LE VIDEO’S HOUSE OF HALLOWEEN
HORRORS
HORRORS
Staff Endorsed Chillers from Around the World
ANTHONY
Dead Heat (1988. dir. Mark Goldblatt)
Fear (1996. dir. James Foley)
Maniac Cop (1988. dir. William Lustig)
Open Water (2003. dir. Chris Kentis)
Frailty (2001. dir. Bill Paxton)
Chopping Mall (1986. dir. Jim Wynorski)
Flesh and the Fiends (Mania, 1960. dir. John Gilling)
Session 9 (2001. dir. Brad Anderson)
Xtro (1983. dir. Harry Bromley Davenport)
Tombs of the Blind Dead (La Noche del Terror Ciego, 1971. dir. Amando de Ossorio)
Carnival of Souls (1962. dir. Herk Harvey)
CATHERINE (Then & Now)
Horror movies are not my "thing" but those films are fantastic!
A Tale of Two Sisters (Janghwa, Hongryeon, 2003. dir. Ji-woon Kim)
Kwaidan (Ghost Stories, 1964. dir. Masaki Kobayashi)
Nosferatu (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens, 1922. dir. F.W. Murnau)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, 1920. dir. Robert Wiene)
Onibaba (The Hole, 1964. dir. Kaneto Shindo)
Le Boucher (The Butcher, 1970. dir. Claude Chabrol)
The Wicker Man (1973. dir. Robin Hardy)
Audition (Ôdishon, 1999. dir. Takashi Miike)
The Birds (1963. dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
The Innocents (1961. dir. Jack Clayton)
Carrie (1976. dir. Brian DePalma)
Jaws (1975. dir. Steven Spielberg)
Rosemary's Baby (1968. dir. Roman Polanski)
The Omen (1976. dir. Richard Donner)
The Tenant (Le Locataire - 1976 dir. Roman Polanski)
The Collector (1965 dir. William Wyler)
Frenzy(1972 dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
Phantom of the Opera (1925)
J.T.
Cure (1997. dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
Murders in the Zoo (1933. dir. A. Edward Sutherland)
The Monster Squad (1987. dir. Fred Dekker)
Kwaidan (Ghost Stories - 1964. dir. Masaki Kobayashi)
Q - The Winged Serpent (1982. dir. Larry Cohen)
Black Christmas (1974. dir. Bob Clark)
The Wicker Man (1973. dir. Robin Hardy)
KRIS
The Descent (2005. dir. Neil Marshall)
The Gate (1987. dir. Tibor Takacs)
Shaun of the Dead (2004. dir. Edgar Wright)
Gremlins (1984. dir. Joe Dante)
LUCKY
Possession (1981. dir. Andrzej Zulawski)
Pin (Pin: A Plastic Nightmare, 1988. dir. Sandor Stern)
Fire in the Sky (1993. dir. Robert Lieberman)
Death Bed - The Bed that Eats (1977. dir. George Barry)
Hellraiser: Inferno (Hellraiser 5 , 2000. dir. Scott Derrickson)
Invaders from Mars (1986. dir. Tobe Hooper)
Day of the Dead (1985. dir. George A. Romero)
Troll (1986. dir. John Carl Buechler) - Seriously. Pickled sonny bono? hello?
Jeepers Creepers (2001. dir. Victor Salva)
Dog Soldiers (2002. dir. Neil Marshall)
An American Werewolf in London (1981. dir. John Landis)
Survival Research Laboratories - A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief (1988. dir. Jon Reiss)
Event Horizon (1997. dir. Paul W.S. Anderson)
The Untold Story (Human Pork Chop, 1993. dir. Danny Lee and Herman Yau)
MAGGIE
Sisters (1973. dir. Brian DePalma)
Obsession (1976. dir. Brian DePalma)
Carrie (1976. dir. Brian DePalma)
Body Double (1984. dir. Brian DePalma)
Frenzy (1972. dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
Vertigo (1958. dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
Rebecca (1940. dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
Jennifer's Body (2009. dir. Karyn Kusama)
Drag Me to Hell (2009. dir. Sam Raimi)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992. dir. Fran Rubel Kuzui)
MARK BOWEN (1991-2003; then back like a heart attack in 2010)
As difficult as it was for me to do, I decided to leave some of my all-time favorites off the list so that I could make room for a bunch of truly great and often neglected horror films that you may have missed)
The Tenant (Le Locataire, 1976. dir.Roman Polanski) – the ultimate Polanski film.
