# What's your Halloween movie this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042 "2010-11-01T02:26:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/1 "2010-11-01T02:26:11Z")
I like to take Halloween as an occasion to watch movies. Suspenseful movies, monster movies, scary movies… all good on Halloween. This afternoon/evening while the trick-or-treaters were visiting (i.e., no super scary movies), I watched _Monsters, Inc._ and _Clue_. Tonight, with the husband, I’m planning on watching _The Number 23_. What movies did you watch today? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/2 "2010-11-01T02:33:52Z")
Just got back from _Paranormal Activity 2_ with my daughter. I liked it. As usual, the first one was better, but I enjoyed the suspense and the starts in the flick. I literally jumped out of my chair a few times. We’ve had a tradition of going to see \*Saw \*movies for Halloween, but we’ve come to the conclusion (at least I have) that that franchise should have been retired at least a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/3 "2010-11-01T02:43:30Z")
The same as every Halloween: **Plan 9 from Outer Space**. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/4 "2010-11-01T02:49:52Z")
I picked up the director’s cut of _The Frighteners_ DVD. Peter Jackson’s almost 4-hour long making-of documentary is worth watching on it’s own. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/5 "2010-11-01T02:50:51Z")
The Walking Dead and Chakushin Ari (One Missed Call) 2. Tomie, if I’ve got time before going to sleep after the others are over. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/6 "2010-11-01T08:03:35Z")
I happened to see the [Mr. Sardonicus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055200/) was on TCM the other day and DVR’d it. That film scared the bejesus out of me as a kid - I am sure it is tame and silly now, but looking forward to seeing it through my adult eyes today to see what scared me so much as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/7 "2010-11-01T09:29:44Z")
**The Vanishing** (original Dutch version). Very frightening in its way and also very sad. The remake is startlingly misguided and always reminds me of the little film-within-a-film from ‘The Player’. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/8 "2010-11-01T12:00:55Z")
I’ve had ‘Creature of the Night’ strolling through my head for, oh, the last 48 hours or so; I may have overdone it on the Rocky Horror. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/9 "2010-11-01T12:08:07Z")
Halloween DAY? Nothing. This month, though? The local theaters made it easy for me! The Rick Moranis Little Shop of Horrors Let Me In Bela Lugosi in Dracula Vincent Price in The House of Usher ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/10 "2010-11-01T12:22:22Z")
We had a zombie fest. Friday was the silly but enjoyable Zombies of Mass Destruction. Saturday night was Dead Set and The Walking Dead. Hubby watched some Australian zombie movie that was too dumb for me, then last night we watched a remake of Day of the Dead with Mena Suvari, which was really dreadful. But we had fun watching it together. While we were carving pumpkins we had the Glee Rocky Horror show on. It was kind of fun, but sanitized Rocky Horror just seems wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/11 "2010-11-01T13:08:11Z")
An American Werewolf In London and The Walking Dead. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/12 "2010-11-01T13:32:04Z")
I watched Fright Night last week. It held up remarkably well. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/13 "2010-11-01T13:46:13Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > I happened to see the [Mr. Sardonicus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055200/) was on TCM the other day and DVR’d it. > > That film scared the bejesus out of me as a kid - I am sure it is tame and silly now, but looking forward to seeing it through my adult eyes today to see what scared me so much as a kid. It scared me, too! I was almost hesitant to watch it again, but I was brave and did watch. Silly is hardly the word… TCM showed a remarkable number of old creature-features this month, like Hammer horror movies I haven’t seen in decades. They did show my all time favorite scary movie - The Haunting. I love TCM! I can honestly say my life is better because of all the great movies they show, all the time. I kind of missed The Rocky Horror Picture Show but I was so busy handing out candy at the door I didn’t have a chance to even find the DVD much less play it. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/14 "2010-11-01T15:20:55Z")
I was going for cheezy so my friends and I watched Jennifer’s Body and Orphan on Saturday. Surprisingly both were better than I expected and not exactly cheezy. My back up plan was a couple of Gamera DVDs I recently bought but I couldn’t find anyone else willing to watch. I explained to them that Gamera was the friend to all children but no dice. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/15 "2010-11-01T15:30:53Z")
We usually watch The Nightmare Before Christmas while we’re passing out the candy, since the movie begins on Halloween Night. Last night we watched the Giants game instead. ---
**Author:** ![smaje1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/16 "2010-11-01T21:04:09Z")
We’ve had a week of spooky movies: Near Dead Monster Squad The Lady in White Fair-Haired Child (not a movie, but episode from Showtime’s “Masters of Horror”) Pieces\* Suspiria \*uber-awesome grindhouse slasher - has anyone else seen this? ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/17 "2010-11-01T21:06:02Z")
I watched _Nightmare Before Christmas_ last evening while drinking a bloody Argentine malbec and hanging with my BFF (best foodie friend). We started in on _Sleepy Hollow_ but it got too late for her. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/18 "2010-11-01T21:21:01Z")
We re-watched _Rocky Horror Picture Show_ while the kiddies were coming for their Laffy Taffy, so that we can finally watch the Rocky-themed _Glee_ episode sitting in our DVR, having agreed when they started advertising it that we both wanted to re-watch the movie before seeing the Glee takeoff. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/19 "2010-11-01T21:26:30Z")
I like B movies on Halloween, so we watched The Brain Eaters (1958). It was terrible; I don’t know why MST never did it. We also watched part of The Terror (1963?), with Boris Karloff and a very very young Jack Nicholson. It’s boring, but a pre-drawl, pre-grin, pre-greasy Nicholson was interesting to watch. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042/20 "2010-11-01T23:28:42Z")
Halloween Night - Halloween (the original, w/Rifftrax) Dawn of the Dead (original, theatrical cut) also watched the 1st ep of The Walking Dead and had Halloween 3 through 5 on in the background during various parts of the day Earlier in the month - Nightmare On Elm St. remake, better than expected but still not as good as the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the original one, watched it with commentary for the first time Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2, which somehow managed to be even worse than Rob Zombie’s Halloween Cabin Fever 2:Spring Fever, awful awful movie Planned to watch but never found time - Saw 6 Nosferatu, the original silent movie Nosferatu, the remake from a few decades ago Zombieland [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-halloween-movie-this-year/559042.md?page=2)