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Halloween is nearly a month away, and Im almost ready. But what movie(s) to watch?
I ordered Teenage Zombies and its coming soon, and the immortal classic Halloween is a watch for haloween.
Some other films that are good to watch for Halloween:
Evil Dead
Horror Hotel
Screaming Skull
I Bury the Living

But what are some other good movies towatch for halloween?

I watch Night of the Living Dead every year. Last year I watched Army of Darkness with it but every year, like ritual it's Night of the Living Dead.

It's the perfect horror movie.

Leading up to Halloween, I always have to watch:

Halloween 3
Bride of Chucky
Child's Play 2
Friday the 13th parts 2 and 3

And on Halloween night itself:

Slumber Party Massacre
Sorority House Massacre 2:  Nightie Nightmare

Maybe this year I'll pick up It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.   I also catch a bunch of stuff on TV, Monstervision and whatever.  Old classic stuff that I don't have on DVD, preferably obscure.  Usually the Independent Film Channel has some oddball stuff, unfortunately I usually end up turning them off before the movie is half over.  However, it's always worth a try.

Jesus, man.  I didn't think anyone watched Halloween 3.

I like to watch Halloween 3 on occasion too. Its a great halloween movie itself too. The story is a very halloween-ish one and the music is awesome.

I'm not a fan of HALLOWEEN 3 either, but to each his own.  I have IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN CHARLIE BROWN, but if I recall correctly, it is edited from the original broadcast (at least I know for sure the VHS videotape was--edited out is Charlie Brown's repeated and funny comment: "I got a rock" which occurs once on the videotape).  GREAT PUMPKIN is my favorite of all the Peanuts programs, including the movies. 
I am very particular what I will watch Halloween, and don't like disturbing or slasher pix, but rather some old-fashioned chills...
I would recommend for Halloween night:
RETURN TO GLENNASCAUL (1953 ~ available only on VHS and marketed as ORSON WELLES' GHOST STORY) a nearly forgotten short film which is superb.  Check it out on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Orson-Welles-Ghost-Story-Clery/dp/6303234372/ref=sr_1_1/102-8935206-2998565?ie=UTF8&s=video&qid=1189736363&sr=1-1
THE UNINVITED (1944) also only available on VHS: 
http://www.amazon.com/Uninvited-Ray-Milland/dp/6302503493/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-8935206-2998565?ie=UTF8&s=video&qid=1189736656&sr=1-1
THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1932) available on DVD:   
http://www.amazon.com/Old-Dark-House-Boris-Karloff/dp/B00000ILEU/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-8935206-2998565?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1189736734&sr=1-1
I also like a little cheese on Halloween:
SON OF DRACULA (available on DVD with DRACULA'S DAUGHTER):
http://www.amazon.com/Draculas-Daughter-Dracula-Otto-Kruger/dp/B00005LC4J/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-8935206-2998565?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1189736888&sr=1-1

I like to watch a werewolf or zombie film (or undead Templar movie).  I know that Paul Westbrook watches "The Midnight Hour" every year in celebration of Halloween:

http://badmovies.org/movies/midnighthour/index.html

PHANTASM and the COUNT YORGA films have excellent atmosphere for Halloween. I agree with The Old Dark House, and am kind of intrigued with The Midnight Hour (And Spookies). I haven't given myself a Halloween moviethon yet, perhaps this will be the year?

I did a Dracula marathon last year (I know, how original) in increasing order of quality. I started with Bram Stoker's Dracula, Dracula 3000 and a bottle of absinthe and worked my way up from there until I ended with the Spanish version of 1931's Dracula and Nosferatu. This time I'm likely to spend the day in a foreign country bereft of my collection so I'm going to have to pick one or maybe two movies beforehand to bring with me. I'm thinking Dead Alive for one and trying to work out the other.

Yikes, are we twins or something? I've watch these four so many times I can't remember. Another one I like to watch is Night Of The Demons. Takes place on Halloween too!

The Hazing (2004) makes for a perfect watch around Halloween. It's one of the rare cases of horror-comedies that are actually funny and gory. Plus, it takes place on Halloween. Another recommended title is Monster Man (2003), which also delivers the goods.

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Ive gotten into the habbit of watching a bunch of simpsons TREEHOUSE OF HORROR episodes every halloween.

I like a good haunted house movie for Halloween, so maybe The Haunting, The Legend of Hell House, The Amityville Horror or Burnt Offerings.

 Boy! Lotta my Halloween favorites been picked!
NIGHT of the LIVING DEAD
BRIDE of the MONSTER
ABBOTT and COSTELLO meet FRANKENSTEIN...and
HALLOWEEN! of course!

My wife's friends are planning a big Halloween party this year, and since they know I have a fairly large collection, I've been tasked with picking the films for the night.

Here is what I'm thinking about at the moment.  I haven't really sat down and planned anything out.

