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In honor of my favorite spooky season I’m writing a bit about my favorite horror movies. Some you will have heard of, but some you will have probably not. I watched a lot of horror and sci-fi movies during the 80’s and 90’s. I don’t think I missed any to tell the truth. If it was out on VHS, I watched it.
My number one top favorite is one called simply enough ‘Playroom’. It stared Christopher McDonald as an archeologist plagued by a nightmare in which his family was murdered. His parents were murder when he was a child at an archeology site where they were all staying. As the movie goes along you find out ‘Chris’ had an imaginary friend named Daniel that he played with while his parents worked. Chris starts remembering things and gets obsessed with finding the hidden room. And you find out that Daniel may not have been imaginary. I love this movie but it is only available on VHS and my copy was lost in a move. I can’t bring myself to buy a VHS copy when I don’t have a VCR and don’t plan to get one. But it is still my favorite and always shall be because it hit me in the heart at the end.
My number one favorite psychological horror is Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. All four of them. I do not have them right now, lost in another move. But they are on my list to rebuy. I love Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates. I just couldn’t get into the tv series. But the movies are great and I can watch them over and over again.
My number one slasher is Friday the 13th. Jason is the man. However if you’re going to watch them I advise you to skip 5 & 9. And I only watched 10 because Jason in Space, come on. 
I have a special edition of 1-8 with wonderful extras and the Crystal Lake Memories: Complete history of Friday the 13 2- DVD edition. I used to have the edition of His Name Was Jason, but alas it was lost in a move. This Friday the 13th I’m doing a marathon.
There is one other movie I’d like to mention. it is my second favorite horror movie. Blood Clan. In the past, a family is executed by soldiers for cannibalism – except for the little girl, Katy Bane McKay. She is adopted by Judge Mackay and goes home with him to Canada, where she grows up with no knowledge of her family’s past. Then, in the present, several deaths occur and people begin to think it’s Katy Bane McKay. After all — blood will out. This one hits me in the heart too. And alas it too is only available in VHS. Lost too in a move.
That these movies still have an impact on me even though I haven’t seen some of them in a long time show that they should be given at least a watch. Else how can you give an informed opinion on them?
Hope you have a hauntingly good spooky season.
