[Stochey]

I watched Sinister last night. Mostly because I wanted a refresh on it before the sequel came out. I highly recommend it. Other than a few ridiculous face close up jump scares... Its a great movie.

I like to start off with the less Halloweenish ones at first and then work my way up to Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Trick R Treat and Halloween (Carpenter).

Right now I'm watching Interview With A Vampire.

 

[Stochey]

One of my favorite pastimes! I'm already jotting down movies from your lists that I either haven't seen yet or had forgotten about. Jenn&MattFromPA - tame or not, I liked almost everything on your list. I know everybody has their own unique likes and dislikes for movies, but I tend to like scary, creepy and suspenseful, with ghost stories and haunted house movies as my favorites. The old school Legend of Hell House is a classic. (Wouldn't you just love to tour a real house like that? ) I'm not much for hacker/slasher just for the sake of gallons of blood and gore. No offense to those that like them, though. Keep these suggestions coming guys! I already kicked off the season with Hocus Pocus this year. Think I'm going to try to do a spooky movie every weekend leading up to Halloween and save one I haven't seen yet for the big night. Any suggestions for something awesome to fill the big 10/31?

Suggestions
Old Creepy Classic:
House of Wax with Vincent Price


Haunted Houseish without too much Gore-
Session 9 (okay, its not a house, its an asylum)
The Others
The Shining (Okay, not a house, its a hotel)

Creepy ghost/possession movie -
The Conjuring

Creepy Suspenseful Movie -
Sinister (This is such a great movie... it really doesn't have much gore but it has quite a bit of implied gore and definitely some horrific things happen in it... doesn't sound exactly like what your favorites are but I still think its great)

I tried to list some ones that weren't repeated a bunch on here and I'm sure you've seen some or all... but there ya go!

 

[Stochey]

Hello All I'm new here and this is my first posting! When I came across this thread I knew I had to join in...
I love all horror movies but a few to get me in the Halloween mood are,
Creepshow
Halloween (original, and rob zombie re-make)
Hocus Pocus
Trick r' Treat
Monster Squad
Any of the universal monsters movies
Shaun of the Dead
Any George Romero film
From Dusk till Dawn
The Lost Boys
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Interview with the Vampire
I spit on your Grave
... And that's all I can think of right now

Nice list!

Welcome to the Forum!

 

[Stochey]

Today was not even close to being a good day, but it ended well. I stopped to get gas on the way home from work, car wouldn't start. No money for a tow, struggling to find someone to give me a ride home and coming up way short. My wife's car has a horrible transmission leak, and the car seat for our daughter is in my car anyway. I'm amazed at how many people who don't understand what a car with blinking hazard lights means coupled with a arm waving them around. I nearly ran all the charge out of the battery when FINALLY it cranks and I made it home. I get home and find that my wife has made pumpkin cupcakes with cinnamon cream cheese frosting and is watching Sleepaway Camp. So I end a very bad day in a string of bad days eating awesome cupcakes and watching a scary movie with my wife. Not too shabby....

So glad your day ended well!

 

[Stochey]

Well we're basically watching Scooby Doo from behind the couch so don't feel bad.

Watched "Watcher in the Woods" tonight for the first time (my wife had seen it before). Back in the day, Disney knew how to freak kids out *dodges thrown cat* Alternate endings were just bizarre though.

Gonna have to track down "Something Wicked This Way Comes".

I'm tempted to do a Doctor Who night with "Blink", "Hide" from series 7, "Mummy on the Orient Express" and "Listen" from series 8. Wonder what else would be good?

You know I have had more nightmares about those damn angels than I have anything else except the girl from The Ring. I love Doctor Who!
The ones with The Silence in it were pretty creepy too (which maybe you already have listed, I don't know most of the ep names)

 

[Stochey]

Cant believe no one has mentioned The Labyrinth (if they did I missed it), Also Harry Potter and The Extended editions of Lord Of The Rings (not the original editions) have everything element you need for Halloween. You could chuck Twilight in too if you where feeling really mainstream.

I'm guessing the extended editions of LOTR has spookier stuff in it?

 

[Stochey]

I watched most of Child's Play last night, I'll finish it tonight and maybe do the 2nd one.

 

[Stochey]

Great list Teresa!

 

[Stochey]

This thread goes nicely with the 'What movies do you save until the week of and day of' thread I recently resurrected!

I started with the first episode of X-Files last night and turned on my Kirklands LED picture. It is a nice way to kick off the season.

 

[Stochey]

So I fell and hurt my back yesterday which has left me couch ridden for the weekend and thoroughly unproductive. It was rainy outside so it made for a nice movie day.

Watched Beetlejuice, Coraline and Paranorman today.

Paranorman is such a great movie, I wish it got more attention! Its just as good as Coraline if not better.