#halloween film list

[pascow]

My grandfather thinks this town is cursed, that all the bad things that happen in this town are because of one thing. An evil thing.

IT (2017) dir. Andy Muschietti

#it 2017 #it2017edit #andy muschietti #gifs #filmedit #film edits #horroredit #moviegifs #horror films #cinemapix #dailyflicks #fyeahmovies #halloween 2022 #31 days of halloween #31 days of horror #pennywise the clown #tw horror #of course the king had to be on the list!! #i mean both stephen and bill thank you #gifs by christine

[twistedtummies2]

Top 15 Skeleton Characters

Happy Dia de los Muertos, everybody! Anybody who knows about the Day of the Dead knows it is really a celebration of life…and they also know that a major part of this holiday’s iconography is the imagery of skeletons and skulls. The human skeleton, in fact, is quite the ubiquitous visual: skeletons unsettle many people, on a fundamental level. Everybody has one, but if you’re actually SEEING one, that’s not a good sign: bones are the last vestiges of something long dead, and so there is always this automatic gut reaction of perturbation that comes with them. Of course, there’s also a recognition that life was present, which can, in its own odd way, be heartwarming. Skeleton characters - or even characters who are simply skulls or have skull faces - are thus a major part of many fictional worlds. They can be used to mock death, or celebrate life, or they can be used to represent fear and destruction. Regardless, they are always interesting to see, as commonplace as some may claim them to be. So, I decided, if today is a day about celebrating life through the imagery of death, it was only fitting to do something to celebrate the many characters who, effectively, do the same thing, one way or another. Now, I’m only going to be counting ACTUAL skeletal characters here, so to speak; characters like the Phantom of the Opera, Red Skull from Marvel, or Skull Face from “Metal Gear Solid V,” will not count. They evoke the imagery of a skull, but they’re really just deformed human beings, not actual collections of living bones. Also, I won’t be counting gatherings of skeletons (with one exception), such as the various skeleton-themed enemies you’ll find in video games, or the famous Harryhausen skeletons from “Jason and the Argonauts.” They aren’t really “characters” so much as “creatures,” so I don’t think they fit the bill. With that said, let’s waste no more time! Here are my Top 15 Skeleton Characters!

15. Skelly, from I Spy: Spooky Mansion.

Here’s a more obscure option to start things off. How many of you had I Spy books or played the I Spy PC games when you were younger? I know I did. This picture-puzzle series could be surprisingly challenging, and I was always fascinated by the way they organized the photos in the books, not to mention the animation in the PC titles. “Spooky Mansion” was always my favorite game and book, mostly because…well…I like Spooky Mansions! (Even did a list about them, go and take a look at that, tis the season.) Skelly was essentially our Tour Guide for the game: a mischievous but not malicious skeleton who loved to play games with people and spook them silly. She traps us inside her haunted house and challenges us to find various pieces of a puzzle in order to escape; none of this is done with evil intent, she simply wants to play! I always found Skelly a wonderful mix of creepy and sweet, almost like an Addams Family character; that’s always a great blend.

14. Skeleton King, from Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force GO!

Imagine Skeletor on a REALLY bad day. That would basically be this monstrosity in a nutshell. The main antagonist of this (incredibly weirdly named) superhero series, the Skeleton King was once a good-hearted scientist, who wished to help the world; it was he who created the titular Monkey Team. However, things changed when the man began to study the dark forces of the Netherworld; assured in his safety from them, he later paid the price of his hubris, as the dark spirits were released, and ending up possessing and corrupting the scientist, body and soul. He thus became the Skeleton King: a cyborganic ghoul who plots to destroy the entire universe. The King was a deliciously creepy villain, and much of his menace can be owed to his voice actor: none other than the Joker himself, Mark Hamill. Honestly, if that name alone doesn’t interest you in this character right away from the start, there’s not much more I can say that will convince you to give him a look.

13. Sir Daniel Fortesque, from MediEvil.

Sir Daniel is a tragically comic case: for ages after his death, this knight was hailed as a hero, believed to have been a mythical and powerful figure who died nobly for a righteous cause. In truth, he was a bungling coward who was killed in the very first seconds of battle, and never really did anything grand at all; somewhere along the line, the facts of his life got all twisted up. When the evil he once fought (or, at least, wanted to fight) rears its ugly head again many years later, Sir Daniel Fortesque is brought back from the grave to do battle once more...but, of course, not being a hero at all, he now has to prove himself. “MediEvil” becomes a typical quest of an unlikely hero; someone trying to live up to the reputation he garnered over time, trying to earn respect from those who know the truth. It’s a classic kind of setup, only enhanced by the unique, Tim-Burton-esque visual styling of the game…not to mention Sir Daniel’s absolutely hilarious running cycle. I guess he went to the Ministry of Silly Walks before his demise.

