Comments on: Thirty-one Classic Scary Nights in October http://www.bloggernews.net/117927 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:00:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Malcolm R. Campbell http://www.bloggernews.net/117927#comment-711173 Malcolm R. Campbell Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:00:26 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/117927#comment-711173 I'd go nuts trying to make a list like this, but I'm glad you did. What a fun read this morning. Malcolm I’d go nuts trying to make a list like this, but I’m glad you did. What a fun read this morning.

Malcolm

]]> By: Floyd M. Orr http://www.bloggernews.net/117927#comment-655418 Floyd M. Orr Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:04:56 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/117927#comment-655418 Thank you for your comment, Susan, as it opens a subject I need to expound upon. Once I had the idea of the 31 nights of movies in chronological order, the weeding process became a real challenge, and I know a lot of the choices just happen to be my own. I expect that every monster movie fan will question some of my selections, and that's where the fun really begins. I cannot tell you how many adjustments I made before settling on the final list! As far as your questions go, I decided to begin and end with vampires because not only are they my favorite, but my guess is that they are the favorite classic monsters of the largest number of fans. Many great classics had to be left on the cutting room floor. I hope everyone has as much fun with the list as I did researching it! Thank you for your comment, Susan, as it opens a subject I need to expound upon. Once I had the idea of the 31 nights of movies in chronological order, the weeding process became a real challenge, and I know a lot of the choices just happen to be my own. I expect that every monster movie fan will question some of my selections, and that’s where the fun really begins. I cannot tell you how many adjustments I made before settling on the final list! As far as your questions go, I decided to begin and end with vampires because not only are they my favorite, but my guess is that they are the favorite classic monsters of the largest number of fans. Many great classics had to be left on the cutting room floor. I hope everyone has as much fun with the list as I did researching it!

]]> By: Susan Tyler Hitchcock http://www.bloggernews.net/117927#comment-655137 Susan Tyler Hitchcock Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:10:14 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/117927#comment-655137 Floyd, I appreciate that you include Christopher Isherwood's <i>Frankenstein: The True Story</i> (not his title, by the way), but why not Karloff's 1931 original and its <i>Bride</i.? You seem to offer the riches of <i>Dracula</i> but not the best there is of his monster partner. Movie viewers might enjoy getting to know the full story in my book, <i>Frankenstein: A Cultural History</i> -- and I'll enjoy a few of these flicks you suggest in this witching season. -- sth Floyd, I appreciate that you include Christopher Isherwood’s Frankenstein: The True Story (not his title, by the way), but why not Karloff’s 1931 original and its Bride</i.? You seem to offer the riches of Dracula but not the best there is of his monster partner. Movie viewers might enjoy getting to know the full story in my book, Frankenstein: A Cultural History — and I’ll enjoy a few of these flicks you suggest in this witching season. — sth

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