Movies: 5 Stephen King movies to watch on Halloween

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY!!!

So we are closing off this Halloween month with a bang, today I am sharing with you some of my favorite Stephen King movies. And there will be something for everybody because not all of these are very scary, I think of Stephen King more of the king of dread, he just knows how to very subtly set a very atmospheric setting and slowly fill it with a good all portion of dread. Most of the time I just am a bit creeped out, more than really scared. I have yet to read a Stephen King book, I know I should have already, I just don't know where to start. That will be a discussion for another day. 

Let's get into the movies. 

Movies: ParaNorman

Title: ParaNorman
Year: 2012
Director: Chris Butler, Sam Fell
Length: 1hour and 32 minutes
Available at Amazon: Amazon

About ParaNorman

Norman is not an ordinary boy, he can talk to the spirits. There seem to be many of them in the little town he lives in. When the town is being attacked by zombies, Norman is the only person who can safe them. To safe the town he must face, spirits, witches and idiotic adults!

Movies: Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones

Title: The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones
Runtime: 2 hours and 10 minutes
Director: Harald Zwart
Release Date: 22 August 2013 (The Netherlands)

About The Mortal Instruments: 

City Of Bones

When her mother disappears, Clary Fray learns that she descends from a line of warriors who protect our world from demons. She joins forces with others like her and heads into a dangerous alternate New York called the Shadow World. (Source: IMDB)

Movies: Guardians Of The Galaxy

Title: Guardians Of The Galaxy
Runtime: 121 minutes
Director: James Gunn
Release Date: 14 August 2014

About Guardians of the Galaxy

After stealing a mysterious orb in the far reaches of outer space, Peter Quill from Earth, is now the main target of a manhunt led by the villain known as Ronan the Accuser.

To help fight Ronan and his team and save the galaxy from his power, Quill creates a team of space heroes known as the "Guardians of the Galaxy" to save the world.

Movies: Vampire Academy ~ Richelle Mead

Title: The Vampire Academy
Year: 2013
Director: Mark Waters
Run time: 100 min
Release date: 2013

Stacking The Shelves #15 ~ DVD Edition

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! This is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews and anyone can get involved!

This week I am not going to show of many books, instead I am doing a DVD edition, since I have gotten many DVD's lately! So here we go! 

New Girl Season 1

New Girl Season 2

Dragon Hunter

Jack The Giant Slayer

Pitch Perfect

Hansel & Gretel ~ Witch Hunters

Black Plague

Salomon Kane

Resident Evil: After Life

Game Of Thrones season 1, 2 and 3!!

What did you think of my little sheep? Cute aren't they? I thought it was fitting since it is spring time here in the Netherlands and for once the weather has been decent!

Books  ~ Freebies

What did you get this week?

Movies: Dark Shadows

Title: Dark Shadows
Year: 2012
Director: Tim Burton
Runtime: 113 min
Release date: 10 May 2012

About Dark Shadows

In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family.

Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive.

Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles.
(Source: IMDB)

My review

This is a great movie, in it's own way, it might not be an award winning movie but oh how I love this movie! It's full of Tim Burton weirdness, the kind of weirdness I enjoy. I have been a fan of Tim Burton's work ever since I watched Nightmare Before Christmas, which is probably one of my favorite movies ever! Really if you haven't watched it go get it! But enough about The Nightmare Before Christmas this is the review for Dark Shadows.

Right... Let's get back to that! First thing that I love about this movie is the great music that bring's you to the seventies. Really great choice of music, then there is of course Depp. Johnny is another favorite of mine and in combination with Johnny Depp, its when Depp is at it's best.

This movie is funny, full of the paranormal, vampires, witches, and werewolves are all present, in one way or another. This story is really unique, it's a story about loss, love and revenge. Ok I can only say that this movie is amazing, the scene, the story, the time, the actors. I really love how it all worked out and I don't know, just go watch it! If you liked any of the Tim Burton movies, you will surely love this one!

Movie Trailer:

My Top 10 Halloween movies

In the spirit of Halloween here is my favourite scary and funny Halloween movies mixed up in a top ten!! 

10. House of wax

This is an entertaining horror movie, I am not sure why I like it so much but it makes on fine Halloween movie!

9. 30 Days of Night

I really enjoyed this movie, nice spooky effect, jumped a couple of times.

8. Blood & Chocolate

Great movie, not scary but still a great story, nothing like the book though!

7. Eight Legged Freaks

This movie is a great laugh, its horrible but so damn funny that I could not leave this out of my list.

6. Rose Red

One of Stephen King's best!

5. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Absolutely one of the best horror movies out there. The most creepy about it is that it is based on real events that have happened.

4. The Colour of magic

This is also not a scary movie, but you should watch it its great! Dit is geen enge film, maar echt de moeite waard om te kijken!

 3. Queen of the Damned

The best vampire movie out there! Thank you so much Anne Rice for writing it! De beste vampiers film die er is! Dank je Anne Rice voor het schrijven van dit verhaal!

2. Sleepy Hollow

Johnny, do I need to say more? Johnny,volgens mij hoef ik niet meer te zeggen dan dat!

1. It

Around 3 hours of the scariest movie ever! Stephen King truly is the master of horror!

What are your favourite Halloween movies?

Movies: Warm Bodies

Movie title: Warm Bodies
Release date: 2013
Director: Jonathan Levine
Run time: 98 min
Book title: Warm bodies
Author: Isaac Marion

About Warm Bodies

'R' is a zombie. He has no name, no memories and no pulse, but he has dreams. He is a little different from his fellow Dead.

Amongst the ruins of an abandoned city, R meets a girl. Her name is Julie and she is the opposite of everything he knows - warm and bright and very much alive, she is a blast of colour in a dreary grey landscape. For reasons he can't understand, R chooses to save Julie instead of eating her, and a tense yet strangely tender relationship begins.

This has never happened before. It breaks the rules and defies logic, but R is no longer content with life in the grave. He wants to breathe again, he wants to live, and Julie wants to help him. But their grim, rotting world won't be changed without a fight.

My review

Wow, what a great movie! Really, really great! Actually I totally fell in love with it! It was so cute, a zombie falling in love with a human. And gosh isn't he cute? Can I say that? Well I did didn't I?

I think they captured this really well, now I really want to read the book! Yeah bad thing right? I mostly read the books before the movie, well if I know there was a book. Did you ever watch a movie and afterwards heard there was a book? Yeah that really makes me want to run to the book store and go get it!

Anyways, I was amazed that I liked the whole Zombie approach, as you might know I am not a big fan of zombies. My first zombie experience was when reading Mortality read my review here:  Click here. I got to say after zombie experience 2 I really think I am going to get a three and four as well. Well of course I am going to read the second book in the Mortality series, and I am getting Warm Bodies now too!

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