Watching movies like Dracula, Frankenstein and The Mummy back in the '30s, before blood, gore and CGI, before horror movies had scenes that made you jump. I guess audiences today would find these old movies dull. Today, people jump in their seats and scream out loud. Watching these old movies, I wonder how audiences back then reacted to scenes that were supposed to be scary at the time.
sharethis Dracula, reminds me of The Count, that Puppet from Sesame Street
shareMy dad went with his mom to see The Wolf Man (he was 6), and he remembered vividly hiding down behind the seat whenever Chaney turned into the wolf man.
Movies like Frankenstein and Dracula were very scary/spooky for viewers of that time.
One thing we know is back then, we weren't scared to be a theater because of Covid
shareCovid was around back then also. You aren’t too smart are you?
shareThe TrumpVirus was created in 2020
shareYou are wrong, it’s been around for a very long time. I’ve seen every Dracula movie ever made in theater, I would know more than you trust me on this one.
shareSo did I. And I knew someone who was at Bram Stokers 1st book signing in 1897 and learned some vampire secrets from the author. So trust me instead that I know more about Dracula than you do
shareMay I speak to this person? If not how do I know you’re telling the truth. I don’t accept hearsay
shareSo did I. And I knew someone who was at Bram Stokers 1st book signing in 1897 and learned some vampire secrets from the author. So trust me instead that I know more about Dracula than you do
shareThere's a difference between "jump scares" (being startled) and psychological eeriness and horror. The old movies were more intellectual, and audiences wanted something sophisticated. I wasn't around in the 1930s, but I saw "Dracula", "Frankenstein", "The Wolf Man", etc. when I was a kid in the 1960s and they left me thoroughly creeped out. I was afraid to have the lights out when I went to bed at night!
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