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Horror Movies for Halloween
by Linda C Butler
You have decorated the house and yard for
Halloween, the crafts are done and the treats made, so now its time to
curl up on the sofa with a scary, ghostly, horror or supernatural movie.
Check out the selection at your nearby video rental store, or watch flea
markets and garage sales for some of these:
Dracula, Dead and Loving It – Comedy, 1995
(Leslie Nielsen and Mel Brooks)
Grab onto your garlic as writer/director Mel Brooks presents a
hauntingly hysterical version of Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula. Leslie
Nielsen lends his trademark bumbling to his portrayal of the formidable
Count, who, between seductions and neck piercings, must avoid the
acclaimed authority on vampires, Prof. Van Helsing (Brooks) in this
“…inspired, demented comedy.”
Carnivore, 2002
From afar, the old Romero house looks like a decrepit old mansion,
reputedly haunted, but what the locals don’t know is that behind the
façade of the ancient building, the US government has built a state of
the art high tech field lab which houses one of the world’s most
gruesome experiments – a horrifying, genetically engineered, menacing
carnivorous beast.
Sleepaway Camp, 1983
(Mile Kellin, Katherine Kamhi, Paul DeAngelo)
Welcome to Camp Arawak, where teenage boys and girls learn to experience
the joys of nature, as well as each other. But when these happy campers
begin to die in a series of horrible accidents, they discover that
someone, or something, has turned their summer of fun into a vacation to
dismember. Has a dark secret returned from the cap’s past, or will an
unspeakable horror end the season forever.
The Others, 2002
(Nicole Kidman)
While awaiting her husband’s return from the Second World War, Grace
(Kidman) and her two young children live an unusually isolated existence
behind the locked doors and drawn curtains of a secluded island
mansion. Then after three mysterious servants arrive and it becomes
chillingly clear that there is far more to this house than can be seen,
Grace finds herself in a terrifying fight to save her children and keep
her sanity.
The Langoliers, Stephen King, 1995 (3 hr)
Something bizarre happened on flight #29. A jet leaves on a red-eye
flight from LA to Boston. Bust early in the flight ten passengers
awaken to a startling realization: All of the other passengers have
vanished, and the ground below is only ground. Once they manage to land
the plane, the situation doesn’t improve and a dread evil presence bent
on their destruction is headed straight for them.
The Blair Witch Project, 1999
In October 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near
Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary…A year later their
footage was found.
The Haunting, 1999
(Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson, Lili Taylor.)
For over a century, the dark and forbidding Hill House has sat alone and
abandoned, or so it seemed. Intrigued by the mansion’s storied past, Dr.
Marrow (Neeson) lures his three subjects to the site for a seemingly
harmless experiment. When night descends, the study goes horrifyingly
awry as the subjects discover the haunting secrets that live within the
walls of Hill House. (There is also a 1963 version of this film.)
Fright Night, 1985
If you love being scared, Fright Night will give you the nightmare of
your life. It stars Chris Sarandon as the seductive vampire and William
Ragsdale as the frantic teenager struggling to keep Jerry’s (Sarandon)
deadly fangs out of his neck.
Dr. Hackenstein, 1988
Dr. Hackenstein, (David Muir) wants to bring his dead wife back to
life. He can rebuild her. He has the technology, all his needs is a
few spare parts.
Ghoulies, 1984.
In Jonathan Grave’s 18th birthday he inherits a rambling old
mansion from his deceased parents. In his explorations, Jonathan begins
unlocking secret powers left by his witchcraft-meddling father in his
home. He accidently summons up two elves, then unleashes the ghoulies,
a group of evil little creatures.
Ginger Snaps, 2001
Emily Perkins, Kris Lemche, Katharine Isabelle, Mimi Rogers
One night in the woods on the edge of the suburb, while they are pulling
an evil prank on a classmate, Ginger is savagely attacked by a wild
creature. She survives and her wounds heal, but she is wildly irritable
and in denial. Bridgette is convinced that the insatiable cravings hers
sister is experiencing can only mean something evil and monstrous.
Jeepers Creepers, 2001
(Gina Philips, Justin Long)
On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run
off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and they become the targets
of an evil far more unspeakable and unstoppable than they could have
ever imagined.
Komodo
(from the writer of Anaconda and the special effects creator of
Jurassic Park)
On an island off the Florida coast, something lies hidden, waiting for a
chance to strike. One family is missing and the lone survivor is so
shocked he is unable to describe the terrible events.
Halloween II, 2001
This movie follows the same ill-fated characters as they encounter the
knife-wielding maniac they left for dead in the first Halloween.
Directed by John Carpenter.
Halloween, 1977
Classic horror movie, Directed by John Carpenter.
Graveyard Shift, Stephen King, 1990
When an abandoned textile mill is reopened, several employees meet
mysterious deaths on the Graveyard Shift. Workers find a maze of
tunnels leading to the cemetery and an unimaginable horror that comes
alive in the dead of night.
SleepWalkers, Stephen King, 1992
This movie is a terrifying tale of modern-day vampires who prey on
virtuous young women.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Love Never Dies, 1993
This movie is a Gothic romance of the classic Dracula legend.
The Witches of Eastwick, 1987
(Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer)
The witches are three modern day women yearning for Mr. Right in a quant
New England town full of Mr. Uptights. Movie bubbles and froths in a
heady witches brew of stars, comedy, mystery and spectacular special
effects.
The Island of Dr. Moreau, 1996
(Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer)
In a remote island in the South Pacific, Dr. Moreau has used the key to
science to unlock the gates of hell and has turned animal life forms
into human-like beasts.
Adams Family Values, 1993
There is a new addition to the Adams household, Pubert a baby boy. The
nanny is a black-widow murderess who plans to add Fester (Christopher
Lloyd) to her collection of dead husbands.
The Ghost and the Darkness, 1996
(Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer)
This adventure is set in 1896 in East Africa where two lions on a
man-eating rampage have shut down the construction of a railway.
Dr. Giggles, 1993
The doctor is out – of his mind. It has been 35 years since Dr. Rendell
was stoned to death, now the son with the hideous giggle has returned.
Blair Witch 2, Book of Shadows
After spending a night in the Black Hills of Burkittsville,
Maryland, four young fans descend into a nightmare realm of murder,
madness and perception-bending supernatural horror in this sequel. |
