tarantula. Why would I recall such an innocuous thing? Mainly because as a little kid back in the 50's I was studying a photo printed in FAMOUS MONSTERS that inadvertently showed how visual effects (known as "special effects" at the time) were done, via the very sloppy split screen work on a shot of the spider going after a car . I studied that image so much (and even cut up photos of it to fix it---I must've been crazy) as a kid that whenever that area shows up in a movie shot on the backlot at Universal, it jumps out at me.
Phew!...Not sure that was worth pointing out. BUT for movie trivia-leaning buffs I just thought I'd toss out that innocuous (to probably everyone but me) little "factoid". (Old Bert Gordon movies were a good way to learn some of the basics of visual effects making since many of the shots in his films had the kinds of flaws that made them easier to figure out. (No offense to Gordon: He sure made a lot of films that were a lot of fun and very entertaining in the day). Harryhausen, though, took a lot more work.
Anyway, thanks for the video. Very interesting eclectic selection of films.
The 1979 movie Dominique is Dead scared the 💩 out of me as a young child. Not a gory movie, just suspenseful and scary.... Especially the hallway scenes 😮
Def loving the blazer!
Thanks! My wife got it for me this Christmas season.
The funny things about ghoatwatch was it was shown live on halloween night and led to so many complaints to the bbc due to people believing it lol
Anatomy is a fantastic film.
Want another great trial film try 12 Angry Men.
Also id like to suggest Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
I actually did a video on 12 Angry Men recently. I’ve seen it several times, I’m a big fan. But I’m less a big fan of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Thanks for watching!
Blood for Dracula seems like a remake of Andy Warhols version. I,'ve never heard you discuss Village of the Damned or Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane.In the latter Martin Sheen is pure creepy and evil. Keep.up the good work.
Blood for Dracula is Andy’s Warhol’s Dracula. Two titles for the same movie.
x Watched The Bishop's Wife (on Christmas Eve) and Miracle on 34th Street (on Christmas Day), fantastic films!
x I also wrote down the meal at the beginning of the film Christmas In Connecticut (the one where he was daydreaming/hallucinating in the life boat) and plan to make it sometime soon!
x I added the two Lori Loughlin films The New Kids and Secret Admirer to my January Watch List.
x The best films I discovered in 2023...at least the first time I watched them:
o Friday The 13th
o A Nightmare On Elm Street
o Halloween
o Rescuing Christmas (2023)
o Captain Marvel
o The Legend of Billie Jean (Recommended by Our 80s Life, they travelled to the film settings)
o Bram Stoker's Dracula (your recommendation)
o Dracula (1931 - your recommendation)
o Fun Size (your recommendation)
o The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (your recommendation)
-Those are the top ten I casually thought of
You watched so much AWESOME stuff! Honestly, jealous of your year, my friend. haha And Legend of Billie Jean was close to my list, as well!
I like "The New Kids" but my favorite James Spader film as a new kid but a hero called "Tuff Turf"
Awesome movie!
#1 You seem to have a thing for Lori Loughlin without realizing it. I totally get it.
#2 ANATOMY OF A MURDER and MILDRED PIERCE are the two best movies on this list.
haha Funny enough, I don’t think I do have a thing for Lori Loughlin, I just think she was in a lot of great movies in the ‘80s. I have much more of a thing for Kelly Preston.
@@cobwebschannel Having a thing for Kelly Preston is totally understandable as well. SECRET ADMIRER, AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON, and TWINS all made me a big fan of her.
OLDER movies to me are films from, say, the 1940's and older. Meaning they are movies made before I was born. That, to me, defines "older movies". Quite a jump back there from, say, the 1990's! ha ;-)
Search for Pipes in the movie. You see him more often than you think.
Lots of Lori! 😍
She had a heck of an agent in the ‘80s! Got so many great projects!
Dude, have you seen 'Mad Max'? The original '79 first movie in the series? Not the second.
Heck yeah! Very cool movie. I love the whole series, except for Thunderdome.
I think I spotted Nita Talbot in the clip from Buck and the Preacher. She's one of the funniest ladies to never become a star.
You sure did! Good eye.