I make a point to always watch The Thing every October. it's probably my favorite horror flick of all time. great story, great actors, great soundtrack...it has it all
Movie Recommendations for Halloween
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I make a point to always watch The Thing every October. it's probably my favorite horror flick of all time. great story, great actors, great soundtrack...it has it all
Beer. Fixes everything.
Speaking of redbacks, I've found five big fat ones in my house over the last few weeks. Summers coming...
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SiBurning (and everyone else) thanks for all the info.
I'm glad to see someone else mention Dark City, I thought that one was a great sleeper hit.
and it's true, no one has really pulled off Lovecraft yet. I think S. King tried with a story in Nightmare + Dreamscapes, but would have to check--I remember the TV version being so-so.
I'm glad to see someone else mention Dark City, I thought that one was a great sleeper hit.
and it's true, no one has really pulled off Lovecraft yet. I think S. King tried with a story in Nightmare + Dreamscapes, but would have to check--I remember the TV version being so-so.
There actually is some good Lovecraft: http://www.lurkerfilms.com/cat/index.html
You can buy these in a few other places online, too.
That list I posted is just an intro or sampler to people basically unfamiliar with horror. I purposely left out a lot of stuff like the well known classics (like Bela's Dracula) and stuff best left for more interested fans.
You can buy these in a few other places online, too.
That list I posted is just an intro or sampler to people basically unfamiliar with horror. I purposely left out a lot of stuff like the well known classics (like Bela's Dracula) and stuff best left for more interested fans.
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Based on the ones I am familiar with SiBurning has a great list. Here are some of my favorites from his list...
Not a scary movie but definitely a good Halloween movie. Good movie at anytime. Fascinating and touching.
Directed by James Whale of Frankenstein (and better yet Bride of Frankenstein) fame. DVD includes very interesting commentary by Gloria Stewart and interview with Curtis Harrington who dug this print out of obscurity. Karloff is in the movie, but his part is almost a cameo (not quite). The real stars are the ensemble cast -- Ernest ("have a potato") Thesiger, Eva ("it'll rot") Moore, Melvyn Douglas, Raymond Massey, Gloria Stuart, Lilian Bond, and surprisingly Charles Laughton!
Anything produced by Val Lewton that was directed by Jacques Tourneur is worth as look. Cat People is the archetype. I also recommend I Walked With a Zombie.
One of the best in this list.
SiBurning: I thought I was the only person on earth that had seen the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari!
I'm going to reccomend Serpent and the Rainbow even creepier when you keep in mind that it was "based" on true events. (kinda)
I'm going to reccomend Serpent and the Rainbow even creepier when you keep in mind that it was "based" on true events. (kinda)
Excellent film! I forgot about this one, and as always a conversation about The Serpent and The Rainbow inevitably leads to the even creepier and better Angel Heart.
I need to rewatch Angel Heart, I can't remember it at all.
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From Beyond---great
the Reanimator--good
the unnameable--silly,good
and there is an 80's horror movie starring either micheal nouri or chris sarandon that was pretty good about a fellow who dabbles with an antique book and gets a lot more than he desired.i think it was not credited as a HPL derivation.
From Beyond---great
the Reanimator--good
the unnameable--silly,good
and there is an 80's horror movie starring either micheal nouri or chris sarandon that was pretty good about a fellow who dabbles with an antique book and gets a lot more than he desired.i think it was not credited as a HPL derivation.
+1 on Pumpkinhead. Along similar lines is The Evil Dead. A very different beast than its sequel.
Necronomicon?
If not, maybe you'll find it in my list of Lovecraft films. A * just means I have it on DVD. If anyone can fill in which stories the other films are from, please let me know. One of these days I have to make a list of Poe on film.
