halloween horror rundown

[mercuriazs]

HELLO INTERNET.

Most of you know that I love horror movies. I love them a lot! I love them to itty, itty, bitty pieces of entrail and CGI monsterface. And because I love them and I love you, I have compiled a list of my absolute favorite Halloween horror movies arranged by genre!

Comments

[remindmeofthe]

It's too bad I scare so pathetically easily, because there are a lot of horror movies I would watch just because the stories sound good. If I thought I could watch, say, The Descent without having a nervous breakdown, I'd do it right now. (Especially since I have stuff I actually need to do.)

So basically, I like this list even though it is mostly useless to me. *g* Though I do love humorous horror movies - I'd given Tucker & Dale a miss because I was skeptical of the premise, but now I think I'll check it out after all, so thanks!

In that vein, soooort of, I offer up Dead and Breakfast. You may find it hilarious, you may find it stupid, and upon reflection I suspect it's problematic in ways I wasn't primed to notice when I saw it, but you will never forget the line dancing zombies. ("What are they doing?" "They're . . . dancing. And singing.")

[mercuriazs]

Let me know if you like T&D! All the Merc family children did, but we're weirdos, so I'd love to know who else likes it. XD

[remindmeofthe]

I watched it last night, actually, and I really liked it! It was like twenty times less problematic than I had originally thought it would be, and twenty times funnier. I don't have much of a problem with movie gore (gory =/= scary), so that didn't bother me. The part that made me laugh hardest was the woodchipper, which is fun because when it was first mentioned, I cringed.

And then today I walked past some guys using a woodchipper, which is not exactly a common sight in the middle of the city, and had a "LOL OMG" moment right there on the sidewalk.

So, thanks for the rec, I'm glad I checked it out!

[anarchicq]

I actually like Gothika though I am thoroughly aware of how bad it is.

T&D vs Evil and Shaun of the Dead are great. And I agree about Evil Dead. I guess I "Don't get it" too. Drag me to Hell was TERRIBLE.

[mercuriazs]

Drag Me to Hell oh my goooooood. That. Movie. I get that Sam Raimi thought he was doing SOMETHING with it that was clever and crossing-the-line-twice funny? But it did not work for me in the least.

[anarchicq]

I watched it while doing house work. House work was more entertaining.
My niece went to a party and they watched it. They all decided it was stupid and turned it off right after the eye-cake. If a bunch of 10 year olds think your horror movie is stupid and not entertaining, then you're doing it wrong.

[syncopated_time]

OMG YOU HAVE A POISON ELVES ICON. <33333. Hello Parintachin.

[syncopated_time]

I think the charm in Evil Dead is that it's designed to go past scary and sneak up on you from behind the funny line.

Another part of its charm is when you consider it was shot by a couple of high school friends on no budget over one very cold winter, plus a few very late re-shoots. The story of the making of the movie is almost endearing as the movie itself. Bruce Campbell details it pretty well in his autobio "If Chins Could Kill". I can take or leave the 2nd Evil Dead, but Army of Darkness is a first-class camp-fest full of great one-liners and wonderfully awful special effects.

I totally agree with whoever said Drag Me To Hell was terrible, because it was. Sam Raimi should never shoot for PG-13. Ever.

[anarchicq]

"Sam Raimi should never shoot for PG-13. Ever."

Spiderman?

[syncopated_time]

Never saw it. I don't like comic book movies. *ducks and covers*

[anarchicq]

No worries.
When I first saw it I liked it and thought it was fairly faithful to the source material. Looking back it's just lame and campy and ...*Shrug*.

[surexit]

Shaun of the Dead is the only film on here that I've seen, and THAT'S HOW IT WILL STAY. (I scare so easy. So easy. And I don't enjoy the sensation.)

[e_mily]

We watched The Lost Boys last night, for the first time.

So wonderfully bad.