12. Bob, from The Dresden Files.

So far, I’ve only finished the first six books of “The Dresden Files,” but it’s already a favorite series of mine. (Also, if you’re only familiar with the TV series…that doesn’t count here, since their version of Bob is rather different.) The series details the many adventures of “consulting wizard,” Harry Dresden, and blends elements of noir-style detective mystery storytelling with doses of dark fantasy and Gothic horror. One of my favorite characters is undeniably Bob: an eccentric ghost who inhabits a skull in Harry’s home. Bob is intended to be a sort of living encyclopedia for Harry to consult when on a case; he has been around for centuries, and helped many wizards in his time, making him an extremely valuable source of information. However, Bob is also…well…freaking hilarious. He’s always got his mind in the gutter, and he’s always filled with snark and a ready-to-whip-out insult or quip, leading to some pretty funny dialogue any time he’s featured. Generally, whenever Harry consults Bob, that’s when things are about to get truly serious…but it’s hard to remember that past all the pure, glorious silliness he provides. The only reason Bob doesn’t rank higher is that he is literally JUST a skull, and on top of that, the skull probably isn’t even his own: it’s just his way of communicating with Dresden in the world of the living, sort of like a crystal ball or other conduit of knowledge. Still, I feel he counts enough.

11. Captain Bones, from Crashbox.

Made for HBO, this series was one of my favorite shows EVER when I was a kid. “Crashbox” was a show that really went outside the box with how an educational program could also be entertaining! It used various styles of animation in numerous scenarios and skits to showcase all kinds of different skills. Basic stuff like math, history, sciences, social studies, and so on were featured, but you’d also have things that challenged your critical thinking or problem solving skills, with puzzles and riddles that weren’t necessarily things you’d be taught at school, but were still important things to learn. It was all done with this irreverent tone; the series was utterly bonkers, so it was always a joy to watch even as it taught you all the skills it tried to push. Captain Bones was one of the most frequent skits in the series, and also one of my favorites. “The Incredibly Dead Captain Bones” was a skeletal ghost pirate cursed to Sail the Seven Seas for an eternity. “And I’ll tell ya,” the Captain would sigh, “I’m a Bored Stiff.” (Har Har.) To keep himself from dying of boredom (…presumably a second time…), the old pirate would use his own bones to create math and picture puzzles, which the viewer would be challenged to try and figure out before he showed them the answer. What made Captain Bones hilarious…were his insults. This guy was the KING of Insult Comedy, able to come up with all kinds of incredible, colorful phrases without ever getting dirty or lewd, given the fact this WAS made for kids. If you don’t agree…“THEN YER NOT FIT TO WALK THE DECK OF ME GHOST SHIP, ye crustacean-sucking, knock-kneed, squid-faced, plank-walking sack of soiled, sea-salted, unwashed fish buckets of barnacles for brains!”

10. Lord Ainz, from Overlord.

I haven’t seen a whole lot of “Overlord” yet, which is the primary reason Ainz only BARELY crosses the threshold into the Top 10. Trust me, if I’d seen more, he’d probably be WAY higher. “Overlord” is a classic Isekai anime series: the plot focus on a young man who ends up zapped into a video game world, which he had once been a player of. He finds that he has been transformed into the character he created: a hyper-powerful dark skeleton warlord, known as Ainz Ooal Gown (or “Lord Ainz” for short). The interesting thing about this isekai is the way Ainz is played, and how he evolves over the course of the series; as time goes on, he loses more and more of his humanity, as his personality, morality, and ethical viewpoints start to merge and become less like his own back on Earth, and more like those of the character he created. This leads to a lot of gray area in the morality of Ainz, as he seeks to conquer the world - the typical goal of many a great dark lord - but has surprisingly understandable motivations for doing so. From what I’ve seen so far, the series is quite interesting, and Ainz is an equally interesting character…but I’ve only scratched the surface of this show, so I don’t think it’s fair to give him TOO high a rank JUST yet. But still, Top 10 ain't bad, right?

9. Bonejangles, from Corpse Bride.

There’s really not a whole lot to say about this guy, I just really love him. Though a fairly small part on the whole, Bonejangles is arguably one of the most recognizable characters in the Tim Burton animated picture “Corpse Bride.” A hollow skeleton with a single eyeball, which he rolls back and forth between his sockets, this limber, jazzy fellow appears to be pretty close to the titular character, Emily - the ghost of a bride-to-be who died mysteriously. It is he who tells the story of the Corpse Bride to our protagonist, Victor Van Dort, via the song “Remains of the Day,” easily the best song in the film’s soundtrack. While his time onscreen is small, he makes an immediate impression, and Danny Elfman’s gravelly, raspy vocals only add to the clattering, rambunctious skeleton’s fun personality. In short, Bonejangles is proof that big characters can come in small packages.

