# 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:** 6
**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, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/101 "2016-10-03T14:00:21Z")
> [@dada2fish](#): > > 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**. This is the crux of if for me. I don’t want to be startled or overly grossed out. I want atmosphere and suspense and a good _story_. I want a movie to disturb me mostly psychologically but with one or two well done visuals. I think _Rosemary’s Baby_ is slow _and_ it’s one of my favorites. I didn’t find \*Babadook \*slow at all but really enjoyed _it_. ---
**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, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/102 "2016-10-03T14:09:35Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > 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. Is this the movie that has a supposedly really scary scene in a hospital where some gets chopped with garden shears or something? I don’t think I’ve ever seen the first one in its entirety and the less said about the second the better. I’d heard number three is good and have never gotten around to seeing it. Is it all gore and jump scares? ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/103 "2016-10-03T14:45:01Z")
> [@dada2fish](#): > > Watched Dead Snow and enjoyed it for the camp. The second one is just as good I think. It pits the Russians against the Nazis. How much better can it get? I think I suggested before Tucker and Dale Vs Evil, really funny, kinda gory though. Zombeavers was also pretty funny, and campy, but isn’t that what makes a fun horror movie? I just watched Killer Mermaids the other day. It was ok, gory, but I liked the fact that instead of just hiding in corners the people tried to run/fight back more so then in other movies. ETA, I forgot another movie that I really liked, Deathgasm, if you like your horror movies with some metal here it is. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/104 "2016-10-03T15:05:40Z")
A couple of weeks ago, I saw _Don’t Breathe_. The acting of the main character was strong (he was the father in _The Witch_), but I’m not at all a fan of brutal, revenge-type horror. If you are and like your stuff relentless, this just might be the flick for you. And I second _Neon Demon_. It was very stylish and reminded me a lot of _The Hunger_. ---
**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, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/105 "2016-10-03T18:50:45Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Is this the movie that has a supposedly really scary scene in a hospital where some gets chopped with garden shears or something? > I don’t think I’ve ever seen the first one in its entirety and the less said about the second the better. I’d heard number three is good and have never gotten around to seeing it. Is it all gore and jump scares? Yes, that’s the one, probably the greatest jump-scare in movies. But the film is certainly not heavy on gore or jump-scares. It’s an intelligent horror film and the sense of imminent dread it builds right from the opening sequence is visceral. I highly recommend it to all discerning fans of horror. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/106 "2016-10-03T18:57:33Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > Regarding cinematography, narrative, dialogue…everything, really, it seemed like _It Follows_ was produced by a film school sophomore, who’s now a dental technician. I absolutely disliked this movie, and am baffled by the positive responses it gets. Diff’rent strokes, I guess… ---
**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 3, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/107 "2016-10-03T19:24:00Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > I absolutely disliked this movie, and am baffled by the positive responses it gets. Diff’rent strokes, I guess… I liked it and I liked it’s fresh take on what is frightening. I highly recommend The Haunting. But I’m sure everyone who likes the horror genre has seen it. ---
**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, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/108 "2016-10-03T19:55:03Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > I liked it and I liked it’s fresh take on what is frightening. > > I highly recommend The Haunting. But I’m sure everyone who likes the horror genre has seen it. _It Follows_ has a lot of the elements I look for in a horror movie. I think its odd, dreamlike quality is outstanding and really creates an unsettling atmosphere. The soundtrack is off the charts(no pun intended) almost to the point of being overwhelming. The premise itself is horrifying(I know some people think otherwise). I could go on and on. It doesn’t have a lot of gore; probably the nastiest thing is the first girl who dies on the beach. I thought it was brilliant how they didn’t make it look particularly realistic. If something like that happened the victim would be a bloody mess. Instead the director opted to make it look almost mannequin-like; sort of how it would appear if you dreamed it. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/109 "2016-10-03T19:57:38Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Yes, that’s the one, probably the greatest jump-scare in movies. But the film is certainly not heavy on gore or jump-scares. It’s an intelligent horror film and the sense of imminent dread it builds right from the opening sequence is visceral. I highly recommend it to all discerning fans of horror. Yes I vividly remember jumping at that scene. Also worth nothing that Samuel L Jackson has a very small part in the angel dream sequence. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/110 "2016-10-03T20:18:42Z")
Has anyone seen _Morgan_? And I just now noticed they’re remaking _Suspiria_ with Chloe Grace Moretz. Yeah, that worked so well with _Carrie_. ---
**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 3, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/111 "2016-10-03T20:22:03Z")
I also recommend Peter Jacksons blood soaked horror-comedy masterpiece Braindead. Its not for the young or squeamish. ---
