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Horrific Halloween Movies - Recommendations?
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:15 am
by Ravendragon
I've got some friends coming over on Halloween and my family will be flying in for the weekend. I want to make the weekend one to remember as I'll be celebrating it with those close to my heart.
Recommend some movies to scare the bejeezus out of them.
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:04 am
by cure
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - (Don Seigel, 1956)
Eyes Without a Face - (Georges Franju, 1960)
The Birds - (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963)
The Haunting - (Robert Wise, 1963)
Rosemary's Baby - (Roman Polanski, 1968)
The Exorcist - (William Friedkin, 1973)
The Omen - (Richard Donner, 1976)
Alien - (Ridley Scott, 1979)
The Shining - (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
The Fog - (John Carpenter, 1980)
The Fly - (David Cronenberg, 1986)
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:16 am
by HuManBing
The Thing - John Carpenter (1982)
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:15 am
by Zettaijin
Tenebre by Dario Argento (1982)
Island of the Damned by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador (1976)
The Brood by David Cronenberg (1979)
Suspiria by Dario Argento (1977)
Blood and Black Lace by Mario Bava (1964)
Now if you're looking for disturbing rather than creepy, I can list a whole bunch of flicks...
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:17 am
by Dimitri Mazieres
The Orphanage (El Orfanato) - Juan Antonio Bayona (2007)
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:28 pm
by HuManBing
Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo de Toro (2006)
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:28 pm
by Twin Agate Dragons
In the Mouth of Madness
Night of the Living Dead (George Romero's original)
The Hound of Baskervilles
The Dunwich Horror
Sleepy Hollow
The Resurrected
And though not exactly all that horrific, I make it a habit to watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Halloween.
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:42 pm
by High Priest Mikhal
Re-Animator
Bride of Re-Animator
Beyond Re-Animator
(What? I'm a Jeffery Combs fan and these are pretty loyal to Lovecraft's original story idea)
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:07 am
by Zettaijin
No love for
From Beyond, Mikhal?
Also, there are some awesome reviews of Lovecraft inspired movies over at Teleport City...
http://teleport-city.com/wordpress/
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:10 pm
by High Priest Mikhal
Zettaijin wrote:No love for From Beyond, Mikhal?
To my eternal shame as a horror fan, I must admit I didn't know there was movie adaptation. I'll put it at the top of my Netflix queue right now.
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:10 pm
by cure
Zettaijin wrote:No love for
From Beyond, Mikhal?
Also, there are some awesome reviews of Lovecraft inspired movies over at Teleport City...
http://teleport-city.com/wordpress/
I must confess that I would have trouble recommending the film version of this Lovecraft story.
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:49 pm
by HuManBing
If you're up for a well-done comic horror movie, look up Braindead (aka Dead Alive) - Peter Jackson (1992).
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:06 pm
by Brandi
HuManBing wrote:If you're up for a well-done comic horror movie, look up Braindead (aka Dead Alive) - Peter Jackson (1992).
Another fun comic horror-- Fright Night (1985).
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:37 pm
by High Priest Mikhal
The Evil Dead Trilogy (Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness)
The first is less comedic while the second and third incorporate a fair amount of slapstick with genuine horror. I especially liked the Farewell To Arms joke in the second movie.
Hellraiser 1-8 (5-8 are fairly cerebral compared to the first four, but they're also more disturbing)
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:54 pm
by Jason of the Fraternity
HuManBing wrote:If you're up for a well-done comic horror movie, look up Braindead (aka Dead Alive) - Peter Jackson (1992).
Heh! I actually own this one on VHS (bought it back when I was in college).