That's right, the SHOCKtober train don't make no stops even on the weekend! It keeps on, like, you know. Rolling.
Today's chunk of the list of scariest movies is a chunk I call "Only one vote for these movies? These movies? These? MOVIES? Hmm. Okay, then."
270. My Bloody Valentine -- 1981, George Mihalka
269. The Tenant -- 1976, Roman Polanski
268. The Hitcher -- 1986, Robert Harmon
267. The Children (aka The Children of Ravensback) -- 1980, Max Kalmanowicz
266. Saturn 3 -- 1980, Stanley Donen
265. The Birds -- 1963, Alfred Hitchcock
264. American Gothic -- 1988, John Hough
263. The Wicker Man -- 1973, Robin Hardy
262. Tourist Trap -- 1979, David Schmoeller
261. Buried -- 2010, Rodrigo Cortes
ONLY ONE VOTE FOR TOURIST TRAP, I AM SURPRISED AT YOU PEOPLE
The only one I could have supported from this batch is The Birds. That one shot of the woman with her eyes pecked out scared the crap out of me when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteAnd I know I've seen Tourist Trap, but I just don't remember it...
I was THIS close to voting for The Wicker Man myself. The ending was truly terrifying.
ReplyDeleteHere's an early scene:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMZIrWEnuNI
Serves him right!
Tourist Trap is a masterpiece.
ReplyDeleteThe Children. It messed with the Young Myself.
ReplyDelete'The Wicker Man' is a solid gold, bona fide classic with a genuine sense of disquieting eeriness but I dunno if it actually really ever scared me. The folk music and nekkidness made quite an impression on me, though.
ReplyDeleteI was the lone Tourist Trap vote. Saw it for the first time a couple of years ago, and six minutes in - SIX MINUTES - I was broken.
ReplyDeleteHeh. Looks like I was also the lone Wicker Man vote. :P The ending still gets me.
A 1970s movie with a Wicker Man type ending that I considered but ultimately left off my list was "Race the Devil." ... When Hot Lips' RV got surrounded at the end, I was pretty freaked out.
ReplyDeleteWhy is that lady holding Jessica Fletcher's severed head???
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