Top 100 Movies: No. 84 - Alien (1979)
Posted on October 31, 2007
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“In space no one can hear you scream.” One of the best taglines ever for one of the scariest movies ever - Alien, No. 84 in my Top 100 Movies list.
This flick could have easily made it into my Top 15 Movies to Watch on Halloween. However, I limited the movies in that list to those which are typically thought of as Halloween fare - haunted houses, ghosts, the undead, the boogeyman, etc. That being said, I may have to make room in that list for Alien next year.
I know, a lot of people prefer Aliens. Not me. Aliens is an action movie first and horror film second. I love action flicks, but great horror movies are released so infrequently that it is really special when one works as well as Alien. Not to mention, Alien has one of the most famous (or infamous) scenes in horror movie history. Antacid anyone?
The original trailer for this flick is incredible. Be sure to check it out . . .
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Top 15 Movies To Watch On Halloween (Part II)
Posted on October 25, 2007
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As promised, here are Nos. 10 through 6 in my list of the Top 15 Movies to Watch on Halloween (you can find Part I here).
10. High Tension (2005)
We start off with an intense flick.
“Haute Tension,” a 2003 French horror film, was released in the U.S. as High Tension in 2005. It was directed by Alexandre Aja, who directed the remake of The Hills Have Eyes, another intense flick.
For those of you terrified by subtitles, don’t fret - this movie has few subtitles and you forget that you’re even watching a foreign film. Besides, why not expand your horizons a little? OK, High Tension is not going to expand your horizons. Unless you desire to expand your horror movie horizons and subject yourself to an intense, shocking, gory, terrifying and disturbing movie.
You’ve been warned. I’m serious.
9. Friday the 13th (1980)
Ahhh, the original and best. Featuring a young Kevin Bacon, post Animal House. The sequels got progressively inane and were essentially the same movie rehashed after Part II (the first appearance of Jason, pre-hockey mask), but the original is a good “slasher” movie.
The trailer is kind of annoying though. Anybody else with me on that?
8. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Admit it, you were a little scared to sleep after you saw A Nightmare on Elm Street. Come on, you know it’s true. Blame it on Wes Craven. He did an excellent job making scenes look like nightmares - Freddy’s five-foot (or so) long arms in the alley, Nancy running up the stairs only to have her feet get stuck in some gooey substance, etc., etc.
If you need another reason to watch it - a pre-21 Jump Street Johnny Depp stars in this flick.
7. The Thing (1982)
The Thing is a remake of a 1951 monster/science fiction movie and number two on my list of favorite John Carpenter movies. Carpenter is a master at creating an atmosphere of fear, dread, panic and isolation. If you haven’t seen this flick, do so. It’s a horror masterpiece.
6. Psycho (1960)
A classic. After all these years, Psycho is still creepy and scary as hell.
While watching the trailer (which is long, but stick with it), be sure to take note of the happy/cheerful music and Hitchcock’s delivery. Genius.
So, what do you think so far? Part III is coming up next Tuesday, the day before Halloween. Yeah, I timed it that way. Pretty cleaver, I mean clever, huh?
Don’t forget, I will reveal No. 86 in my Top 100 Movies tomorrow.
Have fun watching The Office tonight.
Ok, that’s it. Boo.
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