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» DonJoaquin - The top 10 best horror movies, and 10 that i think is just bad.

Im from Norway so i hope you will overlook my bad spelling. But i love horror movies, but it's rather rare that i finish a movie and find my self scared, and moved by a movie. So that reflects my top 10 list here. There may be better movies than the one's i am listing, these are the movies that scared me the most at the time i saw them. And there is one rule that a horror movie must have, whit few exeptions. They have to end bad!!!

10 - Bram Stokers Dracula, a dark movie which i find as the best dracula movie made (havent seen all) and Anthony Hopkins allmost plays the most scary part in this movie as the crazy doctor.

9 - Braindead, not very scary, more like a comedy, but that doesn't make it any wors, a lovely bloody movie.

8 - Hostel, my first thought on this one was just sick, and that was what shock me, because this is a very realistic movie things like this occure, that was what made this movie so brilliant, (but surely poor acting)

7 - Seven, I have to put in this movie even thou it's not a horror movie. But it is just brilliant, and frightening enough.

6 - Jaws, saw this movie when i was 10 years old, and didn't want to take a bath fore days, still im a bitt weary when i go fore a swin in the sea.

5 - Cannibal holocaust, this movie just makes you want to kick something, it is so pervert and discusting, not so much goore as in many other cannibal movies but everything seems so real, it makes you wonder.

4 - The hills have eyes (have only seen the re make), but that was surprisingly goory for a new movie.

3 - Silence of the lambs, just a classic, and i love the ending!

2 - Saw 1! I just went to see this movie together whit a couple of friends because we were bored. And i thought that it would be a pretty lousy movie. And the acting is not much to brag about, and the movie it self i found just amusing, but it was when i came to the end that i was impressed. And the whole plot is brilliant. I found number two surprising as well, but not as geenius as the first.

1 - Shining, the ultimate best horror movie ever made, a classic. And everytime I see Nicholson in a movie i get scared, hehe.

There you have my top 10 horror movies, there are many movies that i have enjoyed watching but didn't make the list as i werent scared. But other movies i find amusing but not at all scary is the Halloween series, Freddy Crueger series, Texas chainsaw massacre, Bad Taste, and a lot of Stephen Kings novels as IT, children of the corn and so on. Evil dead, i could go on all night but i think my top 10 is final.

Now for the Horror movies who i found dull, and should never have been made. I only include newer movies, because you should expect a higher level from movies made in the last 15 years.

10. Jaws 4, do i have to say more

9. The Exorcist, (the new one) never been so dissapointed in my whole life.

8. The Ring, just stupid

7. Scream 2, more like a very bad comedy

6. Jeepers Creepers, just a sad experience!

5. The Exorcism of emely Rose, not such a bad movie but man was it boring.

4. Urban Legends 2, the first one was at least entertaining.

3. Blair wich Project 2, can't deside if the first or the second should come first but this one something actually happens, and i saw it on TV so i didn't have much expectations.

2. Blair Wich Project, i were so f.... mad when i saw this movie. What the f..... was the fuzz.... about it. Nothing happend in the entire movie and i saw it alone in the dark and it didn't scare me even ones. redicilus

1. The grudge 2, The worst 90 minutes of my whole life. why make movies like this, we are in 2006 godt damit. I were so f.... angry when i went out of the cinema after seeing this crap that i allmost asked for my money back.

I can list up a bunch of following up movies that perhaps are even worse than many of these, But these movies dissapointed me so badly that they are on my list. And i didnt list up, tradic movies like Killer tomatos, critters, and those sortes of movies because i found them entertaining.

Please dissagree whit me so that we may have a discussion!!!!!

-- posted by DonJoaquin

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» Sluke - The top 10 best horror movies, and 10 that i think is just bad.

In response to The top 10 best horror movies, and 10 that i think is just bad. posted by DonJoaquin:

Thanks for starting up a discussion. I'll forgive your spelling errors if you forgive mine.

Please allow me to talk about each movie you selected. I haven't put out my all time favorite movie list yet, I'll do that someday.

