Good movies for Halloween

tyr_shadowblade said:
"Let The Right One In" is a great film (and I typically hate vampire movies) but you need to watch it with the subtitles.
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Excellent film. A touching coming of age story. With murder. Very different film from the average Hollywood vampire flick. Every time Hakan kills for Eli I just said "That's effed up".

Frank
 
I just read about Salo.
I'd never heard of it.
As a psych major in process of becoming a psych grad....

Just the Wikipedia description of it scares the crap outta me (not scare like a punk scared, but scared like "that's some psychotic stuff kinda scared). That's one movie I'll never watch. Not even out of the most morbid of curiosity (and my curiosity gets pretty morbid).

I should note though, that I can't watch "The Wall" or listen to the soundtrack because of the nightmares it gives me. I can handle some good nightmares, but the stuff that five minutes of that movie and record does to my head is enough to jar me for days on end.

I guess it's because I have such a vivid imagination.
 
:eek: They're Under The Ground! :D

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Salo.. my goodness. Hostel meets a badly done 70's era Italian film , IMO.

I think a good Halloween film should give you the creeps and make you chuckle a bit , not make you want to see a shrink :D


There's always the classics.

Halloween , Friday the 13th .... both Night of the living dead's.. I usually like to see some late 50's films around this time like The Deadly Mantis , or The Thing - Carpenters Thing is a great one too.


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KEmSAT-Survival said:
I just read about Salo.
I'd never heard of it.
As a psych major in process of becoming a psych grad....

Just the Wikipedia description of it scares the crap outta me (not scare like a punk scared, but scared like "that's some psychotic stuff kinda scared). That's one movie I'll never watch. Not even out of the most morbid of curiosity (and my curiosity gets pretty morbid).
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If I reviewed that film, vile as it is, I would not be able to give it 1 or even 2 stars simply because of how well it was executed.

This movie will give you nightmares . . . possibly forever.

Loosely based upon de Sade's final (incomplete) work, written after he went insane and smuggled out of the Bastille in fragments.

Film takes place in an abandoned castle in Italy near the end of WWII and involves systematic and ritualized abuse of kidnapped teenagers. There are a number of obscure references and hidden messages that the average person would not be able to decipher, and it is clear that the scriptwriter has some sort of formal occult background.

This is, quite possibly, the most evil film ever made -- and IIRC it was banned in over 50 countries. Criterion Collection put it out on DVD and it immediately went out of print -- but it is available on Netflix (for a scratched disk with a 2 month wait) or you can find a used copy on Amazon for $100+.

This movie seriously creeped me out because it is not "psychotic" -- everything is done with premeditation, planning, and precision. A truly horrible film.
 
I've always enjoyed the Nightmare on Elm Street series, both for the special effects and the storyline. Also, can't do Halloween without watching the transition of the Evil Dead series, including Army of Darkness.
 
Still gotta see some of these. What else is good to watch for Halloween?

Watched parts of Alien last night, great scifi horror movie.
 
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salo is an early explotation flick and doesn't fit in a general horror genre, not entirley my cup of tea even though I have seen a number of them.

If you liked it see Irreversable, The Serbian Film, Men behind the Sun, and Guinea Pig: Flowers of Flesh and Blood just to name a few.

For more your traditional horror films there have been a lot of good ones named here.

Halloween 1 & 2 (don't bother with the rest)
Friday the 13th 1 & 2
Event Horizon
Scream 1
The Exorcist
The Thing
From Dusk till Dawn

The movies that have scared me the most
The original Night of the Living Dead
The Exorcist
The Ugly

My favorite zombie flicks (the originalDawn of the dead is my all time favorite)
Night of the Living Dead (original)
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Day of the Dead
Zombieland
Dance of the Dead (dark humor)
FIDO (very under rated)
ZOMBIE (by Fulci)
Dead Alive

I should sit down and write out a comprehensive list in order some day lol.
 
