Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), 10/30.

"It's almost too late for Halloween movie recommendations, but I want to mention a few past and current DVD releases that will give you a good spooky night indoors," blogs David Edelstein. "[T]ry Gregory Jacobs's little-seen Wind Chill, a trim, claustrophobic, and unnerving little ghost story." This, after a few fun stories starring Robert Duvall and Isabella Rossellini, among others.

"Claire Denis isn't generally ranked amongst horror's foremost auteurs, but if she were to be judged solely on the basis of her overlooked (yes) masterpiece from 2001, Trouble Every Day she'd far outshine the competition," argues clarencecarter at Reverse Shot.

David Cronenberg's The Brood and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds "use the pretext of horror to deal with something far closer to home, something not even terribly far removed from the experience of the normal, non-psychotic members of the film's audience," writes Leo Goldsmith in a piece for Not Coming to a Theater Near You that also compares and contrasts The Brood with David Lynch's Eraserhead.

An airplane, a school, a hospital. It doesn't have to be a house to be haunted. IFC News has got 11 examples. Also, Nick Schager presents a list of five collections "which in their own special way epitomize the good, the mediocre, and/or the sublimely ridiculous that horror anthologies have to offer."

"Neither the Sea Nor the Sand is not a great film and many people won't enjoy its atypical plot or be impressed with its strange charm, but it manages to create a somewhat unnerving atmosphere and sustain it throughout its 110-minute running time," writes Kimberly Lindbergs. "It also makes great use of its coastal locations and offers viewers an interesting look at love after death."

Bob Turbull wraps Toronto After Dark.

At Movie Morlocks, Medusa points to In My Arms, a site devoted to monsters and robots carrying nubile young women (often unconscious) off to who knows where.

Ryan Stewart lists "Horror Movies to Watch for in 2008." Also at Cinematical, Jette Kernion revisits Tim Burton's Ed Wood.

"Much has been written about George Romero's Dawn of the Dead," begins Rob Humanick. True. At any rate, he's watched it again and finds that "Romero's carefully calculated deconstructions on social woes of the time seem most brilliant in their simultaneously identifying the film as a distinctly American work rooted in the cultural anarchy of the 1970's as well as one packed with universal truths on the human condition, borders of time and place notwithstanding."

At the AV Club, Andy Battaglia's got suggestions for what to serve at your It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown party.

Online listening tip. The Drive-In Speaker Box Halloween Special.

"Ghost Story is a spooker that always seems to fall through the cracks when "scary movie list time" rolls around," writes , introducing today's clip at Facets Features. "Not only is it genuinely creepy, but it also features a powerhouse quartet of old school stage and screen legends Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr."

Posted by dwhudson at October 30, 2007 1:51 PM