Horror Movies for Halloween

Dead Snow (2009)

Dead Snow 2 (2014)

LAKE MUNGO (2008) - Probably the saddest horror movie you'll ever see. I'd put it up there with HEREDITARY in that aspect. While it has a creepy and unsettling feel throughout, it isn't until the very end that you grasp the horror and tragedy of it.

PONTYPOOL (2008).

Blurb: A radio host interprets the possible outbreak of a deadly virus which infects the small Ontario town he is stationed in.

"Frailty" (2001). Directed by and starring Bill Paxton. Also starring Matthew Matthew McConaughey. The plot focuses on the strange relationship between two young boys and their fanatically religious father, who believes that he has been commanded by God to kill demons disguised as people.

[quote] "Matthew Matthew McConaughey"

Oh, dear. That's just ONE Matthew, thanks.

But seriously. See the film.

You can never have too many Matthew McConaugheys

So I love the movie “Dream Home”, that’s a Chinese horror movie about a woman who will do anything to live in her dream apartment complex.

Also, “ Bedevilled” which is a South Korean horror movie about a woman who takes time off from work to visit an island she spent summers on as a child and it’s a shit show.

There’s also “Cannibal Holocaust” which is just fascinating.

Mame.

R8 - LOL

May, flawless acting by Ana Faris.

Loved that movie R2. Really underrated, under the radar Australian production. Thanks for reminding me, I'll re watch it tonight since I can't find any good horror movies on television to watch.

Love...!

THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS (2016)

It's a zombie movie for people who don't like zombie movies, or you can view it as what The Happening should have been. Never thought I'd see Glenn Close make a horror movie, but I could see why after watching it. Tense, sad, smart, and horrific all at once.

DEAD AND BURIED (1981)

Effective, surprisingly gory (especially unedited version) creeper that is more of a cult favorite. Stars James Farentino (DYNASTY, S2) and Melody Anderson (AMC). Gets under your skin. Despite the description, it's not a zombie movie. Currently streaming on Prime, Tubi, and AMC+

I'll add another Bill Paxton movie to the list - Near Dark. It's a late 80's vampire movie equal parts cheese and menace, complete with a solid synth horror soundtrack.

Urban Legend (1998) campy with plot holes. But, to rewatch for late 90s nostalgia.

The Lords of Salem

People say Rob Zombie can only make one kind of horror movie; gratuitous sex, violence, foul language, and white trash characters. This movie proves them wrong. It is a lot more subtle than his previous films and brings a genuinely creepy, Satanic atmosphere and marvelous visuals.

Salem's Lot mini series (1979) which was the best Stephen King adaption for TV

Tales of Halloween, currently on IMDB TV

The Taking of Deborah Logan, currently on Tubi

Dark Night of the Scarecrow, which I think I saw on Pluto TV

Don't Go to Sleep from 1982, which I last saw on Youtube

The Innocents, with Deborah Kerr

The Spiral Staircase

Let's Scare Jessica to Death

[quote] Salem's Lot mini series (1979)

Scared the shit out of me as a 10 year old. Loved it. Plus I enjoyed the eye candy of David Soul and Lance Kerwin.

Grace (2009), an interesting horror film about a devoted mother and her, uh, strange baby. This is from a film blog:

Paul Solet's horror film Grace was premiered at The Egyptian Theatre, Park City, Utah. During the question and answer session after the film, one of the festival volunteers declared "Must have been a good movie because we had two people faint during the screening"; sometime later, the film's producer, Adam Green, sent an e-mail to ShockTillYouDrop, thus: "Two faints. One outside and one in the lobby. Egyptian owner confirmed that in 10 years it's the first time it's happened. Amazing screening."

Thank you for this topic OP!! Couple of recs for bizarre Japanese horror films, both are streaming: House from 1977 and Uzumaki (Spiral) from 2000.

Not under the radar, but "Vacancy", "When A Stranger Calls"(2006), "The Conjuring", "Fright Night"(2011), "Drag Me To Hell", "Disturbia", "Housebound", "Mom and Dad", "30 Day Of Night", "Dracula"(1991), "Burnt Offerings", "The Fearless Vampire Killers", "Sleepy Hollow"(1999).

JUST BEFORE DAWN (1981)

Starts off like a typical 80s slasher, but it has a terrific creepy vibe. Plus Vicki Gioberti pops in from Falcon Crest. The final scene/kill gets a little goofy but overall a good old scary time.

ALONE IN THE DARK (1982)

Really fun, creepy 80s slasher with a crazy cast of vets: Jack Palance, Donald Pleasance, and Martin Landau. Plus Cunningham stole the whole hockey mask gimmick from this movie. Speaking of which, actor Phillip Clark was a hottie. Looks like an even humpier Art Hindle.

