Is the "Shining" your favorite Halloween movie? Cast a vote in our poll.
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Practically every Halloween movie has been remade or has a line of sequels—can you even count how many versions of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" have been released? But there's something nostalgic about watching the originals every October.
There are a ton of Halloween movies out there, but we've randomly narrowed it down to five. Cast a vote for your favorite and tell us why you chose it in the comments.
Did your favorite spooky movie not make it in to poll? Comment and let us know which is your favorite.
Sarah Larson
12:29 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Most of these are, frankly, way too scary for me. Friday the 13th is the only one I can take, because it's so campy.
CyD252
12:42 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Halloween is a brilliant movie, but the "scare factor" is ruined once you know this piece of trivia: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/trivia?tr=tr0774557
Sarah Larson
1:48 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
That's hilarious.
Jesseka Kadylak
12:52 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
I just got an e-mail from a user saying that the 1931 release of "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" are good picks.
James Boyle
1:13 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
I don't really go for gore and torture fests like Saw and Hostel. I like more suspense. When I was a kid, after seeing Poltergeist, I was terrified that the tree outside my bedroom window was going to smash through and eat me.
Warminster Joe
1:33 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Not sure if anyone has seen or even heard of the movie "High Tension" - it was recommended to me by a friend and it was very intense!
Bensalem Homeowner
3:10 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Try "The Spiral Staircase" from circa 1945. About a mute young woman staying in a big country mansion along with a bed-ridden elderly woman and her middle aged son. A killer is on the loose but the local police are baffled. Plot twists and suspense. The ending is worth watching. The old movies are the best.
Jenna Ekdahl
3:42 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
I'm a total wimp. The scariest movie I've seen is the remake of The Exorcist of Emily Rose and just thinking about it creeps me out. I had to watch it over four class periods for a religious studies class in college.
CyD252
3:46 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) was a surprisingly good movie, though I do not believe it was a remake. It's the only movie I've seen that meshes horror with bona-fide courtroom drama. An unusual combination, but they pulled it off well.
Kara Seymour
3:51 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" is amazing!
Jenna Ekdahl
4:35 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
CyD252: You're right. After some further research it is not a remake, though my professor who showed it to us talked about an older movie where less special effects were used and she said it was more horrific because of that. She might have meant The Exorcist. The 2005 movie is based on a novel from the 1980s, The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel.
Tom Sofield
4:40 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
I know it's not a full out horror movie, but Signs just creeps me out every time I watch it. Recently, I saw Insidious (2011), which has plenty of thrills and scares.
CyD252
7:51 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
"Signs" annoyed me for a few reasons. First - It's okay when the director has a walk-on cameo. But I'm not okay when the director casts himself in a speaking role that actually drives the plot. It reeks of arrogance. He did the same thing in "The Village."
And second (I'm wording this carefully so as not to spoil the plot) considering the nature of the aliens' weakness, one would think they would have done better homework before selecting Earth as an invasion target.
Wendy Saddler
9:16 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Of these movies, I have to say that Halloween is the best. I especially love the remakes of both Halloween I and II. Rob Zombie is a demented genius. Now my all time favorites has to be Psycho, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, with Johnny Depp.
Joe Hart
9:24 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The Ring freaked me out. With the ghost coming out of the TV. The way it moved. UGH.
CyD252
9:49 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
"The Ring" impressed me. It succeeded in being a genuinely scary movie with very little reliance on gore, blood, etc. That's uncommon these days. Of course, the whole plot is dated now, since videotapes have pretty much gone the way of wax cylinders (look it up). :)
Mark Keefer
9:51 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
I remember going to see Poltergeist in the theater when it came out in 1982. After the movie, It was a long scary drive home through the fog after midnight.
Toni Kistner
10:25 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
I'll never forget 'Frankenstein: The True Story' A psychological thriller from 1973, starring Michael Sarrazin and Jane Seymore. Very compelling, creepy and touching version of the story from the monster's point of view.
Lorraine Del Popolo
2:40 pm on Thursday, October 20, 2011
My favorite horror movie was always the House of Wax, 1953 version, starring Vincent Price. You can catch it once in a while on the TCM channel.
Heather
12:38 am on Friday, October 21, 2011
Nightmare on Elm Street. Freddy made it scary to dream.