halloween movies

perth · 10-17-2002, 08:39 AM

so whats your favourite halloween movie of all time?

in my case and in no particular order:

sleepy hollow - i really have a thing for this movie. the imagery, actions, humour. i love it. nevermind the butchering of the original story.
the haunting - the original, mind, not the crappy remake. this movie was a head trip from start to finish and it still scares the bejeezus out of me.
the exorcist - yeesh. i cant watch this one often
the others - this one kind of reminds me of the haunting. this movie has the atmosphere a remake should have had. i like how the others relies on sound to make otherwise tame sets seem creepy. (i just noticed while getting the url from imbd for this movie, it seems to be based on an old english tv show. id like to see that sometime)
the keep - campy, with a soundtrack by tangerine dream, whats not to like? this movie is awful, but fun.

~james

10-17-2002, 09:06 AM

Spoorloos - aka "The Vanishing". Don't read anything about it. Just watch it. It'll make you ill.

Cam · 10-17-2002, 09:28 AM

Speaking of The Others, I saw that movie and it scared the hell out of me, then I was talking to one of my friends and she said she didn't get even a shiver from that movie. Then she went on to say that Thirteen Ghosts was a scary movie, personally I found Thirteen Ghost quite funny. It'st odd how people view suspense and horror, one person finds gore scary the other find atmosphere and suspense creepy.

Oh yeah, I should probably answer your question

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Greatest Halloween movie ever.

10-17-2002, 09:40 AM

Also,

When A Stranger Calls - it mostly sucks, but the beginning is superb. SUPERB. Watch the first 15 or 20 minutes and then take the DVD back to Blockbuster

perth · 10-17-2002, 09:53 AM

cam - i agree. gore doesnt do it for me, skulls and zombies dont send a shiver up my spine. freddy? jason? pfeh. pure comedy. but an abandoned house, whispers from disembodied voices, the crack of thunder and flash of lightning revealing all those shadows just out of the light? ill sleep with the lights on.

~james

10-17-2002, 09:56 AM

Then you'll dig the two movies that I posted. Spoorloos is just <b>disturbing</b>, and without any blood. When A Stranger Calls is... mother fuckin' scary.

perth · 10-17-2002, 12:47 PM

so this really isnt related to the thread (well, it is but just barely and its open to argument) but its my thread and ill post whatever i want.

http://www.aboyd.com/monsters/sideshow12.html

~james

That Guy · 10-17-2002, 03:38 PM

Not so much a Halloween movie, but The Nightmare Before Christmas fits more than one holiday.

Griff · 10-17-2002, 04:47 PM

How 'bout Beetlejuice.

wolf · 10-19-2002, 06:35 PM

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Oh, and pretty much any classic, black and white monster movie ... Frankenstein, Dracula, the Mummy ...

And while I'm thinking of it ... any and all of the Hammer films ... and anything by William Castle (especially Mr. Sardonicus).

I really LIKE halloween/horror movies.

perth · 10-19-2002, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Something Wicked This Way Comes

yeah! i totally forgot that one. its been years since ive seen that.

has anyone gone to see the ring yet?

~james

10-17-2002, 08:39 AM	#1
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	halloween movies so whats your favourite halloween movie of all time? in my case and in no particular order: sleepy hollow - i really have a thing for this movie. the imagery, actions, humour. i love it. nevermind the butchering of the original story. the haunting - the original, mind, not the crappy remake. this movie was a head trip from start to finish and it still scares the bejeezus out of me. the exorcist - yeesh. i cant watch this one often the others - this one kind of reminds me of the haunting. this movie has the atmosphere a remake should have had. i like how the others relies on sound to make otherwise tame sets seem creepy. (i just noticed while getting the url from imbd for this movie, it seems to be based on an old english tv show. id like to see that sometime) the keep - campy, with a soundtrack by tangerine dream, whats not to like? this movie is awful, but fun. ~james

10-17-2002, 09:28 AM	#3
Cam dripping with ignorance Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grand Forks ND Posts: 642	Speaking of The Others, I saw that movie and it scared the hell out of me, then I was talking to one of my friends and she said she didn't get even a shiver from that movie. Then she went on to say that Thirteen Ghosts was a scary movie, personally I found Thirteen Ghost quite funny. It'st odd how people view suspense and horror, one person finds gore scary the other find atmosphere and suspense creepy. Oh yeah, I should probably answer your question It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Greatest Halloween movie ever. __________________ After the seventh beer I generally try and stay away from the keyboard, I apologize for what happens when I fail. Last edited by Cam; 10-17-2002 at 09:30 AM.

10-17-2002, 04:47 PM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	How 'bout Beetlejuice. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-19-2002, 06:35 PM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Something Wicked This Way Comes Oh, and pretty much any classic, black and white monster movie ... Frankenstein, Dracula, the Mummy ... And while I'm thinking of it ... any and all of the Hammer films ... and anything by William Castle (especially Mr. Sardonicus). I really LIKE halloween/horror movies. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-17-2002, 09:06 AM	#2
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Spoorloos - aka "The Vanishing". Don't read anything about it. Just watch it. It'll make you ill.

10-17-2002, 09:40 AM	#4
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Also, When A Stranger Calls - it mostly sucks, but the beginning is superb. SUPERB. Watch the first 15 or 20 minutes and then take the DVD back to Blockbuster

10-17-2002, 09:53 AM	#5
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	cam - i agree. gore doesnt do it for me, skulls and zombies dont send a shiver up my spine. freddy? jason? pfeh. pure comedy. but an abandoned house, whispers from disembodied voices, the crack of thunder and flash of lightning revealing all those shadows just out of the light? ill sleep with the lights on. ~james

10-17-2002, 09:56 AM	#6
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Then you'll dig the two movies that I posted. Spoorloos is just <b>disturbing</b>, and without any blood. When A Stranger Calls is... mother fuckin' scary.

10-17-2002, 12:47 PM	#7
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	so this really isnt related to the thread (well, it is but just barely and its open to argument) but its my thread and ill post whatever i want. http://www.aboyd.com/monsters/sideshow12.html ~james

10-17-2002, 03:38 PM	#8
That Guy He who reads, sometimes writes. Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: at the keyboard Posts: 791	Not so much a Halloween movie, but The Nightmare Before Christmas fits more than one holiday.

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