The movies that made Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi cult heroes, the Evil Dead series combines camp, schlock and horror into a fast-paced, impossible-to-stop-watching series of films. Yes, the first two movies were basically the same film, but watching both is still a really good time!
"From the director of Animal House" probably wasn't the best way to introduce people to a horror movie, but I guess in 1981, that was his selling point. What people got, instead of a food fight, was one of the most creative werewolf (or horror) movies that's been made.
Yet another horror movie entry from the mind of Clive Barker, this movie comes from a book called "Cabal". Twisting the good guys and bad guys around, this movie makes the non-humans and "devils" into the good guys, and brings director David Cronenberg in as the real baddie of the movie.
The other night at the KLAQ Haunted Warehouse, I spoke with a girl who's friends decided to ramp up the scares for her a little bit, by telling all the monsters in the Haunted Warehouse her name. This worked, as she was screaming the whole way through.
Sixteen days into the best month of the year, and we come to a fantastic movie I discovered on Netflix. It kept popping up in the suggested movies list whenever I'd watch other horror films, so I finally decided to give it a shot. I am really glad I did, this movie is awesome!
The celebration of horror continues throughout October, and I've been getting some great horror movie suggestions. Here are some more really good ones.
Gabriel Byrne is always good. It pretty much doesn't matter what he's doing, whether it's his role in The Usual Suspects, playing the Devil in End of Days or playing the priest with problems in Stigmata. This is a film that gets overlooked by people for whatever reason, but it's got some good creep to it. Check it out.
Back to the Asian extreme stuff for day 14. There are some absolutely insane movies out that you really have to see. They'll do stuff over there that theater-goers here in the US would probably freak out over. This is a creepy movie. What else can I say? Even the main character isn't good. It's nice when things go south for him, really.
This is a fun movie, it's not incredibly scary, but it has some cool scary bits in it, as well as some humor and odd behavior in it. Mostly from Scooby Doo and Scream alum Matthew Lulliard, who plays a medium who sees dead people. It's not as fun for him as it is for people in other movies. The main focus is on Tony Shalhoub and his hot-as-hell daughter Shannon Elizabeth as they move into their new house and discover what has been trapped in the weird place with them.
Clive Barker scored a few great scary movies early on in his career, with the fantastic Lord of Illusions, and of course, the movie that pretty much launched his career, Hellraiser. This movie shocked people when it came out for it's themes and content, all which I love. It seared into people's memories words and images for things like Cenobites, the Lament Configuration puzzle-box, and mostly Pinhead.
Okay, I'll stand up and admit it. I'm a sucker for exorcism movies. The possession stuff is cool and scary. Ever since I saw The Exorcist, I've been interested in these kinds of films. The Devil Inside is one of the newer films that people complain tries to outdo The Exorcist, but it's still a great creepy movie. Yes, you've seen a lot of the tricks in the film before, but it doesn't stop them from being effective in building scares.
I've been celebrating October and Halloween with my list of 31 horror films I think you should see. They're all movies I like, and I want you to share your favorites with me and everyone else, too! Here are some trailers for the movies I've gotten from you guys so far. Great movies, check them out!
