And it just keeps getting funnier, every single time I see it.
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.
1. The Obama Inauguration.
I haven’t seen it but I hear
“This is it” with Michael Jackson is pretty bad.
1. Inconvenient Truth
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1. Michelle Does Washington.
2. Michelle Does London.
3.. Michelle Does Martha’s Vineyard.
4. Michelle Does New York.
#1. Alien
The mining ore tanker Nostromo was like a giant haunted house. Fantastic movie directed by Ridley Scott.
I NEVER tire of:
The Shining
An American Werewolf in London
Psycho (original!) or
Alien (the first one)
Alien would probably be top of my list too...but The Shining was just plain creepy, too.
My 21 year old saw The Descent and he said it was really scary. The Ring (which I’ve also never seen) was supposed to be a very disturbing movie too.
Horrible list. If you’re going to make a list of top horror movies, make sure they’re all horror movies. That’s not a difficult rule to follow. And “Misery” (the movie) sucked.
And it just keeps getting funnier, every single time I see it.
I don’t normally care for scarey movies, but I watched ‘The Ring’ with my teen boys when it came out on DVD and we all really liked it. A few gross parts, but you can close your eyes, just like I do! It’s pretty standard horoor, but it’s beautifully filmed.
I also like ‘Signs’ very much. I’ve watched that a numner of times, though I wouldn’t classify that as ‘horror.’
And I can’t take two minutes of ‘Blair Witch Project’ without wishing them all dead, immediately, LOL!
Even Horizon is one of the best horror/scifi movies I have seen. It is more of a “mess with your mind” movie. Great flick.
Plan 9 From Outer Space.
Jeeze! Who typed that? LOL! I must be channeling someone with lopped off fingers from ‘Saw’ or something!
Alien I can watch again and again and get the creeps. The Ring is good once or twice or even three times but once you know the ending it's kind of anti-climatic.
Wait! I’m changing my pick. I forgot all about ‘Basket Case.’ (1982) Husband and I busted a gut over that one. If I’m carrying a basket he still asks, “What’s in the basket?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNbJTGNWH1s
(Warning! A little gore in the movie trailer.)
Never saw the shining but
1-Exorcist
2-Alien
3-Psycho (maybe psycho II)
Murnau’s Nosferatu is a creeporama for the ages. As per usual silent movies get eliminated from consideration.
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
Wait Until Dark. late 60’s.
I remember that one. It was creepy.
Frankensteins Daughter scared the hell out of me as a kid.
The 1979 original with David Soul (and directed by Tobe Hooper) left my then 10 year-old self petrified for weeks.
I think “The Stand” was pretty scary. I dreamed I was in the cornfield with the Walking Dude after reading it.
One that still scares me is: “I, Madman”
parsy, who shivered
And Hillary!
1408 with John Cusack has my vote for best horror film.
” haven’t seen it but I hear
“This is it” with Michael Jackson is pretty bad.
I saw an advertisment for it in the newspaper.
It said “Also available — the album “This is It”, featuring the song “This is it”. Reminded me of the Santo Gold infomercial and movie, featuring singer Santo Gold singing his song “Santo Gold.”
http://www.infomercial-hell.com/santo-gold/
I was going to say that. A frightening end of the world movie that seemed eerily realistic yet unbelievably far fetched.
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