The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread- Page 2
The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
#25The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 9/16/15 at 8:49pm
The Devil's Backbone, Julia's Eyes and The Orphanage are all great. Now that I've stated thinking about it, I think I'll be watching those three this October.
#26The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 9/16/15 at 9:00pm
The other horror classic I want to like but can't really connect with is Phantasm. The Tall Man, "Boyyyyyy," the murder pinballs, the dwarf demons- it should do something for me on some level, but I'm not feeling it.
On the other hand, you know what "horror" "classic" I love, but always watch near Christmas for reasons that only make sense to me? Phantom of the Paradise.
#27The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 9/17/15 at 10:00am
I cant believe I've never seen "Trick r Treat"! It's a must this year with all of these recommendations!
What I do is search "horror" on my dvr and go through the list and record every favorite and never seen that I can. It fills that sucker up in no time, so I'm forced to watch them, especially since the hubby will only watch those I insist he not miss.
My faves, which I try to see every year:
The Exorcist (duh!)
The Exorcist 2 and 3, 2 for the laughs, and 3 because it's great
Elm Streets 1 and 3
Childs Play 3 ( I love the end in the factory so much!)
The Fog
The Thing (1982)
Halloween (only the original)
Friday the 13th 1-3 ( I love the Amy Steel and Tom McBride in 2)
Psycho
Rosemary's Baby
The Omen
Carnival of Souls
Dracula, any or all of them
sooooo many others!
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#28The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 9/17/15 at 10:26am
Black Christmas. The original, even though the sh*tty remake is good for a laugh.
Same for Halloween.
Friday the 13th, Part 2. Amy Steel is fantastic, and that ambiguous ending? Best in the series.
#29The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 9/17/15 at 11:48am
On Halloween I usually just pick something appropriate off of Netflix, but it invariably backfires on me because I pick the wrong movie. Last year it was House on Haunted Hill and Alyce Kills, neither of which were very good, and the year before it was The Frighteners, which I hadn't seen since it came out and which I remembered liking, but which I thought was terrible this time.
One year when I was a kid I had a marathon of old '30s and '40s Universal horror movies and had a great time. Maybe I'll do that again this year. I think more than any other films, they have the perfect Halloween atmosphere (and plus most of them are only about 70 minutes long, so it's easy to watch a bunch of them).
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#30The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 9/17/15 at 2:28pm
I usually watch THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN at some point Halloween-wise, it's just such good fun. I'm thinking I'm due for another look at THE SHINING again, maybe NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and/or the original TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE.
And there's always good old ISLAND OF LOST SOULS -- still transgressive after all these years.
#31The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 9/17/15 at 5:33pm
I too do not understand the appeal of "Hocus Pocus", give me the far superior "The Witches".
I always watch Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow. While not a great film, the look and feel is the ultimate halloweeny atmosphere. I also watch Bram Strokers Dracula. A throwback hollywood studio gothic romance with Gary Oldmans fantastic performance front and center. I have also added Paranorman and Coraline, two of the best animated films in the past 10 years, both eerie and creepie for the family.
#32The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 9/17/15 at 6:42pm
It seems that Burton has proven in the past years that if he has some failing as a creative auteur, he is a master of pastiche, and his two Hammer tributes- Sleepy Hollow and Sweeney Todd- are pitch perfect, even if his treatment of the musical is divisive.
pushdabutton
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/2/05
#33The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 9/17/15 at 7:17pm
Halloween (only the first one)
The Shining
The Exorcist
Nightmare on Elm Street (only the first one)
Friday the 13th (the first and second ones)
Silence of the Lambs
The Nightmare Before Christmas
#34The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 9/17/15 at 7:35pm
The Ring and the Scream series usually come out of my collection this time of year
#35The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 9/18/15 at 3:29pm
A Nightmare on Elm Street 1, 3 and 7 are perfect classics. Trick or Treat is a lot of fun. Rosemary's Baby, Psycho 1 and the underrated 2. The Stepford Wives, Carrie, Halloween and H20, Friday 13th, Scream 1,2 and 4, The Conjuring,......Showgirls 
To whoever mentioned Hellbent (I think it was my darling Namo) that is one of the worst films I've seen, and a friend of mine is one of the leads.
#37The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 9/19/15 at 11:52am
That's a Valentine's Day movie, not a Halloween movie.
#38The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 9/19/15 at 3:06pm
That's a legendary alternative band, not a Valentine's Day movie.
#39The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 10/18/15 at 6:35pm
#40The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 10/26/15 at 7:17pm
Why isn't this out for Halloween? I want to watch it now! 
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#41The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 10/26/15 at 8:59pm
Just saw this at the Bell Lightbox in TO. Not quite the usual cuppa blood- which is why I liked it.
BudFrump23
Broadway Star Joined: 5/20/03
#42The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 10/27/15 at 12:12am
My favorite Halloween movies are, as many of you, HOCUS POCUS, TRICK 'R TREAT, and THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS - I watch it in December too.
A new movie that's not really about Halloween but entirely spooked me is IT FOLLOWS. I watched it three times this past week (twice alone and once with friends) and now I can't walk around anywhere without thinking someone is coming for me. (Then again - I've been pretty nun-like for a while, so I think I'm safe.)
#43The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 10/27/15 at 1:08am
Let me add The Others. This is perhaps the only movie I can stand Nicole Kidman in.
#44The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 10/27/15 at 10:17am
I forgot to add my favorite zombie movie on my list!
Return of the Living Dead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iICP8DcYHf4
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#45The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 10/27/15 at 11:21am
Favorite must-watch movies, on or around Halloween:
The Shining
Carrie
The Exorcist
Exorcist II: Don't Judge
The Omen
The Sentinel
Bride of Frankenstein
Young Frankenstein
Mad Monster Party
Munster, Go Home
I need my silly Halloween movies as much as my scary ones.
Also have to watch the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Not a movie, but it's a must-watch every season.
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#46The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 10/27/15 at 1:17pm1973's Don't Be Afraid of the Dark with Kim Darby and the dreamy Jim Hutton.
#47The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 10/27/15 at 3:21pm
^ Love that one!
Also the TV movie "Trilogy of Terror" with Karen Black and that creepy devil doll. *shivers*
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#49The 2015 Halloween Movies Thread
Posted: 10/30/15 at 4:53am
Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - The gayest horror film ever. Freddy trying to "enter" Jesse, something in the closet! Jesse and his jock bff, meeting his gym teacher in a leather bar and going back to the changing rooms with him, running to his jock bff after Jesse can't go thru with sex with his "girlfriend" who is Meryl Streep's twin! I LOVE IT.
Or Horror Hotel, a witch burnt at the stake, coming back hundreds of years later to seek revenge on the decendants of the village. B&W and lots of fog! FABULOUS!
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