Best halloween movie?

[cjeanette]

Besides Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, of course.

I am thinking of watching one with H after the kids pass out into a sugar coma go to bed. What do you recommend?

[simpsongal]

We usually put on the Simpson's Halloween specials - you can probably watch on youtube. Movie-wise....I'm not really into horror.

Hitchcock is best for non-horror folks like myself. I recommend the Birds (or Psycho if you haven't seen it).

There's a great old Disney movie called "Watcher in the Woods" w/Bettie Davis. But that's probably hard to come by.

"Halloween" w/Jamie Lee Curtis is always a classic.

[mbcdefg]

Young Frankenstein

The Addams Family movies

Hocus Pocus

Shaun of the Dead

The Nightmare Before Christmas

(I don't like horror flicks)

ETA: can't believe I forgot the Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror" episodes!!! The early ones are fucking genius. www.ign.com/articles/2010/11/05/the-simpsons-best-treehouse-of-horror-segments

[ladygrey]

We always watch The Village on Halloween. It's just the right amount of suspense, without blood and gore.

[ejpint]

Are you looking for scary?

We do a Halloween movie marathon every year in the weeks leading up to Halloween. We do a mix of new movies and old cheesy classics, like the 80s Stephen King stuff that scared the pants off us when we were kids.

For non-scary, I love:
Haunted Honeymoon
Hocus Pocus
Beetlejuice
Nightmare Before Christmas
Little Shop of Horrors
Rocky Horror (of course!)

Slightly Spooky to Full on Horror:
Sleepy Hollow
28 Days/28 Days Later
Scream
Poltergeist
The Shining
Paranormal Activity
The Ring (yikes)

[glitzy07]

I hate horror, but "Fallen" is a creepy thriller that I really liked. And it stars Denzel Washington.

[cjeanette]

Oooh, Sleepy Hollow. I loved the story as a kid. I might enjoy the movie.

[hereonceagain]

My fav has always been Casper the Friendly Ghost.

yeah, I'm a whimp.

[jene]

Oct 31, 2012 13:13:25 GMT -5 simpsongal said:

We usually put on the Simpson's Halloween specials - you can probably watch on youtube. Movie-wise....I'm not really into horror.

Hitchcock is best for non-horror folks like myself. I recommend the Birds (or Psycho if you haven't seen it).

There's a great old Disney movie called "Watcher in the Woods" w/Bettie Davis. But that's probably hard to come by.

"Halloween" w/Jamie Lee Curtis is always a classic.

I used to love Watcher in the Woods!

[simpsongal]

Oct 31, 2012 13:45:18 GMT -5 jene said:

Oct 31, 2012 13:13:25 GMT -5 simpsongal said:

We usually put on the Simpson's Halloween specials - you can probably watch on youtube. Movie-wise....I'm not really into horror.

Hitchcock is best for non-horror folks like myself. I recommend the Birds (or Psycho if you haven't seen it).

There's a great old Disney movie called "Watcher in the Woods" w/Bettie Davis. But that's probably hard to come by.

"Halloween" w/Jamie Lee Curtis is always a classic.

I used to love Watcher in the Woods!

I can't believe others have seen this one! THe blonde actress looked eerily like my mom. When we watched it as kids it totally freaked out my twin brother and he couldn't finish it. I was so proud.

Ooh, good suggestion above on "The Shining." The season 6 simpsons halloween (special V) has a great Shining spoof.

[ejpint]

Oct 31, 2012 13:50:06 GMT -5 simpsongal said:

Oct 31, 2012 13:45:18 GMT -5 jene said:

I used to love Watcher in the Woods!

I can't believe others have seen this one! THe blonde actress looked eerily like my mom. When we watched it as kids it totally freaked out my twin brother and he couldn't finish it. I was so proud.

Ooh, good suggestion above on "The Shining." The season 6 simpsons halloween (special V) has a great Shining spoof.

The Shinning!

And I think a lot of people have seen Watcher in the Woods, but I didn't identify it until someone mentioned it in one of these posts a few years ago. I had seen it as a kid, and still remembered some of the scenes that creeped me out, but then buried it away and forgot about it.

[phunluvin82]

I don't like gory horror like Saw/Hostel, etc...I do like psychological thriller type 'horror' movies, so if that is up your alley, I liked...

Shutter Island, Gothika, Mothman Prophecies, Let the Right One In, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, 30 Days of Night

Oh, there's always Rosemary's Baby...classic.

[phunluvin82]

Oh yeah, I 2nd (3rd?) The Shining...good one.

[Deleted]

I love a lot of the psychological thrillers already mentioned. I also like the cheesy flicks like Hocus Pocus.

For some odd reason, It (by Stephen King scared the crap out of me when I watched it in HS and I am too chicken to watch it now. lol. I watched the first Paranormal Activity and it scared the crap out of me. I can't even handle white noise from the baby monitor b/c of that stupid movie.

The Exorcist is always a classic too.

Now I have to convince DH to watch one of these scary flicks with me tonight.

[phunluvin82]

Oct 31, 2012 14:19:27 GMT -5 @choco said:

I love a lot of the psychological thrillers already mentioned. I also like the cheesy flicks like Hocus Pocus.

For some odd reason, It (by Stephen King scared the crap out of me when I watched it in HS and I am too chicken to watch it now. lol. I watched the first Paranormal Activity and it scared the crap out of me. I can't even handle white noise from the baby monitor b/c of that stupid movie.

The Exorcist is always a classic too.

Now I have to convince DH to watch one of these scary flicks with me tonight.

Oh, It! That's a gooooood one....that scared the crap out of me when I was (not even all that) little too! ::Scary clown voice:: "Hiya Georgie!"

[ejpint]

FWIW, I watched "It" again within the last few years, and I was not scared at all.
It terrified me at the time, and I had a long, lingering fear of drains for, like, way longer than anyone should. Still hate clowns. HATE.

[simpsongal]

I watched a bit of "It" the other day. I think it was on SyFy. I think the scariness of those made-for-tv movies is diminished by the bad acting & production value.

I didn't find the Excorcist terribly scary. Maybe b/c I knew what to expect? But I had trouble getting through "Alien" -- too suspensful.

For a disturbing classic watch "A Clockwork Orange."

For a modern one, "Black Swan" is a bit freaky and it's showing on HBO a lot.

[OG Jo]

It's already been suggested, but Hocus Pocus is my favorite - I'm watching it for the second time tonight on ABC Family.

[megalicious]

Not 100% Halloween, but Tucker and Dale vs Evil - Hilarious horror spoof.

[Awkward]

Oct 31, 2012 20:05:19 GMT -5 OG Jo said:

It's already been suggested, but Hocus Pocus is my favorite - I'm watching it for the second time tonight on ABC Family.

Ditto every word of this! I still can't get over the fact that Binx grew up to be McGee on NCIS.

[ReenaP]

I love the original Halloween.

[Deleted]

The one about the Bell Witch with Sissy Spacek

[sa]

The Omen (the 70s version)

[ondaflipside]

I'm switching between Hocus Pocus and The Shining right now. The Shining always makes me conscious about being in hotels where the hallways are dark and long (Ballys' in Las Vegas come to mind), and hotel rooms where the bathroom mirror is across from the curtained shower.

Vomit.