It is that time of year again. As Halloween approaches once more, people are inextricably drawn to horror movies. Seeing as how it is psychologically healthy to watch movies that shock, terrorize and desensitize us, I have come up with my own list of movies to watch this Halloween.
“Dracula”
The original movie staring Bela Lugosi is truly terrifying. I especially like how every time Dracula is about to grab someone’s neck with his teeth the movie fades to black and does not show the actual act! Give it up for horror movies made during the end of the Victorian era! Want to be really scared? Know that this movie probably offended people when it was made.
“Van Helsing”
Given the increasingly short attention spans of American audiences, Universal Studio executives decided to make a movie with not just one or two monsters, but as many as they could fit in. I am sure this decision had nothing to do with the re-release of those classic Universal monster movies such as “The Wolfman,” “Dracula” and “Frankenstein.” “Van Helsing” goes above and beyond with both its rich character development and realistic special effects. Seriously.
“Underworld 1 and 2”
Question: How can you improve upon a movie about vampires at war with werewolves?Answer: By adding Kate Beckinsale and lots of political intrigue.
The low budget original was followed by a bigger sequel with more violence and a pretty good “final death” sequence for the lead bad guy.
“Alien”
Some people call this movie the scariest of all time Having seen it a number of times I think it is safe to say it is pretty tame by today’s standards. However, given the fact that every other science fiction or horror movie shamelessly rips off what it originally did, maybe there is something to that title.
The “Saw” Movies
Ah yes, the slasher movies. Seriously who would not want to watch a movie about a sick character that goes around kidnapping people and forcing them to dismember themselves? There is even a new one coming out on October 26. However, you may just want to wait until the unrated version comes out on DVD.
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