Halloween movies to start the season...

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McBernes

Discussion Starter · Aug 4, 2015

I took a very quick and not at all comprehensive look at the threads and didn't see this. So; what movies do you guys start the Halloween season off with? For us it is the first Nightmare on Elm Street movie, The first and second Aliens movies, Event Horizon ( the perfect blend of sci-fy and horror), A Nightmare Before Christmas, The Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd, The Reanimator and its sequel, Bubba-HoTep ( you must see this, especially if you enjoyed any of the Evil Dead movies), the Evil Dead movies, The Hellraiser movies-specifically the first three, Cannibal Holocaust, and Brain Dead. And of course the first Halloween movie. Sometimes the Hills Have Eyes, and any of the recent Rob Zombie flicks.

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Stochey

· #21 · Aug 7, 2015

BookBabe said:
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!

grim gravely

· #22 · Aug 7, 2015

I really enjoy watching the Travel Channel specials during the Halloween season. They really get me in the mood. I'll watch past year specials online to hold me over until October when the new specials are aired.
I really enjoy watching the Roseanne Halloween specials. No one does Halloween episodes like Roseanne...especially the earlier seasons.
Tick Or Treat is another great movie that always gets me in the mood...did you know they are making a sequel!!!
Halloween 20 Years of Terror documentary...Yes the Halloween movies are great but this documentary is a must have watch ever year. It's a great insight on every movie prior to the Rob Zombie films and has a look at the memorabilia that has been released over the years. Definitely gets me in the mood for Halloween. I know this documentary is out of print but I'm sure you can always find it on eBay cheap.

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halo666fear

· #23 · Aug 7, 2015

Well I have posted this before , but the wife and I watch horror everyday. To start the season we do Halloween 78, Halloween 2 and Season of the with, than Friday the 13th, nightmare on elm street 1 and 3, pumpkinhead, the fog , phantasm and every zombie flick you can imagine.

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dbruner

· #24 · Aug 8, 2015

Hocus Pocus was on a few times this week on the family channel and I watched it twice (even though I own the dvd). Usually I watch it over Labor Day weekend to kick things off, this year I think I'll switch to Trick R Treat for Labor Day. Last year I got a dvd on Amazon that was all of the Roseanne Halloween episodes, a great watch!!

Jenn&MattFromPA

· #25 · Aug 8, 2015

Hi, BookBabe, and welcome! I enjoyed your list - can't believe I forgot The Lost Boys, Shaun of the Dead & Rocky Horror!

If you like Simon Pegg from Shaun of the Dead, check out his movie Hot Fuzz - it's a comedic kind of zombie movie!

Spookywolf

· #26 · Aug 8, 2015

A few of my go-to favs for the season every year. Trying to only list things that haven't been mentioned yet, but a lot of you watch the same movies I do!

Stir of Echoes
The Mothman Prophecies - some of the creepiest music I've ever heard too!
Constantine
The Gift
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Flatliners
Final Destination (the first one)
The Raven - w/Vincent Price. This is old school but fun
What Lies Beneath
Signs
The Ninth Gate
The Thing - w/Kurt Russell

Somebody already beat me to it with The Conjuring, but that movie scared me to death! That one was saved for Halloween night so it was an awesome, scary treat.

And this one isn't exactly Halloween but it's great for when you want to carry over your Halloween season into winter and you've got a long afternoon on a snow day - Storm of the Century.

And have any of you seen the trailer for Vin Diesel's new movie coming out in October? It's called The Last Witch Hunter and it looks amazing. Can't wait for that!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky4sXEz520Y

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notoriousliz

· #27 · Aug 8, 2015

I feel like the first movie I ALWAYS watch to kick off the season has been Hocus Pocus. Has been for years. But I do watch my horror movies year round.

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McBernes

Discussion Starter · #28 · Aug 9, 2015

My wife and i are looking for 3 year old appropriate Halloween cartoons and movies for our daughter. We have Hocus Pocus, and a Winnie the Pooh one. Any other suggestions?

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TnHorrorFan

· #29 · Aug 9, 2015

McBernes said:
My wife and i are looking for 3 year old appropriate Halloween cartoons and movies for our daughter. We have Hocus Pocus, and a Winnie the Pooh one. Any other suggestions?

Halloween Tree, mad monster party, the Halloween that almost wasn't, crown of bog, fat Albert Halloween special, the pumpkin that couldn't smile, Pacman Halloween, the great bear scare, mad mad mad monsters. Those are a few of my 3 year old daughter loves

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tomanderson

· #30 · Aug 9, 2015

William Castle's "13 GHOSTS" from 1960...

My favorite Halloween type film, and I'll watch it any old time of the year, too!

McBernes

Discussion Starter · #31 · Aug 28, 2015

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....

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Stochey

· #32 · Aug 28, 2015

McBernes said:
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!

GobbyGruesome

· #33 · Aug 28, 2015

Jenn&MattFromPA said:
I am probably in the super-minority here because while I *love* Halloween, I'm a big chicken! LOL!

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?

Scatterbrains

· #34 · Aug 28, 2015

I don't need movies to get me in the Halloween mood. For the most part, I don't even like horror movies and it I do watch them, it has more to do with getting prop ideas. I'lll be watching too much football over the next two months to worry about Halloween movies. If only Halloween was in March when there's nothing on TV except basketball and hockey

tomanderson

· #35 · Aug 28, 2015

Hocus Pocus
13 Ghosts (1960)
House on Haunted Hill (1958)
Halloween (1978)
Night of the Living Dead
The Murder Mansion

Lately, I have also been enjoying:

Hillbillys in a Haunted House

And for those in a really odd mindset, I just adore this silly film:

The Naked Witch (1961) ...for me at least, this is entertainingly bizarre.

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Stochey

· #36 · Aug 28, 2015

GobbyGruesome said:
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)

lawrie

· #37 · Aug 28, 2015

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.

Stochey

· #38 · Aug 28, 2015

lawrie said:
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?

lawrie

· #39 · Aug 28, 2015

It has a bit more gruesome stuff, bit more blood and gore and a more expansive story. Worth watching them, from memory an extra 30 minutes ish per film.

GobbyGruesome

· #40 · Aug 28, 2015

Stochey said:
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)

Yup on the Angels. Also agreed on the Silence - freaky as heck, although...it seems like their story was kind of spread over seasons so I don't know what I'd pick.

I did really love the "Hide" episode from season 7. Seemed like a proper Haunted House story set in the 1970s (although it didn't end that way). Featured Doughy Scott and Jessica Raine as kind of paranormal investigators. Loved the characters - would have watched a series with them.

Doctor Who has a habit of coming up with amazing monsters and then beating them into submission through misuse/overuse. I think the Angels still got it but they're right on the edge.

Back to the thread.

I always harp on this but I think Witch's Night Out cartoon is way underrated, and it's a must watch every year for me.

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