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Post by superalj on Oct 2, 2021 9:30:34 GMT -5
Any Halloween recommendations for viewing and the Halloween playlists? Please omit any reference to the Union election as that is scary enough.
Viewing wise, Black Mass on Netflix is the scariest thing I’ve seen since the Original Halloween movie and the very scary movie set in Georgetown I’m too afraid to even mention. I’m waiting for the on demand price of $19.99 to go down before watching Candyman but loved the original.
Musically, love me some Donovan “Season of the Witch”;“Werewolves of London” and the whole soundtrack of Rocky Horror with my all time favorite of the Time Warp.
More suggestions appreciated.
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Post by nylawyer on Oct 2, 2021 9:56:12 GMT -5
I remember watching the Blair Witch Project in the movie theaters and it scared me to the point that I was no longer enjoying it. I have no idea if it has held up over time or how the at home experience would be, since I have no intention of watching it again
Haunted house music cut- Home by the Sea by Genesis.
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Post by Pixie on Oct 2, 2021 17:22:35 GMT -5
pumpkin should have some suggestions as this is her month. Excellent use of paragraphs by the experienced posters above. Thank you. Pixie
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Post by FrogEsq on Oct 2, 2021 18:08:52 GMT -5
I am going for the quick and easy "Monster Mash".
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Post by nylawyer on Oct 2, 2021 18:16:35 GMT -5
pumpkin should have some suggestions as this is her month. Excellent use of paragraphs by the experienced posters above. Thank you. Pixie And in the category of damning with faint praise... |
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Post by sta on Oct 2, 2021 20:14:36 GMT -5
Drag Me to Hell is a 2009 American supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Sam Raimi. The plot, written with his older brother Ivan, focuses on a loan officer, who, because she has to prove to her boss that she can make the "hard decisions", chooses not to extend an elderly woman's mortgage. In retaliation, the woman places a curse on the loan officer that, after three days of escalating torment, will plunge her into the depths of Hell to burn for eternity.
This movie was both scary and funny, if that is possible.
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Post by superalj on Oct 3, 2021 11:38:35 GMT -5
What we do in the shadows is top of my list although it’s a comedy instead of a scary show.
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Post by pumpkin on Oct 3, 2021 21:38:56 GMT -5
I am a fan of the classics. Not much of a fan of the gory.
Notably this is the 90th Anniversary of two of the best:
Dracula (1931) with Bela Lugosi; and
Frankenstein (1931) with Boris Karloff.
The Birds with Tippi Hedren
The Shining with Jack Nicholson
Psycho with Janet Leigh
Gaslight with Ingrid Bergman
The Wolfman with Lon Chaney, Jr.
The Creature from the Black Lagoon
The Invisible Man with Claude Rains (and the fabulous Una O’Connor)
Binge Watch: American Horror Story: Freak Show and American Horror Story: Coven
The family-friendly must-watch collection of “Abbott and Costello Meet…” movies (Dracula, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Wolfman, The Mummy, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde).
🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
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Post by barkley on Oct 4, 2021 8:47:25 GMT -5
My vote is for the Don Knotts classic "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken". Scary enough for these times.
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Post by jagvet on Oct 4, 2021 12:13:44 GMT -5
7th Voyage of Sinbad (with the Cyclops) freaked me out at around 6 years old. For reasons I never understood, some kid's parents took us to see it for his or her birthday. Ray Harryhausen's animation was too intense for me. I had nightmares for weeks. The fact that I can remember it 60 years later tells how how traumatic it was!
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Post by neufenland on Oct 4, 2021 13:06:07 GMT -5
7th Voyage of Sinbad (with the Cyclops) freaked me out at around 6 years old. For reasons I never understood, some kid's parents took us to see it for his or her birthday. Ray Harryhausen's animation was too intense for me. I had nightmares for weeks. The fact that I can remember it 60 years later tells how how traumatic it was! If we are talking about movies that scared the merde out of us when children, my answer is always Poltergeist II (which used to air with some frequency on HBO when I was like 10 or 11). It's the old guy, Kane. The actor who played him was apparently very ill with cancer at the time and it added to his fearsome spectral presence. And he showed up at the door in broad daylight, which made it the most terrifying. |
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Post by fowlfinder on Oct 4, 2021 15:02:30 GMT -5
You can't go wrong with the classic "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," or any of the Simpson's Treehouse of Horrors episodes.
