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Best Anthology Horror Stories???

posted 15 years ago by jallen99
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I invite some friends over every Halloween and play a couple of horror movies that no one has seen (the group mostly have only seen mainstream films, no one had even seen "The Evil Dead" that I played a couple of years ago).

This Halloween I'd like to try something different and show short stories from various anthology films or series, so I'm looking for any ideas.

I'd like to focus on stories that are scary or creepy with a good story. So some of the ideas I've come up with are:

- The doll episode of "Trilogy of Terror"
- "B-17" from "Heavy Metal"
- "The Raft" from Creepshow II
- "Nightmare at 20k Feet" from TZ the movie (some may have seen this one though)

There are some good stories from the original Creepshow, but I played that one a few years ago too. There are also some really good "Night Gallery" eps I may consider as well.

Let me know if you have any comments or anything to add.

Thanks.

[–] Harvey-Jingley 15 years ago

You have to have ANOTHER doll -- the ventriloquist and his dummy from DEAD OF NIGHT (1945)

:-)

[–] SmthngWKD 15 years ago

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie is a great one that most of your friends have probably not seen. The wrap around story with Debbie Harry is great. All of the stories are good, but the gargoyle story was my fav.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100740/
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Oh, you're so COOL, Brewster!

[–] thegalaxybeing 15 years ago

Two other anthology movies:
The first movie from Tales of the Crypt (1972 movie)
The Asylum

They both had a couple good stories.

If you had more time and didn't mind searching the web for old TV anthologies:

Thriller (1960) The Hungry Glass, Pigeons From Hell, The Grim Reaper.

Way Out (1961) Death Wish, Dissolve to Black (and if you could ever find them False Face, Soft Focus & Side show)

Bus Stop (1961) I Kiss Your Shadow (Although this wasn't a horror series, this episode sure fits the bill)

Of course, some don't care for the old B&W stuff but they can be pretty creepy. I love these old anthologies.

I like all the choices you have on your list