| First of all I want to distinguish between | | | | Hitchcock brings to this movie is amazing and |
| the best horror movies and the best Halloween | | | | the perfect casting of Anthony Perkins as |
| movies. I think I have a good example. Jaws | | | | Norman Bates finishes it. Alfred Hitchcock |
| is an excellent horror movie, but a poor | | | | deserves to be on this list and if I was |
| Halloween movie. The chances of a huge great | | | | listing by scary movie directors he would be |
| white attacking you in the dark on Halloween | | | | #1. Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window all stick |
| is pretty minimal, unless you live on a boat. | | | | out in my mind as some of the best ever. |
| An example of a good horror movie for | | | | |
| Halloween would be a movie like "The Shining" | | | | 3. Wolf Creek sits at #3 in my list. Many |
| as insanity is always scary. | | | | of you will probably second guess this one, |
| | | | but for some reason this movie really got to |
| To decide what are the best Halloween movies | | | | me. Maybe it's the torture scene, but for |
| we must first come up with some criteria. | | | | some reason I found this movie much more |
| Certainly they must be scary...and not in a | | | | disturbing than the Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
| "Jaws" kind of way. If they have some sort | | | | and The Hills Have Eyes and other movies |
| of fog in them, that would be cool and of | | | | which are meant to terrorize us. |
| course there should be an element of the | | | | |
| macabre. Here are my top 5 Halloween movies | | | | 2. Friday the 13th. This one is especially |
| and why. | | | | scary for those of us who like camping or |
| | | | cottaging. The thought that some nut is out |
| 5. How can you pick the top five Halloween | | | | there in a hockey mask waiting for us in the |
| movies without including Halloween on the | | | | dark is what makes campfire stories so |
| list. I'll take the original 1978 version | | | | compelling. |
| with a very young Jamie Lee Curtis in it. | | | | |
| Michael Myers has become a horror legend | | | | 1. Everyone has their favourites and reasons |
| since this movie. | | | | why. I believe that horror movies you |
| | | | watched as a young child have more of an |
| "Brutal, emotionless Michael Myers stabs his | | | | effect on you than ones watched as an adult. |
| sister to death at age six on Halloween night | | | | I can name 4 or 5 that I've watched this year |
| in 1963; on October 30, 1978, he escapes from | | | | which are scarier than 1973's "The Exorcist", |
| a mental institution and institutes a new | | | | but in it's day The Exorcist was probably the |
| reign of terror in his hometown of | | | | scariest movie made. Scenes from it still |
| Haddonfield, Illinois. He is pursued the | | | | sick in my mind to the point that even |
| whole time by a psychiatrist (Donald | | | | parody's of it still creep me out. |
| Pleasence) who knows just how evil this young | | | | |
| man is." | | | | In my honorable mention category I have |
| | | | movies like Saw, Hostel, Nightmare on Elm |
| 4. You cannot have a top 5 list without | | | | Street, The Shining (of course) and many |
| Pycho being on it. Norman Bates has become | | | | others too numerous to mention. This |
| somewhat of a horror legend and the shower | | | | Halloween, pick up some scary movies and |
| scene was unmatched in it's day. The | | | | watch them with friends. Happy Halloween! |
| suspense using music and imagery that | | | | |