Best Halloween movies

WoollyRedHat

Looking to watch some good horror movies in run up to halloween.. any decent recs?

Is It Follows; Silent Hill worth a watch.. both avail on Netflix atm.

branie2

The 1976 version of the omen

smurf492

Trick r treat.. Both versions. Also for werewolves... Howling ..silver bullet...

buried

This is what I usually be stickin on from my collection over the Halloween. Not all are straight up horror but I find them a good watch over those few nights

'The Devil Rides Out'
'Witchfinder General'
'The Wicker Man'
'The VVitch'
'Nosferatu'
'Des Cabinet des Dr. Caligari'
'The Body Snatcher'
'Haxan - Witchcraft Through the Ages'
'The Blair Witch Project'
'Antichrist'
'The Omen'
'The Blood on Satan's claw'
'A Field in England'
'Kill List'
'The Devil's'
'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
'Magick Lantern Cycle'
'The Shining'
'Salem's Lot'
'Fire walk with me'

And loads of Guinness and crisps ooooooooooooohhhhh yeah

Sinead Mc1

So many recommendations for It Follows. Trailer looks pretty average but I know you cannot judge a book by it's cover. Is it really that good?

ocsfan

Sinead Mc1 wrote: »

So many recommendations for It Follows. Trailer looks pretty average but I know you cannot judge a book by it's cover. Is it really that good?

Yes, it really is that good. In my opinion, one of the better horror films from the last number of years. I'm I'm a HUGE horror fan!

Sinead Mc1

ocsfan wrote: »

Yes, it really is that good. In my opinion, one of the better horror films from the last number of years. I'm I'm a HUGE horror fan!

K. You have me convinced! Just downloaded it! I better not be disappointed!!! 😂

ocsfan

Sinead Mc1 wrote: »

K. You have me convinced! Just downloaded it! I better not be disappointed!!! ��

And you'll be back to me to thank me, right? :P

Here's some of my favourite Halloween/horror films - in no particular order:

Halloween
Anything by Rob Zombie - but you either love his films or hate them
Trick 'r Treat
Cabin in the Woods
Let the Right One In
Creepshow
Return of the Living Dead
Night/Dawn/Day of the Dead
Nightmare on Elm Street
Virtually anything by Jean Rollin
Exorcist
Exorcist III (has the single scariest scene I've ever seen)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The VVitch
Rec
Tales From The Crypt/Vault of Horror/Any Amicus Horror Anthologies
Tales of Halloween (just for fun)

ocsfan

buried wrote: »

This is what I usually be stickin on from my collection over the Halloween. Not all are straight up horror but I find them a good watch over those few nights

'The Devil Rides Out'
'Witchfinder General'
'The Wicker Man'
'The VVitch'
'Nosferatu'
'Des Cabinet des Dr. Caligari'
'The Body Snatcher'
'Haxan - Witchcraft Through the Ages'
'The Blair Witch Project'
'Antichrist'
'The Omen'
'The Blood on Satan's claw'
'A Field in England'
'Kill List'
'The Devil's'
'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
'Magick Lantern Cycle'
'The Shining'
'Salem's Lot'
'Fire walk with me'

And loads of Guinness and crisps ooooooooooooohhhhh yeah

Nice list - love most of these, need to see a few. Just watched Haxan recently for the first time and LOVED it, but may not be to everyone's taste.

fonecrusher1

The Keep.

Michael Mann's 1983 atmospheric supernatural horror.

Sinead Mc1

ocsfan wrote: »

And you'll be back to me to thank me, right? :P

Here's some of my favourite Halloween/horror films - in no particular order:

Halloween
Anything by Rob Zombie - but you either love his films or hate them
Trick 'r Treat
Cabin in the Woods
Let the Right One In
Creepshow
Return of the Living Dead
Night/Dawn/Day of the Dead
Nightmare on Elm Street
Virtually anything by Jean Rollin
Exorcist
Exorcist III (has the single scariest scene I've ever seen)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The VVitch
Rec
Tales From The Crypt/Vault of Horror/Any Amicus Horror Anthologies
Tales of Halloween (just for fun)

Thank you Ocsfan! Enjoyed that. Not huge on frights but plenty of impending doom suspense. Loved that we couldn't always see what the "infected" saw. Defo not your typical horror fare, which is always a good thing!

