Nerd Pride Radio

I've decided to fill some gaps in my classic horror movie knowledge, checking out movies that I should have watched, but haven't.

For instance, I haven't watched the original Last House on the Left, largely because I heard it's a hard watch given the content. But it's on my list.

But I want to see if there's movies that y'all (meaning people who are not horror movie buffs) consider classics that I haven't seen.

So start listing horror movies that I can add to my list. Just so you know where I come from, anything 80s to the present I've probably seen. The 60s and 70s is my real gap, and what I'm trying to work on. While I've seen many of the classic horror movies from the 50s and earlier, I'm sure there's a bunch I missed, and many "horror" movies in that time period that I don't consider horror.

You may have already seen it, I don't know. And I don't know how well it holds up. But I would suggest the 1982 made-for-TV movie: Don't Go To Sleep

I remember a having a babysitter watch it while my parents were out for a date night, and it really left an impression at the time. All I'll say is: pizza cutter.

I haven't seen it! Valerie Harper? Dennis Weaver? I'm so in. Except it's not streaming anywhere, for rental or free. I'll keep it on my watchlist though. Thanks!

I'd love to see some of the old Hammer Horror movies, but I don't know which ones are the best.

So I've seen some of the classic Hammer movies- some of the Frankensteins, Draculas and maybe the first Mummy movie. With the exception of Christopher Lee in the Draculas, there's not much I liked. The productions weren't great and the scripts were terrible.

I know I've seen some of their exploitation films, but none were memorable or good.

If you are going to watch them, I'd say start with Dracula and The Curse of Frankenstein. If you like either of those, cycle through the sequels in order until you stop enjoying them.

I recently decided to watch Mario Bava's horror from the 60s and 70s. I just saw Bay of Blood and was surprised at how good it was, despite what was an apparently very low budget. I have Black Sunday and Black Sabbath in my queue to watch next.