Posts Tagged ‘Horror’
Top 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.
READ MORETop Horror Films – #8 – Psycho
Psycho 1960; directed by Alfred Hitchcock; screenplay by Joseph Stefano, from the novel by Robert Bloch Allen: Alfred Hitchcock would forever change the game with Psycho.
READ MORETop Horror Films – #9 – The Descent
The Descent 2005; written and directed by Neil Marshall John: Neil Marshall is my favorite modern horror director, thanks to this film and Dog Soldiers. This tops my list of best horror of the new millennium.
READ MORETop Horror Films – #10 – An American Werewolf in London
An American Werewolf in London 1981; written and directed by John Landis John: Werewolves are my favorite horror monsters and this is my favorite horror movie of all time.
READ MOREFilm Review – The Landlord
The Landlord (2009) is a shoestring indie horror comedy, written and directed by Emil Hyde. It tells the story of brother and sister Tyler (Derek Dziak) and Amy (Michelle Courvais), who have the unenviable task of being the owners of an apartment building that a…
READ MORETop Horror Films – #11 – 28 Days Later
28 Days Later 2002; directed by Danny Boyle; written by Alex Garland Mark: For me, the peculiar power that lies behind a zombie film (and its offshoots) is the waiting game that’s induced. I often think to allow a zombie to run is to ruin…
READ MORETop Horror Films – #12 – Saw
Saw 2004; directed by James Wan; screenplay by Leigh Whannell; story by James Wan and Leigh Whannell Mike: Saw is in my top 5 favorite movies of all time. It’s wonderfully clever while remaining incredibly suspenseful and terrifying at the same time.
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