Thursday Movie Picks: School (Halloween Edition)

October 7, 2021

Wandering through the Shelves hosts a weekly movie challenge in which you choose 3-5 movies based on that Thursday’s theme and explain why you chose those movies.

Today’s theme is School (Halloween Edition) so here are my choices!

Carrie (1976)

I mean… duh. I absolutely adore this Stephen King book, and I thought the movie was very faithful to it. I remember watching this movie at what was probably too young an age, but it stuck with me and helped start my love of horror movies. Sissy Spacek is fantastic as Carrie White, a bullied young woman with telekinetic powers who is pushed to the breaking point. In my opinion, Margaret White is one of the top ten horror villains of all time.

Scream (1996)

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck, I love this movie. I can remember watching it at home with my little sister when it first came out on …. DVD? I can’t remember the format in 1996. But we still had landlines back then, and yes, the phone rang during this movie, scaring the crap out of us. Wes Craven really did it like no other, and I miss him so much. Great performances, a clever, funny script, and genuine scares/kills. This is on my watchlist every single October.

The Craft (1996)

What teenage girl didn’t want to be a witch after watching The Craft? I am still in awe of Fairuza Balk’s performance whenever I watch this movie. Honestly, they just don’t make high school horror films the way they used to anymore. Or maybe I’m not watching the right ones… any recs? :D But seriously, I love The Craft, and I love the cult-classic label it’s gotten over the years.

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