# Any movies or TV shows you like to watch at least once for Halloween **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753 "2013-10-20T21:41:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/21 "2013-10-21T17:38:15Z")
I’m a traditionalist, too, and love the old classic horror films. We watched _Frankenstein_ on TCM a couple of weeks ago. However, I had no luck finding the 1931 classic version of _Dracula_, though I searched and searched the future programming on our DVR. Then we thought of youtube, and found it right away. We watched it last night, and it’s still creepy and perverse after all these years. As an aside, I watched this same _Dracula_ on broadcast television a few years ago, and some yahoo thought he’d be clever and dub in music to fill all the emptiness. Jerk. The weird cold silences are what helps to make the movie as strange and hypnotic as it is. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/22 "2013-10-21T19:51:53Z")
Usually it is a double feature of _Nightmare Before Christmas_ and Tim Burton’s _Sleepy Hollow_, although this year I am expecting the discs of _Gormenghast_ from Netflix, so I might substitute that. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/23 "2013-10-21T20:56:17Z")
We have been doing a marathon lately of the newer computer/stop-motion animation stuff. _Nightmare Befor Christmas_ _Coraline_ _Paranorman_ _Frankenweenie_ _Monster House_ ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/24 "2013-10-21T21:07:05Z")
Huh. I’m surprised to be the first to say Rocky Horror Picture Show. There’s always at least one nearby live show, along with midnight showings of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/25 "2013-10-21T21:51:37Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I’m a traditionalist, too, and love the old classic horror films. We watched _Frankenstein_ on TCM a couple of weeks ago. However, I had no luck finding the 1931 classic version of _Dracula_, though I searched and searched the future programming on our DVR. Then we thought of youtube, and found it right away. We watched it last night, and it’s still creepy and perverse after all these years. > > As an aside, I watched this same _Dracula_ on broadcast television a few years ago, and some yahoo thought he’d be clever and dub in music to fill all the emptiness. Jerk. The weird cold silences are what helps to make the movie as strange and hypnotic as it is. Hope they didn’t colorize it as well! (Sssshhhh…don’t give them any ideas.) Have you seen the Spanish version? It was shot at the same time as the English version, on the same sets. They shot the English version during the day and the Spanish at night with a Spanish speaking cast and a different director. Many people consider the Spanish version to be better. It’s included in the box set I have but I can’t say I found it to be superior. Maybe I am just biased to the version I grew up with. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/26 "2013-10-21T21:54:51Z")
[Spanish Dracula](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021815/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/27 "2013-10-21T22:54:54Z")
Quite a few. The first 3 Halloween movies. That includes Halloween III, Season of the Witch. The first 3 Friday the 13th movies. The original Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Invisible Man. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Fredric March version of Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde. I also like to sprinkle in several B movie horror films. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/28 "2013-10-22T00:11:38Z")
I like to watch multiple versions of some horror classic. I’ve watched marathon screenings of different versions of Dracula in two different years, and of Frankenstein. I could do The Phantom of the Opera, or the Wolfman, or Beowulf with Grendel this year. I own multiple versions of each. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/29 "2013-10-22T00:22:26Z")
I always watch the Halloween episode of Freaks and Geeks (Tricks and Treats) every year. And I try to watch “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” when I can find our DVD of it (which I couldn’t last night!) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/30 "2013-10-22T10:29:49Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Quite a few. > > The first 3 Halloween movies. That includes Halloween III, Season of the Witch. 9 more days til halloween halloween halloween 9 more days til halloween silver shamrock! It’s a bad movie, but I like it. Probably helps that it was the first Halloween I saw, and I had no idea who Michael Meyers was at the time, so the total lack of connection to 1 and 2 didn’t affect me at all. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/31 "2013-10-22T16:18:58Z")
I’ll catch The Great Pumpkin if I can, and probably The Nightmare Before Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/32 "2013-10-22T16:58:35Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Huh. I’m surprised to be the first to say Rocky Horror Picture Show. There’s always at least one nearby live show, along with midnight showings of the movie. I spent too many years performing the show to want to go see it anymore. 🙂 I always try to watch _Arsenic and Old Lace_ every year. One of my teachers sat us down to watch it for Halloween in junior high or so, and it’s become one of my absolute favorites. This year, I’ve also managed to sit down and watch _The Mummy, The Wolf Man_, and _House on Haunted Hill_. I was going to watch _Dracula_ last night, but I totally fell asleep. I am a huge fan of terrible horror flicks, so I watch them year-round. I save the good ones for Halloween season. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/33 "2013-10-22T17:15:47Z")
_The Crow_ is my one definite Halloween must-see, with _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ a close second. Others I’ve made a point to see include Carpenter’s original _Halloween_ (obviously, I guess), and the more recent entries _[Trick 'r Treat](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0862856/combined)_, and _[May](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303361/combined)_. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/34 "2013-10-22T18:16:16Z")
[Spaced Invaders](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100666/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) It’s not a Halloween movie as much as it’s a movie that occurs on Halloween. And where else do you get a 3 foot alien doing a dead-on impression of Jack Nicholson? ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/35 "2013-10-22T18:56:58Z")
_It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown_ and _Young Frankenstein_ for me. > [@](#): > > That’s FRONK -en -steen! ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/36 "2013-10-22T19:36:24Z")
We like to catch the 60s version of **The Haunting** , along with classics like **The Exorcist** , **Halloween** , and **Friday the 13th**. We also watch whatever horror happens to be on TV, along with renting a few DVDs (right now we have the **Dr. Phibes** set waiting for us). Plus, we try to catch whatever classics the local theaters are showing. This year we seem to be limited to the Riff Trax version of **NOTLD**. This is all in addition to the various streaming things we can find. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/37 "2013-10-22T20:49:43Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > We like to catch the 60s version of **The Haunting** , along with classics like **The Exorcist** , **Halloween** , and **Friday the 13th**. We also watch whatever horror happens to be on TV, along with renting a few DVDs (right now we have the **Dr. Phibes** set waiting for us). > Plus, we try to catch whatever classics the local theaters are showing. This year we seem to be limited to the Riff Trax version of **NOTLD**. This is all in addition to the various streaming things we can find. Anyone else going to the NOTLD Rifftrax at their local theater this Thursday? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/38 "2013-10-22T22:47:06Z")
It’s just not Halloween without The Rocky Horror Picture Show. (and Elvira, god, I miss Elvira - I could put on Elvira, Mistress of the Dark! It’s not scary, though). These are on while handing out candy at the door. Later on, if I could, I would watch The Haunting, Isle of the Dead, or (and this one seriously does scare me) the 1922 Nosferatu. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/39 "2013-10-23T12:46:10Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > Anyone else going to the NOTLD Rifftrax at their local theater this Thursday? ME!! We bought tickets ages ago, I almost forgot it was this week. 🙂 ---
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We always watch the Halloween episodes of _Buffy_. Ghost Willow and life-size demons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753.md?page=3)