Dust Devil (1992. dir. Richard Stanley) – Richard Stanley’s criminally neglected masterpiece
I Walked with a Zombie (1943. dir. Jacques Tourneur) – Perfect! Perfect! Perfect!
Old Dark House (1932. dir. James Whale) – as wickedly funny as it is creepy
Blood and Black Lace (Sei donne per l'assassino - 1964)
Deep Red (Profondo Rosso, 1964. dir. Dario Argento) – the perfect giallo. It’s like watching Antonioni’s
Blow-Up reflected in a cracked and bloody mirror
Lisa and the Devil (Lisa e il diavolo, 1974. dir. Mario Bava) – as beautiful as it is unhinged. Bava’s best.
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969. dir. Terence Fisher) – it’s nearly impossible for me to choose only one film from Hammer’s cycle of Frankenstein films. Curse, Revenge, Created Woman; this are like a single film in my mind. All hail the great gentleman of horror, Mr. Peter Cushing.
Martin (1977. dir. George A. Romero) – I’ll go so far as to say that this is the best vampire film…ever.
Curse of the Demon (Night of the Demon, 1957. dir. Jaques Tourneur) – as good a horror film as you will ever see.
Daughters of Darkness (Les lèvres rouges, 1971. dir. Harry Kümel)
Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue (Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, 1974. dir. Jorge Grau) – the greatest zombie film that you have never seen
Who Can Kill a Child? (Island of the damned, 1976. dir. Narciso Ibáñez Serrador) – remember reading (or seeing) Children of the Corn? I’m going to wager that THIS is the film that Stephen King watched the night before he wrote it. This is the most sinister “Evil Kids” film that you will ever see. Stunning.
The Brood (1979. dir. David Cronenberg)
Ravenous (1999. dir. Antonia Bird) – best film of 1999
House with the Laughing Windows (La casa dalle finestre che ridono, 1976. dir. Pupi Avati) – essential
Italian horror.
Exorcist 3 (1990. dir. William Peter Blatty) – Every bit as good and, for my money, far scarier than the original. It’s been 20 years since I first saw the film, and one sequence in particular still gives me the willies whenever I think of it.
Quatermass 2 (Enemy From Space, 1957. dir. Val Guest) – VHS only
Vampire Circus (1972. dir. Robert Young) – VHS only
Brides of Dracula (1960. dir. Terence Fisher)
Ju-on: The Curse - Parts 1 & 2 (2000. dir. Takashi Shimizu) – not to be confused w/Ju-on: The Grudge
Session 9 (2001. dir. Brad Anderson) – right up there with the scariest films that I have ever seen
The Kingdom (Riget, 1994. dir. Lars von Trier)
Peeping Tom (1960. dir. Michael Powell)
Seconds (1966. dir. John Frankenheimer) - unforgettable
Witchfinder General (Conqueror Worm, 1968. dir. Michael Reeves) – unlike anything that you have EVER seen Vincent Price in before.
The Innocents (1961. dir. Jack Clayton)
Bay of Blood (Twitch of the Death Nerve, 1971. dir. Mario Bava)
Horror Hotel (City of the Dead, 1960. dir. John Llewellyn Moxey)
Below (2002. dir. David Twohy)
Spider Baby...or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1968. dir. Jack Hill)
The Sadist (Profile of terror, 1963. dir. James Landis) – a riveting and completely unhinged performance
by the usually wooden Arch Hall Jr. This one’s a nail-biter!
Possession (1981. dir. Andrzej Zulawski) – To say there is no other film quite like this one would be a gross understatement. This film may scar you. You have been warned.
The Terror of Dr. Hichcock (The Horrible Dr. Hichcock, 1962. dir. Riccardo Freda) – VHS only
Death Laid an Egg (La morte ha fatto l'uovo, 1968. dir. Giulio Questi) – VHS only
Martyrs (2008. dir. Pascal Laugier) – nasty, NASTY stuff
Spider Labyrinth (Il nido del ragno, 1988. dir. Gianfranco Giagni) – VHS only
Dead Man's Shoes (2004. Shane Meadows) – sinister deconstruction of slasher film conventions. Paddy Considine delivers one hell of a chilling performance.
House of Whipcord (1974. dir. Pete Walker)
Dog Soldiers (2002. dir. Neil Marshall) – the knockout debut from the man who would soon scare the crap out of the world with The Descent.
