Halloween Movies

[mousepod]

I'm an apologist for horror movies - I'll defend the genre against all comers, but I'm rarely frightened by them (and, to be frank, most of them aren't that good). I mostly agree with iSm that slasher movies (after the first Halloween) tend to suck. There were a handful of so-f'ed-up-that-they're-worth-it slashers from the 80s - Maniac springs to mind as one - but they deviate so far from the horror genre that they really ought not be considered in the same conversation.

I mentioned this as an aside earlier, but I can't stress enough that Quatermass and the Pit creeped the crap out of me.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by mousepod

...slasher movies after the first Halloween) tend to suck.

Halloween doesn't seem like a slasher, really. It isn't so much about the gore, it's about the spooky music, the use of depth-of-field and light to reveal "The Shape" - or, as in Jaws, not to reveal him too closely for most of the movie. I love it SO MUCH and if there wasn't a fun party to attend, I'd be at Hollywood Forever watching it on the mausoleum wall next Saturday.

I love horror movies. Though I prefer them when they're ghostly, or otherworldly, with more "thriller" scares than gore effects.