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Halloween was always one of those holidays that changed dramatically as you were growing up. As a child, it's all about dressing in a cute little costume, and traveling door to door with your friends in search of enough candy to feed a small army. It's fun, it's charming and the three week-long sugar high is well worth acting silly for a few hours. But once those awkward teen years hit, Halloween becomes, well, awkward. Do I dress up? What if I look stupid? Are you dressing up? Why would I want to throw eggs at that car? I wonder if she likes me?

As you stumble into adulthood, Halloween transforms into more of a celebration. Let's party! Who's bringing the alcohol? So that's what a French Maid looks like? If that's a nurse, I wouldn't mind being sick for the rest of my life.

Regardless of what Halloween meant to you throughout the years, it's those quintessential scary movies that have united us all. Whether you grew up on Elm street, fell in love with Craven, wined and dined with Hitchcock or laughed at a young Frankenstein - there's nothing like curling up in front of the screen prepared to be scared. So dim the lights and turn that T.V to white snow, because it's almost Halloween on this week's Trailer Park:

  • Why not kick things off by paying tribute to that 1960 black and white film that scarred me from taking a shower for at least a week. With a nothing budget and zero special effects, Hitchcock scared us with character and imagination. Psycho will always rank number one on my list of films to never watch alone with my mother.
  • Stephen King wrote the book; Stanley Kubrick directed the movie, while Jack Nicholson stuck his head through the door and captured our hearts forever. If only to watch the ghosts of those twin girls ride down the hallway, The Shining proved that, even in a big empty house, there's not may places to hide.
  • While Wes Craven re-defined the horror genre by making fun of it in Scream, he still managed to scare the crap out of me. Although it's not my favorite scary movie, it's a great film to visit when in one of those "why won't Drew Barrymore just die" kind of moods.
  • Wait, so is she inside the television? In 1982, Poltergeist proved there really were monsters in the closet after all. With the family terrorized by ghosts, tell me you didn't just feel like jumping through the screen and saving that poor little girl? I know I wasn't about to. Screw that.
  • In what has to be the scariest funny movie of all time, Young Frankenstein contained a certain kind of creepiness that kept me laughing for hours. Let's just get this out in the open right now - I love you Gene Wilder! Wherever you are.
  • Only over my dead body could there be a Halloween themed post that didn't give props to my favorite freak out of all time - Halloween. The man, the myth and that damn music; just hearing one note sends shivers down into places we don't need to discuss. Regardless of how many sequels they make, Michael Myers will never die. Seriously, the guy won't die. Nope. They tried. Not gonna happen. Sorry.
Okay, now it's your turn: Next week is all about you, so fess up and let us know what you'll be watching come Halloween night. If you're convincing enough, I'll throw ya a bone in part 2.