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13 Horror Films
9 years ago
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What makes a good horror movie? Well, that’s based on what you want to get out of a horror film. Personally, what I love is being drawn in and having my darker notions challenged and celebrated. Then there’s the tension; the suspense. I want it to ramp up, peak, and end with me being satisfied (with plenty of punctuated highs and lows, in between). In short, it’s a lot like sex.
So, which horror films left me panting in a post-coital afterglow? Here are my top 13 (ranked, roughly, from favorite on-down):
the Cabin in the Woods (2011)
the Thing (1982)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
the Babadook (2014)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (1988)
the Ring (2002)
the Descent (2005)
Evil Dead II (1987)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Alien (1979)
Prince of Darkness (1987)
28 Days Later (2002)
(Yeah, “Scream” is another favorite as is “Godzilla” but, well, I had to stop at 13, right?)
What are your favorite, seasonally horrifying films?
Are yours in this list? How would you rank them?
So, which horror films left me panting in a post-coital afterglow? Here are my top 13 (ranked, roughly, from favorite on-down):
the Cabin in the Woods (2011)
the Thing (1982)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
the Babadook (2014)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (1988)
the Ring (2002)
the Descent (2005)
Evil Dead II (1987)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Alien (1979)
Prince of Darkness (1987)
28 Days Later (2002)
(Yeah, “Scream” is another favorite as is “Godzilla” but, well, I had to stop at 13, right?)
What are your favorite, seasonally horrifying films?
Are yours in this list? How would you rank them?
The book is scary and then the monster is just a shadow. It doesn't succeed. It sets it up like they'll show it, and they don't.
Blair Witch project is a terrifying movie, it would be my #1 on that list. Unseen things are scarier than seen things to me.
I don't find torture porn very scary, so I hope no one comments Hostel or Saw or something.
In fact, isn't that what you were saying you prefer? The unseen? Or am I misunderstanding?
Just in that movie the book is terrifying, and it's like every thing after that is a step down. The intensity and scariness of it doesn't keep growing to the end. Which didn't work for me.
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I definitely see what you mean about a book being more evocative than a movie! :)
You make perfect sense, now!