Trying to think of some not mentioned

It's Alive
Quarantine
Cannibal Holocaust
Re-Animator (probably the most famous movie based off of Lovecrafts work)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (I liked the 1978 version)
Creepshow
Poltergiest
The Changeling
 
Every Halloween I watch the original Dracula with Bela Lugosi- can't beat it for sheer greatness. Even if they screwed up the story.:o
 
Some favorites of mine (some mentioned already, some not):

Pumpkinhead
Jacob's Ladder
The Gate
Dead Alive
The Legend of Hell House
The Thing
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Killer Klowns From Outer Space :D
Hellraiser 1 + 2
Alien + Aliens
Deep Rising
DeepStar Six
Silver Bullet
Werewolf (TV show on Fox) Pilot episode
Salem's Lot
Don't Look Now
28 Days/Weeks Later
The Crazies
Candyman
Predator
 
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hughewil said:
salo is an early explotation flick and doesn't fit in a general horror genre, not entirley my cup of tea even though I have seen a number of them.

If you liked it see Irreversable, The Serbian Film, Men behind the Sun, and Guinea Pig: Flowers of Flesh and Blood just to name a few.
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Damn! You have an eye for those seriously psychotically-depraved-deep-blackness-level stuff. Never watched and will never likely watch those.

I heard "A Serbian Film" caused several walk-outs and hospital rushes when it was featured at some festival.
 
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KEmSAT-Survival said:
I just read about Salo.

I should note though, that I can't watch "The Wall" or listen to the soundtrack because of the nightmares it gives me. I can handle some good nightmares, but the stuff that five minutes of that movie and record does to my head is enough to jar me for days on end.
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Seriously? "The Wall" is my wife's family's Christmas Movie. As in, the movie all the kids (now in their late 20's and up) watch when they get together for Christmas.
 
I have to vote "Donnie Darko". Not horror as in blood and guts, more intellectual than that, but dealing with the end of the universe, which is way more deadly than any psycho slasher can mete out.
 
You say you like zombie movies...

The original Night of the Living Dead, where the modern popular trend began.
Last Man on Earth, with Vincent Price. The earliest post-apocalypse zombie movie that I know of, except the 'zombies' are more like vampires.
For modern zombie horror, there's the Dawn of the Dead remake from 2004. Fantastic.
Season 1 of The Walking Dead is on DVD now.
A little lighter, there's a quirky movie Fido. Keep a zombie as a house servant? Not great, but interesting.

Good Vampire movies aren't as plentiful as well-done Frankenstein or zombie films but here's an interesting one:
What if the movie star of Nosferatu was a real vampire? Shadow of the Vampire.

Frankenstein. Never cared much for the classic Universal movie monsters, which I consider watchable but uninspired. Try these instead:
Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. Follows the original novel, or the themes of it, very well. (Unlike the horrible treatment that Coppola gave to Bram Stoker's Dracula.)
Hammer films' series of Frankenstein films starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, especially The Curse of Frankenstein. It's a must-see.
 
Just registered today- it's nice to see a decent amount of horror buffs on here.

I definitely second all those who mentioned Carpenter's The Thing; it's one of the shining examples of the genre. Absolutely on board with the first Halloween as well, although I'd mention III along with II in terms of quality. The absence of Meyers aside, it's still a good movie.

EDIT: Specifically for Halloween, per the title of the thread, I'd recommend Trick R Treat. It's lighthearted, a bit silly, but it's essentially an ode to Halloween tradition which makes it perfect for the holiday.
 
Man, alot of really great movies mentioned:thumbup:

I didn't see Salem's Lot though. It's a great movie IMO.
 
Well, maybe not horror, sort of cheesy (okay, down right hokey, at some points), but fun, none-the-less: Wicker Man

Not the new one with Nicolas Cage, but the original one with Christopher Lee as the antagonist.
 
Daniel Dorn said:
Well, maybe not horror, sort of cheesy (okay, down right hokey, at some points), but fun, none-the-less: Wicker Man

Not the new one with Nicolas Cage, but the original one with Christopher Lee as the antagonist.
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It may be cheesy at times, but there are some great parts, like when the villagers start popping up with animal masks on... awesome movie.
 
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