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The Ten Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time
KTHS (Sant Clarita CA) ^ | 10/31/2009 | Chauncey Telese

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.


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: halloween; hollywood; moviereview
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To: bannie

Is that based on ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ by Shirley Jackson? I have read that novel a dozen times and never tire of it.

I also read, ‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ (also by Jackson) time and again. An absolutely wonderful study in madness. I think of Constance and ‘Merricat’ quite often. ;)


121 posted on 10/30/2009 6:40:45 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

“The Seventh Victim;” “Rosemary’s Baby;” “Alien;” Bram Stoker’s Dracula” by Coppola; “The Ninth Gate;” “Predator.”


122 posted on 10/30/2009 7:59:29 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Kid Shelleen

i’m not a big fan of horror movies, i prefer suspense/thriller types and there are only a few of them i would say i really liked.
*The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1977) Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen. some folks would say it isn’t really scary, but it is creepy.
*April Fool’s Day (1986) suspense and gruesome murder abound.
*The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) Wes Craven directed. MEGA-CREEPY!!
*Leviathan (1989) sci fi/suspense/horror. maybe a bit cheesy, but hey! it’s Richard Crenna and Peter Weller.
AND THE NUMBER ONE THRILLER/HORROR MOVIE OF ALL TIME IS...
JAWS. (you’re gonna need a bigger boat)


123 posted on 10/30/2009 8:15:27 PM PDT by madamemayhem (defeat isn't getting knocked down, it's not getting back up)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
I love The Haunting of Hill House, too. I love the movie, but I wish that it included the outside scenes of the written story.

The movie's remake was ok, but it couldn't touch the first movie or the book.

I didn't get so much out of We Have Always Lived at the Castle. It's been a long time; but I remember that there was more description and fewer events than I needed to keep hooked. Maybe I'll have to try it again.

124 posted on 10/30/2009 8:15:57 PM PDT by bannie
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To: RockinRight

That was my first thought, too. Lol!


125 posted on 10/30/2009 8:16:35 PM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: Kid Shelleen

The Car.

Not too scary, just scary enough that walking down a pitch black driveway you looked over your shoulder.


126 posted on 10/30/2009 8:31:32 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: Kid Shelleen; a fool in paradise
The Final Rapture cinematic masterpiece is on top of the very top of my list!
127 posted on 10/30/2009 8:33:12 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Kid Shelleen

I’m sure it was because I was young and impressionable when I first saw it, but the first horror movie to give me nightmares was “Phantasm”.

Also the first time I saw full frontal nudity in a movie theater.


128 posted on 10/30/2009 8:36:18 PM PDT by airborne (I'm from an older generation. When killing the enemy was a good thing!)
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To: kickonly88

Selma Hayek with Tito and Tarantula make for a great song.


129 posted on 10/30/2009 9:16:58 PM PDT by skimask
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To: Frantzie

Yep, totally agree on all counts. Just a brilliant film and soooo scary!

BTW, I don’t know if you saw the 2003 “Director’s Cut” re-release or not, but there were a couple of really good scenes that didn’t make the original film. My absolute favorite was this one of Ripley’s discovery of Dallas after he disappeared in the airshaft. I won’t give it away, but it not only puts Cameron’s “queen egglayer” concept on its head, I think it adds an entirely new level of horror to the Alien.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJUaH9KzH1s

BRRR!


130 posted on 10/31/2009 12:05:55 AM PDT by DemforBush (Now officially 100% ex-Democrat.)
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To: Frantzie

BTW, somewhere out there is a better version of that clip - a longer, better-lit version that shows Dallas and Brett’s fate a bit more clearly. Unfortunately, YouTube removed it a couple months ago. Well worth checking out if you run across it.


131 posted on 10/31/2009 12:14:20 AM PDT by DemforBush (Now officially 100% ex-Democrat.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

‘Final Destination’ is one of the most disturbing movies I ever saw.
John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ is up there in creepiness, too.
‘Wait Until Dark’ is the first movie to make me jump out of my seat.

But at the top of my list: ‘The Omen’ starring Gregory Peck.


132 posted on 10/31/2009 12:21:26 AM PDT by Lancey Howard (Go Phillies!)
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To: Drew68
The 1979 original with David Soul (and directed by Tobe Hooper) left my then 10 year-old self petrified for weeks.

My daughter, 20 years later, still gets chills whenever I mention the 1990 television movie, Stephen King's 'It'. It's because of the scene where the clown (Pennywise) smiles as he looks out from the sewer grate and answers the child: "Oh yes! I have balloons."

133 posted on 10/31/2009 12:31:06 AM PDT by Lancey Howard (Go Phillies!)
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To: Dionysius

Great Movie.
Just finished watching it a few hours ago.

If he got the brain what did you get....

Fade scene as Bride sings in Opera.


134 posted on 10/31/2009 12:32:24 AM PDT by Global2010 (Strange We Can Believe In)
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To: madamemayhem

I saw Jaws like two weeks before traveling to the Southern Islands of the Phillipines.

I was 16.

The Island we stayed on Taft, Samar was luckily surrounded by a barrior reef.

Just lil inch long fishies in the bikini.


135 posted on 10/31/2009 12:38:26 AM PDT by Global2010 (Strange We Can Believe In)
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To: bannie

I thought “We Have...” was a great murder mystery. I didn’t see it coming up until the end, which always pleases me, having read mysteries since I was a kid.

When I find one I can’t see the ending to, I’m thrilled. ;)

Maybe I identify too much with crazy MerriCat, but I like her free spirit. Besides, who hasn’t wanted to murder a family member or two at one time or another? LOL!


136 posted on 10/31/2009 5:23:18 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Lmo56
Now that he's been elected and his wife's life is fulfilled with the two children, Barry can be his own man now.

Cat swings only one way.

Ever see the cat eat an ice cream cone?

137 posted on 10/31/2009 5:54:37 AM PDT by IbJensen (If Catholic voters were true to their faith there would be no abortion and no President Obama.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I’ll have to read it again. I don’t remember any of your references!!

Thank you for piquing my interest: One can never have too many books cuing up.


138 posted on 10/31/2009 6:15:00 AM PDT by bannie
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To: Lancey Howard

Top Ten Scary CLOWNS! Eeeek! (Tell your daughter they terrify me, too. And I’m not afraid of much, LOL!)

http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/09/02/10-memorable-clowns-in-movies/


139 posted on 10/31/2009 6:38:09 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: DemforBush

Yes I heard. In the directors cut. Those types of scenes were among the most disturbing ones in the second film. Very disturbing. The first film was a masterpiece.


140 posted on 10/31/2009 6:40:00 AM PDT by Frantzie (Judge David Carter - democrat & dishonorable Marine like John Murtha.)
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