Spooky Flicks

My friends Brian and Elaine look forward to October every year. They LOVE Halloween movies! They spend each evening in October in front of their TV watching a different horror movie. What a perfect way to work your way to Halloween! I liked this idea so much, I stole it.

I, however, do not care too much for the really scary or gory movies. I also don’t care too much for the “slasher” movies. While some people might prefer Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Freddy Krueger movies, I tend to watch what I call “the classics”. These would mostly be the movies that were put out by Universal studios in the 1930’s and 1940’s. I also like some of the comedy/horror films, which would fall in to the more “modern” category.

I thought you might like a list of my Halloween themed movie recommendations. Here now, in no particular order, are enough movies for you to get through the rest of the month (and then some), and that you can file away for next October:

1. Dracula (1931)
2. Dracula (1974)
3. Frankenstein (1931)
4. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
5. The Wolfman (1941)
6. The Mummy (1932)
7. Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
8. Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943)
9. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
10. The Birds (1963)
11. House of Wax (1953)
12. The Invisible Man (1933)
13. The Mummy’s Curse (1944)
14. House of Frankenstein (1944)
15. House of Dracula (1945)
16. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
17. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
18. Psycho (1960)
19. Young Frankenstein (1974)
20. The Shining (1980)
21. The Sixth Sense (1999)
22. Ghostbusters (1984)
23. Beetlejuice (1988)
24. Silence of the Lambs (1991)
25. Army of Darkness (1993)
26. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
27. Abbott and Costello Meet The Invisible Man (1951)
28. Abbott and Costello Meet The Mummy (1955)
29. The Addams Family (1991)
30. Addams Family Values (1993)
31. Creepshow (1982)
32. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
33. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
34. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
35. Hocus Pocus (1986)
36. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) (not really a movie, but a classic)
37. Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
38. Zombieland (2006)
39. Alien (1979)

You’re list may differ from mine. You may prefer the REALLY scary ones. You may prefer the bloody and gory ones. These, however, are some of my favorites. I am sure I left some off the list … feel free to add yours.