BEST-

10) Bram Stoker's Dracula-I liked the movie. I thought the acting and the filming was great. I thought some of the raw sexuality was there for just shock value, but the whole movie was beautiful.

9)Braindead-Never saw it. I will now though.

8) Hostel-Again, I don't care for this movie. Things like this do happen, but so did United 93. I want to escape from reality, not see horror that can happen. Just my preference.

7) Seven-An almost perfect movie. Not quite horror like you said, but still horrible enough. So shocking and brillant that you can't take your eyes off the screen. An ending that still gets me choked up.

6) Jaws-I saw this movie again a few weeks back and I'm scared of my bathtub again. A terrific score, great frights and good acting. You can't ask for more.

5) Cannibal Holocaust-Never saw it, sounds good though.

4) The Hills Have Eyes-I saw the original when I was very young, and was impressed with it. Mostly the idea of how the attackers kept coming out of nowhere. The new one is okay, but I don't like the gore. The acting was good though.

3) Silence of the Lambs-Scary, scary, scary. The idea of these sick killers, and the control they have over people, both mentally and phyiscally scared me. Is there anyone better than Hopkins?

2) Saw 1-Again, a great flick. Original, moving, scary, a brand new take on old ideas. Ruined almost, but the sequels.

1) The Shining-Is there anything creepier than those twin girls in the hallway telling him to "stay with us forever and ever?" Seeing this movie when I was younger scarred me for life. I've visted the real Stanley (I live in Colorado) and I was scared the whole time. Great acting, great direction...again, a perfect movie.

WORST FILMS:

10) Jaws 4. No you don't need to say more...anything after 2 is trash.

9) The Exorcist. I was worried you meant the original, which still makes me pee my pants. The new one is rubbish.

8) The Ring. Are you kidding? I love the first Ring movie. New, scary, great premise, great scenes. You're out of your mind.

7) Scream 2. Scream anything. Those movies were junk. Cheap junk trying to make jokes at the expense of a genre that never took itself seriously.

6) Jeepers Creeper? Again, this is madness. A slow movie, lulls you into a false sense of security than WHAM! Eating peoples eyes! Love this flick.

5) EX of Emily Rose. Yeah, the sadness of the true story bothered me. Some great scary scenes, but overall, it just bothered me thinking about what that family and others went through.

4) Urband Legends 2. I never saw this one, because I hated the first one. Was I supposed to believe this situation? Dumb idea for a movie, poorly executed and acted. The trifecta.

3) The Blair Witch 2-I was very disappointed in this movie. I had high hopes dashed against the rocks.

2) The Blair Witch-NO!!! Love this movie for what it is. A creepy story, told almost totally off camera. Sure there was no big payoff at the end, but who cares. The mind warp was worth the ride, and I loved it.

1) The Grudge 2-Don't know if I would call it the worst film of all time, but it is pretty bad. I hate filmmakers who take a good idea, and make it into sequels to make certain no one ever remembers the good idea. All people remember is the sequel. Damn sequels.

Well I agreed with you a lot, but not on everything. Great post.

-- posted by Sluke

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» sam8988378 - The top 10 best horror movies, and 10 that i think is just bad.

In response to The top 10 best horror movies, and 10 that i think is just bad. posted by DonJoaquin:

Truthfully, the whole "gore is more" trend of movies like Saw and Hostel just seems to replace genuine fright with revulsion. Remember the shower scene in "Psycho"? One didn't have to see the knife carving into skin or the muscle wall pulling away from the ribcage to feel horrified. By contrast, "The Shining" had its share of blood, but it was used more as a condiment, not an entree. It was also an excellent movie and deserves to be on a top 10 list.

I did like "The Ring". Stupid? I suppose everyone has seen a movie premise or two with which they can't relate. Samara was as unexplained as the source of the zombie plague in "Night of the Living Dead" (which should be in any top 10 hurror movie list), or the Chinese puzzle box in Hellraiser. The most we get by way of an explaination is that "she never sleeps". Who or what she is, is left up to the audience to speculate. The characters in this movie also believably convey their transition from the normal everyday to acceptance of the curse and its reality. I would like to see this in its original Japanese.

-- posted by sam8988378

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