Gabe’s Haunted Double-Features: October 19th

The Thing (1982)

John Carpenter went HAM on this film. A classic body invasion horror AND a bottle movie combine for some very tense moments mixed with splashes of over the top body horror effects. As scientists try to fight back against a form stealing, body invading alien, many people die in many gruesome ways.

And to think, the whole movie is spoiled from the start if you speak Norwegian and understand why the guys at the start are running after that damn dog.

 

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Welcome, everyone, to the last movie that really shook me enough to prevent me from sleeping. It’s a classic slasher rooted in true crime history of historic levels. You are probably familiar with some iteration of Leatherface and his chainsaw wielding ways. Along with his cannibal family, Leatherface terrorizes a group of teens who manage to be unfortunate enough to stumble upon their home.

It will definitely give you the chills. One of the best things about the movie is how it flows back and forth between being relentless in terrorizing you and how it makes you squirm with it’s uncomfortable set pieces.

This is the gold standard. Not the sequels, not the prequels or reboots or reimagining. Stick to this and you’ll be up for quite a few nights.