Posted on 10/30/2009 2:50:19 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
In honor of Halloween, I have assembled two lists. One holds a ranking of the ten best slashers of all time. While these characters were awesome, that does not necessarily mean that any of their respective movies were any good. So my other list looks solely at the movies, and which come in tops. The list of the best slashers will be published tomorrow (Saturday) on hometownstation.com. Today though, we'll take a stab (please pardon the pun I know it's bad) at identifying the ten best horrors movies...ever.
The Ring is scary and the special effects are creepy. It’s a good horror story without the gore.
I’m immune to nearly all horror films, but I’ll mention two:
I’ve seen The Ring dozens of times, and it still creeps me out every time I see it.
Elephant, a movie loosely based on the Columbine shootings, isn’t a horror movie per se, but it’s still very disturbing and haunts me every time I see it.
The original (1968) “Night Of The Living Dead”.
rats - beat me to it ....
LOL! Blair Witch! One of my all-time favorites.
Agree. Just watched it again last week on DVD. It's still scary, even after 30 (!! wow - has it been that long) years. I remember seeing it in the movie theater when it first came out. I slept with the light on for a week.
Theatre of Blood, starring Vincent Price and Diana Rigg and Sir Robert Morley. A well-written, well-acted classic from 1972. An aging Shakespearean actor is fed up with the critics who’ve panned his performances over the years and he decides to kill them all in true Shakespearean style. Black humor throughout.
You Have My Vote!!!
The Ring was creepy but well done. The Grudge(another Japanese movie that was remade) was a crapfest imho.
I just bought it!
Been looking for it for a few years at yard sales and video distributors, NOBODY had it! NOBODY!!
So the last time I asked a couple months ago, the guy at the counter said check back around Halloween. So I checked yesterday, and they had it.
Excorcist: The vesion you’ve never seen
with 11 additional minutes restored, digitally remastered
Scare the freakin pants off of anybody with half a brain!!!!
Hands down, scariest movie of all time.
“An American Werewolf in London”
If you liked that movie, you will love:
Ginger Snaps
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ginger_snaps/
Alien, as others have said, and 28 Days later. Possibly Children of Men, though it’d be a tossup as to whether that’s sci fi or a dystopia. Either way, it can be pretty horrifying.
it was ppppoooky
Do yourself a favor and google “Cut scenes from Even Horizon.” Sam Neil was supposed to crawl like a bloody spider at one point. If you look hard enough, you’ll find some pics on the net.
Michelle does Barry ???
In my opinion, the most frightening film on that list.
If you haven't seen it and want to, do yourself a favor and rent the "director's cut" version to watch the original (U.K.) ending which was edited for American release.
Young Frankenstein - “What hump ???”
I have Basket Case on dvd. Funny dang movie.
Find a copy of “Psychotronic Encylcopedia of Film” by Michael Weldon for a compendium of weird films thru 1989(?) or so
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