[Billthedrill]

My own list - trying to avoid the ones in the article...

1. Legend of Hell House. Very little gore, intense suspense. Roddy McDowell and Pamela Franklin are brilliant.

2. The Thing. Either one. The Russell one is incredibly intense, the original has terrifically snappy dialogue and James Arness in a rubber suit.

3. Night Of The Living Dead. Little girl scene. I shall say no more.

4. The Fly. I'm not much of a Goldblum fan but this is his flick.

5. Theater of Blood. OK, so it's camp and dripping with typical Vincent Price black humor, but watching Diana Rigg pass herself off as a guy is worth the price of the ticket. Watching the two of them do Shakespeare together is as well.

6. Army of Darkness. Undoubtedly the zenith of the entire art of cinema. How it could have been ignored at the Academy Awards I haven't a clue. Shop smart!

7. Rosemary's Baby. Yeah, Roman Polanski, yadda yadda. One of the best Weird People Who Seem Normal treatments on screen. Mia Farrow is outstanding and beautifully vulnerable. One of the best horror movie heroines ever. The rest of the cast is just as good.

8. Carrie. I first watched it in a space full of rough tough sailors. When the hand came up (you know what I'm talking about) we durn near peed ourselves like little girls.

9. The Birds. I still look up when there's a telephone wire with a bunch of the little buggers sitting there staring at me...waiting...

10. The Silence of the Lambs. Fava beans and a fine chianti. In a long and glorious career Hopkins has never done better.

Lots of honorable mentions. Plan Nine From Outer Space because it truly is a horror movie. Lost Skeleton of Cadavra because you won't need drugs to think you're on drugs. Others will have many more, I'm sure...

[Billthedrill]

Oh, and how could I forget Fiend Without A Face? Cold-war nuclear-power telekinetic paranoia with invisible murdering creatures that turned out to be human brains with spinal-chord tails inching along and catapulting themselves at your throat. They don't make 'em like that anymore. Oh, and one final thought. Them because LA had it coming.

[DemforBush]

"6. Army of Darkness. Undoubtedly the zenith of the entire art of cinema. How it could have been ignored at the Academy Awards I haven't a clue. Shop smart!"

Have you ever seen the alternate ending for Army of Darkness? Way different than what made the final cut.

[berdie]

Wow!I could have posted the same list. Especially The Legend of Hill House (The Haunting original). That movie still spooks me.

I haven’t read this whole Halloween thread, but has anybody mentioned Wait Until Dark?