My friend and fellow
blogger (At The Paxton Configuration), William
Johnson, contributes our next Sunday list (preceding results later this
afternoon).
Vis-à-vis horror films
circa 1960 – 2000, Will writes:
“Honorable Mention:
Though I do consider Alien a horror film, I still like
to consider it primarily a hybrid (at the most) and sci-fi (at the least) so it
is not included here. I also haven't seen The Exorcist!!!! So
I can't include it (don't hurt me).
When I think of horror, I think of
slashers/monsters/social commentary films using excessive and unbelievable
beings of evil (or similar). I must say, though, that horror is not a genre I
am well versed in:
01).Halloween
(1978)
The rest are in any
order:
02) Hellraiser
(1986)
03) Dawn of
the Dead (1978)
04) Wes
Craven's New Nightmare (1996)
05) Scream (1996)
06) Army of
Darkness (1992)
07) A
Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
08)Hellraiser III:
Hell on Earth (1993)
09) Near Dark (1987)
10) Tales
from the Hood (1995)
11) Bordello
of Blood (I can't help it ... I love it)
Will, I think you would
love The Exorcist (1973), but don't worry...I won't
hurt you for not having seen it. But if you still haven’t seen it by next
Halloween, watch out… :)
I especially love that
your list includes Wes Craven's New Nightmare, a brilliant re-imagination of the
Elm Street mythos, with a Pirandello-esque, 1990s "meta" twist.
My hat is also off to you for your inclusion of Tales from the Hood (1995),
one of my all-time favorite horror movie anthologies.
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