List of the week: Horror Movies

I love horror movies. I love gory horror movies, psycholigical horror movies, funny horror movies and so on. A really great horror movie can draw me into the story and then scare the hell out of me, or gross me out. These are my favorites in the genre.


1. The Exorcist
I saw this movie in the dark, alone. I turned it off about 45 minutes in. As the poster says "The most terrifying movie of all time." It's also the most well-made, well-acted and well-written horror movie of all time. The effects are great and horrifying and I really can't imagine what it was like seeing this in the cinema in the 70's. People have actually fainted from watching it. The cursing is also something you don't here in every 70's movie, pretty controversial if you ask me. No horror movie will ever match this movie's quality and fantastic acting. All i can say know is "Your mother sucks c¤¤¤s in hell!"

2. Jaws
"You're gonna need a bigger boat." Words that gives me chills every time I here them, as well as the theme of this movie by John Williams. What makes this movie so exciting is that they don't show the shark that often. It adds to the suspension a hell of a lot. The acting is great and Spielberg's direction is amazing. He knows how to scare us and I consider this, his best movie.






3. Evil Dead II
Probably the best sequel ever made. It takes everything the first movie had, doubles it and then adds a shitload of humour. The camerawork is amazing, and Sam Raimi just puts the camera wherever he wants in all sorts of crazy angles. What makes this movie great is not only the gore or the humour, but the leading actor Bruce Campbell as Ash. He's just awesome in every single way. Even though his hand gets possesed and he has to chop it off, he still fights by putting a chainsaw over his missing hand. "Groovy
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4. Braindead
The goriest movie ever made? Yep! Peter Jackson shows that he can't only make great epics, but also great horror. It's funny, disgusting and just amazing. It has a kung-fu priest, a zombie baby and a lawnmover turning zombies into milkshake, what more do you want?







5. The Host
It's hard to actually put this movie in a genre, but it has a monster eating people in it, so I guess it's a horror movie. But it's not really about the monster, it's about the people around it and how both normal people and the government react to it. It's about family and about how far we can go to get our loved ones back. It's a Horror/Comedy/Drama/Family/Action/Thriller. Top that!




6. Dawn of the Dead
George A. Romero's best work is a follow-up to Night of the Living Dead, but with different characters and setting. the first one took place in an old house, this one takes place in an entire mall, which gives more space for the people to hide and the zombies to feed. It's a story about surviving, but it's also a social commentary of consumers. The zombies walking around in the mall is really suppose to be an average shopper, us. And I think that commentary works even better today.





7. Rosemary's Baby
Through the entire movie you can just feel that something is terribly wrong, but just like Rosemary we don't know what the hell it is. Roman Polanski isn't a graphic filmmaker. He doesn't show blood, or makes us jump in our chair. He attacks our brain, and makes us think and try to figure things out. Then in the end all you can say is: HOLY SHIT!






8. Audition
If you just see the first half of this movie you could think it's a romantic comedy, but when the twist comes you get an uncomfortable, nervous feeling right till the final scene which is one of the most rememerable in movie history. Takashi Miike builds up the movie in a brilliant way and shows what a master of horror he is.






9. Alien
This is a movie that builds up to one of the most famous movie scenes ever. This was suppose to be a b-movie from the start, but superb acting(especially Sigourney Weaver and Ian Holm), a great director namned Ridley Scott, creepie music and the most original monster ever seen in a movie, makes this movie a masterpiece.






10. REC
One of the few movies that has made me close my eyes, even the second time I watched it. It starts slow and for about 15 minutes not that much is happening. Then it just throws you into the horror, and since it's filmed with a handheld camera it almost feels like you're there. Just when you think it's gonna slow down, something unexpected throws you back in. The best horror film of the 2000's.