Music wise, listening to the soundtrack from "the Crow" from start to finish in one setting is a serious experience. (Though maybe I am pigeonholing my age some and it might not scratch everyone's itch). You could also watch the film, but stay away from the sequels. There is also always Bauhaus or Sisters of Mercy (a bit more melodic than what Bauhaus put together).
Edit: Oh, and I don't know how I forgot, but The Birthday Massacre, (formerly Imagica) is very satisfying. Their middle albums, Superstition, Hide and Seek, and Pins and Needles have a very consistent flavor. Definitely up the Halloween lane. (Though their cover of Limhal's Never Ending Story is enjoyable all the time).
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Post by superalj on Oct 4, 2021 21:08:27 GMT -5
Forgot about the books, I just read Daphne du Maurier’s short story, the Birds, which I thought was scarier than Hitchcock’s classic film. Bram Stoker’s Dracula was scarier than any of the movies based on the character.
Shout out to the paranormal movies like the original
Ammityville Horror and the Conjuring.
Keep the suggestions coming my friends as my Halloween Q is empty except for the Midnight Mass finale and Candyman remake. This is the last time I’ll write about the later just to be safe. Lol
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Post by jagvet on Oct 4, 2021 23:55:31 GMT -5
Now for something really scary: A SSA training VOD with "Clutch Cargo" animation. I watched two today.  |
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Post by maflva on Oct 5, 2021 5:06:57 GMT -5
When I was a kid, I was invited to a birthday sleepover where the parents rented two horror movies for us: Creepshow and Hell of the Living Dead. Both scarred me for years.
From Creepshow, the “sea zombies” segment terrified me because we lived near the ocean.
Hell of the Living Dead is an Italian-made zombie flick. There’s a scene where the protagonists, who are an elite team of investigative journalists and special forces commandos, encounter the chemical factory that produced the toxin turning people into zombies. Naturally, they’re overrun and die gory deaths. This movie traumatized me for years.
As an adult I rewatched these two films. Creepshow is a very corny horror film. Hell of the Living Dead is probably the most poorly-directed and acted film I have ever seen. Neither is scary by adult standards. Amazing what a difference a few decades makes in perspective!
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Post by pumpkin on Oct 7, 2021 17:11:54 GMT -5
As an adult I rewatched these two films. Creepshow is a very corny horror film. Hell of the Living Dead is probably the most poorly-directed and acted film I have ever seen. Neither is scary by adult standards. Amazing what a difference a few decades makes in perspective! I think I have one that rivals you for worst horror movie: Plan 9 from Outer Space. Directed by Ed Wood with a cameo by Bela Lugosi (at least until he died), you would think it would have been great. It’s great “camp” with the worst special effects you’ve ever witnessed. Bela Lugosi died before the movie was completed. Thus, in some of the scenes his character is played by Ed Wood’s chiropractor. In an effort to disguise the substitution, the chiropractor covers most of his face with his cape. |
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Post by fowlfinder on Oct 14, 2021 11:54:34 GMT -5
Its not exactly Halloween, but it sounds like it:
Philip Glass's Opera Akhneten uses text from the Egyptian book of the dead for its libretto, and the vocals and music are pretty spooky. (Philip Glass's music in general tends to be that way, a la "The Hours/Metamorphosis.")
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Post by judgymcjudgypants on Oct 18, 2021 16:41:04 GMT -5
I thought Plan 9 was bad on purpose?
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Post by Pixie on Oct 19, 2021 7:17:00 GMT -5
Its not exactly Halloween, but it sounds like it: Philip Glass's Opera Akhneten uses text from the Egyptian book of the dead for its libretto, and the vocals and music are pretty spooky. (Philip Glass's music in general tends to be that way, a la "The Hours/Metamorphosis.") Spooky indeed. Do we have an apostrophe violation in this post? Pixie |
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Post by fowlfinder on Oct 19, 2021 8:20:17 GMT -5
Its not exactly Halloween, but it sounds like it: Philip Glass's Opera Akhneten uses text from the Egyptian book of the dead for its libretto, and the vocals and music are pretty spooky. (Philip Glass's music in general tends to be that way, a la "The Hours/Metamorphosis.") we Spooky indeed. Do we have an apostrophe violation in this post? Pixie Two actually. |
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