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Post by Al Alven on Oct 24, 2006 11:57:18 GMT -5
With Halloween just one week away (can you believe it?), I though it would be cool to start a series of themed topics on one of my favorite holidays.
In this topic, let's discuss our favorite Halloween movies. I started with a list of about 45, and had a really tough time narrowing it down to just 10. I'm still not even sure if this would be my "final" list, but here's a quick sampling of my favorites (in alphabetical order):
Dracula (1931): All-time classic
Frankenstein (1943): (See above)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman: Very underrated
Fright Night: A sentimental 80s favorite
Halloween: THE quintessential masterpiece
Halloween 2: Yeah, I liked it; try not to laugh
Night of the Living Dead: Still creepy and disturbing
Nightmare Before Christmas: Wonderfully unique
Sleepy Hollow: Great settings and ambiance
Young Frankenstein: One of the best comedies ever
Thoughts, comments?
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Post by dolfinmusic on Oct 24, 2006 12:27:05 GMT -5
One of my faves was always The Evil Dead  |
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Post by JerseyDigger29 on Oct 24, 2006 12:56:44 GMT -5
With Halloween just one week away (can you believe it?), I though it would be cool to start a series of themed topics on one of my favorite holidays. In this topic, let's discuss our favorite Halloween movies. I started with a list of about 45, and had a really tough time narrowing it down to just 10. I'm still not even sure if this would be my "final" list, but here's a quick sampling of my favorites (in alphabetical order): Dracula (1931): All-time classic Frankenstein (1943): (See above) Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman: Very underrated Fright Night: A sentimental 80s favorite Halloween: THE quintessential masterpiece Halloween 2: Yeah, I liked it; try not to laugh Night of the Living Dead: Still creepy and disturbing Nightmare Before Christmas: Wonderfully unique Sleepy Hollow: Great settings and ambiance Young Frankenstein: One of the best comedies ever Thoughts, comments? The original "13 Ghosts," not the remake a while back. I was just a little kid at the time, but that was the only movie to ever make me leave my seat as fast as I could and retreat to the Shore Theater's lobby to pretend to go to the bathroom until the movie was over. Later on, when I saw the movie as a grown up, all I could think was, "what a twirp I was as a kid." The movie was so bad it was laughable - but not when I was a kid!  Thom  |
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Post by thelastresort on Oct 24, 2006 13:12:05 GMT -5
The original Exorcist.
ha ha, I fogot about "Fright Night", I love that line "his dinnersss, in the o-vennn!"
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Post by scca28 on Oct 24, 2006 14:40:05 GMT -5
One of my faves was always The Evil Dead Yeh, or even better, [glow=red,2,300]Evil Dead 2[/glow]. One of my favorites is [glow=red,2,300]Poltergeist[/glow]. I still get chills when the mom turns and sees all the kitchen chairs balanced on top of the table. I seem to remember [glow=red,2,300]Exorcist[/glow] being pretty scary when it first came out on the big screen, and hadn't seen it since then, but just got it on DVD and now it seems very boring and talky until maybe the last half hour or so. Ooh, how about [glow=red,2,300]Amittyville Horror[/glow] |
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Post by hulk007 on Oct 24, 2006 18:40:25 GMT -5
Let's not forget Psycho and one of the best movies, let alone horror movies of all time, Alien. Some would call this sci-fi but it falls into the horror catergory as well.
Speaking of sci-fi, did anyone ever see a movie called Scanners. Is the part were the dude's head explodes really nasty?
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Post by FlyinGN on Oct 24, 2006 21:34:19 GMT -5
my Son is really into the Halloween movies. In fact hes going out as Micheal Meyers this haloweeen. They were a pretty good scary series out in the 70's..
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Post by Cindy on Oct 25, 2006 18:48:48 GMT -5
I'm with you, Al....the older horror films with Bela Lugosi & Lon Chaney are excellent. The older films have laughable special effects, when compared to modern movies. But, they had something their comtemporaries lacked - creativity. With no computer graphics, the filmmakers had to improvise. The finished product had a charm that seems to have diminished with technology.
Here are some of my favs:
1. Psycho Hitchcock is brilliant. So many layers. Every shot, every angle, every word is deliberate and meaningful.
2. Halloween Its beauty is its simplicity.
3. Scream I love that Wes Craven can parody himself and the horror genre. He hits on the cliche that horror films had become by the "rules of surviving a horror movie" (never say "I'll be right back, because you won't be.")
4. Carrie This is just plain creepy.
5. Poltergeist Scary because it happens to a family who could be your next door neighbors.
6. House of Wax (Vincent Price, not Paris Hilton.) I saw this in 3D years ago at the old movie theatre on the Blvd in NE Philly. Was that the Orleans?
Frank, tell your son - AMC is running all horror films from now until Halloween.
Al, Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman is on late tonight. ENJOY!
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Post by hulk007 on Oct 25, 2006 21:15:32 GMT -5
I still can't believe no one has mentioned Alien. Easily the best horror movie ever made or at the very least in the top 3.
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Post by Crippled_Visions on Oct 25, 2006 22:42:36 GMT -5
Loomis: "Tell the sheriff I shot him....tell him, he's still on the loose!"
Neighbor: "Is this some kind of joke? I've been trick-or-treated to death tonight."
Loomis: "You don't know what death is."
Another favorite of mine is The Shinning.
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Post by FlyinGN on Oct 26, 2006 6:59:58 GMT -5
I know.. We watch it every night! lol Frank, tell your son - AMC is running all horror films from now until Halloween. Al, Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman is on late tonight. ENJOY! |
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Post by hulk007 on Oct 26, 2006 7:22:17 GMT -5
Halloween is the modern day slasher film by which all others are measured(e.g Friday the 13th)
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Post by crazyaboutwildwood on Oct 27, 2006 20:59:31 GMT -5
I always thought the shining was really scary. The exorcist was the scariest for me!
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