Halloween

Evil Dead

Re-Animator

Leif Jonker's Darkness

Night Of The Living Dead


Keep in mind that my wife's friends are not horror fans and I'm 99% sure they've not seen any of the films listed.  Should make for a fun time.

When I'm home, I like to watch two or three of the classic Mummy movies, either from Universal or Hammer, sometimes a mix of both. Also usually wind up watching the original Halloween and the 1951 Thing From Another World.

And I imagine you watch THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951 ~ one of my all-time favorites) after HALLOWEEN, embedded as the earlier film is in HALLOWEEN.  The best part of FORBIDDEN PLANET (a film I like and admire) is its appearance in HALLOWEEN... that music when the Boogie Man appears slowly loping down the driveway of the neighbor's house where we all know dead teenagers wait to be discovered...  In the last few weeks, I sat thru all of the original HALLOWEEN (1978) and though I have a few problems with that film (such as the so-obvious not-autumn time of year it was filmed) it still works; the film maintains my interest though I've looked at it more times than years since it's been been released... I can't tell you the stir this film caused when it was new, people were afraid to look at it, like they had been 5 years earlier with THE EXORCIST (1973)... and you can't compare other films that pre-date HALLOWEEN, because though THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972) is a far more upsetting experience and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) is the best of them all, and still unequaled (but perhaps only in initial impact) HALLOWEEN was the first significantly viable commerical success with the "slasher" genre.  Too many films antecedent are copies. 

Generally, throughout the month of October, I watch various horror flicks that I have on dvd.  But for the actual Halloween day, if I'm not doing anything, I just get a marathon going.

Either:
Friday the 13th 1-8 and Jason X. (Don't have Jason Goes to Hell yet)
Nightmare on Elm Street 1-7.  (I've got the box set for this and Friday)
Child's Play box set

or

Hellraiser
Halloween
Evil Dead 2
IT
Cabin Fever
Saw

Or, I just mix and match, like watch Bride of Chucky, then IT, then Nightmare 5, then Friday part 8.

Lessee .. .  for Halloween -  JEEPERS CREEPERS, THE RING, and the old classic from the 80's, HELL NIGHT with Linda Blair . . . still a creepy film after all these years.

Well, if you are looking for a genuinely creepy film (when you get down to it), that would be the one that makes my blood run cold.

Thanks Andrew!! Lots of folks laugh when I tell them that movie REALLY creeped me out . . . expecially when they drive by the old church and the Creeper is dumping those bodies down the shaft, and he fixes them with that unearthly stare . . . brrrrrr! :buggedout:

Ick, I actually mean the background story behind the writer/director and, once you put it all together, how creepy the script he wrote really is.

I havent done this yet, but the original CREEPSHOW seems like it would be a good one to watch after all the parties are over and the kiddies are in their beds late at night.

I like it when halloween falls on a weekend, then I can REALLY enjoy myself.

But i always have to watch something like "Suspiria", "Dawn of the Dead", at least parts of Halloween (tho i'm halloweened out). I think this year I want to try a D Argento Movie i've never seen, like Tenenbrae or something. You could go with a theme and rent something like "Pumpkinhead". My favorite thing used to be to go to the video store and rent a horror movie i've never seen.

Of course, good luck in finding "Obscure" at the local Blockbuster  :lookingup:

Btw, in the mood of halloween i'm sure i've posted this before but ENJOY!!!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-1aui-wluE

I enjoyed that Life & Death of a Pumpkin, Susan...  :thumbup:

I thought of another oldie but a goodie that's perfect for Halloween night: 

CASTLE OF BLOOD (1964 ~ Danza Macabre) starring Barbara Steele

Ah, my Halloween movies vary from year to year, but the original Creepshow is an annual tradition. Always enjoyed the horror anthologies, and that was one of the best. Another good one is Trilogy of Terror, but only for the last segment, with the Zuni doll.

The last half of the movie really didn't get me. What got me was when the guy was staring down into that long.....dark....pipe

sometimes the not knowing creeps me out most

Alien: People classify this as sci-fi, I see it as a horror movie that happens to be in space.  It just inspires a great feeling of dread and claustrophobia throughout, perfect for Halloween.

Re-Animator: Great, whacked-out take on the whole "conquering death gone wrong" genre.  It's good, gruesome fun.  Just be sure you have strong stomach.

Demons: Great 80's horror flick I've watched on Halloween nights in the past.  You just can't go wrong with a guy riding around on a motorcycle, while slicing demons apart with a sword.  Fun, fun, fun.   :teddyr:

     

Same here. I thought Jeepers Creepers had so much potential early on, and then all the mystery vanished. We had a very traditional-looking demon, and in case that was still too mysterious, they threw in an old lady to tell us all about him in really clumsy fashion. The movie became a fairly ordinary and very silly slasher chase.

Watching the commercials, and seeing the first part of the movie, my imagination was working like crazy. Is this some kind of mutant? An escaped science experiment? A crazed hillbilly with powers? It had kind of an X-Files flavour about it. Then, "A demon with horns and wings? Give me a break!"

