Halloween/Horror Movie Thread

[SimonBolivar 10958]

Best season for movies. I'm currently about to start 

I probably should've saved it for the first cold front, but I like it too much. What's on your list of must watches and what are you watching this month?

Edited October 2, 2019 by SimonBolivar

[Knoxtnhorn 5976]

I'm still scarred from seeing The Shining for the first time as a freshman at UT.  You've got to understand, I wasn't allowed to watch anything with violence (i.e. horror movies) growing up.  My parents weren't religious; they just had a thing about violence.  Anyway, I had seen exactly one "scary" movie up until that point - Dreamscape.  So, I'm watching the movie with a few friends on West Campus.  Scared the everliving shit out of me.  THEN, I had to walk to Jester at 2AM and down a couple of those long, at-that-time, empty hallways to get to my dorm.

Edited October 2, 2019 by Knoxtnhorn

[Knoxtnhorn 5976]

I don't like slasher movies.  Zombie movies are ok if done correctly - i.e. Romero.  My preference is for the twist and/or shocking moment like...

"You weren't supposed to help her" from The Ring.

I know this isn't a popular opinion but the "standing in the corner" scene from The Blair Witch.

"How do you know somebody died?"  "Because she's standing beside me" The Sixth Sense.

[Buzzrock 14920]

All time favorite is the 80’s The Thing. Just an absolute classic and scared the bejeezus out of Jr High me.

The original Nightmare on Elm Street is up there too.

Hellraiser freaked me out. Event Horizon did too.

Not horror but Predator and Alien had their moments. Gremlins gave me nightmares as a kid.

More recently I thought It Follows was pretty good.

[Knoxtnhorn 5976]

The most disappointing movie I've seen lately was a remake of a 70's horror movie whose name escapes me.  Something about a ballerina going to College Station, I mean, Eastern Europe to dance for a troupe run by witches or some dumb shit.  It was horrible.  What was the name of that movie?

Oh yeah.  Suspiria. Perhaps the original was better.

Edited October 3, 2019 by Knoxtnhorn

[Deej 76791]

Count me in the camp that thinks the original was overrated. 

[SimonBolivar 10958]

Up tonight...

 

 

Every year I plan on getting to the newer stuff, but there are just too many good classics. Sure they aren't scary,  but they are Halloween. 

 

Btw, I'm going to have to see The Lighthouse when it comes out.

[High Plains Drifter 11049]

I agree with The Thing. The John Carpenter version. Snake Plisskin on ice.

Alien is a classic. Its miss-classified as sci-fi. Its horror, and very good, imo.

A more recent movie I liked was The Witch. Starts slow and creepy and rises to outright horror.

 

 

Edited October 3, 2019 by High Plains Drifter

[High Plains Drifter 11049]

Jaws also works as a good horror flick imo. The building tension, the shark appearing when you aren't expecting it, and not appearing when you do expect it. Seeing the barrels pop up rather than seeing the shark. Good stuff.

[smuggs 9353]

Fantastic ghost story:

 

 

One of my personal favorites around this time of year:

 

 

Edited October 3, 2019 by smuggs

[High Plains Drifter 11049]

21 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

Jaws also works as a good horror flick imo. The building tension, the shark appearing when you aren't expecting it, and not appearing when you do expect it. Seeing the barrels pop up rather than seeing the shark. Good stuff.

 

Too late to edit, so I"ll quote myself:

 

The soundtrack (for which it won an academy award) adds to the horror. That unmistakable "dahhhh dum" trains the audience to expect the shark. Until the end when the shark appears without the musical intro, which adds to the surprise.

[Underdog 28633]

First “scary” movie I remember as a kid was The Terror, mainly for the melting face at the end.  The Legend of Boggy Creek scared the shit of me also.  Then there is The Exorcist, read the book for the swearing but the movie was a whole other level.  Jaws is the greatest movie ever made but never really considered it as horror, more like an adventure movie with some scary parts. 

[Continental Op 3934]

Revisited Lucio Fulci's Zombie. So good.

I'd recommend checking out Dismember the Alamo to anyone who is willing to give up a college football Saturday for it. They generally show some way off the beaten path stuff that you aren't going to see anywhere else.

[Pato del Muerto 52498]

[chesthair 231]

2 day old thread and no Children of the Corn?  WTF? 

