Quirky/cute horror movies for the Upcoming Halloween season.

[Noodleboy13]

Hello, Noodleboy here. DU's resident horror movie fan.

Out of the dozens and dozens of horror movies I've seen this year, I've found the following movies either cute, quirky or otherwise memorable and suited for those who may shy away from traditional horror for being too scary/gory etc. Let's say PG-16.

1. "Dave built a Maze" Premise: A woman returns home from a long weekend to discover her at-ends slacker boyfriend inside a cardboard fort which he claims is a maze he's lost in.
Imagine "Saw" done in a second grade art class. Trust me, you have never seen a movie like this.

2. "Colossal" Premise: An urban party girl (Anne Hathaway) returns to her hometown to dry out and discovers she has strange control over events happening half a world away. Imagine Wes Anderson made a Kaiju monster film.

3. "Patchwork" Premise: Basically a Frankenstein movie with 3 young women trapped in one body. Great performances, a plot twist and an "aw shucks" romance make this a fun little film. Somewhat gory, but in a campy way. the most "Horror-ish" of the three.


For those looking for real scares, I have seen almost every horror movie worth watching (and a lot that weren't) since 2006. Feel free to ask for suggestions.


Peace,
Noodleboy

[samnsara]

1. altho its not horror the scariest movie i think i have seen is...

'Whatever Happened To Baby Jane'

[Noodleboy13]

2. Classic

I would be hard pressed to name the scariest movie I've ever seen (I am a little jaded)

The original "Alien" is maybe one of the best haunted house movies I've seen.

Peace,
Noodleboy

[bagelsforbreakfast]

3. thanks for the tips...

Personally, I'm getting into binge watching AMERICAN HORROR STORY especially the new edition but also ASYLUM and FREAK SHOW.

Love the troupe of actors, the ties of the stories to other years efforts, the mise-en-scene, the character richness of it all (and the sentiments).

Very much a cut above even excellent TV - you don't know where it's going ahead of time, which for genre is really something.

Though ASYLUM having Nazis, Aliens, three sets of Killer Clowns in two different decades, 17th Century demons, and Satanists/Excorsists is a bit much it never feels awkward and doesn't descend into camp. Very well done.

PS - do let me know about some real scares...

[Noodleboy13]

5. American Horror Story Rocks.

And being to play a different character with the same cast must be a blast as an actor. Not to mention it totally shows the range and talent of the actors involved.
Really liked the musical numbers in the Sideshow season.
As for real scares...

You're Next" - Great home invasion film.

"Bite" and "Contracted" - both really good body decay/body-dimorphism movies. Gory, but that's kinda the point.

"The Girl with all the Gifts" and "It Stains the Sands Red" are both zombie movies that offer something other than the basic walking dead/band of survivors zombie fare.

"The Shallows" - Do not watch if you have a fear of sharks or ever plan on going in the ocean again. (I live in MN so I'm cool)

"I am not a a Serial Killer" and "Monster" are both really good non-tradtional monster movies.

Other recommendations are "The Autopsy of Jane Doe" "It Follows" and "10 Cloverfield Lane"

While not the greatest movie, "Siren" (as in the mythological creature) is a fun ride involving greek mythology, memory selling and some interesting takes on sex dynamics. If you ever saw the "Amatuer Night" segment from the first "V/H/S" movie; the creepy girl succubus girl got her own movie.

Again, these are not movies for kids. Have fun.

Peace,
Noodleboy

[bagelsforbreakfast]

6. Thanks...

I see a lot of movies and also read scripts (like "The Autopsy of Jane Doe&quot but these are new to me. I am looking forward to trying "Asylum Blackout", the script was good.

[longship]

4. My all time favorite, "The Haunting" from 1963.

It chills one to the bone.

The beginning of Shirley Jackson's novel, The Haunting of Hill House, on which it is based.

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and ketydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

Both book and the 1963 version of the film chill one to the bone. Forget the 1999 remake; it's utter rubbish.

Trailer:

[bagelsforbreakfast]

7. Yes - good one. Also try "The Uninvited" with Ray Milland n/m

[longship]

8. It's been a while since I've seen that one, but it's another good one.

Trailer:

Today horror is somehow equated with blood, guts, and BOO shock surprises. That's wrong, completely wrong, utterly wrong.

Horror is something that seeps into you slowly, but relentlessly. Unstoppable! No blood, guts, or BOOs necessary.

Read HP Lovecraft some day. That's horror. Hell! Read Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House or view Robert Wise's 1963 film version. Then try to get to sleep that night without a light on. A simple line like, "My god! Whose hand was I holding?" sends shivers down ones spine.