Hallobeans Poll!
Added 2024-09-24 18:56:28 +0000 UTCOur first night vision poll of the 2024 year!
I'm going to try and group these movies in the polls better.
(I see where some complain that more recent films will always beat out old movies)so This one is all movies from the 80's! The next one might be older or newer, and I might throw in a mixed bag from time to time.
REMEMBER I WANNA BE SCAREDDDDD
Comments
The two movies I have been wanting Asheligh to see are They Live and Prince of Darkness (which is really a terrifying movie). Both are among John Carpenter's best!
Stephen Koehler
2024-09-27 08:35:17 +0000 UTCThat's a good question. It makes a lot of statements cleverly disguised as a horror movie. I do think it's one of John Carpenter's best movies. It does have one of the best fight scenes in conema history.
Stephen Koehler
2024-09-27 08:32:49 +0000 UTCEven more so Ma Dong-seok I would think.
Kenton Kruger
2024-09-27 03:12:44 +0000 UTCYes to Train to Busan!!!
Tina Thomure
2024-09-26 22:55:10 +0000 UTCOne of my favorites is an older, creepy black and white movie called “The Bad Seed”.
Tina Thomure
2024-09-26 22:53:59 +0000 UTCThird on Train to Busan! She’s going to love Gong Woo.
Tina Thomure
2024-09-26 22:52:42 +0000 UTCLove that movie!
Tina Thomure
2024-09-26 22:51:41 +0000 UTCAnother great John Wayne fight scene is the mud fight/slide scene in McClintock. :)
Echo Moon
2024-09-26 20:11:36 +0000 UTCI don't think They Live is really horror at all, it's a sci fi action flick
Joseph Ricks
2024-09-26 14:54:44 +0000 UTCI'm going with They Live, just for the line "I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum" and the best fight scene since John Wayne and Randolph Scott duked it out over Marlene Dietrich.
Karl Balstad
2024-09-26 13:21:30 +0000 UTCI now have the Ramones song used for the end titles of "Pet Semetary" stuck in my head.
Chris Crowther
2024-09-26 06:58:26 +0000 UTCFor 80s horror movies, "The Fog" (1980) and "Fright Night" (1985) are IMHO better choices than any of the films in this poll, "House" (1987) is a weird horror/comedy blend with great practical effects, and if we stretch the time period just a touch, "Phantasm" (1979) is creepy and bizarre.
W. Randy Hoffman
2024-09-26 04:53:27 +0000 UTCI’m gonna suggest Paranormal Activity.
Mark Hanley
2024-09-26 01:40:15 +0000 UTCSo many good choices. Can't really go wrong with any of them but I went with Pumpkinhead solely for it having one of my favorite Lance Henriksen performances (which says a lot given his horror role history).
David Hunter
2024-09-26 00:21:51 +0000 UTCI read "Pet Sematary a few years before the first movie came out. The book scared the 💩² out of me. The movie does not hold a candle to the book. If you know the story, try reading the original. Even King has gone on record as saying it's the one story that scared him so much he almost didn't publish it.
Wally
2024-09-25 23:37:12 +0000 UTComg yes to Cabin in the Woods! I also wholeheartedly second the suggestions for: Zombieland, Train to Busan, and a Quiet Place!
Andrea Guay Colpitts
2024-09-25 23:27:16 +0000 UTCIs "They Live" really considered a horror movie?
StellaG0111
2024-09-25 21:38:09 +0000 UTCFunny Games the American version.
TheSingulatarian
2024-09-25 21:14:03 +0000 UTCThen maybe start your own channel and be nicer to Ashleigh
Brooke Cerio
2024-09-25 18:33:13 +0000 UTCBe sure if you watch They Live black sunglasses and do some devils lettuce before hand Ashleigh Burton
Mr Marvelous
2024-09-25 17:55:51 +0000 UTCTHAT scene will get her. 😂
Gio Vidrio
2024-09-25 17:15:49 +0000 UTCsadly I don't think any of these movies will give you many scares.
Adam Doyle
2024-09-25 17:07:42 +0000 UTC“Pet Cemetery” is probably going to win. So, I’m voting for an underdog, “Pumpkinhead”.
Jason Espinoza
2024-09-25 13:50:29 +0000 UTCMight I suggest Angelheart?
Ian Harrison
2024-09-25 13:48:04 +0000 UTC“They Live” even though it’s John Carpenter is not really a HallowBeans type of movie. It should be watched at some point, but really doesn’t fit the scary horror or spooky themes.