Marty Bird

ocsfan wrote: »

And you'll be back to me to thank me, right? :P

Here's some of my favourite Halloween/horror films - in no particular order:

Halloween
Anything by Rob Zombie - but you either love his films or hate them
Trick 'r Treat
Cabin in the Woods
Let the Right One In
Creepshow
Return of the Living Dead
Night/Dawn/Day of the Dead
Nightmare on Elm Street
Virtually anything by Jean Rollin
Exorcist
Exorcist III (has the single scariest scene I've ever seen)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The VVitch
Rec
Tales From The Crypt/Vault of Horror/Any Amicus Horror Anthologies
Tales of Halloween (just for fun)

Op for Halloween movies I usually watch Halloween and the Fog love them both.

Curious to know which scene? Brilliant film found it to be scarier than the original in some parts.

ocsfan

Marty Bird wrote: »

Op for Halloween movies I usually watch Halloween and the Fog love them both.

Curious to know which scene? Brilliant film found it to be scarier than the original in some parts.

The scene is quick, but perfectly shot - it's the buildup and how long it's held:

In the hospital, the scene where the corridor is shown and after an eternity, the nurse calmly walks off screen in the distance, being stalked/chased by the person/ghost in the sheet -SHIVER :eek:

ocsfan

Also agree with The Fog - one of my absolute favs.

Also:

The Thing
Pumpkinhead
Friday the 13th Part IV
Halloween III (again, not to everyone's taste, but I love it - Love that it went a different direction from the originals, trying to make a franchise out of the title, with different stories).

branie2

The 1956 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers

smurf492

Looking for some recommendations for tonight...want to watch a couple of Halloween based movies but obviously not Halloween as that must be saved until the 31st😀

El Duda

smurf492 wrote: »

Looking for some recommendations for tonight...want  to watch a couple of Halloween based movies but obviously not Halloween as that must be saved until the 31st😀

The Guest

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980592/


I watched this last night with my GF who had never seen it. It's set at halloween but it's not a typical horror film. My GF usually switches off during films but she was gripped from start to finish. It's very fun and has a very cool 70's/80's style synth sound track. Plus.. there's loads of pumpkins everywhere and those beatiful blue eyes...:O:heart:

Marty Bird

smurf492 wrote: »

Looking for some recommendations for tonight...want to watch a couple of Halloween based movies but obviously not Halloween as that must be saved until the 31st��

Damn straight.. may I suggest Salem’s lot..

Marty Bird

ocsfan wrote: »

The scene is quick, but perfectly shot - it's the buildup and how long it's held:

In the hospital, the scene where the corridor is shown and after an eternity, the nurse calmly walks off screen in the distance, being stalked/chased by the person/ghost in the sheet -SHIVER :eek:

I knew it would be that scene and don’t forget that scene when your hear them snap shut adds to it. Plus Blatty directed it too..

Muppet Man

Original poltergeist.... Still impresses me.

BorneTobyWilde

Psycho Hellraiser Carrie Saw A Nightmare on Friday The 13th

Wailin

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Psycho Hellraiser Carrie Saw A Nightmare on Friday The 13th

Never heard of that movie before

El Duda

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Carrie Saw A Nightmare on Friday The 13th

Did she?

DvB

Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter) is one of my personal favourites for this time of year. Rarley mentioned & not popular but I really like it.
Have that & pet sematary lined up for Friday night.
Bram Stokers Dracula & Frankenstein (the original) lined up for Saturday... Sunday & Monday I'm busy & then Tuesday will the Halloween & Halloween II (the originals, none of this remake stuff)

Mantis Toboggan

It follows is terrible imo.

Watched wolf creek and the grudge over the weekend, both solid horrors imo.

El Duda

It Follows is a brilliant premise that doesn't really go anywhere. The final third is very poor but everything that comes before it is really good and well worth watching imo.

Wolf Creek is barely even a horror film imo. It sits alongside Eden Lake as a film that is just unrelentingly nasty. There's no craft or intellect involved. No original scares. Creepiness is thrown to the side to make way for grisly menace. Just a thoroughly unpleasant watch.

Catcher7791

DvB wrote: »

Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter) is one of my personal favourites for this time of year. Rarley mentioned & not popular but I really like it.
Have that & pet sematary lined up for Friday night.
Bram Stokers Dracula & Frankenstein (the original) lined up for Saturday... Sunday & Monday I'm busy & then Tuesday will the Halloween & Halloween II (the originals, none of this remake stuff)

Prince Of Darkness is on the big screen on Friday night in the IFI as part of the Horrorthon festival.