Marca del muerto, La (1961) [Lovecraft: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward ]
* The Haunted Palace (1963) [Lovecraft: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward ]
* Die, Monster, Die! (1965) Karloff [Lovecraft: The Colour Out of Space]
* Shuttered Room, The (1967) (aka. Blood Island [which is a cut version])
* Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) (Karloff, Lee, Steele) [Lovecraft: Dreams in the Witch House]
* The Dunwich Horror (1970) [Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror]
"Night Gallery" - The Cold (1970) [Lovecraft: Cool Air]
"Night Gallery" - Pickman's Model (1971) [Lovecraft: Pickman's Model]
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973) [Lovecraft: The Shadow Over Innsmouth]
The Music of Erich Zann (1980) [Lovecraft: The Music Of Erich Zann]
City of the Living Dead (1980) (aka. Paura nella città dei morti viventi; The Gates of Hell) (Dir. Lucio Fulci) [Lovecraft: ]
* The House by The Cemetery (1981) (aka. Quella villa accanto al cimitero; Zombie Hell House) (Dir. Lucio Fulci) [Lovecraft: ]
* Creepshow (1982) (Dir. George A. Romero) [Lovecraft: The Colour Out of Space]
* Re-Animator (1985) [Lovecraft: Herbert West: Reanimator]
* From Beyond (1986) [Lovecraft: From Beyond]
* The Curse (1987) (aka. The Well; The Farm) [Lovecraft: The Colour Out of Space]
The Unnamable (1988) [Lovecraft: The Unnamable]
Dark Heritage (1989) [Lovecraft: The Lurking Fear]
Bride of Re-Animator (1990) (aka. Re-Animator 2) [Lovecraft: Herbert West: Reanimator]
The Resurrected (1992) (aka. Shatterbrain) [Lovecraft: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward]
* Necronomicon (1993) [Lovecraft: various]
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993) (aka. H.P. Lovecraft's The Unnamable Returns; The Unnamable Returns) [Lovecraft: The Statement of Randolph Carter]
Lurking Fear (1994) [Lovecraft: The Lurking Fear]
* The Outsider (1994/II) [Lovecraft: The Outsider]
Castle Freak (1995) (aka. Stuart Gordon's Castle Freak) [Lovecraft: The Outsider]
Bleeders (1997) [Lovecraft: The Lurking Fear]
Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft (1998) [Lovecraft: ]
* Cool Air (1999) [Lovecraft: Cool Air]
Mystery of Necronomicom: Book of the Dead (1999) (aka. Kuro no dansho) [Lovecraft: ]
Return to Innsmouth (1999) (V) [Lovecraft: The Shadow Over Innsmouth]
* Chilean Gothic (2000) [Lovecraft: Pickman's Model]
* Pickman's Model (2000) (aka. Chilean Gothic) [Lovecraft: ]
* Rough Magik (2000) [Lovecraft: ]
* Dagon (2001) [Lovecrft: Dagon]
The Incredible Invasion (1971) [Lovecraft: The Whisperer in Darkness]
* Nyarlathotep (2001) [Lovecraft: Nyarlathotep]
Peuple ancien, Le (2001) [Lovecraft: The Very Old Folk]
Rats in the Walls (2001) (V) [Lovecraft: The Rats in the Walls]
The Testament of Tom Jacoby (2001) [Lovecraft: The Beast in the Cave]
* Unknown Beyond (2001) (aka. Maelstrom - Il figlio dell'altrove) [lovecraft: ]
The Evil Clergymen (2002) [Lovecraft: The Evil Clergyman]
The Music of Erica Zann (2002) [Lovecraft: The Music Of Erich Zann]
Pulse Pounders (2002) [Lovecraft: ]
Rats in the Walls 2 (2002) (V) [Lovecraft: The Rats in the Walls]
* Beyond Re-Animator (2003) [Lovecraft: Herbert West: Reanimator]
La Casa sfuggita (2003) (V) [Lovecraft: The Music Of Erich Zann]
La Clé d'argent (2003) (short, 7 mins, from Switzerland) [Lovecraft: The Silver Key]
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (2003) [Lovecraft: The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath]
The Eldritch Influence: The Life, Vision, and Phenomenon of H.P. Lovecraft (2003)
* An Imperfect Solution: A Tale of the Re-Animator (2003) (aka. An Imperfect Solution; Cry of the Cadaver: A Tale of the Re-Animator) [Lovecraft: Cool Air (Reanimator)]
Pickman's Model (2003) [Lovecraft: Pickman's Model]
* The Shunned House (2003) (aka. La Casa sfuggita) [Lovecraft: The Shunned House]
The Thing on the Doorstep (2003) [Lovecraft: The Thing on the Doorstep]
Angry and Moist: An Undead Chronicle (2004) [Lovecraft: Herbert West: Reanimator]
Innsmouth Legacy (2004) [Cosmic Horror Fun-Pak", Guerilla Productions] [Lovecraft: ]
13:de mars 1941 (2004) [Lovecraft: The Statement of Randolph Carter]
Asleep in the Deep (2005) [Lovecraft: The Music Of Erich Zann]
* The Call of Cthulhu (2005) [Lovecraft: The Call of Cthulhu]
Masters of Horror: Dreams in the Witch House (2005) [Lovecraft: Dreams in the Witch House]
The Statement of Randolph Carter (2005) [Lovecraft: The Statement of Randolph Carter]
Strange Aeons: The Thing on the Doorstep (2005) [Lovecraft: The Thing on the Doorstep]
The Statement of Randolph Carter (2005) [Lovecraft: ]
Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2006) [Lovecraft: Beyond the Wall of Sleep]
* LovecraCked! The Movie (2006) [Lovecraft: ]
* Cthulhu (2007)
House of Re-Animator (2008) [Lovecraft: Herbert West: Reanimator]
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-- Lovecraft-mythos related things. From a thread on Classic Horror Film Board. Not sure I agree with all of them.
