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13 Great Movies To Watch For Halloween

…And many contain scenes of female demise!!!

1 – Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063350/

The original classic George Romero zombie-fest! Shocking for it’s time and still holds up, especially when you watch it at night with the lights out! “They’re coming to get you Bar-ba-ra!”

2 – Horror Hotel (1960)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053719/

What a creepy and atmospheric witch’s tale! All shot on a sound stage and starring Christopher Lee! From the director of “The Night Stalker:”…The sacrifice scene is shocking and memorable!

3 – Mad Monster Party (1967)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061931/

Boris Karloff invites the Universal monsters to his castle for an unforgettable musical-monster – puppet bash! From the folks that brought you “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer”! Francesca has to be the only 40-DD puppet in film history!

4- Dark Night Of The Scarecrow (1981)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061931/
An excellent tv movie featuring a retarded man who is brutally killed by hateful townsfolk and comes back for revenge in the guise of a scarecrow!

5 – Psycho (1960)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/

Alfred Hitchcock, Norman Bates and Janet Leigh in the shower! What more do you need to know!

6 – The Haunting (1963)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057129/

I think this is the best haunted house movie ever made and you don’t see one ghost or monster! Masterfully directed by Robert Wise. Remade as “The Legend Of Hell House”, another good one!

7- Halloween (1978)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/

The movie that made Michael Meyers a household name! Carpenter did for Halloween what Hitchcock did for showers! What a simple and memorable musical theme as well!

8 – Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956))
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049366/

The classic, frightening tale of alien invasion. The lesson? Never go to sleep when there is a big, funny looking pod in the room! The last 10 minutes will have your heart racing! “They’re here already!...You’re next!”

9 – The Thing From Another World (1951)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044121/

Man versus alien in a remote arctic outpost! Howard Hawks directs the first great alien invasion of earth flick! “An intellectual carrot? The mind boggles!”…”Watch the skies!...Keep watching the skies!”

10 – The Night Stalker (1972)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067490/
The unforgettable tv movie that introduced the world to Carl Kolchak! One of the greatest vampire films from Dan “Dark Shadows” Curtis! The vampire stalks babes in Vegas!

11 – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072271/
Old Leatherface and his kin terrorize, kill and do other horrific things to a van full of young folk in rural Texas…Best seen with an audience at a midnight show!...The tension during the last 20 minutes is unbelievable!

12 – The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077681/
Wes Craven’s pulse pounding tale of one family fighting for survival in the desert against a deranged, feral family of murderers and cannibals. When I first saw this in the movies back in the day, people were screaming at the screen!

13 – The Exorcist (1973)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/
THE great tale of demonic possession…Often imitated, but never duplicated! The last battle between the priests and the demon will have you biting your nails down to the nubs! “The power of Christ compels you!”

Honorable mention:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/

…But only if you can catch it at a midnight showing with the full audience participation effect! “Come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab!”

O

Here is a free download and streaming link for one
of them, "Horror Hotel," a.k.a. "City of the Dead"



Al

Yes Forbidden Planet is one of my favourites too. For its day very advanced.

These are not necessarily what I consider the 13 best...Just 13 good ones that I would recommend. I could have easily named 50!

O

I think it's a great list. Especially because it contains the much-preferred
original versions of some of my all-time faves, "Psycho," "Invasion of the
Body Snatchers," "The Thing From Another World" and the aforementioned
"Horror Hotel."

I agree about the audience participation aspect of "The Rocky Horror Picture
Show," but I think It's still fun when watched accompanied only by a bowl of
popcorn. "Come up to the lab, and see what's on the slab." "And let's do the
time warp again!"

Al