Over the Edge ° October 24 2012

HORROR MOVIES YOU SHOULD WATCH ON HALLOWE'EN

5. The Evil Dead I
(1981) & II (1987)

JORDAN TUCKER
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

While you're waiting for the
Great Pumpkin to come to
you at the pumpkin patch,
wile away the hours with
these twisted selections.

1. Ginger Snaps
(2000)

A Satirical and bizarre take
on horror movies, this flick
focuses on two misanthropic
Canadian sisters who sit
around waiting for their
first menstrual cycles.
When one of the sisters
(Ginger) begins to exhibit
werewolf-like symptoms

after being attacked by
a mysterious animal, her
sibling Brigitte has to

befriend the high school
weed dealer in order to
find a mystery ganja that
could very well be the only
hope. Starring Katharine
Isabelles, Mimi Rogers,
Emily Perkins, and_ Kris
Lemche. Might very well
be the best thing you do
this Hallowe’en (projectile
vomiting pumpkin beer is
overrated, trust me).

2. Cabin in The
Woods (2012)

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Two words: Joss Whedon.
Those are the only two
reasons you need to watch
this movie. You need to
watch this movie, right
now. Starring super-hunk
Chris Hemsworth (AKA Thor
- rawr - 'nuff said) and, uh,
some other people, this is

metahumour and terror at

its very best. Stereotypical
horror movie kids go to a
cabin in the woods. Bad

stuff happens. You'll love it.

3. Inside (2007)

Weird French gorefest. A
pregnant lady, another
lady who wants her baby, a
locked house, and a pair of
scissors. BLOOD! Caution:
watching this movie may
lead to the expulsion of the
aforementioned pumpkin
beer and ubiquitous
Hallowe’en candy.

4. Shaun of The
Dead (2004)

This smart zombie movie
deals with a newly-dumped,
dead-end job kind of guy

trying to save his friends

and loved ones from the
undead apocalypse, and
the repercussions of a
world trying to deal with
integrating zombies into
society. This is a film lover's
treat, as the movie
smartly references other
horror movies in oblique
ways (check out Shaun's
house) and has the best
foreshadowing ever. Of all
time. Snappy and macabre.

Another cabin in the woods.
Bruce Campbell. His rubber
face. A missing arm. A
dead girlfriend. A chainsaw.
You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll
poop your pants. If you can
manage to marathon these
two movies and Army of
Darkness, not only will you
get to see Bruce's ruggedly
handsome face and pretty
brown eyes for multiple
hours, you will also emerge
from the experience better
in bed, armed with weird
catchphrases ("I know now
that my wife has become
host to a Kandarian demon.
I fear that the only way to
stop those possessed by
the spirits of the book is
through the act of... bodily
dismemberment"), all the
better to say to yourself
as you rock back and forth
with the sad knowledge
that you are not Bruce
Campbell, and you do not
have a badass chainsaw
arm.

6. Army of Darkness
(1992)

Bruce Campbell is
transported to the past out
of his dingy job, and must
steal the Necronomicon and
battle an evil army in order
to go home. Buxom peasant
babes, one-liners and
weird, old-timey animation
techniques make this an
excellent film. Also Bruce
Campbell. Did I mention
Bruce Campbell?

7. Mean Girls
(2004)

LINDSAYLOHAN « TINAFEY

‘Sasey and Share’

Tina Fey, Tim Meadows,
Lizzy Caplan, Amy
Poehler, Amanda Seyfried,
Lindsay Lohan before her
transformation into the
Kraken. This movie has a
Hallowe’en party with a
hilarious take on teenage
Hallowe’en costumes and
the art of turning lingerie
into animal costumes, so
it sort of fits on this list.
Whatever, I just really like
Mean Girls and think you
would all be better people
if you watched it. Does that
make me so wrong?! Don't
touch me! What is love?
Baby don't hurt me...don’t
hurt me...no more...

8. Nightmare Before
Christmas (1993)

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I know that I have to put
this movie on _ the list,
because it's a cult classic
and people love it, but it
really confuses me. People
also seem to have a huge
emo boner for Tim Burton,
which is funny because
his current artistic model
seems to be Danny Elfman
plus purple stripes plus
Jack Sparrow plus Bellatrix

Lestrange. But I digress.
This movie - it's Hallowe’en,
but it's Christmas, and

there's a weird skeleton who
becomes Santa.. this movie
has an identity crisis and it
makes me uncomfortable.
But there's a ghost dog, so
I guess that's kind of okay.
Watch it if you want, I'm
not your mother.

9. The Rocky Horror
Picture Show
(1975)

a different
set of jaws

Tim Curry in tights as a
transexual Transylvanian
makes me want to hop on
a plane over there and lick
this (unfortunately fictional)
character's elbows. To see
him is to believe him. This
is a cult film worthy of the
status, with memorable
songs, humour, and the
brutal murder of Meat Loaf.
Watch for Susan Sarandon
as a_ sexually-repressed
newlywed, and delight as
she and her husband learn
the joys of Tim Curry and
Rocky. "T-t-t-tooouccch

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The
scene, Norman Bates and

infamous shower
his hotel; the grace and
style with which Alfred
Hitchcock put the whole
thing together not only
created and codified the
modern horror genre, _ it
affirmed it. Watch this one
with a cuddle buddy and
some whiskey, and sleep
with a night light.

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