Creature from the Black Lagoon 1954

From the era of silent movies through present day, Universal Pictures has been regarded as the home of the monsters.

A list of horror movies guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.

Old movies i need to follow up

For about as long as there have been movies, there have been special effects. That’s no exaggeration: The medium was only a few years old when people began finding ways to toy with the reality of what the motion-picture camera was capturing, creating tricks from quirks in photographic science. A century later, the technology has drastically evolved, but the function remains the same: to make the audience believe the unbelievable. Not that it’s all about fooling us. Yes, some of the best effects blur the line between reality and fantasy. Others simply show us something so cool—so wild or imaginative or beautiful—that we accept the new reality they create, even when we know it’s all make believe. So what makes a special effect special? Maybe it comes down to the effect.

Summer, of course, is the unofficial special effects season, and to commemorate the winding down of Hollywood’s annual parade of CGI-heavy blockbusters, The A.V. Club has picked the highlights from a whole history of cinematic illusion, from the Méliès “trick films” of the early 20th century to the superhero phenomena of today. Note that this is not a list of the most advanced effects work, because as anyone who’s sat through an X-Men movie can attest, even the most state-of-the-art spectacles can look shockingly lousy. Furthermore, not all once-remarkable effects achievements have retained their luster, which is why some of the biggest box office hits of all time are absent from our rundown. (Sorry Titanic stans.) Consider this, instead, a chronological cataloguing of the movies that still dazzle and amaze and disgust us; whether achieved through purely physical/organic means, through the digital magic available at a mouse click, or through something as simple as a cut, the effects within them hold a monopoly on our imaginations.

https://film.avclub.com/the-50-greatest-special-effects-movies-of-all-time-1827830379

From the AV Club - https://www.avclub.com/the-50-greatest-special-effects-movies-of-all-time-1827830379/slides/5

2019's Reddit Horror Movie Challenge films.

https://www.reddit.com/r/horrormoviechallenge/comments/dbi5a9/dsnake1s_2019_ohmc_checklist/

A curated list from the official Universal Classic Collection, Classic Monster Collection. Legacy Collection, and the Essential and Complete Collections. While there are many universal horror and thriller films, these are the official canonized monster films promoted by the studio.

This is a complete list of all horror films produced by Universal Pictures from the 1931 to 1956. [Note: 'Island of Lost Souls' and 'The Monster and the Girl' were originally produced by Paramount Pictures and later acquired by Universal.]

Universal Classic Monsters is a home video line based on a series of horror films primarily produced by Universal Pictures from the 1930s to the 1950s. Although not initially conceived as a franchise, the enduring popularity and legacy of the films and the characters featured in them has led the studio to market them under the collective brand name of Universal Studios Monsters. Steve Jones of USA Today described Universal's most famous monsters as "pop culture icons", specifically Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, and the Wolf Man.

Movies mentioned by Para-Medic during the save codec calls in MGS3.
"When the going gets tough, movies can save your life. It's always good to be able to look at things from a different perspective when you get in a jam. That's the magic of movies."

Classic Monster Movies

Universal Classic Monsters is a name given to the horror, fantasy, thriller and science fiction films made by Universal Pictures during the decades of the 1920s through the 1950s. They were the first shared universe in the entire movie industry in Hollywood and around the world. They began with The Phantom of the Opera, a silent film starring Lon Chaney. Universal Classic Monsters continued with talkies including core monsters in the franchise Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Wolf Man and Creature from the Black Lagoon. The films often featured Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney Jr. - Wikipedia

New to me movies, watching in release order and at least two from each decade (after the 20s). I realized I had seen The Blob and Plan 9 a long time ago so added on a 32nd.

Pickers:
- Kelley
- Alanna
- Kyle
- Greg
- Devin
- Chris
- Lorie
- Tony

Featured classic horror. Updated weekly.