Monday, October 31, 2016

Halloween Horror Recommendations (2016)

Changing gears a bit from the usual format, today I'm going to list my recommendations for what to watch on All Hallow's Eve.  I'll try to give you a good mix of classic and contemporary horror films, not an exhaustive one mind you, just a few of my favorites along with the finer ones I've seen.

Here goes.

Classic Ghost Stories:
The Others (2001)
The Orphanage (2007)
The Innocents (1961)
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
The Haunting (1963)
The Shining (1980)
The Old Dark House (1932)
Haxan (1922)
The Changeling (1980)
Kwaidan (1964)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Session 9 (2001)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Poltergeist (1982)
The Fog (1980)

Creature Features:
The 1930s Universal Monster Cycle (Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Wolfman, Bride of Frankenstein)
Freaks (1932)
King Kong (1933)
The Thing (1982)
The Howling (1981)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
The Blob (1988)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Day of the Dead (1985)
The Fly (1986)
Videodrome (1983)
Alien (1979)
Cronos (1993)
Demons (1985)
The Mist (2007)
Martin (1977)
It Follows (2014)
Near Dark (1987)
[Rec] (2007)
In the Mouth of Madness (1997)

Slashers and Gore Hounds Only:
The Evil Dead (1981)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
House (1977)
Deep Red (1975)
Tenebrae (1982)
Maniac (1980)
Thesis (1996)
Ichi The Killer (2001)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Peeping Tom (1960)
The Bird with Crystal Plummage (1970)
Hellraiser (1987)
The Devil's Rejects (2005)
Halloween (1978)
Cemetery Man (1994)
Suspiria (1977)

Horror Comedies:
Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
Dead Alive (1992)
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
The Monster Squad (1987)
Night of the Creeps (1986)
Fright Night (1985)
The Stuff (1985)
Ernest Scared Stupid (1993)
Frankenhooker (1990)
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)                                                      
The 'Burbs (1989)'
Waxwork (1988)
Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)
Dead Snow (2009)
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Zombieland (2009)
Bad Taste (1987)
Re-Animator (1985)
Beetlejuice (1988)
The Frighteners (1996)
Hiruko The Goblin (1990)

Too Real to Deal:
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Angst (1983)
Audition (1999)
Dahmer (2002)
Stuck (2007)
Zodiac (2007)

Again not a comprehensive list, just some I think are worth watching this time of year.
                                                                                               
Happy Halloween!

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