MADMAN (1981)

Saw this many years ago and remember really enjoying it. The only image that lingers in my mind is one super creepy shot of Madman Marz yelling on a tree branch. Usual gaggle of hot 80s himbos cast as feckless red shirts.

Enough with the slasher films. I want to hear about other types of horror movies. The slasher genre is so boring.

SACRAMENT (2013)

I was expecting a total cheesefest based on the concept: found footage of the last days at a Jonestown-type mass suicide ritual. Yet, it was much better than it sounds with realistic horror, unexpected gore, human tragedy and sexy Joe Swanberg and Kentucker Audley.

Elements of Midsommar (absorption into a cult) reminded me of this movie too.

Three hard to find and seldom played gems from the 1960s:

Horror Hotel

Burn Witch Burn (British)

Curse of the Demon (also British and based on the story "The Runes")

All three are in black and white and disturbingly creepy and well written and played.

But. let's face it, for true connoisseurs, the original "The Haunting" owns this thread.

I hate the frauish habit of drawing out a holiday for weeks or even mnths before it starts.

In particular it seems millennial fraulettes seem obsessed with Halloween. By the time the holiday (such as it is) arrives, everyone’s bored to death with it.

Millennials: thing ruiners par excellence.

Burn Witch Burn is available on Shudder, I think.

R31 - Thank you for participating.

Factoid about "Horror Hotel" and "The Haunting":

Russ Tamblyn, who was part of the cast of "The Haunting" was married to Venetia Stevenson, a promising ingenue at the time, who is part of the cast of "Horror Hotel".

Although both ended up with less than stellar careers in adulthood (despite Tamblyn's high point in "West Side Story"), both managed spots in two of the horror genre's greatest cult films.

R30

I watched Possessor and it was SOOO bad! Like, not even good bad.

Another factoif - "Curse of the Demon" was actually 1957, not early 1960s, and was released in Britain under the title, "Night of the Demon".

Its leading man, Dana Andrews, was suffering from the effects of years of alcoholism, which was rather evident in his puffy appearance in this, one of his last outings as a leading man.

But Andrews was highly intelligent, and when the ending of the film got changed so as to blunt the point of the story (I won't give it away here), he was so angry at the betrayal of what he rightly saw as the whole thrust of the original story, that he completely distanced himself from the film afterward.

This has happened in other films, interestingly - "On the Beach" comes to mind, in which the author of the book, Nevil Shute, unsuccessfully sued the studio that produced the film for changing the story to make it look as if Gregory Peck still believed his beloved wife was alive when he began the affair with Ava Gardner, making the character an adulterer instead of the stellar character Shute portrayed in his book. In the book, Peck has finally accepted that his wife and children are dead when he begins the affair with Gardner.

Shute lost the case, but it is interesting when these divergences occur, especially when the authors are still alive. How much do they mean, really? Depends on your point of view, I suppose. IB Singer was furious with how Streisand changed his story about a girl who believes she is a boy, to a feminist morality play about a thoroughly hetero woman who really is totally femme but just wants access to male privileges like Yeshiva study.

In this case, it was the actor who was angry, I'd be curious as to that the original author, M.R. James, would have felt about the ending of "Casting the Runes". He died in 1936, so the question is moot.

James had quite an impact on the modern ghost story, and was deeply admired by H.P. Lovecraft, for any of you interested in the man behind "Curse of the Demon".

Not really unknown but I love The Neon Demon themes, very contemporary, I wish more horror movies were made around the Model/Influencer lifestyle, their lives are basically psychological horror to begin with lol

R37 - That's a brilliant observation. Give it some time, and I'm sure more will be made around this meme.

R31, old people like you ruined the country by voting for Trump

R30 Curse of the Demon is on Dailymotion for free. The producer apparently added scenes to Jacques Tourneur's cut in order to spice it up.

The one with the killer doll (not Chucky). I keep forgetting the name though, but it was some sort of freaky little doll with a mask.

[quote]The one with the killer doll (not Chucky). I keep forgetting the name though, but it was some sort of freaky little doll with a mask.

Dead Silence (2007)?

No, it's really old, R42. I remember watching it as a kid and it scared the life out of me. My guess it's from the late 70s or early 80s??

I hope this will serve in the meantime R43.

R43, was it Trilogy of Terror with Karen Black? Did the masked doll have a spear?

Trilogy of Terror (well, the third segment anyway) was my first thought too, R45. But the Zuni Fetish Doll wasn't masked. You might be thinking of the protective necklace thingy he wore that kept the evil spirit contained.

