Today I perused Film.com’s Top 5 Horror Movies of 2009 list out of curiosity. I had a feeling Paranormal Activity would be on it, but what else would make the list? I honestly couldn’t remember all that had come out.
They broke it down like this:
- My Bloody Valentine 3D
- Drag Me to Hell
- The Last House on the Left
- Paranormal Activity
- Orphan
Why people liked Drag Me to Hell I don’t understand. It’s the first movie in a long time I’ve turned off. (I shut it down after the old lady is hiding in the back of the girl’s car after she gets off work and they have an absolutely ridiculous cat fight –where the old lady almost wins! It was absurd. ABSURD! I can’t emphasize that enough. Yet, I’m in the minority. Every one else claims if I’d kept watching I would have liked it. Doubtful. I couldn’t buy that part and when I can’t suspend my disbelief for a movie anymore, well…that does it for me.)
I haven’t seen any of the others. They’re all in my Netflix queue though waiting to be delivered.
And then there’s my personal fave because of the zombie aspect: Zombieland. It got an honorable mention on Film.com’s list. It had it’s rough spots too, but overall the funny outweighed the flaws and kept me amused. Glad it made the reviewer’s list, even as an HM.
What are your favorite horror films of all time?
Oh man, you ask hard questions! That’s a TOUGH one. The Night of the Hunter was pretty good, though it’s probably not considered Horror really is it? All I know is it freaked me out.
And I was a HUGE Nightmare on Elm Street fan when it first came out. HUGE! (That’s since waned.)
But as far as ones that I watch over and over again even now and never seem to tire of: Dawn of the Dead (2004), Halloween (1978), The Wicker Man (1973), Shaun of the Dead (yes, I know it’s more comedy maybe than horror, but I like it; it’s the zombies!), and Ghost Ship (2002). One I just saw not too long ago for the first time but I found excellent was Dead of Night (1945). Two I can’t watch alone because even though by today’s standards the effects are now cheesy but the premise still freaks me out is The Fury and Exorcist. One I don’t know the name of but saw when I was little and would love to see again now that I’m older was about a lady who was actually old, maybe even dead, and had to drink some stuff to keep her young. (Or take stuff. I don’t remember.) I do remember if she didn’t, she got all ucky and then set out to kill whoever stood in the way of revealing her secret. It had to be from the 30s or 40s. It’s a black and white one. Don’t know what it was, but it was pretty good.
Okay, now your turn!