Eleven Movies For Halloween

Every year, us film buffs gather around and decide which scary movies we need to watch to make this Halloween a memorable one.  If you’re a fan of horror films, odds are you aware of most of them.  Then there is that section of the population who have seen a few of the best in terror, they KNOW about the others, but have never bothered to see them.  Maybe the movie is old, and looks dated.  Perhaps the backlash has become so severe that those ‘True Horror Fans’ have talked them out of it. 

Well we decided to put together our own list of required viewing.  Of those films that have affected or influenced us the most, and we implore you to watch if you never have, either alone or with those you want free from harm, and judge them for yourselves.  Sure, some of these films you might have seen in a dozen other Halloween lists popping up across the internet. If that is the case, maybe you should finally take a chance and see what you are missing.

This list should keep you covered until All Hallow’s Eve as we at The Hollywood Outsider are here to offer you 11 Days of Horror and hopefully make your Halloween experience a bit more complete.  Feel free to list your favorites or the most undiscovered in the comments, maybe you can entice others to discover something new and great this Halloween as well.

So, without further ado and in no particular order of prominence…

Day 1 – Slither

If you have seen Slither, you know why it’s on here.  If you haven’t…WHY HAVEN’T YOU?!  Oh, because it made roughly $4 at the theater when it was released and therefore, you had no one with good taste around to recommend it.  Well, now you do.  And it’s available on Netflix streaming, Blu-Ray or any other media type you’re watching this Halloween.

When angry husband, Grant (Michael Rooker) becomes unwittingly invaded by an alien slug, he begins to change.  Slowly but surely, others in the small town of Wheelsy also become infected, resulting in various stages of death or dementia.  It is left up to our Sheriff (B-actor God & Castle star Nathan Fillion) and Grant’s wife, Starla (a perfectly cast Elizabeth Banks), to stop the alien plague and save the town.

Why should you watch this?  Because it’s a love letter to every body snatchers, 80’s gore-fest and alien invasion flick ever made.  The movie is filled with clever performances, suspenseful scares, a nice mesh of practical and digital effects (i.e., gore),  and most of all – IT’S FUN!  Director James Gunn knows his audience and he caters to their every whim.

So be sure to watch Slither this Halloween.  You can’t help but smile, because this movie is some f*#@ed up s#*t.

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Continue to Day 2!