40 Great horror films for the Halloween
1. Rosemary's baby 1968
2. Alien 1979
3. The thing
1982
4. Halloween 1978
5. The shining 1980
6. Jaws 1975
7. The evil dead
1981
8. The exorcist
1973 (based on a novel by
William Peter Blatty, 1971), USA,
director:
William Friedkin
9. The silence of
the lambs 1991
10.
Videodrome 1983
11.
Psycho 1960
12.
The Texas Chain Saw massacre 1974, USA, director, co-writer, co-producer & music by: Tobe
Hooper
13.
An American Werewolf in
London 1981
14.
Persona 1966
15.
Night of the hunter 1955
16.
Twin Peaks: Fire walk with
me 1992
17.
The changeling 1980
18.
Inland Empire 2006
19.
Suspiria 1977
20.
A nightmare on Elm Street 1984, USA, director & writer: Wes Craven
21.
High tension 2003
22.
Shaun of the dead 2004
23.
Les diaboliques 1955
24.
Dead ringers 1988
25.
Carrie 1976
26.
The wicker man 1973
27.
Berberian Sound Studio 2012
28.
Don’t look now 1973
29.
Freaks 1932
30.
The sixth sense 1999
31.
A tale of two sisters 2003, South Korea
The acclaimed
Korean filmmaker responsible for I saw the devil (unfortunately being
remade for white America) has never topped his breakout film, one of the very
few flicks to earn the overused 'slow-burn' moniker. A typical ghost story that
gradually unfurls into something altogether unknown, Jee-woon’s film crawls at
an astonishingly slow pace, which is how it can get up right behind you and tap
you on the shoulder without your noticing. The camera ever-so-slowly creeps
along, making its way to what we know is something horrible waiting just
outside of the frame. Those without patience need not apply; everyone else,
bring a date with a strong forearm, cause you’ll be grabbing for it a lot. (I
watched this alone on a dark and stormy night while a little tipsy and at one
point I got so freaked out I literally fell out of my chair. I had no forearm
to grab, sadly.)
32.
Pulse aka Kairo 2001
33.
The exorcist III 1990
34.
Re-animator 1985
35.
Carnival of souls 1962
36.
Let the right one in 2008
37.
The house of the devil 2009
38.
Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979
39.
Drag me to hell 2009
40.
Candyman 1992
