Best Halloween Films?
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I suspect SGG might nominate The Witch:
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I think that not only scary films, but edge-of-your-seat suspense would also qualify for this category.
One that comes to mind for me is Mute Witness.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110604/
I suppose Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Friday the 13th (all derived from the true story of Ed Gein of Wisconsin - living very near the navigational center of the northwestern hemisphere - 90 degrees west, 45 degrees north) started or catapulted the genre, but what others have given you the willies? (not to mention, that the later study of Ed Gein spawned the entire Behavioral Science, Profiler, Criminologist, behavioral pathologist field.)
Feel free to list a bunch. One that you post and others have not seen could be in time for this Hallow's Eve.
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I generally prefer films that are more suspenseful rather than gory.
Psycho has been in my Top 10 film list for a long time, and that's all films, not just horror or suspense.
One of the best haunted house films, that never shows a ghost, is The Haunting (1963). Don't bother with any of the other adaptations of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House.
Guillermo del Toro's Cronos and The Devil's Backbone.
El Orfanato (The Orphanage)
Let the Right One In
The Host (2006 Korean)
The Babadook
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
And probably the scariest thing I can think of at the moment, the upcoming third Clinton/Trump debate.
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
I generally prefer films that are more suspenseful rather than gory.
Psycho has been in my Top 10 film list for a long time, and that's all films, not just horror or suspense.
One of the best haunted house films, that never shows a ghost, is The Haunting (1963). Don't bother with any of the other adaptations of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House.
Guillermo del Toro's Cronos and The Devil's Backbone.
El Orfanato (The Orphanage)
Let the Right One In
The Host (2006 Korean)
The Babadook
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
You have reminded me of The Entity.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082334/
And I recall being a but tense with Pan's Labyrinth, but I don't recall if it was suspense or more discomfort - I need to pull it off my shelf and watch again.
I have heard many (women)folk say they thought Evil Dead was the scariest, but It didn't seem to have that much effect on me.
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Come on man. It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. And I think I missed it, sh!t.
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Originally posted by THGRRI:
Come on man. It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. And I think I missed it, sh!t.
Only you would find that suspenseful
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Come on people, is that it?
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Originally posted by THGRRI:
Come on man. It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. And I think I missed it, sh!t.
Only you would find that suspenseful
I saw it as a child and it remains near and dear to me. Can't say that about any other Halloween movies.
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The best children's Halloween film is "The Halloween Tree" based on the story by Ray Bradbury.
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
The best children's Halloween film is "The Halloween Tree" based on the story by Ray Bradbury.
I don't recall ever seeing it. I will have to try and find it.
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