Favorite movies to watch on Halloween?

[Hocky]

This thread got me thinking about a movie that I enjoyed as a kid - The Monster Squad. Just added it to my netflix queue.

 

[skizzerflake]

I grew up watching Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, Wolfnaman and all their spin-offs on Saturday morning TV and with Zacherlys clowning around. Even with the cuts, Commcrcials, and the hosts' interjections they were enthralling.

A few years ago I caught the remastered Frankenstein and Dracula.These were uncut, cleand up and given a SOTA remaster treatment. It was a revelation!

It was a totally different experience than the movies I saw on TV as a kid.

The multitude of shades of grey and cinemetograpny in use at the time were stunning. The movie makers at the time really knew how to maximize the use on monochrome. The B&W actually added to the eerieness of the movies and the continuity without commercials made for a wonderful experience.

I love the glorious black and white of those old movies..they were really well composed, lit and shot. A while back I also bought disks of those remastered classics and they look great. If you have Netflix and want to try something relatively new in Black and White, and silent too, check out The Call of Cthulhu, a 2005 B & W silent flick.

 

[tattoo_Dan]

The Shining, etc...

one of my favorite scary movies

 

[jliedeka]

I just watched The Crow. I know it's not scary but it's a good Halloween movie just like Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are my favorite Christmas movies.

+1 for the original Nightmare On Elm St. That movie blew me away the first time I saw it and it still holds up.

Someone else reminded me I haven't watched Army of Darkness in a while. Hmmm.

Jim

 

[j_garcia]

Watched Darkness Falls on BD in DTS-HD MA on Halloween. Wow! this movie still has one of the best surround mixes out there. Yep, not a great movie, but totally worth it for the sound. Picked it up for $12 at Frys.

Army of Darkness - I will watch that ANY time, not just Halloween