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Old 09-19-2016, 09:41 AM
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Question Halloween movies to start the season?

What movies do you start off the Halloween season with.

I like to begin with films a little less seasonal in tone and work up toward my Halloween marathon just before the holiday.

This year starting off with some newer films.

Unfriended
Gallows
Blair Witch
The Boy
Purge I and II
Krampus
Ouija
Visit
The Forest
Oculus
Stephen King's better films (Pet Sematary, Cujo, Dreamcatcher....and, especially terrifying this year, IT)

Thinking I should have an politics-themed night given the election. What is the best horror film involving American politics? I came up with They Live but seems a little subtle.

Have a great Halloween season.

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Old 09-19-2016, 09:49 AM
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I would have added The Witch to that list
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Old 09-19-2016, 09:51 AM
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Love seeing this kind of topic, because it means it's THAT time of year!

I approach my Hallowday viewing the same way, MM. It's not until about two weeks before All Hallows' Eve that I dig into the deeper seasonal stuff.

Right now, I'm eyeing some old 50's era monster flicks. The Blob (58), The Deadly Mantis, The Giant Claw, Tarantula...I always gravitate toward this kind of thing as a kickoff to the holiday. As the season goes on, I get more into the bloody, gory, psycho jive we all love so much.

Political horror? Look no further than The Tripper. That's a fun slasher flick!
And how about Blue Sunshine, Jeff Lieberman's bizzare acid flashback freak show?

And a Happy Hallowday to you Michael Myers! I know this season means so, so much to you...and your family.

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I would have added The Witch to that list
It's on my night before Halloween list!
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Old 09-19-2016, 09:55 AM
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I would have added The Witch to that list
Done.

Some films we might all take time to watch In Memoriam:

Young Frankenstein (Gene Wilder)

Phantasm (Tall Man)

Batman (Prince)
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On Halloween Eve and Halloween I watch all the Universal and Hammer movies that I own.
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Old 09-19-2016, 11:11 AM
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On Halloween Eve and Halloween I watch all the Universal and Hammer movies that I own.
Yes I would think in your home The Curse of Frankenstein is reserved for prime time.
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....off the top of my head.....

Kick it off subtley with these old skool silent flicks...

The Penalty (1920)
The Cat and The Canary (1927)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)

Then slowly mess up yer head with these modern Originals....

28 Days Later (2002)
Quarantine (2008)
Blair Witch Project (1999)
Saw (2004)
Slient Hill (2006)
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....After that mix it up with these splashy Sequels,Remakes,and Originals....

Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Candyman (1992)
Halloween 2 (2009)
Evil Dead 2 (1987)
House of a Thousand Corpses (2003)


...Then throw in a nice dark heart breaker...

The Road (2009)

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