Halloween season, what movie you currently watching or always watch or will watch
 

Funny, Scarry, dumb, old,. New. Just any October horror flicks

Right now on TCM is the Blob. With Steve McQeen.1958

And after that ,1959.. THE TINGLER, with Vincent Price. Dun dun dunnnn

Not a movie, but I'm about to finish The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix. Creepy shit.

Halloween (1978),Halloween 2,sometimes part 3,4,5,6.
Friday The 13th,almost any of those. Tis what i usually watch.

I've always liked 13 Ghosts

For the entire month of October I make it a point to watch as many scary movies as possible, particularly the Halloweens.

That said, #3 sucks because there's no Michael Myers and #6 is actually pretty bad as well.


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I love all the classics

First two Halloween’s
Rob Zombies remakes of them
First two or three Friday the 13th’s and Freddy Kreugers

But one that doesn’t get enough credit is The Blair Witch Project, much like the Shining it doesn’t need a lot of blood and gore to ramp up the psychological chills... it’s just a great, original movie that plays out the way I imagine a real haunting would

This was one of the few movies I went and saw in theatres and ended up leaving.

The others were Christmas With the Kranks (a briliant selection from the gf at the time wanting to further express her holiday cheer)

the other was The Arrival. Just a boring as hell movie.

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1950s Hammer Studio, at least a couple of those every Halloween season.

Ok but when comes to 80s cheesy horror. If you've watched it multiple times, what's the allure? You know what's happening. You aren't scared. Is it now because it's funny ? Tradition?

To each their own, mang... I think its great, it created an entirely new genre

Admittedly I don't really watch horror movies anymore (the wife won't watch them at all), but my favorite is American Werewolf in London.

Definite classic, those transformation effects were groundbreaking at the time

And much like the effects in Carpenter's The Thing, they still hold up.

Been a while since I've watched that one, but if memory serves I'd have to agree... speaking of great horror movies you nailed another one, The Thing is outstanding

And the reboot actually wasn't half bad either IMO

It was actually a prequel. I enjoyed it as well. Wasn't nearly as good as the '82 film, though.

That was a prequel, really? I'm sure you're right, it just seemed like the new one was set in a more modern era

Huh, learn something new every day

My question was for Haysuse, but anyone else can answer it

Easy to think that, since the plot was essentially the same.

The Thing (one of my top 10 favs), Dawn of the Dead/Day of the Dead, Halloween. Thing is, I watched them all when there were no sports so I don't know if I'll watch them this year.

The really old movie?

Yes! Good one - love the lawyers fate! :thumb:

No but it is cool if you watch that one first and then watch The Thing after - they blend together so well.

Turned my 9 year old to this last week. He loved it.

Every Saturday night during October I stay up as late as I can and watch as many different scary movies as I can. Then wake up and watch NFL all day. One of my favorite months of the year!

Heh. I think that shit would have given me nightmares at 9, but it's a different world now. He probably sees worse shit than that in video games.

Pretty sure we're all talking about the '82 film. I've never even seen the original.

I don't really know,i've just always liked them,they actually did scare me as a kid.Maybe it is tradition,also the score in Halloween and Friday the 13th always draw me in,they really make the movies for me.

I accidentally hit thumbs down!!! Sorry!!
Why can't you retract those?

No worries. :D

Oh yeah. I also think it depends on the kid. My 11 year old son hates anything scary or violent. The 9 year old loves scary/monster movies. I was kinda like that as a kid. My parents let me watch most horror movies and I used to scare the shit out of myself by staying up late and watching the VHS of “Silver Bullet”. Lol. I would rent that movie almost every other weekend. Loved it.

I saw Jaws in the theater when I was 10. It absolutely ruined me, and I mean for life. Even though I was in the Navy I can count on one hand the number of times I swam in the ocean. Never again felt comfortable swimming in any body of water where I didn't know what else was in there with me.

On the other hand, when I saw the Exorcist (granted, on TV, not in the theater) a couple of years later, it didn't really bother me at all. I thought the demon was funny. :D

I never really knew John Carpenters The Thing was a remake,i've seen a little bit of the original,its so old maybe it was scary for its time.But yeah JC's version is classic.

I'm really not a fan of horror movies at all. But I I were going to show a double feature it would be Psycho and Silence of the Lambs.

Carpenters 82 Thing is a stone cold classic.

I love the ambiguous ending

Great choices!

Pyscho II is a pretty damn good movie too.

I used to hate #3 because it had no Michael Myers. Over time I've grown to kinda like it as its own story.

Yeah thats how i feel about it too.If they hadnt called it Halloween people might not dislike it so much haha.

Yeah when I was a kid I just wanted to see Michael Myers stalk and kill people. Then as I got older and I realized that the Halloween series was supposed to be an anthology series with a new story each time, I wondered what might have been. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they went back to Myers and I like 4, 5, and even have a soft spot for Curse of Michael Myers, but it's possibly they could've made better movies if they decided to stick to the anthology thing.

The anthology thing sounds pretty ambitious,it would've been interesting for sure.John Carpenter only wanted there to be one movie,but after his involvement in part 2 i guess he didnt have a say anymore.

Probably my all time favorite is Alfred Hitchcock The Birds I own it and don't know how many times I've watched it.


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Nah John Carpenter’s. Just watched it again tonight.

Halloween III Season of the Witch is my favorite of the Halloween Franchise.

I've always loved:

Prince Of Darkness
The Ring
The Omen
The Shining

But why? What's the allure or running gag with you about it?

