Halloween Movies That Will Scare You Senseless   Reader's Digest. House of 1. 00. 0 Corpses (2. On our Halloween movies list because: It's a shocking gorefest set on Halloween: Possibly stomach- turning, but definitely fit for mature audiences looking for a thrill to match the occasion. Critics say: "[Director Rob] Zombie, pillaging from every low- budget freak- out he can, proves that he at least has a lurid touch for shock theatrics. Blood spatters on the floor like a Jackson Pollock."—Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly.

Halloween: The Complete Collection Blu-ray (Limited Deluxe Edition) (1978-2009): Fifteen years ago, Michael Myers brutally murdered his sister. Now, after escaping.

Want even more fright in your night? Here are 9 freaky real- life events that actually happened on Halloween. Sleepy Hollow (1. On our Halloween movies list because: There's hardly a better fit for a creepy night in than director Tim Burton, and his take on the Washington Irving short story is ghoulish, intriguing fun. Critics say: "Gorgeous filmmaking that brims over with fun- house thrills and ravishing romance.. Heads roll, bodies pile up, and the horseman—played in flashback by a megaweird Christopher Walken—rises from the dead."—Peter Travers, Rolling Stone.

Halloween III: Season of the Witch is a 1982 American science fiction horror film and the third installment in the Halloween film series. It is the first film to be. Halloween is an American horror franchise that consists of ten films, novels, comic books, merchandise, and a video game. The franchise predominately focuses on the. Three years after he last terrorized his sister, Michael Myers confronts her again, before traveling to Haddonfield to deal with the cast and crew of a reality show.

This one's definitely not for kids, folks. If you're looking for some child- friendly picks, here are the best Halloween movies for kids. Halloween (1. 97. On our Halloween movies list because: Halloween all but invented an entire subgenre of slasher horror movies, those that take place on All Hallows' Eve. Critics say: "There isn't another post- 1.

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James Berardinelli, Reelviews. And if this one's not scary enough for you, check out these 3. The Changeling (1.

On our Halloween movies list because: With a vengeful ghost, a haunted house, and the approval of Martin Scorsese, what more could you want? Critics say: "This is a scare movie with taste."—Roger Ebert. Content continues below ad.

The Amityville Horror (1. On our Halloween movies list because: It's a little stupid, somewhat laughable, and full of overt freakout moments—perfect for some fun if you're not in the mood for the really dark stuff.

I stopped watching them as they were coming out after halloween 2 and one night years later i saw halloween 5 on tvI couldn’t even finish it, and ive never gone. From slashers to seances, we've rounded up the best Halloween movies for a scary night in. Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween.

Critics say: "[The house] causes members of the clergy to vomit whenever they visit the place, and has toilets that spew forth black goo. So much for the niceties."—Janet Maslin, The New York Times. Want the opposite of silly, laughable hauntings? These real- life ghost stories will make you believe. Pet Sematary (1. 98.

On our Halloween movies list because: There just aren't enough movies about the walking dead that start with the horrid resurrection of a beloved family cat. Critics say: "As a basic, icky, unvarnished scare show Pet Sematary renders some of the creepiness effectively in Halloween- spookhouse fashion."—Common Sense Media. Paranormal Activity (2. On our Halloween movies list because: Something of a modern classic, this shocking feature plays on a culture saturated with reality television and near omnipresent surveillance.

Critics say: "It comes by its screams honestly, earning them with incremental, at times agonizing gradations of old- fashioned, what's- that- noise- in- the- hallway suspense."—Dana Stevens, Slate. Content continues below ad. Ju- On: The Grudge [呪怨] (2. On our Halloween movies list because: It's a fun haunted house film with unnerving, creative imagery. Critics say: "When The Grudge..

And there are several moments of quietly effectiveness creepiness."—Scott Weinberg, e. Film. Critic. com. If spending a night in a haunted cabin is your idea of a good time, check out these 8 haunted places you can rent on Airbnb. Evil Dead (2. 01. On our Halloween movies list because: This new update to the 1. Critics say: "The gore is considerable (though often imaginative) and Alvarez's decision to forego CGI effects pays grisly dividends. That may not be a genuine tongue being slashed in half lengthwise (while still, it should be noted, in its owner's mouth) but damned if it doesn't look like one."—Christopher Orr, The Atlantic.

