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What movie/movies are you watching this Halloween?

Hamoody

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So what movie/movies are you guys watching this Halloween?

Well last year I watched Wes Craven's New Nightmare (which was great btw). This year I'm thinking of going John Carpenter's Halloween and Friday the 13th Part 6 (which is my favorite of the franchise).

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Have a great and spooky day guys.
 
Redhead On Moped

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Not watching anything myself, but wanted to bring this classic up.
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Not a bad choice if you just want something silly. How can you say no to Ernest, am I right?

As for actual scary/creepy movies, the Saw movies are some of my friends' favorites.
 
Namiks

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I highly recommend A Dark Song.

Although I am currently watching Young Frankenstein. Not sure what to watch after that. Perhaps something equally Halloween-themed.

That said, I'll be finishing Stranger Things Season 2 later on.
 
Zukuu

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We had our yearly Halloween movie marathon evening this Saturday:

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Poltergeist (1982)
The Grudge (2004)
Train to Busan (2016)

Gotta hand it to Poltergeist for being entertaining af. Little to no boring passages and some surprising characters. There is nothing subtle about this movie and it has some awesome practical effects and some cheesy early 80s "CGI". Not all that scary from today's perspective, but it was really enjoyable nonetheless.

Train to Busan was probably the best movie. My GF even shed some tears because it's quite emotional at times. The word-of-mouth is true, this is quite a brilliant (Zombie) movie and unlike most other "horror" movies I have seen.

The Grudge was utterly disappointing. The second time I saw it or so, but it was a bore really.

Little Shop of Horrors had a surprising end and a catchy song here and there, but overall it wasn't really exciting or entertaining.

I can really recommend Train to Busan and Poltergeist.
 
enkaisu

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Just watched House of 1000 Corpses and will watch Devil's Rejects tomorrow. I never watched the original Halloween or Nightmare On Elm Street so I wanna watch those too!
 
Zukuu

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enkaisu said:
Just watched House of 1000 Corpses and will watch Devil's Rejects tomorrow. I never watched the original Halloween or Nightmare On Elm Street so I wanna watch those too!
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Better skip some parts of the original Halloween or have something to do while watching it or a mate to talk to, because holy hell, is it a slow burner. It drags on forever at times where nothing happens. The POV killer shot watching the targets is way too overused. It quite didn't age well.

Nightmare on Elm Street is a lot more entertaining and has some very cool practical effects and even some laughs. So if you wanna watch one or the other, definitely go with this one.
 
enkaisu

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Zukuu said:
Better skip some parts of the original Halloween or have something to do while watching it or a mate to talk to, because holy hell, is it a slow burner. It drags on forever at times where nothing happens. The POV killer shot watching the targets is way too overused. It quite didn't age well.

Nightmare on Elm Street is a lot more entertaining and has some very cool practical effects and even some laughs. So if you wanna watch one or the other, definitely go with this one.
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Ah, that's kind of a bummer. I might still give it a shot just so that I can say I've seen it, we'll see.

Definitely love me some well done practical effects though so that's good to hear!
 
Sleuth Semanticist

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I always give Scream a watch on or around Halloween. Everytime, I find something new to appreciate in it. It's one of the most expertly crafted thrillers in my opinion. I almost finished it tonight but decided to call it early.

The film is bursting with subtle and coincidental hints to the killer's identify, all while toying with your expectations. It almost dangles the identity in plain sight throughout the movie. And all the events align very well to the whereabouts of the suspects.

When Henry Winkler's is punishing the two kids who ran down the hallway in costume, the haircuts match the killers'. Additionally, you only see one guy run down the hallway but the principal has two in his office. Furthermore, the costumed guy runs off camera and as Neve Campbell's character turns the corner to where he should logically be, but she instead she runs into Skeet Ulrich.
 
ThereAre4Lights

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I watched Prom Night (2008) to see how much of a trainwreck it was, and it turned out to be suitably boring, as expected. Even the unrated version was dull.

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Wish Upon was on Friday. Fun, dumb movie with some black comedy. Plus, it had Barb from Stranger Things being Barb-ish again.

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Hell House LLC on Halloween night:

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jwk94

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The Descent
Evil Dead (with my girl Jane Levy)
New Nightmare
Happy Death Day
And capping it off with Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, one of my favorite horror movie girls, kicking ass in Halloween H20.
 
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Hamoody

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jwk94 said:
The Descent
Evil Dead (with my girl Jane Levy)
New Nightmare
Happy Death Day
And capping it off with Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, one of my favorite horror movie girls, kicking ass in Halloween H20.
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I actually never watched H20, but I heard it was pretty entertaining.
 
Disco

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Halloween 3 is the best (and only good) sequel to Halloween.

hyped for the new one by David Gordon Green/Danny McBride tho.

and yeah I'm gonna watch the world series game and hopefully Halloween as well if game 6 don't end too late.
 
digitalsea

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Stranger Things 2 (just have the finale left)
It Follows
What We Do In The Shadows

That oughtta do it.
 
Man with Knife

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Sleuth Semanticist said:
I always give Scream a watch on or around Halloween. Everytime, I find something new to appreciate in it. It's one of the most expertly crafted thrillers in my opinion. I almost finished it tonight but decided to call it early.

The film is bursting with subtle and coincidental hints to the killer's identify, all while toying with your expectations. It almost dangles the identity in plain sight throughout the movie. And all the events align very well to the whereabouts of the suspects.

When Henry Winkler's is punishing the two kids who ran down the hallway in costume, the haircuts match the killers'. Additionally, you only see one guy run down the hallway but the principal has two in his office. Furthermore, the costumed guy runs off camera and as Neve Campbell's character turns the corner to where he should logically be, but she instead she runs into Skeet Ulrich.
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I still don't think there has been a better (let alone more entertaining) horror movie since. Get Out is one of the few that come close.
 
