smcelhenny Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 This past couple of years have seen an influx of bad movies with laughable titles, e.g Sharknado, Mansquito, Piranhaconda. Yet a good title is what quite often draws us to the movie. What are your favourite titles to a horror movie? Whether they be funny, intriguing or impactful. Some that immediately spring to mind to me are and are prob more memorable than the films themselves are Chopping Mall (far more impactful and memorable than it's original title Killbots) Let's Scare Jessica to Death Children Shouldn't play with dead things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I always thought A Nightmare on Elm Street was a pretty intriguing title. I heard it long before I saw the film, but also what sold me on that film was the UK Quad poster, which I think was far better than the US one sheets. It made me really want to see the film. Other titles I thought were pretty good are: The Silence of the Lambs - again , intriguing. The Old Dark House - just screams gothic horror. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGreen Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) Well I'm glad they went for "Halloween" rather than the Babysitter Murders as the title. I've not really reflected that much on titles for Horror Movie Titles before, so that is a great question. I think some of my favourites would be: The House That Dripped Blood The Tingler Jeepers Creepers Sure there are loads more that will come to me later ! Edited November 12, 2013 by GoldenGreen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 The House on Haunted Hill is another good intriguing title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smcelhenny Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 I think the Italian's must be the master's of intriguing poetic titles. The night evelyn came from the grave, Four flies on Grey Velvet, The bird with the Crystal Plumage are ones that immediately spring to mind. A title doesn't need to be long and curious to be impactful though. For example Halloween. A title as bold as that that has to deliver and thankfully it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smcelhenny Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 Also, on subject of titles, does anyone know why the Deborah Kerr version of The Turn of The Screw was called The Innocents? Great film and iconic story but never knew why they didn't just call it The Turn of The Screw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I believe the film The Innocents was based on the name of the stage adaptation by William Archibald rather than Henry James' book, and took its title from there. Now why the stage adaptation used this name, I've no idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGreen Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 (edited) I've had a chance to think on a few more titles, that work as a title but didn't necessarily work always as films : - The People Under the Stairs (Anything that implies you have People you don't know about, whether they be under your stairs, in your basement, or looking down at you from peepholes in the attic, that is pretty freaky !) - The Hills Have Eyes (Another Wes Craven one, but wtf, the Hills have eyes ?) - Killer Klowns from Outer Space (Great title, mixes up a whole lot of things, but gives a great visual image) - Inseminoid (Or as this was deemed to complicated for an American Market, lets just call it "Horror Planet" ! - Twins of Evil (not just one, but two of them, how can you get better than that ? , also retitled I think again in America to "Twins of Dracula" - Phenomena (One of the first Dario films I saw, well it had Jennifer Connelly in and Donald Pleasence, but the VHS copy I had was called Creepers, again a change for the American market I think, although I think both titles actually work for the film) - The Haunted House of Horror - or Horror House or The Dark, this one actually had three titles, probably with "The Dark" being most relevant to the original script at least, although I love the title "The Haunted House of Horror" Thinking on it some more , I think the Roger Corman Edgar Allen Poe adaptations have some great titles as well, I remember when first hearing them, being really intrigued to see them, for example - - The Masque of the Red Death - The Tomb of Ligeia - The Pit and the Pendulum I think they all conjure up some great visual imagery. Edited November 13, 2013 by GoldenGreen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthewman Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 A great title, and movie, Jeepers Creepers. Just read that the third movie may be about to enter production Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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