The line between Halloween and horror can be a bit blurry at times. So I combined the two into one list.
1408: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson.
Based on a Stephen King short story about a cursed hotel room.
Blair Witch Project: Heather Donahue.
Found footage from a documentary crew that vanished in the Maryland woods. Cost less than $1 million to make. Box office of $248 million.
Bug: Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon.
Based on a Tracy Letts play. Psychological horror.
Also with Harry Connick Jr.
Corpse Bride: Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp.
Stop motion animation. A groom-to-be accidentally marries a deceased woman.
Also with Tracey Ullman and Emily Watson.
Cube: Nicole de Boer.
Sci-fi horror. Six strangers are locked in a maze with deadly traps and have to find a way out.
Dracula: Winona Ryder, Gary Oldman.
Based on a Bram Stoker novel. The guy with weird teeth goes to England, where weird teeth are accepted.
Friday the 13th: Adrienne King, Kevin Bacon.
Slasher classic. There's a killer on the loose at Camp Crystal Lake.
Halloween: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence.
Slasher classic. Murderer Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to his hometown to go on a killing spree.
I Know What You Did Last Summer: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Loosely based on a Lois Duncan novel. Teen-agers cover up a killing, then are targets themselves a year later.
Nightmare on Elm Street: Johnny Depp, Heather Langenkamp.
Slasher sleeper. Freddy Krueger kills people in their dreams, which also kills them in real life.
Practical Magic: Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock.
Based on an Alice Hoffman novel. Two witch sisters live with their aunts in a small town.
Also with Dianne Wiest.
Scream: Courteney Cox, Neve Campbell.
Comedic horror. The Ghostface killer is on the loose.
Also with David Arquette.
Scream 2: Courteney Cox, Neve Campbell. Sequel to Scream. Ha.
Shining: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall.
Based on a Stephen King novel. A struggling author loses his mind in an old hotel during its winter off-season.
Also with Scatman Crothers.
Vamps: Krysten Ritter, Alicia Silverstone.
Comedic horror. Female vampires in New York City deal with relationship issues and bad vampire p.r.
Also with Sigourney Weaver.
Young Frankenstein: Gene Wilder, Teri Garr.
Comedic horror. Loosely based on a Mary Shelley novel. Frankenstein is the doctor.
Also with Peter Boyle.
Anyway, give me your top three Halloween or horror movies and I'll send a PWE of football cards to a random entrant. U.S. and previous commenters only.
Deadline: Three days from posting. So Thursday.
The Original Halloween
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The Exorcist.
Happy Halloween!
You too.
DeleteSo many good horror movies. I was always partial to any horror movie with Bela Lugosi, but would also agree with the original Friday the 13th and Halloween movies. The original Pet Cemetery was good too. Also, 1408 was released with an alternate ending.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that about 1408.
DeleteI don't really collect football, so I'll defer the contest to others. However, I will say that "Young Frankenstein" is one of my all-time favorites and one that I can and have watched a hundred times and still find it funny! (Oh, and I got your Time Travel cards yesterday - thanks!)
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DeleteAside from Halloween, our tastes in horror movies couldn't be more different. I like Young Frankenstein too, but that's just a straight up comedy to me.
ReplyDeleteWikipedia classifies it as comedy horror. I'm inclined to agree with you though.
DeleteAnyway, the Frankenstein story seems Halloweeny to me.
Not a big fan of the genre, but I did enjoy the original Scream. I don't know if Seven would fit the list, but it's horror enough for me. I'll have to say Army of Darkness also to round off my Top 3.
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