[Deej 76791]

Not scary, but I enjoy a viewing of "The Frighteners" this time of year. 

[joeycovers 391]

Zombie - Dawn of the Dead Remake

Alien - Aliens

Slasher - Cabin in The woods (love this ending and totally unexpected)

[BigOrange1 6437]

i always watch the halloween movies in october and try and watch 5-10 other horror movies throughout the month.

this year i'm gonna try and do more than that.  on my agenda:

rosemary's baby (have never seen)

the thing (have never seen)

the witch (have never seen)

the conjuring (have never seen)

it chapter two (planning on seeing this weekend)

28 days later (have never seen)

the new pet sematary (haven't seen)

the others

the strangers

scream

psycho

 

 

[Loco 3752]

[Zepol87 9186]

14 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

i always watch the halloween movies in october and try and watch 5-10 other horror movies throughout the month.

this year i'm gonna try and do more than that.  on my agenda:

rosemary's baby (have never seen)

the thing (have never seen)

the witch (have never seen)

the conjuring (have never seen)

it chapter two (planning on seeing this weekend)

28 days later (have never seen)

the new pet sematary (haven't seen)

the others

the strangers

scream

psycho

 

 

Nice I like this list. I am huge horror movie guy but my gf does not like them at all so trying to get her to start watching some

[BigOrange1 6437]

my wife isn't super into them either, but the past couple of year's she's been a good sport and now i think she actually kind of looks forward to watching (some of) them each october.

[smuggs 9353]

The best werewolf movie and the second best werewolf movie of all time, released the same summer 1981:

 

 

 

Edited October 3, 2019 by smuggs

[MissingInAction 25076]

If you have HBO "Room 104" is pretty awesome. Anthology of horror, sci fi, suspense shorts. Some are just weird, others kind of feel good, but all pretty good to great.

[Pato del Muerto 52498]

59 minutes ago, smuggs said:

The best werewolf movie and the second best werewolf movie of all time, released the same summer 1981:

 

 

 

[Pato del Muerto 52498]

Monster squad and lost boys are pretty good October watches 

[Knoxtnhorn 5976]

2 hours ago, joeycovers said:

Zombie - Dawn of the Dead Remake

Alien - Aliens

Slasher - Cabin in The woods (love this ending and totally unexpected)

Forgot about Cabin in the Woods.  Holy cow at whomever came up with the last 20 mins of this one...

[Knoxtnhorn 5976]

57 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

If you have HBO "Room 104" is pretty awesome. Anthology of horror, sci fi, suspense shorts. Some are just weird, others kind of feel good, but all pretty good to great.

Thanks.  I'll check this one out.  Some channel, perhaps AMC, does a thing every year about this time with the time 50 (or so) scariest movies/scenes.  Love to watch that.

[Knoxtnhorn 5976]

I also liked The Others.  Watched it without having any idea as to the twist or, really, what the movie was about.  Great ending.

[Buzzrock 14920]

I always thought it would be fun to have a scary movie supper club but never could get any other couples excited about the idea. Or my wife for that matter.

[Zepol87 9186]

Thanks.  I'll check this one out.  Some channel, perhaps AMC, does a thing every year about this time with the time 50 (or so) scariest movies/scenes.  Love to watch that.

It is awesome

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2732]

Howling was good for tits.
Fright night is always a fun watch.

Poltergeist still makes me nervous when I look at half empty pools.

[Underdog 28633]

Never got the hype for TCM, Shining or Poltergeist.  All three of Halloween, Nightmare and Friday 13th originals were great and worth many repeat viewings. 

[Pato del Muerto 52498]

14 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Never got the hype for TCM, Shining or Poltergeist.  All three of Halloween, Nightmare and Friday 13th originals were great and worth many repeat viewings. 

I love all 6 of them

[SimonBolivar 10958]

1 hour ago, Underdog said:

Never got the hype for TCM, Shining or Poltergeist.  All three of Halloween, Nightmare and Friday 13th originals were great and worth many repeat viewings. 

Wut

[Loco 3752]

1 hour ago, Underdog said:

Never got the hype for TCM, Shining or Poltergeist.  All three of Halloween, Nightmare and Friday 13th originals were great and worth many repeat viewings. 

Poltergeist is a scary AF classic.   It fucked me up as a kid...  especially since TV stations went off the air back in the day ...  oh shit was that scary after poltergeist...   anthem>test pattern>snow

you turn the TV off.