Other doll horror movies from the late 70s would include MAGIC (1978) with Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margret, and TOURIST TRAP (1979), a personal favorite and cult classic with Chuck Connors and a pre-Angel Tanya Roberts.

I think that's it, R46, R45.

R40 Thanks for posting that!

OP: Thanks for mentioning “Frankenstein’s Army.” Caught bits of this on some cable channel years ago. One of the creepiest horrors I can remember. A true phantasmagoria! But I never knew the title until now. Just ordered it on Blu-Ray.

GHOST STORIES (2017)

Very effective creeper that seems like vignettes until...

THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD (2018)

Somber zombie apocalypse movie that focuses more on the mental strain of being one of the few left alive. French film with subtitles.

THE VOID (2018)

Creature feature that is part THE THING and part THE WICKER MAN. It's also very Lovecraftian and effective.

The Signal (not the Brenton Thwaites sci-fi film)

I love John Carpenter's 'Prince Of Darkness' for Halloween watching even more than his version of Halloween. It's creepy and atmospheric. Probably the best example of Lovecraftian terror ever made.

R31, real celebrators of the Samhain/Gaelic New Year/Halloween/All Hallows/Dia de los Muertos/All Souls' Day complex are not affected by the blow-up dinosaurs, "I'm A Bad Little Whore" child costumes or "Put the Christ in Halloween" Xtian nuts.

Blessed Be. Boo.

Any of the Leprechaun movies with Warwick Davis! He is badass!

I've been watching the Elvira collection on Peacock.

It's the old Movie Macabre stuff from the early 80s.

R4 good call on Frailty. That was one hell of a twist ending too!

1977's Petey Wheatstraw: The Devil's Son-In-Law on Tubi

For comedy-horror, try, “Thirst” (not the Korean one, although I do highly recommend that). Icelandic gay vampire stuck in 80’s attire:

"Salem's Lot", the original made for television one. An excellent distillation of one of Stephen King's best, and creepy as hell.

"Dead of Night", a little shown trilogy of short British stories in black and white, the first of which is the most famous of the Deadly Ventriloquist's Dummy and Ventriloquist merging of personalities meme, with a sterling performance by a young Michael Redgrave as the ventriloquist. They're interesting, only about 45 minutes, max, each, and well written and played.

When channels run Stephen King movies this time of year, no one shows Salem's Lot - any version, which is a shame because even though it (and David Soul's tight jeans) have not exactly aged well, it's better than most of his other movies.

Another vote for "Let's Scare Jessica to Death"

R52 good pick with The Void, I definitely think this is an underrated gem.

I am a total horror hound and have watched/watch so many horrors that I actually forget which ones I've seen that really blow me away. I think it's been a while since I've seen one I would recommend as a Must See though.

Saint Maude would not be for everyone but I found it quite unsettling and there was a vicious kick at the end of the film that haunted me for days.

MARTYRS

INCIDENT IN A GHOSTLAND

*Both are from the same French director.

Horror-comedy:

ANNA AND THE APOCALYSE (2017)

Charming zombie musical. Watched it with a friend of mine who HATES horror and especially zombie horror, but he loved this. I found it very entertaining and while not especially scary it did have tense moments. About as scary as any given episode of Fear the Walking Dead.

TERRIFIER (2016)

Down and dirty low budget slasher with a killer clown. Effective, and even though the last scene shock was expected it was still a good scare. The first film (ALL HALLOWS EVE) is not as good, although decent. This one really ramps it up.

[quote]OP: Horror Movies for Halloween

I have a fun mashup of "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" and "A Serbian Film" with just a soupçon of "Cannibal Holocaust" sprinkled through, OP, if you are planning to be hosting youngsters.

Guaranteed memorable night.

One that I really enjoy is Night of The Demons, the original not the remake, although the remake wasn't too bad.

There's a very good low budget vampire film called "Lemora." It's also been called "Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural" or "The Legendary Curse of Lemora", or "Lemora: Lady Dracula." Starring Cheryl Smith it told the tale of a young church going girl who gets a letter from her dissolute father asking her to come to see him. She goes to see him and all kind of very unpleasant things happen, including the poor girl being lusted after by a very formidable female vampire. It definitely worth a look.

Solid little film, « The Taking of Deborah Logan ». Jill Larson, a soap actress, really goes all out:

R70, that movie made me terrified of Jill Larson, who had always just been the other Opal on AMC in my brain.

Deidre Hall, eat your heart out.

Humanoids from the deep (1980) - Mutated fish creatures want to mate with women (yes you'll see boobies!). Includes an over the top finale where they wreak havoc at the annual salmon festival.

R70 - As if being a Karen frau wasn't terrifying enough! This one has been on my queue forever. I've heard often how good it is and what a great job the actress does, but just haven't gotten around to it.

