Halloween guilty pleasures

"The Wicker Man" (2006)

No, Neil LaBute's remake of the 1973 horror flick isn't scary on any legitimate level. But it's terrifying that the filmmaker behind brilliant pieces of socially insightful drama like "In the Company of Men" would consider this anything but laughable.

If you don't crack up at the sight of Nicolas Cage going undercover in a full-body bear suit or the over-the-top actor yelling things like "Killing me won't bring back your goddamn honey!" then your sense of humor may have died. The final 20 minutes of "The Wicker Man" are as hilarious as nearly every intentional comedy this decade.

—Matt Pais, Music and Movies Producer, Metromix Chicago