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In Reply to: Your top 15 best " horror movies " here are mine-------- posted by patrickU on July 24, 2005 at 07:15:03:
Here are my recommended horror films (no particular order):Psycho (Hitchcock) - One of the greatest psychological horror films of all time, with a break-out signature performance by Anthony Perkins as a taxidermist caretaker of a creepy little off-the-main-highway motel
Silence of the Lambs (Demme) - Relentlessly grisly with outstanding albeit disturbing signature performance by Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lector
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Wiene) - Surreal early expressionist German horror film involving somnambulism; supurb, intense and still quite disturbing to this day!
Faust (Murnau) - Awesome silent film with a bit more metaphysical drama thrown in than horror, involving the warring forces of good & evil, but the tragedy most certainly has horror elements that stay with you after the film's conclusion
The Haunting (Wise) - Supurb psychological horror flick in the old dark house mold, but perfectly paced chills and performances are guaranteed to send a chill up your spine, especially if viewed alone late at night.
The Exorcist (Friedkin) - Jody Foster in a pea-soup upchuck flick scarey enough to give you chills while making your head spin; great Mike Oldfield soundtrack.
Night of the Living Dead (Romero; original) - disturbingly creepy, cheaply made horror film from the 1960's that broke ground, rose above it and then made it's way across the country biting off an unexpectedly large chunk of the box-office along the way.
Freaks (Browning) - grisly horror film that pulls you into the world of side shows and human deformity
The Devil's Backbone (del Toro) - great atmospheric foreign horror film set in the 1930's during the Spanish Civil War
The Sixth Sense (Shymalan) - very disturbing edge of your seat ghost flick with a great twist
The Man Who Laughs (Leni) - late silent era horror film with some very disturbing historical situations that you can't get out of your mind once you've seen them
The Tingler (Castle) - guilty pleasure with some genuine chills; shot in B&W, but includes a color sequence that's bound to jolt
The Thing (Cartenter) - classic based upon John W. Campbell's short story (under the nom-de-plume Don A. Stewert) "Who Goes There" which appeaedr in Astounding SF in 1938; this version is much closer to the original than the carrot-man Christian Nyby version from the 1950's
Chicken Run - Mrs. Purdy's axe only falls once, but the rest of the film has the cast running around like chickens with their heads cut off trying to avoid a similar fate; that chicken pie machine will give the crustiest viewer nightmares! ;^)
Schindler's List - Technically not a horror flick, but I defy anyone to watch this and not have the sensation of being a reluctant voyeur to cruel and unimaginable horrors.
Honorable mention:
Farenheit 9/11 - The featured actor, or rather bad actor who was given the lead in this film, makes Frankenstein look like Pee Wee Herman! This film has suspense: The silence of the lamb, or rather the pet goat, monopolizes the screen for long minutes while cities fall and thousands perish. Poignancy: in other scenes soldiers scramble to survive the horrors of war while U.S. corporations divide up the spoils abnd bring in private contractors, etc., and much MUCH Moore. Were this not a documatary F9/11 would probably make my Top 15 Horror Show List. :o)
It's getting rather late, so I'll make that the last entry.
Cheers,
AuPh
Follow Ups:
Goes to show that life can be scarier than any movie. What's scarier is that this dimbulb who can't speak properly and may very well be as close to Forest Gump IQ as any leader in the free (well if you've been beaten into believing the propaganda) world we live in got elected AGAIN. It's really hard to get out from the Stupid American stereotype when they elect Forest's Slower brother to office. Did you see the DVD extra's. The interview with Bush. I mean I swear Dan Quale even looks good in comparison. I may disagree with the right wing and the religious right wing -- and religion all together -- but where does it say ye shall elect morons -- can they not find at least ONE well-spoken religious fanatic who hears God talking to him over Bush.Clinton cheats on his wife while Bush ruins the country and kills people for profit takes holidays more than doing any work -- and the former is deemed worse -- what a screwed up little world. But at least they stopped Gays from marrying === woah now that's gonna save the country and family values. It's no wonder they hate the Western Infidels -- how could they not?
These two movies are hard to classify. I think Freaks could go either way. I debated putting Tha Man Who Laughs on my list, and ultimately decided that it wasn't a true "horror" movie, althoughiIt's certainly a fine and facinating film.To me, both films belong to a genre apparently deceased these days: melodrama. You could call them macabre, but I don't think personally I'd call them horror.
But if you want to do so, it's A-OK with me.
nt
...it's the end scene that's horrific - everything builds up to that.
What makes it horrific is that we sympathize with the freaks throughout the film and are then asked to condone the end scene, on their behalf.
Try the end of Housekeeper, when the woman sez to Jean-Pierre Bacri: "Your daughter is beautiful". Of course only Patrick and the members of his Old Fart party can truly understand that.That sudden realization that life is gone is perhaps the biggest horror one can imagine.
Or to be in the HAND of the LIVING GOD awaiting Judgment just after death.
I remember the line. Being the optimist, I would simply smile at all the fun I was having. Evertime I see Nicholson, he is smiling. He may know something we do not.
That of course was a tongue-in-cheek post. But of course the discomfort there was not the age, it was being foolish.Horror is what affects us. In The Notebook the scenes of dimentia are quite real, and have power of affecting you, even though the movie is not really a horror flick.
Sheeeesh! The only thing scary about that would be forcing someone to watch it. 8^DAuPh
Did they nail you one feet to the ground?
If we were to assign a flavor to HIS taste... what would that be?I suspect that would make him wish for some Grey Poupon!
Well he may change his taste. I condemn him for three months hard ( ? I hope for him....) work in Hamburg´s bordellos.
Free.
Three years of opening doors for ladies, is my verdict!Who knows, it might become his second nature!
When it would be his second nature I wonder what his first is.....
See us on the Outside....
It's kind of a horror movie. Remember the freaks chasing down the
evil blonde babe? They turn her into a chicken/person/evil blond
babe. Regards,J.R.
nt
(nt)
nt
;^)
nt
The Exorcist (Friedkin) - Jody Foster in a pea-soup upchuck flick???
Linda Blair, maybe?
;0)
(nt)
The longer the better.....
... apparently lost when you and Victor were spelunking! :o)If you can provide any tidbits of useful information about this object that archaeologists may have overlooked I'm sure that historians and amateur spelunkers everywhere will be very appreciative. ;^)
AuPh
To give you a free time in Hamburg bordello´s where you can visit all the caves you want.
...it's obviously the road less traveled, but undoubtably the ruts would be far too hazardous for gentleman like myself to risk getting stuck! ;^DAuPh
To risk getting sucked?
Poor boy....
;^)
This time I beat you Jeff...
Passe une bonne journée!
nt
Linda Blair.
...when you are correct! :o)AuPh
nt
;^)
nt
So far you're just mildly annoying, but you are getting attention.AuPh
nt
... and probably very excited by the implications of your suggestion! ;^)AuPh
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