10.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Wes Cravens notorious Hollywood slasher Freddy Kruger
(Robert Englund) is definitely a must watch for this years
Halloween movie night. Nothing beats watching a crispy burnt
up dude, with four long razor sharp finger knife glove tearing
helpless teenagers in their darkest dreams on the big screen.
Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the most creative horror films
of all time, and not to mention some of the death scenes are
gruesome as hell.
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9.
The Exorcist (1973)
William Friedkin’s The Exorcist has to be one of the frightening
possession titles around to this very day. Those who haven’t
yet seen this is definitely in for a real treat, because its about
a young girl named Regan (Linda Blair) who is possessed by a
demon and her concerned mother (Ellen Burstyn) seeks help
from a catholic priest named Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) to
perform an exorcism to save her soul from the demons inside
her. This movie has some of the most beautiful shot pieces of
cinematography with spine chilling effects I have ever seen,
watching a 360 degree’s head-spin while power spewing
green sludge all over to room was a mint scene. If you are
going to watch this movie, make sure you go for the uncut
edition.
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8.
Poltergeist (1982)
You can’t beat this movie on Halloween, there is nothing better
than curling up on the couch with a big bucket of pop corn, a 2
litre of coke, a pizza and to watch this film. It is without a
doubt a cult classic and a must watch this Halloween.
Poltergeist is about a family who moves into their new home,
which has secretly been built on a Indian burial ground. Young
Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke) has a connection with a so
called friendly supernatural force. As it slowly begins to contact
her through the television set one late night in her parent’s
bedroom as they lay silent, sleeping in bed. At first it seams to
be a gentle, fun ghost, but it’s just a matter of time until the
supernatural force gets stronger and begins to terrorise all the
family members while trying to kidnap the young girl.
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7.
Halloween (2007)
I know some of you might be booing and hissing at this title,
but come on how can you not love this movie. It’s runs for a
solid 3 hours and shows you how Michael Myers became the
Halloween slasher of all time. It begins with a 10yr old boy
named Michael Myers who brutally kills his step father, his
elder sister and her boyfriend. Then in sixteen years later he
escapes from a mental institution, finds his way back home to
Haddonfield to and begins to slaughter innocent teenagers
that following Halloween night while being pursued by Dr Sam
Loomis.
Anyways Rob Zombies pre-sequel/remake is a must watch on
Halloween, it might not be as scary as John Carpenter’s
Halloween (1978) though it does deliver a good story which
leads up to a brilliant ending. If you want to watch a 6’ 10”
giant slitting throats open and ramming there bodies into walls
then this is the movie you want to watch or even re-watch.
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6.
Amityville Horror (1979)
Nothing quiet feels like Halloween without watching a spooky
house movie. Based on true events this movie will send a cold
chill across your skin at several times throughout this movie.
Amityville Horror is about a family of 5, which move into there
dream home to begin cherishing there family memories. Like all
house’s, it has a history, what the Lutz family doesn’t yet know
that on a dark stormy night a innocent family was brutally
murdered by the father which turns out to be possessed by a
demonic demon. As the Lutz just finished moving in, the begin
to feel a cold presence around them most of the time, as the
floor boards squeak late at night, the lights begin to flicker on
and off and as the father slowly begins to change for the
worst. The demon tries to relive that dreadful night once again
through another family, will they get out in time before it’s too
late.
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5.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Five friends go on a road trip to pay respects to there
grandfathers grave (which was apparently been ritualistically
desecrated) as there journey soon begins to change after they
pick up a hitchhiker who soon begins to slicing into his own
hand which a pocket knife. The teenagers soon kick the
inbreed freak out of the van and stop by their grandfathers old
family home to relive some of their childhood memories;
unfortunately for them the family next door are a bunch of
cannibalistic psychopaths who enjoy torturing people and
skinning them alive. One by one they stare in the face of a skin
wearing butcher who loves to use a chainsaw as a play tool.
Directed by Tobe Hooper which shot this filmmaker career to a
all time high, sadly ever since then none of his latest films have
ever out did this cult classic to this very day. There is no doubt
you haven’t heard or seen The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,
unless you live under a rock for the past 25 years. Anyways
this is always a good viewing on Halloween especially with a
group of people.
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4.
