Sunday, October 28, 2018

Movies for Halloween


The amount of fright movies is endless and are always being made.  Some are traditional horror, some suspense, or classified as thriller. 
Comedies are the best as we can all use some laughter and that includes silly and cheesy.

Classic-

Noseferatu (1922)
Freaks (1932)
Dracula (1931), (1992)
Frankenstein (1931)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Old Dark House (1932)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Dead of Night (1945)
The Seventh Victim (1945)
Cat People (1942) Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Psycho (1961)
The Birds (1963)
Forbidden Planet (1956) Sci-Fi
The Day the Earth Stood Still, original (1951) - Sci-Fi
Village of the Damned (1960)
House of Usher (1960) Drama, Horror
The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) Horror, Mystery
Mad Love (1935)
The Mummy's Curse (1944) Action, Fantasy, Horror
Bedlam (1946) Drama, Horror, Thriller
The Raven (1963) Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
House of Wax (1953)
Les Diaboliques (1955)
Eyes Without A Face (1960)
Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Drama, Horror, Mystery
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), (1978)

Cheesy-

The Thing from Another World (1951) Horror, Sci-Fi
Tarantula (1955) Sci-Fi
The Blob (1958) Horror, Sci-Fi
Them! (1954) Horror, Sci Fi
Earth vs. the Spider (1958)
The Killer Shrews (1959) Sci-Fi/Horror
The Brain Eaters (1958)
The Screaming Skull (1958)
Tormented (1960)
The Flesh Eaters (1964)
Invaders from Mars (1953) Horror, Sci Fi - A young boy learns space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.
The Brain that wouldn’t Die (1962) Horror, Sci Fi - 
A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his girlfriend’s head alive when she is decapitated in a car crash, then goes hunting for a new body.
Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
Empire of the Ants (1977) Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi - A con artist tries to sell bogus real estate deals in an area overrun by giant ants.
I Walked with a Zombie (1943) Drama, Fantasy, Horror -
A Canadian nurse is hired to care for the wife of a sugar plantation owner, who has been acting strangely, on a Caribbean island.
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) Horror, Sci-Fi -
When an abused socialite grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.
Don’t Open the Door! (1975)

Mixed bag-
The Man with the X-Ray Eyes Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
She-Wolf of London (1946) Crime, Horror, Mystery
Don’t go in the Woods (1981) Horror
A maniacal murderer kills tourists in the woods.
Gorgo (1961) Action, Drama, Horror  -
Greedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus. Then its mother shows up.
The Black Cat (1941) Comedy, Horror Mystery
House of Horrors (1946) Horror, Thriller
The Mad Monster (1942)
I Bury the Living (1958) Horror
The Wasp Woman, Original (1959)
Dead Men Walk (1943) Drama, Horror, Mystery
Blood of Dracula (1957) - Under hypnosis, a young woman turns into a vampire.
Horror of Dracula (1958)
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
Frankenstein must be destroyed (1969)
The Town that dreaded Sundown (1976)
The Last House in the Woods (2006) Horror, Thriller - 
An Italian gorefest about a young couple being held captive by a sadistic backwoods family.
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Dawn of the Dead (1978) Horror, Thriller
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Horror
The Gian Gila Monster (1959)
Tower of London (1962)
The Raven (1963)
Black Sabbath (1963) (Horror)
Scream (1996)
I know what you did last summer (1997)
The Lost Boys (1987) Comedy, Horror
Scary Movie (2000) Comedy
Shaun of the Dead (2004) Comedy
Ghostbusters (1984) Comedy
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

Campy-
A Bucket of Blood, Original (1959) Comedy, Horror, Thriller
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
House on Haunted Hill, Original (1959)
The Tingler (1959)
Abbott and Costello meet the Mummy (1955) Comedy
Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein (1948)
13 Ghosts, Original (1960)
Devil Doll (1964)
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
He Knows You’re Alone (1980)
The Bride (1985)
Dark Shadows (2012)

Creepy-
Horror Hotel (1961) – Mystery/Horror - Alternate Title: City of the Dead
Carnival of Souls (1962)
Dementia 13 (1963)
The Haunting (1963)
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Straight-Jacket (1964)
Repulsion (1965)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
The Last House on the Left (1972), (2009)
Sisters (1973)
Don’t Look Now (1973)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Black Christmas (1974)
Trilogy of Terror (1975)
The Fog (1980)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Candyman (1992)
Ringu (1998), The Ring (2002)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
Annabelle (2014)

Catchy titles

The Whip and the Body (1963)
The Horror of Party Beach (1964)
The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965) - Horror
Surfers are being brutally murdered.  Is the culprit a sea monster or just one of the teen’s jealous parents?
Monster a Go-Go (1965)
Monsters Crash the Pajama Party (1965)
The Haunted House of Horror (1969)

Scary

The Exorcist (1973)
Jaws (1975)
The Omen (1976)
Carrie (1976)
Halloween (1978)
Poltergeist (1982)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Horror
Salem’s Lot (1979)
When A Stranger Calls (1979), (2009)
The Shining (1980)
Child’s Play (1988)
Zodiac (2007) A true story

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