House [ハウス/Hausu] (1. On our Halloween movies list because: Every Halloween night deserves a haunted house, and this delirious Japanese flick presents the weirdest, most entertaining example in memory. Critics say: "Movies are rarely, if ever, as whirringly rich and strange as House."—Steve Dollar, Paste. Here are 1. 5 of the scariest haunted houses in America.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1. On our Halloween movies list because: More slaughterhouse than haunted house, this classic still chills. Critics say: "[A] sneaky equation of middle- class values with cannibalism and wholesale slaughter."—Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader.

Content continues below ad. Watch Father`S Little Dividend Online there. Panic Room (2. 00. On our Halloween movies list because: This harrowing home invasion movie is a realistic nail- biter totally devoid of ghouls or the supernatural, making it a choice pick for those who know they'll be triple- checking their locks when the movie's done.

Critics say: "It could be an especially grisly, profanity- laced entry in the Home Alone' series. And, it must be said, an exceptionally well- directed one."—A. O. Scott, The New York Times.

Halloween III: Season of the Witch. Halloween III: Season of the Witch is a 1. American science fictionhorror film and the third installment in the Halloween (franchise). It is the first film to be written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. John Carpenter and Debra Hill, the creators of Halloween, returned as producers. Starring Tom Atkins as Dr.

Dan Challis, Stacey Nelkin as Ellie Grimbridge, and Dan O'Herlihy as Conal Cochran, the story focuses on an investigation by Challis and Grimbridge into the activities of Cochran, the mysterious owner of the Silver Shamrock Novelties company, in the week approaching Halloween night. Halloween III is the only entry in the series that does not feature the series antagonist Michael Myers, nor does it include story elements from either Halloween (1. Halloween II (1. 98. In fact, it treats the first film and, apparently, its sequel as fictional films, as one of the characters watches a trailer for the original during the film; additionally, the film's tagline is a reference to the tagline from the original as well.

It also departs from the Slasher film genre which the first two installments were part of, instead featuring a "witchcraft" theme with science fiction aspects and parallels to old Celticfairy tales. Carpenter and Hill believed that the Halloween series had the potential to branch into an anthology series of horror films that centered around Halloween, with each film containing its own characters, setting, and storyline. Director Wallace stated that there were many ideas for Halloween- themed films, some of which could have potentially created any number of their own sequels, and that Season of the Witch was meant to be the first of the anthology series.

However, after the film's disappointing critical reception and box- office gross, Michael Myers was brought back six years later in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1. The frequency of graphic violence and blood is less than that of Halloween II, but the film's death scenes remain intense. As with other films in the series, suspense and dramatic tension is a key theme.

The dramatic element of violence against young children, something often taboo even for horror films, is explored. Produced on a budget of $2. Halloween III grossed $1. United States,[2] making it the poorest performing film in the Halloween series at the time.[3] In addition to lackluster box office returns, most critics gave the film negative reviews. One critic suggests that if Halloween III was not part of the Halloween series, then it would simply be "a fairly nondescript eighties horror flick, no worse and no better than many others."[4]Despite an initially negative reception for the film, largely due to fan disappointment over the absence of Michael Myers, re- evaluation over the past three decades has given Halloween III new legions of fans and established its reputation as a standalone cult film.[5]On October 2. Harry Grimbridge (Al Berry) runs along a barren road in Northern California, chased by mysterious figures in business suits. He makes it to a gas station clutching a jack- o'- lantern mask.

He is driven to the hospital by station attendant Walter Jones (Essex Smith), all the while rambling, "they're going to kill us all". At the hospital, Grimbridge is placed in the care of Dr. Dan Challis (Tom Atkins).

