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Subject: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: moycon on 10/16/11 at 11:14 pm
Halloween is just around the corner.
Curious what 80's horror flicks did you guys like back in the day?
I'm a huge horror genre fan and back in the 80's I couldn't get enough.
Probably my favorite at that time was Return of the Living Dead.
Some other flicks I fondly recall at that time....
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (This movie was unrated when released, you HAD to be 17 or older which we weren't so we snuck in!!)
Poltergeist (A PG rated movie that was pretty dang scary at the time)
Halloween 3 (Most people hated this one, I loved it, always have)
Creepshow (Another one of my favorites. We watched this one last Halloween!)
I could go on and on there was so many good horror flicks in the 80's. What are a few of your favorites?
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: King Tut on 10/16/11 at 11:38 pm
I'm not a fan of horror films now (too old, my heart can't take the heavy drama anymore ;D)
But I did enjoy Poltergeist. Another one I liked was "Am American werewolf in London", and "Nightmare on Elm Street"
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: snozberries on 10/17/11 at 1:06 am
I'm not a fan of horror films now (too old, my heart can't take the heavy drama anymore ;D)
But I did enjoy Poltergeist. Another one I liked was "Am American werewolf in London", and "Nightmare on Elm Street"
Poltergeist was not a horror flick ;D
I'm a huge fan. Madman is one of my favs.
Friday the 13th, prom night, nightmare on elm street (well maybe not the second one)
Oh and halloween 3 season of the witch....wait that was a comedy right?
I could list a ton more but I'm tired.
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: moycon on 10/17/11 at 3:52 am
Poltergeist was not a horror flick ;D
Poltergeists are a type of ghost to be sure, but when your movie about them adds scenes of a person ripping bloody chunks of flesh off his face down to the skull, a swimming pool full of corpses and you include the evilest looking killer clown maybe of all time, not to mention a hungry tree that eats children then I don't see why it wouldn't be considered a horror flick! (And a darn effective one at that)
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/17/11 at 4:06 am
I dunno, I think I would consider Poltergeist horror. :-[ I liked it alot, along with the Nightmare on Elm Street series. I like an actual story, not just gore.
Even the Faces of Death series were "fun" the first time around. ;D
Evil Dead 1 & 2
Creepshow 1 & 2
Christine
Gremlins
Night of the Comet
Cat's Eye
Fortress
The Hitcher
The Lost Boys
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
The Blob
They Live
Phantasm 2 (although I liked Phantasm 1 better but it was 1979)
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Howard on 10/17/11 at 6:33 am
Halloween 3 Season of The Witch.
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: King Tut on 10/17/11 at 12:32 pm
Poltergeist was not a horror flick ;D
Yes it was.
Poltergeists are a type of ghost to be sure, but when your movie about them adds scenes of a person ripping bloody chunks of flesh off his face down to the skull, a swimming pool full of corpses and you include the evilest looking killer clown maybe of all time, not to mention a hungry tree that eats children then I don't see why it wouldn't be considered a horror flick! (And a darn effective one at that)
I dunno, I think I would consider Poltergeist horror.
Me too, maybe it's not "horror" enough for snozberries, but it scared the hell out of me! I would never watch it again ( I do have a faint heart, now that I'm older)
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/11 at 12:38 pm
Poltergeist was not a horror flick ;D
When a family's home is haunted by a host of ghosts, it can only be a horror film.
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Howard on 10/17/11 at 1:01 pm
Chucky was scary.
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: lorac61469 on 10/17/11 at 4:11 pm
He Know You're Alone
American Werewolf in London.
Basket Case.
Poltergeist (hey, my name is Carol Anne!!)
Motel Hell
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: snozberries on 10/17/11 at 5:11 pm
Can I just say one thing Tam, well two...
A) I apologized publicly and privately aw Tam you deleted my apology but it was there...
B) I never intended anything malicious to come out of my comments
C) whatever, I'm done....
okay that was three. ;)
oh and sorry Tam!
okay done.
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: moycon on 10/17/11 at 8:12 pm
Back on topic....
Yesterday we watched an old Hammer House of Horrors episode title Children of the Full Moon. I got the complete series on DVD many years ago.