GRAVE ENCOUNTERS (2011)

Funny thing is I generally dislike found footage horror and I don't find ghosts/haunted houses scary -- yet this actually did scare me. Mostly jump scares, but it also has a strong creepiness to the whole film. There have been two sequels since. I only watched part 2 which was kind of a let down and never bothered with 3.

^ Also, Juan Reidinger is delicious eye candy.

Black Mountain Side - updated remake of The Thing. Very effective and creepy.

Grave Encounters, the first one. Ignore the sequels

Session 9 is always a fave of mine

Hell House LLC

Scare Campaign

Drag Me to Hell, The Babadook, Motel Hell, The Sentinel

In the Mouth of Madness

I was disturbed by "The Blackcoat's Daughter". Images still haunt me. Adolescence is scary enough without Satan!

Totally agree about Blackcoats daughter R79 Also The Empty Man on HBO is a definite creepfest

“The Loved Ones” on Amazon Prime.

“Cub” and “The Collector” on Tubi.

“Crawl” on Hulu.

“Hush” on Netflix (not the Jessica Lange film)

“The Hunt” and “The Collection” (sequel to “The Collector”, as mentioned above) on HBO Max.

[quote]House from 1977

Love that movie.

Thinner!

House (1985) Horror/Comedy

R84 WTF was that? That is one of the ugliest things I have ever seen in my life. It scared the shit outta me. I will never watch that film.

Original Last House on the Left. (Remake feels too sterile) I'm a sucker for the original Halloween too, The Last House on Sorority Row, again the original (amazing camp factor) vs. Sorority Row which wasn't as horrible as I was expecting bc the girls are all Eileen level bitchy. Also original Village of the Damned, love George Sanders. For a real classic, Haxan: Witchcraft through the ages (1922) which is actually now available for streaming on HBO Max

Ugh, someone mentioned Horror Hotel (City of the Dead is the UK title — it’s a UK film). We couldn’t wait to see it - me, my sister, my cousins. The ads for it looked so spooky. It came on late at night, a midnight movie on tv, and we stayed up to see it — it was so boring we all fell asleep.

Messiah of Evil

Visiting Hours

Let's Scare Jessica To Death

Carnival of Souls

The Sentinel

After Midnight (the one from the 80's)

Alice, Sweet Alice

The Innocents

The original Spanish [rec]

The original Mexican, “We Are What We Are”

For a total WTF was that: “Testuo: The Iron Man”

Sci Fi horror : The Hidden

Also, “Splinter”

Black Sunday w/ Barbara Steele Lifeforce (1985, directed by Tobe Hooper)

SPLINTER was a trip. Good creature feature.

BABY BLUES (2008)

Maybe more drama than horror, it tells the story of a mom alone for the night with her wee ones while suffering a Post Partum Depression-induced psychotic episode. Very unsettling and sad, and a little shocking.

The Criterion Channel has a “home invasion” collection this month that includes two very scary French titles from the late aughts:

INSIDE, in which a Lamia-type figure will do anything to get her hands on a pregnant woman’s baby.

THEM, about a young couple who finds out something disturbing about their new house.

INSIDE is absolutely brutal. On par with MARTYRS. The French horror cinema from the 00s was insane. CALVAIRE and FRONTIERS are also in that league, as well as HIGH TENSION.

Would You Rather (2012) -- based on the game.

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT (2018)

Aside from the hotness that is still Matt Dillon, this is one cool, creepy, trippy Lars Von Trier thriller-horror-drama and an unrepentant serial killer recounting his actions in an attempt to escape hell. I also found it more accessible than most other Von Trier films.

GREEN ROOM (2015)

Probably more action-thriller than straight-up horror it is remarkably intense and gory and violence escalates throughout the film. I was also surprised at the deaths of some of the characters who I thought would make it out.

CREEP (2014)

I am in love with Mark Duplass. But this is also a great little film that is, in fact, creepy, and gets under your skin gradually. Just two characters in the whole thing and yet never gets boring or starts to feel like a filmed play.

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Don't Breathe (Stephen Lang)

30 Days of Night (Josh Hartnett)

I was in a big French extreme horror film phase this year. Martyrs was the scariest movie I have seen in long while.

You have to see the French version. I think there is an American remake. It really stayed with me.

Grandmother's House, 1988, on Tubi (much more effective than I expected)

Mikey, 1992, on Tubi (not a masterpiece but Brian Bonsall as a psychotic tot with the hots for Josie Bisset)

I just watched 'The Woman' which is free on Amazon Prime. It's disturbing and something different.

A Serbian Film - Very, very, disturbing, but not as bad as Martyrs.

After all the Halloween and other reboot/rehash bullshit, watch some actually new and creative films. Bringing you disturbing horror films this holiday season!

