The Media Theory & Criticism class spent the week covering genre studies. More specifically, the assignment was to study the horror genre. They selected and voted on a "top ten" list using an open and wide variety of criteria. This is what they came up with in ranking order, #1 being best.
- Psycho
- The Shining
- The Exorcist
- Silence of the Lambs
- Jaws
- Night of the Living Dead
- Alien
- The Thing (Carpenter)
- Nosferatu (silent)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
A great list. Here is mine in no particular order.
Psycho
The Bride of Frankenstein
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Black Cat (1930s Universal)
The Shining
The Seventh Victim
The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari
The Exorcist
Halloween
The Horror of Dracula
Please post your personal list and comment.
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ReplyDeleteHeres my top 12 list.
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The Shining
Inside
Rosemarys Baby
Martyrs
Halloween (1978)
Funny Games (European and U.S remake)
The Strangers
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Thing
Audition
The Silence of the Lambs
I unfortunately was one of those that' cannot stand horror films. I am more inclined towards films that fall into the genre of action, comedy, or drama; really, anything that is well written and executed. Here's my top 10 in no particular order:
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The Dark Knight
Back to the Future
Toy Story trilogy
The Last Samurai
300
Mission Impossible 2 & 3
Shawshank Redemption
Kill Bill 1 & 2
Rocky 1-6 (especially 2)
I don't watch horror films, especially not horror films that are made recently. However, my favorite movie genre is psychological thrillers and here is a list of must see movies in that genre:
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Requiem of a Dream
Fight Club
Se7en
American Psycho
Donnie Darko
Vanilla Sky
Memento
The Prestige
Unbreakable
Jacobs Ladder
Stay
And more recently, of course:
Shutter Island and Inception
Horror films are really not my thing as well, but I have seen Psycho, Jaws and Alien.
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