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American Werewolf in London, An (1981)
IMDB rating: 7.40
Plot: Two American students are on a walking tour of England and are attacked by a Werewolf. One is killed, the other is mauled. The Werewolf is killed, but reverts to it’s human form, and the townspeople are able to deny it’s existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on 4 feet at first, but then finds that his friend and other recent victims appear to him, demanding that he find a way to die to release them from their curse, being trapped between worlds because of their unnatural death.
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Directors: Landis John
Actors: David Naughton,Dunne Griffin,Woodvine John,Belcher Joe,Schofield David,Glover Brian,Mayall Rik,Baker Sean,Ryan Paddy,Oz Frank,McKillop Don,Kember Paul,Comedy,Horror,Romance,Thriller,
Pick Your Top Five Out Of These Horror Movies?
Okay, so I’m deciding what to watch on Halloween with my friends and my brother, and clearly I have too many options, so help me narrow it down by picking your top five outta these choices, and please say why or why not for any specific movies:
Halloween (1978)
Friday the 13th (1980)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
The Children of the Corn (1984)
The Exorcist (1973)
Poltergeist (1982)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Candyman (1992)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
The Ring 1 & 2 (2002 & 2005)
House of 1000 Corpses (?)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Psycho (1960)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Poltergeist (1982) - Has to be one of the most unrealistic ghost films ever made , but it also has to be one of the most scariest , the poltergeist didn’t scare me the little girl did , the story was far fetched but the movie is immense and entertaining.
The Exorcist (1973) - Nothing worse than seeing a young girl masturbate with a cross and spinning her head around , by far one of the most shocking main stream cinema films ive ever seen but still very good.
An American Werewolf in London (1981) - One of the most realistic werewolf films i have ever seen , the transformation and make up that went into creating the wolf was pretty amazing , the special edition dvd’s explain how much work they needed and how the director really wanted you to see the disgusting changes you go through when you come a werewolf.
Halloween (1978) - Great slasher movie to watch with your mates , has some seriously intense scenes which is what all horror movies need! One of my fave movie theme tunes of all time as well.
The Ring (2002) - Without a doubt one of the freakiest movies i have ever seen , the original was much better but the remake was made pretty good in my opinion , fanboi’s of the original will disagree but i found it extremely disturbing and fantastic to watch.
| Oct 29, 2009
1) Halloween 2) A Nightmare on Elm Street 3) Psycho 4) Friday the 13th 5) The exorcist
GO FOR HALLOWEEN!!! Thats the creepiest movie ever! Its weird because he cant die and that he walks all the time!
Chason95 | Oct 29, 2009
oh this is easy.
The Children of the Corn
The Ring
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Psycho
Poltergeist
Melissa | Oct 29, 2009
Psycho (it’s classic, the music is creepy, and you could probably make fun of it. You’ve got to see it at least once)
The Silence of the Lambs (I saw the prequel, "Red Dragon". I was impressed)
The Exorcist (is the most infamous of these, approach with caution)
The Children of the Corn (STEPHEN KING)
Halloween (because it scares people who are used to horror movies)
whitephoenixrising | Oct 29, 2009
The Exorcist (1973)
Poltergeist (1982)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
whatdidisay | Oct 29, 2009
Nightmare on Elm Street
Poltergeist
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Blair Witch Project
Silence of The Lambs
Senator Padme Amidala Skywalker | Oct 29, 2009
Halloween (1978) - my favorite horror movie. a creepy horror film with very little violence.
American Werewolf in London - one of my favorite horror comedies, right alongside Shaun of the Dead.
Candyman - always creepy. his voice gives me the willies, I used to watch this on Halloween all the time.
Poltergeist - creepy ghosts, good old-fashioned horror
The Exorcist - disturbing, mainly for the religious aspect.
Raymond | Oct 29, 2009
I’ve seen all but Ring 2, An American Werewolf, House of 1000Corpses and The Exorcism of Emily Rose. My picks would be:
Halloween–one of the great 80s kill-all-the-teen slasher flicks. and it’s aged better than some of the others, imo.
The Exorcist–some consider it the scariest movie ever made; others consider it only borderline scary. there’s only one way you’ll know which you are. though I don’t consider it really the scariest movie I’ve ever scene, it certainly has some of the most disturbing imagery, imo.
Candyman–great, great creepy flick. of course, Clive Barker is just freaky anyway.
Night of the Living Dead–ultimate zombie classic. a must see if you want to consider yourself any kind of horror connoisseur. low budget, bad acting, laughable zombies. but it just gets to you after a while. sure the zombies are laughable, but you can’t stop them. and the movie rises above from the social overtones
The Blair Witch Project–a love it or hate it. I loved this one. It scares the crap out of you without showing a thing. You have to buy into it and get into the premise from the beginning to really appreciate it.
Psycho and The Silence of the Lambs are excellent, but they aren’t really horror flicks–more thrillers. I Know What You did Last Summer and The Children of the Corn are both mediocre. They’re mildly entertaining but far from great. Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street are both classics in their way, but I think Halloween has aged better and they all have a similar premise. Poltergeist is good but more family friendly. Personally, I hated The Ring 1, but I just happened to figure out the twist early on and it spoiled the movie for me.
have fun. great list.
LilyRT | Oct 29, 2009
I won’t rank them in any particular order, but my top 5 are "Halloween", "The Exorcist", "Poltergeist", and two that are not on your list, "The Haunting" (1963 version) and "The Fly" (1986 version).
Most Horror movies are just a bunch of blood and "boo" moments connected by what can usually be generously called a "plot". To me, this is not Horror. Plus, two of the movies you listed aren’t even Horror movies - they’re Suspense ("Psycho" and "The Silence of the Lambs"). And, "The Blair Witch Project" wasn’t even scary.
Halloween -
Michael is the embodiment of unstoppable, relentless Evil. Evil that kills seemingly just to kill. No emotion. No motive. You don’t know why he’s targeted you, but he’s going to kill you; and there’s nothing you can do to stop him.
The Exorcist -
The corruption of innocence. A demon destroying a little girl bit by bit, seemingly just because it can.
Poltergeist -
The dead hate you, and it doesn’t matter that you didn’t disturb them on purpose. You disturbed them, and that’s all that matters; and they will have their revenge.
The Haunting (1963) -
You have intruded on the Evil inhabiting the old house. You knew it was there and you came, anyway, believing that you could remain detached and above it all. And now the house will exact a price for your temerity and hubris.
The Fly (1986) -
The corruption of the flesh and the mind. You dabbled in things you shouldn’t have, and you have brought the destruction of your body and your mind upon yourself.
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aladdinwa | Oct 29, 2009
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
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