I think this movie would probably be the perfect example of what I'm looking for: a movie that takes place during Autumn and looks/feels like it. A lot of movies try to do this but never really succeed.
shareThe Village and The Sixth Sense both take place entirely in autumn. I don't know that I could sit through The Village again if you paid me though.
The Others is a good one.
Though more comedy than horror, one of my personal favorites to watch in October, which actually takes place on Halloween, is Arsenic and Old Lace. Most of the film takes place in the house but trick or treaters do show up at the door and the cemetery scene screams autumn.
I happen to think The Village is a great movie which fell victim to people's expectations.
I've never seen that. I've never seen anybody drive their garbage down to the street and bang the hell out of it with a stick. I-I've never seen that.
The Pumpkin Karver is a surprisingly good Halloween-type film
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Halloween 4 (to me, the first minutes has the most autumnal feeling of all the Halloween movies)
Satan's Little Helper takes place on Halloween. It's a pretty crappy movie, but it's decently entertaining and available on Netflix streaming.
Also, I can't remember if the whole film is set around autumn time, but the end of the movie May takes place on Halloween.
Welcome to Fright Night....for real.
SLH is hilariously awesome.
Bump for the season is upon us!
Did someone already mention Lady in White?
Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!
Let me offer a few suggestions:
I don't think anyone mentioned the FIRST Halloween! Nuts. I also agree with the above poster who said to watch the opening of Halloween 4, the title sequence nails it.
Evil Dead 2 is great, forest full of dead leaves, demons, blood, violence--you got it all.
Fallen with Denzel Washington has some beautiful autumn scenery in it, and its about demons. I think its a great movie if not marred a bit by some poor narrative choices towards the end.
Night of the Living Dead (the original) is perfect for this time of year.
Return of the Living Dead, I think, takes place in the summer, but I'll tell you, it has the autumn imagery in my opinion. Check it out. Zombies crawling out of graves and all of it. I think Thriller must have been inspired by it (or it by Thriller, I can't remember which came first).
Hell, watch the full Thriller video for what it's worth, that's a great 13 minutes.
I don't think anyone mentioned the FIRST Halloween! Nuts.
Not horror, but try Hitchcock's The Trouble with Harry.
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Practical Magic
Hocus Pocus
The Lady in White
Halloween 1-7
Goosebumps (the film)
Trick or Treat
Night of the Demons
Beetlejuice
Casper
Corpse Bride
The Little Vampire
Not all horror films.
You keep on reminding me of a darkness only I can see
Scarecrow. Set around Halloween.
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All Hallows' Eve 1 & 2. Although 'All Hallows' Eve 2' to me felt more Halloweeny and has more orange / Autumn visuals and less darker than the first film, these two films are not too bad actually, there's a great little story about pumpkin carving in the second film that I really liked.
'Idle Hands' a great very under-rated Halloween horror comedy. Such a fun movie!
'The Barn'... There's a new movie supposably out this year but I haven't got to see it but REALLY want to, I'm not sure if it actually got released in time for this Halloween but it looks like something I might love as it has a throwback 80s look and feel to it from what I seen in the trailer, so from the trailer alone I'm hoping it's going to be good and worth recommending here to keep a look out for.