October is my month to focus on horror, I try to watch as many horror movies as I can and I usually try to pick up a horror anthology or two to read. So far this month I've watched 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, 30 Days of Night: Blood Trails, 30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust (both of these online at fear.net), Let The Right One In and Trick R Treat (twice). We still have our annual viewings of Nightmare Before Christmas, Night of the Living Dead and Dianna's favorite Halloween movie Hocus Pocus to get to before November. I'd also like to make it to the Theater and see Zombieland, Paranormal Activities and Saw VI.
Since I like doing lists, this seems like a good time for a list of my favorite horror movies.
13 Favorite Horror Movies of the Last 10 Years.
Session 9 (2001) - Danvers Lunatic Asylum. Opened in 1855. Condemned in 1984. And for the men of the Hazmat Inc., it may become a nightmare come to life
28 Days Later/28 Weeks Later (2002) (2007) - Ok, I'm cheating a little by listing the original and sequel as one, so what it's my list. Fast Zombies are scary.
The Ring (2002) - The film focuses on a mysterious cursed videotape which contains a seemingly random series of disturbing, black and white images. After watching the tape, the viewer receives a phone call which a voice of a girl named Samara Morgan, condemns the viewer to death in seven days.
Saw (2004) - The first and best of the apparently neverending series. Exploitative graphic violence and gore.
Shaun of the Dead (2004) - British romantic zombie comedy starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Shaun attempts to get some kind of focus in his life as he tries to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend and settle various issues with his mother and stepfather. At the same time coping with an uprising of zombies.
Slither (2006) - An asteriod crash-lands in a sleepy backwater American town, unleashing a breed of extra-terrestrial slugs that turn the town's people in to flesh eating zombies.
Hilarious.
The Descent (2005) - The reason you should never go spelunking.
Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) - Murder, Revenge, Cannibalism, Singing. What more could you want?
1408 (2007) - Nice adaptation of a Stephen King short story. Loved the ending.
30 Days of Night (2007) - Based on the graphic novel series of the same name. Alaskan town of Barrow invaded by vampires as it enters into a thirty day long period without sunshine. These are not your pretty sparkling vampires or even dark brooding romantic vampires.
Let The Right One In (2008) - A lonely boy’s wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him. Sad tragic movie. Swedish with english subtitles.
Coraline (2009) - A fairytale nightmare based on the award-winning childrens book by Neil Gaiman.
Trick R Treat (2009) - Halloween traditions exist for a reason, don't ignore them. One of my new all time favorites.
Did I leave off one of your favorites? Let me know, I'm always looking for good horror movies.
2 comments:
Let's go play golf together this month... and you'll get to experience the horror that defines my golf game right now... lol
How about the classic sci-fi Pitch Black? Or would that be considered Horror? Rosemary's Baby was pretty scary for it's time. The Omen? The Exorcist? Do you remember The Haunting? Old 60's-ish haunted house flick, not bad for it's time. More a psychological thriller. How about the recent Sam Raimi movie, Drag Me to Hell? Loved it.
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