Halloween Movie Recommendation #31: "Halloween" (1978)

Halloween Movie Recommendation #31:

 

Halloween (1978)

"The Night HE Came Home!"

 

Directed by John Carpenter

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, P.J. Soles and Nancy Kyes

 

"A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets." (IMDB.com)

 

 

Halloween was the obvious choice as being the film I recommend to watch on Halloween. It's a classic that needs to be seen by everyone. If you haven't seen it yet...get on it now!





Halloween Movie Recommedation #30: "Dawn of the Dead" (2004)

Halloween Movie Recommendation #30:

 

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

"When the undead rise, civilization will fall."

 

Directed by Zack Snyder

Starring: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames and Mekhi Phifer

 

"A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman, and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall." (IMDB.com)

 

 

One of the few good horror remakes.





Halloween Movie Recommendation #29: "Hellraiser" (1987)

Halloween Movie Recommendation #29:

 

Hellraiser (1987)

"He'll tear your soul apart."

 

Directed by Clive Barker

Starring: Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins and Andrew Robinson

 

"An unfaithful wife encounters the zombie of her dead lover, who's being chased by demons after he escaped from their sado-masochistic Hell." (IMDB.com)

 

 

 

 

Photo via Sodahead.com



 



Halloween Movie Recommendation #28: "Häxan: WItchcraft Through the Ages" (1922)

Halloween Movie Recommendation #28:

 

Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)

"Benjamin Christensens stora film."

 

Directed by Benjamin Christensen

Starring: Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan and Elith Pio

 

 

"A historical view of witchcraft in seven parts and a variety of styles. First, there is a slide-show alternating inter-titles with drawings and paintings to illustrate the behavior of pagan cultures in the Middle Ages regarding their vision of demons and witches. Then there is a dramatization of the situation of the witches in the Middle Ages, witchcraft and witch-hunts. Finally the film compares the behavior of hysteria of contemporary (1921) women with the behavior of the witches in the Middle Ages, concluding that they are very similar." (Claudio Carvalho via IMDB.com)

 

 

Essential viewing on Halloween for fans of silent and/or classic horror films!

 

 

 

 

Photo via Criterion.com

 



Halloween Movie Recommendation #27: "The Cabin in the Woods" (2011)

Halloween Movie Recommendation #27:

 

The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

"You think you know the story."

 

Directed by Drew Goddard

Starring: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford

 

"A rambunctious group of five college friends steal away for a weekend of debauchery in an isolated country cabin, only to be attacked by horrific supernatural creatures in a night of endless terror and bloodshed. Sound familiar? Just wait. As the teens begin to exhibit standard horror movie behavior, a group of technicians in a control room are scrutinizing, and sometimes even controlling every move the terrified kids make! With their efforts continually thwarted by an all-powerful "eye in the sky," do they have any chance of escape? (DVD)

 

 

I know this is a movie that people either love or hate and I, for one, love it! The last 30 minutes or so are a total blast! As for the people who didn't like it or didn't really understand it, google the movie and you can read about the thought behind the movie from Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard. I think that if people do that, they may understand it more.





Halloween Movie Recommendation #26: "Zombie" (1979)

Halloween Movie Recommendation #26:

 

Zombie (1979)

"We Are Going To Eat You!"

 

Directed by Lucio Fulci

Starring: Tisa Farrow, Richard Johnson and Ian McCulloch

 

 

"Strangers looking for a woman's father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately searches for the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead." (IMDB.com)

 

 

Zombie vs. Shark...'nuff said.



Halloween Movie Recommendation #25: "Shaun of the Dead" (2004)

Halloween Movie Recommendation #25:

 

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

"A Romantic Comedy. With Zombies."

 

Directed by Edgar Wright

Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Kate Ashfield

 



"A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living." (IMDB.com)

 

 

Want to watch a movie that has zombies, but is also funny? Well, look no further than Shaun of the Dead. Whoever doesn't find this movie funny, I'm sorry to say, has no sense of humor.