Renewed Top 10 - Horror Films

It is time. It is that time of year. We are going to tackle TWO Best of Lists for the Horror genre. One for Slasher Flims... and one for Non-Slasher Horror films(just going to call it... Horror Films... hope you understand)

Disclaimer... there were ALOT of films that I had in the pools for both lists... and it was incredibly difficult to decide. If there is one on either list you think I'm missing, just know it was probably considered.

So...

Top 10 Horror Films

Here we go...

Honorable Mention 1: The Ring: Adapted from a Asian Film, about a tape(yes, VHS, scary I know) that if you watched it, you died in 7 days. Sad they made a sequel where it was a viral online video, and it FAILED. Great concept too.

Honorable Mention 2: The Amityville Horror: I'm citing both versions here. Brolin and Reynolds helming their respective versions. A well done psychological thriller. Smart, yet doesn't hold the hands of the viewers.

Honorable Mention 3: The Alien and Predator franchise: Yes, I am lumping them all together because it needs to be done. The penacle of the action horror genre, and they are one franchise, due to the Alien vs Predator movies.

10. Thir13en Ghosts(remake): Gory, more special effects heavy version. But this is the movie that started my love for Matthew Lillard. Enjoyed the lore that goes with this movie, but the overall story was weak... but the movie is goriously beautiful.

9. 1408: A skeptical author visits a supposed haunted hotel room and spends a night in hell. Based on a short story written by Stephen King. Oh... 1+4+0+8=13

8. The Exorcist: One of the most famous horror films of all time. And if you are reading this list, you most likely know about this film. Linda Blair... projectile vomit... "The Power of Christ Compells You"

7. The Silence of the Lambs: FBI Academy Student seeking counsel with Hannibal Lector to catch a killer. Iconic... Legendary... and Anthony Hopkins MADE this movie what it is.

6. Bram Stoker's Dracula: There are many version of Dracula in cinema. Including legends like Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi. But none are as close to the novel as this one...... and talking about legendary Draculas, this is the movie that made me love Gary Oldman.

5. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Speaking of movies close to the books, this one was SO close, I got to use it as my book report in 12th Year English. It started my love for Kenneth Branagh. And when you think of Frankenstein, you think of Igor, Boris Karloff, a lightning storm, and "IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!!" But...... really, it is Robert DeNiro, electric eels, and a self taught "monster".

4. The Sixth Sense: The movie that made M. Night Shyamalan a household name. One of the greatest twists in movie history. "I see dead people." Who doesn't know that line at least?

3. IT Chapters 1 & 2: This one is where I might lose some people, but I really loved the IT remakes. Tim Curry and the original movie/miniseries(2 episodes) is legendary, and a stacked cast. But I have to go with the remakes for a reason. The book and the original relied heavily on the flashbacks. And I get it. That is the story, set in the adult era, the flashbacks are the members of the Losers Club remembering Pennywise...... but the remakes separated them. The era when they were kids, the era when they were adults... and they still made clever use if the flashbacks. But what we got felt like a complete story. Fluid... and easier to follow. Still had a stacked cast(and helped push Finn Wolfhard's star into outer space). And as much as I love Tim Curry and his Pennywise... I commend Bill Skarsgård in making Pennywise TRULY terrifying.

2. The Shining: Stanley Kubrick... Jack Nicholson... iconically noted for making Stephen King angry for changing the aesthetic of the story, but I loooooooooove this version. And simply... when I think of Jack Nicholson, I think of The Shining. 

And my Number One Non-Slasher Horror Film is...

1. Doctor Sleep: Did it surprise anyone? I really loved this film. A sequel to The Shining. Follows Danny when he is older. And it has one of the most unsettling scenes I've ever seen in a film... and I loved it. Story is solid. And... I didn't think it would do either the Kubrick film of the book justice, and I think it did wonderfully well.

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What do you think? Anything I missed you think I should've added? Any shock you?

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