I agree with Andrew, Jeepers Creepers didn't scare me until I learned more about the director.

What kind of mess is the director involved in?

I usually watch Sleepy Hollow.  Yes it's not a B or "bad" movie, but it is nice and creepy.  I'll also watch either Nosferatu or Phantom of the Opera.  But that's through October.  There's a good chance I'm at the dojo Halloween night.

He's apparently a pedophile, seems he touched a few kids in CLOWNHOUSE, and JEEPERS CREEPERS was an analogy for pedophilia.

For an earlier discussion about Victor Salva and the scary stuff in "Jeepers Creepers," see this thread:

http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php/topic,20569.0.html

Specifically, starting with Squishy's post:

http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php/topic,20569.msg20591.html#msg20591

I hadn't a clue until Squishy and Chadzilla educated me.

This particular year myself and some friends are going to watch Friday the 13th parts 1 through 8 all in a row.  If we have the stamina and brain matter left to watch Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X and Freddy Goes to Hell, we will.

But I think we're going to just keep it to the initial 8.  That's about 12 hours of Jason and mom right there!   :twirl:   

I really agree with you there. Demons is one of my favorite horror films and Re-Animator is also one of my favorites. I would also think Tim Burtons early film "Halloweenie" would be appropriate and fun. Another movie I might watch would be Umberto Lenzi's "Nightmare City".

I'm going to have to give Demons another spin.  I remember seeing the ad for it in the sunday papers and freaking out.  Awesome demon make-up.  Years later, I rented it and was completely disappointed.  I thought it was nonsensical but I also chalked it up to a domestic cut and maybe substantial portions of plot were missing from the version I saw.  I always wondered what the deal was with the guy in the mask at the beginning handing out tickets.  He disappears from the rest of the movie and then doesn't rear his head again until the end, completely out of the blue.  My tastes have changed substantially since then, though, and I have a crazy streak in me that can appreciate random weirdness and I don't think it gets any weirder than this one:  case in point, a helicopter randomly crashes through the theater roof!

As for Nightmare City, if that's the movie I'm thinking of, you have quite a tolerance for cinematic pain.  I'm almost positive that it's AKA City of the Walking Dead.  I received a boot of it by accident back in the 90's and took it for a spin.  The second a bunch of zombies ran out and started shooting people with machine guns, I shut it off.

I really enjoy Nightmare City (your right A.K.A. City oty of the Walking Dead) for a couple of reasons. The music is awesome, its hilarious (I have an inside joke with my friends where we call a p**sed off person Proffesor Hagenbacker), and the Mutants (some are not really zombies) are cool.

I'm not much into Halloween myself, but I did turn up one animated Batman episode that would probably fit into a Halloween viewing lineup pretty nicely:

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v770265mZj7QA9D

It's not even from what I would consider the more canonical (and better done) episodes of the original animated series, but I like this episode specifically for answering some of the complaints I'd always had about the Batman stories. In at least three episodes I can think of, Batman was just about the only thing standing between one of the costumed villains and Gotham's complete destruction: the Joker once got his hands on a nuclear bomb, Two-Face came close to flooding the city with a poisonous gas, and Mr. Freeze nearly flash-froze everyone with a "reverse-fusion" (?) bomb. Something that this always had me asking is "How many times can all of Gotham be threatened before the caped crusader finally screws up one time too many and everyone gets blown up, gassed, or frozen to death after all? For that matter, what if someone decides not to make any threats or ransom demands, but just throws the switch already? What would stop him?"

While this tale stops short of everyone dying, it's a zombie tale, which is the next best thing. It also confirms what I've thought all along: Gotham in ruins would make for some pretty stunning visuals.

Nightmare City is a bad one.  I rented it originally mistaking it for Fulci's City Of Living Dead.  Needless to say, I was befuddled and aggravated by the film.  I used to have a website where I would do reviews and I had written a highly disapproving review of the flick.  I vehemently hated the film with every fiber of my being. 

Well, I picked up that Zombie 6-pack from Anchor Bay a while back and Nightmare City was included.  It's not as bad as I recall it being about ten years ago, but it's still not very good.  I can only watch a zombie/mutant eat a woman's breast a number of times.  This happens a plethora of times throughout the flick.  I might give it a watch again this October as I normally try to watch at least one horror flick each night of the month.

I much preferred Let Sleeping Corpses Lie out of the 6-pack.  It's a much better film, and the last portion of the film in the hospital is fantastic. 

I've got that particular Anchor Bay box set.  I was really surprised at how good Let Sleeping Corpses Lie was and I thought that the reason for the zombies in that one was quite unique. 

Nightmare City is only worth watching for the scene in which the TV station gets attacked while they're doing some kind of weird work out type thing.

I finally found the movie thatswould be great with Halloween. "The Gate" from 1987. I havent watched this movie in years and hopefully will get a copy in time for Halloween.