Browse all 18,932 Movie lists on List Challenges. Thrillist - The 30 Greatest, Straight-Up Ass-Kicking Action Movies of the Century. Ridley Scott's philosophical, perverse addition to sci-fi franchise is the best movie in the series after the original one-two punch. ![]() The 100 Scariest Movie Moments is an American television documentary miniseries that aired in late October 2004 on Bravo. Aired in five 60-minute segments, the. Last week we reflected on Bravo’s “100 Scariest Movie Moments” special, which originally aired on the network back in 2004. The multi-part special counted down. ![]() The 2. 5 Best Horror Films Of The 2. Century So Far. Check out Indie. Wire’s newest list of best horror films of the 2. By the pricking of my thumbs, a holiday- themed list feature this way comes. Yep, All Hallow’s Eve is almost upon us, and while the temptation to do some kind of “Before I Go To Sleep“- themed feature was a great one, we thought we should put together something appropriately spooky to get you in the mood for tomorrow night’s festivities. So, during a break from making our costumes for the annual Playlist Halloween party (popular choices this year: the Babadook, Kevin Feige, Alexander from “Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” box- office receipts for “Sin City 2,” a Gamer. Gater), we’ve been considering the state of recent horror. We’re now fifteen years into the new millennium, and while the horror genre is as ever responsible for more dross than most, it’s also been an exciting time for scary movie fans, with a new wave of filmmakers emerging from all around the world with smart new takes on how to make you scream. So after much deliberation/arguing, we’ve picked out the 2. Take a look at our picks below, and let us know your picks in the comments. Eventually, the studio started to produce different types of films, and “Orphan,” an original chiller co- produced by Leonardo Di. ![]() Caprio, might be the company’s very best film. Helmed by Spanish stylist Jaume Collet- Serra, the film is an endlessly fascinating take on the “evil child” horror sub- genre, this time centered around a young couple (played by Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard) who, following the stillborn birth of their third child, decide to adopt an odd Russian girl named Esther (a haunting Isabelle Fuhrman). ![]() At 1. 23 minutes, the movie is a decidedly slow burn, but it ramps up to a rare (and essentially unguessable) twist that doesn’t totally discredit the rest of the movie. Instead, it makes the climax, set in Connecticut but turned, thanks to Jeff Cutter. Even if you’re not a fan of this particular genre sub- set, it’s hard to argue with the effective and stylistic verve of “Orphan.” And even before the twist blows your mind, chances are you’ll already be shaken up. For the most part, the results of movies like “Pulse,” “The Grudge,” “The Eye” and “One Missed Call” were disastrous, but the first of the batch, “The Ring,” was against the odds excellent.
Directed by a pre- ”Pirates of the Caribbean” Gore Verbinski, the film follows roughly the same plot as the original, with a journalist and single mother (Naomi Watts, who’d just broken out in “Mulholland Drive”) discovering that her niece has died a mysterious death, her body frozen in a position of horror. Digging into the case, she finds that the death may have been linked to the urban legend of a mysterious video tape that causes the death of anyone who watches it after seven days. It’s probably not superior to the 1. Verbinski retains much of what worked about Hideo Nakata’s film, and beautifully amps up the atmosphere, with an almost painterly feel to the photography by Bojan Bazelli, and a halting, jolting score by Hans Zimmer. And though the shock of the film’s ending was probably lessened for those who’d seen the original, those coming to the remake fresh almost certainly never forgot it. On the strength of this clever, funny, subversive home invasion movie and their latest “The Guest,” which sadly all but disappeared from theaters due to stiff competition in a very crowded market, they’re two upstart genre filmmakers whose careers you’ll want to follow. Without question what they do next is an exciting prospect (a remake of the excellent “I Saw the Devil,” the Korean revenge film to end all Korean revenge films, was recently announced), but for now we have “You’re Next,” currently available to stream on Netflix. It’s a thrill ride, a reminder of when horror films were fun, and almost never disappoints. It stars a rogue’s gallery of former mumblecore elites and current/past indie mainstays —Joe Swanberg, Amy Seimetz, Ti West, AJ Bowan, Kate Lyn Sheil, Larry Fessenden— all upstaged by the film’s MVP, Sharni Vinson, who takes what must have already been a great character on the page and infuses it with humor, bloodlust and urgency. We’ll leave it for you to discover what we’re getting at, because “You’re Next” works best when characters turn the tables and expectations are upended. See More. The 2. 0 Best Horror Movies Of The 2. Century, From ’2. Days Later’ to . As directed by David Robert Mitchell (“Myth of the American Sleepover“), “It Follows” is many things —it’s a fairly on- the- nose metaphor for the dangers of promiscuity, a superb modern campfire tale, and a loose imagining of what would happen if the cast of “The Breakfast Club” banded together to fight a horrifying otherworldly evil. It is also scary as hell. Mitchell captures the action in a series of queasy long takes, a welcome reprieve from the quick- cutting assault that helped define the “torture porn” slate of films, so the viewer is waiting for something terrible to happen instead of being bludgeoned with it; it’s artful and eerie at the same time. The mythology that Mitchell sets up makes a whimsical kind of sense (hopefully it will be left mercifully unexplored, should sequels be in the cards) and Maika Monroe (who starred in another killer genre film from this year, “The Guest“) is one of the most compelling female horror icons since Jamie Lee Curtis in “Halloween.” She is a girl whose fumbling one night stand ends up haunting her —literally. The result was that “Berberian Sound Studio,” his horror- tinged follow- up, was very much under- the- radar when it arrived, but the