8. The Horned King, from The Black Cauldron.

This movie was HATED when it came out - notoriously, “The Black Cauldron” lost to the CARE BEARS when it premiered. (I wish I was joking about that.) However, over time, the movie has garnered something of a cult following, mostly for its dark and often rather brutal atmosphere (which is still rather pale compared to the Lloyd Alexander novels the film is loosely based upon). One thing almost everybody loves about the film is the villain: the lich-like Horned King, voiced impeccably by John Hurt. A cross between the character of the same name from the first book, “The Book of Three,” and the evil Lord Arawn, the main antagonist of the series, Disney’s incarnation of the character is easily one of the most mysterious and frightening of their animated baddies. Essentially a living corpse (who has horns growing out of his head, for some reason), the Horned King is a powerful sorcerer who wishes to destroy all of mankind. (Why? Probably because he’s tired of everyone around him having noses.) To this end, he and his goblin-like assistant, Creeper, seek out Hen-Wen, a pig who somehow has gained oracular abilities, allowing her to find the hiding place of the titular Black Cauldron. The Cauldron is an ancient piece of crockery possessed by the spirit of a long-dead king, which can create an army of living dead brutes, “The Cauldron Born.” In the end, the King is thwarted by Taran, a young farm boy who has been thrust into a quest to stop him, and is sucked into the Cauldron itself. In arguably the goriest death scene in a Disney movie, the King is stripped of his soul, and his FLESH (what little he has), as his life force is sucked into the Cauldron’s hellish depths, before EXPLODING in a flash of light and dust. A fittingly gruesome end for this bony fiend.

7. Arc, from Skeleton Knight in Another World.

Much like Overlord, this is another fantasy isekai anime series, in which the main character is transformed into a character they played in a video game. And, just like then, said main character is an extremely powerful skelly-dude. HOWEVER, that’s about where the similarities between this show and “Overlord” stop. In “Skeleton Knight in Another World,” Arc is not a villain who plays the hero of his own story…but instead just a hero, period. In fact, a big part of the series is that he worries about people seeing his true bone face, as he knows the sight of a giant living skeleton will probably be seen as a bad sign by many. Arc is a wonderfully fun protagonist: like many characters in this sort of scenario, he is equal parts bold and admirably strong…and sort of a total dork. The human life he left behind clashes constantly with the uber-heroic facade he tries to put on (complete with a bold and daring laugh, which is absolutely glorious), leading to a great deal of humor. While Ainz is probably the more popular character between these two, I’ve actually finished all of “Skeleton Knight” (at least with what’s available thus far), and I generally prefer Arc a little bit more, based on what I’ve seen. Therefore, he gets higher marks on the list. Also, on a side note…the theme song to this show is absolutely freaking GLORIOUS, seriously, go take a listen to it.

6. Basically the Entire Cast of “Coco.”

This is the exception to the "no groups of characters" rule I made. I know it’s cheating to include a whole bunch of skeletons, instead of just one, but I felt that, in this case, it was warranted. It’s fitting I’m posting this on the Day of the Dead, because that’s what this film is actually inspired by and based around. This Pixar movie tells the story of a young boy named Miguel, who loves music. However, due to personal tragedy, his family has banned any member from being a musician. Believing his great-grandfather to be a legendary musician, Miguel goes on a quest to rekindle the love of music in his family…and, in the process, ends up in the Land of the Dead, which is populated by a whole world of Dia de los Muertos-inspired skeletons. Ranging from friendly sorts, like the eccentric Hector, and multiple late members of Miguel’s family, to the more villainous Ernesto de la Cruz, choosing just one character to represent an entire film of colorful, whimsical bunches of bones seemed next to impossible. So, yeah, I’m just counting the entire movie here. My list, my choice. So sue me. :P