R103 Is that the movie where the "good dad" and his sons end up turning her into a sex slave?

Marianne (Netflix). It's a French miniseries about a young horror novelist who is stalked by the witch from her novels.

R105 - Yes. It was loosely based on Harvey Weinstein home movies.

I liked the recently released "V/H/S/94". 3/5 segments are pretty good which isn't too bad for a horror anthology. The super creepy "The Empty Wake" segment was my fave.

Does the feral woman at least get revenge?

This Russian horror movie. Hokey special effects - more like a puppet show/haunted house attraction - but amazing script based on Gogol short story - and beautifully shot and composed. Have loved this for years and just picked up the Blu-Ray from Severin. Funny throughout, but also extremely creepy - like an old radio horror drama. Perfect for Halloween. Surprisingly somber ending... (Free on Tubi!)

The movie "The Woman" looks REALLY stupid.

R109 - Yes, she spits on their graves too.

I'm not watching a good Christian rapist film unless it ends with said rapist dead or at least permanently disfigured.

THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE (2001)

Spanish-language ghost story that's really about the monstrous nature of the living. It's like a really good episode of AHS only cogent and smart.

Yes, another vote for The Devil's Backbone - that is a very good movie. When I watched this movie, I was embarrassed to realize how little I knew about the Spanish civil war

"The Orphanage", another Spanish horror film.

I have a ton of these, but will try to keep it brief...

A Dark Song (2016): After her young son is kidnapped and killed, a woman engages a practitioner of Crowley-type black magic to help her contact her son's spirit through a months-long ritual which requires the two to completely isolate at a rural house.

Delivery: The Beast Within (2013): A young LA couple sign up to let a reality show follow the wife's pregnancy (think 'A Baby Story', that TLC show). except along the way, it becomes apparent that the baby ain't right.

Holidays (2016): As the title suggests, this is an anthology film consisting of segments devoted to different holidays. The best ones were for Easter (with a creepy Easter bunny/Jesus hybrid!) and Father's Day, which is truly eerie and could have been a full-length film.

Come True (2020): This was directed by the same guy who did the Father's Day segment in Holidays. A homeless teenager joins a sleep study experiment, needing a safe place to sleep at night and hoping to get to the bottom of some truly bizarre nightmares. It only gets worse.

The Conspiracy (2012): After the street-corner conspiracy theorist they'd been making a documentary about disappears, two filmmakers follow the trail all the way to Bohemian Grove.

The Seventh Moon (2008): A newlywed American couple go to China on their honeymoon, and end up in the remote countryside during the traditional Hungry Ghost festival, trying to survive the night as the dead roam the earth in the yearly ritual.

The Cave (2005): Very unusual vampire film set in a cave system in the Carpathian Mountains.

DARK SONG is great, THE CAVE was okay for what it was but I absolutely hated HOLIDAYS. Just didn't work for me on any level. But I do like that you clearly seek out little indie horrors. You can find a gem or two with those.

Not sure I'd classify it as straight-up horror, but I really enjoyed THE CUBE trilogy. The series got weaker as it went on but still wrapped up well.

DOG SOLDIERS (2002)

Solid, Scottish werewolf horror

DEATH SHIP (1980)

An odd mix of haunted house (on a ship) and ghost Nazis in what I can only say is an astonishingly lurid and disturbing horror flick. You will want to take a shower after watching, but that one scene will make you think twice about. Surprisingly good cast: George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Sally Ann Howes (WTF?), Kate Reid and Saul Rubinek.

BLOOD CREEK (2009)

Yup. More horror film Nazi's -- this time Zombies. Still, a well-crafted scary movie for what is essentially a B flick. Reminds me of Dead Snow (same year but was more commercially successful), only played straight. Directed by Auntie Joel Schumacher so gay overtones EVERYWHERE with a cast that includes Henry Cavill, Dominic Purcell, Michael Fassbender and Shea Whigham.

"Saturday the 14th." It's a horrible parody of "Friday the 13th" and stars both Paula Prentiss and Richard Benjamin. It's soo bad it's good.

You want Indie horror?

Starry Eyes

Juan of the Dead (Spanish comedy-horror)

Cooties (comedy-horror)

Raw (French)

Masters of Horror: Three Extremes

The “Amateur Night” portion of V/H/S

The “Safe Haven” portion of V/H/S/ 2

It Comes at Night

Overlord (not really an Indie, but didn’t get any studio support)

Nick Cage double feature: Mandy and Color Out of Space

A movie I love to hate: All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (pre nose-job Amber Heard)

Surprising good: Jennifer’s Body

I still love Shaun of the Dead, Cabin in the Woods, and The Thing- those are my comfort movies.

