So, All Hallow's Eve is approaching, and I am pumped. I've already limited my cinematic intake considerably, meaning that I've narrowed it down to a seasonal diet of horror and/or Halloween-ish films. Of course, I break free now and again - I have to, being a film critic - but this time of year, I simply crave these. It's quite an appetite. Out of nothing more than sheer boredom, I have provided a list of films - some essential, and some not so much - that should enhance your enjoyment of this wicked little holiday.
In no particular order, here they are:
1. The Shining
2. The Nightmare Before Christmas
3. House on Haunted Hill (The original with Vincent Price, although the remake is fun, too.)
4. Carrie
5. Trick 'r Treat
6. Creepshow
7. The Exorcist
8. Vampyr
9. Bram Stoker's Dracula
10. Bride of Frankenstein
11. Session 9
12. The Craft
13. The Others
14. The House of the Devil
15. Suspiria
16. Psycho (Psycho II, III, and IV are quite nifty. Add those.)
17. The Blair Witch Project
18. John Carpenter's Halloween
19. Paperhouse
20. The Company Of Wolves
21. Eraserhead
22. Stir of Echoes
23. Death Becomes Her
24. Hocus Pocus
25. Dark Night of the Scarecrow
26. John Carpenter's The Fog
27. The Orphanage
28. The Devil's Backbone
29. Sleepy Hollow
30. Pet Sematary
31. Misery
32. May
33. The Babadook
34. Donnie Darko
35. Deep Red
36. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
37. Mad Monster Party
38. The Devil's Advocate
39. The Fly
40. Candyman
41. The Changeling
42. Burnt Offerings
43. The Watcher in the Woods
44. The Uninvited (1944)
45. Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte
46. Sweeney Todd
47. Identity
48. Event Horizon
49. Let The Right One In
50. Jan Svankmajer's Alice
51. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
52. Scream
53. The Ring
54. The Sixth Sense
55. The Halloween Tree
56. Gothic
57. Lady in White
58. The Old Dark House
59. The Innocents
60. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
61. The Wicker Man (original!)
62. Rosemary's Baby
63. Salem's Lot
64. The Mothman Prophecies
65. Jacob's Ladder
66. Silent Hill
67. Return to Oz
68. The Evil Dead I and II
69. Drag Me To Hell
70. Beetlejuice
71. John Carpenter's The Thing
72. Nosferatu
73. Freaks
74. The Invisible Man
75. The Blob
76. Eyes Without a Face
77. Carnival of Souls
78. The Haunting (Robert Wise version)
79. Repulsion
80. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
81. Haxan
82. Hour of the Wolf
83. Night of the Living Dead (original)
84. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (starring Lionel Barrymore)
85. An American Werewolf in London
86. A Nightmare on Elm Street (original)
87. Cape Fear (both the original and the remake; I prefer the remake)
88. Night of the Hunter
89. The Silence of the Lambs
90. Lost Highway
91. Inland Empire
92. Coraline
93. The Ninth Gate
94. Shadow of the Vampire
95. Ghostbusters
96. The Descent
97. Bug
98. Zombieland
99. Paranormal Activity
100. House of Wax (original)
In no particular order, here they are:
1. The Shining
2. The Nightmare Before Christmas
3. House on Haunted Hill (The original with Vincent Price, although the remake is fun, too.)
4. Carrie
5. Trick 'r Treat
6. Creepshow
7. The Exorcist
8. Vampyr
9. Bram Stoker's Dracula
10. Bride of Frankenstein
11. Session 9
12. The Craft
13. The Others
14. The House of the Devil
15. Suspiria
16. Psycho (Psycho II, III, and IV are quite nifty. Add those.)
17. The Blair Witch Project
18. John Carpenter's Halloween
19. Paperhouse
20. The Company Of Wolves
21. Eraserhead
22. Stir of Echoes
23. Death Becomes Her
24. Hocus Pocus
25. Dark Night of the Scarecrow
26. John Carpenter's The Fog
27. The Orphanage
28. The Devil's Backbone
29. Sleepy Hollow
30. Pet Sematary
31. Misery
32. May
33. The Babadook
34. Donnie Darko
35. Deep Red
36. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
37. Mad Monster Party
38. The Devil's Advocate
39. The Fly
40. Candyman
41. The Changeling
42. Burnt Offerings
43. The Watcher in the Woods
44. The Uninvited (1944)
45. Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte
46. Sweeney Todd
47. Identity
48. Event Horizon
49. Let The Right One In
50. Jan Svankmajer's Alice
51. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
52. Scream
53. The Ring
54. The Sixth Sense
55. The Halloween Tree
56. Gothic
57. Lady in White
58. The Old Dark House
59. The Innocents
60. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
61. The Wicker Man (original!)
62. Rosemary's Baby
63. Salem's Lot
64. The Mothman Prophecies
65. Jacob's Ladder
66. Silent Hill
67. Return to Oz
68. The Evil Dead I and II
69. Drag Me To Hell
70. Beetlejuice
71. John Carpenter's The Thing
72. Nosferatu
73. Freaks
74. The Invisible Man
75. The Blob
76. Eyes Without a Face
77. Carnival of Souls
78. The Haunting (Robert Wise version)
79. Repulsion
80. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
81. Haxan
82. Hour of the Wolf
83. Night of the Living Dead (original)
84. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (starring Lionel Barrymore)
85. An American Werewolf in London
86. A Nightmare on Elm Street (original)
87. Cape Fear (both the original and the remake; I prefer the remake)
88. Night of the Hunter
89. The Silence of the Lambs
90. Lost Highway
91. Inland Empire
92. Coraline
93. The Ninth Gate
94. Shadow of the Vampire
95. Ghostbusters
96. The Descent
97. Bug
98. Zombieland
99. Paranormal Activity
100. House of Wax (original)
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