Halloween Movies 🎃

[Erestor Arcamen]

It's October, which mean Halloween is coming up. So I wanted to see what horror and Halloween themed movies people are watching. I have a few (so far) on my list to watch this month:

Village of the Damned

The Green Slime

Cosmic Monsters aka The Strange World of Planet X - more SciFi than horror

Cry of the Werewolf

I'm sure I'll have a lot of others that I'll be watching as well. Anyone else watching any classic horror movies for the season?

 

[Ealdwyn]

I'll probably be watching:
The Wicker Man (1973 original)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 remake)
The Thing (1982 remake)

I'm a big zombie fan so I'll probably also watch
Train to Busan
Dead snow

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

I've seen a few of those and like them. I love old B and Z movies so will definitely be watching a lot of those. An example would be "It Conquered the World". The monster is more amusing than anything, looks like a fast food restaurant's mascot:

Outside of those, I also will be watching a few of my favorites that aren't as cheesy. A few of them are: 13 Ghosts (1960), House on Haunted Hill (1959) and Carnival of Souls (1962).

 

[Ealdwyn]

I've seen a few of those and like them. I love old B and Z movies so will definitely be watching a lot of those. An example would be "It Conquered the World". The monster is more amusing than anything, looks like a fast food restaurant's mascot:

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Outside of those, I also will be watching a few of my favorites that aren't as cheesy. A few of them are: 13 Ghosts (1960), House on Haunted Hill (1959) and Carnival of Souls (1962).

The VIncent Price version of House on Haunted hill is great. I might add that to the list.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

The VIncent Price version of House on Haunted hill is great. I might add that to the list.

Oh yeah, it's an awesome movie. I've never seen and have no desire to see the remake for it or 13 Ghosts. I don't really like gore at all, which is why I enjoy older movies so much.

 

[Rivendell_librarian]

There's a film called Halloween which is pretty good! 1978 version of course

Also the 1961 version of The Innocents with Deborah Kerr

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Another Vincent Price film I'll be watching. One of my favorites.

Don't forget to wear your masks!

 

[Miguel]

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Phantasm, as Michael Weldon said, contains more genuine shocks than many big-budget movies. A truly weird fim.

My favorite Price film is this one, written by Robert Towne -- though with Richard Chamberlain in mind (!):

It's the last of Roger Corman's Poe adaptations, with second unit direction by Francis Ford Coppola. Price must have been impressed, because, unusually for him, he played his part completely straight.

One interesting aspect I'll mention: in the dream sequence, the actors appear to actually be moving in slow motion, in real time. That doesn't surprise me, as I doubt the notoriously cheapskate director would shell out for a high speed camera. It does contribute to the otherworldly atmosphere. I was a bit disappointed that neither Corman nor Elizabeth Sheppard mentioned it in their commentaries.

It's on youtube, BTW.

Edit: I wondered why I was getting a deja vu feeling. I see I'm repeating myself from EA's previous Halloween thread:

Halloween Movies

It's almost Halloween, one of my favorite holidays! So I wanted to see what my fellow TTF'ers like to watch in the realm of horror. I personally really like the old Hammer movies, classic horror films and B horror movies that are super cheesy. I don't really like gory stuff at all but I do like...

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Oh, well.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Lol I forgot that I made s similar thread... Guess it's an EA tradition now 😬

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Watched this one today. Hammer definitely made some of my most favorite movies 😁

 

[Olorgando]

Watched this one today. Hammer definitely made some of my most favorite movies 😁

Hammer's Dracula obviously has to be our dear "Saruman".

 

[1stvermont]

We always watch

Van Helsing

Garfield Halloween

 

[Ealdwyn]

I might watch this again. I think Claes Bang is fantastic in the role.

 

[Olorgando]

We always watch
Van Helsing

I've never seen this "front-to-back"; vague memories of zapping there quite a few times as it was shown sometime after midnight. As far as Bram Stoker "canon" goes, it's definitely PJ "Hobbit" territory, but certainly with a higher age rating.
One thing I do remember is my double-take "eh? Wolverine assisted by Faramir?!?" 😁

Garfield Halloween

I've briefly seen stuff on German TV for lower age brackets. I still prefer my 60 plus Garfield collectors' comic books, totaling over 60 by now, divided between two publishers (from day 1 of the comic strip). 🧐

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I'll be watching this one.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Today's Halloween movie is another Hammer film, Hands of the Ripper (1971). I'd never seen this one but it's about what you'd expect from Hammer .

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I remember that one! And was a bit disconcerted by Angharad Rees, after watching her for several seasons in the original "Poldark" -- quite a difference.

BTW, the cinematographer on "The Tomb of Ligeia" was Arthur Grant, who shot a number of Hammer films (though not Ripper), which gives it a "Hammer look".

I'm going to repeat another recommendation from the original thread: the moody, low-key series Val Lewton produced for RKO in the 40's. Anyone who's never seen "Cat People" or "I Walked with a Zombie" should watch those, but I'm going to share a clip from a lesser-known one, 1942's "The Leopard Man", where director Jaques Tourneur demonstrates the effectiveness of not showing the worst:

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

The Tomb of Ligea is a good one, haven't seen it in a while. Ripper was also really good. I've said it before but I think the Hammer films are my favorite of the old horror movies but I've seen several of the RKO ones as well such as Cat People I Walked with a Zombie, both are excellent.

Another of my favorites that I'm going to watch again is Spider Baby from 1968, it's a really good one too

 

[1stvermont]

I forgot Ghostbusters.