Halloween Week // Creepy Movies…

Last updated on 20 October 2021

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I’m not really into horror movies, at all. But there are some creepy/dark/supernatural/Halloween-type movies that I have not only seen, but enjoyed. They’re not actually horror movies really, because I get freaked out just be the though of being scared…but perhaps these would be good movies for you if you, like me, don’t like getting scared who-know-what-its. These are movies that are freaky because they’re not happy clappy, but not I’ll-never-sleep-again movies. You’ll see what I mean…

Sweeny Todd (2007)

I didn’t see this when it came out at the cinema, and it was only when I sat down to watch it months later, that I discovered it was a musical. What.The.Heck!? I was not expecting that. Why had no one told me it was a musical?! Anyway, Johnny Depp at his best in this movie, along with Helena Bonham Carter and a cast of other equally cool people, this movie, if you are unfamiliar with it, is about a butcher (Depp) who kills people, and a lady (Bonham Carter) who turns those dead people into pies. Sounds horrible, and normally I would never watch something like that, but it was Johnny Depp, so I couldn’t stay away. And I actually enjoyed it. I think it being a musical helped the whole ‘let’s kill and eat these poor people’ a little more bearable.

Beetlejuice (1988)

Just don’t say his name three times. Being an 80s movie, the graphics and technical side of things is very very poor, but I guess back then it really wasn’t. How movies have advanced since then, eh? This movie is about a couple of ghosts (played by very young Alex Baldwin and Geena Davis) who try to get the new owners of the house they used to live in, out. To do so, they call upon Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), a crazy ghost who ‘puts the life into afterlife’ (according to the trailer), who assists them into getting the people out of their house. Like any Tim Burton film, it’s a great movie, and also, who doesn’t want to see a mini Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz? So little!

Blood and Chocolate (2007)

A little bit different from these other movies so far, but Blood and Chocolate is a werewolf movie, so I thought I’d include it. It tells of Vivian (played by Agnes Bruckner) who is a werewolf living in Romania with her aunt, and helping run a chocolate shop (hence ‘chocolate’ in the title) and who destined to marry the pack leader. But when Vivian meets an American graphic artist, Aiden, who is in Romania to study wolves for his next graphic novel (and played by Hugh Dancy), she falls in love. Aiden learns of Vivian’s secret, and has to literally run for his life so he and Vivian can be together. I don’t ever remember this being at the cinema, and I have a feeling it was probably one that New Zealand missed out on, but I saw it for the first time a few years and really enjoyed it.

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Another old film (older than me by one year), and another Johnny Depp and Tim Burton movie. Oh, and Winona is in this one too. This story is just such a crazy concept, and that’s probably why I love it. Edward Scissorhands has, yup, you guess it, scissors for hands. He lives in a house away from the town, but falls in love with a young lady from the village (Ryder). Basically it’s super weird, but super cute, and super sad…and has a lot of ice sculptures and t-rex topiary throughout.

 

Hot Fuzz (2007)

Okay, so not really a creepy movie, but it involves murder and creepy small town cults, so I thought it needed to be included. I don’t think I’ve met anyone who has seen Hot Fuzz and not enjoyed it. If you haven’t seen it, go and watch it right now. It’s funny, it’s sarcastic, it’s murderous, it’s insane, and it’s wonderful. If you put all the crazy people from English shows like Midsomer Murders into one village, this movie would be the result. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are incredible, like usual, and with people like Bill Bailey, Bill Nighy and Martin Freeman making appearances, this really is a hilarious movie, with a creepy ‘let’s never go to that town’ kinda vibe to it.

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Another Simon Pegg and Nick Frost team up movie, Shaun of the Dead is a zombie movie not to be missed. The description on IMDB is just too good not to share: “A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living.” Ha! It really is good. Like most British movies, there are a multitude of other star cast members that are in other British TV and films, and this film includes Lucy Davis (The Office), Dylan Moran (Black Books, Notting Hill), and Peter Serafinowicz (who has been in about a billion things).

Signs (2002)

Now, I didn’t really find Signs very scary (I think I can cope fine with suspense), but my sister nearly died when we saw it. Granted, she was quite young, but even the thought of it scares her pants off. What I love about this movie, is not only the fact that aliens are involved (come one, everyone loves a good the-aliens-are-coming movie), but how everything lines up at the end (you know, the girl with all the glasses of water etc etc). It was very cleverly done, I think, and now that I’m writing about it, makes me want to watch it again…If you haven’t seen it, do have a watch. But if you can’t handle suspense, don’t do it. Just giving you a heads up. Oh, also, Abigail Breslin is so stinkin’ cute in the movie! And they talk about New Zealand in the opening scenes of the trailer. 

Coraline (2009)

This.Movie. Oh my word. My friend had lent me this movie, because I hadn’t seen it before, and so my sister and I decided to watch it one night. We watched it on my laptop in my room with the lights out, and oh my word. For a cartoon/animation, that was pretty creepy! When the credits started to roll at the end, we stared at the screen wide eye, turned to each other and said ‘Wanna watch it again?’. So we did. We saw it twice in a row. Only afterwards did I actually realise it was a book written by Neil Gaiman…I still haven’t read it. I think what was creepy were the button eyes on her parents. Nope. Too creepy.

So, there we have it! Some movies that I think are creepy, but still enjoyed! Maybe you can pick one of these up this week for Halloween and have a watch. If you do, tell me what you think! Of course there are more, but for now that’s all I can think of, to be completely honest. But I think that’s enough anyway. Don’t want to give you all nightmares.