Because it's October...

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21. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086336/

This would be the one "family" horror movie that I'd ever recommend. Oddly enough Disney made it, and I have a feeling that due to it's dark material that nothing like this will ever be made again. Now, I've often said that if one is going to adapt a movie to screen it's not worth doing unless one is going to do it right. As a story written by Bradberry and adapted to screen and narrated by him it works.

BTW if you find this on DVD buy it. It's not an easy thing to get. Disney doesn't let it out all that often and due to it's dark theme I have a feeling that it has a very short shelf life.

EDIT: OMG! I just realized that Pam Gier is in this movie! Ms Coffy herself! See! I told you it was worth owning.

 

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22. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060550/

It wouldn't be Halloween with out it. There's a whole other thread about it so I won't go into it here, but lets just put it this way. If you've never seen it you need to.

Also, as a bit of history. When this was first created the TV network was slightly scared of it because it involved jazz, kids, and lack of a happy ending. Right. They know nothing.

 

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23. Halloween (1978)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/

Sorry, but how could I not go there? I won't bore you by going into why this movie still works, so I'll give you some fun facts about it. 1. It's the break out role for Jamie Lee Curtis. 2. Michael Myers mask is really a William Shatner mask painted white. 3. This movie was shot in the summer. Check out all the green leaves on the trees. They had to keep the leaves from the previous fall and dump them around the neighborhood for shooting.

 

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24. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063350/

My all time favorite zombie movie, and the last in my horror movie month. A group of people are shut in a house and are being attacked by zombies. Part group dynamic study part social commentary on 1960's race relations. Moving into a time period of 24 hour news, constant connectivity, and the ability to access information at a moments notice this film shows us at the start of that time period.


Thus concludes the horror movie month. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

Please stay tuned to, "So good, it's bad!" My first film in that series is Freddy Got Fingered (2001). I have high hopes that it will live up to all the horrible things that people say about it.