Castle of Blood (Danza macabra, 1964. dir. Antonio Margheriti & Sergio Corbucci)
A Bell from Hell (La campana del infierno, 1973. dir. Claudio Guerín)
Lips of Blood (Lèvres de sang, 1975. dir. Jean Rollin)
Death Dream (Dead of Night, 1974. dir. Bob Clark) – it hurts my soul to think about how underappreciated this film is.
Ghostwatch (1992. dir. Lesley Manning) – VHS only
MARY
Opera (1987. dir. Dario Argento)
Videodrome (1983. dir. David Cronenberg)
Carrie (1976. dir. Brian DePalma)
The Shining (1980. dir. Stanley Kubrick)
Event Horizon (1997. dir. Paul W.S. Anderson)
Repulsion (1965. dir. Roman Polanski)
Jacob's Ladder (1990 dir. Andrian Lyne)
Possession (1981 dir. Andrzej Zulawski)
Devil's Advocate (1997. dir. Taylor Hackford)
God Told Me To (1976. dir. Larry Cohen)
The Kingdom (1994. dir. Lars von Trier)
VERNON
The Twilight Zone
"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (1963)
"Nick of Time" (1960)
Rosemary's Baby (1968. dir. Roman Polanski)
The Night Stalker (1972 dir. John Llewellen Moxey)
Duel (1971. dir. Steven Spielberg)
Carrie (1976. dir. Brian DePalma)
Eden Lake (2008 dir. James Watkins)
Wolf Creek (2005. dir. Greg McLean)
The Descent (2005. dir. Neil Marshall)
House of the Devil (2009. dir. Ti West)
The Stepfather (1987. dir. Joseph Ruben)
The Long Weekend (1978. dir. Colin Eggleston)
Near Dark (1987. dir. Kathryn Bigalow)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002. dir. Mark Pellington)
The Signal (2007 dir. David Bruckner, Dan Bush & Jacob Gentry)
Massacre at Central High (1976. dir. Rene Daalder) – VHS only
Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in, 2008. dir. Tomas Alfredson)
Teeth (2007. dir. Mitchell Lichtenstein)
The Host (Gwoemul , 2006. dir. Joon-ho Bong)
Manhunter (1986. dir. Michael Mann)
Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore, 1994. dir. Michele Soavi)
Road Games (1981. dir. Richard Franklin)
Alien (1979. dir. Ridley Scott)
The Company of Wolves (1984. dir. Neil Jordan)
I Walked with a Zombie (1943. dir. Jaques Tourneur)
Night of the Hunter (1955. dir. Charles Laughton)
Dawn of the Dead (1978. dir. George A. Romero)
Dawn of the Dead (2004. dir. Zack Snyder)
MORE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LE VIDEO ALUMNI
ROB TAYLOR
(No particular order)Exorcist 3 (1973) - I actually remember liking this a lot, and being really scared by it, and since everyone thinks of the first one, and not as many people have seen this one this might be a solidrecommendation, but it's been 15 years since I saw it, and I back then I though Drew Barrymore was talented too, so if part III stinks sorry)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
The Lady in White (1988) - you can watch it with the older kids
Cat People (1942)
The Descent (2005) - I screamed out loud more during this film than I've ever screamed at all the other films I've ever screamed out loud at combined. I was 30. I was on a date. I'm certain my date was horrified for additional reasons.
Identity (The twist worked for me, although a lot of folks hate it)
And for people who want "horror-ble" movies that will make them unhappy and accentuate their misanthropic moods (there are such types):
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
28 Weeks Later (2007)
Angel Heart (1987)
Irreversible (2002) ...I got sad just typing that title.
MIKE BEST
(In no real order)
House of Wax (2005 - mostly because of the way Paris Hilton dies)
Scream (1996)
The Exorcist (1973)
Friday the 13th (1980)
Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le pacte des loups - 2001)
Ring (Ringu - 1998)
Demons (Demoni - 1985)
Haunting, The (1963)
Dead and Breakfast (2004)
Pitch Black (2000)
SIERRA CAMPAGNA
Ok, well I'm not much of a horror movie person, so these may seem mild. But I think they're super creepy and fun.