I liked All the Boys Love Mandy Lane. It was one of those twisty-turny who's the killer type movies like (for eldergays) THE LAST OF SHEILA or (for mid-elder gays like me) IDENTITY.

Two more good twisty-turny horror movies that play with time/space continuum: TRIANGLE (2009) and TIMECRIMES (2007). The former is Australian and set on a boat, the latter is Spanish and creepy AF.

[quote]DARK SONG is great, THE CAVE was okay for what it was but I absolutely hated HOLIDAYS. Just didn't work for me on any level. But I do like that you clearly seek out little indie horrors. You can find a gem or two with those.

What I liked about The Cave was the setting and the vampire lore involved. It's not cutting edge or anything but it's hard to find vampire films that aren't totally tired, so I appreciated those aspects.

Anthology films are always a crapshoot - most of the time they're 80-90% crap with a lone gem if you're lucky. I don't even remember the rest of Holidays, but the Easter and Father's Day segments stuck out enough for me to recommend it.

Some more:

The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007): This one is a little more violent than I usually go, but it was worth it for the intensely creepy, queasy atmosphere the director created. Don't watch it alone at night.

Lovely Molly (2011): A newlywed young woman with a troubled past moves back into her childhood home, the site of her past trauma, and begins experiencing all kinds of supernatural fuckery. Really eerie film with a great lead performance.

The Possession of Michael King (2014): An atheist out of fucks to give after the death of his wife sets out to debunk the idea of the afterlife/occult and basically dares any demon listening to possess him. Unfortunately, one decides to take him up on it.

Alien Abduction (2014): This is sci-fi horror. A family camping in the North Carolina woods witnesses mysterious lights in the sky. While on the road the next day, their GPS goes haywire and directs them to a remote road with a bunch of mysteriously abandoned cars. Also, dead birds dropping from the sky. Oh, shit.

Dark Skies (2013): More sci fi horror. A family struggling with unemployment and related issues begins experiencing weird phenomena, especially involving their two sons. Security cameras reveal dark figures standing over their beds at night, among other things. I thought this was really well done, doing a good job of mixing the anxiety of real-world concerns with the anxiety of the supernatural, sort of like Poltergeist did.

Goodnight Mommy (2014): (This one has subtitles, FYI) A woman returns home to her twin little boys after having had cosmetic surgery that's left her face completely swathed in bandages. After her behavior grows increasingly sinister, the boys suspect the woman under the bandages may not be their mother after all.

The Other Side of the Door (2016): A suicidal woman grieving the death of her son travels to a temple in India where, according to her Indian-born housekeeper, the line between this world and the next is especially thin. There, if she performs a ritual, she may be able to speak with her son once again. As you might expect, it doesn't go well.

Outcast (2010): A mysterious woman and her teenage son are on the road, evading a pursuer intent on doing them harm. They finally settle down and try to live a normal life in hiding, but their pursuer is drawing nearer. Very gritty and creative use of the Celtic sidhe mythology.

The Houses October Built (2014): A group of friends, road-tripping to visit Halloween haunted house attractions, begin seeking a rumored annual 'extreme haunt' put on by a mysterious group where the scares are real, with actual torture, etc being employed - as a result, they become targets of unknown attackers. Aside from the good quality creepiness, I appreciated that this group of friends felt genuine and were not like the typical horror movie friend group who are so obnoxious they make you root for the killer/monster/demon. Skip the shitty sequel though.

Also seconding the recommendation of Starry Eyes (2014), which is creepy and full of dread while also being a clever satire of the selling your soul for fame trope. Really good lead actress too.

Yes, The Women kills almost everyone in the end and there are a few surprises for those who want to see it.

I'm hearing amazing reviews about a new french horror film out in theaters right now called Titane, which I think won a bunch of awards at the Venice film festival. It's by the same director who did Raw and her movies are disgusting. It's it's playing a little indie theatre near me, so I am going to check it out this week.

I saw someone reference Inside. This is the one movie from this genre I do not think I can handle.

R128- Titane is being submitted as a foreign entry for France for the Oscars!

Second R127's choices of:

THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES - Creepy and sad. Scarier than I expected it to be.

THE POSSESSION OF MICHAEL KING - If this is the movie that I think it is, then it's an excellent slow burn. The ending was scary AF, very unsettling. But I might be thinking of something else.

THE HOUSES THAT OCTOBER BUILT - Had a good premise, and was creepy -- especially that horrific ending. Unfortunately the sequel undid the ending just so to have a sequel. Ugh.

Also, GOODNIGHT MOMMY has been on my queue for years and I still haven't gotten around to it. DARK SKIES was just okay, but I love Keri Russell and am in love with Josh Hamilton so it's worth a watch.

