By DEVYN LANSDEN, Editorial Editor
The best time of the year is Halloween.
It is “spooky season.” That means it is the best time of the year to watch all the classic scary movies.
I am a big horror movie fan, but my boyfriend is an even bigger one. I got him a shirt with all the classic horror movie characters on it. Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I am going to talk about the best classic horror movies I like to watch for Halloween.
We have to start off with “Scream.” This classic scary Halloween movie is about a person in a mask that goes around killing people. Although it is scary, there are a few parts that make me laugh. There is a parody that goes off of the “Scream” movie. It is called “Scary Movie.”
This movie is funny because it is dumb. It is also so much like the original horror movie, so you have to watch “Scream” before you watch “Scary Movie.”
“Nightmare On Elm Street” was the first scary movie I watched when I was young. I had to sleep in my sister’s room for weeks. I did not watch this movie again until last year. Freddy Kreuger is the classic scary character.
It would not be Halloween without “Nightmare on Elm Street.” Jason is one of the many characters who does not take that dang mask off.
“Friday the 13th” is another gory movie, but it is not Halloween without it. There are 12 Jason movies, and the oldest one dates back to 1980. There is a collaboration with Jason and Freddy Kreuger in 2003, “Freddy vs. Jason.” I always like it when two characters come together for one movie.
Unfortunately, one character had to die. I will not reveal who. But I will say not many people can compete with Jason.
Who can forget about the nice, innocent doll, Chucky?
“Child’s Play” is a fun movie to watch. I say “fun” because the movie is funny to me. Who lets a doll beat them up?
I guess I can’t say anything because I wasn’t there. But all I am saying is, if I had to choose to beat any of these horror characters, Chucky would be my choice.
“Saw” is another gory movie series. They’re almost too much for me to watch sometimes, but the storyline is great.
Another version of “Saw” came out this summer. It was called “Spiral,” and the ending was the biggest plot twist I had ever seen. I have never not known an ending to a movie before. Usually, I can predict the ending, but with “Spiral,” my mind was blown.
Other movie series I know a lot about are “Anabelle,” “The Conjuring” and “The Nun.” “Annabelle” and “The Conjuring” have three movies each. “The Nun” has only one. I watched the second Annabelle movie when I was a senior in high school, and that is what started my liking for horror movies.
All three of these movies tie into each other in many ways. The doll, Annabelle, is in the first Conjuring movie.
The movie starts off with two women who were scared of the doll. Throughout the movie, an event took place that was not covered in much detail but was mentioned many times. It turns out the event they were talking about took place in “The Nun.” The first “Conjuring” movie came out in 2013. “The Nun” came out in 2018.
So, five years later, the event that the characters kept talking about in “The Conjuring” finally made sense in “The Nun.”
The third movie of “The Conjuring” came out this summer, and it was great. Those movies never disappoint. There is also a certain order to watch them in, too, so it will all make sense.
And last but not least, we have Michael Meyers, my all-time favorite Halloween movie series. There are 12 of these movies and the thirteenth one is coming out next year.
Let me just say I am excited about it. The most recent one came out this month, and I am ready for next year.
I won’t spoil anything for anyone, but at this point, Michael Meyers is immortal.
I guess we will see what happens next year. All I know is that Laurie Strode is the one that is going to have to end Michael.
I am calling it right now: When the movie comes out next year, Laurie is going to be the one to end Michael.