When ghosts appear, even imaginary ones, they don't always raise the fright meter. I thought that they were interesting spirits, with a message that new RKO studio boss, Howard Hughes didn't like. Imagine the adult, Howard Robard Hughes browbeating 12-year-old Dean Stockwell to say pro-War lines! Now THAT is frightening.;)
Considering the movie was in black and white just to begin with thus it was extra-scary just to start. Especially the poster boy who really stared deep. I do not know what on Earth you mean about Hughes browbeating.
"The Boy With Green Hair" Movie trivia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040185/trivia
I also saw this movie in black-and-white, long before we got a color TV. (Or was the black-and-white print the only one that was available to the TV station back then?) Turner Classic Movies showed this Technicolor (sorta) Musical last week, which was a visual revelation to me.
You said: "Black-and-white film is almost automatically considered terrifying." It is? Check out "Our Vines Grow Tender Grapes," a 1945 rural tale that featured Edward G. Robinson in a non-gangster role. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037963/reference
It is about as scary as the Sepia-tinted before and after scenes in "The Wizard of Oz." As for Rod Serling-era "The Twilight Zone," that was great screenwriting translated to film by talented actors and directors.
תגובה מאת Patrick E. Abe
ב-יוני 13, 2021 ב-11:34אחרי חצות יום
When ghosts appear, even imaginary ones, they don't always raise the fright meter. I thought that they were interesting spirits, with a message that new RKO studio boss, Howard Hughes didn't like. Imagine the adult, Howard Robard Hughes browbeating 12-year-old Dean Stockwell to say pro-War lines! Now THAT is frightening.;)
תגובה מאת Benton12
ב-יוני 14, 2021 ב-8:28לפני חצות יום
Considering the movie was in black and white just to begin with thus it was extra-scary just to start. Especially the poster boy who really stared deep. I do not know what on Earth you mean about Hughes browbeating.
תגובה מאת Benton12
ב-יוני 14, 2021 ב-10:23לפני חצות יום
Black and white film is almost automatically considered terrifying. It was way easier for original TZ to scare than Night Gallery!
תגובה מאת Patrick E. Abe
ב-יוני 14, 2021 ב-1:05אחרי חצות יום
"The Boy With Green Hair" Movie trivia: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040185/trivia I also saw this movie in black-and-white, long before we got a color TV. (Or was the black-and-white print the only one that was available to the TV station back then?) Turner Classic Movies showed this Technicolor (sorta) Musical last week, which was a visual revelation to me. You said: "Black-and-white film is almost automatically considered terrifying." It is? Check out "Our Vines Grow Tender Grapes," a 1945 rural tale that featured Edward G. Robinson in a non-gangster role. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037963/reference It is about as scary as the Sepia-tinted before and after scenes in "The Wizard of Oz." As for Rod Serling-era "The Twilight Zone," that was great screenwriting translated to film by talented actors and directors.
תגובה מאת Benton12
ב-יוני 14, 2021 ב-5:24אחרי חצות יום
Google "Why are movies scarier in black and white".