Horror movie recommendations for Halloween

[Shadow_Ferret]

Sort of in the vein of the other thread "Movie moments that scared the bejeesus out of you" I was wondering what Horror movies everyone would recommend for this month of October?

Can be a classic or recent.

 

[BostonMark]

Nightmare

Well, its not a horror movie, but Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, has got to be my absolute favorite Halloween movie.

 

[Tom Andry]

Sort of in the vein of the other thread "Movie moments that scared the bejeesus out of you" I was wondering what Horror movies everyone would recommend for this month of October?

Can be a classic or recent.

Newer: The Ring, Final Destination, The Cube, Scream, Mimic

Older: Poltergeist, Jaws, Alien, Night of the Living Dead (great but not that scary), Psycho, The Hitcher

Off the top of my head.

 

[j_garcia]

Exorcist

The new "prequel" one is weird, but more sickening than scary. The original Exorcist, especially the recently released "The Version You Haven't Seen" is one of my favorite scary flicks. Poltergeist is another. Nightmare Before Christmas is definitely up at the top of my list for Halloween, as is The Crow (Halloween was their wedding night). Of course, Se7en (SE DTS-ES is a must have).

The Omen. The Grudge is fun; it has it's moments. Return of the Living Dead. The Ring 2 was decent if you've seen the first one, if not, rent them both together Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow is cool, visually impressive. From Hell - Jack the Ripper story. Frailty.

Cool surround: The Haunting DTS-ES, Darkness Falls.

We started off the month by watching the original Alien, which will be followed by the rest of them throughout the month.

 

[Tom Andry]

Totally agree with the Exorcist, The Crow, The Grudge, and Se7en. Kinda agree with Frailty (just OK in my opinion).

Oh yeah, add Shawn of the Dead (not very scary but very cool), 28 days later, and Idle Hands while we are straying from pure horror/thrillers.

 

[j_garcia]

Totally agree with the Exorcist, The Crow, The Grudge, and Se7en. Kinda agree with Frailty (just OK in my opinion).

Oh yeah, add Shawn of the Dead (not very scary but very cool), 28 days later, and Idle Hands while we are straying from pure horror/thrillers.

I'd put Frailty in the same group as Grudge and Ring. Entertaining, but not great. There's a LOT of movies like that. Might add the new Amityville, White Noise and Boogeyman in that category too. I liked Boogeyman, but it seemed to run out of steam after a decent start.

Shawn of the Dead was a lot of fun too.

. You can add all of the "of the dead" movies in there if you like The most recent one, Land of the Dead was crap, IMO though.

Reanimator American Werewolf in London, The Howling, Cat People. If you pick up Van Helsing Special Edition, it has a bonus disc with some of the good old original horror flicks on there.

Maybe Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 (not sure if Army of Darkness fits too, but I liked it ).

 

[racquetman]

Newer: The Ring, Final Destination, The Cube, Scream, Mimic

Older: Poltergeist, Jaws, Alien, Night of the Living Dead (great but not that scary), Psycho, The Hitcher

Off the top of my head.

You recommended Cube??!! I've lost all respect for you.

You have lost the privilege to recommend any more movies!!

 

[L-Jay]

Sort of in the vein of the other thread "Movie moments that scared the bejeesus out of you" I was wondering what Horror movies everyone would recommend for this month of October?

Can be a classic or recent.

I've always liked Pumpkinhead.

Any of the Hellraisers (I like the first one best)

 

[thinkingHT]

And one more

I will put in Taking Lives, scared me out of my seat a couple of times and the story was descent too.

 

[jmgillespie]

pet sementary hands down best scary movie of all time.

 

[Johnny Canuck]

Halloween..the original. The special edition sounds unbelievable too. i think the best remaster i have heard yet.

 

[j_garcia]

I will put in Taking Lives, scared me out of my seat a couple of times and the story was descent too.

You're talking about the one with Angelina Jolie? Aside from Angelina and some decent sound, that movie didn't have anything memorable.

Pumpkinhead was a B movie at best, but I liked that one too

How could I forget Hellraiser (first one)?

I didn't think Pet Cemetary was that scary, but I really liked it. Which reminds me of...The Shining! The original is great, but the new made for TV one is half decent too.

 

[Tom Andry]

American Werewolf in London was sweet. Good catch. Though not really as scary as cool. Original Halloween - also good catch.

Frankly, I have a pretty high tolerance for bad horror as its one of my favorite genres. My opinion, Cube was tense. It certainly beats the pants off some of the crap recommended. At least it tried to be original. You don't have to agree...but you'd be wrong

Also, the Ring - I watched it right after my son was born (like week 2) and I saw it in like 15, 5-minute intervals and it still scared the pants off me. Way more tense than most of the crud that has been released in the last 5 years (at least). Horror has got to be one of the hardest genres to write. Everything has already been done (for the most part). That's why stuff like the Blair Witch Project get so huge - there is so little to get excited about.

 

[MDS]

Slasher flicks where the whole 'story' is killing don't interest me. I only like the kind of Horror movies that have some type of mythological story (even if it's made up) behind them.

I think my favorite would be Wishmaster (I & II).

 

[racquetman]

When I was younger, I thought a couple of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies were pretty well done and scary enough. I haven't watched any of them in a long time, though.

I think the concept of Freddy Krueger was original and fresh for a while - until they beat it to death!!

 

[Rik]

Army of Darkness

I second that, great movie for Holloween.

 

[Tom Andry]

Evil Dead 2? How did I forget that one?! Definitely one of the all time best mock horror movies ever! Fantastic with a group and a keg.

 

[thinkingHT]

You're talking about the one with Angelina Jolie? Aside from Angelina and some decent sound, that movie didn't have anything memorable.

I am not saying its the best horror movie ever made, but I felt it had a bit more substance than some of the slasher ones.

The ring was probably the best horror movie I have seen in recent memory (though I have not seen many), very well done that, and then there is Silence of the Lambs which was also very good imo.

 

[Rob Babcock]

My Top 10:

Event Horizon
Sleepy Hollow
The Nineth Gate
Army of Darkness
28 Days Later
Dawn of the Dead (the newer one)
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Underworld
John Carpenters Vampires

 

[AFJumper03]

I just watched the remake of Amityville Horror and it has some really good "jump out of your seat" and "stay awake at night thinking about it" parts. I wasn't expecting it to be that good.

I'm a big fan of the Ring for pure terror, even though I've seen it a ton, I still get scared everytime.

The orginal Exorcist is really great too, the extended edition has all kinds of "hidden" scary stuff like faces in the shadows and whatnot. its great.