Halloween Movie Fun

[John Thomas8]

Everybody every year does their list of favourite X-mas movies, and I'll admit I watch some of those.

But before we get there, there's a holiday that also has a tradition of movies. Most are not to my taste, I'm not much for blood and gore in movies outside of a very narrow few, but these should prime the pump.

What are your go-to Halloween movies?

Here's the ones we try to watch in the 2nd half of October every year.

The Ghost And Mr Chicken
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059221/

Fright Night
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089175/fu ... t_ov_st_sm

Google search for Three Stooges Halloween, there's a bunch of shorts

Stephen King's Silver Bullet
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090021/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3

The Mrs and I have taken up watching the Hocus Pocus movies, too.

Not specifically Halloween, but American Werewolf In London I think is an excellent movie.

[MN-Skeptic]

I've never liked scary movies. Fortunately my husband was in complete agreement with that.

That said, both of us loved Hocus Pocus and I definitely have to watch that before Halloween. I have Disney+, so I really need to watch Hocus Pocus 2 also. That's about as scary as I can do.

I should get out my CD - "The Classical Halloween Collection - Classical Music of Doom, Dread, and All Things Wicked!" Of course you can't really sit through an hour of minor key, doom & gloom music. A little goes a long way.

[pipistrelle]

The Innocents
The Haunting (60s)
Village of the Damned
The Black Cat (Karloff/Lugosi)
Dracula
Nosferatu
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

[John Thomas8]

Some of those I've seen, there's a couple I'll have to check out.

[Reddog]

1962 Carnival of Souls I find creepy
First seen it on TCM when I still had cable
Production was 3 weeks, $33,000.

ETA. In regards to doom & gloom music, there is a lot of organ music. But the pipes and pedals on the organs fascinated me.

[Kriselda Gray]

I should get out my CD - "The Classical Halloween Collection - Classical Music of Doom, Dread, and All Things Wicked!" Of course you can't really sit through an hour of minor key, doom & gloom music. A little goes a long way.

You can't? Oh. Oops!

[pipistrelle]

1962 Carnival of Souls I find creepy
First seen it on TCM when I still had cable
Production was 3 weeks, $33,000.

ETA. In regards to doom & gloom music, there is a lot of organ music. But the pipes and pedals on the organs fascinated me.

That’s another good one.

[qbawl]

Now for something a little different but equally creepy from Lenny and the Squigtones:
https://fb.watch/nKrUqQx4Do/

[Reddog]

Another one, not scary but the scenery of fall leaf colors always makes me think of Halloween.
With Shirley Maclaine, Royal Dano, Jerry Mathers, John Forsythe. Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

The Trouble With Harry

Too, also I like

Arsenic and Old Lace

Around Halloween

[John Thomas8]

Those are good, they fit the feel of this time of year.

[pipistrelle]

The Bad Seed

[AndyinPA]

The Univited. Old one, starring Ray Milland. One of my all-time favorites.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Now for something a little different but equally creepy from Lenny and the Squigtones:
https://fb.watch/nKrUqQx4Do/

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Lenny and the Squigtones!!! Love the page turning!