I for one love horror movies and any good movie that fits a holiday/season/theme particularly well. “Halloween” is the elephant in the room I’d like to address. I’ve seen it too many times, so I’m not watching it again. Maybe a newer Halloween but not the OG. Anything along the lines of Trick R Treat(I love that one) or Jennifer’s Body, Robert Altman’s Images, anything that fits a good fall/Halloween vibe. What movies come to mind?
I highly recommend Alien (1979) and its sequel Aliens (1986)
This, those movies fucking rock! Sigourney Weaver hits it outta the fucking park!
Surprisingly, despite calling myself a horror fam, that’s been on my list a long while, I need to cross it off sooner or later because I hear so many spectacular things about it
I´ve always liked the Nightmare on Elm Street series
It’s tough to beat an icon like that, Jason and Michael are great, but they don’t have the quips like Freddy does. Also the fact that he manipulates dreams fascinated me since I was a kid. Like think about it, if you EVER had a nightmare about Freddy, then the movie fulfilled its purpose and then some. I could seriously write an essay on how Freddy Krueger is THE perfect Horror villain, but I’d rather not lol
The Thing (1982) if you haven’t seen it.
John Carpenter was just a great director IMO and did some very interesting stuff to say nothing of the politics of many (but not all, some are just movie fiction) movies being better than 95% of Hollywood.
I also like classic horror though it’s not always scary but often interesting. Nosferatu (1922), Haxan (1922) are two of my silent favorites though I warn you Haxan is more an honorable mention as it’s a pseudo-documentary about witchcraft.
Though I will say I don’t view horror as something scary so I’m in it for the humor, ambience, camp, etc. I love Vincent Price stuff for example. So if you’re after gore and killers The Thing is about the only one from my list that probably fits your interest. It’s isolating, it’s claustrophobic, it’s people being stalked, etc.
I’d say Scream (1996) is pretty good but you’ve probably seen it, it’s a great send-up of slashers and I really enjoy it.
Definitely agree on Alien/Aliens as being really good though.
The Thing deserves a second chance, I was very tired or stressed or idk what but it ruined my viewing of The Thing and I can’t remember anything of it bc I fell asleep like 20 min in. I do enjoy watching the occasional Vincent Price but he’s so corny that I just watch MST3K’s version of House on Haunted Hill for laughs, Scream was way better than I anticipated, such a twist for the at-the-time overdone and played out slasher genre.
You cannot mention a 1922 mockumentary about witchcraft and then say it’s an honorable mention. I need to find this now.
It’s on 1337x or rarbg for those who sail the high seas. Don’t go for the lousy youtube copies, you want the restored criterion version with proper color tinting, it makes a world of difference. Rutracker also has a bluray rip of it, 20-ish GBs in size though of course.
I also believe it is on HBOmax right now.
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Haxan is on Hbo max rn i think
Suspiria (1977) is the best horror of all time if you can deal with subtitles over Italian dialogue
A Dario Argento film?! I like the way you think, comrade, I highly recommend Deep Red and Alice Sweet Alice if you enjoy that one
I highly recommend 9, the film from Shane Acker. One of my favorite movies ever.
Is that the South African movie? Bc I heard a lot of buzz around it when it first popped up
No, that’s District 9.
Ooooohhhhh I remember 9. That’s the one with the little sack guys in the apocalypse or something. Oh my god that just sent me back like a decade. Yes! I’m totally gonna watch that I forgot everything about that movie besides what the characters look like, that movie had such great atmosphere and a good way of developing the characters. Thanks for you comment lol I seriously forgot abt that film for SOO long and I finally remember it
No problem. Its one of my favorite movies ever, and Shane Acker himself as expressed wanting to make a sequel.
I’d watch it, it should be called 10 jk
Also a great movie!
Hey comrade, how have you been doing lately?
Hello!!! I’ve been pretty solid, very busy working on an album and moving!! How have you been doing? How is life? I have 180+ unread notifications so I always feel negligent coming back here, checking 10 of them but then writing 20+ comments lmao
I totally understand. What music genre is the album?
