Hallowen Horror/Scary Movie Recommendations & Suggestions

originally posted by: Jennyfrenzy
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The Hostel

That movie freaks me out so bad and the thought of places like that existing is horrible

The premise and concept are terrifying... but the movie (poorly executed) again... descends into just torture porn.
No actual scares, not unsettling... just gory, snuff like crap.

But hey, opinions.... it's all just opinions.

www.amazon.com...
This will scare the cowpie outta your trick or treaters

I wanna sing and dance I wanna sing and dance
I wanna dance around on stage in my puffy pirate pants
I wanna sing and dannnnnnnnnnnce!

Really though Ray Stevens looks like the middle eastern version of my friends dad from Texas who was German. Why does this matter? The resemblance is compelling since I miss that sucker. RIP

Ray Stevens scared me when I was a kid and my gramps thought his videos would make me laugh.

I don't know why, its like the fear of clowns.

No one's mentioned Sinister yet, I don't think. That's a recent one that I thought was really good.

I think "2001: A Space Odyssey" is the greatest sci-fi movie ever made but I also think it is extremely scary. Its great for Halloween.

Sal

Invasion of the Bodysnatchers - original 50's B&W version.
Creepy as hell.

The Fly

American Werewolf in London

Anybody see splice I thought it was really well done, the transformations that the "creature" goes through seemed really put together well

originally posted by: yeahright
No one's mentioned Sinister yet, I don't think. That's a recent one that I thought was really good.

Watched this and The Conjuring about the same time - quite liked both.
Both more old school creepy, but neither without their flaws.

just downloaded sinister.

i hope it was worth the money.... hahha

originally posted by: CardiffGiant
just downloaded sinister.

i hope it was worth the money.... hahha

It's not brilliant but it's definitely worth a watch.

a reply to: blupblup

I know this movie is dated, but yeah it still rocks !!
Not bad actually for a TV movie....



Plus the remake of Texas Chainsaw is pretty cool and the original 1963 The Haunting

My all-time favorite vampire movie 30 Days of Night. And one of my favorite lesser known John Carpenter movies, Prince of Darkness. Those would make for a nice Friday night double feature on the sofa with some popcorn.

I just rented HORNS - on demand. It wasn't really scary, but it was a supernatural psychological murder mystery thing. I liked it. Has some interesting good/evil twists. It's worth renting from ON DEMAND, IMHO.

The Subspecies series. Vampires. Not really scary but made old style(in Transylvania no less). Shadow and light. Special effects suck. Stop animation but if you want one you can turn the lights out and enjoy old style, good movie:



Not sure if that was from the first one.

Oh, and Slither wasn't bad.

originally posted by: yeahright
My all-time favorite vampire movie 30 Days of Night. And one of my favorite lesser known John Carpenter movies, Prince of Darkness. Those would make for a nice Friday night double feature on the sofa with some popcorn.

Prince of Darkness was cool, been a few years since I've seen it.
30 Days of Night was worth a watch, wasn't great but was different enough to enjoy.

originally posted by: FlyersFan
I just rented HORNS - on demand. It wasn't really scary, but it was a supernatural psychological murder mystery thing. I liked it. Has some interesting good/evil twists. It's worth renting from ON DEMAND, IMHO.

I quite ;liked that, watched it the other day... has Harry Plopper in it doing an American accent, and even that didn't make me hate it.
Interesting idea and actually quite good fun and fairly dark in places.

For old school series, I like the Dr Phibes movies with Vincent Price. Especially the first one.

I also like the Phantasm movies. Angus Scrimm FTW.

originally posted by: yeahright
For old school series, I like the Dr Phibes movies with Vincent Price. Especially the first one.

I also like the Phantasm movies. Angus Scrimm FTW.

I had the Phantasm Box set, complete with Sphere

Watched Excision the other night... quite a dark little movie, creepy but more of a black comedy/psychological thriller than a straight up horror.

Maybe worth a watch, pretty crazy/weird though.

Another relatively recent film I quite enjoyed was You're Next. More of a thriller than what I usually think of as horror, but a good film all around IMO.

Back to Old School, a movie I really enjoyed sharing with my kids was And Then There Were None 1945, great cast, great Agatha Christie story. Perfect film for a late night viewing with kids, if you can get them to sit still for it. There are a couple of versions of this movie, but this one is far and away the best.

Another is probably harder to find but worth the effort. The Old Dark House 1932. Another great cast. Atmospheric, creepy and a good tale. Don't confuse it with the terrible 1960's era remake, which really isn't even a remake.

Okay one last one. And one of my favorite movies of all time. It's a comedy, but has a plot worthy of the finest thrillers - Arsenic and OId Lace 1944. Absolutely hilarious. It shocked me when I learned this was Cary Grant's least favorite of all his roles. I think he's perfect for it. A perfect film.

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I'll be watching You're Next later tonight hopefully.