Halloween is just around the corner

[Kasie]

Posted: 10/26/08 at 2:46am

Which scary films will YOU be watching?
Gore/Suspense/Giallo/Slasher/Zombie... etc. So many genres, so little time.

Post your favorites. I, for one, love the classics.

THE BAD SEED
HALLOWEEN
FRIDAY THE 13TH
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
SUSPIRIA
THE SHINING
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
and, of course, the original FRANKENSTEIN.

Lock your doors, pop some popcorn, and try not to get too scared. It's going to be one spooky Halloween.













Updated On: 10/26/08 at 02:46 AM

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 10/26/08 at 2:54am

Updated On: 1/10/09 at 02:54 AM

[CyCoSpAz2]

Posted: 10/26/08 at 3:08am

Hocus Pocus is about as spooky as I go.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 10/26/08 at 3:27am

THE FLY and DEAD ALIVE!

Also, NAKED LUNCH and DEAD RINGERS.

[NGD2225]

Posted: 10/26/08 at 3:30am

Screw SCARY movies!!! I've been watching nothing but straight up DISNEY CAMP!!!! Halloweentown, Halloweentown II, Hocus Pocus, Don't Look Under The Bed, Scream Team, Phantom of The Megaplex, Susie Q, etc....

I have an unhealthy obsession with them.

EDIT: Killer Klowns scared the hell out of me. 2 days after my house burnt down (also 2 days after Christmas), I was staying at my Grandma's & I watched it. I couldn't sleep at all, I kept thinking the klowns were going down the street collecting people. Updated On: 10/26/08 at 03:30 AM

[nygrl232]

Posted: 10/26/08 at 4:56am

I watched The Ring for the first time on TNT recently--man, even with TV editing that movie is incredibly scary.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 10/26/08 at 10:44am

Yeah, the Ring was very scary.

Psycho was on last night........

[Marianne2]

Posted: 10/26/08 at 3:57pm

I have no idea why, but scary movies just don't scare me at all. Maybe it's because I know they aren't real? I don't know. I actually live very close to the Boy Scout camp where they filmed the first Friday the 13th movie. That is one place my sister says she would not work at because of the lake and the movie being filmed there. We used to work at another of the Boy Scout camps, but it is owned by a different council, and nothing was filmed there that we know of.

And has anyone ever seen the Garfield Halloween Special? It was from the 1980s. Obviously not scary compared to the movies mentioned, but the guy in the house on the island still creeps me out. I could not have been older than 3 when I first saw that.

[KathyGriffinLovesYou]

Posted: 10/26/08 at 3:58pm

I'm with cycospazz.

[broadway86]

Posted: 10/26/08 at 5:41pm

Ever since the age of four, I've had a special affinity to horror films of every decade, color print, budget, subgenre, etc.

I've been doing a horror movie marathon throughout October, some of which I've already seen, others I have not.

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2009) ***
Bad Seed, The (1956) ***
Black Christmas (1974) ***1/2
Blair Witch Project, The (1999) ****
Borderland (2007) ***
Burning, The (1981) ***
Carnival of Souls (1962) ***
Child's Play (1988 ) ***
Cloverfield (2008 ) ****
Clownhouse (1990) ***
Dolls (1987) **1/2
Don't Look Now (1973) ****
Dressed to Kill (1980) ***
Exorcism of Emily Rose, The (2005) ****
Fly, The (1986) ***1/2
Fog, The (1980) ***1/2
Friday the 13th (1980) ***
Grudge, The (2004) ***
Hamilton's, The (2006) ***1/2
Halloween (1978 ) ****
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988 ) ***
Hellraiser (1987) ***1/2
High Tension (2005) ****
Hocus Pocus (1993) ***1/2
Hostel (2006) ***1/2
Identity (2003) ****
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 ) ***1/2
Jeepers Creepers (2001) ***1/2
May (2003) ****
The Midnight Meat Train (2008 ) ***
Monster House (2006) ***1/2
Nightmare Man (2006) *1/2
Night of the Living Dead (1968 ) ***1/2
Nightmare on Elm Street, A (1984) ***1/2
Orphanage, The (2007) ***1/2
Pet Sematary (1989) ***1/2
Prom Night (1980) **1/2
Psycho (1960) ****
Pumpkinhead (1988 ) **
Quarantine (2008 ) ***
[REC] (2007) ***1/2
Ring, The (2002) ***1/2
Rosemary's Baby (1968 ) ****
Ruins, The (2008 ) ***
Scream (1996) ***1/2
Scream 2 (1997) ***
Scream 3 (2000) ***1/2
Session 9 (2001) ****
Shining, The (1980) ****
Strangers, The (2008 ) ***
Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The (1974) ****
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (2003) ***
Thing, The (1982) ****
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1997) ***1/2
Wicker Man, The (2007) *none*
Wolf Creek (2005) ***1/2

Watching this week...

