# If you like Halloween/Horror Films Check This Out... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760 "2015-09-12T00:25:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/81 "2015-10-11T20:04:12Z")
Final Destination 1 Dumb but fun…and bonus points for using a John Denver song in a film about a plane crash. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/82 "2015-10-12T12:28:32Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > [Jeepers Creepers (2001) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263488/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) > > Jeepers Creepers > > A soon to be classic that is one of the best horror films I have seen. Very good in every respect. You will probably be watching this one more than once. Definitely, though only the first one (I think they made three). It borders on cheesy but somehow redeems itself with some creepy imagery and a few parts that are truly suspenseful (such as the first time we see Mr. Creepers). The end scene is worth everything that came before it. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/83 "2015-10-14T05:26:16Z")
Body Bags This is a 1992 throwback to 50s and 60s horror comic books. Its helmed by John Carpenter and has an excellent cast. Its rather men but if you are a fan of the genre and all the talent involved then definitely give it a watch. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/84 "2015-10-14T15:23:49Z")
Drag Me To Hell This Sam Reini horror/comedy was awesomely whacky and fun. One caveat: Some really hate this movie…really hate it. Lots of 1/10s at imdb. Go into this with low expectations. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/85 "2015-10-14T18:53:02Z")
The Cell Dark. Visually stunning. Brilliant. Yet oddly hurt by the horribly miscast Jennifer Lopez and the slightly miscast Vince Vaughn. This is Vincent D’Anofrios film and he is as sick and twisted as ever. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/86 "2015-10-18T16:21:31Z")
The Other (1972) This film is a forgotten classic. Taken from the Tom Tyron novel, this is the story of twins growing up in 1920s rural America. One is good… Awesome performances, awesome atmosphere. Great movie. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/87 "2015-10-18T23:22:23Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263488/?ref\_=fn\_al\_tt\_1](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263488/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) > > Jeepers Creepers > > A soon to be classic that is one of the best horror films I have seen. Very good in every respect. You will probably be watching this one more than once. That’s one of those movies I can’t bring myself to watch again, due to finding out the director is an actual creeper. I have similar issues with Roman Polanski’s movies. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/88 "2015-10-19T00:24:42Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > That’s one of those movies I can’t bring myself to watch again, due to finding out the director is an actual creeper. > > I have similar issues with Roman Polanski’s movies. Could you please elaborate? ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/89 "2015-10-19T01:03:33Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Could you please elaborate? > **[Victor Salva](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Salva)** > > Victor Ronald Salva (born March 29, 1958) is an American film director, screenwriter, and convicted sex offender. The self-described protégé of Francis Ford Coppola, he is best known for writing and directing the horror films Jeepers Creepers (2001), Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), and Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017). > Salva's career has been controversial due to his 1988 conviction for sexually abusing Nathan Forrest Winters, the 12-year-old star of his debut feature film Clownhouse (1989), during its pr... > [@](#): > > Victor Ronald Salva (born March 29, 1958) is an American film director. He is best known for directing the films _Powder_ and _Jeepers Creepers_. He has attracted controversy for being a convicted sex offender. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/90 "2015-10-19T01:08:45Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > [Victor Salva - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Salva) ThAnk you. That sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/91 "2015-10-19T01:35:08Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > [A Haunting (TV Series 2005– ) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484243/?ref_=fn_al_tt_6) > > A Haunting > > Lets not forget this Discovery Channel ghostly show. Its fun but I hope those people are faking it all. What was the one where they lived in an old funeral home? With the mortuary in the basement. Was that “A Haunting In Connecticut”? I could never watch the show again, after I watched that one. Plus, the narrator’s voice gives me the fucking creeps. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/92 "2015-10-19T14:08:15Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > What was the one where they lived in an old funeral home? With the mortuary in the basement. Was that “A Haunting In Connecticut”? > > I could never watch the show again, after I watched that one. Plus, the narrator’s voice gives me the fucking creeps. Yes it is. Love that narrator. “In this world there is real evil…” Hr does bring the creepy. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/93 "2015-10-20T05:43:03Z")
