My Top 11 Favorite Halloween Movies

[werkelijkheid90]

Don't expect to see any slasher/gore movies here. I hate blood and gore and I really don't like most horror films in general (a few exceptions, of course, that make it worth fast-forwarding through the gross, but they won't be here). My Halloween movie tastes lean more towards family/kids, to be honest, but I wouldn't have it any other way. So here

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[ladybow]

Nice choices! Nightmare, Beetlejuice, Hocus Pocus, Young Frankenstein... all my favorites too. I haven't seen Nosferatu, but I will soon because of my silent and german film classes BOTH having it in the curriculum. XD

However, I disagree that Twilight has really changed the idea of vampires for most of us. I've been pleased to see that the normal people look at it with disdain and there's really only a special little group of crazed girls and their mothers acting like it matters anymore at all. I mean, besides the *really* occasional Breaking Dawn trailer, I haven't heard anything about it in a while.

[werkelijkheid90]

Nosferatu is fantastic, once you get past the slower parts. I would recommend watching it late at night with all the lights off, for the best effect. (Is there any other way to watch horror movies though?)

I think you're right about Twilight's influence. It's likely that I'm just bitter they had to get that wrap at all. I mean, I'm all for the reinterpretation of vampires. Heck, I've even been known to write them as sympathetic characters with feelings, I just didn't like the way Stephanie Meyer made it happen. And I guess I appreciate Nosferatu for being the ultimate anti-Meyerpire, you know? lol. I guess I'd just like to see more vampires that are more like him.

[singeaddams]

MANOS! A billion bonus points for you for including that. And I agree whole-heartedly with the rest of your list, too.

[primrose_1]

I kind of like the Nightmare before Christmas as a Christmas movie rather than a Halloween movie....it works both ways! Great choices! Except for Manos. I can live without ever seeing that one again :)

[basserandstuff]

I love Halloween cartoon movies! Oh, and Hocus Pocus; I always want to cry during the cat scene near the end. :(

Anyways, great choices!

[lostbean]

Top eleven like the Nostalgia Critic, huh? I never realized how much they brought up that the lead character in Hocus Pocus was a virgin until I saw her review a while back. But the witches are awesome in that film.

Manos is creepy because I think they tried to make it sexy (with all the women in it) and well you know the result. Creepy sums it up well. I love MST by the way, and that episode is one of my favorites. This makes me want to make a list of my top MST episodes. hint... space mutiny is at the top. I love your costumes

This is pretty much my list but I would add some zombie flicks like Return of the Living Dead and Zombieland, as well as, the original Nightmare on ElmStreet. But I can't leave out Army of Darkness.

Good List! I must think of my own.