If you know me, you probably know that I watch a ton of movies and TV shows. I also love everything about Fall, so when you put two and two together, you get horror. I have been watching horror movies since I was 8 years old (edited for TV of course). Before I started watching, I was terrified of blood. It wasn't that it made me nauseous, made me pass out, or anything like that. I was just afraid of it.
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"After moving to an idyllic home in the countryside, life seems perfect for the Creed family...but not for long. Louis and Rachel Creed and their two young children settle in to a house that sits next door to a pet cemetery - built on an ancient Indian burial ground. Their mysterious new neighbor, Jud Crandall (Fred Gwynne), hides the cemetery's darkest secret...until a family tragedy brings the secret to life. Now, an unthinkable evil is about to be resurrected. From STEPHEN KING, the Master of the Macabre, comes a journey that leads to hell and back. Though not everyone survives the trip. For the Creeds, home is where the horror is." - Paramount Pictures
The first horror movie I saw all the way through (without closing my eyes) was Stephen King's Pet Sematary. To this day, it still scares the shit out of me; everything from the crazy sister to the thought of "What if this actually happened?" If the closest people in your life died, would you bury them in an ancient Indian burial ground, knowing they would come back to life not as the person you remember, but as the worst thing you could possibly imagine?
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 50%
Some of you may be looking at the Rotten Tomatoes rating thinking "50%?! Why would he recommend that?!" Well, one thing I have learned in my years of watching horror movies is to never pay attention to a review or rating unless it is written by a fan of the horror genre. A movie that may have been terrible to one critic could turn out to be a movie that wasn't supposed to be taken seriously in the first place. At the end of the day, if it's a movie that looks good to you, decide for yourself. Most of the time your opinion will be completely different anyway.
Pet Sematary is one of many of the movies I watched during my 31 Days of Horror last year. Here is last year's list:
Trick 'r Treat
The Craft
Urban Legends
The Blair Witch Project
Rosemary's Baby
I Spit On Your Grave (2010)
The Exorcist
Halloween
From Dusk Till Dawn
IT
The Ring
Cabin Fever
Hatchet
Death Proof
Planet Terror
Shutter Island
Carrie
An American Werewolf in London
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Halloween (Rob Zombie)
Halloween II (Rob Zombie)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Activity 2
Red State
Children of the Corn
Zombieland
Scream
Scream 4
Beetlejuice
Creepshow
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dead and Breakfast
Shaun of the Dead
Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2
Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
The Shining
Hopefully this list will get you through October if you're stumped on what to watch this season!
-Colby.