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
A group of punks await for their friend Freddy to finish work at
the Supply Medical Warehouse, while they wait for him to clock
out, they decide to kill some quality time with the dead in a old
cemetery near by. Later on that night the ghouls return back to
life in their caskets by a toxic gas released by Freddy and his
super attendant Frank. Soon the cemetery becomes a
smorgasbord for the dead which they cry out screaming for
‘brains’ the group soon have to retreat back to Morgue where
they find Freddy is a sickly pale state.
Directed by Dan O'Bannon whom pays respect to George
Romero’s Dead trilogy by spicing it up a few notches and
creating one of the most fast pacing, entertaining zombie
movies of all time; you have great 80’s punk music, great gore,
a sexy graveyard strip dance and dozen of brain chomping
decayed zombies chasing down helpless paramedics in a crisis
situation. Well worth the scares and a few good laughs this
Halloween.
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3.
Re-Animator (1985)
How can it be Halloween without you watching H.P. Lovecraft's
Re-Animator which was directed by Stuart Gordon? Re-
Animator is about a mad scientist named Herbert West (Jeffrey
Combs) who has created a secret serum that is able to
reanimate dead tissue back to life. As he begins to experiment
on his room mates dead cat, he is soon looking for a human
subject to test his serum on. The perfect candidate to try his
experiment serum on is his nosey professor.
A great film that every horror fan will enjoy watching. It has so
many graphic scenes that will have you turn your head to the
side and watch with one eye opened, and what else I love
about this film is that it has a very grotesque sense of humour
that you can ever imagine. Gore-hounds will definitely get their
trick or treat worth out of this prized little puppy. If you choose
to watch this movie, wait off till just after midnight with all the
lights off in the house, you’ll want to have someone hold your
hand if you need to go to the toilet that’s for sure.
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2.
The Evil Dead (1981)
Five friends head up the mountains to a remote cabin for a
weekend to relax and unwind from the stresses of the city. As
they soon find a book made of human flesh and an old tape
recorder hidden in the cellar, they manage to summon ancient
demons which are able to possess the living. Ash (Bruce
Campbell) is soon fighting for his life to survive the night by his
possess dead friends.
Sam Raimi created one of the most terrifying low budget films
of all time which today has made a killing in sales. This film is a
grand daddy of all horror movies and everyone should have at
least one of the 20 DVD releases in their collections. The Evil
Dead is must watch on Halloween and a fun game to play after
you watch this movie, turn off al the lights in your house, and
tie a piece of rope around both ankles which makes you unable
to take huge steps, and one by one you have to walk down
the back of the yard (alone) to fetch a item to return it, as the
next person takes that item back to the end of the yard. It is
always fun to put the item as close to the tree branches as
possible. Without a doubt some of you will come back with a
piss stain on your pajamas’.
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1.
Demons (1985)
Cheryl and Kathy skip night school and attend a private
screening for a horror movie at a local theatre down town. In
the lobby area it’s filled with props from the movie which is
about to play, as a prostitute who is fooling around with a
metal demon mask manages to scratch her face after trying to
scare her best friend and pimp. As they all begin to watch the
movie, the prostitute notices her face begins to bleed and
quickly goes to the toilet to try and stop the bleeding. Their
you witness her slowly transforming into a bloodthirsty demon
and while the movie plays the theatre is soon bordered up,
barricading the remaining people left inside to die and turn into
hideous ghoulish demons.
Demon’s is probably one of my favourite and most watched
horror movies of all time. I honestly can say I am not a huge
fan of Dario Argento who helped Italian director Lamberto Bava
out with the screenplay and directing. Demon’s is filled with
heaps of blood, guts and gore. They're so many scenes in this
film that will leave you breathless and gob smacked. If I
honestly had to pick one movie to watch on Halloween I highly
recommend you watch this movie dead on midnight. It’s a cult
classic, fast paced and extremely entertaining to watch, you
won’t regret watching this baby that is for sure.
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There you have it, a good entertaining night that you and your friends can sit down too and watch movies from dusk to dawn, whilst chowing
down on pop corn, pizza and chocolate. It’s a mixer of slasher, supernatural, possessed, demons and the un-dead all jammed together in one
nights worth of viewing pleasure. I hope this article was some sort of help to those who are not hardcore horror buffs like myself, this article has
been hand selected for the average movie watcher. But stay tuned for more of a gore-hounds Top 10 lists very shortly.
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