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post #1 of 26
9/29/08 at 3:30pm
Thread Starter 
Anyone have any?
Family friendly or adult are cool with me.

I just joined Netflix for the One Month Free plan, and so far have Queued:

American Werewolf in London

Saw II

Hocus Pocus
post #2 of 26
9/29/08 at 3:49pm
I love watching Beetlejuice on Halloween.

post #3 of 26
9/29/08 at 4:37pm
Nightmare Before Christmas (we start now and watch through Dec)

The original Halloween!

Sleepy Hollow

Exorcist

Poltergeist

Silver Bullet (might be okay for kids, depending on age)

Amityville Horror (original)

Near Dark

Scream trilogy

Diabolique (original)

The Changeling (original)

28 Days Later

Any of the original Romero zombie ones (Night of Living Dead, Dawn of Dead, Day of Dead) and the recent ish Dawn of the Dead remake

American WW in London is good, but you have that one already!

The Ring

Blair Witch Project (scared me, others hated it)

Cloverfield

Ginger Snaps

There were a bunch of 80s horror movies that were not particularly scary... Any of the Friday the 13, Halloween sequels, Phantasm, etc.

Carrie

I'll see what else I can think of!
post #4 of 26
9/29/08 at 5:43pm
Family friendly:

Frankenstein (Universal)
Bride of Frankenstein
Phantom of the Opera (silent -- NOT some of the more recent remakes!)
Ghostbusters
Halloweentown
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Mad Monster Party
Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
The Witches
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Lady in White
Something Wicked This Way Comes

For the grown-ups:

Tremors
Pumpkinhead
Black Sunday (Mario Bava)
The Others
The Haunting (original)
Anything by Hammer -- Horror of Dracula, Curse of the Werewolf, Plague of the Zombies ...
Halloween (duh)
Carnival of Souls (original)
American Werewolf in London
The Howling
The Changeling
Night of the Living Dead
Vampire Circus (not available on DVD, as far as I know, more's the pity)
Vamp
Fright Night
Stir of Echos
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Dead of Night (I highly recommend this movie!)
Curse of the Demon
Cat People (original)
The Seventh Victim
post #5 of 26
9/29/08 at 5:46pm
For grown-ups:
Shaun of the Dead

Family-friendly:
Edward Scissorhands
post #6 of 26
9/29/08 at 11:00pm
Rocky Horror of course
post #7 of 26
9/29/08 at 11:05pm
It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, of course!

We have been watching that every year ever since DH and I first met.
post #8 of 26
9/29/08 at 11:34pm
I love to watch Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic!
post #9 of 26
9/30/08 at 12:29am
Loving and agreeing with PP posters!

I also ::: Young Frankenstein with Gene Wilder! One of my absolute favs!
post #10 of 26
9/30/08 at 1:36am
Thread Starter 
Thanks! I got some great ideas!
post #11 of 26
9/30/08 at 1:52am
I was going to suggest Lady in White also. Arsenic and Old Lace, if you want something that's kind of Halloweeny, but comical. I love An American Werewolf in London, and I also remember really liking Fright Night (but it looks so 80s now, and I'm more into the 70's).

Thalia, Lets Scare Jessica to Death! How funny! I remember that movie came on all the time on the afternoon movie at 4. Especially in fall, along with Rosemary's Baby, The Dark Secret of Harvest Home, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (creepy), Trilogy of Terror and that one where Barbara Eden has an alien baby. What about The Howling (another werewolf flick) or the Fog. My husband really likes Prince of Darkness and Lost Boys.
post #12 of 26
9/30/08 at 9:15am
There are a ton of Goosebumps and R.L. Stine movies out now, as well as "Are you afraid of the dark". Those are my favorites =)
post #13 of 26
9/30/08 at 9:15am
Oh and Halloweentown has 3 different ones now I think!
post #14 of 26
10/1/08 at 2:07pm
Viola, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark scared the SNOT out of me when I saw it as a kid! Oh, how I wish it was available on DVD.

I saw Let's Scare Jessica ... just recently for the first time, and I was pretty impressed. It's a nice little moody movie.

LOVE The Howling. So scary, so funny.
post #15 of 26
10/1/08 at 4:20pm
I know you are probably all set... but for the others reading, I just thought of two more:

Clue
Murder By Death (a Clue knockoff)
post #16 of 26
10/1/08 at 4:22pm
The Worst Witch.
post #17 of 26
10/1/08 at 4:27pm
I love Practical Magic (my all time favorite movie).

Embrace of the Vampire (definitely an adult only movie.)

Kiki's Delivery Service (young child friendly)
My Neighbor Totoro (young child friendly)

Halloween Town (family)
post #18 of 26
10/2/08 at 3:06pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by woodchick View Post
I know you are probably all set...
Oh, no, my friend. Never all set w/scary movies. I signed up for the 3 DVDs at a time, unlimited per month plan!


And I love scary movies ALL the time, not just October.
post #19 of 26
10/2/08 at 6:54pm
Oooh, Netflix has improved my life so much!

You could do a little mini-festival of decent horror movies with really stupid titles:

Castle of Blood (just watched it last night, from Netflix, and it's a lot classier and more thought-provoking than that title suggests)
Kill, Baby, Kill
The Mothman Prophecies
Blood on Satan's Claw
Pumpkinhead
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (I guess that's a bad title ... at least, it makes no sense)
And the worst title ever: The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism, which is actually a moody and attractive little gothic that was saddled with a really tasteless moniker for its American release.
post #20 of 26
10/20/08 at 12:11am
Army of Darkness starring the delicious Bruce Campbell
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