That night, another mysterious man in a suit enters Grimbridge's hospital room, kills him, then goes to his car and immolates himself. The next morning, Grimbridge's daughter Ellie (Stacey Nelkin) arrives to identify her father's remains. Ellie and Challis agree to investigate his murder, leading them to the small town of Santa Mira, California.

The motel manager (Michael Currie) explains that Conal Cochran (Dan O'Herlihy) and his company, Silver Shamrock Novelties, which produces wildly popular latex jack- o- lantern, witch and skeleton masks for Halloween, are responsible for the town's prosperity. While signing the motel register, Challis learns that Grimbridge stayed at the same motel. Other motel guests include shop owners Marge Guttman (Garn Stephens) and Buddy Kupfer (Ralph Strait), Buddy's wife Betty (Jadeen Barbor), and their son Little Buddy (Bradley Schacter), who all have business at the company's factory. Guttman finds a microchip on the back of a Silver Shamrock button, and is electrocuted after poking it with a hairpin. Challis and Ellie learn of Guttman's accident, and Challis attempts to help but is forced away by a group of men dressed in lab coats who drive away in a van with Marge's body. The next morning, Challis and Ellie tour the factory with the Kupfers and discover Grimbridge's car there, guarded by more men dressed in suits. They return to the motel but cannot contact anyone outside the town.

While Challis attempts to phone for the authorities, Ellie is kidnapped by the men in suits and driven to the factory. Challis pursues them, breaks into the factory, and discovers that the men in suits are androids created by Cochran.

Challis is captured by the androids and Cochran reveals his plan to sacrifice children wearing his masks, thus bringing about a resurrection of the ancient age of witchcraft. For Silver Shamrock's "Big Giveaway" which will air at 9: 0. PM on Halloween, each of these masks contain a microchip with a fragment of Stonehenge implanted in. When activated by a flashing signal of the on- screen "magic pumpkin" in the commercial, the microchip summon a swarm of insects and snakes to kill the mask wearer and anyone nearby. To demonstrate, Cochran kills the Kupfers this way.

Challis escapes through a ventilation shaft and rescues Ellie. He dumps the chips from the overhead rafters and activates their signal with the commercial, killing Cochran and his employees, and destroying the computer chips and factory. As the two drive away, Ellie attacks Challis, revealing that Cochran replaced the real Ellie with an android duplicate. Challis crashes the vehicle and decapitates the android with a tire iron.

On foot, Challis makes it to the gas station and phones the television stations, in an attempt to convince the station managers not to air the Silver Shamrock commercial. He persuades them to take it off channels one and two, but not channel three. Challis desperately yells into the telephone, "Turn it off! Stop it! Stop it!", as the commercial's pumpkin head blinks non- stop in front of him. Production[edit].

Skeleton and witch masks created by Don Post, worn by Dan Challis's (Tom Atkins) children. When approached about creating a third Halloween film, original Halloween writers John Carpenter and Debra Hill were reluctant to pledge commitment.

According to Fangoria magazine, Carpenter and Hill agreed to participate in the new project only if it was not a direct sequel to Halloween II, which meant no Michael Myers.[7]Irwin Yablans and Moustapha Akkad, who had produced the first two films, filmed Halloween III on a budget of $2. Special effects artist Don Post of Post Studios designed the latex masks in the film which included a glow- in- the- dark skull, a lime- green witch and an orange Day- Glo jack- o'- lantern.[8] Hill told Aljean Harmetz, "We didn't exactly have a whole lot of money for things like props, so we asked Post, who had provided the shape mask for the earlier 'Halloween' [II] .., if we could work out a deal."[9] The skull and witch masks were adaptations of standard Post Studios masks, but the jack- o'- lantern was created specifically for Halloween III. Post linked the masks of the film to the popularity of masks in the real world: Every society in every time has had its masks that suited the mood of the society, from the masked ball to clowns to makeup. People want to act out a feeling inside themselves—angry, sad, happy, old.

It may be a sad commentary on present- day America that horror masks are the best sellers.[9]Most of the filming took place on location in the small coastal town of Loleta, California.[1. Watch Phobia Streaming.