Not everyone finds being scared poop-less by horror films remotley enjoyable but we still want to get into the er, spirit of things ^_^
Gremlins (1984)
Cute, adorable and deadly if you don’t look after him.
Ghostbusters (1984)
This film is just a massive amount of fun! A group of ghost busting guys in New York city.
Beetlejuice (1988)
Fantasy horror at it’s craziest. If you happen to find you are dead or your horrible parents buy a haunted house, then you might need the help of crazy-as-a-box-of-frogs Beetlejuice – I say might.
Braindead (1992)
Zombie babies anyone? I think this film still holds the award for most amount of fake blood used in a film. It’s gory yes, but every seen is played for laughs and it’s too ridiculous to be scary. Directed by Peter Jackson before he found Hobits.
Hocus Pocus (1993)
If witches and fantasy films are your thing you will love this.
Casper (1995)
Yes, this is a kids film with lots of CGI but it’s also a family drama and unexpectedly romantic.
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
In the days before Johnny Depp played rather annoying characters he was perfectly cast as geeky investigator Ichabod Crane in this film based on a real folk tale.
Ginger Snaps (2000)
This cult series of three films get progressively darker but the first is the least creepy. How would you help your sister if she were slowly turning into a teenage werewolf? Nothing like Teenwolf I assure you.
Ghost Ship (2002)
Kinda creepy with some unexpected twists but a lot of expected one’s as well to be honest.
Dog Soldiers (2002)
A lycanthropic psychological thriller!
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
More of a zom-rom-com obviously.
My Dead Girlfriend (2006)
So if you ran over your other half with your car you’d naturally turn to the occult to bring them back right?
Jennifer’s Body (2009)
So your beautiful best friend has an insidious appetite for men, literally.
Fright Night (2011)
I loved the original film from 1985 and had a huge crush on the vampire neighbour. It looks quite dated now so I’ve included this remake in the list instead. This feels more like a sexy psycho thriller than a horror film, somehow.
Dark Shadows (2012)
More of a character driven fantasy than a horror. Slow start but stick with it.
Warm Bodies (2013)
Just because he’s a zombie doesn’t mean he doesn’t feel sympathy or love even?
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
This is just so much fun!
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
These five sisters have been preparing to date and do battle all of their lives.
Alien Vs Zombies (2017)
An alien teen comes to earth only to find it’s in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Bring it on dude!
To watch the night before Halloween:
The Crow
People make the mistake of thinking this is a horror film but it’s actually a beautiful tragic love story. A heartbroken man returns from the grave (the night before Halloween) to avenge his fiancés murder. A poignant, violent, noir-fantasy with dark humour.
Before we share the popcorn, which ones are your favourites on this list?
<3 Chrissie <3
I also hate true horror movies (most of them I feel like I’m just watching people suffer for most of the movie..) but love an adventure or fantastical story with dark and/or supernatural elements. The Crow is one of my favorites, although knowing that he actually died during the filming made me distractingly sad for a long time. I’d also add Underworld for it’s gorgeous vision of a vampire society (I’ll even admit to enjoying some of the sequels) and Sleepy Hollow as well.
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That is how I felt when watching The Crow the first few times (I’d just be in floods of tears) but it also helped me realise that we we shouldn’t take things and people for granted because they could be gone in an instant so to really appreciate them. I thought about including Underworld but thought it not creepy enough. Yup, Sleepy Hollow is already in there. Thanks for commenting ^_^
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How did I miss Sleepy Hollow, OMG? I was reading this in the middle of the night while feeding the baby so that’s my excuse I guess! I get your point about Underworld, not really creepy, it more makes you want to be a vampire than fear a vampire.
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This is why I don’t mind what time I post because I know there are lots of people awake at night for various reasons. Yes, hahaa! It’s too cool.
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Exactly, it’s too cool lol
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So many good titles in this list! 😀 😀 😀
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Thanks hon. I tried to space them out across the years but not leave stuff out. Any you can think of adding?
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Reblogged this on Vamp It Up Manchester.
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I’ve only seen about half of these. Time to catch up!
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Which ones? Some are cult classics and some are just dead obvious?
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I’ve seen Gremlins, Ghostbusters, Beetlejuice and Hocus Pocus. Top of my list to watch is definitely Casper 😀
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You’ve definitely seen the most fun ones! Casper is such a sweet film ^_^
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Excellent picks here! I am too much of a scaredy cat these days to watch proper horror films, I don’t mind gorey ones, its the ghost/spooky/poltergeist movies that really scare me!
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Yes exactly! Bring on a silly gorefest with zombies and limbs flying everywhere (or crawling off on their own accord) but as you say, anything remotely psychological is off bounds
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