Movies that take place on Halloween
October 19, 2008 11:19 AM Subscribe
What movies take place on Halloween night? I'm especially looking for films where a key scene, climax, or entire film takes place on Halloween.
Clearly, there's the "Halloween" movies. "ET" features Halloween. "Monster House" centers on the holiday. More?
Clearly, there's the "Halloween" movies. "ET" features Halloween. "Monster House" centers on the holiday. More?
Best answer: Karate Kid has a good Halloween scene with Daniel Larussa dressed as a shower fighting the Cobra Kai skeletons.
posted by Frank Grimes at 11:31 AM on October 19, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Frank Grimes at 11:31 AM on October 19, 2008 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Do animated motion pictures count? If so, then The Halloween Tree. I believe Day of the Dead (the original, not the god-awful remake) begins on Halloween. I believe the Night of the Demons series and Idle Hands also take place on Halloween.
posted by Dreamcast at 11:40 AM on October 19, 2008
posted by Dreamcast at 11:40 AM on October 19, 2008
Best answer: I almost forgot one of the greatest pieces of American cinema -- Ernest Scared Stupid. Hell yes.
posted by Dreamcast at 11:46 AM on October 19, 2008
posted by Dreamcast at 11:46 AM on October 19, 2008
I came in to submit "Donnie Darko" as well. Most of the last quarter of the movie takes place at a Halloween party on the night of October 30 and early morning of October 31.
posted by Johnny Assay at 11:58 AM on October 19, 2008
posted by Johnny Assay at 11:58 AM on October 19, 2008
Best answer: Obligatory: the first five few minutes of The Nightmare Before Christmas.
posted by washburn at 12:01 PM on October 19, 2008
posted by washburn at 12:01 PM on October 19, 2008
Best answer: A climactic scene in both the book and movie To Kill a Mockingbird takes place on Halloween.
posted by craichead at 12:19 PM on October 19, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by craichead at 12:19 PM on October 19, 2008 [1 favorite]
Best answer: The Scream movies (at least one and two, don't remember enough of three) had their climaxes on Halloween.
posted by saffry at 12:38 PM on October 19, 2008
posted by saffry at 12:38 PM on October 19, 2008
The Crow takes place October 30th, but I assumed it spilled over into October 31.
posted by sanka at 1:09 PM on October 19, 2008
posted by sanka at 1:09 PM on October 19, 2008
Best answer: Meet Me in St. Louis has a great Halloween section.
posted by gudrun at 1:25 PM on October 19, 2008
posted by gudrun at 1:25 PM on October 19, 2008
Oh, and you can search IMDB by keyword these days.
posted by slimepuppy at 1:42 PM on October 19, 2008
posted by slimepuppy at 1:42 PM on October 19, 2008
Best answer: Ed Wood has a great scene that takes place on Halloween.
Hell House is set on Halloween; it's a terrible, but hugely enjoyable 70s slasher film starring Linda Blair.
Scream 2, I believe.
The museum sequence in Hellboy, and the subsequent chase outside.
House of 1,000 Corpses.
posted by Astro Zombie at 4:36 PM on October 19, 2008
Hell House is set on Halloween; it's a terrible, but hugely enjoyable 70s slasher film starring Linda Blair.
Scream 2, I believe.
The museum sequence in Hellboy, and the subsequent chase outside.
House of 1,000 Corpses.
posted by Astro Zombie at 4:36 PM on October 19, 2008
I will second meet me in st louis. Apparently, in the depression, kids on halloween just rioted.
posted by Large Marge at 5:42 PM on October 19, 2008
posted by Large Marge at 5:42 PM on October 19, 2008
FYI, Meet Me in St. Louis takes place in 1903. The Great Depression started in 1929 and ran thru the 1930's.
posted by marsha56 at 6:19 PM on October 19, 2008
posted by marsha56 at 6:19 PM on October 19, 2008
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posted by lunasol at 11:30 AM on October 19, 2008