Fogbow

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.

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.

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

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

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.

MN-Skeptic wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 3:14 pm 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!

Reddog wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:23 pm 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.

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

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

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

The Bad Seed

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

qbawl wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:34 pm Now for something a little different but equally creepy from Lenny and the Squigtones:
https://fb.watch/nKrUqQx4Do/

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