Hey! Welcome to Thursday Movie Picks where you get to share your movie picks for each topic presented every Thursday! Based on the theme presented each week, you can pick up to 3 to 5 movies and explain why you picked those movies! This meme is being hosted by Wandering through the Shelves!
This week's theme is: Halloween Edition - Snow / Winter Horror!
So, you are probably wondering just "what kind of horror movies take place during the winter time? I mean, isn't that something reserved for Christmas?" Well, there were a couple of horror movies that actually took place during the winter time or just has snow in its scenes and I will be listing some winter horror movies that interested me!
After an accident that left murderer Jack Frost dead in genetic material, the vengeful killer returns as a murderous snowman to exact his revenge on the man who sent him to be executed.
No, this is not the 1998 film that starred Michael Keaton (although that film is easily forgotten about). This is actually the horror movie about a psycho killer turning into a snowman and murdering his victims in that form. Yes, this was actually a pretty ridiculous movie! Snowman killing people...
2. The Shining
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Yes, I know. I've featured this movie so many times at this point. But seriously! This is one of my ABSOLUTE favorite movies of all time! The last half of this film takes place during the winter time and it seriously has one of the best chase scenes in the snow ever made (Jack chasing his son Danny through the hedges)!
3. The Thing
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Oh man...I still haven't seen this movie yet...but it's definitely a classic horror film that many people seem to love and what's more horrifying than being stranded in a distant snowy place when a monstrous creature is after you? That's THE THING in a nutshell!
The Shining is great. I haven't seen The Thing either, it's been on my list for ages.
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DeleteYes, you both need to watch The Thing!
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DeleteI've seen the second two and heard of the first but doubt I'll ever watch it.
ReplyDeleteKubrick gets about as much out of this adaptation of The Shining as possible but it's missing the sense of unease and dread the book had.
We sort of match since I chose the original The Thing as one of mine this week. Either way both films are kitschy and rather dumb but effective in their intention.
Aside from our roundabout match I like my first pick quite a bit. The second I chose because it fit well but I'd never say it was much of a film.
Dead of Winter (1987)-When struggling actress Katie McGovern (Mary Steenburgen) answers a vague casting call for a leading role she is approached by the mysterious Mr. Murray (Roddy McDowall) and invited to a snowy upstate New York mansion to film a screen test. Upon arrival she meets Dr. Lewis (Jan Rubes) who eagerly hires her to replace an actress she is told suffered a nervous breakdown. However Katie shortly begins to realize dark forces are at work and trapped by both the men and the snow she soon fears for her life.
The Abominable Snowman (1957)-British scientist John Rollason (Peter Cushing) and his wife Helen (Maureen Connell) wile away their days studying plants at a monastery in the Himalayas. When his American associate Tom Friend (Forrest Tucker) arrives he proposes an expedition to find the mysterious creature Yeti aka The Abominable Snowman. Despite warnings the pair set out along with Friend's partner (Robert Brown) and a guide (Michael Brill) who claims he can find the beast. However the trip quickly becomes more dangerous than they had anticipated.
The Thing from Another World (1951)-The Air Force sends in Captain Hendry (Kenneth Tobey) and his team to the remote North Pole research base headed by scientist Dr. Arthur Carrington (Robert Cornthwaite) when he reports a crashed UFO nearby. Upon investigation they discover a strange frozen creature (James Arness). Bringing it back to the base the men quibble over how to proceed, meanwhile the creature is mistakenly defrosted and watch out!!
Oooh! All of these films sound interesting! Great picks!
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