Originally Posted By DAR With Halloween coming up in a little more than a month, I want to fill my Blockbuster queue with some scary movies. Here are the one's I own, so not something from this list: Dracula Legacy Collection Frankenstein Legacy Collection Dawn of the Dead (1978 and 2004) Texas Chainsaw Massacre(1973 and 2003) Halloween The Sixth Sense The Ring I don't have a whole lot as you can see so I pretty much open to suggestions.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Rebecca* Shadow of a Doubt* Psycho The Birds Night of the Living Dead The Legend of Hell House The Shining (I like the TV movie, never seen Jack's) Poltergeist Alien The Others The Thing is good, but it takes place in Antarctica so the freezing climate takes away that October Halloweeny feel, lol. The Uninvited is more "atmosphere" than "scary", but it's a very good film Here's a page you may be interested in taking a look at: <a href="http://www.chlotrudis.org/favorite/scary.html" target="_blank">http://www.chlotrudis.org/favo rite/scary.html</a> And not quite as scary, but ya gotta have "Garfield's Halloween Adventure". *=not "Halloween scary", but classic Hitchcock
Originally Posted By chickendumpling I've seen these and they scared me! LOL. How 'bout: Friday the 13th Phantasm Carrie (old but classic) Exorcist Invasion of the Body Snatchers Rosemary's Baby The Omen Amityville Horror The Bad Seed Nightmare on Elm Street That's a start at least. Have fun!
Originally Posted By chickendumpling And of course no Halloween is complete without "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" but that goes without saying, right?
Originally Posted By chickendumpling You know what other movie I thought was kinda scary but not in a gore/horror film way was Devil's Advocate with Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino and Charlize Theron. Weeeird but good movie. Barton Fink was another weird but good, scary one. Lots of double meaning in that one.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I've got to second the Alien oppinion, classic Haunted House movie (ok, it's an alien in outer space, but it's got the classic HH movie ambiance DOWN). other recommendations would be Evil Dead II (Army of Darkness is also good fun) House on Haunted Hill Van Helsing (for a modern take on classic movie monsters) Pitch Black Tremors And the number one recommendations for films that fit the Halloween theme... Sleepy Hollow
Originally Posted By Futurist For Lighthearted Halloween faire ... I'd throw in... Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstien
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Looking from my collection: Angel Heart The Haunting (the original, not the remake) The Brood Candyman Cat People (the original) Hellraiser Nightbreed Creepshow Demon Seed Don't Look Now The Fly (original OR remake) Freaks The Fury The Howling The Innocents Lord of Illusions Mimic Near Dark Open Water Return of the Living Dead Species The first four seasons of HBO's "Tales from the Crypt" series are also on DVD.
Originally Posted By DAR I forgot that some of these films I already have, heck when you have about 300 titles you tend to miss a few: Okay Tall's list: Rebecca* Shadow of a Doubt* Never seen these two. Psycho Probably my least favorite Hitchcock. It's a tie between Rear Window and North By Northwest as my favorite The Birds Own it and love it. Night of the Living Dead Seen it, but would watch again. The Legend of Hell House Never seen it. The Shining (I like the TV movie, never seen Jack's) Poltergeist Alien The Others Seen the rest and I own Alien.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Forgot one...it's not on DVD in Region 1, but it can be found from time to time on cable: Paperhouse
Originally Posted By velo Yes, definitely The Haunting - original version!! Anyone remember "13 Ghosts in the House" good, campy fun! (and Margaret O'Brien, the "wicked witch" in a somewhat minor role)
Originally Posted By BrnardM <<Yes, definitely The Haunting - original version!!>> Ditto! The suicide at the at the beginning gives me chills just thinking about it.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 Ghost Story is pretty good, and I third (fourth?) the suggestion of The Others. I love that movie!
Originally Posted By tink_26 I love Stir of Echos- some scences scared the crud out of me the first time! Now I watch it like its Sleepless in Seattle!! It's amazing what desensitized (sp?) humans we have become!
Originally Posted By DAR Looking at CD's list Friday the 13th Seen it a couple of times, don't really care for any of these films. Phantasm This I haven't seen, I'll include this one. Carrie (old but classic) Great movie Exorcist Never really liked it. Invasion of the Body Snatchers Which version? Rosemary's Baby The Omen Amityville Horror Seen all of them and thought they were kind of ridiculous The Bad Seed Never seen it, might add it on. Nightmare on Elm Street Seen it plenty of times, still pretty effective. I think a problem I have is a lot of scary movies I watch just don't scare me.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling <<Invasion of the Body Snatchers Which version?>> I've only ever seen the 1978 version with Donald Sutherland but I've heard the original 1956 (?) version is a bit better. Isn't that almost always the case? lol. <<Rosemary's Baby The Omen Amityville Horror Seen all of them and thought they were kind of ridiculous>> Yeah, I was afraid of that. LOL. They are classics though and so that's why I included them. Well, that and because I saw them when I was like 8 or 9 and they scared the bejeebers out of me! LOL. <<I think a problem I have is a lot of scary movies I watch just don't scare me.>> Hmm. Well, now that would be a problem, wouldn't it! LOL. If you prefer the "intellectual" thriller to the "blood and guts" thriller, Devil's Advocate is, imho, a good watch but I've already rec'd that one to ya so let me think on it some more. It's been a loooong time since I've watched any scary movies. lol.
