MacGuffin Team Picks
Top 15 Films of 2024 – Allen’s Picks
Normally, when I sit down to write these end of year lists, I have a fairly good understanding of where certain films will land. The top five to seven entries are usually locked into place, and it’s just a matter of sorting out the remaining…
READ MORETop Horror Films – #1 – The Exorcist
The Exorcist 1973; directed by William Friedkin; screenplay by William Peter Blatty, from his novel Allen: What is it about The Exorcist that has left such an impression on audiences?
READ MORETop Horror Films – #2 – Alien
Alien 1979; directed by Ridley Scott; screenplay by Dan O’Bannon; story by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett Allen: To me, not only does Alien belong up there as one of the best horror films, but also one of the best science fiction films ever made.
READ MORETop Horror Films – #3 – The Shining
The Shining 1980; directed by Stanley Kubrick; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson, from the novel by Stephen King Jeremy: The Shining is as seminal as films come.
READ MORETop Horror Films – #4 – Halloween
Halloween 1978; directed by John Carpenter; written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill Allen: Of all the movie killers in film history, none had quite the effect on me as Michael Myers did in Halloween.
READ MORETop Horror Films – #5 – The Thing
The Thing 1982; directed by John Carpenter; screenplay by Bill Lancaster, from the story by John W. Campbell, Jr. John: The best remake ever made.
READ MORETop Horror Films – #6 – A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984; written and directed by Wes Craven John: When you die in your dreams, you die in real life. One of the best ideas in the history of film.
READ MORETop Horror Films – #7 – Jaws
Jaws 1975; directed by Steven Spielberg; screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb, from the novel by Peter Benchley Allen: The birth of the blockbuster film was here, with Steven Spielberg’s Jaws.
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