El Duda

Muppet Man wrote: »

Original poltergeist.... Still impresses me.

Watched this for the first time yesterday. Its dated but still impressive from a film making perspective. Also, the tone of the film is unlike any modern horror. It almost has a whimsical, uplifting score/tone.
Some of the effects still look perfect and it looks good on blu-ray.

Liam McPoyle

My plan is to have a classics triple bill.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre remaster followed by the brand spanking new The Thing release by the hero's at Arrow and ending with the daddy, and for my money the greatest horror movie ever made, Carpenters Halloween.

branie2

The 1931 version of Dracula

gmisk

Definitely recommend trick r treat...gem of a little film
I love Halloween obviously Halloween 2 is also worth a watch

EPAndlee

Hocus Pocus and Halloween Town

Catcher7791

branie2 wrote: »

The 1931 version of Dracula

Have you seen the Spanish language version that was filmed at night on the same sets as Browning was using?The IFI showed it yesterday as their monthly Mystery Matinee,really enjoyed it.I'd go so far as to say it might even be better than Browning's film.

branie2

I haven't seen the Spanish version, but it is a special feature on my Dracula Blu-ray, so I might watch it if I get the chance.

Wailin

Anyone recommend where i can catch all these movies?

conorhal

Monster Squad!!!!

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shazzerman

Catcher7791 wrote: »

Have you seen the Spanish language version that was filmed at night on the same sets as Browning was using?The IFI showed it yesterday as their monthly Mystery Matinee,really enjoyed it.I'd go so far as to say it might even be better than Browning's film.

The Spanish version has something alright. It doesn't have Bela Lugosi though, and despite the sometimes campy performance, he is a much better Dracula than the other guy. Browning is also a much better director - but, of course, Browning was a master of silent cinema and had trouble with dialogue scenes. The Browning Dracula is consequently very uneven, with the silent scenes being absolutely superb (the lead up to Dracula's hand opening his coffin lid earlier on in the film, is brilliantly handled), whereas any time anyone opens their mouths the film becomes staid and boring.

Four Winds

I think Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers is probably the best Halloween movie bar the original.

Joeface

Halloween still holds up , no need for sequels except for Halloween III: Season of the Witch , stupid song stuck in my head as a kid , and it still kind freaks me out

Omen ,
IF Follows ,

I would Throw the Others and the Orphange into Horror movies worth a look as well .
Alot of films classed as Horror are should be re classed as Gore .

smurf492

Four Winds wrote:

I think Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers is probably the best Halloween movie bar the original.

I concur.. Producers cut of 6 aint bad either. Not getting the love for It Follows.

smurf492

The Barn and The Void... Two nice little 80s throwback horror

run_Forrest_run

The Witch
The Babadook (while it may not be a true horror it's still good for a scare)

gazzer

Four Winds wrote: »

I think Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers is probably the best Halloween movie bar the original.

I was watching that yesterday on a day off work

Lorelli!

I liked The Craft about 4 witches.

El Duda

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

The Witch
The Babadook (while it may not be a true horror it's still good for a scare)

The best two modern horrors of the last decade or so by a mile

spacecoyote

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

The Witch
The Babadook (while it may not be a true horror it's still good for a scare)

The babadook on late tonight on film4

briany

Lorelli! wrote: »

I liked The Craft about 4 witches.

The Craft is an excellent -- I hesitate to say 'horror' -- supernatural thriller. The only place it falls down is that it reeks of the 90s. I don't find a 90s atmosphere to be any kind of drawback, but it doesn't help in the timelessness stakes. Besides that, it is eminently watchable, and great fun, as well as having a few genuinely unnerving moments.

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

The Witch

I was really looking forward to watching The Witch, but found it to be a let-down.
For one thing,

the reveal of the witches as being attractive women who lived in the woods really took the sinister edge off of the thing. I would have preferred them to have remained pretty much unseen, and actually leave a degree of ambiguity about what was going on.

. Secondly, the pace was slow as molasses, the setting dank, and the language was tough to follow. As much as I appreciate trying to keep it authentic, it's hard to really immerse yourself in the story while trying to decipher 17th century patter.