Go ahead with supernatural week. The Haunting is a good choice for that week.

The original House on Haunted Hill freaked me OUT when I watched 20 some odd years ago...



I like the way you think! ::big grin::



Good call. I don't think I've actually seen The Haunting... I think I get it confused with The Innocents, which absolutely creeped me out.

You've never seen the Haunting??

I've never seen the original, only the remake.

I think so! Looking forward to finally seeing it!

One of the best aspects of The Haunting is the sound. You'll hear sound effects right out of Evil Dead 2 (recreated, not ripped), especially the "breaking into our world" sequence. In fact, the story sequence of The Haunting has similarities to Evil Dead 2.

I will miss The Thing (1982), but I agree with swapping out aliens for supernatural, Halloween really is not complete without supernatural. The original Haunting would be a good one. The others would be good too, personally I would go for two movies that are scarier, but those are not bad choices in any case (The Changeling, Paranormal Activity, The Blair Witch Project are a few off the top of my head). As for slashers, I love Psycho (which is really not a slasher), but if you have not seen Sleepaway Camp, I would say that would be good to replace it with. You really need to see Sleepaway Camp, it was really good.

The Changeling is a good choice. I don't think I saw the whole film yet. The Entity 1982 is a good choice too. Both haven't been 'overseen'.

For Slashers, I think Peeping Tom would be a good choice, as it hasn't been over played like Halloween and Psycho. Plus I haven't seen it. I understand it's not a mind-numbing Friday the 13th slasher, it's more in the Psycho vein. Night of the Hunter would be a good choice too.

I would definitely recommend The Changeling for the supernatural week, along with The Woman in Black (1989)... I'd throw The Sentinel in there too, but it might not be to everyone's tastes....

If you can get hold of a few of the M.R James adaptations filmed for the BBC they are great and clock in around 30mins. Highly recommended. Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968) and A Warning to the Curious (1972) are quality.

Chrono and hammerfan (really????) you two both need to see The Haunting. It is by far the best haunted house movie ever made - and that's not just MY opinion. I don't care what any other nay-sayers around here might opine- The Haunting is ground zero for haunted houses. It's the template all others come from.

Stylish, subtle, and just seething with subtext. A filmic masterpiece.

Super Ditto!!

Sorry...but as a huge fan of the original Haunting I must say...I'm :shocked: & feel sad for Hammy & Chrono here...as HDC's 2 great Horror Movie aficionados, it's a SHAME that you still haven't seen this Masterpiece! Like NE said, it should consider as the Holy Book for any young or new Horror (Haunted House) film maker.

STOP DOING WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING NOW...GO AND FIND THIS MOVIE IN WHATEVER WAY POSSIBLE ASAP, THEN PLEASE SEE IT INSTANTLY AND MAKE YOUR THIS YEAR'S HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!!

After watching THE EVIL, I'm interested in revisiting THE ENTITY.

Those who prefer to imagine horror rather than see it, THE HAUNTING is a can't-miss. I found it rather tedious, as the essence of the medium is to show, not evoke. For the majority of its runtime, I had to do the scribe's work, and I don't recall there being anything particularly clever about its non-narrative aspects.

I expected nothing less than this.

Oh, I know. It's not a conscious thing, it's just that I haven't gotten around to it. I definitely want to see it because I've heard so many good things about it, not the least of which is Julie Harris's performance.

Hrm... So maybe I should watch The Haunting separately from my marathon. I'm having fun but the live chat distracts me.

Unless you don't like it (which is unlikely), you should still consider keeping it. It is a perfect supernatural movie for the Halloween season.

Straker, you do have a secret treasure trove of cool films (like Street of Crocodiles). I'm gonna check those out. I would never know about these if you didn't mention them. Keep em coming.
To date, I've never seen a film go where The Entity did - like the plexiglass room in the laboratory. It's unique.

The Haunting - Even in film, I think some things are best left to the superior format of the imagination. Yes, in film, show us, don't tell us, but film still takes place in the mind. Sound & innuendo are quite effective for that.

Also with The Haunting, I could see where you'd find some parts tedious, but that's where the subtleties of actors come in. In those 'slower parts', one has to really pay close attention to the subtle facial, voice and body postures of the actors - they're conveying a lot of subtext: how the Dr Markway feels about the vulnerable Nell, Theo flirting with Nell, etc; how that's shaping what's happening in the house, and how it's going to turn out. The characters are making the outcomes & story, not the entity of the house.

Thanks for your input so far, guys! Just updated...

