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Posted by Audiophilander on July 25, 2005 at 01:47:40:
Here are my recommended horror films (no particular order):
Psycho (Hitchcock) - One of the greatest psychological horror films of all time, with a break-out signature performance by Anthony Perkins as a taxidermist caretaker of a creepy little off-the-main-highway motel
Silence of the Lambs (Demme) - Relentlessly grisly with outstanding albeit disturbing signature performance by Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lector
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Wiene) - Surreal early expressionist German horror film involving somnambulism; supurb, intense and still quite disturbing to this day!
Faust (Murnau) - Awesome silent film with a bit more metaphysical drama thrown in than horror, involving the warring forces of good & evil, but the tragedy most certainly has horror elements that stay with you after the film's conclusion
The Haunting (Wise) - Supurb psychological horror flick in the old dark house mold, but perfectly paced chills and performances are guaranteed to send a chill up your spine, especially if viewed alone late at night.
The Exorcist (Friedkin) - Jody Foster in a pea-soup upchuck flick scarey enough to give you chills while making your head spin; great Mike Oldfield soundtrack.
Night of the Living Dead (Romero; original) - disturbingly creepy, cheaply made horror film from the 1960's that broke ground, rose above it and then made it's way across the country biting off an unexpectedly large chunk of the box-office along the way.
Freaks (Browning) - grisly horror film that pulls you into the world of side shows and human deformity
The Devil's Backbone (del Toro) - great atmospheric foreign horror film set in the 1930's during the Spanish Civil War
The Sixth Sense (Shymalan) - very disturbing edge of your seat ghost flick with a great twist
The Man Who Laughs (Leni) - late silent era horror film with some very disturbing historical situations that you can't get out of your mind once you've seen them
The Tingler (Castle) - guilty pleasure with some genuine chills; shot in B&W, but includes a color sequence that's bound to jolt
The Thing (Cartenter) - classic based upon John W. Campbell's short story (under the nom-de-plume Don A. Stewert) "Who Goes There" which appeaedr in Astounding SF in 1938; this version is much closer to the original than the carrot-man Christian Nyby version from the 1950's
Chicken Run - Mrs. Purdy's axe only falls once, but the rest of the film has the cast running around like chickens with their heads cut off trying to avoid a similar fate; that chicken pie machine will give the crustiest viewer nightmares! ;^)
Schindler's List - Technically not a horror flick, but I defy anyone to watch this and not have the sensation of being a reluctant voyeur to cruel and unimaginable horrors.
Honorable mention:
Farenheit 9/11 - The featured actor, or rather bad actor who was given the lead in this film, makes Frankenstein look like Pee Wee Herman! This film has suspense: The silence of the lamb, or rather the pet goat, monopolizes the screen for long minutes while cities fall and thousands perish. Poignancy: in other scenes soldiers scramble to survive the horrors of war while U.S. corporations divide up the spoils abnd bring in private contractors, etc., and much MUCH Moore. Were this not a documatary F9/11 would probably make my Top 15 Horror Show List. :o)
It's getting rather late, so I'll make that the last entry.
Cheers,
AuPh