Ravenous
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
28 Days Later (2002)
Shining (1980)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Evil Dead 2 (1987)
Psycho (1960)
Paranormal Activity (2007)
Alien (1979)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
LUKE HOWITT
I'm no great scare buff either, but . . . In unranked order:
Alien (1979)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
The Descent (2005)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Halloween (1978)
Martin (1977)
Quatermass and the Pit (Five million years to Earth - 1967)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Vanishing (Spoorloos - 1988)
LARRY GOLDENBERG
Tenant, The (Le locataire - 1976)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Peeping Tom (Face of fear - 1960)
Seconds (1966)
The Conversation (1974)
Lost Highway (1997)
The Wrong Man (1956)
Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in - 2008)
The Shining (1980)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
LUCY GOLDENBERG
Parents (1989)
Vampire's Kiss (1988)
Psycho (1960)
Eraserhead (1976)
The Fly (1986)
The Kingdom (Riget - 1994)
The Prophecy (God's army - 1995)
The Blob (1988)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Poltergeist (1982)
RYAN SCHUBERT
Not necessarily my Top/Favorites, either. Mostly what I think of as scary as hell, with a one or two had-to-mentions.
Alien (1979)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore - 1994)
Event Horizon (1997)
Images (1972)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Session 9 (2001)
Shivers (They came from within - 1975)
Videodrome (1983)
Tenant, The (Le locataire - 1976)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Thing (1982)
Trouble Every Day (2001)
SHERILYN CONNELLY
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
The Fly (1986)
The Haunting (1963)
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Poltergeist (1982)
Prince of Darkness (1987)
Repulsion (1965)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Videodrome (1983)
DAN BUSKIRK (1991 - 1994)
Beyond the Door (Chi Sei? - 1974, d.Ovidio G. Assonitis)
The Body Snatcher (1945, d. Robert Wise.)
End of the Line (2007, d. Maurice Devereaux)
Incubus (1982, d. John Hough)
The Left Bank (2008, d. Pieter Van Hees)
The Manitou (1978, d.William Girdler)
Rabid (1976, d. David Cronenberg)
The Ruins (2008, d. by Carter Smith)
This Night I'll Posses Your Corpse (1967, d. José Mojica Marins)
The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976, d. Matt Cimber)
EDWARD CROUSE (1995-1999)
a.k.a. Edward E. "Eddy Baby" Crouse
[no ranking, by alphabetical director order]
Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)
The Unknown (Tod Browning, 1927)
Night of the Bloody Apes (Rene Cordona, 1969)
Scanners (David Cronenberg, 1981)
Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis, 2001)
What's the Matter With Helen? (Curtis Harrington, 1971)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1999)
Blood Feast (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1963)
The Old Dark House (James Whale, 1932)
ARNE JOHNSON (sometime in the '90s)
Suspiria (1977)
Curse of the Demon (Night of the Demon - 1957)
Dust Devil (1992)
The Fog (1980)
The Haunting (1963)
Alien (1979)
Rabid (Rage, 1977)
Intruder, The (I Hate Your Guts!, 1962) ...ok, technically not horror, but I thought it would be when I saw it at The Strand)
The Shining (1980)
Evil Dead 2 (1987)
ERIN HAINES (2003-2008)
American Beauty (1999)
Glitter (2001)
Showgirls (1995)
Aviator (2004)
The Departed (2006)
Titanic (1997)
Gangs of New York (2002)
Clerks (1994)
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Student Films
GREG MORANTZ
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
The Shining (1980)
The Evil Dead (1981)
The Stuff (1985)
Dead Alive (Braindead, 1992)
Phantasm (1979)
Poltergeist (1982)
Forbidden Zone (1982) - not horror, but good Halloween movie
The Hitcher (1986)
Amityville 2: The Possession (1982)
JULIA SHANKLIN-TUCKER (1991-1993)
I like spooky films with a sense of inevitable doom. I also like it when women are the central characters.
