1. Twin Peaks (tv series). Such a mix of Bob's creepiness and Agent Cooper's awesomeness.
2. Diabolique (50's french version. please, please don't watch the 90's version with Sharon Stone) I think this is the earliest made film that's actually scary. Rent it tonight.
3. 2001: A Space Oddysey. Not the kind of thing that normally comes to mind when thinking "scary", but, like he did later with The Shining, Kubrick creates a masterpiece of mood. This one particularly shows the suspense and claustrophobia of silence.
4. The Vanishing (Dutch/French version, not the English one with Keifer Sutherland). A couple on a vacation in France stop at a gas station. The wife goes inside while the husband is filling up the tank. She never comes back out. Soooo good.
5. Le Boucher. The French New-wave's version of a slasher film.
5. I usually don't like slasher gore-fests, but if we're talking moster movies with the constant threat of immanent dismemberment and/or playing host of a parasiting killing machine, I'm putting my money on Aliens. In the words of Bill Paxton: "A one way road to Hell, Goin' Down!!!"
Favorite scary movies:
ReplyDelete1. Dawn of the Dead, the original.
2. Evil Dead 2
3. The Devil's Backbone. Anybody interested in seeing Pan's Labirynth has got to see this. Brilliant. (same director.)
Some others not mentioned yet:
ReplyDelete1. Twin Peaks (tv series). Such a mix of Bob's creepiness and Agent Cooper's awesomeness.
2. Diabolique (50's french version. please, please don't watch the 90's version with Sharon Stone) I think this is the earliest made film that's actually scary. Rent it tonight.
3. 2001: A Space Oddysey. Not the kind of thing that normally comes to mind when thinking "scary", but, like he did later with The Shining, Kubrick creates a masterpiece of mood. This one particularly shows the suspense and claustrophobia of silence.
4. The Vanishing (Dutch/French version, not the English one with Keifer Sutherland). A couple on a vacation in France stop at a gas station. The wife goes inside while the husband is filling up the tank. She never comes back out. Soooo good.
5. Le Boucher. The French New-wave's version of a slasher film.
5. I usually don't like slasher gore-fests, but if we're talking moster movies with the constant threat of immanent dismemberment and/or playing host of a parasiting killing machine, I'm putting my money on Aliens. In the words of Bill Paxton: "A one way road to Hell, Goin' Down!!!"
1. The Changeling
ReplyDelete2. The Shining
3. 28 Days Later
Honorable mention:
The Ring
Wait until Dark
The Vanishing (Dutch version)
The Return to Oz