film successfully broke open the skulls of pretty much everyone that saw it. Influenced by both David Lynch and classic giallo horror, the film starred the great Toby Jones as Gilderoy, a sound engineer who travels to Italy to work on a horror picture called “The Equestrian Vortex” (the film’s director takes exception at calling it a horror film: one imagines Strickland might say the same). Gilderoy begins his meticulous work but finds himself rapidly unraveling. It’s in part a horror film about the effect of horror films, and that we barely see anything of the film- within- the- film only lets your imagination play havoc with the unpleasant squelches and screams that are being created by the sonic wizard (and Jones is absolutely terrific in the part). Pure genre fans might come away disappointed with the lack of jump- scares or actual gore, but this is a truer kind of horror, one that reaches in and shakes your skeleton through your ears. Actual True Story Horror Movies. I despise True Story Horror Movies that end up being 9. B. S. Or in the case of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre pretty much near 1. Don’t get me wrong I like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre but saying it is based on a true story is like saying The Tooth Fairy or the Easter Bunny is real. Sorry if I crushed anyone telling you The Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy are not real. So since I truly love true story horror movies I wanted to take a minute to share 7 Actual True Story Horror Movies that are truly fantastic and should be on all of your lists of films to watch. Wolf Creek. This movie is VERY barely a true story but it makes the list since so many think its based entirely in truth. The film is based on the abduction of British Tourist Peter Falconio and the attack on his girlfriend Joanne Less in July 2. Bradley John Murdoch. This film was being released while the trial was going on so the courts filed an injunction to prevent it swaying the outcome. Those who have seen Wolf Creek and know the story should recognize that this movie is more based on the Australian Backpack murders by Ivan Milat then the single murder by Peter Falconio. It worked because he was scary as hell in Wolf Creek! Open Water. Open Water was released in 2. Tom and Eileen Lonergan an American Couple who were stranded in 1. They were accidentally left behind by the boat crew who did not do a proper head count and found themselves stranded in open water with the lion of the seas. Made for $1. 30,0. The Girl Next Door. The Girl Next Door tells the story of a girl who is kidnapped by her neighbor, tortured, raped and mutilated in the basement by the local neighborhood kids. Jack Ketchum’s dark and disturbing movie is so surreal and violent that it actually made my stomach turn. What is even scarier is when you look up the case files of the actual crime you will find that Jack Ketchum’s telling of the tale was no stretch of imagination. The Girl Next Door is sadistic, disturbing and will have you locking your kids up if you have any. Without question one of the best real- horror movies I have seen in my entire life. Worth noting their is another version of this film called An American Crime which stars Ellen Page but I for one think The Girl Next Door is not only a better film its also much more disturbing. An American Crime had a more well known cast but its not nearly as good as the film based on Jack Ketchum’s book. The Zodiac: The Zodiac killer was never caught and the true story thriller starring Robert Downey Junior is one of the best crime- thriller movies made in years. Touting a fantastic cast and a script true to the actual events the movie is riveting, creepy and although by no means true . The film is a masterpiece of suspense and storytelling and the only thing that makes me feel warm and fuzzy about this killer is that if he is still alive he is to old to really harm me now. I am pretty sure I could take him since he is likely 8. That’s not saying I will want to try though. I will keep my manly gestures on this blog and nowhere else. This story hit the news in a big kind of way when Mexican Authorities and DEA agents found a farm that was used by then leader of the . Borderland is well shot, with a fascinating story that mixes a fair bit of fiction around a group of young adults who encounter the cult but also just enough real facts to make it a really creepy and entertaining tale. Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer. This movie is by no means one of my top films but I put it on this list for being very real in its style of film making and extremely gritty. It tells the story of two killers who worked in tandem to murder people. The real life killer Henry Lee Lucas went on to confess to over 6. As well while he was confessing the police flew him around the United States to participate in the investigations and he was treated like a celebrity. Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer is very dark and very surreal and a disturbing film based on a true story although it’s still a mystery just how many people Henry Lee Lucas really did kill. From Hell: There have been so many tellings of the story of Jack The Ripper it’s almost become its own sub genre in horror. Most of them are mystical with supernatural twists but From Hell is the first one I have watched that matched great story telling with actual facts to try to tell the actual story of Jack the Ripper through the eyes of one of the investigators played by Johnny Depp. The film is to the point, violent and visually impressive as it takes you through the actual murders. This film much like the other Ripper tellings has its fair share of fiction mixed into it but this one at least goes through the actual crimes and tries to tell it from a straight up angle without the need for ghosts and goblins. Great film, great storytelling and all around an awesome tale. So those are 7 of my favorite True Story Horror Movies that actually contain more fact than fiction which leads me to, what are yours? Sound off in the comments with your own favorites and more importantly why. I also encourage you to read Capt. Howdy’s fantastic editorial on True Story Horror Movies, How True Are they?
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