10 Horror Movies For Conservatives To Watch This Halloween

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

[SlowBoat407]

“The ICE... is gonna BREAK!”

Loved “The Dead Zone”. Walken’s a genius freak.

[Leo Farnsworth]

We will be watching the original Mummy. It's good.

For an offbeat film that is fun to see (not gory, but it has a killer ala the Boston Strangler) and plenty of good vs. evil content try Woody Allen's ‘Shadows and Fog’ with a really wonderful cast (really!). Some adult content.

[Borges]

Poltergeist was a condemnation of former hippies who it exhorts to be better parents.

[MotorCityBuck]

The Thing & Wicker Man (original).
Just about anything Hammer Horror: Cushing, Lee. We must not forget ol’ Vincent Price!

[workerbee]

Seeing Cloverfield and The Exocist on the same list seems strange. The former was less “horror”, more borderline silly, IMHO.

[chimera]

Yeah, I remember that, but the overall effect was very annoying. You just want to grab her by the collar and drag her off to a speech therapy clinic or something.

[paulycy]

I'm not sure which genre this belongs to but YIKES!!

Very scary and creepy.

[absolootezer0]

i’ve lost track of how many horror movies we’ve watched this month. the evil deads, couple haloweens, couple jasons, bunch of master of horrors stuff, some hitchcock, exorcist.. my favourite is secret window. strange, suspenseful, not overly gory.
for comic relief, check out shaun of the dead and zombieland.

[Fiji Hill]

The Blob (1958)
Michael Moore could have played the lead.

[HerrBlucher]

What is a “conservative” horror film? One thing I like about horror flicks is I typically don’t see any politics in them. That aside, I liked Pumpkinhead and Jeepers Creepers.

I regret ever seeing Silence of the Lambs, not because it wasn’t a well made and acted movie but because the subject matter was thoroughly disgusting.

[mkleesma]

No...even scarier is the one from 1982 with Kurt Russell - didn’t sleep for about 2 weeks after that!

Also, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, both new and old.

[Leo Farnsworth]

FYI: Scott Glenn is a BIG supporter of the military, the Navy more specifically and especially the SEALs.

[workerbee]

[mmichaels1970]

Poltergeist was a condemnation of former hippies who it exhorts to be better parents.

THANKS! As a strong proponent of "hippie-punching", I appreciate your analysis and connection! :)

[MNDude]

I still have naseau from Clover Field!

[Pharmboy]

My favorite is “An American Werewolf in London.” Brilliant film...rent it for a Halloween treat (not for kids under 16 or so...YMMV).

[Leo Farnsworth]

“I think the shaky-cam reached it’s zenith with The Blair Witch Project, which I thought was a fairly decent film...”

My wife loves the film, and I admit it scared the crap out of me. I just kept thinking: ‘how can these camera and camera light batteries last this long?’

[mewzilla]

I love Hammer films! Another good one, though not a Hammer, from '68...

Quatermass and the Pit

[Mr. K]

I loved Cloverfield

[pnh102]

I didn’t really see any real conservative themes in Cloverfield. That movie was more like “The Blair Witch Project” set in NYC with more people and a different monster instead.