Saturday, October 23, 2010

I wanna barf

What happened to suspense? Halloween? Jaws? Where the Soundtrack and the impending danger is what freaked you the fuck out. Recent horror films get right to the action of killing. And stay with the killing. Will this person ever die? Still killing. Wow, he just keeps stabbing her in the face. This is very disturbing. Maybe that lunatic on the corner screaming through a bullhorn about violence on tv and film being bad for children is right? Nah, he just pissed his pants.


For those that don’t want to see gratuitous violence which seems to be the new horror of the 2000’s which involves repeated stabbing (Rob Zombie garbage) and carpentry work on limbs, (Saw series), and are too much of weenies to watch anything truly frightening (as that list is seriously long) but are instead looking for a more fun time viewing this Halloween, here is my top 10 list of fun horror movies that are part scary but mostly awesomely fun.


Top 10 Awesomely Fun Horror List



1. Evil Dead 2 (1987)



Duh. Watch it. I talk to a lot of peeps that think they might have seen this but they’re not sure. Trust me if you’ve seen this you’d remember. It’s amazing.











2. Re-Animator (1985)



I just remember loving this when I saw it a few years back.

My memory is bad. I dunno. It’s great. Watch it already.















3. Drag Me to Hell (2009)



This wasn’t promoted very well, and it’s saddening to think that this

went by without getting the attention it deserved. Basic concept that

goes a long way with a great director.












4. Creep Show (1982)



Five short stories which are forever burned into my memory. Nuff said.












5. The Fly (1986)


Warning. Do not eat anything with a tomato base, or any liquid say

like queso, as there is a lot of gross shit that goes down involving vomit and blood and a shirtless Goldblum. Barf.














6. Gremlins (1984)



Come on, it’s Gremlins. Not to sound like a screenwriting tool but

the original script was a lot more horror filled before it got into the hands of family friendly Spielberg

at the time. There was no cute and cuddly Gizmo! I know!










7. Child’s Play (1988)



The Chucky franchise has made a mockery out of the original Child’s Play film. Shit I forgot it was called Child’s Play and not Chucky. Not to say it wasn’t self aware of it’s campy-ness, but it eventually turned into a parody of itself much like what happened to the Nightmare on Elm Street series. But the original has a lot of genuine scares.










8. Fright Night (1985)



Vampire movie. Kind of slow, kind of dated, but it has great old-fashioned horror effects. The best character is ‘Evil Ed,’ who steals the show. Look at him, he's not even the main character and he's on the cover cuz he's that amazing. They’re doing a remake of FN currently and McLovin will be reprising the role of ‘Evil Ed.’ I’m intrigued.















9. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)



Most films that take place in one location bore the shit out of me. Loose script, awesome cast, fun gore, this is good stuff.









10. Idle Hands (1999)



It’s a lot sillier than scary for you true blue weenies.














Honorable Mentions:


Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters, Tremors, The Burbs, Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland, and Nightmare on Elm Street.


What did I miss?

2 comments:

  1. Just based on vague memory,"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" scared the shit out of me as a child.

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  2. good choices there erick..here are some of my picks of fun horror movies or'comedy horror'

    Abbott and Costello Meet ..." " 1940's-50's
    Beware! The Blob 1973
    Young Frankenstein 1974
    The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975
    Attack of the Killer Tomatoes 1978
    An American Werewolf in London 1981
    Little Shop of Horrors 1986
    Killer Klowns from Outer Space 1988
    Scary Movie 2000
    Zombieland 2009

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