5. Ghost Rider, from Marvel.

A prominent anti-hero of the Marvel universe, the Ghost Rider has gone through many incarnations. One early interpretation, later re-named the Phantom Rider (big difference, I know), isn’t a skeleton at all, nor a supernatural entity of any kind. Instead, the first Ghost Rider was a Wild Western hero and horseman, who used his ghostly costume and magic tricks to frighten his enemies - think of a cross between the Lone Ranger and Batman. Later interpretations, however, took a different path. The most famous Ghost Rider is Johnny Blaze: a stunt daredevil who was tutored largely by his adoptive father, Crash Simpson. (Good lord, these names sound like video game characters from Nintendo…) When Crash developed an inoperable cancer, a grief-stricken Johnny made a deal with the Devil himself to try and save him. Needless to say, it didn’t go so well. Now, Blaze - and others who would share his curse - must roam the land hunting down evildoers, fighting both mortal and supernatural villainy in an endless quest to avenge the innocent. The Ghost Riders all share common visual elements: fiery skeletal bodies, leather clothes, chain-based weapons, and of course, AWESOME motorcycles to ride upon. Their power over the fires of Hell itself are their primary weapons, however, with a variety of different attacks and powers available to Blaze and his later compatriots in the war to seek out the evil and punish them for their sins...hopefully while avoiding ending up in terrible Nicolas Cage outings. No promises on that one.

4. Sans & Papyrus, from Undertale.

Oh, God, I LOVE Undertale. And more than that, perhaps, I LOOOOVE Sans and Papyrus! The Skeleton Brothers are easily my favorite characters in the game, and the most identifiable for me, in many ways. Sans is, in some ways, Undertale’s equivalent to the Doctor from “Doctor Who”: he is a comedic, laid-back, somewhat eccentric character who uses his unassuming appearance and “dopey” personality as a facade. As many a player quickly learns, Sans is far more powerful, far more DANGEROUS than he looks or seems, able to go from cracking a terrible pun to threatening you with painful death in a split second. If you get on his bad side, “you’re gonna have a bad time.” His brother, Papyrus, on the other hand, is sort of the reverse: at first glance, Papyrus seems like your typical “over-the-top villain.” His signature laugh, twisted design, and sense of self-importance all make him about as fiendish as can be...all he’s missing is a top hat or a moustache to twirl! But it quickly becomes clear that Papyrus is neither as evil, nor as clever, as he likes to seem: in reality, he’s really a rather harmless sort of bony fellow, and would much rather befriend you than murder you with his incredibly elaborate, Wile-E.-Coyote-esque death traps. (Much like with Wile E., the traps never work the way they should.) Dealing with these brothers is a BIG part of figuring out the events of Undertale, and the path your adventure will take in the game. Whether you love them as much as I do or not, I advise you to decide wisely.

3. Skeletor, from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

There have been several different takes on Eternia’s greatest villain over the years (my favorite will always be the original, but I do like many, if not all, of the other interpretations out there). No matter which one you look at, Skeletor is a very fun villain, and is easily one of the most iconic skull-faced scoundrels out there. A dark wizard who longs to take over Castle Grayskull, and learn all its secrets for his own evil ends, Skeletor’s evil ranges from cartoonish to truly cruel, depending on which version you look at, but there’s always a wonderful blend of both creepiness and genuine menace that accompanies him. It’s hard to not make references to this guy when looking at other bony characters, and he’s given rise to more memes than you can shake a sorcerer’s scepter at. Really, what more can I say? It’s Skeletor: by virtue of his recognition alone, he’s more than earned a spot in the Top Three.

2. The Grim Reaper.

Arguably the single most iconic skeletal figure in history, the Grim Reaper - the embodiment of death itself - could really take up an entire list of his own. (And he probably will, one day.) There are so many versions of the Reaper out there, it’s kind of amazing: when people imagine what death’s avatar looks like, it’s likely that the typical imagery of a skeletal figure, garbed in a dark cloak and carrying a scythe, is the first thing they will imagine. Sometimes the Reaper is depicted as a humorous and comical figure, such as the version found in “The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.” On many occasions he is depicted as an evil monster, such as the version of Death found in the “Castlevania” franchise. Other times, he is something of a neutral force, as death is neither truly good nor evil when you think about it; probably my favorite example of this is the one found in Terry Pratchett’s “Discworld” universe. Bottom line, I think the fact that skeletons so often represent death, to the point where the very embodiment of the Angel of Death is depicted AS a skeleton, speaks for itself as to why this ranks so highly. Honestly, I was tempted to make this choice number one, but I decided against it for several reasons. Still, iconic as the concept of the Grim Reaper is, the character - in pretty much all his forms - has more than earned high praise here.