April Fool's Day (1986)
Brood, The (1979)
Deep Red (1975)
Funhouse, The (1981)
Girls Nite Out (1984)
House (1982)
Lisa and the Devil (1973)
Mother's Day (1980)
Night of the Demons (1988 )
Satan's Little Helper (2005)
Sentinel, The (1977)
Suspiria (1977)
Tenant, The (1976)
Them (2007)
Trigger Man (2007)
Twitch of the Death Nerve (1971)
Wicker Man, The (1973)


Updated On: 10/26/08 at 05:41 PM

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 10/26/08 at 5:47pm

I watched Prom Night last night, not based on Halloween but that movie scared the crap out of me... it didn't help that all the house lights were off and there was a storm though.


Gotta love Hocus Pocus though.

[broadway86]

Posted: 10/26/08 at 5:49pm

^ About Prom Night... Not crazy about it, but Wendy's chase scene through the dark hallways of the school is one of the GREATS.

[BroomstickBoy]

Posted: 10/26/08 at 5:54pm

I'm not really into horror movies.

The night before Halloween, since I have plans for the holiday (going out as Sally Bowles!), I'm watching my favorite Halloween flicks/specials :

Hocus Pocus
The Worst Witch (with a young and ADORABLE Fairuza Balk)
Garfield's Halloween Adventure (those ghosts scared the dickens out of me as a kid)
*if it's still on youtube* The Halloween That Almost Wasn't

[Marianne2]

Posted: 10/26/08 at 6:29pm

Good to know that I'm not the only one who liked the Garfield special. However, I just watched that and the Great Pumpkin on the VHS tape my parents taped back in 1986, rewound it, and its dead. The tape broke and that's all there is to it. I'm sad because there were all sorts of cool commercials on it, and also the Garfield Hawaiian vacation special and Flash Beagle. Oh well, I had a wonderful 22 years watching these things.

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 10/26/08 at 7:29pm

Clue
Shaun of the Dead
Hocus Pocus
Young Frankenstein
Casper
...

I think I have a different idea of Halloween Movies...

[Jane2]

Posted: 10/26/08 at 8:20pm

[Weez]

Posted: 10/28/08 at 7:55am

I've worked it out. Kinda. I'm at a loose end until 10pm, but from there I'm covered. First it's the finale of 'Dead Set' (if you ever idly wondered what would happen if some kind of major crisis were unleashed on the world leaving 'Big Brother' housemates in some kind of semi-unawareness, this is the show for you).

Then I'm going to relive the childhood trauma I never had and stick on 'Ghostwatch' (which is to middle England what Orson Welles's 'War of the Worlds' was to 1930's America). I'm kinda glad I never saw it when it originally aired, because knowing what a wuss I was as a child, I'm sure I'd still be horrifically scarred even now. :)

Marvellous! ^_^

Updated On: 10/28/08 at 07:55 AM

[StageManager2]

Posted: 10/28/08 at 8:03am

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 10/28/08 at 12:26pm

I've never been able to handle scary movies, yet I always really want to watch them around Halloween. Since this thread is full of genre experts, what is a classic scary movie that I could watch that wouldn't have me hiding under the covers with a flashlight in hand? I can't really handle gore at all, but I love psychologically scary films. Here are some of the "scary movies" I've been able to handle:

* Silence of the Lambs
* Wait Until Dark
* The Others
* Pan's Labyrinth
* Zodiac
* The Exorcist (on TV though, so probably doesn't count)
* Shaun of the Dead

I was thinking of trying The Shining...any other suggestions?

[Weez]

Posted: 10/28/08 at 12:39pm

I really want to say 'The Orphanage'. I mean, I know a lot of people found it pretty darn scary, but I honestly thought the horror aspect came a distant second to the story of a mother's love for her child, and the ending was just so perfect for the film that any feelings of terror you've accumulated will hopefully be shoved right on the backseat. I was able to walk home alone through the darkened city without being nervous that something was at my back, anyway, which is nice. :)

In fact, I might have to hunt down a copy for my pre-10pm viewing. Either that or 'Shaun of the Dead', and I've seen it zillions of times. XD

EDIT: in fact in fact, if you handled 'The Others' well enough, then definitely give 'The Orphanage' a shot. It kicks everything up a notch and is an amazing film to boot. :)

Updated On: 10/28/08 at 12:39 PM

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 10/28/08 at 12:39pm

I went through the horror titles on my tivo and recorded these over the last few weeks:

The Exorcist
The Exorcist III
Eaten Alive (never saw it before - terrible, but has the girl from Texas Chainsaw Massacre in it.)
The Beast Within (never saw it before, not bad.)
Childs Play 3 (I love the final scene in the factory)
Night of the Living Dead
Return of the Living Dead
Salem's Lot
Carrie
The Shining (YES - Try it Kitz!)
Halloween
Friday the 13th 1 and 2

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/28/08 at 12:45pm

I shoulda killed myself when he put it in me.

[artscallion]

Posted: 10/28/08 at 12:48pm

Trilogy of TERROR!!!

[BroadwayBenny]

Posted: 10/28/08 at 1:49pm

this year I am just doing a Tim Burton fest. Going to see "Nightmare Before Christmas 3D" in theatres, and then watching dvds of Sweeney Todd, Sleepy Hollow, Beetlejuice, Frankenweenie & Vincent throughout the week.

[Kasie]

Posted: 10/28/08 at 5:18pm

Kitz - You MUST watch THE SHINING. I highly recommend it.