This time of the year, are you renting movies that fit with the season?
By Amber
@AmbiePam (92711)
United States
October 31, 2008 3:37am CST
Today is Halloween, and for the past week I've rented a few scary movies. Some of them aren't so much as scary, as suspenseful. I'm not into gore, so no Saw movies for me, lol. But I rented The Mist, which was adapted from a Stephen King novella. I've seen a lot of the usual scary movies like Psycho, Scream (my parents wouldn't let me see it, but I was a teen and that was my 'rebellion', whoop dee doo. I paid for it because it had a lot of gore, which as I said, I don't like.), Halloween (on TV only), The Sixth Sense, Signs... Like I said, some are more thriller than scary. I am getting One Missed Call today. Yeah, not exactly a classic, but I haven't seen it, and The Happening wasn't available. Also, if you want to see a pre-Tom Katie Holmes, I'd recommend Disturbing Behavior (with James Marsden), although not with any kids in the room.
For Christmas I like to rent Christmas movies. I watch most of them on TV. It's crazy, but the old TV movie with Dolly Parton and Lee Majors is one of my favorites. It's called Smoky Mountain Christmas and although corny, is so joyful. I also love White Christmas with Bing Crosby, and yeah I can't forget the old standby It's a Wonderful Life.
Do you rent movies with a holiday season in mind? Any scary movies you are going to watch tonight?
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
9 Nov 08
We watch smokey mountain Christmas every year and it never gets old for us. I am not into the gore movies either. I don't like Saw but i have watched it. Gory movies give me nightmares..lol I haven't seen the Happening yet but sister in law has it and I am waiting to borrow it from her since everyone else thought to borrow it as well.
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
10 Nov 08
Hey thanks I will be able to more enjoy it now knowing that I won't have to have my face covered with my hands waiting for gory stuff to happen.
@rvangeld (334)
• United States
3 Nov 08
Definately, this last week in my house was horror movie crazy. My mom and I absolutely love horror movies, so we love halloween time on tv because the best movies are on. I practically had AMC channel on every waking moment that I was in my room. And definately, I love watching christmas movies during the holidays, christmas is one of my favorite holidays, I love it. There is so much warmth and love around. I definately have to watch A Christmas Story on TBS for 24 hours, I love it!
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
1 Nov 08
I watch the holiday movies on TCM. My favorite is Christmas in Connecticut. I love any holiday movie with a happy ending. My husband's idea of a holiday movie is Bruce Willis fighting the South African sounding bad guys. And usually on our women's channel there is a lovely Christmas movie, you know the kind, "girl from the city moves back home to the country and meets the guy who she knew form high school, but now she is divorced or a widow with either a son or a daughter who want to see mommy happy again. There is a kindly grandmother or grandfather type, they get engaged and have a wonderful Christmas."
And usually on our women's channel there is a lovely Christmas movie, you know the kind, "girl from the city moves back home to the country and meets the guy who she knew form high school, but now she is divorced or a widow with either a son or a daughter who want to see mommy happy again. There is a kindly grandmother or grandfather type, they get engaged and have a wonderful Christmas."
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
1 Nov 08
I guess that comes from being an incurable romantic. 
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@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
31 Oct 08
I don't have to rent any we have numerous scary movies. I love watching them. There are a few you mentioned I haven't seen yet...One Missed Call, The Happening, Disturbing Behavior...I'll have to check those out. Thanks for recommending them.
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@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
3 Nov 08
Well, you asked for it so here goes...I like the classics like Chucky and Freddie (Nightmare on Elm Street Series), and Hannibal series. For suspense I like Stephen King's Salem's Lot and the Grudge 1 & 2. For make you think my all time favorite is The Skeleton Key...that one had me thinking for days. For blood and gore I found a series called After Dark Horrorfest...there's 8 movies in the series and I have 2. They are pretty gory so not for the faint of heart or stomach and you definately don't want to be eating while watching them. I hope this helps you out.
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**STAND STRONG AND BELIEVE IN YOURSELF**[/b]
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
31 Oct 08
I'm not a great one for slasher, gore Halloween type movies but will watch movies on a "theme" with Halloween...like Practical Magic, Hocus Pocus, Interview with the Vampire (heck if vampires looked liked Brad Pitt and Antonio Banderas I'd love to be bitten...heehe) Another good "pagan" type of movie to watch is The Mists of Avalon.
Oh don't get me on about Christmas type movies...what would Christmas be like without A Christmas Carol, It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman...yikes the list is endless there.
Nope I don't rent the movies..have them all either on VHS tapes or DVDs
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
3 Nov 08
I do not do Halloween movies. I will be watching Christmas movies, pretty soon, but right now I just watch my computer screens. I am so wound up in wanting to earn online.
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@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
31 Oct 08
I have seen the mist its a good movie although I prefer other films of Stephen King such as Misery, Dolores Clairborne. I have read his novels and watched them as a movie too. I like thrillers and suspense, however I have been given Little Britain dvd a british comedy which i am looking forwards to watch. © ronaldinu 2008
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
9 Nov 08
I am not much of a horror movie person and hardly watch any scary movies - suspense ones or thriller type ones yes, but not very scary ones. I can't sleep LOL I might watch a few Christmas ones though.
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@suruchi86 (1873)
• India
13 May 09
I'm so sorry for coming in so late. Yes I also like to watch movies fitting with the season. By the way, I also watched The mist on halloween.
@glords (2614)
• United States
3 Nov 08
We have a netflick's account, and yes I love to watch the movies for the season... I am a dork that way, I also love to listen to songs that are relevant to the season or even just relevant to what I'm doing. If Im driving through Alabama I have to crank up Sweet Home Alabama on the ipod.
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@Firefly99 (251)
• United States
31 Oct 08
I LOVE horror movies and have saw everyone you mentioned a dozen times except for One Missed Call and The happening, (watching those once was enough for me) I watch Horror movies all year but really go out the month of October!
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@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
31 Oct 08
I am not into horror movies and don't like them at all. I don't like to see things
that are scary. So I stick to normal movies.
I love halloween though and will be giving out candies tonight and I am looking
forward to it. I love to see all the kids dressed up.
I probably will have my TV off and just listen to some music as the kids are coming.
I am excited about it.
Alrighty then, talk to you later,
your friend, chris 
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@gemini_rose (16264)
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31 Oct 08
No I have not got any scary movies to watch for tonight, but all week I have been watching a ghost hunting programme called "Most Haunted" and it has been on live all week with them hunting for ghosts and doing various experiments. They also have webcams so that we can look for spooky happenings at home and so that is on tonight so I am watching that. It is very cool!
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@iamfine (740)
• China
1 Nov 08
I don't rent movies. I prefer watching movie free of charge. There are many good movies in PPS, and PPS update their movies offten, you can find all kinds of movies there. action, comedy, horriable, romatic and so on, free of charge ...
I don't watch horrible movies, and I also don't watch misery movies. That type of movie would make me feel not good. I like comedy and romantic movie most.
