filmmusic 1,852 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Mention 4-5 Halloween classic films that you'll probably watch every year or so. (just want to get ideas, although I've compiled a list with films I'd like to see, and haven't yet.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 The Nightmare Before Christmas ChrisAfonso 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Evita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,852 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 Evitahmmmm.. I really can't understand the joke here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,494 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Here are my classics!- Halloween 1, 2 & H20 (The Laurie Strode Trilogy)- Nightmare on Elm Street 1, 3 and 7 (The Nancy Trilogy)- Friday The 13th 1 & 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Evitahmmmm.. I really can't understand the joke here.It's a horrific film to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,852 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 Evitahmmmm.. I really can't understand the joke here.It's a horrific film to watch.Well, I would strongly disagree, but this would be a subject of another thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Halloween, The Exorcist, The Evil Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Alien, Dawn of the Dead.Please note I'm referring the originals in all applicable instances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 188 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 The Nightmare Before ChristmasIndeed. The only film I *try to* regularly watch around Halloween. Though I fail to do so more often than not.There's always the second opportunity, to watch it at Christmas, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,852 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 Yeah, i prefer watching it at Christmas too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Ok, serious answer: The Haunting (1963) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,852 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 Ok, serious answer: The Haunting (1963)yes, I watched it recently.Very good but I expected something more I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 The Exorcist, The Shining, Planet of the Apes (no idea why I consider it a Halloween movie), The Masque of the Red Death, Nosferatu.Also have to include The Cabin in the Woods, which will probably become a classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 The Pit and the Pendulum is my favourite of the Corman/Poe films. Good score by Les Baxter, too.Another one: Candyman. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,494 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Also The Changelling (1980).Very very very disturbing movie... the main character is a composer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,489 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 E.T.American Werewolf in LondonHocus Pocus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Evitahmmmm.. I really can't understand the joke here.there is nothing to get it's stupid. Vincent Price has some terrifically fun films but I want to see the Haunted Palace, it's one film that really disturbed me as a child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,852 Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 I want to see the Hauted Palace too, because I'm searching for a horror film that I had seen in my childhood and I think this may be it.I specifically remember a close-up of the face of a woman which was very white, and very red lips,and she was something like mad in the end. (I think she could be Paget)and the whole atmosphere of the film was blue, in a castle/palace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Evil Dead II?I haven't seen it since teenage, but I think it would make a good Halloween movie.It has just the right balance of eeriness and humour to make it an unusual film. Quintus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,852 Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 By the way, the list of films I haven't watched yet and I had compiled is this (don't know what you all think):Monster Squad (I didn't know about this, and it seems like a Goonies with monsters, plus i love 80s films)Amityville HorrorAmerican werewolf in londonYoung FrankensteinThe wicker manRe-animatorCarrieCandyman(of course I'm talking too about the originals where applicable) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 there is nothing to get it's stupid.You're a fan, huh?American werewolf in londonYoung FrankensteinThese two are comedy horrors.One that hasn't been mentioned is Jacob's Ladder. I'm not a fan, but it is pretty disturbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 American werewolf in londonThe wicker manBoth great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Some more De Palma.SistersRaising Cain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 One that hasn't been mentioned is Jacob's Ladder. I'm not a fan, but it is pretty disturbing.Yep, a very creepy movie. I seem to remember that Joey disliked it intensely? Fire in Sky (1993) ? I guess some would call it Sci-Fi, but it is very disturbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,852 Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 American werewolf in londonYoung FrankensteinThese two are comedy horrors.I don't mind that.When i started the thread I meant any halloween movie (eg. like Hocus pocus, Arsenic and old Lace etc.)They don't have to be horror/disturbing.I also love Christine and Fright Night, don't know if any of you have seen them.The cover of Fright night haunted me in my childhood, when i was seeing it in my local video store,and I always wanted to watch it.I thought it had to do with ghosts.Anyway, i watched it for the first time last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 188 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 (...)The wicker man(...)