what movie do you watch on halloween?

[Neon Noodle]

I watched Halloween 1 and 2 - best sequel IMHO for the horror genre.

[raj]

Mike Jones wrote:


> Christmas: A Christmas Carol (Alistair Sims of course!),
> sometimes Scrooged but NEVER, NOT IN A MILLION EFFING YEARS
> will I watch It's a Wonderful Life, a larger load of crap I
> never did see.

I watched Life once.  It was ok, but not, um, wonderful.  My brother-in-law, who's Jewish and not fond of Christmas does watch this every year.  My favorite Christmas Carol is with George C. Scott.  There's a lot I hate about that story, but his performance is just amazing.  The last couple of years though, they've been showing Captain Picard's version.

This year I watched The Devil Bat with Bela Lugosi and another Bela one where he kidnaps & kills brides on their wedding day in order to keep his wife alive (title has slipped my mind)  Wonderful old movies

[JohnL]

>My favorite Christmas Carol is with George C. Scott.

What was the one where the ghost of Christmas future was actually a skeleton under the robe? I never saw it, but something I was watching once, showed a scene from it. The ghost points at the grave and it's a skeletal hand, then he gets a look inside the hood and sees a skull. Every version I've watched has either not shown the actual ghost, or just had a grim-faced guy. BTW, this would have been an older version, no later than say the mid-1980's or before.

[raj]

IIRC, I don't think Scott's version showed the face.  It may have shown a skeletal hand, but I'm pretty sure no face.

And why use the grim reaper as the face of the future?  Shouldn't the future show promise, not death?

[AndyC]

Why show a face at all? The spirit is shrouded because the future is a mystery. Sure, he's giving Scrooge a little peek, but the spirit should keep himself hidden. Besides, he's scarier that way than if they start giving him bony hands and crap. I said it in another post - the unknown is scary.

[JohnL]

>Why show a face at all? The spirit is shrouded because the future is a mystery.
>Sure, he's giving Scrooge a little peek, but the spirit should keep himself hidden.
>Besides, he's scarier that way than if they start giving him bony hands and crap. I
>said it in another post - the unknown is scary.

Maybe so, I didn't really mean to start a debate about which is better, I'm just curious what version it is that shows the future ghost as a skeleton.

[Andrew]

My big Halloween tradition is listening to the original Orson Wells' broadcast of "The War of the Worlds."  (Have it on CD.)  Despite all the years between then and now and my exposure to hundreds of horror films, it actually has some very gripping moments.