A few years ago, I finally watched the Exorcist with a friend and his adult son, all the way through.
Having never seen it mostly and the fact it was from 70s, something stood out that was hilarious.
When the mom is in the doctors office..he's sitting there in his office, smoking a cigarette!
As soon as I realized that, I laughed and cheered and fist pumped! Such a 70s moment in film!
And then we saw Young Frankenstein. :)

I still find The Excorcist creepy,esp. for how old it is,cause it seems like that could happen,for whatever reason.But yeah people smoked everywhere back in those days.

Trick r Treat

Back in the late 90's while visiting STL, got to drive by the Alexian Brothers Catholic Church where the exorcism portrayed in the movie was actually carried out

And the whole huge wing of that massive complex where it happened was still completely boarded up... like a whole city block of one huge building just totally shut down

Wow,i didnt even know any of that.I knew the movie was based on the book,but didnt know it was about any actual events.

I really try to get into that movie,i just have a hard time for some reason,not hating on it though. But Trick OR Treat was a movie i used to like.Havent seen it in a long time,can't even find it to watch.

I don't quite know what you mean about running gag but I suppose i've talked a lot about this movie over the years. I don't know why i love it so much i just do. Its not a typical horror movie with a monster or beast or evil doers but nature vs man & random attacks without any known reason what so ever.

I sometimes look at birds that are all along a telephone wires and think are they going attack?

Watching Rosemary's Baby

In '86 Night of the Creeps came out and I saw on it HBO and it always stuck with me. Tom Atkins the main character seems to play these sort of tongue in cheek parts.

My favorite line: "I got good news and bad news girls, the good news is your dates are here, (what's the bad news), they're dead!


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Just watched Friday the 13th 2009 edition. MEH!

Watched Vampires' W/ James Woods - fun but, not scary.

Will watch Exorcist as my Halloween selection! :thumb:

I’ve tried to watch something about every single day of October — embracing Spooktober and all. Halloween (78) is the GOAT for me.

A really underrated one is Trick ‘r Treat (2007).

Are you talking about this one?

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Yeah i was referring to a much older movie called Trick Or Treat that i used to like vs. the newer Trick R Treat.I know they are completely different movies though.Sorry for any confusion.

This one from 1986?

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Yes that's the one ! Sorry i couldnt see the picture earlier.How awesome is that poster.

The Soundtrack is on Amazon Prime unlimited

And there’s currently a decent copy of the movie on YouTube

Vacancy is a pretty good movie to watch.

There's been so much new horror content released this month between Hulu/Netflix/Amazon that i've been mostly just been watching new stuff.

Just as i wrote my last post, i'm reminded that i watched this two night ago lol.

Teenage nostalgia.

One more to add to the "Don't forget about me list": 30 Days of Night.

13 Ghosts didn't age well IMO, 30 Days of Night has aged as well any horror movie in recent memory.

Saw a Spanish flick on Netflix the other night called "Platform". Dystopian prison. Quite good.

If anyone says Hocus Pocus-they need to die.

Hah, yeah, 13 Ghosts definitely didn't age well. I used to be terrified of The Jackal. I mean, he's still pretty scary if you imagine coming face to face with him in real life, but I was laughing at the movie as much as I was being creeped out when I watched it a couple weeks ago.

And actually just re-watched 30 Days of Night over the weekend. Still pretty decent! I'm not a huge fan of vampire flicks but I like Josh Hartnett.

Worst holiday movie ever made.

Most any Hitchcock is great, but I prefer Psycho or Vertigo at the top of the list, Birds is good. I've got Psycho on my DVR and watch it every few months. Vertigo is on TCM next week and I'll be recording it. In 2012 in the UK Vertigo replaced Citizen Kane as best film ever in the British Film Institute. I would take Rear Window as next best, but it's almost impossible to get over Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window and Vertigo as a love interest with woman half his age.

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I finally watched Vertigo for the first time a couple of months ago and wasn't terribly impressed by it. The twist seemed highly implausible.

Burton's Sleepy Hollow has always been tradition for me around Halloween. Been watching some newer stuff, too. Hereditary was pretty good. Free through amazon prime video.

Fox is showing Slender man, back to back, now

For the title "Vertigo" to be important, using heights and a tower for the death scene had to come into play. That part isn't the best scenario and Stewart being afraid of heights is all a bit much. However, what I like is Jimmy Stewart when following Kim at the art gallery and all around San Francisco, the scenery and being back in the 50's, the cars, the Golden Gate Bridge, it's just a beautiful film. Then he does his transformation of her in the later part after they meets again. It is a bit creepy but so is Psycho and a lot of psychological thrillers. It wasn't my favorite the first time, but watch it a couple of times and it will grow.

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The original Fright Night is a great movie. Has to be one of my favorites.

I always really enjoyed Ghoulies II. The first Ghoulies movie was pretty bleh, Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College is absurdly dumb, and Ghoulies IV is so downright shitty it's almost good. But Ghoulies II is pretty decent. And the Critters series is good. Especially the first one.

Something about the Ghoulies movies when I was a kid had me intrigued. How the hell can a horror-loving kid in the 80s walk through a video store, see this VHS box art and not want to check it out?

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My problem was with the crime itself. The wife would have almost have to have been dead long enough for blood to start settling, causing bruises which would be inconsistent with death from a fall. Also, a dead body wouldn't bleed when hitting the ground like a live one. Unless the killer bought off everybody who examined the body afterward, which wasn't indicated, it seems unlikely that nobody would have noticed these things.

I guess I've watched too many procedural crime shows. :D

Two must watches every year are "Halloween" the original and "Night Of The Living Dead". Both classics for me. I also like to throw in "Creepshow" and "The Twilight Zone"

Just watched Would You Rather. I recommend watching it, I think better than Saw but what an Effed up game it is.

Watched it last night purchased Stand Up and Trick or Treat for my iPod.

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