No fuck you you turn it off!

Edited October 4, 2019 by Loco

[notre dame joe 187]

On 10/2/2019 at 5:45 PM, Deej said:

Count me in the camp that thinks the original was overrated. 

Old horror is a special experience because they're unpredictable. The usual structure of a horror flic wasn't really in place. 

 

On that note I recently saw Haxan; a History of Witchcraft (1922).  It barely qualifies as a "movie" as we use the word today.  But I had absolutely no idea what would happen next and that's the best way to build sense. 

 

On 10/3/2019 at 9:35 AM, High Plains Drifter said:

Jaws also works as a good horror flick imo. The building tension, the shark appearing when you aren't expecting it, and not appearing when you do expect it. Seeing the barrels pop up rather than seeing the shark. Good stuff.

The Terminator is a horror movie trying to escape itself with action and scifi.  But it cannot do that and ends with the flight of the Last Girl. 

[Steamboat1874 4063]

Halloween III was kind of hokey but much better than those other Halloween slasher movies with Michael Myers.

[Underdog 28633]

Chick was fine in that movie. 

[pokeNbeans 203]

Halloween 3 and Motel Hell are two of my all time favorites.

 Because they're more of a comedy than a horror flick.

[South Austin 52504]

On ‎10‎/‎1‎/‎2019 at 9:34 PM, Knoxtnhorn said:

I'm still scarred from seeing The Shining for the first time as a freshman at UT. 

Saw The Shining for the first time in the mid-80s when I was in about the sixth grade.  As a 44 year-old man, it still freaks me out.  I may be in the minority of Stephen King fans for this opinion, but I thought it was one of the very few instances where the film adaptation was better than the novel.

John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness is also another one from my childhood that can still give me the creeps.

The Howling series are good for some tits.  Fapped to Sybil Danning back in the day.

[Underdog 28633]

Salem’s Lot was great for a TV movie. 

 

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

I don't care if it's a kids movie, Hocus Pocus is the best Halloween movie of all time.  Fight me.  

[HornsOverIthaca 2333]

Night of the Lepus scared me into a coma.

[South Austin 52504]

1 hour ago, Underdog said:

Salem’s Lot was great for a TV movie. 

It really was.  Great book, too.

[Pato del Muerto 52498]

1 hour ago, Underdog said:

Salem’s Lot was great for a TV movie. 

 

A TV movie that messed me up as a kid was Dark Night of the Scarecrow.  I was way too young, but it was a cbs movie I think. I’m guessing it’d feel tame if I watched it now, 35 years later. 

[Underdog 28633]

Another couple of TV movies i thought were scary as a kid where: 

Gargoyles 

Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark

 

[smuggs 9353]

24 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

A TV movie that messed me up as a kid was Dark Night of the Scarecrow.  I was way too young, but it was a cbs movie I think. I’m guessing it’d feel tame if I watched it now, 35 years later. 

Fucking this right here. I have a copy on DVD. Amazing that it was made for TV. It still holds up.

 

[Fud 9552]

Some perhaps lesser known horror movies. They aren't necessarily scary or Halloween themed, but I think can fall into the horror category if you've seen most of the genre and are looking for more options. Some of these aren't scary at all, some are more thriller, etc., so do your diligence. 

The Wailing

The Blackcoat's Daughter 

Antichrist 

A Dark Song

The Orphanage

The Devil's Backbone 

Hereditary

The Witch

It Follows 

I Saw the Devil 

Memories of Murder

Beyond the Gates

Starry Eyes

Neon Demon

It Comes at Night

Audition

Train to Busan

Session 9

Event Horizon

Creep

VHS 

Funny Games (Original)

Let the Right One In

Babadook

The Ritual

In the Mouth of Madness

[South Austin 52504]

22 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Another couple of TV movies i thought were scary as a kid where: 

Gargoyles 

I remember being spooked at Gargoyles, but unlike 'Salem's Lot, it doesn't hold up, IMO.

[Underdog 28633]

Don't remember the last time i watched it, may have to give it a search for it.  

The Legend of Boggy Creek scared the beejeezus out of me, watched it a few years ago and couldn't stop laughing.  I had forgotten it had singing in it for one part.  The dead cat and paw reaching through the window were a couple of scenes i remembered.