These were short horror stories shown on TV in Britain in the early 80's. Later they were brought to the US as part of Elvira's Midnight Madness VHS line.
The series was not a success which is too bad. We really enjoy them a lot.
The series appears to be out of print, but used copies can be bought on Amazon and eBay fairly cheap.
Another horror flick I loved as a young lad was technically released in 1979, but didn't make it's way to the US until 1980.
The Italian living dead flick Zombie!
I love that movie so much I even have a high quality mask of the zombie that used to be on the cover of the old 80's big box VHS version. Heck I have the big boxed VHS version still!
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: snozberries on 10/17/11 at 8:45 pm
Sadly I'm not familiar with any of those.
I can't believe I forgot to mention My Bloody Valentine and Sleepaway Camp
I was looking at a list of 80's horror films and the Hitcher (C. Thomas Howell, Rutgar Hauer) was on it. It was a bit bloody but I always thought if it more as a thriller than a horror flick..
Another list had White Dog, excellent flick but more drama/social commentary than horror
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: snozberries on 10/17/11 at 8:48 pm
Also found this nifty little website
http://80shorrormovies.com/
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: loki 13 on 10/17/11 at 8:52 pm
I never really liked gore horror I was more a fan of comedic horror as in April Fool's Day or old time Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller movies
as in Fiend Without A Face. I guess the only gore horror I like is the first Halloween and the first two Hellraiser movies.
Others I like:
The Day Of The Triffids
Gargoyles (Made for TV)
Anything with Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney or Bela Lugosi
Return Of The Living Dead
Inferno (Dario Argento)
Murder Rock: Dancing Death (Lucio Fulci)
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Tam on 10/17/11 at 8:54 pm
The Serpent and The Rainbow scared me out of my wits!!!!!
The original Amityville Horror had me awake for night's on end!!!!
:-[ :-[
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: snozberries on 10/17/11 at 9:00 pm
I never really liked gore horror I was more a fan of comedic horror as in April Fool's Day or old time Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller movies
as in Fiend Without A Face. I guess the only gore horror I like is the first Halloween and the first two Hellraiser movies.
Others I like:
The Day Of The Triffids
Gargoyles (Made for TV)
Anything with Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney or Bela Lugosi
Return Of The Living Dead
Inferno (Dario Argento)
Murder Rock: Dancing Death (Lucio Fulci)
Ah April Fools Day...I was so pissed off when isaw that in the theater, thought I got ripped off...here's your horror film, psyche ;D but I totally get it now.
I love all of the .....Living Dead movies.
Night of the Triffads? The title sounds so familiar but I can't recall it.
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: snozberries on 10/17/11 at 9:16 pm
The Serpent and The Rainbow scared me out of my wits!!!!!
The original Amityville Horror had me awake for night's on end!!!!
:-[ :-[
Sorry Tam, I didn't get Serpant & The rainbow :-\\
Amityville? GET OUT!! Yeah, that was scary!!!
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: snozberries on 10/17/11 at 9:48 pm
Oh yeah...Entity.
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: lorac61469 on 10/17/11 at 9:53 pm
Oh yeah...Entity.
Is that the one with Barbara Hershey? I think it was based on a true story.
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Tam on 10/17/11 at 9:56 pm
Sorry Tam, I didn't get Serpant & The rainbow :-\\
Black Magic and Zombies.
Would definitely make a killing right now! (Pun intended)
Not that I want a remake, because I couldn't watch it anyway! lol ;D
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: snozberries on 10/17/11 at 9:56 pm
Is that the one with Barbara Hershey? I think it was based on a true story.
It is.. And, it supposedly is. It wasn't so much scary asit wascreepy. I was disturbed by it for sure. I'm not sure how you get raped by a ghost but it's gotta suck! :-\\ especially when the sucker is stalking you. :o
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: snozberries on 10/17/11 at 9:59 pm
Black Magic and Zombies.
Would definitely make a killing right now! (Pun intended)
Not that I want a remake, because I couldn't watch it anyway! lol ;D
;D
Zombies? I guess I didn't recognize them as zombies...perhaps I should try it again
Oh one of the more painful movies (as in painfully bad) was the tool box murders. It was disturbing as all get out. Poorly acted, vile and disgusting. One of the few films I actually had to turn off for being to much for me. ::)
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 10/17/11 at 11:59 pm
The Serpent and The Rainbow scared me out of my wits!!!!!
