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I considered Sands of Iwo Jima as it's breathtaking stuff, however Flags of Our Fathers i found quite uninvolving, possibly because it was about the war on the home front rather than combat.

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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs (Post 490350)

I prefer to think of them as companion pieces, more a single film with one mirroring the other.

Away from this weeks topic I know, but I was looking through previous posts and realised I put Sands of Iwo Jima instead of Letters from Iwo Jima!

Demdike@Cult Labs

1st June 2016 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs (Post 492238)

Away from this weeks topic I know, but I was looking through previous posts and realised I put Sands of Iwo Jima instead of Letters from Iwo Jima!

:lol: I went along with it because Sands springs to mind easier than Letters so the fact you'd made an error didn't actually register.

Nosferatu@Cult Labs

1st June 2016 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Justin101 (Post 492209)

I haven't seen any Ealing Studio films :hide:

You have some catching up to do, and some great films to see for the first time.

Nosferatu@Cult Labs

1st June 2016 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 492240)

:lol: I went along with it because Sands springs to mind easier than Letters so the fact you'd made an error didn't actually register.

It was only looking at it that I realised it didn't look right and that Sands of Iwo Jima was made considerably earlier and starred John Wayne!

Demdike@Cult Labs

1st June 2016 06:14 PM

Top 10 British Horror films of the 1950's.

Dracula (1958)
Night Of The Demon (1958)
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
The Revenge Of Frankenstein (1958)
Quatermass II (1957)
The Rocking Horse Winner (1950)
The Mummy (1959)
X-The Unknown (1956)
The Trollenberg Terror (1958)
Cat Girl (1957)

Also under consideration -

Crow Hollow (1952)
The Quatermass Experiment (1955)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The House In The Woods (1957)
Corridors Of Blood (1958)
The Headless Ghost (1959)
The Stranglers Of Bombay (1959)
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)

Demdike@Cult Labs

1st June 2016 06:23 PM

And now, following the fifties it gets really tough, as Britain ruled the world when it comes to horror cinema for the next 14 or so years.

Demdike@Cult Labs

1st June 2016 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs (Post 492247)

The Mummy (1959)

Could this be considered the first slasher film?

It has all the traits of what was to come in the 70's and beyond.

Nosferatu@Cult Labs

1st June 2016 06:32 PM

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