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Possumowner

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I've been watching a horror every night in October,tonight I'm watching It Comes at Night,then the fantastic Trick r Treat
 
warkki

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The whole trilogy.

This will also get my count of watched horror movies in October to 31. :)
 
Qasiel

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Watched The Crow last night (as it's Devil's Night tradition in my house) but tonight will be the first episode of Stranger Things S2 followed by Dawn of the Dead (in honour of George A. Romero's passing).
 
The Byzantine

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To celebrate Halloween we're having a Night of Horrors celebration after work, and decided to watch It Follows, Lights Out and Viral.
The first two are probably among the my favorite horror flicks from recent years, but I can't say I have high hopes for Viral from what I've read.

I think I'm going to have to set aside some time one of these days to rewatch The Thing (the GOAT horror film).
 
Ryuelli

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I've done 31/31 Horror/Halloween/Season related movies for 3 years now, just finished 2017's run this morning. Might watch one more tonight to make it 32 for this year. Anyone have any recommendations that isn't already on one of these lists? Would like a horror comedy, slasher, or torture-pornish movie. Kind of bored of ghosts and paranormal stuff lately.

2015
1. The Visit
2. Insidious 3
3. The Women in Black
4. Poltergeist (2015)
5. You're Next
6. Detention
7. Stitches
8. Cooties
9. Friday the 13th
10. The Final Girls
11. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
12. Army of Darkness
13. Tales of Halloween
14. Unfriended
15. Friday the 13th: Part VI
16. Gremlins
17. Freddy VS Jason
18. We Are Still Here
19. Scooby Doo On Zombie Island
20. Hostel 1
21. Hostel 2
22. Halloween (2007)
23. Jennifer's Body
24. The Green Inferno
25. House of 1000 Corpses
26. The Devil's Rejects
27. House of the Devil
28. The Babadook
29. Berberian Sound Studio
30. Would You Rather
31. Annabelle


2016
1. Train to Busan
2. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
3. The Wailing
4. Curse of Chucky
5. Last Shift
6. Fender Bender
7. Friday the 13th (2009)
8. Cabin in the Woods
9. Don't Breathe
10. Evil Dead (2013)
11. The Green Room
12. The Stepfather (2009)
13. Before I Wake
14. Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
15. The Purge: Election Year
16. Friday the 13th: Part VII
17. Ghostbusters (2016)
18. Goosebumps
19. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
20. Beetlejuice
21. Scream Halloween Special/The Exorcist Episode 1
22. Halloween (1978)
23. Halloween II (1981)
24. The Hollow
26. The Pyramid
27. Halloween IV
28. Hocus Pocus
29. From Dusk Till Dawn
30. New Nightmare
31. Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday


2017
1. Wish Upon
2. Seoul Station
3. Train to Busan
4. Final Destination 3
5. Super Dark Times
6. Little Evil
7. Leatherface
8. Donnie Darko
9. The Belko Experiment
10. Zombieland
11. The Midnight Meat Train
12. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
13. Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
14. Friend Request
15. Event Horizon
16. Ouija: Origins of Evil
17. Hell House LLC.
18. The Houses October Built
19. The Houses October Built 2
20. Friday the 13th: Part II
21. Never Hike Alone (A Friday the 13th Fan Film)
22. Friday the 13th: Part III
23. Friday the 13th: Part IV
24. Creep
25. Creep 2
26. Another Evil
27. Camera Obscura
28. House on Willow Street
29. The Babysitter
30. Friday the 13th: Part VI
31. Wolf Creek 2
 

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Jigsaw is coming out in Italy tonight, just in time for Halloween. Going for the opening night with a friend. Saw, while not exactly the classic spoopy horror movie, is definitely a guilty pleasure of mine, I watched every chapter at least 5-6 times each, some of them close to 10 probably. Very curious to see the series' new direction, and I honestly can't imagine a better horror movie for me this Halloween.
 
RetroPS4

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I know it's not a Halloween film, but I had to catch 2049 again before it leaves theatres for good...And it indeed is and holds up on second viewing!

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watching The Shining (still the greatest purely psychological horror film ever), It, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and various entries in the Halloween franchise on TV...
 
Sgt. Demblant

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Nobody really does anything for Halloween around here but I'll use it as a pretext to watch a horror double feature tonight. I'm thinking Son of Frankenstein (since I rewatched the first two recently) and Dellamorte Dellamore, which is a fantastic film that I haven't seen in more than a decade. It's a weird 90s italian semi-Burtonian zombie romance and, at times, comedy. We'll see how it holds up.
 
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Hamoody

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Qasiel said:
Watched The Crow last night (as it's Devil's Night tradition in my house) but tonight will be the first episode of Stranger Things S2 followed by Dawn of the Dead (in honour of George A. Romero's passing).
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Reminds me, I need to add Night of the Living Dead into the list.
 
Big Wazu

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Unfortunately haven't been able to watch all that much for Halloween this year, but definitely plan to at least watch Dawn of the Dead (1978) tonight.
 
Fancy Clown

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I still have an abundance of horror stuff on my DVR from TCM's schedule so might try and double feature something like Night of the Demon with The Old Dark House or some Hammer shit.
 
kidtamagotchi

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I have been watching scary/horror/spooky movies all month and today it comes down to The Bride of Frankenstein and The Fly (from the 80s). Frankenstein is my favorite movie monster, and I've never seen The Fly (hopefully it's good, I bought the Blu-Ray on a whim).

Have a spooky day, guys!
 
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