Me too. I loved that one.
I saw Cujo the other night for the first time. It wasn't scary so much as nerve wracking. I most unpleasant movie!
:o
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: snozberries on 10/18/11 at 12:02 am
Me too. I loved that one.
I saw Cujo the other night for the first time. It wasn't scary so much as nerve wracking. I most unpleasant movie!
:o
Yeah Cujo's kind of lackluster...maybe if you're a mom it triggers something in you.. I have zero maternal instinct so I was just annoyed ;D
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Howard on 10/18/11 at 6:38 am
What's that horror film with the pinhead guy? Was that scary? ???
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Dagwood on 10/18/11 at 6:51 am
The original Amityville Horror had me awake for night's on end!!!!
:-
What's that horror film with the pinhead guy? Was that scary? ???
Hellraiser
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: lorac61469 on 10/18/11 at 8:18 am
Yeah Cujo's kind of lackluster...maybe if you're a mom it triggers something in you.. I have zero maternal instinct so I was just annoyed ;D
Me too. I loved that one.
I saw Cujo the other night for the first time. It wasn't scary so much as nerve wracking. I most unpleasant movie!
:o
I watched part of Cujo the other night...it wasn't scary but for me it was the idea of being stuck in a small, sweltering car with no way out and no water. I was almost hyperventilating as I watched it.
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: lorac61469 on 10/18/11 at 8:28 am
The Serpent and The Rainbow scared me out of my wits!!!!!
The original Amityville Horror had me awake for night's on end!!!!
:-[ :-[
I haven't seen The Serpent and The Rainbow in forever...I didn't get it either. Maybe I need to watch it again.
One more thing about Cujo...one day I went outside and there was this stray dog, it was a dirty, matted St. Bernard. I made my kids go inside until it was gone. ;D
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: lorac61469 on 10/18/11 at 10:14 am
I remember The Changeling being pretty creepy.
I also remember seeing PumpkinHead...can't remember if it was very good or not. ;D
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: 80sfan on 10/18/11 at 10:11 pm
Halloween II (1981)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
;D
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: TheLurkerKing on 10/19/11 at 5:18 pm
While I never saw these two in the theater, but first caught both of them on TV, my two favorite horror films from the '80's, and (IMHO) the two best vampire films from the '80's . . .
"Fright Night" (1985)
"Lair of the White Worm" (1988)
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/19/11 at 6:05 pm
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. The horrors, the horrors. I STILL have nightmares.
Cat
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Howard on 10/19/11 at 7:45 pm
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. The horrors, the horrors. I STILL have nightmares.
Cat
At 60 years old he IS a horror.
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: moycon on 10/19/11 at 8:21 pm
I saw Serpent and the Rainbow in the theater and loved it. I've always been a sucker for zombies and that movie while not a traditional zombie flick was pretty interesting.
Been years since I've seen it, but still remember the climax..."I wanna hear you scream!!!"
I'll add the remake of The Cat People. When I saw it on HBO back in the 80's I liked it because of all the nudity. Flash forward to a couple years ago when I bought it on HD DVD. This was a flick that was panned and bombed back in the 80's. Most fans of the original saw the new movie as perverse and disgusting. It's actually a pretty well done, well acted, well written (if indeed a bit perverse) horror flick. I only wish it had been a success back in the day.
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: 80sfan on 10/19/11 at 10:30 pm
I think any horror movie is scary if you watch it alone. Especially when you're all alone in your house.
Sister's going on a date. Brother is hanging out with his friends. Dad is off at work. And mom is off at the market with the baby along with her. :o
Now THAT'S scary!
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Howard on 10/20/11 at 6:58 am
I think any horror movie is scary if you watch it alone. Especially when you're all alone in your house.
Sister's going on a date. Brother is hanging out with his friends. Dad is off at work. And mom is off at the market with the baby along with her. :o
Now THAT'S scary!
It's even more scarier when you're sitting next to a girl watching it with her. ;)
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: 80sfan on 10/20/11 at 9:17 am
It's even more scarier when you're sitting next to a girl watching it with her. ;)
Yes. ;D
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: lorac61469 on 10/20/11 at 10:02 am
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. The horrors, the horrors. I STILL have nightmares.
