Top Ten Horror Movies

I have decided to post my Top Ten Favorite Horror Films and what I consider to be the best of the best. I’ve added my commentary and I have seen an alarming amount of horror films, so I have plenty to choose from and these are my favorites. I love all types of horror films except for I am not a real big fan the torture film. So here we go, my top ten!
Top 10 Horror
1. Poltergeist-
I think that this is one of the most beautiful films that I have ever seen in my entire life and I have never watched a horror movie to date that made me feel as much as this film did. I can still watch it from time to time but it’s honestly so intense that it has to be an occasional thing. The fact that the movie focuses on a family’s love for one another, and manages to scare the crap out of me is tremendous. I am still afraid to watch this movie, which is a pretty amazing thing considering how many times I’ve seen it. This is why I find this movie to be the greatest horror film of all time, no contest…nothing else will ever come close.
2.The Exorcist-
I kind of don’t even want to discuss it because it scares me so bad. Every once in awhile my husband will say something in the Regan Pazuzu voice and I then threaten to divorce him. In the restored version of the Exorcist we got our first glimpse at certain items such as the spider walk which I didn’t see when I watched the movie as a kid. I’m pretty sure watching that movie at age 11 was the start of my life long problems with sleeping. Also, in the restored version we got the subliminal images of the scariest thing I have ever seen in my life…Captain Howdy. So congrats, my brain will never be rid of that image. If you are a fan of the movie you should check out the book, it’s brilliant.
3. Bram Stoker’s Dracula-
Coppola’s 1992 version of Dracula is an amazing adaptation of Stoker’s book. I am in love with the book and the film is so awesome and it is like this painting that has come to life. The costumes and makeup are amazing, Gary Oldman is amazing, the rest of the cast was pretty good selection except for Keanu. Poor Keanu, I love him, but he ruined Jonathan Harker. I think this is the most romantic movie ever. This film does include such lines as “I love you too much to condemn you,” that’s effin romantic.
4.Twilight zone: The movie-
How Kade and I managed to watch this when we were so little I will never understand, but the phrase “Do you want to see something really scary?” messed me up, like for the rest of my life. The rest of the movie includes four unique mini movies and this has always been a favorite of me and Kade’s.
5.The Shining-
I had to include a Stephen King on my list even if I am referring to the Kubrick film which took some major liberties with the story. This is one of the greatest horror films ever made by anyone’s standards. The music is perfect, the scenery is perfect, Jack Torrance is ehhhh…not so perfect. The whole point is supposed to be a father’s descent into madness and Jack Nicholson pretty much plays the character bat shit crazy from the start. Anyways…this film is what horror is all about. It also includes one of the creepiest scenes ever…the two men with the masks on in the room. It’s such a short scene but it really stays with you and gives you the creeps. And the best scene ever…the blood pouring from the elevator…I can’t even breathe when I watch that scene. So awesome!
6. In the Mouth of Madness-
This movie is so differentand underappreciated.It focuses on a horror writer named Sutter Cane.It’s quite obviously an ode to another writer I love, but this movie is so unpredictable, surprising, and well made that I cannot believe I didn’t see this until I was 28 years old.This is super creepy movie with some insane imagery that will stay with you for days and I will never ever get the image of that old dude on the bike out of my head….ever…or that creepy painting. So underrated.
7.Let the Right One In-
I love the Swedes…what can I say. They make good music…ex. The Knife, Fever Ray, they make good men example: Alexander Skarsgård , and they make good movies…Let the Right One In. I read about this movie a long time before it came out and how it was supposed to be this amazing horror film about vampires but the twist was it involved kids. I finally got to see it and I fell completely in love with the movie. The story is amazing, it is definitely a unique look at vampires but this isn’t really a horror movie. It’s a story about friendship and about two lonely souls finding one another
8.Martyrs-
This is the most violent film that I have ever seen and will probably ever see.I know that probably not a lot of people could sit through it because it is so brutal. The actresses cry in every scene and in is extremely intense. I really don’t want to reveal too much because this film is one of the rarest experiences I have had in long time watching a film. I was speechless, in tears after watching the movie and then explained later to husband that it was beautiful. Again, it’s hard to go into detail but if you think you can stomach it the moral of the story is so incredibly deep I would love to be able to discuss it with someone else. I don’t consider it one of those awful “torture” films, even though the movie is essentially all violence. It’s just too hard to explain without ruining the experience. It’s worth it though.
9.Cloverfield-
I happened to be reading Stephen King’s the Stand in my senior year of high school, and I got a bad cold and was convinced that somehow I had the virus in the novel. Anyways…I’m not discussing the Stand the movie (which I thought was silly), I’m discussing Cloverfield and the feeling the movie gave me and how real it felt to me. The chaos, the confusion, the panic, and terror. I loved the movie, the shaky camera didn’t bother me at all and it made me care about the characters even more. As soon as the movie started I was immediately engrossed in the film and felt like this could really happen. I also like that every time I watch the movie I have the same feeling of dread hoping that somehow they will still get away and there will be a different ending.
10.The Ring-
So clever, so creepy, and so mainstream I even convinced my parental units to watch this movie with me. I watched the original film Ringu, and I have watched many foreign horror films and The Ring is the only American version that was just as good if not better. The story of this movie is just so original, and refreshing in a world of movies where it seems like ideas are always recycled. It was more of a horror mystery and had a great twist, I just think that it is a great underrated horror movie and I love the creepy lingering scare I get after watching it.