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[darchildre]

During October this year, I revisited a lot of my horror film collection in the run up to Halloween, ending with The VVitch, which has become my always-watch-on-Halloween movie. In doing this, I've realized that there is a significant gap in my collection - I have almost no movies about ghosts or hauntings. My horror collection is nearly all monster-based. This is understandable, as I love monsters very much but ghosts and witches are, for me, the most appropriate kinds of horror for Halloween viewing. Other things are great horror but they aren't necessarily Halloween horror.

Thus, I am embarking on a project. I'm going to make a big list of ghost/haunting/haunted house movies and watch them over the next year* till I find one that feels tonally appropriate to pair with The VVitch, and then I can have a yearly Halloween double feature.

Do any of you guys have a favorite ghost/haunting/haunted house movie you'd like to recommend? I am open to watching pretty much anything.

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[out_there]

Not that I can think of. I don't think I watch a lot of creepy house movies.

Unless Crimson Peak counts. I mean, that is ghosts. It's also very gothic horror and gorgeous sets, so I don't know if it works for the feel of Halloween (we don't really do the Halloween thing here) but it's gorgeous and creepy without being too creepy for me.

[darchildre]

I think Crimson Peak definitely counts.

[out_there]

I'm glad! I totally think of that movie as "doomed gothic romance" and tend to forget there's so many ghosts in there.

[aurumcalendula]

I wonder if Masque of the Red Death (the 1964 one with Vincent Price) might work? (I haven't actually seen it yet, but looking at this year's Festivids requests reminded me of it)

[darchildre]

I love Masque of the Red Death and it definitely falls into the secret third category of appropriate Halloween horror (which is the Roger Corman Vincent Price Poe cycle of films - Masque is the best of those, for my money) but alas, no ghosts. When I eventually expand from double feature into marathon, I will have to include it, though. 8)

[frenchroast]

The Others, Casper (not horror, but definitely a haunted house movie that's good if you want a bit of a break), The Haunting (both versions), The Sixth Sense, What Lies Beneath, The Woman in Black, and definitely Crimson Peak.

And I haven't seen it yet, but The Devil's Backbone by Guillermo del Toro is supposed to be really good.

[faerie_dreamer]

Oooh, I remember really enjoying The Woman in Black!

(Also, I love your icon.)

[frenchroast]

Thanks! It's one of my many Animorphs quote icons.