Spooky Stuff

Well, I know I said I would do this later in the month, but I'm a little hard up for topics today so I'm going to go ahead and list my fave horror flicks.
FILMS THAT ACTUALLY SCARED OR DISTURBED ME:
Halloween--The nightmare of every teenage girl who babysits. I try and watch this every year because it still freaks me out.
Nightmare On Elm Street--I remember watching this at a slumber party, right before we went to sleep of course, and I had a horrible dream that evening. Quite groundbreaking for its time.
Night Of The Living Dead--Horror mixed with social commentary, plus I have a thing for zombie flicks.
Poltergeist--To this day, I still don't know how I convinced my friend Teresa to go with me to this movie. My father took me to see this and if I remember correctly, he had no problem with it. (I should mention the super coolness of my Dad. He took me to Star Wars, Radiers Of The Lost Ark, and several others. We were definitely movie buddies even though, for example, I was only 10 when Star Wars came out.) The steak squishing its way across the counter top still grosses me out...in a good way of course.
28 Days Later--One of the few more recent releases that made me seriously nervous while watching it. There was just enough reality to it to make it really creepy, plus more zombies!
COOL CLASSICS:
The Exorcist
The Birds
Psycho
HORROR/COMEDY:
Evil Dead 2--Bruce as comic genius,
Bruce Campbell Vs. The Army Of Darkness--Bruce as super hot comic genius. "Gimme some sugar, baby."
Shaun Of The Dead--brilliant! One of my fave scenes revolves around Shaun and his buddy searching through his record collection debating over which bits of vinyl to use as weapons against the zombies. This is a discussion I know I would have if I were in the same situation.
Slither--This was just out this past spring and comes out on DVD next Tues. I loved this flick. It features Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Serenity) as a small town sheriff who has to suddenly deal with weird, alien creatures taking over his town. It pokes fun at B movies and traditional horror plots and characters. The bits with the zombie-esque deer I found greatly amusing.
MORE RECENT RELEASES:
Dawn Of The Dead--I loved this re-make of the beloved classic. The guy who wrote this version wrote and directed the above mentioned Slither.
The Eye--Can't forget to mention atleast a couple of Asian horror flicks. This one revolves around a blind woman who regains her sight after getting cornea transplants and then weird shit starts to happen. I thought the reveal of the twist was very clever and it is a visually interesting movie. I've heard there is going to be a US remake. Bastards.
The Descent--another one I saw this summer that was cooly creepy. About a group of female friends who go spelunking and bad, bad things happen. I was very surprised by one of the deaths which definitely made this one to adore.
Audition--Asian weirdness number 2. Seriously, this is one messed up flick. Seems to be about a rather creepy guy looking for a wife via his filmmaker friend's casting calls, but turns into something much more twisted. All I'll say is I freaked when the bag moved.
Saw--Finally got around to watching this and was pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed the twist and thought it was a fresh concept storywise. I wish some of the acting had been a bit stronger, but still not a bad debut.
CREEPY AND JUST THIS SIDE OF HORROR:
Alien and Aliens
Cube
Pitch Black
Series 7--This one isn't as well known so I'll tell you about it. It is set up as a reality tv show of the near future where the point of the game is to kill the other contestants so you can live. But, you are chosen at random to participate. A solid and scathing look at reality t.v. and what people will do to be famous and what they'll consider doing to live. Side note: I first saw this on my flight from Chicago to London then when I came home I bought the DVD.
Okay, that was longer than I planned. Hope you got some good ideas for possible flicks to watch.

A quick hello to Jackie! I want you to know I believe I fixed the issue with entering comments. All you have to do is click on comment (as opposed to the envelope) and you should be able to leave your thoughts.
She told me she took the time to comment and it was a long comment and the damn thing didn't work. Much sorry-ness your way, Jackie.