100 Scariest Movies
Allen October 31st, 2004
Still have lots to get done, but I wanted to blog this before I forgot about it. Database problems at work are still pressing, but the family is watching The Nightmare Before Christmas, a family tradition, and I thought I would write about this while we are watching.
Bravo TV recently ran a series of documentaries about the 100 Scariest Movie Moments. I’ve never been a big fan of the ‘gruesome gore’ style of scary movies, I found out that I have seen quite a few more than I realized.
So from the accompanying website, I present my selection from their list, some from their list I would like to see that I have yet to see as well as some other favorites.
100. 28 Days Later Haven’t seen this one yet, but it sounds like a good one.
99. Creepshow Never did like that one, but the final sequence with E. G. Marshall is a classic scene. Still bugs me.
96. The Birds One of Hitchcock’s weakest feature movies, still pretty good for a thrill.
95. Jurassic Park Excellent movie with excellent special effects. Wished they would have stopped with this one.
88. Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I don’t remember if they highlighted the remake or the original. Most film critics like the original while I’ve seen the remake.
80. Poltergeist Excellent movie with some classic scary scenes.
79. Dracula They highlighted the old, classic version with Bela Lugosi. Scared the pants off me when I was young. I also like the version with Frank Langella. I would like to see Fracis Ford Coppola’s version.
77. Signs Fairly good M. Night Shyamalan movie, but I wouldn’t call it a scary one. Creepy perhaps.
74. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Freaky during the tunnel scene, but not scary.
71. The Sixth Sense Now that was a scary movie. This one is probably one of Shyamalan’s best.
65. Marathon Man Is it safe? Still get shudders from that drill and being asked a question you can’t answer.
59. Fatal Attraction While some of the critics sited the ending as what they loved the best, for me it turned a psychological thriller into a boogie man movie — one step down in my estimation. I’m more frightened of what could happen than what can’t happen.
50. The Last House on the Left I remember hearing about it when I was young and was simply frightened by the thought of this movie. I’m still not sure if I ever want to see it, but the scene that I sampled didn’t look too appealing. Of course, if it did seem appealing, I might need to check myself into a mental hospital.
48. The Thing The John Carpenter remake. Excellent film with great special effects.
47. Nosferatu Still haven’t seen it, but I’ve seen samples from it. I think this might be one of those films that I would like to have seen, but not sure I want to see it. Kind of like a classic book — you want to have read it, but don’t want to read it.
42. American Werewolf in London Love the movie, but I keep expecting the main character to break into a Dr. Pepper song.
39. Dawn of the Dead Great movie, but my wife hates it. We went to see it before we started dating with a group. She kept diving into my arms — perhaps one of the reasons I’ve always liked it.
35. Aliens Never seen it all the way through. Would like to some day.
34. The Hitcher Looks to be a good psycho-type movie.
33. The Fly The remake with Jeff Goldblum. Again, I’ve never seen it all the way through. Not from lack of trying, but it just never seems to happen.
I’ll finish this when they have posted 31-1 films. They didn’t have on (as far as I can tell): Interview with a Vampire (the scene in the sun chamber and the feast are excellent) and Rear Window. I’ll think of others when I finish up.
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