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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:15 PM
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What is your favorite "creepy old house" movie?
I have this thing for big old mansions.

:)
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:16 PM
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1. Psycho
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:18 PM
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3. agreed - though the buildings in "the Birds" come a close second
no master today, in the mold of Hitchcock...
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:18 PM
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2. What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?
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azoth Donating Member (408 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:20 PM
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6. But ya ARE Blanche...ya ARE! (love that flick)
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:19 PM
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4. The Ghost and Mr Chicken" starring Don Knotts !! !
He acts soooo scared it has t rub off on you! It scared the crap outta me every time I saw it!
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:26 PM
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9. Good one! I haven't seen that in a while
My sister says that I decorate my house like the Adams Family.
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Gothic Sponge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:20 PM
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5. Burnt Offerings
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:21 PM
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7. That was one creepy movie!
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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:50 PM
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20. Totally!
It haunted me for years - I couldn't get the images of the creepy chauffer or Karen Black horrifying face out of my mind for ages!
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:21 PM
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8. House on Haunted Hill, old version
:D
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njdemocrat106 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 01:57 AM
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25. I'll second the original "House on Haunted Hill"
Classic Vincent Price!
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-..__... Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:27 PM
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10. "Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
When you find a human tooth on the doorstep...take it as a hint.
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CornField Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:28 PM
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11. Amityville Horror
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:28 PM
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12. Bush's Brain
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Goathead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:30 PM
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13. House on haunted hill
or Amityville Horror
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BillZBubb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:31 PM
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14. Scary Movie 2
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Feathered Fish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:33 PM
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15. Evil Dead.
Edited on Tue Nov-30-04 11:35 PM by Feathered Fish
Well it's not a mansion but it's a pretty creepy cabin! :crazy:
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Tempest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:49 PM
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19. Best creepy house in a movie ever
By far.
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RiffRandell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:34 PM
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16. The Changling.
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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:51 PM
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21. That was another one of my favorites!
Great horror movie.
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solinvictus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:34 PM
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17. The Marsten House in "Salem's Lot"
The house as described in the book stuck with me.
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azoth Donating Member (408 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 02:00 AM
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26. Yeah - the book rocked. The movie...eh. Not so much.
That Barlow (was THAT the vampire's name?) was just freaky and - Hutch? Gimme a break.
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whalerider55 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:43 PM
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18. "The Old Dark House"
1932, directed by James Whale all-star cast of brit eccentrics. wotta flick...

then again, the haunting was pretty scary....

whalerider55
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:52 PM
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22. "Would you care for a potato?"
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-30-04 11:58 PM
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23. The Last Man on Earth - Vincent Price
My favorite "creepy house" book is The Purple Cloud, by M.P. Shiel.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 01:36 AM
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24. The Haunting (b/w version)
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