Halloween movies

The Halloweenies rank the Halloween franchise from worst to best in the wake of Halloween Ends. Stream the full episode now.

[iTunes/Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/halloweenies-a-jason-voorhees-podcast/id1348188941?uo=4), [Stitcher](https://www.stitcher.com/show/halloweenies), [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/6uCgZOJqdqq3RzmsfCtgQt?si=BAa0GHrpSPinZXrcGbV_Ww), [RadioPublic](https://radiopublic.com/halloweenies-a-horror-franchise-p-6N929g), [Acast](https://play.acast.com/s/halloweenies), [Google Podcasts](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYWNhc3QuY29tL2hhbGxvd2Vlbmllcw), and [RSS](https://rss.acast.com/halloweenies). [The Rewind](https://www.patreon.com/halloweeniespod/), for hilariously irreverent commentaries (e.g. And with so many games being released these days, we decided that we wanted a way to discuss several titles released in a given month, and thus The Inventory was born. And, not to mention, the other Halloweenies have certainly adjusted their respective rankings. With Mike Vanderbilt now part of the gang, rest assured, this list is going to look a whole lot different once the candles are lit and we all step back to watch our work. Horror fans have been feasting as of late. [ilent Hill 2 remake and spinoffs!](https://bloody-disgusting.com/podcasts/3737787/silent-hill-special-safe-room-podcast/) This is now: Some four years later, we’ve got not one, but two more movies added to the harvest, thanks to David Gordon Green. Things have changed for the Halloweenies, too. So, is this a trick or a treat? [Podcasts](https://bloody-disgusting.com/podcasts/) [wrapped up their inaugural season with a whole-hearted ranking](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/halloweenies-a-horror-franchise-podcast/id1348188941?i=1000429128212) that saw them carve out the entire franchise.

The Utah Jazz are getting into the Halloween spirit ahead of their October 31 matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies.

“I just like the old nostalgic type of movies,” the 22-year-old said. His daughters are hitting the streets as characters from Paw Patrol this year. But Agbaji isn’t limited to just horror movies from the ’80s and ’90s. The former Sixth-Man of the Year award winner has Chucky and Leatherface from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre tattooed just above his right hip. That’s because most of them sit on the thigh of his left leg and are covered on game night. “And’ Smile’, that was really scary.”

Halloween movies are not horror movies but are their own separate category that merges dark, gothic and macabre aesthetics with excellent comedy to provide a ...

I loved the way that life and death were portrayed, where the land of the dead was bright and colourful with a lot of celebration, while the land of the living was cold and dreary and highly uninviting. Gomez and Morticia Addams are #couplegoals and Wednesday Addams is one of the most iconic characters in pop culture. The Addams family is a Halloween classic for a reason. Hocus Pocus is a brilliant way to kick off that Halloween movie marathon for the season. Hocus Pocus (1993) is about a teenage boy, Max, who just moved to Salem, Massachusetts and on Halloween night, accidentally resurrects a trio of sister witches who were executed in the 17th century. Halloween movies are not horror movies but are their own separate category that merges dark, gothic and macabre aesthetics with excellent comedy to provide a brilliant source of entertainment for the fall.

HappyHappy Halloween to all who watch scary movies! This season, we provided a whole host of horror recommendations for you to watch at home.

But when Ben, the 13-year-old star of the film, sees his dad dating again, he freaks out and programs PAT to be a 1950s-esque housewife in an attempt to convince his dad that he doesn’t need to replace the mom in their life. Muppets Haunted Mansion is a delightful celebration of theme park lore and Muppet shenanigans, and the perfect accompaniment to a large bowl of Halloween candy. The Disney Plus special follows Gonzo and Pepe as they spend a night in a haunted mansion (not the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland/Disney World, but one made by the same architect — this is The show’s anything-goes philosophy is no more apparent than in a one-off based on the Marvel Comics’ zombies line, in which the world is plagued by a virus, turning most of the Avengers into the slobbering undead. [Rotten to the Core](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGlLe1w3DJM).” Except this time around, it’s a film for the baddies and misfits — with all the nostalgia of growing up with Disney movies. [confirmed canon](https://www.polygon.com/22715209/muppets-haunted-mansion-disney-plus-halloween-special-interview)) and encounter the mansion’s undead denizens. Burton’s Frankenweenie remake, rendered in the stop-motion animation style of The Nightmare Before Christmas, keeps the throwback elements of the original short while expanding the coming-of-age arc of a young Victor Frankenstein and bringing an entire neighborhood of weirdos to life in the director’s signature style. At 29 minutes, the short is a scrappy, silly, black-and-white adventure of a science-minded boy and his soon-to-be-undead dog. The students at Auradon (all of whom look so awkward rapping) greet their new classmates with a remix of “ [Be Our Guest](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIKhoEIBSxU&list=PLQdMMiUe0Ij-ENosiDzKXB87wI8ix_5qF).” These goody two-shoes kids look so dorky, down to their garden party aesthetic. Delicately animated by Selick and his team from an idea by Tim Burton (it was the first animated movie nominated for a Visual Effects Oscar, which it lost to Jurassic Park), Nightmare Before Christmas features terrific music from Danny Elfman and is an absolute treat (no trick) for the senses. [who has a new Netflix movie out](https://www.polygon.com/23426753/wendell-and-wild-review-henry-selick-keegan-michael-key-jordan-peele)), The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween tradition for thousands (myself included) for a very good reason: It absolutely rules. With narration courtesy of Bing Crosby and Basil Rathbone and a wonderful score by Peter Pan composer Oliver Wallace, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr.

