Horror Films are not Just for Halloween!
Ghosts, goblins, werewolves, witches and other creepy creatures not only roam streets on Halloween but also live in our imagination year round. While October is the month when children and adults costume themselves to transform into other-worldly beings, not everyone enjoys trick or treating or wild Halloween parties. Some people get into the spirit of the holiday by turning down the lights and watching horror flicks.Here are a few suggestions for Halloween movie rentals featuring haunted houses for those that prefer a good ghost-like mystery rather than a continuous stream of blood and gore.
The Haunting (1963) A truley classic horror film. Four guests arrive at a mansion with a scary reputation. The guests are determined to debunk the common belief that the house is possessed and so settle down for the night. Strange occurrences soon start happening such as muffled wails and strange unexplainable noises. The guests encounter a door that appears to breathe, unexplained writing on the walls and many other supernatural phenomena. A new remake of the film is also available (The Haunting (1999)).
Haunted (1996) Nanny Tess Webb (Anna Masey) has been seeing visions. Her three children, as well as the family doctor all insist that there is no haunting and that she is just hallucinating. She invites Professor David Ash (Aidan Quinn), who is skeptic of the supernatural, to investigate the paranormal goings-on at her country estate. After spending some time there himself, the Professor also begins to experience unexplainable visions, including the vision of his young sister who died in a drowning accident.
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astle (3-D) (2001) After his mother dies, a young musician named Johnny is summoned to the family castle according to the final wishes in her will. He soon discovers that not all seems as it appears and that the castle is not only haunted by ghosts, it appears to be alive. He is eventually lead to a Mr. D who makes Johnny the same tantalizing offer that he made his mother twenty years earlier to trade his soul in exchange for fame and fortune.
The Others (2001) - Starring Nicole Kidman as Grace. One of the great things about this film is that it is one of those few, rare movies that will keep you guessing until the very end. The story is set in 1945 toward the end of the war where Grace is living on a fog-enshrouded island off the British coast. She is living on her own with her two young children because Grace's husband has presumably been lost in the . The children are hypersensitive to light and so are forced to live in a musty manor with the curtains and shutters perpetually drawn closed. Needing some assistance, Grace writes up a request for domestic help, but before she can go to town to post it, three strangers suddenly arrive in response to her as yet un-posted request. This film will certainly leave you guessing with its twists and turns.
Stephen King's Rose Red (2002) - Another story of haunting, originally a mini-series, this movie is about a determined ghost researcher investigating the paranormal who takes a team of psychics into a haunted house. We soon learn of the building's gruesome past - women who have disappeared without any trace and men meeting gruesome deaths. Soon after entering, the psychics themselves begin to experience many strange events, including disappearing team members.
These are just a few of thousands of movies in the horror genre. There is a film for everyone’s taste; from the intellectual mystery to the gruesome chainsaw massacre. Whatever your preference, you can get in the Halloween mood anytime by watching a great horror or mystery film.