October brings Halloween, so we had to do something special on Home Fry-ed Movies. This month, we're presenting a "Home Fry-ed Halloween Haunted House Party" with the classic Vincent Price film, House on Haunted Hill. It's a fun (and silly) film with one of weirdest haunted houses in history -- the Ennis House in Los Angeles, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Movies about ghosts have grown very popular in the past ten years, probably following the success of M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense (1999). Several decent ghost stories followed: Stir of Echoes (1999), What Lies Beneath (2000), The Others (2001). A whole slate of remakes of classic ghost movies also came along during this same time period including a remake of House on Haunted Hill (1999).
Another ghost story remade in 1999 was The Haunting. Okay, but the original from 1963 is much better and one of my favorite ghost stories of all time. It's subtle, atmospheric and creepy -- everything I think makes for a good haunted house movie.
Of recent ghost stories, I'd rank 1408 (2007) among the best. Do you have a favorite movie with a ghostly theme?
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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