October 2023 Movie Watching

It's that time of year again. It's Halloween month and that means lots of horror movies. I'll be updating this list as we go. I've also posted my 2022 list if you're intereted.

Horror has a wide range. It can be scary, creepy, funny, and more. Some of my favorites are ones that give me a sense of dread. -- Skip Shea, Filmmaker

Before I get to my list, I have a couple of recommendations. Skip Shea's films, Trinity and Seeds are excellent indie films to add to your Horror movie watch list.

The list of movies

In order of watching.

• The Brain That Wouldn't Die / Rifftrax, 1962. Directed by Joseph Green. Riffed by Bridget Nelson & Mary Jo Pehl
• Re-Animator, 1985. Directed by Stuart Gordon.
• Faust, 1994. Directed by Jan Švankmajer.
• The Lost Boys, 1987. Directed by Joel Schumacher.
• Young Frankenstein, 1974. Directed by Mel Brooks.
• Brutal Massacre: A Comedy, 2008. Directed by Stevan Mena.
• Arsenic and Old Lace, 1944. Directed by Frank Capra.
• Stephen King's Silver Bullet, 1985. Directed by Daniel Attias.
• Prom Night, 1980. Directed by Paul Lynch.
• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, 2005. Directed by Nick Park, Steve Box.
• Blade, 1998. Directed by Stephen Norrington.
• It, 2017. Directed by Andy Muschietti.
• It, Chapter Two, 2019. Directed by Andy Muschietti.
• The Addiction, 1995. Directed by Abel Ferrara.
• The Ninth Gate, 1999. Directed by Roman Polanski.
• The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993. Directed by Henry Selick.
• The Tingler, 1959. Directed by William Castle.
• The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, 2001. Directed by Larry Blamire.
• The Shining, 1980. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
• Patrick, 1978. Directed by Richard Franklin.
• Doctor Sleep, 2019. Directed by Mike Flanagan.
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1978. Directed by Philip Kaufman.
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, 1992. Directed by David Lynch.
• Carnival of Souls, 1962. Directed by Herk Harvey.
• Constantine, 2005. Directed by Francis Lawrence.
• Dracula / Horror of Dracula, 1958. Directed by Terence Fisher.
• Altered States, 1980. Directed by Ken Russell.
• The Brood, 1979. Directed by David Cronenberg.
• Scanners, 1981. Directed by David Cronenberg.
• Bubba Ho-tep, 2002. Directed by Don Coscarelli.
• Little Shop of Horrors, 1986. Directed by Frank Oz.
• Dark Shadows, 2012. Directed by Tim Burton.
• Toby Dammit, 1968. Directed by Federico Fellini.
• A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, 2014. Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour.
• Cinematic Titanic: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks, 2008. Directed by Tim Ford. Riffed by Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Joel Hodgson, Mary Jo Pehl, J. Elvis Weinstein.
• Friday the 13th, 1980. Directed by Sean S. Cunningham.
• The Exorcist, 1973. Directed by William Friedkin.
• Poltergeist, 1982. Directed by Tobe Hooper.
• Sheitan, 2006. Directed by Directed by Kim Chapiron.
• Peeping Tom, 1960. Directed by Michael Powell.
• Lisa e il diavolo, 1973. Directed by Mario Bava.
• Carrie, 1976. Directed by Brian De Palma.

Not a movie

Non-movie Halloween things I've watched this month.

• X-Files / Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster
• Marvel's Werewolf By Night, 2022. Directed by Michael Giacchino.
• It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, 1966. Directed by Bill Melendez.
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Banquo's Chair, 1959. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
• The Young Ones, S2.E3: Nasty, 1984. Directed by Paul Jackson.
• The Avengers: The House That Jack Built, 1966. Directed by Don Leaver.
• Buster Keaton in The Haunted House, 1921. Directed by Edward F. Cline adn Buster Keaton.
• The Kingdom, S1, 1994. Directed by Lars von Trier and Morten Arnfred.

My Halloween-themed lists on Letterboxd

• Vampires!
• For October
• Something Scary for Halloween
• Steven King watched / read. These are movies I've seen that are based on Steven King books that I have also read.