(of course I'm talking too about the originals where applicable)I caught the remake on TV a few weeks ago and was utterly bewildered how the movie was trying to make me feel. It could have been a decent parody if it wasn't taking itself so seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,494 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Amityville HorrorAnother personal favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,658 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 It may be a bit sci-fi but it's suitability eerie and creepy anyway so I'll add Village of the Damned. Also, Invaders From Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Angel HeartBlood on Satan's ClawEyes Without a FacePeeping TomThe Bird with the Crystal PlumageTwitch of the Death NerveA Lizard in a Woman's SkinThe Cat o' Nine TailsSuspiriaTenebraePhenomenaStage FrightHands of the RipperThe Satanic Rites of DraculaCurse of the WerewolfDracula A.D. 1972Quatermass and the PitDr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,852 Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 Also, Invaders From Mars.80s or 50s?i had seen the 80s in my childhood and loved it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 50s. The only one I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 One that hasn't been mentioned is Jacob's Ladder. I'm not a fan, but it is pretty disturbing.Yep, a very creepy movie. I seem to remember that Joey disliked it intensely? Fire in Sky (1993) ? I guess some would call it Sci-Fi, but it is very disturbing.it's not disturbing at all it's just badly told, badly written, and badly acted. I hear there is a remake in the works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 The Nightmare Before ChristmasIndeed. The only film I *try to* regularly watch around Halloween. Though I fail to do so more often than not.There's always the second opportunity, to watch it at Christmas, though.Yep, it just fits perfectly in the Halloween-Thanksgiving-Christmas season.Surprised no one has mentioned John Carpenter's The Thing yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I don't watch Halloween movies for the sake of watching them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,852 Posted October 16, 2013 Author Share Posted October 16, 2013 What about Cujo?has anyone seen it? Is it good?I learned about this film from Friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,236 Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 If you want a creepy classic, Dead of Night, with its turbulent Georges Auric score, bears repeated viewings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 What about Cujo?has anyone seen it? Is it good?I learned about this film from Friends! Cujo is pretty intense at times. Dee Wallace gives a great performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 pumpkinhead does feature one hell of a monster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Speaking of Nightmare Before Christmas, check out my analysis of the score in the latest edition of Film Score Monthly:http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/fsmonline/main.cfm?issueID=106[/plug] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,494 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 E.T.Good idea, it's true that the action of the movie occurs during Halloween.And E.T. meets Yoda during that night if I remember well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,852 Posted October 19, 2013 Author Share Posted October 19, 2013 Yes, i already had that in mind.Maybe i'll watch it on the night of Halloween (since it's also my favourite film of all time) instead of a thriller.the thing i'm afraid of is that I watched it last December, and I don't want to watch it too often and then lose my enthusiasm about it..I also have in mind to watch Ridley Scott's LEGEND.i think it's appropriate too with the fairies and goblins, and the beast etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,494 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 @filmmusicLegend, is that the movie with young Tom Cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,852 Posted October 19, 2013 Author Share Posted October 19, 2013 @filmmusicLegend, is that the movie with young Tom Cruise?Yes, I love its atmosphere and the great Jerry Goldsmith score!Not the US theatrical version with the Tangerine Dream score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Legend doesn't really belong in a horror film discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,634 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Is that the 115 mins version, or the 90 mins version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,852 Posted October 19, 2013 Author Share Posted October 19, 2013 Legend doesn't really belong in a horror film discussion.This is not a horror film discussion, this is a Halloween film discussion. Is that the 115 mins version, or the 90 mins version?What, the DVD? It contais 2 cuts. The US theatrical and the Director's cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Legend doesn't really belong in a horror film discussion.This is not a horror film discussion, this is a Halloween film discussion. Is that the 115 mins version, or the 90 mins version?What, the DVD? It contais 2 cuts. The US theatrical and the Director's cut.no real difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Halloween films can be creepy without being horrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,634 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Legend doesn't really belong in a horror film discussion.This is not a horror film discussion, this is a Halloween film discussion. Is that the 115 mins version, or the 90 mins version?What, the DVD? It contais 2 cuts. The US theatrical and the Director's cut.no real difference.No love for "Legend", eh, Joey?On the Sp. Ed. R1 DVD, there are 2 cuts: the USA 90-min cut with TD, and the 115 Sp. Ed. cut, with JG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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