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My 213 scariest movies

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millen,

I'm not so very monster orientated, but think the original "Alien" tops this list for me. I saw this on a vast screen in L.A. without knowing much about it and the suprise of the alien bursting out of John Hurt- really hurt! I think we are so used to effects now that it's easy to forget how amazing the effects and photography were as compared to the breakthrough "Star Wars" a couple of years before. Even the design of the Nostromo in which the ducts and pipes imitated the alien form was frightening. The sequels were not nearly as frightening as there is so much expectation. The recent "Alien Vs. Predator" to me appears to me a 50's "Space Godzilla Vs. Mechano-Mothra" silliness marketing desperation.

Others that gave me a proper chill:

"Eraserhead": ah, the quiet suburban family life!
"Diabolique" the original was just as sinister as could be
"The Birds": unusual atmosphere and dynamic between the people and nature
"The House of Wax: this was really scary when I was kid- Price climbing in the hospital window at night.
"The Fly": the Goldblum version was quite horrifying and I abandoned all my home teleportation experiments the same day.
"The Exorcist": this was quite a good one, unfortunatley all the tricks had been overly publicized before I saw it- the revolving head and pea soup vomit for example.
"Poultergeist": interesting
"The Thing": I really have a lot of affection for the 1951 one, but the later Bridges one is also very worthwhile and very imaginative. the hybrid "things" are just amazing- remeber when the fellows head fall onto the floor and sprouts spiders'legs?
"Amityville Horror V": This was frightening to me as I was the architect of the house used in that one and it was photographed in a way that could scare off potential clients! Another of my houses appeared in "The Boost" - as the home of a big cocaine dealer! Why can't a house of mine be owned by a great concert pianist?

Of course, I'll think of 30 others later, but there we are.

Cheers,

Bambi B



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