Jason Espinoza
2024-09-25 13:28:36 +0000 UTCAnd some are truely exceptional
Leeland
2024-09-25 12:48:43 +0000 UTCIf you want to do something fun for horror month, have you seen the mini series "Love, death and robots" yet? Every episode is it's own story, some are funny, some are sad but almost all are very good!
Leeland
2024-09-25 12:43:16 +0000 UTCNot really a scary movie, but i can not recommend " A Monster Calls (2016)" highly enough. It makes me hella sad every time i watch it. Even just looking at the imdb page just now made me tear up a little.
Leeland
2024-09-25 12:41:24 +0000 UTCIdle Hands is also good, but more of a comedy, so maybe for Wednesday
Leeland
2024-09-25 12:38:30 +0000 UTCFrom that list i would second the following movies: The Cabin in the Woods Shadow of the Vampire (2000) The Frighteners
Leeland
2024-09-25 12:37:54 +0000 UTC“They Live” is not scary, but a fun movie to watch. I saw “Pet Cemetery” when I was very young and swore I would never watch it again. I think “Children of the Corn” isn’t that scary, more creepy.
Chel Van Hel
2024-09-25 12:06:10 +0000 UTCHi Ashleigh I'd like to recommend "Creepshow" its from 1982 and has a few short horror stories.
fanofactionflicks
2024-09-25 09:43:14 +0000 UTCAnd Idle Hands!
Jacob Colson
2024-09-25 08:07:14 +0000 UTCHow about "The Pit and the Pendulum" starring Vincent Price
Tom Castro
2024-09-25 06:16:02 +0000 UTCWhat's that got to do with anything?
Bryan Fritchie
2024-09-25 05:22:55 +0000 UTC"They Live" isn't a scary movie, but it is a must-see at some point.
Shawn Ravenfire
2024-09-25 04:24:49 +0000 UTCI'd love to see a Frailty reaction, I think she'd really like it
Clone4
2024-09-25 03:16:10 +0000 UTCIn the wise words of Ashleigh Burton Stevens… “Mama ain’t raise no Bitch!”
Gio Vidrio
2024-09-25 03:01:51 +0000 UTCStuff like "Nosferatu" (1922) or "Freaks" still pack a punch.
TheSingulatarian
2024-09-25 02:19:12 +0000 UTCI put "The Descent" right up there with "Alien" and "The Exorcist". Between the claustrophobia and the monsters, truly terrifying
TheSingulatarian
2024-09-25 02:15:00 +0000 UTC"Slither" is great. James Gunn also wrote 2004 "Dawn of the Dead".
TheSingulatarian
2024-09-25 02:11:33 +0000 UTCWhen "You Me and the Movies" watched "Pet Semetary" I thought Mrs. Movies was going to kill Mr. Movies she was so mad Mr. Movies made her watch it.
TheSingulatarian
2024-09-25 02:09:25 +0000 UTC1953 House of Wax
Leigh Nathaniel Silver
2024-09-25 01:50:51 +0000 UTCAshleigh should watch Michael Jackson's Thriller for a reaction, short but would be entertaining.
John Morgan
2024-09-25 01:44:18 +0000 UTCMy 2¢ of Hallobeans suggestions: - Audition/Odishun (1999) - Blood Simple (1984) -:Brightburn (2019), (a horror version of a superhero movie) - The Cabin in the Woods - Candyman (1992) - Dead Alive / Braindead (1992) - Don't Breathe (2016) - The Descent (2005) - Drag Me to Hell - The Eye (2002) - Frailty (2002) - Fright Night (1985) - From Beyond (1986) - The Howling (1981) - The Hunt (2020) - Martyrs (2008) - The Mist (2007) - Nightbreed (1990) - A Quiet Place - Re-animator (1985) - Ready or Not (2019) - Rec (2007) - Shadow of the Vampire (2000) - Shallow Grave (1994) a dark thriller from the same director of "28 Days Later" and starring a young, baby faced Ewan McGregor. - The Strangers (2008) - Train to Busan - The Witch (2015) ** Wednesday suggestion ** The Frighteners, Teeth (2007) They Live, What We Do in the Shadows, Zombieland
Wally
2024-09-25 01:31:37 +0000 UTCI want Ashleigh to watch They Live SOOOO bad! That said, there are a bunch of good ones on there with it. I'll just have to cross my fingers.
