Edward Frebowitz | Horror Movies
It's Friday the 13th and you can watch any two horror movies in a larger screen movie theater. One movie must be a classic horror film and the second a recent horror movie. What two Horror Movies do you pick?
Hey there film lovers! A while back MovieFanFare ran a piece asking you about your first movie scare. Your response was tremendous, and because it is Halloween it seems like today would be the perfect time for you to sound off about more of your thoughts the horror genre in general.
So here's what we would like to know your opinions on:
• What is your favorite horror film and why? Least favorite?
• What is the scariest movie you have ever seen and why?
• How do you think contemporary horror films compare to the classics? Is it even fair to compare them? Discuss.
• Who is your favorite film monster? (As you can tell from the picture you see here I have a soft spot for The Creature from the Black Lagoon).
• What combination of elements result in a truly scary film?
• What (if any) fright flick would you like to see remade and why?
Jerry Frebowitz | Horror Movies
Here are 10 trivia facts about Halloween from 1978, which originally appeared as our Mystery Movie Quiz on our Facebook page. There are hundreds of pieces of behind-the-scenes information about this movie. Please feel free to comment and add more trivia we might have missed.
1. This was an independent production after big studios turned it down.
When John Carpenter and Debra Hill co-wrote the original story for producers Irwin Yablans and Moustapha Akkad (it was then called "The Babysitter Murders"), big Hollywood studios didn't display any interest in the film's distribution. At that time, it was decided that Yablans would use his own production company, Compass International, to distribute the film with financing from Akkad. After the film's rousing success, MCA/Universal came on board and produced the next two movies in the franchise; but Carpenter, although involved in the sequels, only directed the original.
George D. Allen | Horror Movies
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Unlike me, perhaps you’ve already made up your mind not to see The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence).
Perhaps you arrived at this decision never having seen the first infamous film in the franchise—a movie, by the way, I reviewed very favorably some time ago. Many of you just don’t like these kinds of movies. That’s OK.
Grand guignol has always been popular, but it only serves an adventurous crowd. Its popularity can be tougher to gauge openly, however—since many people won’t admit to enjoying such trash.
I’ll bet you know something about the movie I’m talking about, though, whether you have seen a single frame of either film or not. Writer/director Tom Six’s first sick, slick horror opus brought forward a premise so inventively grotesque it caught fire in conversation everywhere. Want the definition of a viral success in filmmaking? There it sits (or slinks, as the case may be).
The second film in this series is another story.
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Guest blogger Rick 29 writes:
Sure, you can just drive a stake through a vampire's heart...but the movies have proven that there are far more creative ways. What better way to celebrate Halloween month than to list ten memorable movie methods (with a nod to Sarkoffagus for his help):
1. Trap the vampire in the shadow of a windmill, so it forms a cross on the ground. (Brides of Dracula)
2. Toss the vampire into a bathtub filled with holy water and garlic. (The Lost Boys)
3. Using kung fu, punch the vampire in the heart. (The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires)
4. Shoot the vampire in the heart with a spear gun. (The Last Man on Earth)
5. While the vampire is standing on a frozen lake, use a rifle and shoot the ice so it cracks and the vampire falls into the water. This one is tricky because vampires aren't particularly fond of winter sports like ice skating. (Dracula: Prince of Darkness)
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