Producer shares scary films
Producer Rob Tapert knows his scary movies.
He and director Sam Raimi got started together, making the “Evil Dead” films starring Bruce Campbell.
Tapert is currently working to line up films for the “Ghost House” line with Raimi. Eight branded horror movies are out now in the “Ghost House Underground” set: “Dance of the Dead,” “No Man’s Land: The Rise of the Reeker,” “The Substitute,” “Dark Floors,” “Trackman,” “Room 205,” “Last House in the Woods” and “Brotherhood of Blood.”
Tapert recently talked to The Oklahoman about the scariest movies he’d ever seen. On Halloween, if you’re looking for a last-minute rental to scare the pants off of you, here’s three recommended by a master.
The Exorcist (1973)
Two priests attempt to exorcise a demon from a 12-year-old girl. The film was directed by William Friedkin (”The French Connection”) based on the novel by William Peter Blatty.
“I saw ‘The Exorcist’ at the Woods Theater in Detroit, Michigan,” Tapert said. “I had read the book. It was the first time in my life I ever thought, this would make a great movie – and I was a kid, too. And it exceeded my expectations even then, as it was far scarier than the book.”
Halloween (1978)
Michael Myers escapes from an institution and goes on a Halloween killing spree. This film was the debut of Jamie Lee Curtis. Donald Pleasence plays a psychiatrist on the trail of the killer in this film by co-writer and director John Carpenter.
“I saw ‘Halloween’ in a packed house and in an empty house,” Tapert said. “When I saw it in a packed house, that was an experience I had never imagined before. That was a visceral experience.”
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Tobe Hooper’s tale of five friends terrorized by a killer with a chainsaw became the highest grossing independent film of all time. It was based, very loosely, on the crimes of serial killer Ed Gein.
“The first Texas Chainsaw, I saw it at midnight in college, and that was horrifying, that was really scary at the time.”
– Matthew Price
Assistant Features Editor
From Friday’s The Oklahoman
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