Week 6: The Supernatural
Dates: October 19th, 21st, and 23rd

• The Haunting (1963)
• Legend of Hell House (1973)
• The Changeling (1980)
• Also in Consideration: House on Haunted Hill (either version)

I feel like it's missing a more "modern" supernatural film but I've seen quite a lot of them and they're fresh in my memory (Blair Witch, the PA movies, J-Horror, etc...) - I think I'm going to take the opportunity to watch supernatural movies I haven't seen (Note: Don't torch me over Legend of Hell House - That one I HAVE seen; it's just been a while ::stick out tongue::).

The characters' motivations seemed too obvious to be called subtext. I hold firm that this film is a melodrama masquerading as a haunted house flick, which explains its mass appeal.

I wrote this on your FB group page, but thought I would post it here, too.

I have a suggestion for next year, if you do this again: giant monsters, i.e., Godzilla, Them!, Tarantula, The Giant Gila Monster, etc.

What a totally original idea that absolutely nobody else on this forum has done for their own marathon. ::wink::

Doh! Sorry, Villain! ::sad::::stick out tongue::

Hey friends! Happy Horror Hump Day!

This movie marathon is making me EXTREMELY happy, so thank you to all who have participated so far!

I think that I might make a couple of tweaks to the schedule...

Since I am turning into an OLD MAID, the 8:00 weekday start time is pushing the evening out later than I'd like (add in fun post-movie conversation time and I'm getting to bed closer to midnight!) - I'd like to propose a 7:00 start time for the Tuesday and Thursday shows... What do you think?

I won't be able to make Sunday's viewing, sorry!

Excellent choices. The original Nippon version of Godzilla is a good film to see with friends, depression is best experienced together.

Interesting... did you know Gila and Attack of the Killer Shrews was made back-to-back by Ray Kellogg? So, with the skype room, can you hear people's comments well? and is there a delay? Cause Gila sucks, & without lampooning is a bore. I might recommend a better film, or the MST2K version instead.

Tarantula is a decent 50's film, maybe a bit overseen for a film with not a lot of re-watchability, IMO.

I recommend better &/or lesser seen giant monster films:

20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) - Ray Harryhausen does some of his finest stopaction animation.
Pacific Rim (2013) - excellent Del Toro film
Destroy All Monsters (1968) - best Godzilla sci-fi film
Jurassic Park (1993) - good movie, been a long time for most.
Godzilla Vs the Smog Monster (1971) - rich, dark, psychedelic Godzilla film, just read it's Roger Ebert's fav G film.
Monsters (2010) - film won Gareth Edwards directorial dibs on Godzilla2014
Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris (1999) - 91% rottentomatoes, good FX & story

What does Nippon version mean?

I myself have not yet seen either of those films, I am not sure if I own them. I do think I own Killer Shrews. So far, we have been using imeetings. There is video/audio component. If you at least have the equipment, you are able to use live chat (like a chatroom). There is a delay for the speaking part. It seems like the program crashes alot though and I have only been on with me and ChronoGrl, so not sure how it works with more than two people practically speaking.

I have seen Tarntula, but it has been a while, I need to watch it again.

Of all the others, the only one I have actually seen is Jurassic Park, which I absolutely loved (do not consider it horror at all though). Clearly, I need to watch more monster movies.

And, to clarify, ChronoGrl is not actually doing this, this is just a suggestion for next year.

I think Nippon version = Japanese version, maybe? (or maybe the original version?)

I like to pretend to know stuff. ::wink::

I love the idea of doing another Giant Monster week - the hubby loves them and we own quite a few (Giant Leeches and Killer Shrews I know off the top of my head)...

Yes, he means the original Japanese version, titled Gojira. There are no American characters, and it's really a much more atmospheric and foreboding film. Those who haven't seen it, really should make time for it. It's an important piece of post war filmmaking.

I picked a movie from the list per week. I try to watch a movie or two a week. But I'm behind on TV shows too. I think I'll schedule next year better so I can watch a horror movie every other night or something in October. Plus I was looking to see what movies are on cable and saw that Encore has what seems to be all the Hellraiser movies up. I've only seen the first and I barely remember it. I saw the original Prom Night on too. I've never seen that one. So my schedule from the list will be:

Night of the Living Dead - This one is always on demand.
Halloween (original) - I always watch this on the 31st but it never gets old.
The Haunting - I want to see this again. I'll try to find it.
Evil Dead II - I've never seen this one and have only seen the Evil Dead remake. So I'm going to make an attempt on Evil Dead I & II this Halloween.

Add in those Hellraiser movies and Prom Night probably on weekends.