I’ve mostly been playing Destiny
Watched this movie when I was in highschool on some Real Bad Drugs ™, I barely remember it but I remember it was very unique and very captivating.
Personally watching Phantasm, Willy’s Wonderland (Nic Cage + Five Nights at Freddys), Terror Toons, The Frighteners, and Late Phases (already seen this one, it’s a gem about a blind senior vs. Werewolves)
E: none really have that cozy fall halloween feel tho. Costume Quest has a tv show and is pure halloween, other shit on halloween or halloween-y: satan’s little helper, VHS, Night of the Demons I think takes place during a halloween party and is a classic, Tales of Halloween but it kinda sucks ngl, House October Built is also mehh but has the feel, Halloween 3!, and May, which is super underrated
E2: forgot Terrifier and Terifier 2
E3: Pumpkinhead, Idle Hands, Paranorman, Monster House, Ginger Snaps!!
Oof I’ve watched too many halloween flicks
Omg I thought I was like the only person on Earth who watched Willy’s Wonderland(it basically is FNAF) lol Halloween 3 is such a trip, completely different from 1+2, so I may choose that one. I’ll check Terrifier bc it’s suggested to me frequently. Lastly, Monster House slaps and I’m spooked to watch Ginger Snaps but I may give it a go, thanks for the answers, this’ll keep my list fueled for a few more weeks
The Conjuring series, Saw, Alien, The Thing, A Nightmare on Elm Street and of course the new Halloween coming out
That’s right! I forgot about the new Halloween trilogy, I saw the first one and expected more of what I’d seen before but they really switched things up a bit in 2018 version
I really have high hopes for the new one, the trilogy is good so far
The music for it is insanely good as well
It’s John Carpenter, of course it is👌
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Oh my god that movie rules.
it really is a classic
don’t know about that sequel tho
I didn’t learn until recently they made a sequel and I was irrationally angry. They cannot let anything just end well and be done. I’m sure it’s bad and is an insult to the original. Just like every decades old revamp.
It fits the season PERFECTLY!🤩
I put a spell on you~
80s horror is my halloween jam. The thing, lost boys, Poltergeist, john carpenter’s the fog, they live, pet cemetary, evil deads, the fly, gremlins, beetlejuice.
I NEED to watch the Fog, I was closing shop last night for my job and I had to lock up doors, the fog outside of the store(all the fog coming from an empty large park too😈spooky) and when I went outside there was so much fog I could barely see the ground, that atmosphere had me thinking about watching that movie
Its very underrated IMO. Carpenter builds an incredible atmosphere of fear and guilt in that movie.
Horror films are my absolute JAM. There are too many that I’d say are must-watches but I will always recommend Alien. It’s one of my favorite films of all time.
“In space No-one can hear you scream” such a great tagline
Its sequel is also amazing!
I like the really weird shit Disney put out in the 70s, specifically Watcher in the Woods and The Black Hole. Return to Oz is also a great horror movie with some terrifying imagery and extra grim undertones.
70s-80s Disney was going through a weird phase and they completely rebranded with Little Mermaid, idk how reliable the claim is, but apparently Disney was thinking about closing down at one point before they got their popularity boost, I’ll be sure to check out Spooky Disney
The people under the stairs. Good political message too in that one.
I am not familiar with hardly any classic horrors, but I love love love arthouse horror. Here’s some of my favorite:
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V V I T C H - Great production value, they put a lot of work into really transplanting you to the time and mindset of isolated colonial America.
mother! - Oh, you have anxiety around people? Interesting…be a shame if someone…idk…cranked it up to 30?
Midsommar - Deeply emotional in a way that makes you feel sickly.
Hereditary - Family decay.
The Lighthouse - Probably my current favorite. Slow creep, [REDACTED]. Another great quality period piece.
American Psycho - Classic.
Get Out - Modern Classic.
Vivarium - Suburban Hellscape, Hooray!
Nightingale - Deeply disturbing…nothing supernatural here. Based depiction of New Zealand colonial times–yet another great period piece.
The Innocents - An interesting little vignette…upsetting.
Honorable Mentions: The Wailing, Saint Maud, Cube
Mr. Boogedy
watch it right now, don’t look it up, just watch it
instant classic
