TOP TEN VIDEO RENTAL ALTERNATIVES FOR
HALLOWEEN NIGHT
It's Halloween, and family and friends are gathering to have fun watching scary movies. But - you get to the video store and find that everybody else in town has the same idea. What do you do when the big favorites are all gone? Here's our suggestions:
….try one of Dario Argento's stylish Italian thrillers, particularly DEEP RED, TENEBRÉ or PHENOMENA.
… try ARMY OF DARKNESS, which provides the same kind of wild mix of action, scares and comedy.
… then Lucio Fulci's gruesome shockers CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD or THE BEYOND might fill the bill. Or if you want something with class, catch George C. Scott in THE CHANGELING.
… then you can enjoy the same kind of camera techniques and old fashioned scares in THE ST. FRANCISVILLE EXPERIMENT. But if you want a good Witch thriller, then HORROR HOTEL is a good bet.
… go straight to the source of inspiration, William Castle's original 1963 version of 13 GHOSTS. Or for a less campy ghost story, look for THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE.
… then LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE may be good advice. Or get the sequel…
… try the second sequel, DAY OF THE DEAD. Or maybe the comedy knock-off RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD.
… you'll find a similar rural cannibal family in THE HILLS HAVE EYES.
… then by all means be on the lookout for Michael Powell's PEEPING TOM, which was made at the same time and explores similar territory.
… then the SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE or SORORITY HOUSE MASSACRE series won't be.
And by the way, my choice for the best Halloween Party DVD is Something Weird Video's MONSTERS CRASH THE PAJAMA PARTY SPOOK SHOW SPECTACULAR, a trick or treat bag full of fun features.
Brian Thomas
Propaganda Minister of the Sinister for the Psychotronic Film Society
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