Horror Top Trumps - Name That Movie!

Little Alex

When I was growing up Top Trumps were very popular. They are again now, but with all new sets of cards.

Back then, my favoutite sets were Western Gunfighters and the Horror sets, of which there were two: Devil Priest and Dracula.

Many of the cards were based on characters from well known horror movies, but some of them were not familiar to me.

So, here are are all of the cards. Can anyone guess which movies they are from?

Here they are, starting with the Dracula set...

Little Alex

... and continuing with the last few Dracula cards and into the Devil Priest set...

Little Alex

... and the last cards...

Do you know the movies they are from? Some are correct, some names actually belong to other cards, some are loosely based on a movie character, but slightly changed and some might be made up for all I know!

Here are the charater names:

Ape Man
Cannibal
Circus of Death
Dracula
Executioner
Freak
Fu Manchu
Gargantua
Ghoul
Godzilla
Gorgon
Granite Man
Hangman
Headhunter
Incredible Melting Man
King Kong
Lord of Death
Mad Axeman
Mad magician
Madman
Maggot
Man Eating Plant
Phantom of the Opera
Prince of darkness
Risen Dead
Skeleton
Sorceress
Thing
Two Headed Monster
Vampire Bat
Werewolf
Zetan Warlord
Alien Creature
Beast
Colossus
Creature fro the Black Lagoon
Creature from Outer Space
Cyclops
Death
Devil Priest
Diablo
Dr. Syn
Fiend
Fire Demon
Frankenstein
High Priestess of Zoltan
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Jailer
Killer Rat
Living Gargoyle
Living Skull
Lizard Man
Martian Warrior
Mistress Vampire
Mummy
Slime Creature
Sorceror
Talon
Terror of the Deep
Thor
Venusian Death Cell
Wolfman
Zetan Priest
Zoltan

spooky donkey

man those cards look old.

A lot of them just look like generic monsters from hammer films and that kinda thing.. But others ive never heard of. Some seem to be comic book characters now sure why the likes of thor is classed as horror?

Still a cool set of cards. Must be very collectiable now.

Little Alex

Yeah, they're the most collectable of the Top Tumps sets.

I think that most of them are actually from horror movies. I recognise quite a few of them, but not all.

mike65

I'm old enough to remember them but don't! Cars were my thing.

Otis Driftwood

You are old enough to remember the renaissance Mike.














:pac:

mike65

*shakes walking stick*

Little Alex

These are the ones I am sure of:

Ape Man
Cannibal
Circus of Death
Dracula is from Dracula Prince Of Darkness (1965)
Executioner
Freak is from The Reptile (1966)
Fu Manchu is from The Mask Of Fu Manchu (1932)
Gargantua
Ghoul is from The Black Sleep (1956)
Godzilla
Gorgon
Granite Man
Hangman is from The Phantom Of The Opera (1925)
Headhunter
Incredible Melting Man is from The Incredible Melting Man (1977)
King Kong is from Konga (1961)
Lord of Death is from The Phantom Of The Opera (1925)
Mad Axeman
Mad Magician is from London After Midnight (1927)
Madman is from Doomwatch (1972)
Maggot
Man Eating Plant is from I Married A Monster From Outer Space (1958)
Phantom of the Opera is from The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Prince of Darkness
Risen Dead
Skeleton
Sorceress
Thing
Two Headed Monster
Vampire Bat
Werewolf is from I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Zetan Warlord
Alien Creature
Beast
Colossus is from Colossus of New York (1958)
Creature fro the Black Lagoon is from Revenge Of The Creature (1955)
Creature from Outer Space
Cyclops
Death
Devil Priest
Diablo
Dr. Syn is from The Brides Of Fu Manchu (1966)
Fiend
Fire Demon
Frankenstein is from Frankenstein (1931)
High Priestess of Zoltan if from Curse Of The Crimson Altar (1968)
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Jailer is from Frankenstein (1931)
Killer Rat
Living Gargoyle
Living Skull
Lizard Man
Martian Warrior
Mistress Vampire
Mummy
Slime Creature
Sorceror
Talon
Terror of the Deep is from City Under The Sea (1965)
Thor
Venusian Death Cell
Wolfman
Zetan Priest
Zoltan is from Lady Frankenstein (1971)

A lot of them are promo photos and/or lobby cards so I've seen them before in books.