1. Jack Skellington, from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

“Nightmare” is one of my favorite films of all time, if not my absolute favorite. It’s not a complex movie, really, but its simplicity is part of what makes it so wonderful! Jack is, by extension, one of my favorite characters of all time: hailed as “The Pumpkin King With the Skeleton Grin,” this dapper, noble, gentlemanly bonehead is the ruler of Halloween Town, a world of ghosts, goblins, and ghouls (oh, my!) whose only job is to make Halloween as frightening as possible. But, despite his undead state, and wicked sense of humor, there is no malice in Jack’s mischief; he just sees it as a job. A job he’s apparently very, VERY good at, from the few examples the film and other spin-offs give us. Jack’s really a very good sort; charming and debonair, but also rather naive. A cockeyed optimist in his own way, and a bit of a prima donna, Jack’s over-the-top antics and spirit of adventure are what often get him into trouble; he has a problem with thinking things through. However, when things go wrong, Jack is ready for action, and quick to take responsibility, take charge, and take chances. His heart is in the right place at all times, even if his brain doesn’t always get there right away. Mixing intelligence and charisma with a childlike simplicty - much like the movie he hails from, in fact - Jack Skellington is an endearing and interesting character who deserves every bit of love he gets from myself and the world over. He’s just as iconic as the Grim Reaper, Skeletor, and others on this list, if not more so! And for all these reasons and more, I happily (albeit pointlessly) name Jack Skellington my Favorite Skeletal Character!

HONORABLE MENTIONS INCLUDE…

Captain Barbossa, from Pirates of the Caribbean. (He really only counts for the first film, which is why I didn’t include him on the main list.)

The Speaking Skull, from The Last Unicorn.

Manolo Sanchez, from The Book of Life.

Spinal, from Killer Instinct.

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[avocadoraisin]

Show us all of your fucked up boys collection?

The boys!! (So far)

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Some people have been asking where certain slashers have been in my art and simply.... I haven't gotten to them yet!!

I'm new to all of this, and I'm making my way through the movies on weekends :)

Right now I am watching a couple of one-offs before I dive into the Chainsaw Massacres, which is my next priority franchise. I am very excited to meet Bubba, he seems like he will be a good boy

#slashers #jenna answers #and then i will get to Child's Play and Candyman #as well as a handful more on my list then i will go more niche #then i might revisit Saw and Hellraiser as a franchise. i only saw the first films. right before starting the halloween series #and i was a little too afraid of the gore #but now im getting adjusted to the gore in alllllll these other movies so once im caught up i think i can handle the rest of those too

[songoftrillium]

24 Hours of Horror

Christine (1983)

Annihilation (2018)

Creepshow (1982)

Possum (2018)

It Follows (2014)

The Fly (1987)

The Lighthouse (2019)

Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)

A Cure For Wellness (2017)

The Company of Wolves (1984)

Prey (2022)

Perfect Blue (1997)

Come And See (1985)

Enjoy a little over 24 hours of horror from all over the world.

#Horror films #horror #80s horror #90s horror #2000s horror #horror film #horror list #movie list #halloween

[non-un-topo]

Icky and gloomy vibes, weehee! <333

#sage writes #nicky eats very much like a medieval man lol. so what if there's mold on one spot? it's still good! #i realize i have given zero context for this sdfghjgfds. fic is VERY old. but this part is brand new. #i'm hoping to have it finished and posted for halloween but i don't want to jinx it lol #the boys are solving a murder mystery in Bruges babey. and they're bad at it. they're always bad at it when i write mysteries dfdghfd #i'll just gives clues here by listing the films and things that inspired this fic a year ago: #the lighthouse / in bruges / midnight mass / dracula / shutter island / men / repulsion / jacob's ladder. #i like my sicko movies #anyway i'm just caffeinated and having fun lol. posting this before i'm too embarrassed not to.

[hceinart]

top five films?

i have to confess i dont watch films that often, when a meme describing yourself with media was trending on twitter i cheated and changed films to games.. whatever, i'll try. NO PARTICULAR ORDER

the winter soldier... i've seen it so many times it has to be on the list i'm so sorry.. i had a phase as a teen. although i liked the first movie more

sucker punch. i watched it in the beginning of this year for the first time but i loved it

a man called ove

fuck im running out of ideas howl's moving castle?? idk. does it even count as a film?

what we do in the shadows

#i wish i had a list of every film ive ever seen i dont remember anything 😭 #i dont remember LOVING a film i think i simply like em at most. i liked stalker. i liked the green night. i adored the antiviral visually #the message it sent i dont partially relate to tho #ove is actually the only one i remember that really made me feel something recently #watched van helsing with friends on halloween liked it too #half ironically loved i love you phillip morris i think the casting is hilariously great i love that its gay that the love is doomed and #that devotchka made the soundtrack. but i cant say its a top 5 film for me #there were probably more but thats all i can think of rn #interstellar probably deserves a mention idk. #actually you can send film recs please make me love love something #ask

[scuddish]

"Because we’ve been hunted for centuries, we always have to hide. We want to become humans, not eat them for dinner."

