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Staff Halloween Movie Recommendations 2005
Issue date: 10/27/05 Section: Entertainment
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10/27/05 - Hellraiser (1987)
I'd like to take this opportunity to shed some light on a movie that is often overlooked by people when they are asked what their favorite horror movie is. Hellraiser, directed by Clive Barker, is my favorite horror movie of all time.
I don't want to give away any of the plot, but I will say that it is a very disturbing and intense story that is not for the faint-of-heart. It is basically about a family that is terrorized by demons from Hell that are summoned by a puzzle box. It features some amazing special effects that were truly ahead of their time. It also features one of horror's most famous villains, Pinhead. It is very gory, so if you are a fan of blood and guts, then you should definitely check this movie out.
If you haven't seen Hellraiser yet, then I suggest that you buy or rent it immediately. You could also watch it on AMC tonight, although I
wouldn't recommend doing the latter. The network censors will have a field day trying to make this movie suitable for a national television audience!
-Chris Sheldon, Sports Reporter
The Shining (1980)
A baseball bat beating on a staircase, a madman slashing through a bathroom door with an axe, "murder" spelled backwards on a wall: that's right, it's a normal Tuesday night at my apartment. But also, these occurrences are in a movie.
That movie of course being The Shining, the best horror movie ever made. So how did Stanley Kubrick turn a characteristically mediocre Stephen King novel into a masterpiece?
Well, for starters, he made the screenplay diverge alot from what happened in the book. And he cast the roles of Jack and Wendy Torrance brilliantly. Jack Nicholson looks like he is having all the fun in the world playing a guy who is trying to kill his family, which is actually a little scary in itself. And the look of terror on Shelley Duvall's face is so natural and genuine that I imagine she must go to the corner store to buy groceries every Sunday looking that petrified.
I'd like to take this opportunity to shed some light on a movie that is often overlooked by people when they are asked what their favorite horror movie is. Hellraiser, directed by Clive Barker, is my favorite horror movie of all time.
I don't want to give away any of the plot, but I will say that it is a very disturbing and intense story that is not for the faint-of-heart. It is basically about a family that is terrorized by demons from Hell that are summoned by a puzzle box. It features some amazing special effects that were truly ahead of their time. It also features one of horror's most famous villains, Pinhead. It is very gory, so if you are a fan of blood and guts, then you should definitely check this movie out.
If you haven't seen Hellraiser yet, then I suggest that you buy or rent it immediately. You could also watch it on AMC tonight, although I
wouldn't recommend doing the latter. The network censors will have a field day trying to make this movie suitable for a national television audience!
-Chris Sheldon, Sports Reporter
The Shining (1980)
A baseball bat beating on a staircase, a madman slashing through a bathroom door with an axe, "murder" spelled backwards on a wall: that's right, it's a normal Tuesday night at my apartment. But also, these occurrences are in a movie.
That movie of course being The Shining, the best horror movie ever made. So how did Stanley Kubrick turn a characteristically mediocre Stephen King novel into a masterpiece?
Well, for starters, he made the screenplay diverge alot from what happened in the book. And he cast the roles of Jack and Wendy Torrance brilliantly. Jack Nicholson looks like he is having all the fun in the world playing a guy who is trying to kill his family, which is actually a little scary in itself. And the look of terror on Shelley Duvall's face is so natural and genuine that I imagine she must go to the corner store to buy groceries every Sunday looking that petrified.