I watched Horror Fest on Netflix last night and thought it was scary and well-done. It's a perfect Halloween movie.

You mean Hell Fest? I like that movie. Another good one is Haunt.

Ready or Not

Sorry, I meant Hell Fest. I was pleasantly surprised at how well-done the movie was. It's a perfect Halloween popcorn movie.

DERANGED (1974)

Schlocky and not overly scary, but there is a stretch of the film when the Ed Gein character chases a girl around while he's wearing his mother's skin and hair that to me was disturbing.

DAMIEN: OMEN II (1978)

Can't beat the ramped up creative gore, camped up Lee Grant, and hottie Lucas Donat!

PHANTASM (1979)

Pretty well know for horror fans (not never remade!!). C-budget, surreal and scared the shit out of me as a 12 year old in the theater. Plus, Bill Thornbury was never hotter and flashed ass. That orb is iconic.

An oldie but goodie, Dead of Winter, with Mary Steenburgen, directed by Arthur Penn.

Or a Japanese flick, Audition. Gentlemen, you will be cupping your gonads before the movie's done.

TOURIST TRAP (1979)

Another childhood favorite of mine. Fun, goofy and still creepy with a few good scares. Plus... Keith McDermott (who dies WAY too soon, hardly a spoiler) by getting -- uhm -- impaled by a phallic lead pipe from behind.

R127 I could not watch the Poughkeepsie Tapes. They were setting up a scene where an 8 year old girl was going to suffer an agonizing end by a serial killer. That got a big 'Nope' from me and I turned it off.

Well Trick ' r Treat (2007) of course!

Hellbent is fun with hot gay guys. Scream meets WeHo.

I was disappointed that Hellbent was sold as a "gay" horror movie when every guy in it was straight.

R143: How do you know that?

Trippy. Tim Robbins was exceptionally good.

The original Funny Games (1997) by Haneke, if nothing else, you'll be furious by the end for all the conventions he breaks.

Because the director said so R144.

Has anyone watched Trick r Treat? It looks rather interesting and it is entirely built around a Halloween theme.

Trick r Treat is fun. It’s an anthology but the stories/characters interconnect. Good cast and some creepy imagery

Agreed, Trick r Treat is a seasonal standard now. As Grace would say, it's not perfect, but it's perfect for you.

THE FOG (1980)

If you can get past the zombie ghosts, it's actually a good story with a great cast. Lots of tension, lots of jumps scares, and an ever increasing sense of dread. Plus the way Carpenter uses music to make the fog itself seem alive and as threatening as the shark in Jaws.

"Vampyr" (1932) is the most atmospheric horror film ever made, IMHO.

Eden Lake

Aterrados

Goodnight Mommy

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El Orfanato/The Orphanage

If I weren't 6'4, I would definitely choose the pic at R157 for a halloween costume.

(There's) Something in my House

There is a new Paranormal Activity movie out called Next of Kin. I watched it tonight and it's actually better than any of the movies in the original run. It does touch upon an element or two from those movies but it's mostly separate.

I watch The Fog(1980) every Halloween. It's so nostalgic to me. Nothing can compare to Adrienne Barbeau's hypnotic scenes in the lighthouse.

FEAR NO EVIL (1981)

First off, it's awful. But it's also one of the most unintentionally gay horror movies I've ever seen. About on the same level of Nightmare on Elm Street II. If memory serves it's set in a high school where the boys just stare at one another and have late night clandestine meetings trying to get inside of each other (metaphorically, of course). One boy is possessed by apparently Gary Numan and his only salvation is through an angel -- a woman. Goofy fun but not scary. 1981 was a big year for B-budget gay horror with the release also of EVILSPEAK with Clint Howard in the Carrie White role at a military academy

THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (2009)

A must-see for anyone who loves the sensibilities and vibe of mid to late 70s horror movies. Especially devil-themed ones like Devil's Rain or The Sentinel. A couple of shocks, great atmosphere, perfectly hokey in all the right ways. And who can resist seeing Mary Woronov and Tom Noonan play suburban Satanists. Lots of popcorn fun.

I started watching The Exorcist 3 on Netflix last night, but it's so scary and grim that I don't know if I can finish it. I got through the priest's murder in the confessional with Colleen Dewhurt and had to turn it off. It's super scary.

I started this last week, too late, in bed. About 20 min in I was dead to the world. Haven't picked it up again since but it's something I want to get to this weekend. I've always heard how scary it was and actually do want to watch it.

The Comedy Of Terrors is a more light hearted Halloween film I like to put on. It used to air o0n a local station every Halloween when I was a kid. It's an AIP/Roger Corman flick with Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and Basil Rathbone. I remember they used to play it along with Theatre Of Blood.

