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October 22, 2008
10 SCARIEST MOVIES
ANDYTOWN'S TEN FAVORITE SCARY MOVIES OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD (Proof that your comments can inspire blogposts!)
These are the SCARIEST, not the best. PSYCHO is a better movie than any of these, but it really isn't all that scary.
1) THE SHINING - The only movie that made me want to sleep with the light on in my adult years. The book is about a haunted hotel; the movie is about the dilemma of man's inability to live with himself or anyone else. An absolute nightmare, in which the heightened realism and illusory dream-like imagery compete to make a film experience unlike any you've ever seen. One thing often overlooked in this film: the music. It's soooo spooky. I bought it on DVD. I don't know why; I haven't watched it since.
2) THE EXORCIST - A masterpiece of building dread, suspense, and shock.
3) ROSEMARY'S BABY - While its 60s fashions date it a bit, Polanski puts you in the claustrophobic perspective of a neurotic mother who may or may not be making up this business about her baby being the devil.
4) THE SENTINEL - A creepy horror movie about a model living in a haunted brownstone that is actually the portal to Hell. The ending is one of the most tripped-out things I've ever seen.
5) CAT'S EYE - Three Stephen King stories about a cat who sees everything (hence the title). The last, and most famous, is least interesting - as a troll attacks Drew Barrymore. But the first, where James Woods joins a group that uses creative methods to help him quit smoking, and the second, involving a guy forced to walk around the ledge of a building are the scariest. Did I mention I'm terrified of heights?
6) THE GATE - I saw this movie in 1987 and don't want to see it again. It's about demons with telekinetic/psychic powers who live in the backyard of this kids house where there is a portal to hell. Three creepy parts: the kid sees the ghost of his mom who turns into his dead dog; a record played backwards to reveal the way to destroy the gate (or something); and a hand with an eyeball on it. Crappy special effects aside, this excursion into the teen horror genre is much better than any of the FRIDAY THE 13TH/NIGHTMARE movies.
7) MAGIC - Anthony Hopkins and an evil talking dummy. Need I say more? Watch this trailer if you dare.
8) ARACNOPHOBIA - I don't like spiders; neither does Jeff Daniels. This is a really underrated movie; its what would happen if Frank Capra made a horror movie. One of my favorite John Goodman roles. Does an amazing job of playing up the smallness of the spiders as what makes them so terrifying.
9) INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS - Either one; though the 70s one is a bit more gruesomely scary.
9) TRICK OR TREAT - Undead hair metal rocker terrorizes dorky teenagers led by the guy who played Skippy on Family Ties. Another movie I shouldn't have been watching when I was 11.
10) THE RING - The best horror movie of the last ten years.
11) TRANSFORMERS - Shudder . . .
| By Andytown | 12:03 AM
Comments
Transformers should have been higher on the list. I curl up in a ball when I think about it. Why? Why does Michael Bay keep getting to make movies?
Posted by: Seth at October 22, 2008 9:35 AM
i've seen all of about five scary movies in my life, of which rosemary's baby was definitely the scariest. i love that one.
Posted by: bethan h at October 26, 2008 7:36 PM
The shining isnt scary watch The ring or Imaginary Playmate if u want scary
Posted by: Kelly at November 3, 2008 8:13 PM