**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 3, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/112 "2016-10-03T20:23:13Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > _It Follows_ has a lot of the elements I look for in a horror movie. I think its odd, dreamlike quality is outstanding and really creates an unsettling atmosphere. The soundtrack is off the charts(no pun intended) almost to the point of being overwhelming. The premise itself is horrifying(I know some people think otherwise). I could go on and on. It doesn’t have a lot of gore; probably the nastiest thing is the first girl who dies on the beach. I thought it was brilliant how they didn’t make it look particularly realistic. If something like that happened the victim would be a bloody mess. Instead the director opted to make it look almost mannequin-like; sort of how it would appear if you dreamed it. I agree completely. Well said. ---
**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 3, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/113 "2016-10-03T23:38:13Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > _It Follows_ has a lot of the elements I look for in a horror movie. I think its odd, dreamlike quality is outstanding and really creates an unsettling atmosphere. The soundtrack is off the charts(no pun intended) almost to the point of being overwhelming. The premise itself is horrifying(I know some people think otherwise). I could go on and on. It doesn’t have a lot of gore; probably the nastiest thing is the first girl who dies on the beach. I thought it was brilliant how they didn’t make it look particularly realistic. If something like that happened the victim would be a bloody mess. Instead the director opted to make it look almost mannequin-like; sort of how it would appear if you dreamed it. I also liked it and agree about the atmosphere of the film. I posted this in this thread last year. From an interview with the director: > [@](#): > > There are production design elements from the ’50s on up to modern day. A lot of it is from the ’70s and ’80s. That e-reader cell phone—or “shell phone”—you’re talking about is not a real device. It’s a ’60s shell compact that we turned into a cell phone e-reader. So I wanted modern things, but if you show a specific smartphone now, it dates it. It’s too real for the movie. It would bother me anyway. So we made one up. And all of that is really just to create the effect of a dream—to place it outside of time, and to make people wonder about where they are. Those are things that I think happen to us when we have a dream. [http://www.avclub.com/article/david-robert-mitchell-his-striking-new-horror-film-216215](http://www.avclub.com/article/david-robert-mitchell-his-striking-new-horror-film-216215) ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/114 "2016-10-04T17:58:38Z")
I watched the original Phantasm last night. I liked it a lot. The dwarfs were a bit creepy. Now I’m trying to decide if I should watch another oldie I haven’t seen before (The Howling) or watch one that I have seen before (Creepshow, or American Werewolf in London) ---
**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 5, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/115 "2016-10-05T13:21:41Z")
I’ve added some of these to my watch list. I still can’t believe I’ve never seen _Phantasm_.I have a vague memory of there being a tv commercial for it that scared the bejeebus out me, though I don’t recall any of the particulars. Some lesser known recommendations: [Absentia](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1610996/?ref_=nv_sr_1). This one might be considered slow by some - as I mentioned, that is not a detriment to me but YMMV. The core of the story is a [tunnel](http://blackholereviews.blogspot.com/2012/11/filming-location-absentia-2011-creepy.html) that seems to be connected to peoples’ disappearance. The synopsis reads like a typically cheesy supernatural tale but the style in which this one is told really makes it stand out. Big thumbs up for the organ based sound track. Some people didn’t care for that but I think it’s a great choice. [Jug Face](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2620736/?ref_=nv_sr_1). I saw this in the tv listings probably half a dozen times before I decided to watch it, despite its stupid title. I guess you’d call it “hillbilly gothic” (sorry if that is offensive; I just don’t know what other term to use). It’s centers around a rural community and its religious customs, specifically its worship of a mysterious pit that they believe has power over life and death. It is sometimes hard to watch but is really quite well done and haunting. It features an almost unrecognizable Sean Young playing a crazy bitch (so, ya know, just being herself). If you do watch it, make sure to watch the entire opening sequence. ---
**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 5, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/116 "2016-10-05T17:03:04Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > [Absentia](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1610996/?ref_=nv_sr_1). This one might be considered slow by some - as I mentioned, that is not a detriment to me but YMMV. The core of the story is a [tunnel](http://blackholereviews.blogspot.com/2012/11/filming-location-absentia-2011-creepy.html) that seems to be connected to peoples’ disappearance. The synopsis reads like a typically cheesy supernatural tale but the style in which this one is told really makes it stand out. Big thumbs up for the organ based sound track. Some people didn’t care for that but I think it’s a great choice. I saw that back when it first came out on video. Definitely worth a watch. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/117 "2016-10-07T00:41:47Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > I just finished Lake Mungo, what the hell was that? It wasn’t scary, it wasn’t horror, and quite frankly not very interesting. It was like watching 48 Hours. I kept waiting and waiting for something, and well nothing. I’m giving this a huge thumbs down. That’s how I feel about the Innkeepers, which I was surprised multiple people said they liked. The only thing it has going for it is that it’s slightly better than Ti West’s other movie, House of the Devil. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/118 "2016-10-07T00:49:40Z")
Last Shift is the best horror movie I’ve seen in a while. It is on netflix. ---
**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 7, 2016, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/119 "2016-10-07T11:32:17Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > That’s how I feel about the Innkeepers, which I was surprised multiple people said they liked. The only thing it has going for it is that it’s slightly better than Ti West’s other movie, House of the Devil. It seems the _Innkeepers_ is constantly on cable. I’ve tried to watch it several times and for some reason just couldn’t get into it. _Lake Mungo,_ however, haunted me for days. I can see how some wouldn’t like it; it \*is \*slow and more unsettling (and rather sad, imo) than scary. There’s really only one “scary” scene, but holy shit, that one is more than enough. ---
**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 29, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-halloween-horror-films-check-this-out/730760/120 "2017-10-29T22:07:00Z")
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