My Favourite Films by Genre: Horror
Submitted by 1922 on Thu, 08/26/2004 - 05:23
Tags:
- 1. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick)
- 2. Halloween (John Carpenter)
- 3. The Haunting (Robert Wise)
- 4. Dracula (Terence Fisher)
- 5. The Exorcist (William Friedkin)
- 6. Poltergeist (Tobe Hooper)
- 7. Jaws (Steven Spielberg)
- 8. Misery (Rob Reiner)
- 9. Sleepy Hollow (Tim Burton)
- 10.Creepshow (George A. Romero)
Good choices with the two King adaptions! Nice to see Creepshow and Dracula there too.
'Dracula' is one of my favourites, because of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
'Creepshow': Because it was a very positive surprise. I watched it and didn't expect very much, but for some reason I really liked it.
Lots of solid classic choices here (The Shining, Halloween, The Haunting), and I'm glad to see someone else thought Sleepy Hollow was that good. Q: Are you defining "Horror" as encompassing or as separate from "Slasher"?
For me, Slasher is just a sort of subgenre of horror.
Interesting. I think I would rank Texas Chainsaw Massacre above Poltergeist in rating the top 10 myself, but both are good movies. Can I ask what specifically you liked about Poltergeist?
1. I haven't yet seen 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'.
2. What did I like about 'Poltergeist'? Well, let me think. The characters were likable, a few scenes memorable and the effects quite good. Not a masterpiece, but definetly fun.