THE LITTLE VAMPIRE 2000 | dir. Uli Edel

#giffing this movie made me feel like a kid again i'm so glad this is in my halloween favs list #the little vampire #the little vampire 2000 #moviegifs #filmgifs #filmedit #horroredit #tw flashing #cw flashing #*scuddish.gif #*scuddish.favorites #scuddishhalloween2022 #vampireedit #vampiregifs #films #favorites #mine #2022 favorites

[doctorcurdlejr]

tubi is literally one of the most reliable platforms for horror enjoyers

#a peek at our 31 days of halloween list. surf nazis is a summer exploitation film but we made an exception bc we really wanna see it #a day in the life

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005, Tim Burton)

29/03/2024

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 film directed by Tim Burton.

The film stars Johnny Depp and is based on the novel of the same name by Roald Dahl.

Another adaptation had previously been made from the book in 1971, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, by Mel Stuart, with Gene Wilder, from whom, however, Burton said he did not take inspiration for his, instead trying to return to the spirit original of Dahl's novel.

Charlie Bucket is a poor child who lives with his family, consisting of his parents, his paternal grandparents George and Georgina and his maternal grandparents Joe and Josephine.

One evening grandfather Joe tells Charlie that, years before, he worked in the first shop opened by the man who would become the most famous sweets maker in the world, the enigmatic Willy Wonka. Unfortunately, Wonka's rivals, envious of his sweets and success, sent spies to steal his secret recipes, to the point that Willy Wonka was forced to close the factory, firing his employees.

One day Willy Wonka makes an announcement that shocks the whole world: whoever finds five golden tickets hidden in as many chocolate bars produced by him, which could be found anywhere in the world, will have the opportunity to visit his grandiose factory, and one of the five visitors will win a special prize. As soon as the news spreads, the sweet shops are stormed and, after a short time, the first four tickets are found by four children: Augustus Gloop, from Düsseldorf, Germany, greedy and obese; Veruca Salt, from Buckinghamshire, England, a capricious and spoiled little girl by her rich father; Violet Beauregarde, from Atlanta, Georgia, a vain and arrogant little girl, world bubble gum champion and winner of numerous awards; Mike Teavee from Denver, Colorado, a very intelligent and grumpy child addicted to television and video games.

During the tour of the factory, a series of flashbacks reveal Willy Wonka's past: he was the son of the uncompromising dentist Wilbur Wonka, who made him wear enormous orthodontic braces and didn't allow him even the smallest sweet. One Halloween night, after his father had thrown the sweets he had collected into the fire, little Willy secretly managed to retrieve and eat a chocolate. After closing the factory due to recipe thefts, he decided to reopen it having found new and loyal workers among the indigenous Oompa-Loompas.

During the tour inside the factory, unlike Charlie, the other four children turn out to be unpleasant and disobedient and are involved in various events due to which they leave the scene one after the other: Augustus falls into a river of chocolate from which he was trying to drink and is sucked into a tube that collects the chocolate and takes it to the various departments; Violet tries an experimental chewing gum on herself and swells, transforming into a huge blueberry; Veruca is attacked and thrown into the garbage dump by a group of squirrels trained to shell nets, after trying to catch one; Mike gets teleported by a machine to transfer Wonka Bars to the television and becomes very small.

Charlie Bucket, played by Freddie Highmore.

Willy Wonka, played by Johnny Depp.

Mr. and Mrs. Bucket, played by Noah Taylor and Helena Bonham Carter.

#charlie and the chocolate factory #film #2005 #tim burton #johnny depp #roald dahl #1971 #willy wonka and the chocolate factory #mel stuart #gene wilder #List of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory characters #willy wonka #Industrial espionage #Wonka Bar #dusseldorf #germany #buckinghamshire #england #atlanta #georgia #chewing gum #denver #colorado #flashback #halloween #Umpa Lumpa #teleportation #television #freddie highmore #noah taylor

[justplainsimon]

Spooky shows to watch this spooky season~

(2022) and honestly next year, cause this is alot,

so idk, pick 4

Edit: i forgot the new amc interview with the vampire series

...and i have the gawl to call myself spooky and gay

#little demon #the boulet brothers #dragula #gregory horror show #deadendia #fantasmagoria #the world of yamizukan #cursed films #the extreme ghostbuters #creepshow #kagewani #frankelda's book of spooks #the vampire dies in no time #show recommendations #spooky season #halloween watch list

[notastranger]

the signs as halloween staples - Cancer ♋️

#horror #alt aesthetic #altgirl #altgirlaesthetic #the signs as #horror movies #horror films #halloween #halloween movie #spooky #spooky season #halloween aesthetic #happy halloween #jack o lantern #bucket list #cancer #cancer sun #cancer moon #cancer moodboard #cancer placements #cancer rising #cancer astrology #cancer ascendant #cancer aesthetic #cancer arc

[plebeiangoth]

Have some Halloween movies in no particular order

The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra is a great time, if you can find it. It's a love letter to so-bad-it's-good horror movies from the 50's and 60's which were all ambition and no talent e.g. Plan 9 from Outer Space and Manos The Hands of Fate. One of the funniest and most quotable movies I've ever seen!