Snow Goon
2024-09-25 00:55:40 +0000 UTCIf you wanna really be scared and unsettled, I highly recommend "The Strangers" from 2008
The-Nordic-Panda
2024-09-25 00:46:16 +0000 UTCWatch "Serpent and the Rainbow". Very unsettling.
Monte Sheppard
2024-09-25 00:17:36 +0000 UTCREC and The Decent are both great.
Kenton Kruger
2024-09-25 00:01:54 +0000 UTCGood job Ashleigh, I like your thinking because it's true. Now older movies might finally have a chance!
Meredith Shivers
2024-09-25 00:00:58 +0000 UTCSecond Train To Busan.
Kenton Kruger
2024-09-24 23:59:31 +0000 UTCYou have some Stephen King, and a John Carpenter, then you have a King/Carpenter combo….I’m surprised that’s not winning.
Russell Crockett
2024-09-24 23:29:12 +0000 UTCFyi! They live isn't really a "scary" movie I think
Elisa H.
2024-09-24 23:06:58 +0000 UTCThe Changling isn't well known, but a real spooky movie. Check it out.
Joe Lease
2024-09-24 22:37:44 +0000 UTCI feel like it’s gonna be a while before “Christine” gets its turn on the channel, but I still voted for it. “Pet Cemetery” is a good choice, too, though.
Tim Glaim
2024-09-24 22:20:45 +0000 UTCI recommend Slither a horror movie from the guy that made Guardians of the Galaxy and has Captain Mal playing the lead, for future polls
Clone4
2024-09-24 21:54:18 +0000 UTCI'm kinda hoping to see The, Exorcist III on an upcoming poll. It's pretty much right on par with the orginal as far as being a very good and very scary movie. (you can skip the 2nd one thouugh, aside from James Earl Jones being in it, it's not that great)
Anthony
2024-09-24 21:41:27 +0000 UTCFright Night. Dark Night Of The Scarecrow. Re-Animator. . . 3 more solid options for scares. Can you please poll Train To Busan this Hallobeans ?
PieHard13
2024-09-24 21:14:06 +0000 UTCFright Night would have qualified as a good 80s movie
Wally
2024-09-24 21:01:31 +0000 UTCFully agree on The Descent.
Kenton Kruger
2024-09-24 20:59:57 +0000 UTCYes to Descent
Wally
2024-09-24 20:57:26 +0000 UTCThey Live will lose here because it's not a scary movie. It should be resubmitted for a vote for a Wednesday film.
Wally
2024-09-24 20:55:23 +0000 UTCLooks like Pet Cemetery is on it's way to a landslide win. The second one is pretty decent too. Hope SAW makes it into the 2000's poll.
mysteryfan3000
2024-09-24 20:51:32 +0000 UTCI think you'll love Pet Semetary. A newer horror film you should consider for Hallobeans is Hereditary.
Jason Stackhouse
2024-09-24 20:37:04 +0000 UTCPet Semetary might not be enjoyable for you, mostly because it is the EXACT OPPOSITE of Homeward Bound. It's a great movie, don't get me wrong, but it's a difficult watch. I would recommend Christine instead. That's just me ^_^
Omar Anzaldua
2024-09-24 20:34:31 +0000 UTCSee ya in November. 🤣
Bryan Fritchie
2024-09-24 20:34:22 +0000 UTCWhat would you suggest?
Jason Stackhouse
2024-09-24 20:27:17 +0000 UTCKeeps you guessing to. That's my kind of movie.
Lynette Cummins
2024-09-24 20:16:56 +0000 UTCOhhhh you’re finna freak out with Pet Semetary!!! 😂😂😂
Gio Vidrio
2024-09-24 20:13:55 +0000 UTCThey Live has the longest fist fight scene. It's such a time vampire. Glad that one is not winning.
Lynette Cummins
2024-09-24 20:12:52 +0000 UTCThey live isn't really horror. It's sci Fi, and won't scare you, but it's a great cult film
Kristopher Long
2024-09-24 20:12:48 +0000 UTCI would stand in line for a bite from Jerry Dandrige 💋
Lynette Cummins
2024-09-24 20:10:25 +0000 UTCThis would be a good time to step out of Marvel Chronology as it is totally not linked and try Werewolf by Night (B&W version of course)
The Goateed Geek
2024-09-24 20:09:46 +0000 UTCThese are all kind of shite options
Estersdoll
2024-09-24 20:09:15 +0000 UTCNone particularly float my boat, but I'm generally rooted back in the Universal Monster daya, so maybe in the next list
The Goateed Geek
2024-09-24 20:08:07 +0000 UTCPumpkinhead is an underrated gem from the 1980's and deserving of a watch. The monster is great and the movie is definitely scary. Going to keep mentioning "The Descent" until it becomes a part of Ashleigh's subconscious lol. This is a perfect night vision movie.