Exorcist 2 One of the worst films ever…not fun bad; bad bad. The leads Richard Burton and Linda Blair bad. Burton is charisma free and Blair is talent free. Director John Boorman; otherwise excellent; seems direction less. Whoever wrote this mess doesn’t know how to tell a story. And worse of all this film has none of the feel; the terror; the tension of the original. Two crucifixes down. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/94 "2015-10-20T11:58:47Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Exorcist 2 > > One of the worst films ever…not fun bad; bad bad. > > The leads Richard Burton and Linda Blair bad. Burton is charisma free and Blair is talent free. > > Director John Boorman; otherwise excellent; seems direction less. Whoever wrote this mess doesn’t know how to tell a story. > > And worse of all this film has none of the feel; the terror; the tension of the original. > > Two crucifixes down. I saw this for the first time not that long ago; I \*really \*hadn’t missed much by not seeing it in all the years since it’s been out. Was Richard Burton trying to earn money for a new bauble for Liz or something, because . . . just \*why \*Richard? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/95 "2015-10-20T15:26:15Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I saw this for the first time not that long ago; I \*really \*hadn’t missed much by not seeing it in all the years since it’s been out. Was Richard Burton trying to earn money for a new bauble for Liz or something, because . . . just \*why \*Richard? It seemed like hr wore the same expression throughout the film; like he was on meds. Combined with Linda Blair’s annoying high-pitched squeak we are given perhaps the worst star pairing in the history of film. Satan cried. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/96 "2016-10-02T05:18:58Z")
Bumping this for people who love Halloween films. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/97 "2016-10-02T05:26:12Z")
I’d like to add The Conjuring. A very entertaining film. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/98 "2016-10-03T12:39:27Z")
Glad to see this thread revived; I’m hoping to get some more recommendations. One film I saw recently is _Neon Demon_ starring Elle Fanning. It’s not a traditional horror movie - the “demon” in this case is the modeling industry - but it has some really interesting visuals and just enough gore to make you cringe for a second but not relentless gross out special effects. I’ve heard it compared to _Starry Eyes_ which I have not mustered the courage (or the stomach, maybe?) to watch yet but if you’ve seen it and like it this may be up your alley. An old one (from the 70s, I think)I happened across recently is \*Julia \*with Mia Farrow. A fairly “old school” kind of story involving a woman whose daughter died and is now being haunted. If you like slow build up and a lot of atmosphere, this is a good one. TCM often runs horror movies around 2AM on Sundays. I often fall asleep with my TV on and have awoken to some pretty odd stuff. When I have a bit more time I’ll relay some good ones I’ve run across. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/99 "2016-10-03T13:12:46Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Exorcist 2 > > One of the worst films ever…not fun bad; bad bad. > > The leads Richard Burton and Linda Blair bad. Burton is charisma free and Blair is talent free. > > Director John Boorman; otherwise excellent; seems direction less. Whoever wrote this mess doesn’t know how to tell a story. > > And worse of all this film has none of the feel; the terror; the tension of the original. > > Two crucifixes down. Exorcist 3: Legion is the real sequel to The Exorcist. It’s directed by the author of the original book, William Blatty, and is wonderfully creepy (ignore the patched-on exorcism sequence near the end which was forced on Blatty by the studio). It also stars the amazing George C. Scott as the detective who was played by Lee J. Cobb in the original. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/100 "2016-10-03T13:29:58Z")
It’s funny how the younger generation find some classic movies like Rosemary’s baby to be too slow, since I found the highly recommended Babadook to be terribly slow. There was about 3 minutes of interesting parts and one or two cool effects, but the rest was a snoozer. Not very scary either. Watched Dead Snow and enjoyed it for the camp. I haven’t seen a truly scary movie in ages. (get off my lawn). Not blood/ gore, shaky cameras or jump scares, but a story that twists your mind and keeps you thinking about it for days after. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760.md?page=6)