Decemberdike Christmas Eve The Old Dark House (1932)
The new Eureka print sourced from the Cohen Group looks lovely and finally allows one of the great horror films to be seen how it should be seen, in fact it wouldn't surprise me if the film looked better now in the 21st century world of Blu-ray / dvd / flat screen tvs than it ever did in 1930's cinemas.
As for the film itself, it's a real gem and the first proper 'old dark house' film, the film that started a horror and thriller sub genre and every way as important a film for Universal as Frankenstein and Dracula in embracing Gothic horror and setting the scene for decades to come.
.................................................. .......................... Christmas Day Ghost Stories (2017)
A British horror anthology from Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson in the vein of the classic Amicus portmanteau horrors of the late sixties and early seventies. However that's where the similarity ends.
The movie poster and dvd cover scream out that, according to The Sun, it's "The Best British Horror Movie for Years".
Well it is - If you haven't seen any British horror movies for years!
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