House is as gorgeous as it is spooky and goofy! If you've not seen it, you're missing out. It's made by a director who made advertisements and a lot of the special effects are what would have been common in Japanese ads at the time.

Martyrs goes on the list for that one asshole who needs something extreme. Not that it's a bad movie, of course. But if you're that asshole and have yet to see it, have fun! If you don't know what I'm talking about, this film is not for the faint of heart and I mean it! Look up "French extremism" if you're curious. Again, if you've not seen it and don't like lots of blood and gore and little left to the imagination, this is absolutely not for you.

Valerie and her Week of Wonders is a gorgeous example of Czech new-wave, about a girl becoming a woman in a village of vampires! Strongly recommend this one if you like House, it's super colorful and whimsical!

Tetsuo the Iron Man is my idea of a more fun kind of extreme film. This is one of those movies I've seen several times and can't seem to remember the story, but suffice to say it's a wild ride about a metal fetishist who becomes sort of a metal monster in a similar fashion to Tetsuo in Akira becoming a giant flesh monster. It's got a very goofy tone and is shockingly wet for a movie about rebar.

The Thing is never not fun. I'm sorry to say I don't know my Carpenter as well as I should, I'm just too stuck on how much I love The thing and may never move forward. Yes I've seen Halloween, just I like The Thing better.

The Devils is a movie you can't watch in your home in a legal capacity, Warner Bros is never releasing this one on home video. Rest assured you can find it. It's a Ken Russell film about a whole convent of nuns (the Mother Superior played by Vanessa Redgrave) are so in lust with this priest, played by Oliver Reed, that they all fein demon possession to evade persecution. The complete version of the movie includes a scene in which all the nuns bang a crucifix. It's one of those movies I say the production team went to "the cool face store", because wow there's a lot of cool looking faces!

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, because there will always be virgins

Young Frankenstein was Mel Brooks's only funny movie. Fight me! (men in tights was okay i guess)

Bram Stoker's Dracula. What more need I say?

I can't easily pick any one Jan Svankmajer film, so this is the Svankmajer portion of the list. For the uninitiated, he was a Czech stop-motion animator who made these hyper realistic claymation films, often with a dark context. My favorite feature length films of his are Alice (a telling of Alice in Wonderland), Faust, and Otesanek (his final film and magnum opus, aka Little Otik aka Greedy Guts, based on the fairy tale Otesanek about tree-root baby turned vore-monster). His films aren't necessarily scary, just very unsettling and disturbing.

Hellraiser 2 because I haven't seen it yet and people keep telling me it's the good one, as if the first one wasn't delightfully generous????

The Witches is a movie that upset my very Christian grandmother one time when I was a kid, watching it on TV at her house. I don't think she understood the point that the witches aren't the good guys. I know it's irrelevant, I just thought it was funny. I miss you, Nana.

The Worst Witch. Can someone tell me where to watch this? I never saw it before and I wanna see some tacky Tim Curry schlock

eXistenZ is a movie which I only saw for the first, second, third, and fourth time ever one week last year and I'm ashamed as a Cronenberg fan that it took me so long! Not necessarily his most Halloween-y movie (I'd argue that would be The Fly), it's just a lot of fun.

Think I'll stop there, that's a good sized list.

Add your own recs! What do you watch this time of year?

#halloween #movie rec list #movie recommendation #horror films #spooky movies

[twistedtummies2]

Top 10 Van Helsings

Since I'm a Dracula mood this evening, I figured I'd do a quick list related to arguably the most notable character in the novel besides the Count himself: Professor Van Helsing. In the book, Van Helsing is not Dracula's arch-nemesis proper, nor is he a professional monster hunter. Instead, he's simply a friend of some of the other heroes, whose great advantage is simply that he knows the lore of vampirism, and has an open enough mind to accept something other than scientific logic. In a way, the Van Helsing in the novel is similar to characters like the Doctor from "Doctor Who," or Sans from "Undertale": he often seems comical and clownish, but underneath this apparent buffoonery, he is stone-cold and very mysterious. We don't exactly know why or how Van Helsing has all the knowledge he has, and that, plus the duality of his personality, makes him compelling.

