October/Halloween - Scary movies and spooky classics!
Beetlejuice
Spooky, irreverent, hilarious, and very clever. A morbidly hilarious look into what Tim Burton thinks happens after death. Complete with a great musical number, DAY-O!
The Nightmare before Christmas
Is this an October or December movie? I don't know but again, a look inside the mind if Tim Burton, complete with vertical black and white stripes, catchy musical numbers, and a dark, morbid sweetness.
Motel Hell
Now THAT is how you write a tagline!
This is one of the most bizarrely terrible "Horror" movies I have ever seen. At no time during the entire duration of the movie is ANYTHING explained. What are the motivations behind these weird people? Who writes characters like this? Why does a cannibal farmer and his girlfriend need to capture people only to bury them in the dirt up to their heads for an extended period of time. Then they turn them into sausage. It really is an absurd movie. Keep an eye out for a young John Ratzenberger (Cliff from Cheers and Ham from Toy Story)
Evil Dead 1, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness
LIsten up you primative screwheads, This here is my BOOMSTICK!
Sam Raimy's horror classic was, I believe, made in seriousness but was so corny it immediately gained a cult following. Evil dead 2 carried on that "success" and Army of Darkness went all in on the cheesy comedy aspect and was a very tongue-in-cheek take on the story of a S-Mart clerk who is whisked away to a far away and medieval time where magic exists and the dead walk the earth. Equipped with a boomstick, chainsaw arm, and lots of witty quips our hero, Ash, must defeat the forces of evil and unify the land so he can go back to Sporting Goods at S-Mart.
November - Let the holidays begin
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
If you have never seen this film you need to. Comedy legends, Steve Martin and John Candy make on odd couple of road trip companion forced to travel through any and all means to make it home for Thanksgiving. John Candy plays a gregarious slob of a shower curtain salesman and Steve Martin plays an uptight ad exec. Comedy gold ensues.
Adam's Family Values
You will never find a more loving and devoted family than this one here.
This came up on google as a Thanksgiving movie. I remember something about a Thanksgiving play but honestly, there aren't a lot of choices unless you want to watch the Thankskilling Trilogy.
December - All the best seasonal movies
Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol
If you don’t love this story than you should be boiled in your own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through your heart.
I cannot accurately describe how much I love this story. Every year I watch the Patrick Stewart version (The Best), The Albert Finney Version (old and musical), and The Mickey Mouse Version from the eighties (nostalgic). I also listen to the book on tape at least once. It's a great story
Scrooged
One of my favorite films, Bill Murray plays Frank Cross - a cynical TV exec who is visited by 3 ghosts in an attempt to return him to the Christmas Spirit. It is obviously an adaptation of A Christmas Carol but I count it as a second movie because I love it so much.
Buddy the Elf
He loves Christmas and Candy. He was raised as an elf at the North Pole but is actually the son of Jerk New York Businessman. He leaves the N. Pole and heads to New York (on foot) to find out where he belongs. Also, he saves Christmas. Hilarious.
Die Hard
IT IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE! If you tell me it’s not I will raise your rent!
National Lampoon's A Christmas Vacation
It's a far sight better than being added to the Jelly of the Month Club. If you don't love this movie I don't want to know you.