October movie fest!

[King Ellis]

At the start of this year, it was my intention to watch more movies in general as I am the embodiment of 'Never seen Star Wars'. I have followed that to some degree, but perhaps moreso in watching a few movies that are new to me, rather than knocking off any of the big blockbusters. But I digress.

Since we are now in October, I plan to watch at least 1 movie per day. As I began noting some of these down though, I thought perhaps it would be good to mix things up a little. It starts out with a lot of real classic ones like Dracula, Frankenstein etc because modern day slashers don't really appeal to me. But like I say, maybe I will include some more recent stuff. Plus some campy stuff too so i'm not just watching straight horror stuff for the whole time. I guess I could split it into thirds?

This is the tentative list so far, spread across some DVD's I already own, a couple of things i've PVR'ed and other acquisitions.

cabnet of dr caligari

nosferatu

Universal monsters (Frankenstein, Dracula, Mummy, Wolf Man, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Phantom of the Opera, The Invisible Man etc)

freaks

the man they could not hang

psycho

the exorcist

texas chainsaw massacre

halloween 1/2/3 (This will probably serve as the finale on the 31st itself)

friday the 13th

alien

the shining

thing (orig + remake - Not sure how to cover these, probably one early on and the other towards the end rather than back to back)

spontaneous combustion

scream

scary movie

sharktopus

creepshow

carnival of souls

IT

lost boys

shaun of the dead

Suggestions and discussion, away! Suggestions geared towards the campy side of things strongly welcomed. Anything in animation too would be good as a change of pace since these are all live action.

[Mick]

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

The Omen

The Fly

Scanners

Village of the Damned

[LL!]

Shutter Island

28 Days Later

28 Weeks Later

I will try to think of more later.

[StevenRichardsRules]

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure!

[Maxx]

Suspiria

[Apollo]

I'll second Shutter Island, absolutely loved that movie and Leo was fantastic in it. If you're looking for camp, look no further than Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus, it is exactly as ridiculous as it sounds. Also, if you haven't seen Jurassic Park, definitely get on that as well.

Edit: OH, also check out The Fourth Kind. Really cool, creepy (based on a true) story and the way they use actual footage for some scenes is pretty well done.

Edited October 1, 2011 by Apollo

[Ruki]

Shutter Island

28 Days Later

28 Weeks Later

I will try to think of more later.

LOVED Shutter Island. And actually just re-watched 28 Days last weekend. You know what else I watched last weekend? Paranormal Activity.

If you don't try to be overly critical about it and lose yourself in the movie...it can be kinda spooky

Also: If you don't hate handy-cam movies: Cloverfield + Diary Of The Dead.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Blair Witch Project!

On your list though Alien really jumps out. It's one of my favourite films ever and probably my favourite horror - it's horror the old fashioned way.

[phatman]

Halloween 3 was horrible I thought, mainly due to it been a completely different story and not about Michael Myers per se... As was Sharktopus, but that was almost too good a name to be good Everything else on your list I enjoyed to some degree... "It" still freaks me out and I blame my parents for allowing me to watch that movie when I was younger, which brought on my hatred of clowns lol...

You should check out Hellraiser and the original Nightmare On Elm St. as well, they'd go quite well with the majority on that list...

[phatman]

Also Hamster is right about Alien... Too bad they don't do horror like that anymore...

[TKz]

Evil Dead and Paranormal Activity!

[fr34k]

So we are talking about horror and no one has mentioned The Shining? Shame on you.

[Maxx]

No one mentioned it cause it's on his list.

Ellis, recent movie, great for Halloween: Trick R' Treat

[fr34k]

Well, that makes sense then .

[Guest BK2010]

The Devil's Rejects

[Josh]

Gremlins 2.

[Ruki]

Gremlins 2.

This.

[Dr. Rated-R]

It's Halloween. You have to watch Trick 'r Treat.

[Benjamin]

Jap version of One Missed Call. My girlfriend can't go to sleep now 'cause of it.

[Sousa]

Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey!

Ignore SRR's ignorance. Go with the sequel.