Dotrel

"Creature from Outer Space" = This Island Earth (1955)

That's a sci-fi movie btw (rather than horror). So maybe more of those yet unknown cards came from the sci-fi genre also?

(anyway cool to look at that retro deck. Don't remember the ones you had but I defo remember the western set. They were drawn/traced in much the same style).

mike65

here's a bit of fun I spotted on digitalspy. I got 10.

Pick the horror title from three choices

Little Alex

Dotrel wrote: »

"Creature from Outer Space" = This Island Earth (1955)

That's a sci-fi movie btw (rather than horror). So maybe more of those yet unknown cards came from the sci-fi genre also?

(anyway cool to look at that retro deck. Don't remember the ones you had but I defo remember the western set. They were drawn/traced in much the same style).

Thanks for that, Dotrel! Spot on!

Yeah, Western Gunfighters are they other very collectable set of Top Trumps and they are drawn in the same style.

mike65 wrote: »

here's a bit of fun I spotted on digitalspy. I got 10.

Pick the horror title from three choices

Got 11/12. Got most of them kind of through elimination. though.

mike65

mike65 wrote: »

here's a bit of fun I spotted on digitalspy. I got 10.

Pick the horror title from three choices

12 out of 12. Really quite easy, any horror fan will have no problem getting them all first time round.

mike65

Says you! (I missed out on Abdominal Snowman and clicked too fast for the other I got wrong)

MudSkipper

i missed one, but only because the soundclip didnt play.... so was a random guess

klisher

fire demon = dr who and the deamons (1971)
the maggot. not sure what this is called but in the photo from this movie its jonathon harris (zachary smith in lost in space) getting his head stabbed.
skeleton pretty sure its ray harry hausen jason and the argonauts

klisher

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Little Alex wrote: »

These are the ones I am sure of:

Ape Man
Cannibal is from The Phantom Creeps (1939)
Circus of Death
Dracula is from Dracula Prince Of Darkness (1965)
Executioner
Freak is from The Reptile (1966)
Fu Manchu is from The Mask Of Fu Manchu (1932)
Gargantua is from It the Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
Ghoul is from The Black Sleep (1956)
Godzilla
Gorgon
Granite Man
Hangman is from The Phantom Of The Opera (1925)
Headhunter
Incredible Melting Man is from The Incredible Melting Man (1977)
King Kong is from Konga (1961)
Lord of Death is from The Phantom Of The Opera (1925)
Mad Axeman
Mad Magician is from London After Midnight (1927)
Madman is from Doomwatch (1972)
Maggot
Man Eating Plant is from I Married A Monster From Outer Space (1958)
Phantom of the Opera is from The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Prince of Darkness is from Onibaba (1964)
Risen Dead
Skeleton is from Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Sorceress
Thing is from Angry red Planet (1959)
Two Headed Monster is from The Thing with 2 Heads. (1972)
Vampire Bat
Werewolf is from I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Zetan Warlord
Alien Creature
Beast
Colossus is from Colossus of New York (1958)
Creature from the Black Lagoon is from Revenge Of The Creature (1955)
Creature from Outer Space
Cyclops
Death
Devil Priest
Diablo
Dr. Syn is from The Brides Of Fu Manchu (1966)
Fiend
Fire Demon is from Dr Who and the Deamons (1971)
Frankenstein is from Frankenstein (1931)
High Priestess of Zoltan if from Curse Of The Crimson Altar (1968)
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Jailer is from Frankenstein (1931)
Killer Rat
Living Gargoyle is from Godzilla vs Gigan (1972)
Living Skull
Lizard Man
Martian Warrior
Mistress Vampire is from Vampire Circus (1972)
Mummy
Slime Creature
Sorceror
Talon is from Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
Terror of the Deep is from City Under The Sea (1965)
Thor
Venusian Death Cell is from Dr who and the Sea Devils (1972) ??!!
Wolfman
Zetan Priest
Zoltan is from Lady Frankenstein (1971)

A lot of them are promo photos and/or lobby cards so I've seen them before in books.

Little Alex

Thanks, klisher. You are the B-Movie King!

Skerries

mike65 wrote: »

Says you! (I missed out on Abdominal Snowman and clicked too fast for the other I got wrong)

is he the one with the bad stomach?

klisher

maggot is from lost in space. tv series