Movies For Halloween

[LogMeIn]

I am starting to figure this out early. What are the best horror movies to watch for Halloween?

Some horror movies I like are the original texas chainsaw massacre, the Halloween movies (all of the first three), some friday the thirteenth ones, the ring, and.... I can't think of others offhand, but I'm sure a lot of them I haven't seen before. And The Ring is probably only considered borderline horror, but basically I want anything creepy.

[Astro Zombie]

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[Hellraiserfan]

Originally Posted by LogMeIn

I am starting to figure this out early. What are the best horror movies to watch for Halloween?

Some horror movies I like are the original texas chainsaw massacre, the Halloween movies (all of the first three), some friday the thirteenth ones, the ring, and.... I can't think of others offhand, but I'm sure a lot of them I haven't seen before. And The Ring is probably only considered borderline horror, but basically I want anything creepy.

Glances at my Avy...

[Punishment1o1]

The Thing
Paranormal Activity
Grave Encounters
Trick 'r Treat
The Others

[slimdude]

You can't go wrong with The Exorcist. There are so many good horror flicks to watch for Halloween I can't even name them all. My goodness this year is half gone already. How time flies.

[Scottie]

[AaronJ]

The Shining
Suspiria
Drag Me to Hell
Scream (All of them, really, except the 3rd; it's pretty bad)
Alien (Only the first one is really a horror movie)
Cabin in the Woods (Though it has a lot of humor mixed in)
Vampyr (A 1932 film by Carl Theodore Dryer which is almost a silent movie -- but oh so great!)
House of the Devil
The Descent

That's just for a start.

[Al_The_Strange]

I'm really forgiving of horror movies, so there are a ton of titles I love. When Halloween comes around, I break it down into the following categories, and these are the movies I'd recommend in each:

Anthologies
Cat's Eye
Chillerama
Creepshow 1 & 2
Tales from the Darkside
Trick 'R' Treat

Comic Book and Action
Blade 1 & 2
Constantine
The Crow
Hellboy 1 & 2
Resident Evil 1 - 3
Spawn
Underworld 1 - 4

Comedy
The Addams Family
The Addams Family Values
Beetlejuice
Hocus Pocus
It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
Monster House
Shaun of the Dead
The World's End

Haunted Houses / Ghosts
The Amityville Horror (1979)
The Amityville Horror 2
The Babadook
Christine
The Conjuring
Death Note 1 & 2
The Fog
Ghost Ship
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Occulus
The Others
The Ring
The Shining
The Sixth Sense
Stir of Echoes

Monsters / Creatures / Psychics
Carrie
Castle Freak
The Descent
Frankenstein (1931)
Mary Shelly's Frankenstein
The Mist
The Rage: Carrie 2

Occult
Cabin in the Woods
The Call of Cthulhu
The Exorcist
Final Destination 1 - 5
Hellraiser
In The Mouth of Madness
Nightmare on Elm Street
The Omen (1976)
Silent Hill
Sleepy Hollow
The Wishmaster

Slashers / Serial Killers
Cabin by the Lake
The Cell
Funny Games
Halloween
Halloween 2
Halloween 3: Season of the Witch
Halloween (2007)
High Tension
The Hitcher
I Saw The Devil
Midnight Meat Train
Misery
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
One Hour Photo
Psycho
Scream
Silence of the Lambs
Silent Night
Silent Night Deadly Night
Stoker
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Triangle

Space / Sci-Fi
Alien
The Blob (1958)
The Blob (1988)
Event Horizon
The Fly (1986)
From Beyond
Invaders From Mars
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Pandorum
Signs

Torture
Eden Lake
Hostel
I Spit On Your Grave (1978)
I Spit On Your Grave (2010)
Martyrs
Saw

Vampires
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Dracula (1931)
Fright Night
Interview with a Vampire
Let the Right One In
Lost Boys
Near Dark
Vampire Hunter D
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

Werewolves
An American Werewolf in London
Dog Soldiers
Wolf Man (1941)
Wolfman (2010)

Zombies
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
The Evil Dead
[REC]
[REC 2]
The Re-Animator
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later

Extreme, Crazy, and Stupid S&#t
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
Abraham Lincoln vs Zombies
Army of Darkness
Birdemic
BloodRayne
Dead Alive
Dead Sushi
Evil Dead 2
Helldriver
Ichi the Killer
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Meatball Machine
Planet Terror
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Sharknado 1 & 2
Seed
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Tokyo Gore Police
Troll 2
Van Helsing
WolfCop
Zombie Strippers

Shows and Miniserieses
Hellsing Ultimate
The Hunger
It
Simpsons Treehouse Specials
Storm of the Century
Spawn (animated)
Tales from the Crypt
Witchblade (2000)

[AaronJ]

Damn, I love High Tension.

[LogMeIn]

I love The Shining. Forgot to mention that one.

I already had the exorcist and the descent on my list for Netflix to mail out, but may cancel it then possibly restart it for the month of October.

Didn't much like cabin in the woods.

Many others mentioned I haven't seen either, so hopefully I find a lot to watch from in here.

[Foggy]

Eyes without a Face
The Innocents
Let The Right One In
[REC]
Thirst
Nosferatu
The Devil's Backbone
Martyrs
Audition
The Night of the Demon
Frankenhooker

[BD-T]

À l'intérieur (Inside)

[L.J.]

Some good ones are
The Decent
The Babadook
The Entity
The Shinning
Cujo
The Sentinel

[LogMeIn]

Btw, it would be nice if someone has a list of good movies which take PLACE on Halloween. There really doesn't seem to be too many, other than ones that aren't really scary types of movies. Also, someone mentioned the Simpsons.... I haven't watched that in over a decade, but I do remember watching some of those Halloween treehouse ones or w/e and seems like I did like them.

As far as tv shows, though, I remember some good Halloween episodes of Night Court.... I have some of them, but seems like I am missing a few. A lot of tv shows have good Halloween episodes, actually. Just seems like not too many movies do.

Btw, I love Halloween III. Someone should go around playing that commercial to all people who don't like the movie and terrorize them with it playing nonstop.

[spanky87]

^ Some movies with Halloween settings:

May
Night of the Demons
Halloween
Trick R Treat
Hocus Pocus
Donnie Darko
The Guest
Idle Hands
Ginger Snaps

[LogMeIn]

Donnie darko is my favorite movie, yet I forgot until you mentioned that it took place then. I remember now that party they had, for instance.

[dgoswald]

Originally Posted by L.J.

Some good ones are
The Decent
The Babadook
The Entity
The Shinning
Cujo
The Sentinel

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[L.J.]

Originally Posted by dgoswald

The horror of my spelling.

[rooboy78]

My essential favorites are:

Trick r' Treat
Halloween
Hocus Pocus
Lords of Salem