Cristina Collins-Armstrong
2024-09-24 19:53:30 +0000 UTCMost people never heard of ‘The Changeling’. It’s a great ghost story. Please give it a chance.
Barton Donnelly
2024-09-24 19:53:00 +0000 UTCI remember my mom and sister discussing the book Pet Semetary by Stephen King. It was an extremely disturbing conversation. Ashleigh is going to be terrified if it wins.
Lynette Cummins
2024-09-24 19:51:07 +0000 UTCThey Live is a great movie but falls more into sci-fi than scary. Definitely worth watching. Pet Semetary is scary enough but also disturbing.
Bill Bevins
2024-09-24 19:49:31 +0000 UTCa good one for Wednesday would be Once Bitten, fun funny and the lead before he was a star
djhyjak
2024-09-24 19:48:04 +0000 UTCStill rooting for Fright Night (1985) to win.
Wendy Smith
2024-09-24 19:45:07 +0000 UTCFrailty, yes!
Wendy Smith
2024-09-24 19:43:59 +0000 UTCThat is a good one. Very under rated.
Wendy Smith
2024-09-24 19:43:14 +0000 UTCThe Changelings is one of my favorite ghost stories ever. But, for Ashleigh, I've got to go with Pet Semetary. Funny thing, I'm just back to TN from Bar Harbor, the location of the pet cemetary that inspired Stephen King.
Wendy Smith
2024-09-24 19:42:22 +0000 UTCI gotta say that They Live is the best film on this list, but not very scary. I agree with others that it should be reserved for Wednesday less scary night. I don't think it should even be on a poll, it should just be watched. ;) It will change your life.
Echo Moon
2024-09-24 19:30:55 +0000 UTCHouse of 1000 Corpses!
Cass&Jason
2024-09-24 19:27:51 +0000 UTCVery tough call between Pet Sematary and They Live but I went with the former. Probably a good idea to create polls by decade.
David Zabel
2024-09-24 19:25:44 +0000 UTCThey Live shouldn't be on a night vision pole I think
Ricky P Kraus
2024-09-24 19:22:24 +0000 UTCAwwwww. Poor Pumpkinhead
b nope
2024-09-24 19:20:24 +0000 UTCI classify "They Live" as sci-fi action, but should definitely be watched some day. Pumpkinhead = under-appreciated. Hoping to see [Rec] on a spooky poll
Michael Tocci
2024-09-24 19:20:22 +0000 UTCThey Live is definitely more of a Wednesday movie. With elevation if possible.
ShartheHeretic
2024-09-24 19:18:48 +0000 UTCAlso, don't forget to stick The Birds on one of these Hallobeans polls. Then if you watch North By Northwest outside of November (as it is suspense, not horror) then you could finally watch Mel Brooks' High Anxiety.
Tyler Foster
2024-09-24 19:13:10 +0000 UTCPet semetary gave me nightmares as a kid so I had to go with that one. The changing on the other hand, there are scenes I can’t look. Others I can’t even listen, it’s that scary to me.
Alexis Callagan
2024-09-24 19:12:13 +0000 UTCPet Semetary. Still scary after all these years. Only horror movie I can't watch by myself.
Veronica Pearson
2024-09-24 19:12:08 +0000 UTCThey Live is my favorite movie on the poll, but it's not a scary night vision film.
Kenton Kruger
2024-09-24 19:11:54 +0000 UTCNone of these are super scary to me; so I voted for my favorite which is They Live. Here are some absolutely terrifying picks though: REC (2007) (Spanish movie but you can find it subtitled), Grave Encounters (2011), The Descent (2006)
Adolfo Acosta
2024-09-24 19:10:32 +0000 UTCI think this poll is designed as a "1 winner only" poll because you can only pick one. But given how clearly They Live is dominating for second place even though it isn't that scary, perhaps it can score a Wednesday "lighter movie" slot (or get watched at the beginning of November).
Tyler Foster
2024-09-24 19:10:32 +0000 UTCWould love to see a great jump scare like What Lies Beneath
J Ashes
2024-09-24 19:09:44 +0000 UTCI was gonna vote for Children of the Corn, but I know Pet Cemetery will scare you more. It still gives me the shivers.
