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Jump in your Seat! My Top Ten Horror FilmsMar 03 '06 (Updated May 06 '06) Write an essay on this topic.The Bottom Line These movies all made me jump in my seat. Ah, the black sheep genre of the film industry, Horror! Yet, a well made Horror film is just good pure fun to watch because now and then we all like to be SCARED! So then, here are 10 films that made me jump in my seat or at least kept me on the very edge. Ten: Evil Dead (directed by Sam Raimi 1981) What can I say about the first cult classic film made on a budget of a little over $300,000.00 with high school friends, Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell? It catapulted Campbell to B-movie stardom. Yet this first Evil Dead film was about straight scares, its not til Evil Dead II or Army of Darkness, that the funny side of Ash comes to light. Even though this was low budget, Raimi's use of odd camera angles, unknown actors and that creepy cabin in the woods, this movie made me jump out of my seat! Nine: From Dusk til Dawn (written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Robert Rodriguez 1996) This one definitely had a few good scares, although its on my list more as just a fun example of horror by two directors not usually associated with the genre. Yet, their first foray into the world of beautiful strippers turned bloodsucking vampires was a thrill filled horror rollercoaster with lots of arterial spray. Quetin himself is one of the stars with George Clooney as a pair of robbers who take a family (Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis) hostage, but stop off at the wrong bar to quench their thirst. Salma Hayek makes one sexy vampire. Eight: What Lies Beneath (Directed by Robert Zemeckis 2000) Got to have a Ghost story on the top ten list, and this one is my favorite. Someone is haunting the ideal existence of our everyday action hero good guy Harrison Ford and his model wife, Michelle Pfieffer. For such a laid back movie with little gore, this one still packed a wallop in its key scenes. Plus this movie proves that casting against typecasting can work wonders in the surprise department. Seven: Nightmare on Elm Street (directed by Wes Craven 1984) Craven's first series of this popular 80's horror franchise starring Robert Englund as the nightmare dwelling Freddy Krueger frightened the heck out of me the first time I watched it. one, two, Freddy's coming for you, three, four, better lock your door, five, six, grab your crucifix Look for one of Johnny Depp's first movie appearances! Six: The Thing (directed by John Carpenter 1982) I remember getting scared by the original 1950s movie when I was a little kid. This 82 remake was even better, leaving the good scary parts of the original, but using better special effects, better editing, better acting than the somewhat dusty original. Set on a remote base in Antarctica, a strange space ship is dug up from under the ice by the dozen residents. And then there were 11.. Five: 28 Days Later (directed by Danny Boyle 2002) A modern day zombie movie, even if technically, the zombies were just people infected and insane. Cillian Murphy is one of the last men alive fighting for survival in this post plague infested England. Here the mutant hordes don't saunter along like most zombies either, they run at you screaming! This movie had more than a few moments that made me jump back into my seat. Four: Alien (directed by Ridley Scott 1979) In space, noone can hear you scream From the H.R. Giger sets, to the claustrophobic interiors of the Nostromo, this was the first great sci-fi horror film. The first time I saw it, I most definitely jumped out of my seat a few times. Once, it turned out to be the crew's cat, the other times I had good reason to jump. I understand that when they filmed the alien birth scene, the actors actually jumped for real themselves. Three: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (directed by Tobe Hooper 1974) No not the gore filled 2004 remake, the 1974 low buget original, thats the scary one. This movie set a new standard for horror, and gave me goosebumps. The plot as one comedian points out can be quickly ascertained from the title; TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE Was it a true story? I don't know, and I don't want to know, all I know is the original was a terrifying film, unmatched by any of its pathetic sequels or unimaginative remakes. Two: Dawn of the Dead (directed by George Romero 1978) My all time favorite zombie movie, the second of Romero's zombie saga was one of the scariest movies I ever saw. I was a teenager when I first saw this at a midnight showing, which is the best way to see Dawn of the Dead. Not only was it a horror film, but it was also biting social satire. This film still stands up to most of today's horror films for gore, frights, and overall jump factor. Even though the 2004 remake was very good, the original still holds its own. The scariest movie ever? Is it zombies? vampires? ghosts? Nope, much scarier than that! Aliens? Nope. Psycho killers? Ax weilding maniacs? Serial killers who prey on hitchhikers? Nope, the top of my list is scarier than any of these mundane subjects that for the most part are unreal and imaginary anyway. One: Thirteen (written & directed by Catherine Hardwicke 2003) Written and directed by an actual 13 year old girl, this chilling tale simply recounts the horrors that your budding teenager can find themselves in. The threats aren't imaginary or unrealistic at all. They are drugs, piercings, sex too soon, alcohol, slipping grades, depression, trying too hard to fit in by making all the wrong choices. It was exactly because this film was so real and so much more possible, that makes 13 the scariest film I have ever seen.  |
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