Best out of the 3: Halloween, Friday the 13th, or Nightmare on Elm Street?

[Jangler]

Nothing will be better than the original, but I like Rob Zombie's remake too.

I like the remake too. At least he stuck to the story with a little more added backround. But the second was just a piece of poo and shouldn't have been called Halloween 2, a lot like Halloween3: Season of the Witch.

[Mr. Scot]

Of those, easily Halloween.

[Captroop]

As much as I like Nightmare on elm Street, and a original as the concept is, I've got to go with Halloween.

There may not be a scarier scene in cinema history than the scene when they are driving to the the mental hospital and all the patients are wandering around outside in the middle of the night. To me, that's a thousand times scarier than one of those "Boo!" moments where the murderer suddenly pops out. It's terrifying in a very subtle, Hitchcockian way, because if you were in that situation you'd be thinking, "How many escaped? Who escaped? What's going on inside the hospital? What happened to the staff? If we see them, where are the others we don't see? Are they all around me?"

[Mr. Scot]

Wonder what John Carpenter could have done if he'd have had Rob Zombie's budget.

"Halloween" was made on a shoestring (true of more than one Carpenter movie, honestly).

[charlotte49er]

Killer Clowns from Outer Space

God! I hate clowns!

The Excorcist! or the Original Dracula With Bela Lagosi. As a kid it gave me nighmares for several days!

But out of the 3, I have to say Halloween.

[Mr. Scot]

"Scariest Clown" would probably be between Pennywise and the Poltergeist Clown.

(have to admit the Poltergeist clown lost some of its scariness after seeing Scary Movie 2 though)

[Murph]

Halloween hands down

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Wonder what John Carpenter could have done if he'd have had Rob Zombie's budget.

"Halloween" was made on a shoestring (true of more than one Carpenter movie, honestly).

That's the beauty of some of these older films. Without a decent budget, filmmakers had to resort to -- gasp! -- great stories, direction and action.

Any of you guys who didn't have the fanciest toys as a kid should be able to relate. We didn't have cardboard boxes -- we had spaceships, cars and forts. When you don't have money, you're forced to work that much harder to make a film (or toy) work.

[Dpantherman]

Im just finding out they are making a 3rd remake...why? i want John Carpenter

[Mr. Scot]

That's the beauty of some of these older films. Without a decent budget, filmmakers had to resort to -- gasp! -- great stories, direction and action.

Any of you guys who didn't have the fanciest toys as a kid should be able to relate. We didn't have cardboard boxes -- we had spaceships, cars and forts. When you don't have money, you're forced to work that much harder to make a film (or toy) work.

Very true. "Jaws" was actually made better because they couldn't do everything they wanted to do.

[Mr. Scot]

Im just finding out they are making a 3rd remake...why? i want John Carpenter

Maybe to try and atone for Rob Zombie's version.

(I know some like it, but not me)

Word was they were talking about remakes of "The Thing" and "They Live" as well.

[Jangler]

Im just finding out they are making a 3rd remake...why? i want John Carpenter

A remake of what? Halloween 3? turrible

[Liminy]

Halloween for me.

[Starscream]

Jason Vorhees is GOD!

If you take out the first and fifth film, the Friday the 13th series wins hands down IMHO.