Triangle is a really cool film - I'm always surprised most people haven't heard of it.

DEMONS (1985)

Like most Giallo, it plays like a surreal nightmare. Sometimes goofy, mostly nonsensical but tense, gory, and lots of fun if you're a fan of the genre.

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STAGEFRIGHT (1987)

More Giallo, probably best known for the killed dressed with an Owl head mask. Despite that, it's really good.

CEMETERY MAN (1994)

Third and last Giallo entry here. Quirky love story about zombies and apparently necrophilia. Rupert Everett was never hotter than here.

Nightmare Sisters. Which is a sort of follow-up to Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowlarama.

Unlike Bowlarama, which does have a low-budget and some kind of plot, this one just follows 80s scream queens around a house and lets them have fun with lots of silliness and tonnes of gratuitous nudity.

BUBBA HO-TEP (2002)

Bruce Campbell as Elvis, who faked his death, now residing in a nursing home being terrorized by a mummy (clearly the oldest denizen there). Elvis saves the day! Also starring Ossie Davis, in one of his last roles. Funny, intentionally campy, but not without scares and tension. Just fun.

R172 Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-rama is not so bad, it has a few thrills and is pretty slick for David DeCoteau.

Robin Stille was great in it as the wicked Babs!

I remember that one of the 80s scream queens, I think it was Linnea Quigley, was such an established name by 1988 she got invited to a Presidental dinner and sat at Reagan's table.

But all three were okay actresses, Linnea the Queen, Brinke the Vixen, and Michelle Bauer beautiful with big knockers.

I hate being one of those people, but they really did make more interesting movies back in the day. Even something like Nightmare Sisters which seemed to have been shot over a long weekend has more passion, wit, and creativity than the similar no-budget (or even high budget) movies coming out today.

Every now and then, you get something interesting like Hereditary or The House of the Devil, but most horror movies are so disposable and bland these days.

R167, I agree with you about Triangle. I watched it based on a previous DL thread about lesser known horror movies too! I think it’s still steaming on Tubi.

^ And if you like Triangle you may enjoy Timecrimes.

Oculus 2013. Very little blood, but great psychological thriller. Playing on Showtime right now.

R174 A good "Brinke" movie to track down is Haunting Fear. Usually, she played supporting, but in this Brinke is the lead above big-hitters like Karen Black and Jan-Michael Vincent. And she's good, very refined and "actressy" in the role.

1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers was was on TV last night. It was terrible, I remember it got good reviews at the time.

I like it. But if nothing else, it'll always have Art Hindle in his prime.

Dracula Untold, with hottie Luke Evans

The Howling is high-class horror. And one the gets better with age. I picked up lots of details in HD that I missed before, like the way the film's color palette highlights yellow in the first 20 minutes to give it a lurid feel, and then when the action moves to the country the cinematography changes to match.

The movie really pulls you in and plays with your feelings. The humor is so expertly placed you don't really notice it, it serves to balance the film. Dee Wallace was sensational and Robert Picardo is very sexy as werewolf Eddie.

The underrated When A Stranger Calls Back. Incredible twist you never dreamed of. And I can’t watch Sinister or The Strangers all the way through anymore.

R30 I love your taste in horror!

Thanks to the person above who mentioned Aterrados. I've never heard about it before but I watched it last night and really liked it. The story doesn't make much sense and the lead character is a wee bit annoying but it has a genuinely creepy atmosphere and a couple of jump scares were so well done they almost made me wet my panties.

R186 I agree! I saw it about a year ago and it was the first movie I’ve rented (streamed) based on the “box cover” since the days of renting VHS porn at the video store!

Just watched Exorcist III with George C. Scott. Did anyone else think... meh. Maybe it was scarier in 1990. Felt like a typical high-brow serial killer movie from the 90s that got rewritten at some point to shoehorn in Pazuzu, Fr. Damian and Det. Kinderman. Not scary, not shocking and the ending was really anti-climactic. Better than part II for sure, but still a pale follow up to the original.

Exorcist 3 was neither a critical nor box office hit upon its release. I thought people only talked about it for that one scene in the hospital.

I enjoy Exorcist 2, but for the wrong reasons,

Does III feature Pia rockin' out against a demon?

R189 - Yes, I kept hearing about "that scene". Really? It's pretty much telegraphed for five minutes and we don't see anything. The scariest part of the movie was George C. Scott chewing the scenery. Good God man, rein it in.

Anyway, I only mention my disappointment because I'd kept hearing about this movie and it seems to have made some kind of resurgence. Maybe because it's on Netflix now? I will say that Brad Dourif was really good, and far cuter than I ever remembered him as being.