Mikey Hutchinson
2024-09-24 19:09:14 +0000 UTCI would say They Live is definitely more of a comical "Elevated" type horror movie... wink wink nudge nudge lol
Sean Fleming
2024-09-24 19:09:00 +0000 UTCSame. Love the movie, but it doesn't meet the criteria.
Lemurian Jones
2024-09-24 19:08:48 +0000 UTCPet Sematary would be the scariest of this bunch. I know last year you wanted to finish Hallowbeans with a movie with an unsettling ending. I would suggest Jeepers Creepers.
PlaceForFaith
2024-09-24 19:08:30 +0000 UTCFUNNY ENOUGH I JUST STARTED REREADING CHRISTINE TODAY, BUT MY VOTE HAS TO GO TO PET SEMETARY. THAT MOVIE SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME WHEN I WAS A KID
jonny miller
2024-09-24 19:07:41 +0000 UTCMy opinion 1984 Children of the Corn sucks. Not scary and so not what Stephen King had for his vision. I feel like he wrote that one off, kinda like Kubrick's Shining, but don't quote me, lol. That being said, you're really making me choose over the other Stephen King offerings on this poll. Christine and Pet Sematary rule. I'll go with Pet Sematary. Both are effectively scary for me, but Pet Sematary takes the prize between them :)
Renee S
2024-09-24 19:06:35 +0000 UTCGood one for Bill Paxton.
_tragicmike
2024-09-24 19:06:26 +0000 UTCAlso, while it's great these are all '80s movies and '80s movies are of course 40 years old now, when people say "more recent films will always beat older films," I think they mean "before 1970." After 1970 is when you start getting the still comparatively contemporary classics like The Godfather, Jaws, Star Wars, and Back to the Future versus actual old Hollywood classics like Singin' in the Rain, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, and It's a Wonderful Life.
Tyler Foster
2024-09-24 19:04:23 +0000 UTCStill stanning for FRAILTY if you wanna be scared. But THEY LIVE is good for a daytime watch, especially since it doesn't seem like it'll be on a regular poll soon.
Paul Stelter
2024-09-24 19:03:58 +0000 UTCmaking a note now!
Ashleigh Burton
2024-09-24 19:03:31 +0000 UTCPet Sematary would do the trick. As would Children of The Corn. They Live is not as scary but would be scarier than a Wednesday reaction.
Brian Booher
2024-09-24 19:03:01 +0000 UTCYESSSSS Pet Sematary!
Andy H.
2024-09-24 19:02:58 +0000 UTCI voted for They Live because it's an amazing movie, but that's definitely more action than horror, so you could watch it at any time of the year. For a John Carpenter movie that will scare you, definitely go with Prince of Darkness or In the Mouth of Madness over They Live.
Tyler Foster
2024-09-24 19:02:24 +0000 UTCI hope you get to The Exorcist III. Definitely do not do the second one. It was terrible and a money grab by the studio.
dork knight
2024-09-24 19:00:49 +0000 UTCThey live is a masterpiece and is john carpenter so you assume Halloween. But it more is an any time of the year movie
ingibingi2000
2024-09-24 18:59:41 +0000 UTCI would love to see Children of the Corn because yes there are scary moments, but once you come upon Isaac you will either laugh or wonder how a twenty year old man who looks nine years old was able to convince the entire population of children in the town to do what they did
James
2024-09-24 18:59:33 +0000 UTCAgreed
Insane Ian
2024-09-24 18:59:22 +0000 UTCI find they live to be more comical than scary. Unfortunately I haven’t seen most on this list 😬😬 so I’ll leave the voting for the people who have! But also a 2000’s release that scared me the first time I watched it was exorcism of Emily rose. Would love to see that make a poll at some point! Happy Hallobeans!
Jordan Wyant
2024-09-24 18:59:03 +0000 UTCOkay, I didn’t vote for it, but I watched the Changling as a kid (10 or 11) and it scarred me for life. George C. Scott has creeped me out ever since lol
Ben and Gininda Samways
2024-09-24 18:58:43 +0000 UTCThe Changeling PLEEEEAAAASSEE
Skip
2024-09-24 18:58:14 +0000 UTCThey Live is my favorite film on the list, but I would not classify it as a horror film.
Mike Naretta
2024-09-24 18:58:11 +0000 UTC
