When you’re an old man like me Halloween takes on a much different role in your life–especially when it falls on a Monday. So along with the obligatory office party, here are some movies to sit up with tonight.

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) - Vincent Price in the title role assures your total satisfaction in this camp classic. Even after the storyline itself leaves you bits and pieces of the production will linger. A bizarre mixture of Aligheri and Hitchcock.

The Exorcist (1973) - I’ll probably never get “old” enough to not be scared by this film.

Night Of The Living Dead (1968) - Zombie films are all the rage right now. George Romero started it all with this black and white classic. I’m always finding something new in this movie. A classic whose straight-forward subject matter can’t hide the political and social struggles lurking underneath, almost scarier than the brain hungry corpses just beyond the porch.

The Shining (1980) - Ignore what most people think is scary about this film, because many of them are missing the point. Yes, overwrought Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is scary; but what always terrified me about this movie was what creeped me out about all of Kubrick’s films and that’s the fact that we only see what he wants us to see. The feeling that something utterly unspeakable is lurking just outside the frame is overwhelming sometimes, almost to the point that it undermines a few scenes. John Alcott’s cinematography–all slow focus pulls and gentle tracking shots–is wonderful. Terrifying stuff.