It Came From Beneath The Sea
Creature From The Black Lagoon
Monster Of Piedras Blancas
Beyond Atlantis
Humanoids from the deep
MESSIAH OF EVIL is a disguised adaptation of THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH
THE BEAST WITHIN likewise is a heavily disguised variation on THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD
Night Monster
Cloverfield
Alien vs. Predator
The Thing
THE INVISIBLE RAY (The Colour Out of Space)
Dan O' Bannon's 1992 film, THE RESURRECTED was a clever updating of the Charles Dexter Ward tale
The Invisible Ray (Boris is Wilbur)
WAR-GODS OF THE DEEP
THE SHE-CREATURE
The DOOMWATCH
DARK INTRUDER, with its plot about possession by a Sumerian demon, was writtten by Barre Lyndon
DEEP RISING
LEVIATHAN
THE KINDRED
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C'mon guys...The Reanimator? Seriously? I mean, its not really for this forum...but when the decapitated head starts making out with the bound chick, it really kinda went south for me...
What a fantastic movie! Every frame is a labor of love and it shows. Thanks for listing all of the Lovecraft adaptations too. I wish that there were more good ones. Any recommendations out of the newer ones? I actually thought that "Dreams in the Witch House" captured something of the feel of Lovecraft. Anything else?
I agree...there are some excellent thriller/horror films discussed here that are above the level of some of the others. Reanimator is way at the bottom. Scary movies for adults...The Shining; Silence of The Lambs; etc. Scary movies for adults and younger...28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later; and lots of others here. Not scary, or silly, or shocking, or (worst) horror porn, for children...Saw series; Hostel; Reanimator; etc.
By the way, the earlier mention of M really stirred me. I love that film and do not think of it as a thriller but more of a political commentary. Thinking on it now though, it must have been tantamount to The Silence of The Lambs when it was released.
So...in that I guess a lot of the above should be considered "guilty pleasures," if you will, I will toss in mine. Prince of Darkness by John Carpenter. I recall a bunch of buddies and our dates going to see this one Friday night in the 80s and being so scared at the end, we were weak kneed. No joke.
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I remember when the "twist" became apparent in Angel Heart.....chilling.
Was Chubby Checkers in that?
Not to take a cheap shot, too
, but was this before or after the introduction of the two major characters Harry Angel and Louis Cypher?Serpent and the Rainbow isn't bad, although the book is better. I read it on an off-season vacation with my wife to a Caribbean resort--not a good choice. The isolated old plantation-style hotel where we were staying was next to empty and I would sit out on the veranda in the evening reading. Got a little creepy.
Nosferatu is a timeless classic. We're actually going to see it on Halloween at the Disney Concert Hall here in L.A. It'll be accompanied with live organ music. It should be great! 
Another vote for The Innocents (1961). It has a pretty creepy feel to it, definitely a good Halloween movie.
Although not scary, I also like The Nightmare Before Christmas and Sleepy Hollow. I think they're great Halloween Movies.
Another vote for The Innocents (1961). It has a pretty creepy feel to it, definitely a good Halloween movie.
Although not scary, I also like The Nightmare Before Christmas and Sleepy Hollow. I think they're great Halloween Movies.
oohh, I love that movie... I haven't seen in over a decade, time to rent it again.
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