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And though it's very satisfying to see them battle it out in the finale, the damage has already been done with a meandering plotline and boring subtext. It should leave audiences on the edge of their seats, rather than predicting when a zombie is going to be behind a door when someone closes it. And the underwhelming special effects that go into the action just stand out like a burnt thumb. Unfortunately, it's just a derivative experience that neither terrifies the audience nor offers them something new in time for Halloween. 2002's "Ju-On" and its American remake, "The Grudge," are two of the most infamous horror movies of the early 2000s because of their chilling, unforgiving nature. What follows is a mish-mash of horror tropes that fail to excite or terrify the audience in any way. But the 2020 chapter of the franchise is highly disappointing. [Kiefer Sutherland](https://www.insider.com/father-and-son-actors-in-movies-together-2017-6) back from the cast of the original movie to play a completely different character. The cast is fine, but it all just feels incredibly mediocre when it could've pushed the concept to terrifying new heights. It needed someone to give the film an actual identity. The similarities to "A Quiet Place" definitely don't help, as it uses a number of similar sequences and jump scares to try to make the most of its tight 90-minute run time. [the Slender Man was everywhere](https://www.insider.com/slender-man-story-documentary-2016-3).

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We live in ostensibly sexless times, though we remain undeniably sex-soaked beings. Even as today's adolescents are more likely to express their sexual identity ...

In the throes of passion, we may for a moment seem to touch the divine, to transcend the tyranny of time and body, but even this moment—this petit mort—gets us nowhere but disappointment, for desire can never truly be satiated. As we seek to fill the void of our being, to overcome our deficient animal nature, we give into that animal nature most completely. In Carrie, Brian de Palma’s 1976 adaptation of the novel by Stephen King, the mother of the titular protagonist preaches to her daughter that “the first sin was intercourse.” This is an odd reading of the Bible, but not one without antecedents. Of course, this is not a poem of literal patricide, but one that explores the nature of senescence. “While violence cloaks itself in a plethora of disguises,” according to the opening narration of Faster Pussycat! The objects of our desire always remain a mystery to us, even—and perhaps especially—if we marry them. If, as Freud claimed, “the essence of repression lies simply in turning something away, and keeping it at a distance, from the conscious,” then Norman Bates, from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 shocker Psycho, may be the poster boy of sexual repression. All horror is the horror of sexual desire. The first title they gave him was “Cat People.” They undoubtedly expected Lewton would make a copycat of The Wolf Man, but he gave them something simultaneously more unsettling and more erotic. Part of what made the erotic such an integral aspect of a century of scary movies was that the horror genre was the main genre of transgression. No matter how prevalent sex is or isn’t, no matter how permissible a society may or may not be, existence is predicated upon the erotic, so the cultural myths of a healthy society must tussle with our libidinal entanglements. This from the franchise that pretty much started—even if unintentionally—the trend of “Sex = Death” horror that came to define the slasher subgenre for two decades or more.

Even after adorning your dorm room with pumpkin and skeleton decorations and picking a perfect costume to rock in, the ideal Halloween doesn't seem complete ...

As Halloween falls upon us, maybe you're looking for movies that will actually spook you to your core. Obviously, there are typical Halloween movies such as ...

It's Halloween—a day for adrenaline, heart-pumping terror. And this year's best horror films are sure to terrify you. Our guest panel discusses what movies ...

We talk through recent films, some of the best horror of 2022, and where the genre may be heading next on this spooky edition of the Movie Club. What films are worth the nightmares? The 1A Movie Club: Horror For Halloween

Pray for survival. Preacher, Midnight Mass, and Lucifer. Religion has long been featured in the horror genre. Horror likes to ...

Sam (Jude Law) travels to the island to grieve over the murder of his son, while Helen (Naomie Harris) arrives seeking answers. Bouchard meanwhile is a skeptic, refusing to believe in demons even as she comes face to face with them on a regular basis. Religious figures would go on to play major roles in Supernatural's expanding storyline, with even God himself being a pivotal character. Instead, it explores the same disturbing themes as the original, while creating its own identity that helps to flesh out the world of the popular film series. The series elevates itself above its peers thanks to its unique and likable protagonist, and he is joined by a great supporting cast. With their marriage fractured by the unimaginable tragedy, they enroll in transitory object therapy as a way to heal. Initially focused on simply indulging in many vices, a murder and a chance encounter with an intriguing detective cause Lucifer to become a consultant for the LAPD as he helps them solve cases. A detective tries to make sense of the clearly supernatural killings, while a charismatic young man begins to organize a deadly cult. When giant ape-like creatures appear out of nowhere and murder people they have deemed to be sinners, the country falls into a wave of religion-fueled chaos that brings out the worst in humanity. When a force intrudes upon his body and grants him new powers, he embarks on a journey to find God, dealing with characters from both heaven and hell along the way. When a charismatic priest arrives at the island, his tales of spiritual salvation draw followers to his side, though bad omens begin to befall the town as the residents become divided. Horror is becoming more and more popular on the small screen these days, and with that religious horror has made the transition over as well.