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[darchildre]

It is October! I love October - it has two of my favorite holidays (Halloween and Winternights), it gets cooler and darker, I can start wearing sweaters, I can buy a lot of candy and pumpkin-flavored things, and it's spooky time!

However. This year is terrible and I am actually feeling pretty depressed right now. But I refuse not to enjoy October as much as I can. In order to do that, I am planning to watch a whole bunch of horror movies this month.

I am making a list both of stuff I own or stuff I can stream but I would love input from other people. What are your favorite horror movies? What do you like about them?

I am good with any era of film and most subgenres of horror, though I prefer my horror to have a fantastical element to it. I don't mind gore. (While I'm specifically looking for movies right now, I am also happy to get recs for other media if you have them.) I'm looking both for new-to-me movies and good movies to rewatch, so feel free to recommend well-known films if they're things you especially like.

Comments

[aurumcalendula]

Alien and Aliens - Ripley! Also, imho they've aged pretty well.

Attack the Block - All the actors are terrific (John Boyega and Jodi Whittaker are in this), and I like writing and cinematography.

The Mummy (1999) - I love Evy and Rick's romance and the combination of screwball comedy and horror worked really well for me. At some point I want to watch the Karloff version.

Terminator: Dark Fate - Sarah Connor's back! I love the so much of the film is focused on her, Dani, and Grace.

[brideoffrankenstein]

I love Bride of Frankenstein - it's campy but also quite sharp at points. I haven't seen it in a while, but I really enjoyed it.

I remember loving Mars Attacks, that's another one I enjoyed for its campness. Pretty much all Tim Burton, tbh.

I second Alien - I haven't seen the others but I quite enjoyed it when I wasn't expecting to.

There's also The Others and The Awakening, which are good spooky haunted house films but not big on the horror elements really, just Big Spook

[littlestclouds]

I'm preparing my Halloween-a-Thon and plan on watching as many gialli as I can find. I'm planning on collecting as many Barbara Steele and Edwige Fenech movies as I can find through On Demand. The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh looks interesting!

[frenchroast]

I don't watch a ton of horror (watching more lately, though), but I really enjoyed "Ready or Not"--it's got some predictability but also a nice bit of surprise, and there is a bit of a fantastical streak through it, especially as it progresses.

And both "Us" and "Get Out" were really good, though for different reasons. Us was creepier and scarier and weirder/more fantastical.

On a wholly different side of things, I love to hate/mock-watch Van Helsing. It's such a ridiculous "horror" movie, but I enjoy how it fuses three different monsters.