Become a Fan http Follow Us Check out the latest trailer from the movie Red Rising. Ariel Winter and Zendaya were just two of the famous faces at Varietys Power Of Young Hollywood event in LA on Tuesday night. Ariel opted for black, while Zendaya. Facts About An American Werewolf in LondonThough most people associate the Halloween season with horror movies, there are movies in every genrefrom cartoons to comediesthat take their inspiration from the spookiest time of year, either in a pivotal scene or as an overall theme. Here are 2. 0 of our favorites. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1. One of the most iconic scenes in this adaptation of Harper Lees classic novel is the night Scout Mary Badham walks home in a clumsy ham costume after a Halloween party She and brother Jem are saved by Boo Radley Robert Duvall after being attacked by a man looking for revenge on their father, attorney Atticus Finch. Trapped in the awkward ham costume, Scout is both defenseless and defendedthe heavy exterior thwarts the mans attack and saves her from serious injury. Jake Rossen. 2. ITS THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN 1. Though slightly less famous than its yuletide counterpart, this Halloween themed Peanuts special is just as heartwarming, and introduces us to a whole new benevolent holiday figure the Great Pumpkin. The 2. 5 minute TV specialone of only three animated by Bill Melendez and featuring a classic score by Vince Guaraldifollows Linuss much mocked Halloween traditions surrounding the Great Pumpkin, like writing him an annual letter and waiting patiently at the local pumpkin patch to try to catch a glimpse of him. You also get to see the whole Peanuts gang partying in their best Halloween costumes well, most of them opt to be ghosts, including a brief diversion as Snoopys Flying Ace takes on the Red Baron. Shaunacy Ferro. 3. HALLOWEEN IS GRINCH NIGHT 1. The Grinch is well known for his animated Christmas special, but in 1. Halloween. Halloween is Grinch Night takes place on a night when the sour sweet wind is sweeping over Whoville, forcing the Whos indoors and giving the Grinch free rein to terrorize the town. The special lacks the moral lessons and heartwarming ending of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, but it does feature some catchy songs and wordplay from script writer Dr. Seuss. And unlike his Christmas story, this special culminates with a trippy horror sequence thats legitimately scary. Michele Debczak. 4. HALLOWEEN 1. 97. John Carpenters Halloween wasnt the first slasher flick, but it did help solidify the genre for nearly the next 4. The movie established the need for an iconic piece of big screen villainy, which it found in the lumbering, ghostly Michael Myers. JtvyLvSlo/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Werewolf Rising Full Movie' title='Werewolf Rising Full Movie' />Predictably, the movie takes place on Halloween and features all the staples a knife wielding maniac, some hysterical teenagers a young Jamie Lee Curtis among them, and plenty of gruesome kills performed with machine like precision. Whether you watch it with horrific enthusiasm or through the openings of your petrified fingers covering your face, Halloween is a slasher film that has to be seen by any self respecting movie fan. Jay Serafino. 5. DARK KNIGHT OF THE SCARECROW 1. This little seen TV movie stars Larry Drake L. A. Law as Bubba Ritter, a man of impaired intellect who is wrongly accused of attacking a girl in their small southern town. After being murdered by an angry vigilante group, Ritters vengeful presence sends the offenders into a paranoid spiral. At a Halloween party, mob leader Otis Charles Durning menaces the young victim, who knows he was responsible for Ritters murder. All three meet their fates in the climactic chase through a pumpkin patch. JR6. HALLOWEEN III SEASON OF THE WITCH 1. Come for the catchy jingle, stay for the legitimately solid storytelling. Though the third entry in the Halloween franchise has been widely mocked for decades, strip away all the cheesiness of its early 8. Stacey Nelkinand youre actually left with a pretty interesting allegory about the power of corporate America in this case, a popular Halloween mask maker that has rigged its product to kill off the American population. Jennifer M. Wood. E. T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL 1. In addition to making Reeses Pieces a trick or treat staple, E. T. the Extra Terrestrial also gave us one of the most iconic Halloween sequences in cinema. On Halloween, Elliott dresses E. T. the outer space visitor who has been crashing in his closetas a bedsheet ghost to sneak him out of the house for the night. The plot device makes for some delightful scenes, like when E. T. tries to heal the fake knife wound on Elliotts brothers head, or when he bumps into a kid dressed as Yoda and confuses him for a fellow alien. Werewolf Rising Full Movie' title='Werewolf Rising Full Movie' />George Lucas returned Steven Spielbergs shout out 1. E. T. cameo in The Phantom Menace. MD8. ONCE BITTEN 1. Ok, so it would probably be more accurate to call Once Bittenthe mid 1. Jim Carrey on the mapmore of a guilty pleasure than a genuinely great flick. But the film, which features Lauren Hutton as a 4. Carrey would become in the decades that followed. JMW9. THE WORST WITCH 1. Before there was Harry Potter, there was Mildred Hubble Fairuza Balk, a student at Miss Cackles Academy for Witches whose greatest talent seems to be in turning everything she touches into a catastrophe hence the title. But when Miss Cackles evil sister Agatha both played by Charlotte Rae makes a sneaky play to take over the school and turn its students into fellow evildoers, its Mildred who ends up saving the day. JMW1. 