Comments on: The Stories Behind Three Classic Halloween Movies

By: Rick Johnson

Rick Johnson — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:51:23 +0000

In “Night of the Living Dead” there is a reporter named Diana Lewis who was a real news reporter in Pa. at the time, she is now still on the air at WXYZ channel 7 in Detroit and now her daughter Glenda is there as well.

By: garbonzo

garbonzo — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:10:45 +0000

What a great entry! I love this kind of thing!!!

By: nic

nic — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:18:20 +0000

Three great movies. I have a list of films that are great for Halloween and other times to be scaredhere

By: mistersmiff

mistersmiff — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:07:39 +0000

For all you peeps wanting more, go to IMDB.com type in the movie, then click on trivia. smorgasbord!

By: Joshua Cole

Joshua Cole — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:50:21 +0000

I think that you should tell us more about the scariest film ever made… Steel Magnolias… just typing that made me want to hide under the covers.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:57:56 +0000

Rosemary’s Baby

By: reed

reed — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:33:07 +0000

I think you meant to link to this story about real exocisms:

http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/21/the-stories-behind-four-exorcisms/

By: The CineManiac

The CineManiac — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:25:41 +0000

I too love Halloween. Loved this segment and I can’t wait for the next part. As much as I love horror I’ve never seen The Exorcist. I rented it once but my friend and I didn’t end up watching it. But I think I’ll put it in my Netflix Que.

I’d enjoy any of the Evil Dead Series. As for all you TCM fans I can’t see what you see in that movie, I was bored to tears. (The original I never saw the remake as I hate Torture porn.)

By: brian

brian — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:13:37 +0000

I vote for Black Christmas

By: politicians

politicians — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:23:22 +0000

I would say that it is the politicians and wall street who indeed are the scariest in real life
Let me off the world i want to get off

By: Dwardus

Dwardus — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:06:15 +0000

Haha poor old zombie getting kneed in the balls!

This is an awesome post, really interesting trivia - a lot of which I didn’t know. Thanks for that!

I especially liked the leaves in Halloween and that Audrey Hepburn was considered to play the mother in The Exorcist. I love Hepburn to bits but I just can’t imagine her doing a movie like that (which is probably part of why she didn’t!)

I love the Exorcist, quite a few people recently have said they don’t find it scary but I still think its great and really disturbing. For me it has the same sort of atmosphere as The Shining, the kind that is difficult to pinpoint and impossible to replicate. I bet if they watched The Exorcist alone at night they’d be scared witless. People probably have less of a stomach for the psychological horror than they do have for gore these days. Bah humbug!

I agree with wanting to hear more about Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Still scares me witless whenever I see it.

Looking forward to part 2!

By: StacyBee

StacyBee — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:16:01 +0000

@deadasdisco - tell me about it! I’m working on the follow up now - great suggestions, guys!! Evil Dead is definitely on my list, and probably the Omen, too - it’s one of my favorites.

By: OhNoNotAnotherStarWarsFan

OhNoNotAnotherStarWarsFan — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:39:02 +0000

Surprised no-one else picked you up on this.
Leigh Brackett wrote an early draught of The Empire Strikes Back, but it is generally known that not much if any of what she wrote made it into the final film, However George Lucas kept her credited as one of the writers out of respect - She died shortly after.

By: deadasdisco

deadasdisco — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:25:52 +0000

wow. this has to be the first column i’ve read in a while where there are no negative comments or people picking on other commenters, etc. refreshing!

By: Angel

Angel — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:08:48 +0000

Kick ass article, thanks!

I would love to see stuff on The Devil’s Rejects and House of a 1000 Corpses!!!

By: veronica

veronica — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:45:46 +0000

I think you should talk about Pshyco

By: miscreant4

miscreant4 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:23:51 +0000

Yes! Someone else has seen Sleepaway Camp! I’d love to hear more about that one! Of course, Friday the 13th, how about Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein?

By: SpenceDaddy

SpenceDaddy — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:22:19 +0000

My personal favorite horror… The Shining.

By: malcreant

malcreant — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:47:20 +0000

Take your pick…

The Haunting (the original)
Dementia 13
Carnival of Souls
The Omen
Salem’s Lot
Blood Sucking Freaks
The Others
The Ghost of Frankenstein

By: TheToiletBrush

TheToiletBrush — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:08:02 +0000

Epic, Dude. Good job and keep it up.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:24:19 +0000

@ StacyBee

High Five!! Awesome awesome post! I would love it if you’d do something about “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”. Out of all the horror movies to date that had to be one of the few that have had me holding my breath in fear. Brrr. I won’t spoil it for anyone who hasn’t seen it so I’ll put it vaguely here of the best part. The room…on the floor…BRRR! O_o

By: alex place

alex place — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:56:36 +0000

evil dead all the way

By: Bloodcider

Bloodcider — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:30:15 +0000

Predator

By: Big Mike

Big Mike — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:13:54 +0000

Motel Hell!!!!

By: Arjewtino

Arjewtino — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:14:23 +0000

This was great, StacyBee, thanks for the interesting read.

I would love to hear more about The Exorcist, my favorite horror movie of all time.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:03:09 +0000

I second the poltergeist, it was the first horror film that I watched. Oh, and Army of Darkness (well, maybe that’s not horror …)

By: dan.rosol

dan.rosol — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:58:24 +0000

2 movies that are awesome but hardly anyone knows about them, maniac and sleepaway camp

By: Dianne

Dianne — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:32:32 +0000

“The Body Snatchers” I use to watch it when I was little and my Mom called it, “That Pod People Movie!”

By: LisaL

LisaL — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:17:27 +0000

Nightmare on Elm Street would be great! Or well, pretty much any horror movie really. With Halloween coming up, this is the perfect read

By: tanya

tanya — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:30:11 +0000

Great post!
Mine would be
The shining, poltergeist, amittyville