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11:19 AM on May 30, 2008
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FOLLOWING IS THE TOP TEN LIST OF THE SCARIEST MOVIES OF ALL TIMES. THE MOVIES OF TWENTYFIRST CENTURY DO NOT MERIT AN ENTRY IN THIS GENRE(THOUGH THEY FIND ENTRY IN THE GENRE OF PSYCHO THRILLERS)
1. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) * When Christine (played by Mary Philbin) pulled Erik's (played by Lon Chaney) mask off and his hideous face beneath was revealed, audiences (Men and women) screamed and passed out from fear. Some bolted from the theater.
2. HOUSE OF WAX (1953) The surprise of HOUSE OF WAX (Besides the fact that it was shot in 3D!!!) is that it was played for droll laughs right up until the time that Vincent Price grabs his victim. She beats against his face, causing his wax visage to break and fall away, revealing the grotesque features beneath.
3. PSYCHO (1960) A movie that, like nearly all horror movies, unnerves the audience with a suggestive "It could happen to YOU" undercurrent. Robert Bloch's first masterpiece in movies.
4. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)* Some movies build up to the shocks, some movies throw in unexpected shocks, but NIGHT was the first movie I ever saw where the tension begins in the first 5 minutes and Never - Lets - Up. No explanation for why the dead are coming back to life.
5. ASYLUM (1972)* Animated killer dolls with human organs inside them; body parts stuffed in bags and still moving; this Peter Cushing classic so pushed the edge of Horror that it was banned in many countries. Robert Bloch's second movie masterpiece.
6. THE EXORCIST (1973)* This movie so terrified audiences that some even checked themselves into mental hospitals after seeing it. William Friedkin, the Director, was a bastard to be sure in the handling of his actors. That said, the movie became an all time classic and its all right there on screen. Ellen Burnstyn was tortured by her director during the movie. To make her appear scared or jump he would come up behind her - just out of range of the camera, and fire a gun.
7. JAWS (1972) Like THE EXORCIST, this movie so terrified audiences that there were people by the thousands (in letters to newspapers and on talk radio shows) who refused to get more than knee deep in the ocean ever again .This Horror / Scary movie is a tribute to Steven Speilberg, who made this film at the very height of his hunger as a film maker. He has made many other good movies in his career, but none so breathtaking as JAWS
8. CARRIE (1976).DePalma started this movie off as a slow burner, using the Vincent Price tactic of humor and frights, and creeping us out every time we had to deal with Carrie's (Sissy Spacek) house and her Mother (Piper Laurie).
9. ALIEN (1979) Shock after shock had audiences leaping from their seats. From the "Face hugger" scene to the infamous chest burster and beyond, Ridley Scott's movie frightened audiences with a futuristic premise that couldn't possibly ever happen to them.
10. FINAL DESTINATION (1999) Fans know of that certain scene that will make you leap out of your seat and shout, the entire audience shouted or screamed. A true classic in every sense of the word.
OMEN(2006) IS ALSO GOOD AS AN AMERICAN FATHER REALISES HIS SON IS DEVIL INCARNATE.
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