Scary movies for Halloween
All this talk of pumpkin-carving has made me want to start up the annual thread on scary movies. Here are some recommendations in no particular order:
The Shining--the best horror movie of all time. Bar none. I don't care if SK doesn't like what Kubrick did to his book. Jack is the best!
Carrie--also a great SK-inspired flick. That scene with the hand coming out of the ground had an entire movie theater jumping out of their seats and screaming.
Pet Sematary--one more creepy SK movie. Not great, but pretty good.
Dead Calm--Nicole Kidman before she met Tom Cruise--most effective sailboat-oriented thriller ever.
Incident at Raven's Gate--weird, eccentric Australian movie not starring Nicole unfortunately.
Wolf Creek--really scary extreme Aussie movie--the actor playing the serial killer turns in a bravura performance.
28 Days--along with original Night of the Living Dead one of the best zombie movies ever.
Rosemary's Baby--will make you forget about living in a brownstone in NYC.
Alien--still the best space creep movie.
Curse of the Werewolf--obscure movie starring Oliver Reed. My favorite werewolf movie, although Jack Nicholson's Wolf is entertaining and highly satirical.
The Sixth Sense--pretty spooky if you don't know the secret.
Older movies: The Thing (original), The Blob, The Mummy, The Raven, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, The Fly (original), pretty much anything with Vincent Price--all fun. Won't scare anyone under the age of 40 however. Any of the "chlorophyll monster" movies from the Phillipines are a hoot. For more "neglected" movies from the 70's--see this link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syl...=1&*entries*=0
Letdowns: The Exorcist, Jaws--on rewatching seem dated with pretty poor acting.
I haven't seen any of the recent extreme horror movies such as Saw, Hostel, etc.--not really my cup of tea. As you can tell I like psychological horror more than gory stuff. I guess my definition of a good horror movie--if it makes you not want to do something because you're scared out of your wits--i.e., go visit the big crater in Australia, stay in a deserted inn in Colorado in the winter, or go on a sailing trip to a remote area, it's probably pretty good.
Any other additions?
The Shining--the best horror movie of all time. Bar none. I don't care if SK doesn't like what Kubrick did to his book. Jack is the best!
Carrie--also a great SK-inspired flick. That scene with the hand coming out of the ground had an entire movie theater jumping out of their seats and screaming.
Pet Sematary--one more creepy SK movie. Not great, but pretty good.
Dead Calm--Nicole Kidman before she met Tom Cruise--most effective sailboat-oriented thriller ever.
Incident at Raven's Gate--weird, eccentric Australian movie not starring Nicole unfortunately.
Wolf Creek--really scary extreme Aussie movie--the actor playing the serial killer turns in a bravura performance.
28 Days--along with original Night of the Living Dead one of the best zombie movies ever.
Rosemary's Baby--will make you forget about living in a brownstone in NYC.
Alien--still the best space creep movie.
Curse of the Werewolf--obscure movie starring Oliver Reed. My favorite werewolf movie, although Jack Nicholson's Wolf is entertaining and highly satirical.
The Sixth Sense--pretty spooky if you don't know the secret.
Older movies: The Thing (original), The Blob, The Mummy, The Raven, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, The Fly (original), pretty much anything with Vincent Price--all fun. Won't scare anyone under the age of 40 however. Any of the "chlorophyll monster" movies from the Phillipines are a hoot. For more "neglected" movies from the 70's--see this link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syl...=1&*entries*=0
Letdowns: The Exorcist, Jaws--on rewatching seem dated with pretty poor acting.
I haven't seen any of the recent extreme horror movies such as Saw, Hostel, etc.--not really my cup of tea. As you can tell I like psychological horror more than gory stuff. I guess my definition of a good horror movie--if it makes you not want to do something because you're scared out of your wits--i.e., go visit the big crater in Australia, stay in a deserted inn in Colorado in the winter, or go on a sailing trip to a remote area, it's probably pretty good.
Any other additions?
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