10 Horror Movies For Conservatives To Watch This Halloween

Townhall.com ^ | October 20, 2009 | John Hawkins

[MotorCityBuck]

To this day the scene when the little boy comes back from the dead scratching at the window in the midst still scare the hell out of me! Also geoffrey lewis rocking in the chair telling lew ayres to, “teacher, loook at me teacher” just creepy :)

[TChris]

Everyone tells me The Ring is good. I was in theater with one of the actors and I still haven’t seen it.

I liked The Ring as well.

Another one that is quite good, creep-out spooky and very suspenseful, but not gory or sexual, is The Changeling (1980) with George C. Scott. *shudder*

[catman67]

Forgot to include the Phantasm series. II and III were the best. I was OK, but IV sucked.

[TChris]

Forgot to include the Phantasm series. II and III were the best. I was OK, but IV sucked.

Oh yes!

The Ball... *tremble*

THAT was scarey.

[trillabodilla]

I gotta watch “Halloween” and “Jeepers Creepers” every year!!

[scottywr]

The Keep is one of the best, but I haven’t seen anyone bring up “Silver Bullet” or “Arachnophobia”.

My top 10
Arachnophobia
Silver Bullet
The Keep
The Thing
The Changeling
Ghost Story
The Sentinel
The Prophecy (Christopher Walken at his best)
Vampires
Hellraiser

[6323cd]

Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, released in 1932. Very scary!

[6323cd]

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[Betis70]

I liked The Prophecy as well, but never saw Arachnophobia. Big, nasty spiders already give me the heebie jeebies, didn’t want to see one on screen.

Vampires, with James Woods (my fav actor)? I found it more funny than scary.

[LeonardFMason]

Both were great. The original “Thing” and the remake with Kurt Russell.

[pjd]

1. The Changeling with George C Scott
2. The Exorcism of Emily Rose
3. Salem's Lot, from the 1970’s, Nosfaratu version of the vampire story, that kid floating by the window still gives me nightmares
4. Halloween, either the original or Rob Zombie good remake.
5. Poltergeist, still a classic
6. The Entity, with Barbara Hersey
7. Nightmare Before Christmas, poignant and entertaining
8. Rosemary's Baby
9. Drag Me to Hell, campy Sam Raimi but very entertaining
10 The #1 scary to this day..THE EXORCIST

An excellent list which deserves repeating. Glad you included Drag Me to Hell.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

My goodness! No one has mentioned my favorite films from the silent era!

Nosferatu
Vampyer
Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera.

And a modern film for blood and guts...

DEAD ALIVE. Comedy horror! Get the UNCUT version!

[laotzu]

..the X-files would later model Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson)

I am reminded of an article which discussed what total BS the 'X-Files' were. One of their reasons was that if there were an FBI agent like Scully, she would have been assigned to special duty at Clinton's Whitehouse.

[Buckeye McFrog]

What, no Sicko?
No Loose Change?
No Obama ABC Healthcare Infomercial?

[The Comedian]

Zombie ping!

I can't believe nobody has yet mentioned the greatest horror film of all time:

[Borges]

‘M’ has a hell of a lot more insight into those sort of people than The Silence of the Lambs. And it’s much more artful.

[Cheryllynn]

Don’t forget The Shining......creeps me out just thinking about it.

[Joe 6-pack]

"One of their reasons was that if there were an FBI agent like Scully, she would have been assigned to special duty at Clinton's Whitehouse."

LOL...I really liked the show up 'til about season 7 or 8. After that, it became crap, although the last movie was pretty decent...reminded me of the earlier shows.

I really think Mulder and Scully were based on early 90's characters that preceded the show by just a few years. As noted, I think Scully was largely influenced by Foster's Agent Starling, and Mulder would not have existed (at least as we came to know him) without Kyle MacLachlan's Agent Cooper from Twin Peaks.

[RikaStrom]

According to TMC, “Wait Until Dark” is a Thriller.

They had this thing on the other day about what makes a Thiller versus Horror versus Mystery, etc. It was quite educational. :-)

[Varda]

I Am Legend (Will Smith version) is pro family, pro military and pro God. It should be part of the list.