In other media and various adaptations, a lot of this is jettisoned, but that doesn't necessarily make these other versions bad. In fact, some takes on the character, I would argue, surpass the book, as they make the battle between the main antagonist, and the leader of the protagonists, much more personal and interesting. With all the sympathetic takes on Dracula out there, as well, the line between good and evil becomes more blurred, also, which only adds to the intrigue.

I'm going to make this a description-less list; just names, pictures, and credits. I'm making it very spur-of-the-moment. XD With that said, here are my Top 10 Favorite Portrayals of Van Helsing!

10. Christopher Plummer, from Dracula 2000. (This version blurs the line between good and evil a fair bit. I think it's mostly Plummer who makes me like this one so much.)

9. Goofy, from Disney's Dracula. (Because the fact this EXISTS is more than enough reason.)

8. Laurence Olivier, from the 1979 Universal Film.

7. Hugh Jackman, from Van Helsing. (This version has almost nothing to do with the original, but when I think of the name "Van Helsing," I think of him and this movie, so he gets some credit.)

6. Anthony Hopkins, from the 1992 Film.

5. The Version from the 2006 BBC Radio Version. (The actor is strangely uncredited, and I've yet to identify them.)

4. Herbert Lom, from Count Dracula (1970).

3. Frank Finlay, from the 1977 BBC TV Version.

2. Edward Van Sloan, from the 1931 Universal Film/Dracula's Daughter.

Peter Cushing, from the Hammer Horror Series.

HONORABLE MENTIONS INCLUDE...

David Moroni, from Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary.

Walter Ladengast, from Nosferatu the Vampyre.

David Suchet, from the 2006 BBC TV Movie.

Nigel Davenport, from the 1973 TV Movie.

#list #countdown #top 10 #favorites #best #horror #halloween #dracula #van helsing #professor van helsing #actors #acting #tv #comics #movies #film #radio

[blog--witch]

Decided this weekend I’m gonna start just giving myself media consumption/analysis assignments and first up is the evolution of horror movies so I’m making a list of one horror movie from every year starting with 1970 to watch. I’ve found a few lists that go back to the 20s so I might sprinkle a few earlier films in first to get a lay of the land but in terms of like Modern Horror I feel like 70 is a good place to start. Talking out loud here bc I’ve got a notebook for notes and tracking what I’ve watched but tbh I might just start a new blog here so I can reblog gifsets and stuff lol. This is all just in the name of stopping myself from going to grad school let’s be honest but also if anyone is interested in the list so far or has strong opinions about a movie I can’t miss I would love to discuss

#been texting my brother about this bc he’s Mr Film Guy but he’s not really a horror girlie so I’m mostly just reading lists online #also my local theater is doing a triple creature feature on Halloween w Frankenstein (39) Dracula (39) and Wolf Man (48 #*(49) #so that’s where I’m gonna kick this whole project off

[sunkissedfawn]

Post gifs of your favorite movies without naming them: family friendly Halloween Edition 👻🎃🐦‍⬛

#better late than never to make this. i made a horror one and forgot to make a non-horror list #other honorable mentions: the haunted mansion (2003)/ the house with a clock in its walls/ hocus pocus 2/ the addams family 2/ corpse bride #tag #list #halloween #animation #film #gifset

[variousqueerthings]

Film ask: 1 and 20

(you're the best, thank you ❤)

1. What is your current favorite film?

I'm going to go for this year, which I started out really strongly in and then got distracted catching up with Doctor Who (and I didn't even make it for the specials ah well), but it'd probably be a threeway tie between Joyland (Saim Sadiq), Great Freedom (Sebastian Meise), and Safe (Todd Haynes)

All three of them deal with the kind of prisons we have to live with from queer intersectional perspectives, and whether or not we manage to find ways out of them. that feeling really stuck with me all year and over and over again in various movies I enjoyed

20. What movies do you have on your current to-watch list?

haha SO I just put together a List last week actually, because I love lists -- I was trying to go for Sight & Sounds top 100 movies in 2022. Got very distracted, but did watch a fair few of them and the good thing is they don't go anywhere, so the stakes are looow. one day I'll watch Citizen Kane I'm sure, I'm not in a hurry

howeeever, I decided I also wanted to be less bound by the kind of limitations that fancy film lists like that decree, so I have made a "movies I want to watch relatively soon" list, just based on... feeling. ranges across genres, ratings, times, themes, languages. that's going to be my main guide for 2024. can you believe I've never seen Videodrome???

This list is 105 films, so let's gooooo 2024!

#not counting my halloween list which i havent put together yet #ive had a few ideas for next year's halloween theme but #nothing ive really started adding to yet #cinema #film #asks ❤ #crimsonblackrose