Ahhh lists. I love lists. In celebration of October and Halloween, Moviefone is counting down the 31 best horror movies over the next thirty days. We start today with 'The Ring' (which I completely agree should be on the list) and they have hints about the rest of the list which will be revealed every day through the rest of the month. I'm not a horror buff by any means, but I thought I had enough random movie and pop-culture knowledge that I'd be able to figure my way around most of the hints... I was wrong.
I'm taking predictions for what *should* make it, or guesses as to what the upcoming days will be based on the hints. Give yourself a point for each one you guess that actually shows up. I'm going to come back here every couple days and comment on the newest reveals and will keep a running tally.
I'm sure the final list will have the usual contenders – 'Halloween,' 'Friday the 13th,' 'The Shining,' 'Poltergeist,' 'The Exorcist' etc. Those were classically good; especially the originals of each, but my favorite horror movies are more like "fusion" horror – a horror basis with absurdist humor or an artsy touch to them. Likely, most of them won't make the Moviefone list, so I'll include some of them here.
- 'The Evil Dead 2' and/or 'Army of Darkness'
- 'Spoorloos'
- 'Dawn of the Dead' (Zack Snyder version also)
- 'Blair Witch Project'
- 'The Lost Boys'
- 'Shaun of the Dead'
- '
Battle Royale' - 'Man Bites Dog'
- 'Jacob's Ladder'
- 'Scream'
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1. Those are some tough clues
A few of my guesses:
#29 - Nosferatu
#22 - Scream
#16 - Dawn of the Dead
#11 - The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
#5 - Nightmare on Elm Street
#1 - Halloween
I think The Omen, Psycho, The Shining, The Sixth Sense, and Rosemary's Baby are on there, too, but I'm not sure which ones. It seems like there are a couple of clues that could fit each of those.
I'm hoping to see The Hitcher (original), The Hills Have Eyes (original), and American Werewolf In London on the list as well.
Posted at 2:51PM on Oct 2nd 2007 by T-Mo
2. Okay, three more have been revealed: Hellraiser, Nosferatu and Descent. Score one T-mo. I don't disagree with those, but I might be disappointed in them if some others that should be on the list are not.
Posted at 3:35PM on Oct 4th 2007 by itshotsummer
3. Score another one for T-mo with 'The Omen.' You are winning by leaps and bounds... mostly because no one else is playing. The last few days also brought 'The Fly' (meh), 'Wicker Man' (meh) and 'Carnival of Souls' which I thought was a good add.
Posted at 10:30AM on Oct 9th 2007 by itshotsummer
4. The Descent and The Ring are both from this century, but I'd be very surprised if many more on the list are. I've heard we are supposedly in a "horror renaissance", but honestly all the new horror movies and remakes suck in comparison to the classic low-budget originals of the past. Goes to show that imagination trumps special effects and gore any day.
PS - Two more that will probably be on the list: Carrie and Amityville Horror.
Posted at 2:29PM on Oct 9th 2007 by T-Mo
5. Okay, now I'm impressed. They not only included a foreign horror movie (which Americanmovie lists hardly ever do... what we have the market on gore?), but they included a foreign horror movie that I haven't heard of. 'The Eye' is number 23 and I can already tell you it's going to be a scary one for me. That the one thing in movies that really makes me squirm is seeing people's eyes up close, or things going into people's eyes or generally anything having to do with eyes. So much so, that I should have put 'Clockwork Orange' on my list of all time scary movies simply for the scene where they force Alex's eyes open and put drops in it. Seriously, that was the one of the more disturbing parts of the movie for me and the entire thing was pretty screwed up.
Anyway, so now this list has gone from merely interesting to comment on, to actually informative and it gives me something to check out.
The other new movies listed are: 'Scream' (go T-mo AND me!) and 'Friday the 13th' (no brainer).
Posted at 3:26PM on Oct 11th 2007 by itshotsummer