0. GHOSTWATCH 1. This BBC special was broadcast on Halloween night from a supposedly haunted residence in the UK, with the channels familiar on air personalities lending credence to the prank. What starts off as a reality TV stunt quickly goes off the rails, as the ghost nicknamed Pipes causes a number of unsettling disturbances for both the family and viewers. The program was so scary it was scolded by British broadcasting officials for not making it clear it was a work of fiction. Here is some proof that werewolves actually do exist and roam the Earth with us. Check out these nine real werewolf sightings from actual witnesses who reported. JR1. 1. HOCUS POCUS 1. Roger Ebert may have given Hocus Pocusa one star rating, but the campy filmstarring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and a pre Sex and the City Sarah Jessica Parkeris now considered a Halloween cult classic, with an upcoming TV movie reboot sans original cast currently in the works. For the uninitiated, the original 1. Salem, Massachusetts, where teen Max Dennison Omri Haim Katz accidentally resurrects a trio of murderous witches while trying to impress his crush. Max bands together with love interest Allison Vinessa Shaw Thackery Binx, an immortal black cat and his little sister, Dani played by a tiny Thora Burch to thwart the witches quest to suck out the souls of Salems children. KF1. 2. THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 1. The Nightmare Before Christmas could be billed as either a Halloween movie or a Christmas flick, depending on how macabre you like your holiday films. Watch Barking Water Online Free HD. The 1. 99. 3 claymation musical features Pumpkin King Jack SkellingtonHalloweens answer to figures like Santa Claus or the Easter Bunnywhos tired of always celebrating the same holiday in his native Halloween Town. When Jack accidentally discovers a portal to Christmas Town, he learns about the unfamiliar holiday and decides to adopt some of its trademark cheer. Jacks plans go awry, however, when he kidnaps Santa and tries to take over his job. KF1. 3. ED WOOD 1. Tim Burtons Ed Wood 1. Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi, one of the most famous horror actors of all time, and Johnny Depp as Ed Wood, one of the most infamous directors of all time. American Werewolf In London Remake Set With Max Landis At Universal. EXCLUSIVE An American Werewolf in London is officially getting a remake with The Walking Deads David Alpert and Robert Kirkman producing through their Skybound Entertainment for Universal Pictures. The remake of filmmaker John Landis classic 1. Max Landis, who also is attached to direct. The news comes after the elder Landis and filmmaker Anthony Waller An American Werewolf in Paris sealed a deal with the studio on the rights. The younger Landis deal is being negotiated. Skybound has a first look production deal with Universal. Also producing will be Todd Garner, and John Landis will executive produce along with Circle of Confusions Matt Smith, Broken Roads Sean Robins and producer Andy Trapani, who told Deadline that hes been working on putting this together for nearly 1. Universal Pictures. The original film, which is marking its 3. John Landis, starred David Naughton  popular at the time for his Dr. Pepper commercials Jenny Agutter and Griffin Dunne and followed two kids on a hiking vacation in England who are attacked by a werewolf. Dunnes character is killed off early on, and Naughtons character starts to transform into a werewolf. The films makeup artist Rick Baker won his first Oscar on it. News of the remake should send fans over the full moon. Although it initially opened to mixed reviews, the film soon became a cult classic. Landis did not use Warren Zevons Werewolves of London, though the 1. Instead, Landis used Creedence Clearwaters Revivals Bad Moon Rising, which played as Naughtons character neared his first transformation into a werewolf. Landis would return to Creedence two years later, using The Midnight Special in his prologue to Twilight Zone The Movie. This time around, lets hope they use Zevons song, which he wrote with Le. Roy Marinell and Waddy Wachtel. The great Jackson Browne produced Werewolves of London for Zevon, who died in 2. Max Landis, who is the writer producer on Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency on BBC America and is non writing exec producer on Channel Zero on the Syfy Channel, is repped by CAA and by Writ Large. His screenplay for Bright is currently being filmed by David Ayer. Heres the wonderful transformation scene from the original film.