Spooky Season: The History of Horror and Creepy Curations Part 2

Our three One Moore Hollywood Podcast hosts have extended their creepy curations episode into part two for more spooky fun. In this episode, Chris Moore, Katie Marpe, and Dennis De Nobile continue to chat about what’s to love about the horror genre and their all-time favorite scary movies for the season.

Why Do People Love Horror Movies?

Whether enjoyed in theaters or at home with friends, horror movies have been making the rounds for decades. For De Nobile and Moore, seeing a scary movie in a theater with other people is the ideal way to immerse yourself in the horror experience–the collective fear makes the whole thing more exciting. 

Marpe prefers to watch scary movies with friends at home unless that movie happens to be A Quiet Place, which she says is extra fun to watch in theaters because of how silence plays into the film's central narrative.

"What I like about horror movies is you see how crazy human beings can be if they actually believe something." 

–Chris Moore

According to De Nobile, it’s the adrenaline rush that makes watching horror movies so exhilarating for so many people. It's the same reason people do the Hot Ones challenge–to feel that ultimate rush.

Moore Spooky Recs!

Many compelling horror movies stem from stories people imagine could be real. Think The Conjuring or Paranormal Activity. Sometimes, movie makers play into that further, like having Jack Nicholson in The Shining make direct eye contact with the camera. By doing this, Nicholson breaks the fourth wall and subconsciously unnerves the audience by bringing them directly into the movie's horror.

"Horror is very voyeuristic. It's safe for the audience to watch terrible things happening on screen…in The Shining, they wanted to destabilize that by having Jack Nicholson bring the audience into the movie."

–Katie Marpe

For more Halloween-related flicks to get you in that creepy fall mood, De Nobile and Marpe suggest the mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows, horror/comedy Krampus, and spooky fantasy Beetlejuice. Moore mentions Donnie Darko, a scary indie drama, and Psycho, one of the first modern horror films of the 60s by Alfred Hitchcock. Odd Thomas is another one on De Nobile’s favorites list, a lesser-known horror/mystery movie. And we'd be remiss if we forgot to mention October staples Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic. 

So get cozy and settle into your couch or a plush movie theater seat to watch something spooky and get your heart racing and adrenaline flowing.  

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