My Favorite Halloween Movies

My all time favorite is Rob Zombies Halloween (2007)

After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger.

Rob Zombie reinvents a legend by doing a brilliant remake of this classic thriller.

Check Out The Trailer Here: Rob Zombies Halloween Trailer

In Trick 'r Treat (2007) we have four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween:

An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband. Most Excellent!!

Check out the trailer==> Trick 'r Treat Trailer.

On a lighter note, we have The Nigtmare Before Christmas: Tim Burton's innovative stop-motion animated musical about Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, who becomes enthralled by Christmas, is a masterpiece. He's the head of Halloweentown, so this causes some serious problems. Great for young and old!

Starring: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara
Director: Henry Selick

Check Out The Trailer Here==> The Nigtmare Before Christmas Trailer

In House Of 1000 Corpses two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.

This is the film that defined Rob Zombie as a director. He did a fantastic job creating a very original film that brought the art of the classic thrasher into the new era.

Check out the trailer here==> House Of 1000 Corpses Trailer

How can we leave out the original Halloween Movie (1978). A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood escapes on a mindless rampage while his doctor chases him through the streets.

This is a very low-budget, now-classic slasher film about a masked murderer stalking sexually indulgent teenagers. A huge critical and popular smash.

It still provides enough chills, suspense, and blood to please today's genre fans.

Check out the trailer==> Halloween Movie Trailer

The previous movies are my own personal top 5 favorite Halloween movies. Here is a list of other ghoulishly fun movies to watch on Halloween. Have a horrific time!!

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
For the ultimate Halloween experience, catch a late-night showing of the raunchy musical about a couple who get lost and stumble into an alien transvestite's castle. For a fun night out, try watching it live!! This film is all about audience participation.

The Shining (1980)
Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's novel could quite possibly be one of the scariest films of all time. The bone-chilling movie is based in an isolated hotel where Jack Nicholson and his family have moved in as caretakers for the winter. What follows is a ghostly encounter with a former hotel custodian who murdered his wife and two daughters. Beware: The eerie silence of the movie will haunt you long after you've hit the stop button.

The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter the Cannibal will scare you into numbness. Not for the weak-hearted -- the psychological thriller is a two-hour-long hair raiser about FBI agent Clarice Starling, who tries to gain insight into a murderer's mind by interviewing psychopath Hannibal.

Poltergeist (1982)
Watch this before you go haunted house hunting this Halloween. A suburban family is visited by ghosts who play odd tricks on them, and soon the events build up to a frightening climax when the ghosts kidnap the youngest daughter.

A Nightmare On Elm street (1984)
The film that spawned six sequels and made Freddy Krueger into a household monster is still a must-watch horror flick. A group of teenagers start having dreams about a scarred man with razor fingers and soon they are brutally murdered in their sleep. The remaining teen, Nancy, realizes that she has to stay awake to survive. Good luck going to bed after this one!

Alien (1979)
This ultimate horror-sci-fi combo is an eerie look at what happens when a space crew stumbles upon an unknown planet and finds alien eggs.

Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
This black-and-white film can still disturb you to death. You'll cross your fingers for the group of people who hide in a farmhouse, trying to avoid being killed by the dead who have come back to life.

The Exorcist (1973)
You'll know why The Exorcist is the most bloodcurdling movie ever made when you watch the brutal depiction of a 12-year-old girl possessed by an evil spirit as the exorcist tries to save her.

Seven (1995)
Shock, nausea, and utter fright, you'll feel it all at the pit of your stomach while watching Seven. The intense psychological drama follows two detectives, played by Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, as they try to catch a maniac who plans to kill seven people, one for each of the seven deadly sins.