Halloween Double Features (VIDEO)

One of the tragic things about writing horror is you get increasingly hard to scare. I've learned this the hard way. The upside of this: if something scares me, it will scare most people. So come with me, kiddies, down to my dungeon of cinematic despair. There's something here for every palate. Choose your poison.

A couple of caveats before we begin. First, horror knows no borders. Many of these selections have subtitles, or can be found dubbed. Go for the subtitles. There's nothing like the original performances, even in another language. Second, I'm a big fan of older movies, which were often created with very different audiences in mind, during very different times. So when you see an oldie on the list, consider whether you can shed the snakeskin of modernity and put yourself back in one of those velvet movie palace seats familiar to the original audience. It's worth the effort. What frightened people decades ago is still there, coiled in the shadows, waiting for willing victims.

Assuming you survive these, there are more to come. Stay tuned.