The Shining (1980)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
The Ring (Ringu - 1998)
The Others (2001)
The Innocents (1961)
It (1990)
Cat People (1942)
Poltergeist (1982)
Angel Heart (1987)
For the kids-
Corpse Bride (2005)
JUSTIN SANE (2000-2007)
Dead Alive (Braindead - 1992)
Freaks (1932)
Re-Animator (1985)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Thing (1982)
Basket Case (1982)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Evil Dead 2 (1981)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari - 1920)
DAVID FEAR
God Told Me To (1976)
Halloween (1978)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Devil Rides Out (The Devil's Bride - 1968)
Freaks (1932)
Raw Meat (Death Line - 1972)
The Innocents (1961)
Psycho (1960)
Audition (Ôdishon - 1999)
The Bird with the Crystal Plummage (L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo - 1970)
Videodrome (1983
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
The Thing (1982)
The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen (1973)
The Howling (1981)
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma - 1964)
Squirm (1976)
House of Wax (1953)
Funny Games (1997)
MATTHEW SEVERSON
Night of the Living Dead (1968, Romero)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, Hooper)
Rosemary's Baby (1968, Polanski)
Alien (1979, Scott)
Mulholland Drive (2001, Lynch)
The Innocents (1961, Clayton)
Carrie (1976, De Palma)
Halloween (1978, Carpenter)
The Exorcist (1973, Friedkin)
Night of the Demon (1957, Tourneur)
Vampyr (1932, Dreyer)
They Came from Within (1975, Cronenberg)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978, Kaufman)
Suspiria (1977, Argento)
Vampire Circus (1971, Young)
An American Werewolf in London (1981, Landis)
The Unknown (1927, Browning)
Frankenstein (1931, Whale)
Phantasm (1979, Coscarelli)
Exorcist III (1990, Blatty)
Quatermass 2 (Enemy from space - 1957)
King Kong (2005)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Psycho (1960)
The Shining (1980)
Jaws (1975)
[REC] (2007)
Audition (Ôdishon - 1999)
Funny Games (1997)
The Evil Dead (1981)
DAVID McOY (1994-1997)
Eraserhead (1977)
Halloween (1978)
Don't Look Now (1973)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Suspiria (1977)
Seconds (1966)
Repulsion (1965)
Psycho (1960)
Audition (1999)
KELLY McCUBBIN
This is actually such a personal list. For example, yes, I know that The Exorcist is a better film than, say, Exorcist 3, but I can tell you which one I'm WAY more likely to pull out and watch...
Frankenstein (1931) - James Whale
Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - James Whale
Cat People (1942) - Jacques Tourneur
I Walked With a Zombie (1943) - Jacques Tourneur
The Leopard Man (1943) - Jacques Tourneur
The Seventh Victim (1943) - Mark Robson
The Curse of the Cat People (1944) - Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise
Isle of the Dead (1945) - Mark Robson
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) - Terrence Fisher (Though the whole damn series is amazing.)
Vampire Circus (1972) - Robert Young
Quatermass II (1957) - Val Guest
Quatermass and the Pit (1967) - Roy Ward Baker
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) - Don Siegel
Them! (1954) - Gordon Douglas
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) - Jaromil Jires
Night of the Living Dead (1968) - George Romero
Dawn of the Dead (1978) - George Romero
Martin (1977) - George Romero
The Hills Have Eyes (1977) - Wes Craven
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1977) - Tobe Hooper
Exorcist 3 (1990) - William Peter Blatty
Paperhouse (1988) - Bernard Rose
JESSE OBSTBAUM
Suspiria (1977)
Quatermass and the Pit (Five Million Years to Earth, 1967)
The Exorcist (1973)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)
Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore (1994)
The Mist (2007)
Phantasm (1979)
Seconds (1966)
The Tenant (Le Locataire - 1976)
DINO JOHNSON
The Shining (1980)
Alien (1979)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Jaws (1975)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
The Thing (1982)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
28 Days Later 2002)
Videodrome (1983)
Species (1995)
KURT WILDE
Witchfinder General (Conqueror Worm - 1968)
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Devil Rides Out (The Devil's Bride - 1968)
Deep Red (Profondo Rosso - 1964)
Mad Ghoul (1943)
Videodrome (1983)
Martin (1977)
The Evil Dead (1981)
CINDY BARATH
The Thing (1982)
The Shining (1980)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Death Dream (Dead of Night - 1974)
Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Evil Dead 2 (1987)
Session 9 (2001)
The Ninth Gate (1999)
Lost Highway (1997)
Angel Heart (1987)
Creepshow (1982)
Open Water (2003)
Possession (1981)
Terror Train (1980)
Lost Boys (1987)
Re-Animator (1985)
Near Dark (1987)
Zombie (1979)
DUNCAN GRAHAM
Deep Red (1975)
Suspiria (1977)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Tenant (1976)
Inside (À l'intérieur - 2007)
Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore - 1994)
The Spiral Staircase (1945)
Ring 2 (1999)
Kairo (2001 - Pulse)
Black Christmas (1974)