Cat
Ha ha! My son used to love this movie. He would watch it all the time, so much so I can recite it almost word for word. ;D
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Howard on 10/20/11 at 1:47 pm
http://www.shockya.com/news/wp-content/uploads/fright_night_vampire.jpg
Fright Night (1985)
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/20/11 at 3:07 pm
http://www.shockya.com/news/wp-content/uploads/fright_night_vampire.jpg
Fright Night (1985)
Wow, I didn't know my ex-mother-in-law was in that movie.
Cat
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: 80sfan on 10/20/11 at 7:17 pm
http://www.shockya.com/news/wp-content/uploads/fright_night_vampire.jpg
Fright Night (1985)
This picture is oddly amusing. ;D
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: SupaMario on 10/21/11 at 2:49 am
If she brushed her teeth more often and didnt wear so much eye make up, and maybe used some eye drops she would look pretty normal ???
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Howard on 10/21/11 at 6:28 am
Wow, I didn't know my ex-mother-in-law was in that movie.
Cat
;D Was she a vampire?
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Howard on 10/21/11 at 6:31 am
If she brushed her teeth more often and didnt wear so much eye make up, and maybe used some eye drops she would look pretty normal ???
vampiresses always have to look sexy.
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/23/11 at 6:37 pm
;D Was she a vampire?
She was evil, that's for sure.
Cat
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: 2kidsami on 10/24/11 at 11:09 am
Candyman... that movie sorta creeped me out
waxworks - never will go to a wax museum (and House of wax solidified it)
Puppet master - hate freakin puppets, marionettes, or any other freaky doll like thing
Leprechaun - goes with above (and it may be a later movie than 80's)
Howling - watched it for the nudity in my early teens (close to pron as I got :o)
Silver Bullet - not really scary - but hey it had Cory Haim
Chucky made me laugh... found a doll at a garage sale, somewhat similar (it was a girl doll) - My girls wouldn't let me buy her (thought she would be a great Halloween Decoration)
SQUIRM - the music/noise can set you off though
Motel Hell - Gotta love it!
Terror Train - who didn't like Jamie Lee Curtis
and cause I have no idea when it was made, but who can't love it BOOB (movie about a killer, monsterous, detached breast - Horror of horrors)
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Howard on 10/24/11 at 12:25 pm
and cause I have no idea when it was made, but who can't love it BOOB (movie about a killer, monsterous, detached breast - Horror of horrors)
WTF? there's a film called BOOB? :o
;D
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: 2kidsami on 10/24/11 at 1:30 pm
WTF? there's a film called BOOB? :o
;D
Yep (why did I have a feeling that this would get his attention, but I did not expect how FAST it would)... A Scary movie even
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: moycon on 10/24/11 at 3:46 pm
I've seen some monstrous boobs for sure!
Last night I watched Ghoulies. I can still remember going to see this in the theaters back in the 80's.
It's surprisingly effective although the special effects which weren't all that great even at the time haven't aged too well! LOL Still a fun fright flick.
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Howard on 10/25/11 at 6:32 am
Yep (why did I have a feeling that this would get his attention, but I did not expect how FAST it would)... A Scary movie even
It's pretty easy to attract me. ;D
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Howard on 10/25/11 at 6:34 am
http://horrorfanzine.com/top-20-horror-sex-scenes/
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: moycon on 10/26/11 at 10:58 am
Watched Creepshow again last night. Man that is one great horror anthology!!
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: kellygoo72 on 11/05/11 at 4:31 am
Watched Creepshow again last night. Man that is one great horror anthology!!
I always LOVED Creepshow. I remember that the CRATE was the one that scared me the most but , the one with the ROACHES was the SICKEST... LOL
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Howard on 11/05/11 at 6:20 am
Nightmare On Elm Street
Subject: Re: Halloween Horrors!
Written By: Class of 84 on 11/29/11 at 7:30 pm
I can't believe I forgot to mention My Bloody Valentine and Sleepaway Camp
Sleepaway Camp is on my all time list of the worst movies ever made. i actually paid money to see that.