Your Favorite Horror / Halloween Movies - A Public List! (1 Viewer)

[justsomedude]

Some of my faves...

Creepshow (1982)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 original)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Shining (1980)

The last two still give me scares to this day. When we first meet Leatherface (Kirk's death) and he slams that metal door shut and the music "womp" hits... man, still gives me the willies!

And my wife made me watch Psycho for the very first time last night. The very first big budget "slasher" film. And while the scares don't really seem to hold up, I can certainly appreciate it for what it was at the time (the idea of encroaching on the safety of a nude woman in a shower), and what it signifies in the realm of cinema as whole... Lots of firsts in that shower scene/and genius cuts and blurred out bits to satisfy censors of the day and imply what was happening without actually showing what was happening. And I love the frozen frame on the eye-rotation cut since the tech didn't exist at the time to rotate the camera in-shot.

Been reading about it all morning. So much going on in that scene. Hitchcock was truly a master of the craft.

 

[Quicksilver-75]

One of my favourites from way back is the original Pumpkin Head.
And I almost forgot to mention Puppet Master. Instant classic!

 

[BELGRADE]

Street trash

The Toxic Avenger

 

[Klobberer]

Jaws
In the Mouth of Madness
Demon Night
Return of the Living Dead

 

[David O]

Hellraiser and of course The Exorcist

 

[justsomedude]

Jaws

The Exorcist

Classics!!

 

[Darson]

Alien, Aliens & The Thing (1982)

 

[Legend5555]

Alien
The Conjuring
It Follows
The Thing
Nightmare on Elm Street
Poltergeist
The Exorcist
Event Horizon

Bonus! Favorite Horror Video Game:
Silent Hill 2

 

[detroitdad]

 

[legend672]

Carrie
Christine
Friday 13th

 

[Klobberer]

Alien, Aliens & The Thing (1982)

All great choices!

 

[David O]

How about the low budget film below.

Did you know the original mask was a William Shatner Star Trek Mask that was painted white!

 

[jmwnf]

“Honey, I shrunk the 43mm’s”

so spooky

 

[justsomedude]

How about the low budget film below.

Did you know the original mask was a William Shatner Star Trek Mask that was painted white!

I love the original Halloween!

Had no idea about the mask though. What a cool bit of trivia!!! It was a cast/mask made for the "ritual scene" in Devil's Rain, where Shatner's character melts. I never knew!!!

 

[abby99]

I can still hear the music from the shower scene in Psycho, which I saw in the 60s. Norman Bates is one of the creepiest characters ever. Hitchcock movies were awesome! Oh, I was so young then. I still enjoy a good thriller.

More recently, I enjoy movies like Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Little Shop of Horrors. Despite the inclusion of the word Horror in their titles, they're really quite tame, but then again, so am I.

 

[justsomedude]

Hmmm... Shatner doesn't think it was based on the Devil's Rain cast.

https://twitter.com/x/status/952638905584517120

Still cool to know it was based off Shatner/Kirk though!! I never knew all of that.

 

[Poker Zombie]

Not a fan of the horror genre, but Evil Dead II and to a lesser extent Army of Darkness are must-see movies.

Also a fan of The Nightmare Before Christmas, but not sure if that counts as a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie.

 

[David O]

Hmmm... Shatner doesn't think it was based on the Devil's Rain cast.

https://twitter.com/x/status/952638905584517120

Still cool to know it was based off Shatner/Kirk though!! I never knew all of that.

I saw a documentary about it and they literally went to a store and purchased the mask and spray painted it. This movie was a very low budget movie

edit: Looking online I think it was this one. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706681/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl

 

[justsomedude]

I saw a documentary about it and they literally went to a store and purchased the mask and spray painted it. This movie was a very low budget movie

edit: Looking online I think it was this one. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706681/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl

So cool!

 

[Poker Zombie]

I also need to add one more movie.

We just got back from a late night call at the firehouse. A movie had just started. We were about to turn it off, but it just pulled us in. We never heard of it so we continued to watch. Despite being 3am, we couldn't stop watching.

The movie?

Shawn of the Dead.

 

[Hornet]

A bunch of great movies in this thread.

I would add Hereditary. Couldn’t sleep for a week after that one.

 

[trigs]

My bad. I misread title.

Some of my favorites Halloween specific movies:
Trick 'r Treat
Halloween (original)
Donnie Darko
Night of the Demons (original)
Grave Halloween

 

[allforcharity]

For recent movies, I have to admit that "It' and "It: Chapter Two" were generally well done.

I appreciated "Hereditary" for what it was. Haven't yet seen "Midsommar" which is the same director's follow-up movie, but heard it was very good as well.

 

[FordPickup92]

“Honey, I shrunk the 43mm’s”

so spooky

Honey I melted the chips in the oven
An original by @Marhault

 

[Perthmike]

I thought that paranormal activity 1 and 2 were pretty awesome considering how cheaply they were made.

The Conjuring is awesome too

And the Shining is probably my favourite from the classics

 

[justsomedude]

Haven't yet seen "Midsommar" which is the same director's follow-up movie, but heard it was very good as well.

Curious to see this one too. I tossed it on my PLEX, but haven't watched it yet either...

 

[Marhault]

Honey I melted the chips in the oven
An original by @Marhault

It's still a horror story...

 

[allforcharity]

It's still a horror story...

How's this for a horror story? "Paulson re-enters the custom home chip market, Boat chip (and etc.) valuations fall to less than $1.25 per chip...."

 

[Marhault]

How's this for a horror story? "Paulson re-enters the custom home chip market, Boat chip (and etc.) valuations fall to less than $1.25 per chip...."

That sounds more like a feel good uplifting story!

 

[allforcharity]

That sounds more like a feel good uplifting story!

Unless you've just bought at $6-8 per chip....