MONSTERZERO NJ’S 31 HORROR FLICKS FOR THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 2021!

While I watch dozens of horror films during the month of October…these are a mix of classic favorites and recent horrors that I feel are especially perfect to watch during the Halloween season!

(Click on the titles below the movie poster gallery to get to our reviews!)

 

Harper (Katie Stevens) and friends visit the wrong Halloween haunt on Halloween night!

-MonsterZero NJ

MONSTERZERO NJ’S 31 HORROR FLICKS FOR THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN!

While I watch dozens of horror films during the month of October…these are a mix of classic favorites and recent horrors that I feel are especially perfect to watch during the Halloween season!

(Click on the titles below the movie poster gallery to get to our reviews!)

 

Click on the titles here to go to the review page for the corresponding movie!

1. HALLOWEEN
2. TRICK ‘r’ TREAT
3. PHANTASM
4. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
5. THE FOG
6. ANY (OR ALL) OF THE UNIVERSAL CLASSIC B/W HORRORS!
7. PUMPKINHEAD
8. EVIL DEAD
9. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
10. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
11. ZOMBIE
12. THE THING
13. THE HOWLING
14. THE FLY
15. HORROR HOTEL
16. DAWN OF THE DEAD
17. DAY OF THE DEAD
18. FRIDAY THE 13th
19. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
20. HALLOWEEN II
21. HALLOWEEN III
22. THE VIY
23. WRONG TURN
24. THE OLD DARK HOUSE
25. THE DESCENT
26. HELLIONS
27. TALES OF HALLOWEEN
28. THE HOUSES OCTOBER BUILT
29. HOUSE OF THE DEVIL
30. HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES
31. THE HILLS RUN RED

-MonsterZero NJ

MONSTERZERO NJ’S 31 HORROR FLICKS FOR THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN!

While I watch dozens of horror films during the month of October…these are a mix of classic favorites and recent horrors that I feel are especially perfect to watch during the Halloween season!

(Click on the titles below the movie poster gallery to get to our reviews!)

 

Click on the titles here to go to the review page for the corresponding movie!

1. HALLOWEEN
2. TRICK ‘r’ TREAT
3. PHANTASM
4. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
5. THE FOG
6. ANY (OR ALL) OF THE UNIVERSAL CLASSIC B/W HORRORS!
7. PUMPKINHEAD
8. EVIL DEAD
9. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
10. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
11. ZOMBIE
12. THE THING
13. THE HOWLING
14. THE FLY
15. HORROR HOTEL
16. DAWN OF THE DEAD
17. DAY OF THE DEAD
18. FRIDAY THE 13th
19. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
20. HALLOWEEN II
21. HALLOWEEN III
22. THE VIY
23. WRONG TURN
24. THE OLD DARK HOUSE
25. THE DESCENT
26. HELLIONS
27. TALES OF HALLOWEEN
28. THE HOUSES OCTOBER BUILT
29. HOUSE OF THE DEVIL
30. HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES
31. THE HILLS RUN RED

MONSTERZERO NJ’S 25 MUST WATCH HORROR FLICKS FOR THE HALLOWEEN SEASON

While I watch dozens of horror films during the month of October… these are 25 favorite horror flicks that I feel are absolute musts to watch during the Halloween season!

(Click on the titles below the movie poster gallery to get to our reviews!)

 

Click on the titles here to go to the review page for the corresponding movie!

1. HALLOWEEN
2. TRICK ‘r’ TREAT
3. PHANTASM
4. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
5. THE FOG
6. ANY (OR ALL) OF THE UNIVERSAL CLASSIC B/W HORRORS!
7. PUMPKINHEAD
8. EVIL DEAD
9. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
10. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
11. ZOMBIE
12. THE THING
13. THE HOWLING
14. THE FLY
15. HORROR HOTEL
16. DAWN OF THE DEAD
17. DAY OF THE DEAD
18. FRIDAY THE 13th
19. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
20. HALLOWEEN II
21. HALLOWEEN III
22. THE VIY
23. WRONG TURN
24. THE OLD DARK HOUSE
25. THE DESCENT

TOMB OF NOSTALGIA: THE VIY (1967)

THE VIY (1967)

Russian film, based on a story by Nikolai Gogol from 1835, is more of a spooky fairy tale than a horror film. The Viy tells the story of an arrogant young monk, Khoma (Leonid Kuraviev) who finds shelter one night, when traveling with companions, in the home of an old woman. When the old crone comes to Khoma in the middle of the night, he finds that she is actually a witch who taunts him with her powers and in his panic and fear, he beats her almost to death. As she lays there, she transforms before his eyes into a beautiful young girl (Natalya Varley). Khoma flees in terror back to the monastery, his dark secret with him…or so he thinks. In a horrifying turn of events, Khoma is called upon by a wealthy villager to preside over the body of a young girl found nearly beaten to death. To Khoma’s shock, it is the pretty witch Pannochka that he had encountered and apparently slain. She is the villager’s daughter and on her death bed, she requested that Khoma himself be the monk to preside and pray over her corpse during the three day wake. This means he must spend three nights alone locked in a church with the vengeful young witch’s body. Three nights, each more horrifying then the last.

The Viy plays like a story right out of the Brothers Grimm as the young monk learns the consequences of his wrongful deed the hard way. The visuals are worth watching this for alone and directors Konstantin Ershov and Georgi Kropachyov use them to create some haunting sequences and great atmosphere. The film looks very much like the dark fairy tale that it is and there are some very interestingly designed demonic creatures that appear to taunt our haughty young monk during his nightly vigils including ‘The Viy’ itself. The effects and sets are delightfully old fashioned and only add to the film’s dark fable charm.

A fun, charming and effectively goose-bump inducing supernatural tale that is a favorite of mine during the Halloween season and is highly recommended to those who appreciate something different. The film is available with English subtitles, the trailer below, however, is not.

-MonsterZero NJ

3 and a 1/2 vengeful witches!